Chapter 44: The Troll Witch Doctor (Part I)
"Damn human, you have seen through my spells, who sent you?!" Govdor gripped the staff in his hand, its already ugly face all the more vicious and hateful under the angry questioning, and the tip of the staff it held firmly on was a white humanoid skull.
That seemed to mean that this rare troll witch doctor was particularly adept at casting necromantic spells.
The so-called witch doctor itself is another name for the warlock profession in the troll community, for example, some orc tribes in the wasteland also refer to warlocks born from their own tribe as shamans.
These outliers with innate spell-casting abilities may be ostracized and expelled by their clansmen at a very young age, but it is more likely that they will use their unique charm and a certain degree of scheming to quickly climb to the leadership of the clan, and eventually become the de facto leader of a monster group.
You must know that the main attribute of a warlock is charm, and charm not only represents appearance, but also reflects the persuasiveness, attractiveness and leadership of a creature in terms of personality and bearing.
Govdor's tribe was small, and Urs didn't know why the troll witch doctor, who was a little wiser than his people, had relocated his people to the depths of the sewers of Twilight, but the black-haired young man's focus wasn't exactly why the monsters were there.
The memories of his past life do give him the advantage of many uncertain prophets, but with so many data in the game, he can still remember the detailed routes of many dungeon maps, but he doesn't pay as much attention to the general side story as the game's story party players.
After all, it's true that he used to be a hardcore veteran of Castaño - but as a game fan, his style is more like a combat force who pursues actual combat intensity, rather than a research party dedicated to digging into the depth of the story.
The number of enemies in front of the field of vision is six, including Govdo.
The troll witch doctor's deliberately exploding anger in the lingua franca was like the wind blowing in his ears, except that the gust of wind was mixed with a disgusting breath, like the stench of rotting food pouring out of his mouth.
He didn't bother to waste his time arguing with an evil monster, and then roared into a state of furious specialty, picking up his pitch-black two-handed greatsword and preemptively charging at the trolls in front of him.
Givdor gritted his teeth and glared at Urs, who was rushing towards it, quickly switching back to his own language and directing the other trolls beside him to step forward and buy him time to cast spells.
The other five ordinary trolls beside the witch doctor also roared and rushed towards Urs who was holding a two-handed giant sword the next moment they received his order, their posture of opening their teeth and dancing claws was particularly terrifying, but the width of the riverbank in the sewer was limited, and these monsters, who were much taller and stronger than ordinary people in terms of physique and height, could not cross the attack range of Urs for a while, so they could not effectively threaten the back row of the young team composed of Grolayden and Thea.
As a super-heavy two-handed sword half a door wide, the damned blade's lethal effect is exerted to the extreme in this special terrain conditions.
Groledon's perspective was skewed past the young man's side, and he still skillfully operated the enchanted crossbow at hand for long-range shooting as he had done in the previous battles, using the strong acid damage and shock shooting attributes attached to the "Sour Fang" to match the former's fierce and brave greatsword attack.
The five fingers of Thea's right hand were firmly clasped around the palm strap of the medium-sized steel shield Demon Drinker.
The silver-haired, wolf-eared priest girl has been trained in the Northlands in the past in the Church to fight the caster's enemies. With a blink of her amber eyes, she noticed the staff in Govdor's hand, and immediately eliminated blessing-type support spells such as brute force and aid from her next casting choices.
She leaned forward and lifted the emblem in her left hand, the prayer spell passing through her lips with swift and precise speed, and an invisible pressure immediately descended on the small area centered on Govdor, causing the sound of the area to disappear in an instant—or to be muffled by the power of magic.
Priest 2 Ring Divine Spell - Silence (Illusion Department): Remotely designate a range center to eliminate all sounds within twenty feet.
Creatures within the effect of Silence are unable to make sounds, cast spells containing any verbal component are bound to fail, and because no sound can enter or pass through the Silence Zone from the outside world, it is also blessed with immunity to other sound-based magical effects, such as Naga Siren's enchanting song and Sonic Boom Horn's sonic attack.
Considering Govdo's potential status as a spellcaster, Thea's first magic chosen in this battle was the Silence Technique used to restrain the low-level caster enemy, in order to directly block the opponent's spellcasting ability at the first moment of the battle.
At the same time, Urs, who activated his advanced berserk specialty, slashed the five trolls sent by Govdor to stop him like a rampage.
The blood-red killing intent turned into the color of the eyeballs, which was reflected in the young man's beast-like gaze, although the trolls in a combat state were not afraid of death, but their claws were no match for the black greatsword with enchantment level +3 - not to mention that when Thea's silence suddenly shrouded them, it was even more difficult for them to judge which unlucky ghost the sour tooth crossbow in Gloriden's hand would target in the next second.
Not only the young man's slash attack, but also the old thief's strong acid arrows with a knockback effect actually made them suffer enough.
Little by little, the trolls' battle line was pushed closer to Govdor by Urs, wielding his greatsword.
Govdor angrily grabbed its staff.
Warlocks can't learn and train like mages to master the "Spell Silence" specialty.
However, at this moment, although it was within the influence of the silence spell, it was not really blocked by Thea's magic to make a sound - because before Thea's divine prayer was completed, it actually completed another two-ring transformation spell called "Vocalization" almost at the same moment, causing its vocal cords to temporarily and subtly change the sound principle with the help of magic.
As an innate spellcaster who draws magical knowledge from his bloodline, Govdo's ability to cast spells is much rarer than that of mages of the same level, but during this period, he has mastered the part of the spell casting ability that casts vocalization.