Chapter 5: Mortal Situation, Iron Heart
As a militia captain, Burr was undoubtedly qualified, and when he mentioned the women and children in the village, Zhu Peng almost saw +3, +5, and +10 morale on the heads of the militia members.
Morale is even more important to an army than its combat effectiveness, because if morale is exhausted and the team collapses, combat strength cannot be reflected.
However, as a military commander, Burr undoubtedly failed.
Even if Zhu Peng lost forty percent of his memory and knowledge, he knew that when facing a military fortress that could not be found out from the truth, it was best not to attack head-on, but Burr drew his long sword and picked up his iron shield, and he was already the first to rush forward with a roar.
Zhu Peng hesitated, but seeing that the other militia around him had also followed and rushed up, he had to grit his teeth and keep up.
However, whether it is the village militia or the kobolds, the military quality of both sides seems to be sparse, when Burr rushed out with eighteen village militia menacingly, the kobolds guarding outside saw nearly twenty humans with weapons running out, and their first reaction was not to send a signal or defend the battle, but to directly discard the wooden spear in their hands, and run into the nest with their hands and feet like earth dogs.
Kobolds are timid by nature, and when faced with enemies of similar size, they will only attack when they are twice as large as them, and if things don't go well in battle, they will quickly scatter and flee, just like at this moment.
The embarrassed posture of the kobold guards undoubtedly completely boosted the morale of the village militia, except for the militia captain Burr, who was a retired soldier, the other militia were mostly farmers on weekdays, and they had no vigilance mentality, and the formation that they had barely maintained under the high morale gradually dispersed.
"Captain, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the lanes are narrow and dim, is it for the brothers to slow down?" Zhu Peng still couldn't hold back after all, he quickly rushed to the high-spirited Burr and whispered.
“...... You don't know, these farmers are timid and afraid of death, if they don't muster up their morale, their combat power will be very unstable, let them rush, I've already scouted here, there are only more than 20 kobolds in total, it's okay. For the half-elf ranger he just "recruited", Burr still attaches great importance to it, although he is a little unhappy, but he is still willing to explain.
However, the more Zhu Peng listened, the more chilled he became, there are more than 20 kobolds, so where are they now?
No matter how timid the kobold is, they don't even have the courage to protect the nest, and even the mother goblin will show the courage to face the liger when it comes to protecting the nest and its cubs.
"Retreat, the situation is not right, everyone retreat!" Zhu Peng finally refused to care about Burr's authority and face, and at this moment, in his eyes, the dim alleyway in front of him had turned into a coveted giant beast blood.
However, it was late.
The scattered militia had already rushed too deep, and in a rather wide stone hall, several militia fighters suddenly let out screams, all of them stepping into the trap pit with one foot on the surface and no obvious anomaly, and the soles of their feet were directly pierced by the wooden spikes inside.
Kobolds are prone to simple traps, and although they have a low average intelligence, they have a small chance of having a high intelligence spellcaster.
"Retreat, there is an ambush, retreat quickly!" Burr originally planned to reprimand Zhu Peng, but before the words could be spoken, the screams had already been heard, and when he saw the soles of the feet of four or five militiamen stepping into the trap hole, the militia captain Burr's cheeks turned white, and then he gave an even more bastard order.
"Retreat your M, hold the shield, shrink the formation, protect your companions, and defend in place. Originally, Zhu Peng's prestige could not be compared with that of the militia captain Burr, but if he followed Burr's orders, it would be tantamount to giving up his companions, so these militiamen hesitated.
Immediately after Zhu Peng issued an order, his own will and Zhu Peng's order were superimposed, and the remaining militia shrank with shields to protect their injured fellow villagers in the formation.
And at this time, a large number of kobolds have rushed out of the darkness in all directions, mostly some sharpened wooden spears, rough stone axes tied to stones, but don't underestimate these guys, kobolds are a fantasy race with extremely thin red dragon blood after all.
They are generally relatively low in physique, intelligence, and charisma, but their strength and agility are faintly higher than those of humans, reaching about 11 or 12 points, but the equipment on their bodies is often too inferior to even fight against the same number of human militias.
