Chapter 21: Children of the Wind
Hogg's gnolls are dead and wounded, and it's at the end of its rope.
As it was surrounded by several human soldiers, the powerful gnoll leader slowly rose from the grass, and it rolled its lips to reveal its sharp fangs, far taller and burly than the other gnolls, causing these human soldiers to stir.
Since he couldn't run away, let himself tear through his opponent's body with his sharp claws, and taste the flesh of his enemy with his sharp fangs, this bloodthirsty thought made Hogg's green eyes glow red.
"Violent gnolls, don't meddle with this guy, leave this guy to me, its head is worthy to hang on the wall of my collection. Bruce, don't fight me. Baron Eskerry, dressed in blue-black armor, laughed and walked towards Hogg.
Passing the slowly retreating soldiers, Eskeri slammed his sword on the shield in his left hand and stood 10 meters away in front of Hogg, his eyes fixed.
Hogg looked at the mighty Tin Man in front of him, it was this guy who had destroyed its race, cornered it, despair and hatred ignited Hogg's blood, a force that had never been seen before awakened in its body, this power burned Hogg's mind, and it now had only one thought: to tear this damned human to shreds.
"Bloodthirsty?!" Bruce couldn't help but raise an eyebrow as he watched the ferocious gnoll's eyes glow bloodire, and his strong body grew a full circle.
With a long howl, Hogg charged at his foe at a speed he had never seen before, the tough weeds in front of him being crushed by its body, and swept into the air by the strong wind it carried, which gave the gnoll's charge an indestructible momentum.
In the face of a terrifying opponent, Eskerry's eyes did not have a trace of waves, and his whole person was as unshakable as obsidian.
At the moment of contact, Eskeri used the shield in his hand to block the claws of the gnoll leader who tore through the air, and the huge force pushed the knight four meters away, leaving two clear marks on the ground with the iron boots on his feet.
"Enough!" Eskeri threw away the deformed shield in his hand, and a smile tugged upwards at the corners of his mouth, delighted by the strength of his opponent.
"Come again!" Eskerry's longsword swung out and charged towards the gnoll.
Faced with the provocation of his opponent who had just been repelled by himself, Hogg let out a roar of rage and rushed towards the knight again, this time directly screwing off his opponent's head.
Eskerry sideways dodged Hogg's claw strike, his sword leaving a terrible wound in the gnoll's side.
Sideways slash!
However, the knight who had hit the opponent did not pause, his legs changed his direction instantly, his whole body was like a powerful crossbow, and the long sword in his hand stabbed straight into the opponent's chest.
Bloodthirsty, Hogg ignored his own pain and swerved to attack his opponent even more violently, but the knight's sword pierced its heart.
Spike!
The battle was over, and it was a fatal wound to watch his opponent pull his sword out of his chest and freeze Hogg in place as if by magic.
Blood poured from Hogg's mouth and nose, but its strength and unwilling will made it unwilling to collapse, its tensed muscles trying to lock the wound, and Escree was moved by the undiminished fighting spirit in its eyes.
With a knightly salute to the gnoll, Eskerry charged Hogg.
If it were a Bruce Knight, he would never charge a dying gnolll in such a situation, he would wipe his sword and leave the beast to die slowly.
But Eskerry is different, if Bruce is a nobleman among knights, then Eskerie is a knight among nobles, how hearty it is to kill opponents in the most intense moments of life!
Faced with Hogg's final blow, which had gathered all his life and will, Eskerry slashed a sword, the first sword his father had taught him when he was four years old, a sword that he practiced thousands of times a day without stopping, a sword that cut off the gnoll's sharp claws and swept across his opponent's neck, blood flying along with his skull.
Slash!
It's now! Broken teeth move.
Broken Tooth had long observed that the sharpshooter on the hillside needed the soldiers around him to give him a shot every time, and the battle in the valley just now attracted everyone's attention, so at this moment, there were no arrows on that heavy crossbow!
This is the opportunity that the broken tooth is waiting for!
It charged at Victor on the hillside, the angle of the hillside and the air didn't seem to hinder it in any way, it was as fast as a gust of wind.
By the time Gru and several of the guards found the broken tooth, it was within 10 meters of Victor.
But Nicole also moved, and the beautiful female probationary knight reacted instantly when she saw the broken tooth rushing up at an alarming speed.
She threw away her heavy shield, raised the sharp sword in her hand, and headed for Broken Fang.
The bright sword light slashed towards the gnolls who happened to jump into the air, and Nicole wanted to sweep the broken teeth that had nowhere to borrow their strength directly into two pieces.
This ferocious sword made the broken tooth revenant angry, and at the moment of life and death, the broken tooth let out a sharp roar, the mane of the whole body stood up, and the breeze around the body suddenly accelerated, and the moment the long sword touched its body, these air currents blocked the slash of the long sword, and the broken tooth slid to the left by this force.
The sword swept across the right rib of the broken tooth, but it avoided being cut in half.
Nicole felt bad about the slippery feeling of the long sword, and when she turned to pursue, she found that the broken teeth were already close to Victor, and the sharp claws were grabbing at Victor's neck.
"No!" Nicole let out a grief, she wanted to throw her sword at Broken Fang, but she was afraid that it would hurt Victor, so she had to pounce on Broken Fang, but it was too late.
Broken Tooth was excited, Nicole's sword swept through its body, but it was not enough to kill, but its target was already close at hand, and its sharp claws would tear open the sharpshooter's neck with a single stretch of its hand, and it would escape.
Broken Tooth seemed to have smelled the blood on the neck of its prey, and just as it thought it had succeeded, the stunned look on the human marksman's face turned into a smile in its eyes.
Victor had already discovered the broken tooth hidden under the slope, but with the protection of the guards and Nicole, he didn't take the skinny gnoll to heart.
However, the speed of the gnoll's sudden eruption was beyond everyone's expectations, and the breeze surrounding the beast was even more unexpected.
The X-3 chip gave Victor all the data on the tooth-breaking operation, but his ordinary physical fitness was not enough for him to react adequately.
The moment Broken Tooth broke through Nicole's interception and rushed towards him, Victor felt the breeze surrounding the Gnoll, and the world changed in his eyes.
Everything was slowed down, everything was clearly reflected in his mind, he saw Nicole's desperate eyes, he saw Gru and several of the guards stab their spears at the gnolls in vain in panic, he saw the gnolls' excited and cruel red eyes and swinging claws.
Most importantly, he saw the wind.
The cheerful wind pierced directly through his body, conveying affection for him, and this feeling made Victor feel happy from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help but smile.
At this moment he really felt the ubiquitous wind element, and at this moment he was one with the cheerful wind element, he was the son of the wind.
Victor spun around deftly, dodging the claws that Broken Tooth had swept towards his neck, and pulled out Gru's short sword that was stuck in the holster of his thigh, stabbing it into Broken Tooth's neck.
Without any hindrance, the dagger easily stabbed the ferocious gnoll's neck, piercing its vertebrae.
This stab, lightweight, precise and deadly.
When Nelson and the guards caught up, Victor was gently hugging Nicole, who was trembling and crying in his arms, and the body of the broken tooth was lying not far from them, and the gnoll's tarnished eyes were still full of doubt.