Chapter 610: Sentry
Harry looked through the lookout hole in the female wall of the Arrow Tower to observe the situation inside the sentry camp.
A horde of monsters wreaked havoc in the camp, and the short, green-skinned goblins happily pulled bags of barley from the collapsed warehouse, piled them into a troll tied with branches, and let the bear-headed goblins pull the food away. The culprit who toppled the warehouse was an ogre, which sat on the ground like a mountain of meat, and when it stood up, it was 2.6 meters tall, and its whole body was full of fat, and there were no muscle lines to be seen, but it exuded a strong sense of strength.
Harry saw the legendary monster for the first time, and even thought it was silly, dull, and funny. When the ogre wielded a huge stick and knocked down the log camp warehouse in two blows, the young garrison had no such thought.
He began to wonder if Lord Philip Knight would be able to kill the terrifying monster.
A monster of this power, if Lord Fakhran was swept away by that big stick, I'm afraid it would fly away, right?
Harry shook his head, throwing thoughts of disrespect to his master out of his mind, but secretly wishing that the mighty troll had eaten and drunk enough to leave the sentry camp sooner.
The ogre's lunch is a bullock with its head smashed to the ground, and the blood and minced meat of the cow attract a swarm of flies. The ogre drooled at it, but instead of pounced on it and munched on it, he sat on the ground and waited patiently for the kobold to start a bonfire. Not far away, a dozen gnolls with coyote heads wandered around the cow carcass, and they were afraid of the ogre's stick, and they never dared to get too close. The blood and dog hair stuck to the gnoll's mouth came from some of the bravest war dogs at the sentry. Fierce as leopards, they have killed several green-skinned goblins, but now they have been gnawed by the gnolls to the point that there are no bones left.
Harry's raised flower dog also got into the jackal's belly, he clenched his bow, aimed at the nearest jackal, quietly pulled a copper arrow from the quiver, and just as he wanted to get up and let go of the arrow, a strong hand grabbed his arm.
"One less arrow, reserved for the monsters who entered the tower. Cassan, with his gray beard, let go of his hand and patted his grandson on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down.
Harry lowered his bow and glanced into the interior of the Tower. The rotunda was piled with wooden crates, and in the middle of it were two gnolls, covered in arrows, the dark red blood had solidified, the flies were buzzing, and the stench of corpses and feces and urine was so stinking that Harry almost vomited.
The standard sentry arrow tower is built with solid limestone, which is divided into two parts: a solid base and a tower body, with a base of 7 meters, a tower body of 10 meters, and a total height of 17 meters. The only entrance and exit of the arrow tower is located at the bottom of the tower, the guard soldiers usually want to enter the arrow tower, they must rely on the ladder to climb the pedestal first, the space between the base and the tower body is very narrow, can only fall half a foot, want to stand firm must be close to the outer wall, and the curved convex wall design makes the people who cling to the outer wall unable to bend their legs to exert force, as long as the heavy copper wooden door at the entrance and exit is bolted from the inside, even if the strength of the people outside is great, they can not blast open the hemlock wooden door reinforced with copper skin, and will only pout their butts and fall down the base of the arrow tower 7 meters high.
The presence of two gnolls' corpses inside the tower was caused by a serious mistake.
About 50 days ago, a green-skinned goblin appeared on the periphery of the outpost belonging to the Fakhran family, and due to the serious shortage of troops stationed at the outpost, Captain Hans did not take people out to hunt down the goblins, but only released the domesticated war dogs of the sentry and expelled the matter. Twenty days later, the greenskinned goblins grew emboldened, and they approached the sentry in pairs, even shooting two war dogs with a flicking stone. Captain Hans realized that the situation was not good, and he recalled the war dogs that were patrolling outside, and began to carry food supplies and ale to the arrow tower. After a few more days, the gnolls appeared, they were in a group with the goblins, and Captain Hans ordered 22 guards to abandon the camp's fences and trenches, and all of them settled in the three arrow towers of the sentry post, and resupplied them to the top of the towers. Soon after, the greenskinned goblins came within range of the tower, were shot by the guards, and retreated to the periphery. According to Captain Hans's previous arrangement, everyone quickly demolished the spiral staircase on the inner wall of the arrow tower. Immediately after, the troll appeared, carrying a large wooden stick, breaking through the fence of the sentry and leading the goblins, gnolls, and kobolds into the camp. In a panic, Harry's two young companions climbed up the soft ladder to the top of the tower, forgetting to latch the gate of the tower.