At that moment, if they all retreated according to Burr's orders, the militia would be chased and killed by this group of kobolds whose strength and agility were higher than their own for a long time, and the final result would probably be that the kobolds would not be damaged, and the whole army would be annihilated. Kobolds have high morale and courage when fighting a tailwind battle.
Burr's military command ability is a tragedy, but he is at least willing to put blood on the militia, most of these militiamen are wearing animal skin armor, and at the same time they also hold sharp iron weapons in their hands, even the pitchfork can be used as a spear, such equipment can crush the kobold around him.
Zhu Peng stood in the center of the team under the guard formation of the militia team, took a deep breath, and then after a brief glance at his gaze, he sank his waist and tied his horse, opened his bow left and right and shot three arrows in an instant, shooting the strongest and fiercest kobold directly to kill, and the three arrows hit his chest in a row.
At the same time, Boer is also fighting the front line, it is not for nothing that he can be the captain of the militia in the village, in addition to the ability to boost morale, this guy's combat skills are indeed skillful and exquisite, the iron shield in the left hand is wielded horizontally, and the long sword in the right hand stabs and kills, fast and steady, hard and tough, it is the most orthodox hoplite combat method, three or five kobolds will soon be killed or injured under his sword, Zhu Peng and Burr's outstanding performance makes the originally fanatical kobolds become more timid.
And the morale of the militia, which was originally collapsed due to being ambushed, has been flattened a little, and if it goes on like this, the first defeat and then the victory, everyone can also explain the past.
But at this moment, an old kobold, who was two circles larger than the other kobolds and armed with a bent stick, came from a distance, and walked up the stone platform under the protection of the five kobolds to the diagonal top of the militia that was fighting.
Although Zhu Peng himself lost a lot of memories, he inherited the memories of the devoured traverser perfectly, and when he saw the elbow stick in the old kobold's hand, his brain buzzed.
The kobolds are far inferior to humans in the Faren Continent, so there are very few old people in this group, and even if the old kobolds are not eaten by their own hungry tribes, they will at least be driven into the wilderness and left to fend for themselves...... Be careful, it must have its own meaning to survive in this group.
Zhu Peng stretched his bow again, and threw three arrows at the kobold in the distance with all his strength, no way, the hunting bow in his hand hit down, plus the distance of thirty or forty steps, the direct shot had no lethality, so Zhu Peng could only calculate the angle and choose to throw, but the three arrows were swept away by the guards around the old kobold, and the kobold beside it was far stronger and stronger than the kobold besieging Zhu Peng and others, and the equipment on his body was more complete.
(Fuck, this time, I was really pinned into the original pit.) )
When he saw the orange-red fireball burning on the old kobold's wooden staff, although Zhu Peng's face was expressionless, but in his heart was 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping by, clearing the kobold's lair once and actually meeting the kobold warlock, what kind of exaggerated luck is this?
This time, there was no time to remind others, or it was meaningless to remind, before the orange fireball shot down, Zhu Peng threw away the wooden bow and drew the short sword at his waist, he rushed into the kobold like crazy, Burr was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, but the next moment he reacted, and pulled a militiaman with the sole of his foot pierced next to him to block in front of him.
Rumble!
Fireballs explode in the crowd!
The burning flames, the foehn wind, and the smell of burnt flesh and bones filled the mouth and nose for a while, the fireball technique is indeed a low-level spell, yes, but it is also one of the most cost-effective low-level spells, and it is really good to use it to deal with low-level miscellaneous soldiers.
In particular, the kobold warlock activated the red dragon bloodline, and it also had a high bonus effect on the fire spell, so that when a fireball spell blasted down, it was like detonating a shoulder-fired rocket in the crowd, and most of the twenty militiamen were killed, seriously injured, and unconscious for a while.
Because Zhu Peng dodged fast enough, and the kobolds around him also knew the power of their boss's fireball technique, they consciously scattered and retreated, so he was not affected too much.
It's just that at this moment, Zhu Peng's melee skills are not very high, although he quickly picked up a wooden shield on the ground in the process of rushing forward and rolling, but there are too many kobolds around, and the most difficult ones are some fierce earth dogs domesticated by kobolds, they have red eyes and even bite Zhu Peng's body against the foehn wind, and their difficulty is even more than that of ordinary kobold warriors.
