The battle began very suddenly, and it was unusually violent. Less than five minutes after the signal corps was dispatched, one of the sentries that Campbell had placed outside the outpost was reduced to a corpse, and if Bane hadn't been on the utmost vigilance and rang the big bell on the lookout in time, I am afraid that everyone would have become the werewolf's belly meal in an unsuspecting situation.

"Calm down! Sedation! Hauns, you guard the gate with your recruits, and don't let the werewolves rush in! Norman, you bring people to support Bane, we can't afford to lose the lookout! Campbell shouted loudly, finally bringing the frightened soldiers back to their senses, "From now on, we all have to fight for our survival!" If you want to live, hold on to your weapons! ”

At this moment, Campbell regretted very much that he had sent out those signal soldiers, knowing that they were all veterans under his command, and only veterans could accurately find those outposts in the Monas Hills under the cover of night, if they were replaced by those new soldiers, I am afraid that they would lose their direction after not running much distance, and then they would either starve to death, or become the prey of those werewolves or wild beasts roaming the wild. But in this way, Campbell lost six enough combat power to be independent, compared to those recruits who have not yet been baptized in battle, these veterans are the trusted force in Campbell's eyes, and a veteran is even worth five, or even ten recruits!

More than twenty recruits, led by Sergeant Horns, with spears in their hands, waited tremblingly inside the gate of the outpost. Although the two-meter-long spear was aimed at the gate reinforced with iron bars, the trembling tip betrayed the mood of the recruits, indicating their inner wavering and panic.

The outposts set up by the Sadalin Kingdom on this hill are relatively simple, the main body is a small two-story stone building, and the first floor is a hall, which doubles as a canteen, with a small door leading to the adjacent kitchen. The second floor is divided into several rooms for sleeping. There is also a warehouse not far from the small building, which is responsible for storing all kinds of supplies and weapons for the outpost, in addition, there is a guard tower about ten meters high that is connected to the small building, and the lookout tower is at the top of the watchtower.

These buildings make up the entire northern outpost, surrounded by a stone wall, and built on a raised hill that can easily monitor the surrounding area for several kilometers.

Except for the night!

The night of the Monas Hills does not belong to humans, but to the hunting grounds of werewolves. Ever since the Kingdom of Sadarien and the werewolf tribes of the Garibel Valley fought for control of the hills, the werewolves seldom came out to hunt during the day, and intensified their hunting at night. On the one hand, this can effectively reduce the chance of being detected by humans, and on the other hand, it can also allow werewolves to find opportunities to attack human outposts at night.

Before the Eater Serpent made contact with these werewolf tribes, the main way for the werewolf tribes in the Garibel Valley to obtain weapons was to attack these outposts scattered across the Monas hills.

Campbell was not worried about those werewolves rushing in from other places, the outpost was built with this problem in mind, so in addition to the gate, there was only one window on each side of the first floor with a length and width of no more than one meter, and it was also partitioned with iron bars, so it was impossible for werewolves to get in. As for the second floor, there is no need for Campbell to worry about, there is no fulcrum on the outer wall of the outpost that can be climbed, and the entire second floor is the same as the first floor, except for a limited number of windows, it can be called almost completely enclosed.

In addition, there is a secret door in the kitchen that leads to the cellar, which is usually used to store food, and if necessary, it can also be used as a last fortress, once the hall is breached, Campbell can also escape into the cellar with these soldiers, relying on the cellar to fight the werewolves.

Although he was shocked by such a sudden attack by the werewolves, Campbell did not feel that the northern outpost would be destroyed because of this, as long as the number of werewolves attacking here did not reach a certain level, or if there were some particularly powerful beings inside, he was confident that he would hold out until tomorrow morning, and then reinforcements would arrive.

Even Campbell thought that perhaps there would be no need to wait for dawn, as long as half of the signal troops sent out before arrived at those outposts and brought back the sentinels stationed there, the battle would end in their victory!

"Captain Campbell, we can fight too!" Minin stood up from his stool and expressed his desire to fight, but his eyes were fixed on the two wounded who had been placed on the side of the hall, and another guard who had fled with him was tending to them.

