Volume III: Tumultuous Beginnings (Remastered) Chapter 5: Reinforcements Always Come Last
The rising sun casts its rays on the earth, sweeping away the last of the darkness for the whole world. The Malowe Pass is already in sight in the morning light.
"Ralph and Maury are dead!" The warrior in a light chain mail handed Glass two bottles of potions, "The equipment that can still be used has been distributed to the others, and these are the only potions and props left." β
A total of ten people followed Glass to escort Raphael away, except for Angel, the priest, who were all warriors and thieves who were good at hand-to-hand combat, and the donkey and Phelps were left behind to escort the outcasts.
More than eight hours, three encounters, so that Glass and they have lost more than half, the attack of the jackals just now even endangered Raphael, if it weren't for the soul power left by Abilus, I'm afraid Raphael would not be as unscathed as he is now.
"What's worse, our soul energy is at its limit!" The warrior held on to the last pack horse, and the physical fatigue and spiritual exhaustion made him want to close his eyes immediately and never open them, "The rotation and rest that were agreed upon before had no effect at all, the attack came too fast!" β
"Hold on, just hold on for a maximum of an hour, and we'll be at the Malowe Pass!" Glass was also exhausted to the limit, especially as he had to be at the front of every attack to give others a chance to kill the enemy, and at this moment, muscle strain and various negative states had made it almost impossible for him to wield that shield anymore.
The warrior walked away silently, he knew that it was useless to say anything at this time, the only reason why everyone could still stand up now was the strength to not admit defeat, and if anything went wrong, the team would immediately fall into destruction.
An Jie'er used the last bit of recovered mana to treat the wounds of several teammates, even she, a priest, had reached a state of exhaustion, and the mana recovered naturally was not enough to consume, and many people's wounds could not even be bandaged simply, because the linen bandages had already been used up.
"Demons! A Flame Demon! Suddenly, the sentry shouted with fear and despair.
Glass looked behind him, and a flame demon more than three meters tall was striding towards them, and from the outside, it was probably a hellish demon. Many people think that the Bad Devil is the form of the goblins after the fall, and their short stature and thin limbs do have many similarities with the goblins, but in fact the Bad Devils are just the inferior products of the demons, the result of evolutionary failure. Compared to the bad demons living in the world of Entagre, the bad demons from hell are more brutal and taller, and even some mutated individuals will appear.
"There must be a warlock nearby! Gallon, go find that disgusting thing, can't let him summon more demons! Glass ordered as he approached the demons, "Seke, you stay and help me, and the others will set off at once, to the Malowe Pass, Ciel, to establish a defensive line at the Malowe Pass!" β
The tall hellish demon rushed towards Glass with heavy steps, if in normal times, Glass would be fearless head-on, although the power of this hell demon is strong, but the IQ is very low, almost only rampage, so it is easy to be summoned by the warlock and controlled, and if you want to kill this kind of hell demon, it is also very simple, two warriors with average skills can play each other.
But now Glass has no confidence in victory, his physical strength has bottomed out, and his attributes have also decreased significantly, in this case, facing the enemy head-on is simply suicide.
However, Glass still met him, because he could not let the other party rush into the group, and fortunately he was not completely unprepared.
The potion he had received from his teammates was poured down by Glass before it could be warmed up, and he held the shield tightly with both hands, and a transparent barrier stood in front of him with the shield as the center.
The Fortitude Barrier, which can only be used once every 24 hours, is what makes Glass dare to stand up to this infernal demon.
The tall body slammed into the transparent barrier with a loud sound, but the purple legendary-level shield of Kreish's protective barrier finally did not disappoint Glass, and the tenacious barrier stood firmly there, without the slightest wavering!
Saike seized the opportunity to cut off one of the opponent's legs with the weapon in his hand, the strength of the inferior demon of hell is about two orders, and the mutant in front of him may be higher, but at most it is the level of the fourth order, otherwise it will be more difficult for the warlock to control them.
The infernal devil with a low IQ couldn't keep up with the nimble Saike at all, so he could only unleash his anger on Glass, but the tenacity barrier lasted for a full five seconds to make the damn demon run out of patience, and when the transparent barrier disappeared, Angel and the others had already escorted Raphael on a pack horse out of their sight.
Five minutes later, Glass gasped and silently packed up the potions and props that could still be used on Seck's body, took off the only bracer that was still intact and put it in his carry-on backpack, and the thief Gallen appeared not far away with one arm in his hand.
"A lizardman warlock, my hand is broken!" Without saying anything, Gallen took the potion that Glass had thrown him and drank it.
"I can't go any further, you go fast, go talk to Ciel, and then he will command, I will try to help you delay some time!"
"What about your shield?"
"Soul-bound equipment, theoretically impossible to drop, but just in case, the donkey will be responsible for recycling, but it really can't be done, and there are people brought by Huguang!"
On the other side, Hill and others, who escorted Raphael to the Malowe Pass, immediately set out to establish a simple defense in this dangerous place, the Malowe Pass is a dangerous pass from the Turin wilderness to the Fierabo area, which is just sandwiched between a swamp and a mountain peak, and the mountain pass less than ten meters wide only needs to be stoned, unless you choose to cross the dangerous swamp, you can only go around the foot of the mountain and enter the Turin wilderness from another trail more than 200 kilometers away.
By sourcing local materials, Hill quickly built a breastwork out of stone, and made some improvised antlers out of shrubs from the swamp, which were more of a threat to the gnolls than the beasts, and enough to make the gnolls, who were not a few centimeters taller than the kobolds, look at the wall and sigh.
As if agreed, when Hill finished the last bit of preparation, there was already a shadowy gnoll figure in sight, this creature is almost as large as the kobolds across the continent, the strong fertility makes the gnolls like cockroaches, and the low IQ and primitive social structure make it difficult for them to coexist peacefully with other intelligent races.
