Although Gorash has become rickety due to age, he is also more than 2.5 meters tall, and when he easily dances his thick bone stick and snorts at his opponents, it is suffocating.

The reason why Bruce is reluctant to bring ordinary militia to encircle and suppress ogres is probably because ordinary people will inevitably feel fear in the face of man-eating monsters, which is completely the innate fear of natural enemies in the bloodline, which makes it difficult to restrain people.

In Victor's previous life, human beings have defeated all competitors and stood on the pinnacle of the earth, while human beings in this life have to face more challenges and slaughters from competitors and even natural enemies.

However, when he saw that the Bruce Knight was like a rock in the face of the old ogre's powerful attack, he did not retreat a step, and he was born with a sense of pride. Yes, even in the face of natural enemies, humans will not lack the courage to fight, and that is enough.

Bruce used the tower shield in his hand to block, slap, or cut, to resist Gorush's attacks again and again, and the 40-kilogram Adamantite Halberd in his other hand slashed at the old ogre's body with a "woo-woo" roar.

If it were an ordinary ogre, he would have been scarred by Bruce's incomparably sharp Adamantite halberd, but Gorush's attack was not at all as rough and clumsy as his compatriots, but instead showed amazing dexterity and extraordinary skill. Gorash was able to block Bruce's attacks with a huge bone club every time, and used his height advantage to launch a ferocious counterattack against Bruce.

Victor noticed that the old ogre would attack twice for every attack Bruce, and the bone club in his hand was able to withstand the continuous slash of the Adamantite Halberd without breaking.

Victor had seen Baron Escre fight with the gnoll leader Hogg, and Baron Eskerry showed an overwhelming advantage against the bloodthirsty and violent gnolls, beheading the gnoll leader in a few turns. However, the Bruce Knight did not have the upper hand at all in the battle with the old ogre, and even had the taste of being suppressed, which made Victor a little worried.

Victor enters a state of hypersensibility, with a physical 22, a mental 17, a perception of 14, and a life of 8, which is the data of the old ogre Gorash.

Physique 23, Spirit 12, Perception 13, Life 16, this is the data of Bruce Knight.

Look at the Bruce Knights statistically. It has an advantage in physical and life attributes, but the physical attribute is only 1 point higher, and because the life attribute cannot directly improve combat effectiveness, this advantage is almost meaningless, but Gorash is higher than Bruce in mental and perceptual attributes, and can form an advantage over knights in battle.

"Master, the situation of the Bruce Knight doesn't look promising, should we make some preparations?" Victor said to Edwin with some concern as he saw that the hard ground had become potholed under the trampling of both sides of the battle.

Victor is confident that he will be able to deal a fatal blow to Gorashi, who is entangled with Bruce, with his military heavy crossbow in the Apocalypse state, after all, Gorash is not an ogre leader with the talent of rage. As for the knight's promise to the old ogre, Victor didn't take it to heart, because he was not Bruce's subordinate, and even if he made a move, it wouldn't be considered Bruce's breaking of his promise.

"Don't worry, Bruce hasn't used his full strength yet, he's been draining the old ogre's physical strength, and if this old ogre doesn't show any other abilities, Bruce will finish it. Edwin shook his head, signaling Victor not to worry.

While the two were talking, a yellow air mass appeared on Bruce's body, and his physical stats soared from 23 to an astonishing 27. The physical attribute is actually the change in the concentration of the earth element in the body of the creature, and the most direct reaction is the change in strength, and the change in strength brought by the 27-point physique is enough to crush the old ogre.

Bruce slammed the heavy tower shield in his hand at the bone rod that smashed at him, and the huge force caught Gorush off guard, and the bone stick in his hand was directly knocked away, and his whole body staggered backwards. Bruce took advantage of the momentum and slashed the adamantite halberd in his right hand at the old ogre's neck, and the blow was unstoppable like a thunderbolt.

Seeing that Bruce was about to cut the old ogre under the halberd, Gorash let out a strange scream, and his body tried to fall to the right, and the halberd that should have been cut at the neck slashed heavily on the left shoulder it raised, and the sharp halberd blade cut through the old ogre's hard skin and muscles, and cut half of the bones as hard as steel, but after all, it failed to completely cut off Gorashi's left arm.