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With a large number of militiamen killed, wounded, and knocked unconscious, the overall battle situation is generally the situation has been decided, basically, the more than 2,000 catties of meat of these twenty people can be regarded as handed over to the kobold people to add food, with the supplement of this batch of high-protein food, as long as a few months pass, a thriving kobold tribe will rise, especially since they also have a kobold warlock who activates their own red dragon blood as the leader.
In such a hopeless desperate situation, not to mention the ordinary militia, even the rather fierce Burr had lost the will to fight, they screamed hysterically and fought, just instinctively did not want to die, but because of the loss of heart and energy, they seemed to be slow to react, and one by one they fell to the ground and were bitten by the throat.
"Ahh
Zhu Peng ran, fought, constantly looking for all favorable terrain to fight with the kobolds surrounded on all sides, the short sword and shield in his hand had been discarded, picking up what to use, and even sometimes picking up a dung fork that I don't know who brought, it could shake straight and stab into the stomach of a certain kobold.
Burr's intelligence is not wrong, if you don't count the three or five earth dogs and the kobold warlock, this kobold lair does only have more than twenty less than thirty kobolds, five or six were desperately replaced by the militia, and several were killed by Zhu Peng and Burr, so in this rather spacious stone hall, the kobold people who chased Zhu Peng and slashed were only fifteen or sixteen, under the spacious terrain, similar strength, one V fifteen, Zhu Peng is not inexperienced.
Of course, the most important thing in this kind of thing is not experience or skill, but a nerve as tough as iron wire and a heart that is desperate to survive.
Zhu Peng's brain, body, and fighting instinct have been fully activated, life and death fighting is the best catalyst for all martial arts, and the martial arts skills in the remaining memories in his mind have gradually returned to Zhu Peng's body.
Relying on his agility and physique, which is stronger than the kobold, Zhu Peng ran around the entire stone hall, picking up weapons from the ground from time to time, using the shadow of the building and the negligence of the kobold's pursuers, and turning back was a stab and slash.
After a knife, he twisted violently, and then no matter whether the other party died or not, even if he let go of the weapon, he immediately withdrew his hand, his chest rose and fell violently, and the intestines inside were almost about to burst, but Zhu Peng's gums were so clenched that blood was oozing out, and he was carrying it like this, running in all directions, with his hands and eyes, and his feet did not stop.
Looking at the man below who looked like a flea on his body, he really couldn't kill like a flea, and he also turned around from time to time to kill one of his own clansmen, and the kobold warlock who had been tired and ready to go back to the house to sleep after casting the fireball gradually frowned.
After a few moments, it decided to stew the other tonight and let the damn human know what it would be like to provoke a kobold warlock.
The flames condensed, and an orange-red fireball that was even larger and brighter than just now burned on the elbow wooden staff, and just as the old kobold warlock slowly moved his wand and was about to bombard, Zhu Peng was suddenly bitten on the arm by an earth dog. The next moment, the man roared hoarsely, grabbed the vicious earth dog by the back of the neck, rounded it up, and threw it in the direction of the kobold warlock.
Zhu Peng half-knelt in the direction of the kobold warlock, and pressed his left hand weakly......
The kobold warlock and the five guards beside him didn't care about the earth dog that was thrown up to the second floor, because these earth dogs had already been domesticated by kobolds, and humans domesticated fierce dogs, and they could be bitten by backlash, but kobolds didn't, just as swamp lizardmen have a natural advantage in training giant lizards, kobolds trained earth dogs in the same way.
However, when the unimpressed kobold warlock was about to blast down with a powerful fireball with all his might, the earth dog that had moved to the side at some point suddenly pounced, and actually jumped past five heavily armed guards and bit the kobold warlock's withered arm.
Normally, it is impossible for a domesticated earth dog to bite a kobold, but the earth dog controlled by the magic of "Dinar, the god of entertainment and killing", Zhu Peng asked it to bite whoever it wanted, and dared to charge at the mountain-like dragon with the power of the dragon, which is different from the wizard's charm/hypnosis/will manipulation.
Rumble!
With a bang, another wave of fire spread.
