084 Giants
"Damn it! Where did this bastard Sigru get his catapult?! ”
Expressions of anger and shock alternated on Sirika's face, and just three seconds ago, a head-sized rock slammed into the window on the top floor of the watchtower, causing the boulder to explode at the same time as the wall near the window, and the flying debris injured everyone in the room. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Nope! Not a catapult! It's a giant! Giants of the Windy Basin! ”
Sawyer wiped a handful of blood from his face, and the sudden attack confirmed his previous suspicion from the side, but the panic in his eyes couldn't be stopped.
Giants are a special group of humanoids on the continent of Tamriel, they have their own language and culture, but they have no large-scale civilization, they have not established villages, cities, and even settlements are symbolically built to build a fire, and the way of survival is also a very primitive way of grazing.
Of course, primitiveness does not mean that the giants are weak, on the contrary, the lords rarely directly send troops to attack a giant camp, even if there are giants in the territory, at most they will give a few rewards, so that those adventurers who are eager for glory and wealth can get rid of the giants, and the strength of some giants can be seen from this way of getting along.
Each adult giant has at least level 20 strength, which corresponds to the level of a human beginner intermediate professional, but in absolute strength, it is several times stronger than a human of the same level, except for a slight inferiority in dexterity, the strength is more than three times that of a warrior, and the movement speed is also twice as fast as the fastest ranger.
At the same time, the giant's skin also has a natural resistance to magic, and some low-level spells, such as the fire tongue of fire, can even only scorch the giant's skin!
And most importantly, giants live in groups!
This kind of group living is not like a game where there are only two or three giants in a camp, and in this world, the smallest giant camp also has at least twenty adult giants!
Of course, the giants in the camp rarely attack humans unless someone touches their cheese...... Oh, and specifically the mammoth cheese that moved the giants.
Speaking of mammoth cheese, we have to mention these giants' 'pet' mammoths.
Mammoths, as famous adventurer killers, are not inferior to giants, and the danger is even better, because as long as someone is close to the mammoth within five meters, they will be regarded as a target by the mammoth, of course, they will also be regarded as a target by the owners of the mammoth, that is, the giants.
However, in general, the giants and mammoths with camps are not very dangerous, and they are only 'vigilant' in the adventurer's manual, far below the 'dangerous' and 'deadly' levels, because people can stay away from the mammoths and put away their weapons, even if they stand at the giants' feet, they will not be attacked by the giants.
Of course, whether or not he will be caught helping the giant collect mammoth cheese is another matter.
Relative to these giants and mammoths, another giant is the real threat.
Known as the Wild Giants, they are ostracized by the Giants' camps because of their violent nature, and they do not herd giant mammoths, but they kill passers-by, destroy villages, and are even more threatening than the notorious trolls!
"Giants of the Windy Basin? Isn't it the wild giant who was attracted by the people of the Grey Raven? ”
Sirika frowned, instinctively repulsing Sawyer's analysis.
"Let's go downstairs first."
Just as Sirika spoke, another stone slammed into the outer wall of the watchtower, and the huge impact made the entire watchtower shake for a moment, obviously this seemingly sturdy watchtower could not withstand the destruction of the giants.
Sawyer picked up Rick, who was still sleeping due to excessive mental energy consumption, and explained to Sirika as he ran to the stairs:
"Lord Earl, although I can't tell how many boulders there are, but at least there are more than ten, do you think that there will be more than ten wild giants gathered together?"
"This ...... What if it's the Raven's siege engine? ”
Celica waved her hand to block a piece of gravel, although she was still refuting on her lips, her confidence was much weaker.
"No kidding, if the Ravens had so many siege engines, they would have ...... long ago Be careful! ”
While speaking, a large section of the stairs where Soya and the others were suddenly collapsed, and Soy Ya only had time to shout to be careful, and there was a sense of weightlessness on his body.
Sharp eyes!
Sawyer thought silently in his heart, and the world in front of him fluctuated for a while, and slowed down in an instant.
With the improvement of personal attributes, the innate skill of [Sharp Gaze] has become more and more powerful, and the moment the sharp gaze is activated, Sawyer even has the illusion that the world is suspended.
The flow of time in the outside world slowed down by 70% in an instant, which is equivalent to more than three times the reaction time of Sawyer, and at this moment, Sawyer's movements are as if they were stunt shots in a movie.
I saw that Sawyer's toes lightly touched on the wreckage of the falling stairs, and the speed of the fall was slow, and the body holding Rick was quickly overtaken by several boulders, and Sawyer borrowed strength on these boulders one after another, and fell to the ground lightly in three or five strokes, and the drop of nearly twenty meters seemed to be as easy as just two steps.
