Chapter 020: The Crypt

"The long hunt has made the bear goblins know how to work together when attacking, they are as brave as the dwarves, but the tactics are not very clever but very practical compared to the dwarves. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info"This is what the dwarves say about the bear goblins.

When Zoro arrives at Duty Eighty-Eight and sees the bear goblins with his own eyes, he learns that they have nothing to do with the little green goblins, but are a variant of the goblins.

Bear goblins are tall, strong, vicious, and more agile than the average human. Many times evil, greed, and stupidity are in their nature, but these are only in the eyes of human beings.

In fact, the bear goblins kept their promises, and Thorin simply explained the situation, and immediately obtained the dominance of thirty bear goblins from the hands of the bear goblin elder. They are the bravest and strongest of the 88th post.

The bear goblin got its name from the fact that it had a bear-like face. In addition to bows and arrows and spear throwing, he likes to use nail head hammering as weapons. After a brief introduction by the dwarf, the Bear Goblin Elder simply used "Hello. Such a simple tone is a symbolic greeting.

Zoro didn't express any dissatisfaction with this, after all, the appearance of a human boy could hardly attract the attention of the Elder Bear Goblin.

"The Devouring Crypt -- it is located in a hollow of the hills near the edge of the Thorn Forest, and there is a path that leads to the mouth of the cave. I remember that it was summer, and the entrance of the cave was covered with green moss, wild penny, and thatch, and on the top of the cave more than five feet high, a large field of green vines hung down to cover the entrance of the cave. ”

These descriptions after the fast start are from the mouth of a bear goblin named Dore.

And these adventures about his youth, except for Dole, and a limited number of bear goblins at the time, to this day, no one knows the secret. There may be others who know about the existence of the Devouring Crypt, but few know that it connects to the interior of the Ogre Tribe.

As for what was going on inside the Devouring Crypt, Dole himself hadn't personally set foot in it, but knew that the other side of it was the ogre's toilet and the place where the bones and food scraps were thrown.

After so many years, the ogre has not transformed his tribe. That's not something Dole could have known.

Dole's story is more about the creatures inside the devouring crypt, the bloodthirsty giant rat.

The strength of this monster is equivalent to that of a warrior of the fifth level of black iron, and it likes to live in groups.

Bloodthirsty giant rats are very territorial, and at the same time very cruel and bloodthirsty. As if hating anything but trolls. Any moving object that intrudes into its territory will be killed. At the same time, the bloodthirsty giant rat has violent bacteria on its body, and even a little scratch will kill you. With all these detailed points, Dole has told everyone in the team to pay attention to.

Treading on moss like cotton wool under their feet, they marched along a complex network of caves, led by Sauron, Yabu, and Thorin, with 13 dwarves and 30 bear goblins, carefully traversing the entire thorn forest.

Half a day later, when they saw the hills and hollows, many feelings rose in everyone's hearts, but even though the road ahead was full of unknown dangers, Sauron also felt a smooth mood. Because, warriors never ask about the future, they only want to be happy and enthusiastic.

Sensing that there was a movement ahead, Dole's pupils slowly contracted.

"It is said that the bloodthirsty giant rat is a ferocious monster, a watchdog for trolls, or an animal kept in captivity ready to feed its hunger, and these claims are not exaggerated at all."

Lying on the ground and crawling forward, his body was covered with mud, and his clothes were probably wet. Zoro stared at the thirty or so ogres beneath the hollow, looking silent and waving his hand. Under Dole's leadership, the 30 bear goblins, as if they were never silent, straightened up, and spread out to the sides in neat movements, burrowing into the dirt, camouflaging their bodies the same color as the dirt.

When everything was ready, Zoro and Thorin exchanged glances, and the 13 dwarves began to fire a volley of arrows.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With Thorin's voice, the dwarven hunters aimed at a bunch of figures under the hollow, the pull of the arm, quickly deformed the string, and after letting go, the elastic potential energy of the bow was immediately converted into the kinetic energy of the arrow, and it quickly sank into the hollow.

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Due to the weather, only a third of the 13 arrows could hit the target.

But because it is condescending, the terrain brings more ferocious penetrating power to the arrowhead.

With the naked eye, I can see a certain ogre eating in the hollows of the hills, its forehead is pierced, its mouth is slightly open, but its eyes are shining with a dull and dead gray light, staring straight ahead, its body is wearing an unprocessed animal skin, and the surface of the unpatterned surface is covered with white fur.

At the same time, around the neck, there was a red thing. The strange shape and the terrible smell of it, as if it were the intestines of some kind of animal.

"Roar---"

In a moment fell five or six trolls. The remaining ogres scattered with a roar, and some quickly picked up rough wooden shields in their hands and rushed up the slope.

