Chapter 14: The Night and the Mountain Monster
It was getting dark, and the bandits retreated.
During the day, the bandits' attacks were anticlimactic, and several city gates were not captured, especially the north gate, which suffered a major setback and killed a leader. When the news spread, everyone in the village rejoiced.
At suppertime, the women brought hot golden porridge, fragrant, and two sheep roasted on the fire at each gate.
Sonia came over and talked to Xiao Yan about the baron's banquet in the evening, whether to attend together. Xiao Yan didn't dare to relax at this time, and politely refused.
"There are mostly orcs and goblins among the bandits, and there are even other monsters. They may not be able to take advantage of the darkness of the day, and they must not let up at night. When you see the baron, you have to warn him not to let his men get greedy. ”
Sonia nodded, a little shyly handing Xiao Yan a small package. The package is still slightly hot, exuding bursts of aroma. Before Xiao Yan could open it, Galadia leaned up and leaned on Xiao Yan's arm and used her paw to pull the small package, "What is delicious!" Open it up, open it now! ”
Sonia glanced at Galadia beside Xiao Yan, and only felt that she seemed to be different from the day, but she couldn't say it.
Inside the package are slices of grilled lamb chops. The golden sheepskin is mouth-watering, the thin fat is delicious, and the snow-white onion is full of fat and boundless happiness when you bite into it. It's a pity that there are too few, and they have been eaten a lot by Galadia.
"When we get back, we'll eat roast whole lamb! I didn't think mutton was spicy before! While reminiscing, Jialadya licked her slender fingers with her graceful cherry lips, and Xiao Yan stood up at the scene of temptation.
"I'll go look around! Be safe yourself. ”
After Xiao Yan returned to the city wall, he found that the bandits were also having dinner. This rabble did not have a decent camp, so they relied on their numerical superiority to surround the manor, and dug up the ground all over the ground.
"If there is a reliable force, it will not be difficult to defeat them in a wave of night attacks." Come to think of it, Xiao Yan's side is a militia that is not much stronger than a farmer, and the night is even more unreliable than a goblin.
Since there was no movement of the bandits, and there were sentry posts arranged by the militia on the city wall, Xiao Yan found a place to lie down on the roof not far from the city wall. This place is slightly higher than the city wall, so you can detect the opposite movement in time, even if the city wall is attacked by surprise, it will not be affected immediately. Galadia also wrapped in a small blanket and lay here, really good at picking a place.
Xiao Yan leaned against a chimney and closed his eyes and took a nap, but after a long time, he only heard a scream and hurriedly jumped up.
"Ahh …… Yes! ”
A nearby patrol sentry was lying on the inside of the wall, screaming with all his might, and a pitch-black spear pierced his chest. The sentry was dragged upside down to the battlements on the other side as if he had been grabbed by something. Xiao Yan raised his shield and ran over, only to see a blood-red head as if a blood-red head had come out of a militiaman's chest, dragging him backwards.
Xiao Yan was taken aback, and after a closer look, he saw that it was the tip of a spear. The spear, with a thumb-thick hemp rope tied to it, dragged the militia to the edge of the battlement, and as the militia twitched, it could be seen that a force was pulling hard underneath. By the time Xiao Yan ran to his side, the militia was already out of breath, and his distorted face was terrifying.
Xiao Yan yelled badly, raised his battle axe and pounced. A pair of blood-red eyes rose from behind the corpse, and a goblin bite knife crawled up. Xiao Yan slashed away with an axe, the goblin dodged back, and then jumped hard, and his child-sized body flipped to Xiao Yan's right side in the air. Xiao Yan turned around and was dodged by the other party with an axe, and the sharp knife stabbed straight from below.
Xiao Yan failed twice in a row, and he also knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, so he pushed back and sent the round shield forward. The goblin was stabbing at him, and after he missed, he was hit head-on by the shield, and his eyes suddenly flashed with gold stars. Xiao Yan found that although the other party was amazingly agile, his strength was indeed weak, and he immediately grasped this weakness and another axe, the goblin flashed back, but this time he couldn't completely dodge, his left claw was cut off by half, and he was screaming in pain. Xiao Yan slammed his shield and smashed the little monster into a splatter.
"Your shield strike dealt 28 critical damage, and you killed an elite goblin."
"Continuous battles deepen your mastery of weapons. You have mastered the skill 'Shield Strike', which deals weapon damage to enemies and stuns them for 1 second. ”
The militia rushed and screamed and poked the bandits who climbed up from all directions down the walls. The bandits hung the walls with hooks and locks and climbed up the city one after another. The slow movement was stabbed in the air by a shot, and the fast movement jumped up the city wall to find that he was besieged by several spears, and was killed in only a few fights.
"The drawbridge is down!" Just as everyone was fighting, there was a loud bang at the city gate, and the erected suspension bridge was hooked by the bandits, and dozens of people and horses worked together to break the bridge cable, and the suspension bridge fell to the ground.
"Go to the city gates, stop it! The thief is going to bang on the door! Uncle Sam also screamed in panic, and a group of militiamen ran to the city gate in a hurry. Before he could reach the gate, he heard another loud bang, and the gate shook as if it had been struck by a battering ram.
The blow was so powerful that Xiao Yan felt the ground tremble.