It's just that this time the powerful version of the big fireball exploded with the kobold warlock as the center, Zhu Peng lowered his arm and exhaled a long breath, no need to look, it must be dead on it. The heavily armed kobold warrior demon is not strong enough to resist fire, and the old kobold warlock is not strong enough, and if he receives this blow, he will definitely die.
There are still nearly ten kobolds on all sides, but Zhu Peng is injured all over his body at this moment, his mental and physical strength is almost completely exhausted, and he can use it three times a day, and the enslavement technique that acts for one minute also requires a mental buffer time, and it cannot be cast continuously...... So Zhu Peng began to scare the kobold around him with his knife and teeth, the death of the kobold warlock was a very heavy morale blow to them, coupled with Zhu Peng's previous tenacity and toughness, the kobold people around him cowered and did not dare to pounce together.
Carrying a knife, slowly turning in a circle, to see who had the intention of pounced, Zhu Peng slammed the knife and chopped, his expression was extremely fierce and hideous, and he could scare the kobold back, especially after the kobold who rushed up first was stabbed through the stomach by Zhu Peng, whose physical strength had just been relieved, and the intestines were broken, the stalemate between the two sides stabilized.
The more it drags on, the more beneficial it is for Zhu Peng, because his physique is fifteen, and there is also a magic slavery technique to cool down, and the more the kobold people around him drag down, the weaker their courage becomes, because they will be killed or injured by Zhu Peng one after another, even if they rush up at this moment, Zhu Peng will die.
But even humans are usually unable to remain calm enough in such a brutal cold weapon fight, let alone kobolds who are cowardly as the nature of the race?
Judging from the current situation, on the contrary, the more courageous the kobold, the faster the death will be, and the whole situation is like a stuntman who does a good job of security protection, it seems that it is not dangerous, and Zhu Peng has already controlled the situation.
At this moment, another battlefield variable appeared.
In the pile of corpses with a faint scorching smell, a man suddenly pushed away the corpse that was pressed on his body and crawled out.
Militia Captain Burr, as a retired soldier, he was the strongest in the militia, the best equipped, and the quickest to respond, so he survived in the end, although he was almost the one who deserved to die.
"Ah......" Burr let out a dying beast-like roar and cry as he looked at the corpses on the ground, and he howled the names of one militia fighter after another, turning over their corpses, but only corpses. The cowardly and brutal kobolds love to attack these wounded and powerless humans, so as long as they lose their combat effectiveness, there is no living militia on the scene, and even their corpses are often chopped and stabbed to pieces.
After a while, Burr, who had calmed down slightly, picked up the sword and shield beside him again, and pounced like a mad tiger at the remnants of the kobold who were still hesitating around, seeing this, Zhu Peng finally completely relaxed, looking at Burr's distorted face, Zhu Peng hesitated, after all, it was still a servitude technique to fight over, help him control a kobold, and chase around to kill the other kobolds who had already collapsed.
The lair was cleared, but only one captain of the village's militia remained.
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Kill a few, and the remaining kobolds will run out of this fortress, most of these remnants will be left in the wilderness to become delicious meat for other predators, and only a few of them will be able to find a kobold tribe willing to accept them again, but that has nothing to do with Zhu Peng.
After the militia captain Burr failed to pursue him, he returned to the stone hall with his blood-stained sword and shield, and sat down against the wall, where he froze.
In this case, Zhu Peng didn't know what to say, not to mention that since the end of the battle, there was a series of prompts in his ears, Zhu Peng clicked on the personal attribute panel that only he could see, and saw that one text after another popped up on it:
"In June 1278, the month of fire, you were invited to join a militia to clear the kobold's lair, but due to the stupidity of the commander, the militia fell into the trap set by the kobold warlock, and after a terrible battle, you succeeded in cleaning the kobold's lair with your own strength. ”
"After a tough battle, your skills have improved. ”
"+1 for archery (continuous shooting), +1 for one-handed weapons (piercing), +2 for one-handed weapons (throat cutting), +1 (decapitation) for one-handed weapons...... Dodge (Move) +1, Dodge (Roll) +2, Parry +1 (Active Block) ......"
