"Prepare for battle!" Hyde shouted, and the soldiers of Thousand Sails City who were marching in a line dispersed and formed a semicircle, protecting Griffith and the others behind them.

The battle had begun ten minutes earlier, and as the distance from the goblin lair got closer and closer, there were lone goblins on the road from time to time, but most of them were solved by Hansen with a bow and arrow as soon as they first met.

However, a team of more than a dozen people marched through the woods, and naturally it was impossible to be silent. So, when some simple shacks could be seen in the distance, Griffith and the others finally ushered in hordes of goblins.

There were not many goblins in front of him, about thirty or forty, and their equipment was very rudimentary, most of them were wrapped in rags, and they also held wooden sticks, rusty swords, and only a few of them had short bows or slings in their hands.

Seeing that the enemy was so weak, the soldiers' expressions suddenly relaxed. Many of them were even more eager to try, and they only waited for Hyde's order to crush and hack down this group of stinky goblins who were not capable of themselves.

"Captain Hyde, hold on first. Griffith had no scruples, and gave an order directly to Hyde, then turned his head and said, "Anna, Vicente, cover me and Bailey." ”

As Griffith spoke, Bailey had neatly removed two crossbows from his horse, while Anna and Vicente stood guard at their sides with shields, ready to shield the arrows at any moment.

"Hansen, shoot the bow first. Griffith took the crossbow, skillfully wound it, and took aim. There was a crossbow sound, and a goblin in the distance fell on its back, an arrow stuck in its forehead that had almost completely sunk into its head.

As a mage master, Griffith could have held his hands and watched Hyde and the others fight - to cast a first-level spell, it would cost an average of 1 golden dragon worth of spell materials, so naturally it could not be wasted on these lowly goblins, and Griffith's level was not high, and he had to rest for half a day after using magic three times in a row.

Even Hyde himself did not dare to count on Griffiths to make a move. Most of the time, the mages who accompany the team only act as a deterrent and insurance, and rarely take action in person.

However, Griffith could not pin his safety on the city guards, so he specially brought his killer weapon - two military crossbows.

Crossbows have a long range and great power, and they don't require long training to be used well like bows. Ordinary warriors must at least step into the middle level to completely ignore the threat of ordinary bows and crossbows, and although the mage master has the spell of protective arrows, it is impossible to maintain it forever.

Therefore, the powerful military crossbow has always been a controlled weapon, and civilians who possess it privately are even sentenced to hard labor. Even the city guards of Thousand Sails City are not equipped on a daily basis, and only when necessary, with special approval from the council, will they be temporarily issued to soldiers for use.

The purpose of this is naturally to prevent the commoners from threatening the personal safety of the noble lord.

But for Sir Griffith Caroling, owning two military crossbows was not a prohibition.

Seeing more and more goblins being shot down, what is surprising is that these usually timid monsters did not disperse in a hurry, but instead accelerated their pace to kill.

Even a well-trained army can be extremely demoralized after 30% casualties. Goblins, on the other hand, generally have more than 10% casualties and are crushed.

"It's not right, be careful. "Hyde is extremely experienced in combat, and since he hasn't been in battle with the goblins yet, this mid-level warrior has plenty of time to observe the entire battlefield and realize the anomaly first.

"Master Griffith, there's movement on the left. Hyde's timely reminder made Hansen, the forester with the highest perception, the first to discover the enemy.

The place where Griffith and the others were located was a sparse woodland, and there were not many places to hide around, except for a slightly raised mound on the left, and half-human-tall shrubs just blocked the view. If these goblins want to play tricks, they can only attack from behind the mound.

As soon as Hansen finished speaking, several tall figures circled out from behind the mound.

"It's a bear goblin!" a soldier couldn't help but cry out.

Bear goblins are a subspecies of goblins.

Unlike their short and weak relatives, the bear goblins have an extremely strong physique, and their height as adults is basically more than 2 meters, and if they are equipped with sophisticated weapons and armor, their combat power is even comparable to that of a level 4 warrior. The only drawback of the bear goblins is that they eat a lot of food, and only those goblin tribes that are strong enough can afford to feed them.

In the blink of an eye, there were as many as five bear goblins that appeared. Although the leather armor on these bear goblins is a bit rudimentary, the weapons all look good, all maces. And behind the bear goblins, there are dozens of ordinary goblins with slightly inferior equipment.

"You guys, go and deal with the positive ones first. Hyde made a quick decision and assigned half of the soldiers to deal with the remaining goblin cannon fodder first. Then he yelled, and led the other soldiers to meet the bear goblins attacking from the flank.

"Anna, you also go up, pay attention to preparation. Griffith also sent the strongest combat force on his side, "Bailey, with a lightning bolt. ”

Anna didn't hesitate to agree, and rushed forward with her sword.

Seconds later, Hyde was already engaged with the bear goblin who had rushed forward. The hammer and mace clashed fiercely, and before the winner could be decided, another bear goblin slew it. Hyde was caught between two bear goblins, and for a moment he was left and right, and he had no time to care.

