Chapter 16: The Plague of the Gnolls (1)

Marcus didn't wait for the scouts to return before making the decision to stay.

It's not because they don't think the scouts will come back, it's because the Majestic Wind Guard Tower didn't send scouts at all. Before their scouts were ready to set off, lookouts at the top of the tower spotted the gnolls. At this time, the supply convoy led by Captain Jelamin had not yet had time to hit the road.

"Looks like you can't go, Second Lieutenant Marcus, we'll all have to defend here. The gloomy captain visited Marcus's tent for the second time in half an hour, and then told him the news of the attack of the gnolls and asked if he was a professional.

There is no doubt that Marcus does not have any profession in this world, and due to the level and character attributes of the Nephilim Legendary World System used by the system, he can't even determine his attribute values and levels in this world.

But he did master three classes that were far from the rest of the world—paladin, mage, and barbarian—although they couldn't be used at the same time. Paladin is chosen because his recovery ability can be mastered from level 1, and the latter two classes are chosen because they are the only two classes that exist in both Nephilim Legends 2 and Nephilim Legends 3. In the system, perhaps because of the relationship between inheritance and perhaps because of the relationship between the real world, these two professions are two-in-one. Not only do you get two attributes for each level, but in terms of professional skills, there are two systems, the skill tree and the skill column.

So, don't look at Marcus's character level, and the character level is the level of the highest class, Marcus, who is level 5 in all three professions, because of the superposition of attributes when the profession is upgraded - even the attribute increase when he is employed is no exception - his attributes are actually superimposed on the basis of an ordinary waste wood A level 5 paladin, two level 5 mages and two level 5 barbarians are superimposed.

As a result, Marcus can only estimate his actual level based on experience. As for the captain's question, he hesitated a little and did not give a positive answer, "I can't say it either." ”

This sentence was seen by Jeralmin, who saw Marcus's hesitation, as an avoidance of being ashamed to say his actual level. He didn't say anything on the subject, just glanced at Marcus.

"Get ready for battle. With that, he lifted the curtain of the tent and walked out, not hiding the disappointment on his face.

Marcus didn't say anything more, just shrugged his shoulders. Then he packed up, grabbed his weapon and walked out of the tent.

It was already busy outside, and the soldiers, knowing they couldn't escape, were hurrying and grabbing all the materials they had at hand to reinforce the camp, including the carts brought by Captain Jelamin's convoy.

Although the captain's transport convoy consisted of more than 30 carts, there were only five squads, or 60 soldiers, and the rest were all ineffective civilians. Although most of the supplies on the car were missing at this time, they definitely couldn't outrun the jackals. Even if they gave up their supplies, they would not be able to outrun the gnolls in the wilderness, whether they let them run on their carts or on two legs. Even if you ignore the dangers of the wasteland and even give up your heavy equipment, no more than four people will be able to escape to the next outpost, that is, the four professionals in the team.

Although this transport team was already the strongest of the baggage battalions to which he belonged, it was still not enough to see in the face of this crisis.

There were about 90 people in the garrison on the watchtower. After mentally estimating the strength of our army, Marcus stepped into a large cart parked nearby in three steps and two steps, and looked out on the box on the cart that he didn't know what to put in.

Jackals have appeared in the east, north, and south, and they are all densely packed with a large area of Wuyang and Wuyang......

"It feels like you're back in the Broken Isles, but it's the Burning Legion demons that can't be killed, not the weak gnolls. Marcus shook his head and got out of the car, "But at that time, I was still a legendary warrior, and my teammates around me were either big lords or various elites, not these dozens of ordinary soldiers and a few professionals. ”

"It's terrible......"

"The number of these gnolls is definitely not only a few hundred, but almost a thousand......"

"Heaps are dead...... I don't know if I'm going to be the first Nephilim in history to be killed by the Gnolls...... It's a shame for the players—"

......

"Second Lieutenant, Captain, please come over. ”

Marcus didn't know how long he had been standing on it, until a soldier who came in a hurry interrupted his reverie, and he shook his head and jumped out of the car.

Follow the soldiers to the watchtower standing in the center of this small camp, where Captain Jeremin and Lieutenant Lawrence, as well as the two ensigns of the convoy and the garrison ensign stationed at the Majestic Wind watchtower. The expressions on everyone's faces are not good-looking,

"Second Lieutenant Marcus has arrived, so let's get started. ”

Marcus nodded to the group, but Geramin didn't give any response, but hurriedly spoke.

"Let me give you a briefing," Lieutenant Lawrence said, clearing his throat, "and the total number of men we have at our disposal is almost fourteen full squads and two incomplete squads. Among them, there are only eight full squads and one seven-person squad, and the rest are people, whose age fluctuates greatly, and they have never seen blood, so their combat effectiveness is not worth looking forward to. On top of that, we don't have that many weapons, so we arm them too. Their usefulness is to do some chores. Of course, when it was most dangerous, they had to go up with sticks......"

"As for our enemies, they are the gnolls who are approaching. According to the scouts on the watchtower, the current number is between 1,100 and 1,300. But there are more gnolls behind them, they just don't come to our side. ”

"So, what is the difference between our situation and mortality?

The second lieutenant who spoke, Marcus, had not seen it, and it should be the second lieutenant of the garrison of the Xiongfeng Guard Tower. This man had the tallest figure of all the people in the room, beautiful blond hair, and a very handsome countenance—and he said so, because the expression on his face was also the most hideous of all the present, almost to the point of distortion.

"Holy, we're dead!"

"Second Lieutenant Henry Bell, please calm down. Captain Jeramin reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "Take on the appearance of a soldier of the kingdom!"

"The appearance of the soldiers of the kingdom will not save us!" the second lieutenant Henry was obviously overexcited, and he did not hesitate to stand up and retort to Captain Geralmin: "This is a riot of thousands of gnolls! The gnolls in the Galadel Valley must have poured out, and the camp and watchtower over there must be all finished." ”

"No, if there are only a few thousand gnolls, the gnolls in the Galadel Valley may not come out, they only need to come out half or even a third, plus the thousands of gnolls roaming in the northeast. Lieutenant Lawrence interjected.

"Shut up! it doesn't matter at all!" Second Lieutenant Henry became even more agitated, "it makes no difference to us, we can't even muster a hundred soldiers, we can't hold out for a few days. Even if the Light forbids us, we hold the watchtower, and the food and other supplies will not be enough to defeat the gnolls of the kingdom's army!