"A wonderful slaughter where the weak defeated the strong, the dark girl Dinar increased her attention to you, the Bloodthirsty Priest class level +2, and the enslavement expansion +2/day. ”
"Gain personal specialization: Iron Heart (low), increased concentration in combat, strong willpower, high resistance to almost any charm control spell, and you are good at distributing physical energy in battle, so that your ability to continue fighting is enhanced. Strength +1, Constitution +1. A warm current spread with the improvement of strength and physique, and every inch of the muscles that were extremely tired were as if they were suddenly soaked in a hot spring.
The taste of victory at the end of the battle is unforgettable, but now is not the time to rejoice.
Standing up, looking at the corpses all over the ground and the pale Burr who was dying, Zhu Peng shook his head and began to search for the spoils after the fight.
When Zhu Peng gathered some of the equipment and equipment on the surface, the middle-aged man sitting against the stone wall still did not return to a relatively normal mental state, Zhu Peng walked forward with a bunch of equipment and weapons, and then he smashed these things on the other party's body.
"Get up, you brought these people out, don't you think you should go back and give an explanation to their wives and children?"
“............”
"Whew...... I know it's a hard thing to do, but you're still alive, and you need to face it, avoid it, run away, and play dead here, and it won't help. Accompanied by Zhu Peng's words, Burwa, who had always been very tough, cried, and he seemed to have completely collapsed.
The plotters have no intention and are not in charge of the army, these principles are too advanced for the militia captain and retired soldier in a small village in a remote area.
But if Burr can survive and face all of this, he will eventually make great progress as a person, which of course is very, very difficult.
“...... Let's go, kobolds have the ability to mine, and the red dragon blood in their bodies will allow them to instinctively collect valuable belongings within their range of action, plus there is also a kobold warlock here, where there is a spellcaster, the level of loot will often be greatly increased, we unleash the kobold's treasure, although it is not enough to pay for all the warriors' pensions, but it is more or less an explanation, not to mention that there is actually a kobold warlock in this lair, which is something that no one can imagine, and you can't be blamed. Zhu Peng kicked Burr, shook his head, and said helplessly.
Although this man deserves to die, the women and children of the militia in the village are always innocent, and Zhu Peng doesn't care much about money, so he takes one less share, which can be regarded as an explanation for the other people who died.
Burr, who was crying there with his head down, his eyes lit up after hearing the word "treasure", and then he stood up with his support and followed Zhu Peng to begin to search for the hidden treasure in the kobold's lair.
Kobolds have to be enslaved by red dragons from time to time, so their sensitivity to shiny items is extremely high, after all, kobolds who can't find shiny things for a long time are going to be swallowed by the owners of the red dragons.
What's more interesting is that the kobold will consciously look for the brutal red dragon and take the initiative to be the slave of the other party, although they will be severely exploited, but a large territory within the radiation range of the dragon will become the hunting ground of the kobolds, and the safety is basically guaranteed, the kobold tribe that has a red dragon can serve will often breed some small tribes in a short period of time, constantly splitting out, and contaminated with the breath of the red dragon for a long time, the possibility of the kobold activating the bloodline to become a warlock has also greatly increased, which is a very wonderful symbiotic relationship.
Search the entire military fortress, occasionally encounter some small kobolds, and kill all the earth dog cubs, they now look harmless and even cute, but when they grow up, they will pose a serious threat to human women, children and even adult men, and the strength of humans in the continent of Faeron is not strong enough to take care of other races.
Zhu Peng carried the kobold warlock's elbowed wooden staff, and finally found a place that had been excavated and buried in one of the cleanest and most soft animal skins, and he and Burr joined forces to dig up the thick earth and stones, and finally dug out half a pit of unrefined and purified gold ore from it, although there were not as many gold coins as there were half pits, but even if the loss of coinage was removed, this half pit of rough gold was a lot of money.
At the moment when Zhu Peng's mind was relieved, a strong wind suddenly hit behind him, and the sharp blood-stained weapon began to slash obliquely from his left shoulder, and the force was so heavy that it seemed to cut it in two.
Author's words: Today is another chapter, the day is more than 10,000, how much do readers with plenty of money appreciate; if the manuscript fee is too small this month, I will be beaten by the fat grandmother, and the brothers can't bear it, right?