The five warriors who followed Hyde did not dare to rush into the battle, and cooperated to entangle the third bear goblin.

Griffith dropped his crossbow and reached into the material pouch of his robes.

At this time, Anna had already caught up with the fourth bear goblin, but after all, she was only a level 3 warrior, and the gap in strength with her opponent was relatively large, and she fell behind as soon as she fought. To add insult to injury, the fifth bear goblin is also about to come from the side.

"Giant Magic. Griffith took a few steps forward, closing the distance between him and Anna, only to see his lips quickly chanting a incantation, and then with a wave of his hand, a ball of white light fell on Anna's body. Anna's body suddenly doubled in size, and her original height of 1.9 meters instantly became nearly 4 meters.

The bear goblin, who was smashing the human female with a mace, was stunned when he couldn't prevent the other party's body from skyrocketing. Anna, who had a tacit understanding with Griffith, took the opportunity to kick the bear goblin in front of her to the ground.

Another bear goblin on the side hurriedly came to the rescue, but Hansen's long arrow hit it in time. The bear goblin didn't have time to dodge, and the long arrow shot directly through its cheeks, although it was not fatal, but it also made the bear goblin scream loudly, and his movements slowed down.

Because of the switch to the lightning arrow, Bailey's arrow shot a little slower, and just after Hansen, he also shot the bear goblin in the chest. Although the bear goblin was wearing leather armor, the power of the military crossbow was too strong, and although it was dozens of meters away, the lightning bolt still shot through the leather armor without the blessing of magic without accident.

The electric current attached to the lightning bolt made the bear goblin smell slightly burnt, and the whole body fell directly into a state of paralysis.

This is a thunderbolt arrow of 5 silver wolves, produced by the god of lights, and it is also available in limited quantities, and Griffith has only prepared a total of 100 in his hands.

At the same time, Anna's longsword had already cut off the head of the bear goblin in front of her.

The time for the giant transformation technique was limited, and Anna did not dare to delay, and immediately pounced on the bear goblin who had just been hit by the thunderbolt arrow and was still in a state of paralysis. Several goblins bravely came up to meet her, trying to hold Anna back and buy time for their leader, but they were slapped into meat sauce by Anna's shield.

When Anna easily cuts off the head of the second bear goblin, Griffith's Giant Spell is halfway through and there are 30 seconds left.

However, the battle was not one-sided, the 5 soldiers of Thousand Sails City, who were struggling with a bear goblin, were smashed by a stick in the blink of an eye, and two of them were smashed away by a stick, but fortunately, Hansen and Bailey provided long-range support in time, and the other 3 people who escaped the disaster dragged their injured companions and began to run backwards.

Griffith was about to perform a giant spell on Hyde, when a red ray suddenly shot out from the goblin group, and Anna screamed, and even the plate armor on her body was burned through, and the whole person fell to her knees in pain.

"Blazing Ray! There are spellcasters in the goblins!" Griffith immediately recognized this level 2 magic, and finally understood why this goblin tribe was so strong.

Occasionally, a genius will appear among the goblins, the so-called goblin warlocks.

It belongs to the same goblin subspecies, whether it is a big goblin or a bear goblin, the intelligence is not high, but the goblin warlock is different, and to some extent it can already be regarded as a noble mage.

Any goblin tribe that only needs to give birth to a goblin warlock will immediately usher in a golden age of rapid development like a rebirth. Because the goblin warlock has enough wisdom to organize the stupid goblins, and then build a core force by feeding the bear goblins, and then loot weapons and supplies, and continue to expand their power - until they are exterminated by the human lords who can't bear it anymore.

This is the most common fate trajectory for goblin warlocks.

For any human lord, a goblin warlock means trouble. The scalp of an ordinary goblin is worth 10 copper horns in the Thousand Sails City Hall, and the head of a goblin warlock is worth 100 gold dragons.

The goblin warlock who attacked Anna just now should be the leader of this goblin tribe. At first, it was hidden in the ordinary goblins, but it didn't expect Griffiths to cooperate with Anna so violently, and the five bear goblins broke 2 at once, so they couldn't hide anymore and shot angrily.

Anna was hit like this, and her left hand was probably temporarily useless.

On the other side, the goblin warlock, who had succeeded in striking the iron, began to chant the incantation again. Although Griffith could only faintly hear a few syllables, combined with the other party's spell casting gestures, he immediately recognized the spell that the goblin was casting—a level 3 magic fireball spell.

"Vicente, it's up to you!" Griffith shouted, knowing that it was a matter of life and death.

Fireball is known as the most cost-effective magic, and it is also the most important attack method for low-level mages. Even Hyde, a level 4 warrior, had to lose half his life if he was lucky enough not to die.

Perhaps the goblin warlock was worried about the spread to his men, and instead of aiming at Hyde or Anna, the millstone-sized fireball headed straight for Griffith.