The seven-meter-high pedestal is not at all possible for the diminutive goblins and kobolds to climb up, but it is difficult for the gnolls who are more than 2 meters tall. Four days ago, on the night of the previous day, several gnolls had stepped on the shoulders of their companions, crept up to the pedestal, and entered the interior of the arrow tower, rummaging through boxes and cabinets in search of cured meat.
Fortunately, the inner wall of the arc of the arrow tower had nowhere to borrow, and the jackals had no way to take the guards at the top of the arrow tower, Kasan led 5 companions, condescendingly, and shot arrows randomly, and the two gnolls fought for a few arrows, and rushed out from the narrow entrance and exit of the arrow tower, and the other two were blocked by their fellow clansmen and shot into hedgehogs on the spot.
When 15-year-old Harry and his young companions were so excited to kill a gnoll for the first time in their lives that they wanted to shoot the monster outside the tower again, they were stopped by Harry's grandfather, Kasan.
Harry's gaze fell on the crossbow in his grandfather's hand, licked his lips, and asked, "Grandpa, can a crossbow kill ogres?"
If this ogre doesn't leave, the monsters in the camp won't escape, and even if you shoot a few goblins and gnolls, new monsters will be attracted to you. What's more, it is not easy to shoot monsters with a war bow alone, even the weakest goblin, as long as it is not shot through, it can lie on the ground for a day and be alive.
An effective way to deal with monsters is to use crossbowmen, spearmen, and sword and shield men to work together and fight together. Harry had heard this truth from his father since he was a child. There were only 200 iron arrows, 800 bronze arrows, and more than 2,000 obsidian arrows in the tower.
"Ogres are stupid and naturally know how to avoid traps, and if they didn't have it, they would have died long ago. Kasan leaned against the female wall, touched the metal blade of the crossbow, shook his head, and said, "If the crossbow can kill the ogre, it won't come." It ran in, indicating that there were no traps that could kill it. ”
Harry let out a sigh, glanced at the Roshan in the center of the camp, and asked unwillingly, "Then we can't do anything about it?"
The old hunter noticed that several other young guards had also come over, so he smiled and said, "It can't do anything about us, there is ale on the arrow tower, there is jerky, green barley, and jaggery, we can save some use, and it will be no problem to stay for two months...... Captain Hans has already released the letter crow, and it won't be long before the knight and the paladin master will come and clean up the monster below. ”
The young soldiers were visibly more relaxed, and Harry asked, "Grandpa, have you ever seen an ogre before, and can a warrior like us kill it?"
Warriors, are you far from being a real warrior...... Seeing the longing and fire in the eyes of his grandson and his little friend, Kasan couldn't help but wonder: Maybe it's not far off...... Just the blood of your companions.
He restrained the sentimentality in his heart and smiled boldly: "Of course you can kill it!" Before, the three arrow towers of the sentry camp were equipped with three ballistas, and the sentry guards could kill ogres with their ballistas. ”
"I've seen it!" said a thin young guard, "when I was a child, my uncle took me up the arrow tower, and saw the original ballista, its arrows were made of fine iron, as thick as a short spear, and the cross arrow, and when it hit it, there was a big hole. If we had a ballista, we would definitely be able to kill the ogre...... I'm sure!"
"Have you really seen it?" said another burly young guard, who stared at the thin fuzz on his companion's lips, imitating his father's tone, and smiled disdainfully, "You don't have any hair, and you talk like a male duck, croaking all day long." ”
"I ...... I'm 15 years old!" The skinny young guard blushed, patted his thin chest, and said loudly, "I'm a warrior now!"