"Mountain monsters! They have a mountain monster! The sentry at the door screamed in fear. Below them, a giant mountain monster 3 or 4 meters tall was swinging its thick tree trunk and slamming it into the city gate.
Trolls are giant creatures in the wizarding world with an extremely ferocious personality, impatient and irrational, and often have difficulty distinguishing between their owners and their food. They make a grunting sound when they talk, and are able to barely learn human and orc languages after training. As a result, the tougher owners will train some of the smarter ones to act as thugs, away from their own minions.
Mountain monsters, like forest monsters, are genus trolls. The mountain monsters are the largest and most dangerous trolls. Its head is bare, and its skin is pale gray. Wood monsters have pale green skin, and some guys have shaggy green or brown hairs. Troll's recipes include all creatures with blood and raw flesh, and of course humans, orcs, and goblins are honored to be among them.
This tough creature has an extremely tough skin that is difficult to pierce even with a spear. Their sheer size and explosive power have made them fond of using thick trees as weapons to smash through enemy shells with an irresistible force. Without proper tactics and weapons, a single mountain monster can crush an entire squadron of soldiers. 10 knights in armor also had to pay a huge price to kill them. Many famous heroes died at the hands of the mountain monsters. When their bodies were found, they found that the cuirass had been smashed open like walnuts, and the entrails and ribs were completely shattered.
There is no doubt that any human who single-handedly defeats the mountain monster will become a world-famous hero. When Xiao Yan climbed the city wall and saw this mountain monster, he immediately understood that this was true.
"Mountain Monster (beginner legendary creature), 13 feet 2 inches tall, 583 kilograms, 35 strength, 8 agility, 18 physical strength, 1 perception, charisma -1, intelligence 1, spirit 1, basic melee lv3.
As a famous species in the wizarding world, the Mountain Monster has received a bonus unique to the 'Legendary Creature'.
Beginner Legendary Creature Ability: Earth Skin Lv1. Increases the owner's health by an additional 500.
Special Ability 1: Uprooting Trees. This massive monster will often pull out nearby trees as weapons, increasing its attack by 135 and its attack range by 100. It takes 5~10 seconds to cast this ability. Because uprooting a tree is a very energy-consuming task, the mountain monster usually has to rest for at least 15 minutes after pulling out a tree before pulling it out again. Mountain monsters holding trees have a 25% chance to deal area damage.
Special Ability 2: Throw, when the mountain monster is extremely angry, it will throw the tree trunk in its hand to deal area damage to distant enemies. The damage is equal to the melee attack of the mountain monster. Enemies within 5 meters of the Trunk hit area fall for 2 seconds at the same time, unable to move, attack, or cast spells for the duration of the knockdown effect.
Special Ability 3: Primal Home Run, spins the body 360 degrees and delivers a terrifying blow that deals massive damage to enemies and has a knockout effect. Before casting, there is a noticeable move forward, and after casting, the mountain monster will not be able to maintain its center of gravity and balance and lose its attack power for 5 seconds.
Special Ability 4: Heartbreaking. The Warrior's signature skill, which emits a furious roar in all directions, deals damage to enemies within a radius of 15 meters x1.5 times their physical strength, and slows their movement speed by 70 for 5 seconds. Higher HP can effectively reduce the duration of the skill.
Mountain Monster Special Ability 5: Fear. As a large unit, the Mountain Monster has a strong sense of fear in the depths of the bloodline for weak creatures. As a result, creatures will lose their rationality and even lose their ability to move, and eventually become food for mountain monsters. ”
Although Xiao Yan had already thought that there would be a large monster as the trump card in the bandit army, and the strength of the body might be very strong, he didn't expect it to be so perverted! The 9 defense derived from 18 HP is not high, but it can also reduce all damage by about 1/4. The legendary creature ability of Earth Skin Lv1 directly increases its health to 680 points.
This data saw that Xiao Yan ran away. Just kidding, such a boss is not a force to beat. As a result, he bumped into the bishop who dragged Uncle Sam up. Uncle Sam was at the door at this time, and was caught by the bishop and dragged up.
"Prepare oil and pots. After the mountain monster broke down the door, it threw it down from above to block the reinforcements coming up from behind. The bishop patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, "We can drag on for half an hour, and it's up to you and the beauty to be able to kill the mountain monster." ”
"I hope your arrangement is useful, otherwise this wave of city gates will be lost!" The traveler also ran up to the city and lit the torches as quickly as he could. These two people are by no means ordinary people, and they can act decisively in such a bad situation.
……
During the pre-war arrangement, Xiao Yan and others worked with the militia to build a passage 25 meters long and 10 meters wide using the houses and streets behind the city gate. Using the walls of the already connected houses to fill in and reinforce, as well as a sturdy second gate built at the end of the passage, Xiao Yan and his team built a defensive system similar to that of the Urn City behind the north gate.
Galadia had already jumped to the roof of the house to the side and nodded towards Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan went down alone behind the city wall. All the other contractors and militiamen returned to the city wall to resist the attack of the bandits, and those who had nothing to do for the time being looked nervously at Xiao Yan, who was standing alone.
There were already a large number of cracks and gaps in the city gate, and the most recent one even smashed a big hole in the wooden door, from which Xiao Yan could see the terrifying figure outside. He clenched his iron shield in his left hand, his tomahawk on his back, and a spear in his right hand. He felt his heart beating like a drum, his palms were covered with sweat, and he let go and clenched from time to time.