From the reaction of the trolls, it was clear that they had not taken the 13 dwarven hunters into account, and the trolls were noticeably stronger than the trolls encountered in the damp woodlands. The trolls rushed up, not afraid of bows and arrows, not to mention that the distance from the hollows to the hills was not very far.

As Sauron was able to glimpse. Unlike encounters in the humid woodlands, these green-skinned trolls guarding the hollows generally have a class.

[Ogre Professional, Talent Bloodthirsty:β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…]

[Profession: Black Iron Butcher Level 5.] 】

[Intelligence: 1 point.] 】

[Strength: 15 points.] 】

[Agility: 3 points.] 】

[Specialty: Born bloodthirsty, tough body.] 】

The body is tough, which means that this group of trolls has rough skin and thick flesh. Bloodthirsty, on the other hand, means that they can easily fall into a berserk mode that ignores physical pain. Thankfully, no matter how difficult the enemy may be, so far, everything is still within your calculations.

"Hold steady - don't retreat without my orders, and shoot freely at your choice."

Thorin gave orders to the dwarven hunters beside him, drawing his sword. He subconsciously contracted his pupils, calculating in his mind the time when the trolls rushed up.

In this distance, seven or eight more trolls fell with arrows, and Sauron said to the Witch King of Angmar, "Attack from behind." ”

Seeing that the trolls are about to meet the dwarven hunters. Dole ordered the bear goblins, who were lying on both ends of the mud slope, to suddenly lift a layer of dirt, hold a mace, and yell, "-Shhh ”

Meet at close quarters. They are also elite soldiers, bear goblins, outnumbered trolls who were attritioned by bows and arrows.

So, there is basically no suspense in this skirmish. As early as the beginning of the battle, the winner was decided.

Seeing so many bear goblins suddenly rush out. The ogre butcher who rushed up the mud slope was as panicked as a frightened bird.

At this moment,-

"Suffer deathβ€”" The Witch King of Angmar suddenly appeared, his boots were well-proportioned, powerful, and rhythmic, like two heavy flour bags falling alternately on the snow. He shrugged his shoulders and held his chest high, his eyes level, and a cloak flicked behind him, revealing a kind of arrogant witch king temperament.

Without any suspense, the Ring Spirit, who has the rank 10 knight class of Bronze, performed well in this skirmish, and without anyone's help, he killed three trolls in seconds with one hand. And this scene, while making the bear goblin Dor, frightened, gave him a new understanding of Sauron, the baron lord of the Dragon Court Woodland.

Bear goblins are good at hard-fought battles. The battle had barely lasted five minutes before the trolls were defeated. The remaining six ogres turned and fled to the bottom of the hollow. Unfortunately, the Ringwraiths were blocking their escape route, and the dwarven hunters, who had drawn their bows and wound them, hit them decisively.

The skirmish was soon over.

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The exact location of the Devouring Crypt was not a detailed idea in Sauron's mind. Dole also doesn't remember very well.

However, the trolls chose to release guards near the Devouring Crypt, which was self-defeating. In this limited area, the crowd quickly tentatively found the entrance to the crypt, which was deliberately concealed by the superposition of tree branches.

Dole gently groped his mouth with two bear goblins. A grinding stone-like stone appeared in front of him, slightly smaller at the top and slightly larger at the bottom, with a scratch about five inches deep in the middle.

Dole looked up and saw a nest the size of a wheel overhead, with several cubs of bloodthirsty giant rats lying in it that had not yet opened their eyes.

One of Dole's bear faces instantly smiled, "Maybe it's a blessing from the dark." Luck befell us bear goblins. ”

He grabbed a handful of soil from the crypt, leaned under his nose and sniffed, "Take these cubs and let's go out." ”

Dore explained to Sauron, "In order to pass through the Devouring Crypt without attracting the attention of the Bloodthirsty Giant, the bloodthirsty Giant Rat's blood must be smeared on its body. Believe me, bloodthirsty rats are not as scary as they look, these beasts are blind, and they can deceive these smelly rat monsters with their smell. ”

Killed a few cubs. Everyone's face was smeared with the blood of the bloodthirsty giant rat.

Next, the attentive Dole did not forget to remind, "Bury the corpses of these trolls and wipe the blood from the snow." Light the torches we carry. Enter the Devouring Crypt now. ”

Be careful and wordless.

In silence, after about half an hour, the hazy surroundings were scattered with light from outside, and Zoro's breath was filled with all kinds of dark and fishy smells,

Unlike the entrance to the crypt, the passage of the devouring crypt is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, the width can accommodate two people side by side, and the narrow place can be passed by one person who has to bend over and crawl sideways to pass.

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