Chapter 44: The War of Slaughter
Acoste trimmed up for a moment, then geared up and headed for the other side of the Wailing Glade. This time, it was Darren who led the way. Acoste didn't know what of his relatives had died in last night's attack, and when he was choosing a leader today, Daeron stood up without saying a word, his eyes were red, and the weapon he held in his hand was bruised, looking like he was looking for a lizardman to fight to the death anytime and anywhere. Yacoste didn't know how to persuade him, and sometimes the warrior's emotions could only be vented through fighting.
"It's here, it's ahead." Daeron led everyone through the small half of the woodland, and instead of roaring and rushing straight up, Daeron was still sane, but stopped to ask Acoste's opinion.
"Good." Acoster couldn't help but glance at the other party, he patted Darren on the shoulder, so he took Ling to observe the enemy's situation, brushed aside the weeds, and a stronghold built with a wooden fence appeared in front of him, the lizardmen are the most capable of camp construction among all the bestials, compared to the kobolds and jackals who mark their territory with excrement like kennels, their camp level can be said to be a few grades higher.
"How about you go and kill the two lizardmen at the door, and I'll kill the two on the watchtower?" Acoste observed for a while and said to Ling, the other party is the most stealthy one in his team, and the task of pulling out the doorman can only be handed over to her.
Ling nodded, then tied her skirt to her thigh, took out the dagger and put it in her mouth and touched it, Yacoste took the hard bow from his back, and held two arrows in his hand, as long as Ling did it, he would also kill the lizardman standing on the wooden building at the same time.
The others hid in the woods a few meters away, and if Ling and Acoste succeeded, they would rush in as fast as they could!
"Poof!" "Whoosh"
Acoste pulled his bowstring, and with the blessing of the half-elf bloodline, his bow and arrow attainment was smoother than that of his own legendary warrior in his previous life, and both arrows were nailed into the lizardmen's necks at the same time, and they fell down without even screaming. Ling touched the back of the guard at the door, and the two daggers pierced the nerves at the back of the lizardman's head, and the two lizardmen fell down limply before they had time to warn!
Acoste waved his hand, and Li Qing and the three of them immediately rushed into the village from the woods, and the lizardmen who were busy walking back and forth inside didn't know what was going on, and they were stunned by the stormy blows of a group of angry people.
Li Qing's golden iron fists swung vigorously, and now he was able to completely cover his hands with qi to attack, and the lizardman would break his bones if he was almost smashed. Lavis also quickly chanted the incantation, and the two-ring divine light bullet condensed in the air next to the little girl, and then shot at the lizardman like a storm of bullets, killing all the enemies standing in front of Lavis's eyes with twice as many holy light bullets as ordinary two-ring divine magic. And Daeron as an ordinary militiaman, he does not have the strength of adventurers, but he is the most angry among this group, he lost his mind and waved his iron sword frantically, and killed many lizardmen with a deadly fighting style, he almost killed a lizardman to brutally cut off the opponent's head, and for a time the battlefield on his side was the most bloody.
Yacoste's first tactical goal was achieved, Yacoste knew that he had few people, so he had to hit the other party by surprise, but he didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good, and the number of lizardmen was eliminated at least 1/3 after the first round of blows. "Quack" a frog-like cry, the lizardmen finally reacted, these savage races had no fear, and the corpses and blood of their companions did not make them flinch, but aroused their ferocity. In the lizardmen, almost all of them are warriors, and they pick up spears and weapons on the ground, and those who have no weapons around pick up stones on the ground. With red eyes, they launched a counterattack towards Yacoste.
"Be careful! First, pay attention to your own safety! Acoster pulled the bowstring and shot three or four lizardmen, before he had time to put the longbow back behind his back and threw it on the ground, pulling out Frostmourn and Ashbringer to block the spear that stabbed him head-on. The sheer force made Acoste froze, and in desperation, he had to take a half step back, giving himself enough room to move before splitting the opponent's weapon and slashing the lizardman's neck.
Lizardmen can grow to 6-7 feet tall, weigh 200-250 pounds, and have a thick tail of 3-4 feet long, these strong guys are not on the same level as kobolds, three or four lizardmen can pose a threat to Acoste, Yacoste has to fight beside Lavis, if it weren't for the old man in Capella's village who swore with his soul that there was no leader and druid among these lizardmen, Acoste would have run back to Baldur's Gate with Ling and them, and would not continue to stay and fight.
The nearest swamp or wetland to the Wailing Glades was the Flood Forest, and Acoste could guess that something must have happened in the forest, and the lizardmen were forced to move to the Wailing Glade, while their leader and druid were killed in the mutation.
The battle continues, the corpses of a group of lizardmen lie on the ground in Acoste, and his side is not unscathed, Daeron this poor militia is finally killed, anger does not bring him real strength, but it brings him the path of destruction, Daeron who blindly charges is thrown to the ground by dozens of lizardmen, and then used as food on the spot!
Lavis used the necklace around his neck to put a shield of holy light on Acoste, Acoste immediately went berserk, the number of remaining lizardmen was reduced again, their morale was finally broken, and the desperate lizardmen began to flee from the village they had just established, so far after this battle, the remaining lizardmen will never pose any threat to Capella Village for at least three or five years, Yacoste They want to bury Daeron's body, but there are only a few pieces of minced meat to find around, In desperation, Acoste had no choice but to put Daeron's sword and shield into the ground and erect a simple tombstone. Ling and Li Qing entered the village and killed all the young lizardmen and their hatched eggs, and the war across races was slaughter, otherwise these little lizardmen would grow up with hatred and hunt humans again.
After a series of battles and adventures, the people of Acoste have exhausted most of their spirits, they did not even clean the battlefield after the battle, so they returned to the village of Capella, the news of the victory made the villagers who were also struggling to breathe cheered, they had already buried the corpses of their own clan at this time, and the group ran vigorously to the village of the lizardmen, where the materials for the lizardmen to survive the winter were stored, and they could safely survive this winter after plundering.
"Thank you, dear adventurers, there are no good things in our village, and this magical item we found from a nameless skeleton in the Wailing Woodlands, I hope it will be of some use to you." The old man bowed deeply to Acoste, and then pulled out a rustic badge from his bosom, the surface of which was engraved with a snake hovering together, emitting a faint magical aura. "Thief's Emblem (Magic Accessory)
+2 weapon damage
- My heart is in the light, but in the shadows. “