Chapter 17: Road Closures

"Quack!" Seeing that the enemy that could have been easily eliminated has fled, a noise begins among the cavemen. An individual apparently taller than the other cavemen roared loudly waving the leg bone of an unknown creature.

"It's the 'big guy'. Jack, who saw it, saw the leader of the other party at a glance and said.

"I'm going, it's actually a troglodyte tribe with a leader, and it's really troublesome. Hahn frowned.

This caveman superior individual cheese has been read in books and belongs to one of the very few mutated varieties of cavemen. They appear when cavemen come into contact with crystals with magical or other supernatural powers in their caves, which strengthens their bodies. The physical strength of these big men is much greater than that of the average caveman, so if one of the big ones appears in a group of cavemen, the rest of the cavemen will naturally see them as leaders. And once there is a leader, the originally scattered troglodyte group will become a group of difficult maniacs. Cheese had been curious about why these cavemen had paid so many casualties and had not yet collapsed, so it turned out that this guy was there.

"Trouble now, they won't back down so easily. The female warrior also said that the angry leader would not allow the retreat to happen.

Those who joined the five were also a little dumbfounded when they saw this huge caveman. After all, just ordinary cavemen had already put them in a bitter battle before. You know, none of the cavemen threw stones at them. Otherwise, I'm afraid that before the cheese and them arrived, these people would have become corpses all over the place.

"You're the Frost People?" Mona was still easily recognizable by the Legion-style armor they were wearing, and with Sweetwater having a lot of dealings with the Legion, some of those people quickly recognized the origin of these reinforcements.

"Yes, we are under the orders of the Legion Commander to escort this master to investigate the plague in the county. The warrioress said, gesturing to the robed cheese.

Amazingly, the people seemed to react more strongly when they noticed Cheese's presence than when they saw the caveman leader.

"It's the Grey Man!" shouted one of them. The rest of the people also subconsciously stayed away from the mage as if they had seen a ghost.

"It looks like you're even worse than those ugly bastards. Seeing this, the proprietress laughed in a low voice.

Cheese was frowning, he hadn't been to Sweetwater before, so he couldn't understand the reaction of these people at all. However, he still keenly captured a key term, "gray robe". The grey robe was something that Mr. Cheese required his students to wear outside, as it would allow the allies to help the apprentices who were away. It's like Frost Guard took Cheese in. At the same time, the teacher also told the apprentices which forces had a holiday with them, and they should try to avoid the scope of those forces. However, among these hostile forces, Cheese does not know which one of them will appear in a poor country like the county of Salon, could it be the teacher's new enemy?

"Hey, they're getting ready to attack again. If you don't want to be slapped and made into jerky, you'd better ask these people if there is any way out. The warriorwoman's words interrupted the mage's thoughts. Indeed, by the light of the fire, the cavemen had re-prepared a wave of offensive under the leadership of the leader. And looking at the posture, if they rush up, the five people of Cheese and these helpless people may not be able to hold it. It's just that although there are many holes around the cave, no one knows if it is a dead end, so instead of looking for one to get into, it is better to ask these people.

"Do you know where you can leave?" the mage asked, turning back to the crowd.

However, the men were still as afraid of Cheese as if they had seen a ghost, and when Cheese took a step forward, they took a step back, even ignoring the threat of the caveman in the distance. Elsa's face darkened when she saw this, and she saw that the proprietress grabbed a person's collar without saying a word, and said with a knife to his neck.

"I ask you, do you know where you can leave?"

The cold blade brought the man back to his senses in an instant, and he realized that the current situation made them say more, so he quickly pointed to a hole and said.

"We're from there, and the people in town are there. ”

Having received the answer, Elsa shook the man away and turned to the others.

"Over there!"

Seeing that the cavemen had attacked, the proprietress and Jack shoved and drove the crowd into the hole, while Mona and Hahn fended off the flying rocks head-on. The distance of the flying stones this time is relatively far, and the arm strength of the caveman is not unlimited, most of these stones thrown from afar fell to the ground before they reached the position of the crowd, and the rest were all strong crossbows, and the two of them were still resisting.

A group of people pushed and shoved back into the cave, but the troglodyte army also killed not far from the entrance of the cave, and the female warrior and the "wild boar" took advantage of the narrow terrain at the entrance of the cave, although they were able to hold on, but it was only a matter of time before they were tired.

"That's not the way to go, the cave is the home of these guys, and we can't outrun them. Jack said after knocking down a caveman with an arrow from the hole.

"The roof of the cave had to collapse to stop them. The mage said calmly.

"To put it lightly, we are fighting so lively, and this place has not collapsed, which shows that these caves are very strong. The proprietress pouted and said.

"Well, we have alchemy explosives here. A man whispered. As he spoke, he carefully took out a black clay pot from his bosom.

"What was left over from when we blew up the hole. ”

"How dare you put this thing on your body. The "monkey" was no stranger to this kind of alchemical explosives used to open the mountain, and he took the clay pot in the man's hand and tied the explosives to the arrow with his belt. Although it could lead to a widespread collapse, this small pot of explosives is now the last hope.

"Master, can you do that again?" asked the archer, bending his bow and arrow.

"No problem. Cheese nodded, indicating that he could cast the spell again.

Moments later, at Elsa's command, Cheese once again unleashed a flash to cover Mona and Hahn's retreat, while "Monkey" closed his eyes and fired the explosive arrows that had been aimed long ago.

"Boom!!"

A loud noise echoed through the cavern, and the stones that had fallen from the explosion splashed a large amount of dust, choking everyone and coughing. The glowing stone in Cheese's hand had turned into a crumb of crumbs due to overuse, and only a few torches remained lit.

"Ahem, are you all right?" Mona was the first to stand up, and although her brain was still a little dizzy from the explosion at close range, she still struggled to her feet.

"It's okay, ahem. ”

"No injuries. ”

Several people said that it was okay, and the crowd hiding behind them was only a few unlucky people who were hit by the flying small stones.

"Alright, take me to your mayor. Cheese stood up, picked up the head of the group, and said. He was now desperate to know why these people were so afraid of him. And he had a hunch that the mayor of Sweetwater must know something about the plague.