"15 years old? Harder, you're four months away. ”
"Alright, alright. Harry came forward to play the round, he himself was still 2 months away from turning 15 years old, and his companions talked about age, he was also a little weak-hearted, and changed the subject and said: "The ballista is too big, and it is inconvenient to use...... It would be nice if there was one small ballista that could be carried around and could shoot ogres in the wild. ”
The tall young guard touched the short beard on his chin, pretended to be calm, and said, "There really is...... My uncle was Lord Fakhran's personal crossbowman, and he used a very powerful crossbow called ...... Called the Duoduo crossbow, it was made by the craftsmen of the Duoduo kingdom from dragon bone steel and the tendons of ferocious beasts. Ordinary soldiers could not pull the crossbow string with their bare hands, and had to use a special winch to wind it, and the crossbow bolt was as thick as a pigeon's egg, and could shoot more than 300 meters away, and it was a hole in the stone. ”
"A crossbow as thick as a pigeon's egg?" Harbour gestured with his finger to aim at the ogre's back, and the fox asked, "Can a Duoduo crossbow kill an ogre?"
The young guard looked at the huge ogre and said with some confidence, "Yes...... It should be ok. ”
It is not uncommon for young people to get together and try to fight for status, and it is common for them to brag to each other. Kasan did the same when he was younger, but he couldn't be happy.
As the saying goes: you can't get rid of an ogre who makes a fire and cooks.
The ogre is clumsy and doesn't make a fire of its own, and if it makes a fire to cook, it means that this is its territory. The ogre's main course is, of course, these people in the arrow tower.
The old hunter shuddered at the thought of this. The three arrow towers of the outpost have ballistas, which can cross cover and cover the entire camp. However, the ballistas were dismantled by the lord, and the guards' warbows could not reach the underside of the other towers, and each tower was isolated. And they were all trapped in the tower.
"Grandpa Cassan, Flo has a fever. ”
The voice of panic woke Kassan, and he walked to the other side of the arrow tower, where lay a young man on a gray stone slab, his face swollen, his nose sunken, his breathing like the bellows of a stove twitching, his eyes swollen with only one line, and his eyes were dull and unfocused.
Kasan chuckled in his heart and touched the wounded's forehead, only to feel hot and hot.
"Uncle Cassan, is Flo alright? It's okay this morning......"
"Grandpa Cassan, is Brother Frow going to die?"
"Grandpa, is there a way to save Flo?"
The young men all crawled over and gathered around their wounded companions, their fearful, concerned, expectant eyes that made the old hunter's heart tighten. He drew an obsidian dagger and made a few cuts in Flo's swollen face, yellow water flowing out with thin blood, and the puffiness of his face diminished at a rate visible to the naked eye. When the young guards saw this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and their eyes were full of respect and convincing when they looked at Kasan.
"Let him sleep. The old hunter said casually.
Flo was the illegitimate son of the village chief, tall and strong like his father, and with a good archery skill, despite Kasan's persuasion, he stood on the arrow tower and shot the monsters below. As a result, the goblin threw a stone shot at his bow and hit him in the face, and his companions laughed at him for a while.
Kasan knew something bad when he smelled the goblin throwing the stone, which was a stone projectile soaked in goblin feces, which hit a person's body and caused the wound to fester. Experienced hunters mix some herbs and apply wounds, and it is not a big problem. But Flo's nose was broken, and Cassan took care of it in time, still worried that his lungs would be contaminated with goblin feces.
Today, fears have become a reality.
The leather armor on the sentry guard is made of two layers of old cowhide tanning, and the workmanship is fine and of high quality, and it is okay to be hit by the goblin's bow throwing stone. However, the leather helmet that protected the head did not have a metal cover, so Flo suffered, and his companions no longer dared to shoot with their heads, and they also obeyed the old man of Cassan, who had not been a vassal soldier.