Campbell looked at Minin, the other party's face was already full of exhaustion and exertion, and there were scratches all over the armor, it looked like he had been attacked by werewolves many times, and even the other party had a wound on his forehead. Although the whole person did not seem to be injured heavily, Campbell knew that after a fight and running for his life in the cold wind, Minin at this time had no more combat power left, even if he reluctantly let the other party join the battle, I am afraid that he would not be able to support it for long, and he would be injured or even killed due to physical exhaustion.

"Geralt, you help them move the wounded soldiers to the cellar! Then take care of the wounded in the cellar with them, and sort out the contents of the cellar by the way, I guess I will have to hide there in the end! Campbell said that Geralt was the youngest of his group of recruits, and that he was only fifteen years old now, and that he would not have been able to be drafted at that age before, but now the Kingdom of Saddarin had to break this rule and throw these children into battle.

This is not because the manpower of the Sadalin Kingdom has been exhausted, but in order to replenish the troops on the Monas Hills as soon as possible, it has to lower the recruitment standard of the neighboring provinces, and when the recruitment and training of other provinces is completed, recruits like Gero will be transferred back to the country, or retired, or continue to train until they reach adulthood.

Minin did not object to Campbell's order, he just looked at the face of the captain of the garrison, and then, together with his companions, picked up the two wounded soldiers who had fainted, and followed Geralt into the kitchen.

Campbell breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether he was sorry for his rejection of a helper, or rejoicing for Minin's obedience. He knew very well that in this case, a guy who was unwilling to obey his command and only knew that he insisted on going his own way was actually a hidden danger on his side, especially when this hidden danger could not provide much combat power.

At that moment, there was a loud bang at the gate of the outpost, and it sounded as if someone was slamming violently. Obviously, those werewolves have already killed the guards that Campbell has placed outside the outpost and are attacking the outpost!

Without thinking about the lives and deaths of the three guards outside, Campbell knew that the next moment would be the most dangerous! The door, which was simply reinforced with iron sheets, didn't last long, and the moment the werewolves broke down the gate and rushed into the hall, the brutal battle of life and death really began!

Boom! Boom! Bang!

The sturdy-looking door didn't last long, and with a loud bang, the door burst open, and the howling cold wind instantly poured into the hall, raising a puff of smoke and dust.

"Thrust!" Sergeant Horns roared, and under his stimulation, the recruits who were shaken by fear subconsciously handed out the spears in their hands, and more than twenty spears instantly sealed the entire gate, and any enemy who tried to rush through this gap would be pierced into a sieve by these spears.

But there was no expected sense of resistance on the weapon in his hand!

"Not good!" Standing behind these recruits, Campbell noticed this anomaly for the first time, because of fear, the spears in the hands of the recruits only sealed the lower part of the door, but the upper part left a huge gap, according to the werewolf's skill, he could easily jump through this gun array from the air and break into the hall.

But strangely, Campbell didn't see any werewolves jumping in!

The smoke cleared, and the sight that appeared before Campbell's eyes sent a chill down the guard captain's heart.

"Hey, hey! I knew you would have this reaction! The mercenaries led by Thorin stood outside the gate and watched coldly as the human soldiers in the hall stabbed into the air like clowns, "Are we really stupid! ”

"Damn it!" Campbell cursed, but it wasn't because the spur just now didn't yield any results, but the weapons and equipment on the werewolves outside, and the composure they showed, shocked him!

Werewolves are much stronger than weak humans, and these humanoids, born with fangs and claws, are perfect successors to their beastly ancestors, giving birth to young children who can swallow meat in just three years, bite their prey in five years, and hunt on their own in seven years. And by the tenth year, you can enter the growth period, and your strength can basically reach two levels. In fifteen years, you can enter adulthood, and your strength can at least enter the third order, or even the fourth order.

As a result, the vast majority of werewolves use their claws and fangs to fight, a habit they develop in early childhood, and their parents will take the initiative to provide hunting opportunities for their cubs as soon as they are able to bite their prey, so as to exercise their fighting abilities. This habit has also caused the entire werewolf race to maintain a relatively primitive and bloodthirsty social structure to this day. At the same time, because of this custom, werewolves are not good at forging and other work that requires skills, which makes almost every werewolf tribe lack weapons and equipment, as well as various alchemy potions and other materials.

Therefore, if a werewolf can obtain weapons and equipment, it means that the werewolf has a good status in his tribe, and this status often represents their strength! And the group of werewolves attacking the outpost in front of him, each of them wearing complete equipment, how could this not make Campbell tremble!

