Chapter 21: A Five-Second Battle

In the continent of Faerun, the vast majority of the lords did not realize the importance of the people, in their eyes, in addition to the number of troops, other population growth will only bring them a heavier burden, and some of these excessive lords even treat civilians as livestock, either exiled or oppressed, and do not give these people a way to live at all. Even in the so-called enlightened cities of Waterdeep, the lords who manage the city do not care about the lives of the people under their rule, although they do not abuse the residents of the city much, but they basically refuse outsiders who want to join their territory.

But Acoste is different, as a person with a very different world memory than Faeron, he knows very well how much power can be exerted by ordinary people who don't seem to be good-looking. Strictly speaking, the social system on Earth is not known how many levels ahead of the planet Torrell, if the system of scientific democracy can be copied to the continent of Faeron, then an extremely powerful empire will be established.

Of course, there is still a fundamental difference between Earth and Torrell, after all, one is a country with many incredible things, and the other is a place where science explains everything, and it is impossible to compare these two completely different worlds together, but Acoste decided to learn some of the experience from it and build his own territory with a more advanced system, which will undoubtedly achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"Okay, okay, you're the boss and listen to you." The dwarf Kogan was a little unhappy when he was stopped by Acoste, but the half-elf has always been good to his own people in the team, and the dwarf who values love and righteousness naturally sees these things in his eyes, and he respects Acoste very much, so even if he is unhappy, Kogan still retracts the hammer and follows Acoste to the depths of Twilight Town.

Neither Acoste nor Dwarves have a Rogue class, but it's unlikely that there will be a highly detectable Ranger class among the Lizardmen, and since the Lizardmen are not other bestials, they are stronger and more sensitive than bestials such as the Kobolds. However, their noses, ears and eyesight are not much different from those of humans. Acoste and the dwarves hid along the way, and actually made their way to the center of Twilight Town with the help of the surrounding obstacles.

What appeared before them was a huge cage enclosed with a wooden fence, containing many yellow-skinned humans, and around the cell stood a group of people who were stronger than the average lizardmen, who were clearly the elite of the tribe, all of them wearing steel armor that looked formidable.

Acoste didn't know why the group of lizardmen would imprison so many captives, according to his own understanding of the living habits of the lizardmen, this group of beasts basically did not leave any prisoners, even if some prisoners were needed occasionally, they would not leave so many people, most lizardmen would kill and eat all the creatures that could eat and drink in it after capturing a town, and wait until the town dried up before changing cities.

The scene in front of him was very unusual, the half-elves knew with their toes that the group of lizardmen must have other plans, and Acoste was even more sure that there were definitely lizardmen druids in this tribe, otherwise those beasts would not have any plans at all.

"Dwarves, you're almost sure you'll be able to kill the five lizardmen warriors on the left. They don't look easy to deal with. Acoste patted the dwarf on the shoulder, and quietly resorted to a little agitation.

"One hundred percent, Uncle Kogan will never let go of any of the little lizards." The dwarf thumped his chest and reassured, finally getting through the fight, Kogan turned his back to the sky and burst into tears, this time he said he would finish it no matter what Acoste commanded, even if he asked him to leave a whole corpse for the other party.

"Okay, let's solve the battle in 5 seconds, be careful not to make too much noise, on!" Acoste smiled at the dwarf, he liked Kogan's bold personality, and the dwarven berserker's abilities reassured him. The half-elf jumped from the roof of a thatched hut with his hands propped up like a roc spreading its wings. "Brush" the sound of the weapon unsheathed twice, and the two lizardmen warriors separated before they could figure out the situation.

"The third!" Without waiting for the column of blood that soared through the air to fall on him, Acoste instantly slid in front of the third lizardman with a strange sliding, muttering a grim reaper-like whisper and slashing the head of the third lizardman with his right hand held high in the ashes bringer.

The lizardman warrior is also the elite of this tribe, as a race known for agility and strength, the lizardman warrior finally reacted at the moment when the blade hung its head, it raised its spear to block Acoste's attack, but before the slash fell, the lizardman warrior found that his heart was cold.

"I'm dual-wielding." Acoste smiled at the lizardman, pulling out the frost sorrow that had plunged his left hand into the lizardman's chest, and the lizardman warrior didn't even understand when the sword that pierced his heart appeared.

After dealing with this enemy, Acoste turned his head to look to the other side, and the last two lizardmen warriors and the half-elf swordmaster he contracted glanced at each other, and actually decisively left Acoste behind and fled without a fight.

It's not that the lizardman warriors are afraid, the lizardmen are belligerent but the barbarian race comparable to the werewolves among all the beasts, this group of guys who only know how to kill and eat even if they encounter a dragon dare to go up and poke two spears, but the abnormal behavior of the other party makes Acoste even more sure that there must be a spellcaster in this lizardman tribe, only these lizardmen druids who have changed their minds will teach this group of simple-minded lizardmen not to die when they encounter the enemy, and to pass on the information of the enemy attack first.

"But it still doesn't work." Acoste still felt funny when he saw the two lizardman warriors with their backs to him, how could ordinary people run away like this, wasn't this a live target for himself?

The half-elf took Thor's longbow from his back, and since he got this magic weapon, Acoste has never used it, not that this magic longbow is not powerful, but that the half-elf has no occasion to use it until now, like today is the first virgin shot of this longbow.

"Whoosh." Without aiming, Acoste just gathered enough strength to shoot his bow, and the two arrows lost their trajectory with the sound of the strings, and the next second they were all accurately inserted into the back of the two lizardman warriors.

"What a useful weapon." Acoste took back his magic longbow and hung it on his back again, Thor's longbow has only one effect, that is, it can automatically correct the route of the arrow, don't look at this effect may be very weak, but for a warrior like Acoste who does not spend extra time training bow and arrow skills, this longbow is undoubtedly at the same level as a transcendent or even legendary-level weapon. Because what warriors lack when they use bows and arrows to shoot is the right head, and their proud strength can ensure the power and destructive power of the arrows they shoot, as long as they have such a longbow that can be shot with their hearts locked onto the target, then the warrior's long-range threat will definitely rise to a terrifying level.

With the help of this longbow, Acoste can make some advanced shooting skills like multiple shots that he couldn't do before, the first double shot is just a small test knife, if the conditions allow, he can shoot 5 arrows in one go, and he can shoot the enemy no matter how he shoots, this feeling is really very comfortable.

On the other hand, the dwarf Kogan also completed his own target, he was a little slower than Acoste, but as a dwarf with short legs and short hands, if the lizardman warrior was to deal with him, he really didn't have much to limit, and he could kill 5 lizardman warriors running around in five seconds. Dwarves can no longer be forced to do things that are beyond his means.