Chapter 39: Ambush
The team of the high elves was divided into three groups, each group had a dozen or so people, and some animals were mixed in with them, which means that there must have been forest rangers or druids among them, echoing back and forth.
Seeing that the first group walking in front was about to enter the ambush circle, the few beasts leading the way in front of the team suddenly stopped and roared toothily.
Worst! The ones leading the way are brutes with a keen sense of smell. We were invisible, but we couldn't hide the smell of our bodies.
But the beasts didn't pounce on them immediately, they could smell the smell but couldn't see their target, they just howled in confusion.
But this has alerted the high elves, and a guy in a robe in the team took out a silver crescent-shaped badge, which is the holy emblem of the elven god Corellon Larysian, in other words, that guy is the priest of Corellon Larysian, and as a priest, the most likely thing to use at this time is to make the invisible objects around him appear The third-level divine technique "eliminate invisibility".
I made a quick decision, shifted my aim, and fired an arrow at the priest, interrupting his spell casting. Of course, the arrow that I had turned to shoot in a hurry couldn't be aimed properly, so I simply shot at his body.
The priest's cloth robes were barely defensive, and he had time to look down at the arrow that had sunk deep into his left chest, and the tail feathers that were still exposed, fell without saying a word.
I could not have imagined such a successful result, and the arrow that I shot almost without much aim actually hit the priest in the chest.
The Priest himself has a specialty in all types of armor, even heavy armor can be worn on the body, and although bulky armor can hinder the subtle movement of spellcasting, resulting in an increased failure rate for spellcasting, the Priest of Demon Blade City will at least wear a chain shirt under his robe when he needs to fight, or even if he is just away from the city on errands. It's better to fail an indictment once in a while than to have a dagger stuck in your back.
However, the elven priest on the surface only wore cloth robes in order to avoid the failure of the spell, which was his misfortune and my great luck.
While the High Elves' ranks were in a panic because of the sudden fall of the priest and I was not far from them because of the attack, the beasts in the ranks were unaffected and had already pounced in front of me.
I threw away the compound short bow, unsheathed the sword, and silently recited the activation command, and the +1 blazing sword with flames opened its mouth wide from the right, and the boar's long mouth with thick fangs was bared and pierced, burning it from the mouth to the heart.
On the left was a gray wolf, which was smashed into the nose by the fist of my left hand wrapped in iron gloves, and fell to the ground with a wail, and before it could get up again, the magic sword that had been withdrawn from the boar's mouth swung down, leaving it in a different place.
At the same time, the other commandos also attacked, a volley at the best distance, and the poisonous arrows of the cross bow made most of the high elves of this batch lose their combat effectiveness, and the rest were also stunned by this sudden attack, and after being dropped by the crossbow, the commandos who pulled out their melee weapons rushed closer, and they were knocked over by the commandos almost before they had time to resist.
The two groups of high elves who followed behind were almost wiped out by surprise when they saw that the team in front of them was almost wiped out by surprise under the attack of the dark elves that suddenly appeared. Rush over immediately.
Several of the elves who rushed in a straight line slipped and fell halfway, and the others got entangled in the cobwebs that suddenly appeared between the trees, and the two mage team members cast "Greasy Spell" and "Spider Web Spell" respectively.
A thick fog enveloped the creatures and cut us off from the elves, followed by a terrible scream from the depths of the unseen fog......
After a while, a strong wind blew in the woods, blowing away the thick fog, and it should be that the other party's mage used the "wind making technique".
The area where the fog was originally located, the originally verdant woods, the branches and leaves have become yellow, and the guys who were slipped by the "greasy technique" and entangled in the "spider web technique" before...... Belch...... I just looked at it and didn't want to look at it again.
I've seen people who have been accidentally splashed with strong acid in real life before, but this time the situation was even worse. The skin of their corpses was open and corroded, even the bones were exposed, and the metal equipment on their bodies was also speckled and lost its original luster.
This dense fog is not an ordinary "cloud and mist technique", but a sixth-level arcane "acid mist technique" cast by the instructor, originally as long as it is out of the range of the acid mist in time, the damage will not be too heavy, but those unlucky ghosts have repeatedly slipped and fallen on the ground that has become slippery due to the influence of the "greasy technique" or have been entangled in the spider webs created by the "spider web technique", so they will die so miserably.
I didn't expect that several spells that were not originally based on killing were combined to achieve such a prominent effect.
As the "greasy technique" of the first-level arcane and the "spider web technique" of the second-level arcane, the usual pulling effect is not so effective. The area of effect of the "Greasy Technique" is only a 3-meter radius, and even if you slip and roll on the ground a little, you can get out of it. Although the "spider web" is the range of action with a radius of 6 meters, these multi-layered strong viscous filaments can be broken free, the greater the strength or the higher the "escape" skill, the easier it is to break free, if it is smooth, even if you are in the center of the spider web, it will take less than half a minute to break free. I've seen the command to use "spider webs" to deal with ogres before, and the spider webs are torn apart. However, the High Elves are not known for their strength, and the "Escape" skill is not a skill that is usually prioritized for learning.
But it seems that it is mainly due to the fog affecting their vision, and they are constantly corroded by the acid mist, so that they are in a state of confusion, and they are even more unable to escape in a panic.
If this is the case for me...... I thought to myself. The "greasy technique" is enough to roll out of the range when you slip. "Cobwebs", cobwebs are flammable, and the flames carried by the +1 Blazing Sword in my hand are its nemesis, which can be removed in an instant. The main thing is to stay calm at all times in order to find a way to cope.
As I thought so, I had already followed the other commandos around the range of the acid mist and quietly outflanked the wings of the High Elves. The High Elves are a race that naturally wields long swords, rapiers, and various bows and arrows, and are not weak in both close and long-range combat. However, most of the commandos carry a cumbersome and time-consuming crossbow, which will inevitably be inferior if they shoot from a distance.
However, I picked up the compound shortbow while the fog had cut off the sight of both sides. Using a bow and arrow in front of the high elves is a bit of a "big knife in front of Guan Gong", but I'm not participating in an archery competition, and when the other commandos are fighting with them, I used the bow and arrow to sneak attack, and the results with the bow and arrow were pretty good before.