With the soles of his feet lightly touching the ground, Sawyer rushed out of the watchtower with Rick in his arms, and after removing the effect of his sharp gaze, he looked at the slowly collapsing watchtower.
In the face of sudden accidents, others are not slow to react.
As soon as Filina fell a few meters, she slashed her hand axe into the stone crack in the outer wall of the watchtower, and her body froze in mid-air, and she approached the ground twice repeatedly, and when she landed, she used her shield as a cushion and rushed out of the watchtower with a roll.
However, it was Celica who was faster than Philina, with her strong strength, Sirika directly ignored the drop of more than ten meters, and after smashing a shallow pit on the ground like a meteorite, she walked out calmly, and Nodia behind her was also a similar action, but because of her slightly inferior strength, her walking posture was slightly stiff.
The black cat doctor, who was following Nodia, had a dexterous body that borrowed a few times from the falling rubble, and then a piece of hand bone burst out of the second-floor window and landed firmly on the shoulder of Sawyer, who had just rushed out of the watchtower.
The last one to come out was Ishdaq wrapped in black robes, who used a buffer spell in mid-air, but he was not very lucky, he was hit by a piece of rubble above his head and hit his arm, and half of his forearm was smashed out with his palm, and only limped out when the watchtower was about to collapse.
The more than 20-meter-high watchtower slowly collapsed behind everyone, but no one turned back to give a trace of attention, everyone looked in the direction of the city wall, outside the city wall, dozens of tall figures were walking side by side, and the heavy footsteps made the gravel all over the ground beat slightly.
"Damn! It really is a giant of the Yin Wind Basin! How did they end up working with the Grey Raven?! ”
Celica, who climbed the north city wall, looked at the robbers who followed the giant in disbelief, you know, although the giant will not take the initiative to attack humans, this does not mean that the giants will obey the words of humans!
On the city wall, the soldiers in steel armor were still as silent as iron, but the hands clenching their weapons exposed the fear in their hearts without reservation.
Glancing at the giants who were five meters tall, and looking at the city wall that was only more than three meters under his feet, Sawyer also sighed, this battle, before it started, had already been lost.
Seventeen giants, plus seven hundred bandits that followed, were already a crushing force for the Western Watchtower.
"Let's break through," Sirika sighed suddenly, her whole person seemed to collapse, and her tone became decadent, "Let the soldiers gather at the south gate and prepare to break through!" ”
"I'm sorry, I need to be responsible for my soldiers."
Looking at Nodia with a guilty face, Sirika slowly bent down and bowed deeply.
Nodia's face was like ice, but two lines of hot tears ran down from her eyes, and after taking a deep breath, she said with a slight trembling: "Lord Earl, thank you for your assistance, I will take my brothers to the last moment, which can be regarded as buying some time for Lord Earl." ”
A bleak smile appeared on his lips as he spoke, but his tone grew firm, and finally, he turned his head to look at the more than fifty soldiers standing under the city walls, and raised the hammer in his hand......
"Long live the Western Watchtower!"
Listening to the distant roar, Higru showed a disdainful expression, and behind him, a stout figure half-crouched in the shadows, a pair of eyes glinting blood-colored in the setting sun......
"My lord! A team is assembled! ”
"The second team is assembled!"
……
The team of five hundred people quickly assembled in the square of the watchtower, and Sirika stood on the ruins of the watchtower with her lips pursed, the order to retreat lingered in her throat for a long time, and her eyes swept over the young but resolute faces below, and Sirika finally made up her mind......
"My lord! Abel applies for a death battle! ”
A loud voice sounded one step ahead, breaking the solemn silence first.
Cerica looked at the warrior who spoke, she remembered this young man, he was a small captain of the third team, he was only nineteen years old this year, and he was one of the most talented in the entire guard. His father, a blacksmith on the manor, had been relegated to the back burner after his hamstring had been cut off during a bandit mission, and Abel, as his son, had plenty of reasons to stay here.
(Well, let the boy stay, and when he gets back to the manor, he will ...... his brother.) )
Just as Sirika was about to open her mouth to accede to Abel's request, another voice rang out.
"My lord! Eren applies to Deathmatch! ”
"My lord! Borg applies for a death match! ”
"My lord! ……”
As the second voice sounded, the shouts of applying for a death battle sounded one after another, and many voices converged and gradually unified:
"My lord! The Hurdle Guards apply for a death battle! ”
Listening to the shouts in her ears, her eyes swept over the young, resolute but death-defying faces, and a long-lost blood surged into Celica's heart, she slowly exhaled a breath, looked down at the soldiers in the audience slightly, showed a beautiful smile, and slowly drew the long sword with her right hand:
"The Hedel Guards! Prepare to fight to the death! ”
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Sorry, Ah Ye got drunk at dinner last night...... This chapter is made up for yesterday.