Bruce jerked out the bone-stuck halberd, ready to give the old ogre the final blow, Gorash took a deep breath, and the high raised belly like a pregnant woman squirmed, and a stream of colorful filth spewed towards Bruce from its mouth like a high-pressure water gun, Bruce quickly protected his body with a huge tower shield, but the old ogre took the opportunity to flee into the bushes across the stream, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only a disgusting place of digest.

It fled.

Bruce's face was pale, and the massive tower shield blocked most of the filth that Gorash spat out, but he was still inevitably covered in viscous, disgusting, and foul-smelling digest below his knees.

"This old ogre has been badly injured by me, and the four of you will go and kill it together as a grind, but you must remember, don't be left alone, if you can't deal with it, send a signal, and I will go to your aid. Bruce threw the shield on the ground and commanded his four knights.

As a knight from an aristocratic background, Bruce has always paid great attention to his appearance, and he can't tolerate such an embarrassing situation as now, he only wants to clean up the filth on his body quickly, and has no desire to pursue Gorash himself.

Just as the four trainee knights were checking their equipment and were eager to try it, Nicole walked up to Bruce, stuck Xueliang's long sword on the ground, knelt down on one knee, and said crisply and firmly: "Lord Bruce Knight, Trainee Knight Nicole has asked you to carry out the trial of life and death to hunt ogres. ”

Nicole's words silenced the audience.

The trial of life and death is a knight who challenges an invincible and powerful monster alone in order to be promoted, wandering between life and death, either dying in battle or being promoted, there is no second ending, heroic and sacred.

"Nicole! you must be crazy! you don't have to!" cried Bruce's servant Calvin.

The trial of life and death is extremely dangerous, in fact, most of the knights who hold the trial die in battle, so unless it is really hopeless to break through, few knights will choose the trial of life and death in a desperate way.

"Kaven is right, Nicole, you are very talented, you are only 22 years old and you have 10 elemental positions, I was only promoted to the Bronze Horseman when I was 27 years old, you still have enough time to polish your fighting spirit and be promoted normally, and you are Madame's attendant, not my servant knight, so I can't agree to your request. Bruce said to Nicole.

Generally speaking, a probationary knight will not completely lose hope of promotion until he is over 30 years old, and a young probationary knight like Nicole does not have to hold a life-and-death trial at all.

"My lord, I'm 22 years old, and that's why Madame asked me to follow you here. Nicole's calm voice made Bruce speechless.

As a female probationary knight of the York family without a surname, if she does not become a bronze knight before the age of 22, she will traditionally become a tool for the family to encircle the strong or other nobles, and Nicole is no exception.

Most of the female apprentice knights of the House of York from humble backgrounds did not reject this fate, because they either became the companions of knights or nobles, which was definitely a good destination, but unfortunately Nicole was one of the few.

Bruce knew that when Nicole returned, the family would give the Silver Knight Hanas, who was originally a knight of another duke in the Eastern Three Provinces, and after the lord was hanged, he secretly took refuge in the Yorks.

Hanas is powerful, rude, and has no aristocratic demeanor, and is not the type that Nicole likes at all, so Sylvia will let Nicole go with Victor, which is considered to be a wish of Nicole, but the countess will never change the position of the family, but Victor does not know about all this.

"Nicole, as is customary you have a whole day to prepare, but ogres can speed up wound healing by eating flesh, so I suggest you go now, if you don't come out in a day's time, we will go into the woods to kill that monster and avenge you, in the meantime, you won't get any help. Good luck. Faced with Nicole's insistence, Bruce agreed to her request.

"Thank you. Nicole drew her sword from the ground and stood up and walked towards the woods.

"Nicole!wait!" Victor chased after him, his anxiety and confusion made him angry, he grabbed Nicole's arm and asked loudly, "Why are you doing this? What do you want to prove?!"

Looking at Victor's angry face, Nicole gently hugged her lover and whispered in his ear, "I want to be in charge of my own destiny." ”

As she spoke, she took off her helmet and let her long maroon hair fall down, and her sharp sword lifted from behind to cut off the hair that had been sprinkled on her shoulders.

The broken hair in her hand scattered with the wind, Nicole glanced at Victor deeply, as if she wanted to engrave the appearance of her sweetheart in her heart, smiled slightly, turned around and left.

Victor watched in a daze as Nicole's slender and graceful figure disappeared into the bushes, speechless.