As a veteran who has been dealing with werewolves for almost ten years, Campbell knows very well that in the Monas Hills, even if a werewolf only has weapons, its strength is at least in the late fourth order, let alone the group of well-equipped guys in front of him! What he didn't expect was that players were more accustomed to using weapons than biting with fangs!

"Up! Kill them all! As soon as Thorin gave the order, the impatient mercenaries who had been waiting for a long time drew their weapons and rushed forward to meet the spears in the hands of the recruits.

The hall instantly fell into chaos, and more than twenty werewolves poured into the hall, causing the recruits who didn't have much courage left to collapse in an instant, and many even threw away the spears in their hands and chose to turn around and flee! The first line of defense fell apart in an instant.

"Horns, quick, take them to the cellar!" Campbell came up with the few remaining veterans around him, and he had to buy time for the others, and he was the only one here who had the strength.

Campbell's reaction was very timely, and the mercenaries only rushed in four or five people before they were blocked out again, and Thorin squinted his eyes, his pupils flashing with a fierce light, looking at the human soldier who was standing in his way.

"Get out of here!" The war knife in his hand slashed at Campbell fiercely, Thorin had already learned from the news from Minin that the most powerful person in this outpost was a fifth-order swordsman, so he did not hesitate at all, not even a temptation, and attacked with all his strength.

This is a way of playing that doesn't care about injuries at all, for these mercenary players, not to mention being injured, even if they die in battle, it's just one more resurrection, as long as death can be exchanged for enough benefits, they don't mind paying a little soul energy of their own.

The long sword in his hand blocked Thorin's slash, Campbell's talent was not good, so he was only a swordsman so far, not a further crusade, but many years of service, and the combat experience of fighting with werewolves many times still gave this garrison captain enough strength, from this slash, Campbell clearly judged that the opponent's strength was only at the level of just entering the fourth order.

With such strength, it is not an elite among the werewolf tribes in the Garibel Valley, let alone obtaining a complete set of equipment, even if it is just a weapon, it can be called exceptional! Could it be that the werewolf tribe in the Garibel Valley has become rich enough to equip such ordinary werewolf soldiers with weapons and equipment?

While thinking, Campbell firmly guarded the gate, sealing the mercenaries with the only entrance, and the werewolves who broke into the hall were blocked by several veterans, including Bane, who ran back from the lookout.

Unfortunately, Campbell wasn't just Thorin alone! It's a whole dozen or so, nearly twenty werewolf players!

Maybe Sorin alone is indeed not Campbell's opponent, but players have never liked to fight alone, and the other two mercenaries also drew their weapons and launched an attack on Campbell, coupled with the skills they used, Campbell also felt a little busy for a while.

This is still thanks to the limitation caused by the small width of the outpost gate, this little space is only enough for the four of them to fight, if the number of players is a few more, I am afraid that Campbell will be injured a long time ago.

But this situation will not last forever, when it is found that it is impossible to break through Campbell's resistance in a short time, the other mercenaries who cannot attack together immediately retreat, and then take out their hands one after another. Crossbows or throwing knives, or even directly use the weapons in their hands as throwing props, and attack Campbell, not caring if they will hurt their three companions!

"Bastard!" Campbell, who had never thought that werewolves would also wield a crossbow, had to roll backwards to dodge the attacks that would kill him, "Hauns, why haven't you taken them into the cellar yet!" ”

"Are you asking him, Captain Campbell?" A familiar voice came from behind him, and Campbell turned his head in disbelief to look in the direction of the kitchen, only to see Minin walking out with a long sword in his hand, smiling with a smile on his face, still carrying Hornes's head in his hand, and blood dripping from the cut on his neck. Behind Minin, three other sentries also rushed out, one of whom was also carrying a head, it was Geralt!

"You ——, traitor to humanity!" Seeing this scene, Campbell still didn't know what all this was about, "You dare to collude with werewolves!" ”

"You'd better think about yourself!" Thorin, who was holding his breath, didn't care about Campbell's mental activity at this time, and the werewolf player rushed up with his sword in his hand and attacked Campbell again.

At the same time, the warehouse not far from the main building also lit up a fire, and the flames engulfed the entire warehouse and the materials stored in it, turning them into ashes!