Chapter 63: Defense

Goblins, or big-eared monsters, are a very weak trash fish. However, they are still armed with traps and crossbows, and the goblin wolf cavalry is as sharp and fragile as Heroes of Might and Blood. And because there are so many of them, it's still possible to give birth to spellcasters.

But the bear goblin is a strong man with a height of more than two meters, a weight of two hundred and five, a square face and a bear nose, and is proficient in all kinds of insidious and vicious killing techniques.

Goblins often appear as the henchmen of evil gods, a militarized elite race that has established martial arts, military academies, and even mage academies for battle, and many of the martial arts schools that have been circulated in the outside world are said to have come from them. Although it may not be as strong as a single bear goblin, it is generally the disciplined goblins who are in the dominant position.

Basically, goblin creatures can be roughly regarded as peasants, ninjas, and samurai, although there is also a caste system within goblins such as whips, hunters, gatherers, and untouchables.

Goblins inhabit excavated tunnels, bear goblins live in caves, and goblins build militarized fortresses that keep the former two as slaves and vassals.

Overall, goblin races are not as weak as people think, but may be more dangerous than the ferocious orcs.

Their lackluster armor and weapons were covered in bloody stains, and they rushed into the tunnels with red eyes and fangs and claws, screaming to wipe out the damned dwarves!

They were then met by the Drow Assassins, who had become invisible.

The cry of the ecstatic beast, which had thought that the enemy had fled and wanted to take advantage of the pursuit, instantly turned into a series of screams.

The hillbilly dwarves were shocked, and Thomas continued to calmly shoot at the undead creatures that would not be attacked to the point. This Drow may have been the Shadow King Assassin left over from a hundred years ago when the God of Thieves was still dead, and it is normal to slaughter living creatures with the blessing of high invisibility, and in fact, the Ninjutsu Onibu of Cat Ninja can achieve a similar effect.

It's just that Baihua can only be invisible for about half a minute in total, and Kurgal's 4-ring spell can last for a minute. However, she has the Sword of the Sumir Chosen King, the Ruler of War, and the Mirror Sword Ilbresa sent by Aberdale in her hand, plus her rank, agility and physique are all superior, and if she goes head-to-head or the Drow Assassin, she is more likely to lose.

The Ranger noticed that many enemies were dodging and parrying before the blood splattered, and that the Black Ice armor they were equipped with would suddenly extend and collide with the invisible blades. Whenever this happens, the speed at which the enemy falls is significantly slowed.

Not only that, but the small space also limited the range of movement of the Drow Assassins, and the enemy wielded their weapons in the air, sometimes seeing blood in the air!

The world is too uneasy, attacks are often greater than defenses, and the strong are easily killed by the weak, and only certain spell combinations can temporarily ensure safety.

A minute of invisibility had passed, and the Drow Assassin's form had barely been revealed, when an orc roared, threw his blade among the corpses of the piled dwarves and monsters, and pounced on him and grabbed him.

In this urgent time, it was able to avoid the dagger's backstab, endure the pain of being pierced in the arm, pinch Drow's arm, turn behind him, and sweep down with one leg.

It is easy to accidentally attack from a distance in a melee scuffle, and Thomas once unfortunately hit a teammate with a weakening ray when he was about to succeed in a counter-grapple. Therefore, he had to shoot the other enemies attacking Drow to reduce his pressure.

Despite the arrows, the blood-spattered bears, goblins, goblins, orcs, and barbarians were still undaunted to death, and rushed forward to hack Drow to death.

Slorin, who had just been healed of his wounds by the priest, pounced ferociously, his fat body wrapped in black ice armor slammed into the enemy group, and the heavy axe delicately grazed Drow's side, cutting off the orc's arm!

Even though the orc warriors were fierce, they were far from this dwarf in terms of equipment and combat skills, and it only took a few seconds to be killed. After all, Slorin had been accustomed to fighting the weak against the strong before, and these days he has repeatedly defeated the buried ice armor stronger than himself with the help of spells.

Decades of hard training and actual combat fused him with the dwarven heavy axe, and the blood gushed through the heavy axe, and the monsters with their own bravery rushed forward and fell.

Schalke had already turned into a dark shadow and swept past Slorin, condensing into human form behind him, being healed by the dwarven priests.

Although it was only a minute, he was already scarred, and he was not panicked because he was treated by a priest.

The Thief class is only a little stronger than the Mage's ability to resist hits, and this Drow's weak physique makes it very brittle despite its high level.

If the flowers are thin and filling, then Schalke is a small street wonton with little meat filling, Slorin skin is also meaty, and Lao Yinxi can't see the filling when you bite into it......

The defense gap between the various classes, the races, and each person is enormous.

Aside from the monster's special abilities, as well as spells such as long-range protection and body protection stones, there are few ways to directly reduce the damage of being hit by an enemy. So in the data calculation, Cortana counted most of the ability to reduce the opponent's hit rate as a "defense level".

For example, leather armor, chain armor, full-body armor, overweight full-body armor, dwarven mountain armor...... The thicker, more well-defended armor will provide more defense.

However, heavier armor is not always better, as heavy armor can hinder the ability to flexibly dodge attacks, although materials such as Mithril can alleviate this.

The choice of armor is a combination of various elements, so people such as Baihua, Schalke, and Thomas who are too agile cannot wear heavy armor. They only wear very light and soft magical armor, and what they want is not defense, but various enchantment effects and the necessary conditions for installing armor crystals.

Defense is mainly increased by the spells cast by the mage, and the defense of 1 ring "Mage Armor" is enough to match the chain armor, and it does not restrict movement at all!

The defense of the 3-ring "High Armor" is comparable to that of the Mixed Iron Armor, and the most terrifying is the Radiant Armor used by Thomas. Although it provides defense between the two mage arcane, given that the shroud range of these armor spells does not stack with heavy armor, it is the radiant armor's ability to interfere with melee combat with strong light is the most impressive.

But there were so few people who could accept holy spells that there was no one available before Old Silver Creek set out. Otherwise, Slorin would not have fought so badly, and Baihua and Schalke would not have become sharp but fragile glass knives.

The incoming enemies are mostly in close combat, so in this fight, Thomas, Kurgal, and Ewell are the safest in the distance. Every time the melee fighters attack, it is tantamount to licking blood from the edge of the knife and walking a tightrope on the cliff.

In fact, this is not only the case, but also the vast majority of battles.

Distance is the safest defense.

After a long fight, Old Silverstream took Smilein's place and continued to face the swarming enemies.

This battle lasted for a long, long time, and in the end, not only the spell slots of the caster, but also the physical strength of the warriors were basically exhausted.

Archery is also an extremely physical and powerful way of attacking, in ancient warfare, the average archer could only shoot a dozen to dozens of arrows, while the famous English longbowman had a lot of spinal deformation.

Thomas didn't know how many arrows he had fired, but he probably had to catch up with the number of archers in a battle, all he remembered was that the dwarven priests had used magic to remove his fatigue and restore the worn fingers of the wrench.

It was also a quick opportunity to change to a relatively lighter Tucan short bow early.

Eventually, the wave of monsters finally subsided, and the casters went to rest. Thomas, on the other hand, dozed off half-open and half-closed on the front line with his bow, and because the Ranger spell had healing damage, he could also use a healing wand.

Baihua was beside him, listening attentively to the movements around him.

Then Thomas wakes up and dozes off with her.

The monsters kept coming in waves, and they spent the night and the days that followed.

When the caster's spell slots are depleted, the dwarves' defenses are often snapped. If you're not careful, you'll take a break, and you'll not have much of a lifeline of healing wands left.