However, Flo's current injuries need to be treated by the priest, and he may not last long.
Although Cassan was only an old militiaman, he had also experienced battles and seen life and death, but Fro's death was not trivial for the guards of this arrow tower. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the bodies of dead people will soon rot and stink and must be thrown down. Even if Flo is thrown inside the tower, the ogre will send the bear goblin and the gnolin to snatch him out and turn him into a dish in front of the guards.
There was food and wine at the top of the tower, but how long could the young guard's will last?Kasan didn't know the bottom of his heart, he only hoped that the lord's wife and young master Philip would send troops to support them soon.
However, Lord Fakhlan brought the escort to the pioneer territory three years ago, and the red beacon fire was lit up in the church, and the eldest young master gathered the remaining guards and young militia in the territory and headed for Bronze Halberd City. Will the lord's wife and the young master be able to support the sentry camp?
Hopefully, the priests and knights of Halberd City will come and kill this stupid ogre.
The old hunter looked at the troll sitting in the middle of the camp, drooling at the carcass of the ox on the fire, and thought:
Are ogres really stupid?
"Quack. ”
A black-haired and yellow-eyed crow, flapping its wings, landed on the female wall of the arrow tower, tilting its head, looking at the guards and the wounded.
"Go away, Dead Bird, there are no dead people here!" Frow's brother was furious, and jumped up to chase him.
The crow spreads its wings and makes an unpleasant croaking that symbolizes death.
At some point, a flock of crows flew over the sentry camp, circling and fluttering over the center of the camp, as if they had taken a fancy to the ogre's food.
“...... It doesn't seem to be a crow. Kasan covered his forehead with one hand, squinted his eyes, stared at the crows, and muttered, "Kind of like ...... The falcon is black, and there are still groups of falcons?"
Just as the old hunter was identifying whether the crow was still a falcon, the ogre, who was waiting for the roast beef, suddenly moved.
The troll grabbed its large stick, and rushed to the fence of the sentry camp with its thick legs, completely ignoring the roasted burnt cow, whose comically fat body was sturdy and sturdy, and its grey skin was yellowish-brown, like a rock on the ground. It moved with average frequency, but its steps were so great that it was as fast as a galloping horse, and its big feet trampled a few small kobolds into a pulp, and in a blink of an eye it was under the fence.
There was a loud bang, and the sturdy log fence fell apart and cracked, and a large hole was opened by the ogre. The gnolls, goblins, and kobolds in the camp were like frying pans, and they were running in a mess.
Escape...... Ran away?
Seeing the ogre carrying the exaggerated big wooden root, and running forward without knowing how to do it, the old hunters and the young boys were equally dumbfounded.
"Ang" "Ang" "Ang"
Loud and high-pitched cries came from the other direction, one after another like war drums shaking the sky, making people's blood boil. Huge birds as big as horses dragged out billowing smoke and dust. They were stunning, with axe-like beaks and dagger-like claws, carrying warriors in dark red armor and dark-furred bobtails to the right and left, like arrows from the string, outflanking the wings of the sentry camp.
In the middle of the line was a six-legged monster riding a warrior wrapped in armor, armed with two decapitating greatswords that, like his armor, reflected purple glow in the sunlight. The monster broke through the fence of the camp and chased after the fleeing ogre.
"It's ...... Beast Knight!?" Kasan exclaimed in disbelief with wide eyes.
The Beast Knight's face was obscured by the armor, and the steel cone-like eyes were nailed to the ogre's back, and the old hunter felt his eyes sting just by looking at it.
At this moment, the battle horn sounded from the arrow tower opposite, and the old hunter stood up, skillfully drew his hunting bow, and shot an arrow through the neck of a green-skinned goblin, and he turned his head, his beard and hair were all open, and he shouted majestically to the boys:
"Reinforcements have arrived, what are you doing in a daze? Shoot these monsters!"
Three sentry arrow towers, arrows raining down.