The gnoll who barked as he moved forward was only wrapped in crude fur, except for two gnolls with bows and arrows in their hands, all the other gnolls had only a stone axe or a rusty dagger, and the iron was simply the most valuable treasure of a tribe for the gnolls who had no handicraft foundation, and only the strongest warriors of the tribe could use it, and the most powerful warrior of the gnolls tribe in front of him, a gnoll warrior, had been chopped into a pile of meat sauce in the attack a few hours earlier.
"10, 11, 12, 14, exactly 17! These ugly monsters are bigger than rabbits! Ciel spat on the ground and said hatefully, "I have slaughtered more than twenty gnolls before, and now there are so many of them, it seems that the gnolls of FirapΓ³ have good living conditions!" β
"Don't talk nonsense, don't you see that these are two tribes of gnolls?" Angel used the recovered magic to bless Hill with a recovery, the effect of this spell is to speed up a certain amount of endurance recovery, for the current Hill, an increase in health of ten points and twenty points is not as good as a little more stamina, at least the latter can make them swing a little faster.
"An Jie'er, if we can't stop it, you can leave us alone and leave immediately with that girl! If you're lucky, you might even be able to run into them! Saike, who had caught up with him more than ten minutes ago, said with a wry smile, "The regiment commander is heroic and righteous, I didn't expect it to be my turn so soon!" β
"I regret following the head of the regiment now!"
"You have the ability to say the same thing when you usually brag!"
"You're stupid! If I don't use the name of Glorious Watch, what will I do to seduce those girls! β
I have to say that players who dare to risk death to experience fighting with monsters have a big heart, and the richer the combat experience, the stronger the endurance, which is why there is often a very huge gap between players, even if the level equipment is better, it is rare to defeat those warriors who struggle on the line of life and death all day long.
"It's up! Watch out for those two gnolla archers, these dogs will smear their arrows! β
The gnolls who shouted that they couldn't even count as words rushed up towards the mountain pass, and the individual gap made them quickly distance themselves from each other, so that Hill and the others who were guarding behind the breastwork had the opportunity to kill them one by one, and the breastwork wall of nearly one meter high was impossible for the jackals to jump over, and if they wanted to climb over, they had to face those shrubs with spikes, which made many jackals who rushed up jump to their feet.
But despite this, the situation is still dangerous, and with only three people in force (not including Angel), it is impossible to stop the nearly twenty gnolls.
Soon a gnoll cleared a small section of the bush and turned it over, and he was greeted by a heartwarming kick from Angel, but it was like a signal, and as more bushes were uprooted by the gnoll, the bare breastwork was no longer an impenetrable barrier.
"Angel, run with Raphael!" Hill shouted loudly at Angel, "Attention, everyone else, knock down the breastwork and smash these shitty men to death!" β
With a bang, under the force of Hill's people, the stones that formed the chest wall turned into rolling stones, and smashed down the gnoll along the slope of the mountain pass, making these wolf cubs turn on their backs for a while, and Angel also seized this opportunity to run away with Raphael.
With the help of the chaos caused by the rolling stones, three more gnolls have become the souls of Hill and the others, but there are still nearly ten who are still alive, and without the protection of the breastwall, Hill and they have to face these low-level creatures who have been stimulated by the Radiant Orb back to back.
Soon, the gnolls left several scars on Ciel's body, and in the face of a siege, unless you have great strength and strong armor, you can never guarantee that you will not be harmed in any way, and to make matters worse, the constant swinging of weapons will quickly drain your stamina, and eventually make you lose hope of victory.
That's why the sea of bones of the undead is so smelly, even if it's a skeleton that isn't even cannon fodder, once the number exceeds a certain limit, it will make those powerful beings hate on the spot.
The first to fall was Seke, who had already broken a hand, so he was quickly stumbled by the gnolls' attacks, and was finally shot in the throat by the two gnolls. Then there was Pompeii, a rough man who usually liked to wield an axe, and now he could only wield the short sword in his hand, and he only lasted a few minutes before he fell to the ground as he ran out of health.
"That's the end of it!" Above the heads of the gnolls, Hill saw a large number of figures reappearing in the distance, those were more gnolls, and there were kobolds and boarmen in the middle, almost in the hundreds. "What a loss this mission!"
Just as Ciel was about to give up, a low horn sound came from behind him, which immediately brought a trace of clarity back to his chaotic brain.
The sound of horses' hooves! Vocals! Shout to kill! More and more voices reached Ciel's ears, making him think he was hallucinating.
It wasn't until a knight on a warhorse ran past him and knocked two gnolls in his way that Hill realized it was reinforcements arriving!
More players on horseback, or on foot, crossed the mountain pass and charged towards the coalition of monsters, ten, twenty, thirty! Hill can't even remember how many people ran past him, tapped him on the shoulder, and said, "Good man!" β
"It's finally time to catch up!" The Holy Light Knight Eternal Lake Light panted and stood beside Ciel, "Fortunately, the donkey rider reacted quickly, and people contacted the merchant, so there is a group of people to help, otherwise I really don't know what to do!" β
"What about Raphael? What about the girl? β
"Don't worry, you'll be well protected in the back! There were nearly 200 people in the two groups, and I brought 80 people who could ride horses, and the rest were in makeshift camps! β
"Great! Now, I can finally get a good night's sleep! Hill closed his eyes in relief and fell to the sky.
Eternal Lakelight crouched down and probed Ciel's neck, shook his head, and said to the players next to him who were in charge of their respective teams, "Dead! β
Soul energy is exhausted, physical strength is gone, and the last trace of health is also reduced to 0 in the bleeding effect, and there is no more complete death for a player.