It was getting late, and there was no one in the makeshift camp talking, only the crackling of the campfires, and the atmosphere was dreary and suffocating.

Victor walked back and forth restlessly, and he spoke loudly to Edwin.

"We should do something!"

Victor had gathered his men to go into the woods to support Nicole, but Bruce's four Cadet Knights stood in his way like a wall.

Once the trial of life and death is interrupted, it will leave the trialist with an indelible sense of frustration, which means that his knighthood is cut off, which is a worse end than death for the trialist.

"Victor, even if he is as humble as a slave and as noble as a king, he has the right to choose to fight against fate, even if he pays a huge price, he may not succeed, but this is the root of our miracles. Edwin looked Victor deeply, his voice deep and powerful.

Suddenly, a wail came from the woods, it was the dying wail of the gnoll, followed by one howl after another, which changed everyone's faces.

"Damn, that cunning ogre has enslaved the gnolls, it has already set a trap, this is beyond Nicole's trials, this is to death!" Victor roared loudly, aristocratic etiquette had long been thrown out of the sky.

The four midshipmen stood up and looked nervously at Bruce, who was waiting for Bruce's decision.

"As knights, we can't interfere in the trial of life and death, and if Nicole can break through, she will be safe. Bruce gently stroked the Adamantite Halberd in his hand, and if Nicole died in battle, he would use it to avenge her.

Bruce's seemingly ruthless words made Victor smile slightly, and as soon as he raised his hand, a black shadow fell from the sky, and with a "quack", it landed on Victor's arm, which was the alchemy crow Black Feather.

"Go ahead. Victor took Nicole's scattered hair out and gave it to Black Feather to smell it, and Black Feather immediately flew into the air, circled, and flew towards the woods with a "croak" sound.

"As a lord, I have decided to rid the territory of gnolls and monsters, and tonight, Nelson, you will prepare and go in with me. Victor smiled at Nelson, calm and elegant.

"As you wish, my lord. Nelson replied sullenly, and it had never been the bear's style to sit back and watch his companions fall into a desperate situation.

"Guys, get moving, tonight we're going to hunt the gnolls. Just as Nelson beckoned the guards to enter the woods, he was stopped by Victor.

"No, Nelson, just the two of us. Victor's words stunned Nelson, and then his eyes flashed with gratitude.

Wearing leather armor and fighting the gnolls in the woods at night, even the strongest war bear mercenaries will suffer casualties, although the war bear is not afraid of sacrifice, but the lord's compassion still touches them.

"My lord, the war bear is never afraid!"

"Your Excellency, just wait patiently at the camp, and we will not let you down. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, we've killed countless gnolls!"

The morale of the guards was high, and they asked Victor to fight.

"My lord, I'll just go in alone, and get Miss Nicole out, no problem at all!" Nelson whispered to Victor.

"It's up to me to decide, right?!" Victor looked Nelson in the eye, and although Nelson was trustworthy, he didn't want to delay for a moment just when he thought of Nicole in a desperate situation.

"I have the blood of a moon elf, I can see my surroundings clearly in the dark, and。。。。。 I don't just know how to shoot arrows."

Victor pulled out the short sword at his waist, and the short sword surrounded by the breeze seemed to come to life, hovering in his palm, his arm raised slightly, and the short sword silently slashed through a tree with the thickness of a bowl next to him.

This sword, silent, like a ghost.

When Victor walked into the woods with his two-handed crossbow and Nelson, one of the probationary knights showed the severed tree to Bruce and Edwin.

"It's a hemlock, and it's so tight and hard that it's not easy for ordinary people to cut it. ”

"The fracture is smooth and neat, which the trainee knight could have done with a sharp sword, but I can't cut it off with such an understatement as Victor. It's incredible. ”

"It should be the wind element converging on his sword to cause such an effect, this is already a means similar to the Silver Knight, the ability of the Moon Elf bloodline is really amazing, the Wimbledon family is worthy of being one of the ancient bloodline families that has been inherited for thousands of years. ”

Edwin stroked the hemlock wood, but saw Bruce standing up with a sword and a round shield, so he smiled and said to him, "What? Are you going?"

"Hehe, as a knight you have a responsibility to keep your allies safe, aren't you?" With that, Bruce strode into the woods.