Chapter 51: Dwarves vs. Strangers (Part II)
"Stick?" Jerome said angrily, "Are you going to watch the warriors of the kingdom die like this? ”
"Of course I don't want to, but now it's too dark, and we don't even know who the enemy is, have you considered the consequences of defeat, Giant General?" Prince Ollie said solemnly.
Jerome also knew that Ollie had a point, he was a famous general in the Dwarven Kingdom, and he had always been known for his sophistication and calmness.
However, he found that his emotions were a little out of control tonight, mainly because he had never encountered such a bizarre situation in all the years he had led the troops.
The sudden appearance of the fire meteor, the white pillar of light, and the monster with glowing eyes had completely panicked him, and it was not until Ollie reminded him that he gradually calmed down again.
It was at this time that Aragorn's men had sent out had returned, bringing with them eight Wildlings, who were the leaders of the eight largest tribes of Wildlings in the Dragoncrest Mountains.
For Jerome was always wary of the wildlings, and did not let them share a large camp with them.
The savages had nothing to lose, Jerome asked the tribal leaders.
"Do you know what the monster that attacked us this time is?"
Rift Rock, the leader of the Giant Palm Tribe, replied, "That's a stranger, and their eyes glow. ”
"Stranger?" Jerome was unfamiliar with the name, and a look of doubt appeared in his eyes, "Why haven't I ever heard of it, and you haven't warned me that there are strange ghosts in the mountains?" ”
"That's because the legends of the Strangers are a long time ago, and the last time they appeared was thousands of years ago." Qing Sui, the leader of the Wildfire Tribe, said, "We didn't expect to see these monsters again. ”
"Are you sure those things are really aliens?" Aragorn on the side couldn't help but interject, "I've fought with them, and they look no different from ordinary humans except for a pair of glowing eyes. ”
"That's because they're human by nature, or human when they were born."
This time it was the leader of the Shattered Star Tribe, who strided, and he continued according to Li Yu's previous teachings.
"Most of the Aliens are converted by humans, and in a group of Aliens there is often a Ghost King, who has turned others into similar to him through his curses.
"By the way, places where strange ghosts haunt are often accompanied by strange pillars of light, as well as fire meteors."
Jerome felt that something was wrong, but seeing that all of these wild men were swearing, he finally accepted the statement.
Then he asked, "Then you know how to deal with those ...... Well, the ghost? ”
"Strange spirits can't be killed." Split Rock said with a solemn expression, "Because they are dead in the first place, even if they are knocked down now, it won't be long before they get up from the ground again."
"If you want to kill them completely, you can only use a wooden spear made of cedar trees and pierce their hearts."
"It's too hard." When Aragorn heard this, he immediately said, "Many of them still wear armor. ”
Jerome thought it was a terrible idea, too, but the strange spirits were menacing, and if they couldn't be killed, as the wildlings said, it would be a big problem.
In addition, there were cedar trees around them, so Jerome sent several teams to cut down the trees, intending to make some wooden spears on the fly.
In addition, Jerome asked the leaders of the wildlings to bring the warriors of their tribe to assist the army of more than 10,000 people who were in a bitter battle.
When the leaders of the wildlings heard that they were going to fight the legendary strangers, they were obviously not very reluctant, some said that it was too dark for their warriors to see anything at night, and some said that they needed Jerome to give them a little more time to put their army in order.
Jerome had spent most of his life dealing with these savages, and he couldn't know them better, and he knew by the way they looked that it wasn't that they didn't want to go, but that they didn't see enough benefits.
Jerome was almost annoyed by these guys, when is this still thinking about this little profit, if you don't deal with those strange ghosts well, once the dwarf army is defeated, will the savages be able to escape?
But now he didn't bother to scold these short-sighted savages anymore, and said directly, "What do you want?" ”
"Grain." Qingsui immediately said, "We need enough food for our tribe to survive this winter." ”
"Okay." Jerome happily agreed, "As long as you bring people to stop those strange spirits now, I will give you as much food as you want when this battle is over." ”
After receiving the promise of the dwarven general, the leaders of the savage tribes were satisfied to go back to pull the people, and before leaving, they borrowed forty wooden spears.
And Jerome was not idle after that, and asked Aragorn to continue to lead people to gather the remnants of the army and retreat here.
He is now holding the mentality of how many people he can get back.
And as those wildlings went up, the pressure on the dwarves' side was finally reduced, and Aragorn and others also gained more time to collect survivors on the battlefield and organize a retreat.
However, before Jerome could breathe a sigh of relief, he noticed that the screams in the vicinity seemed to be getting quieter.
At first, Jerome thought that this was a good thing, which meant that the dwarves were gradually regaining the initiative, but he saw that the sixteen pillars of light were still moving towards this side.
The dwarven general realized that the monstrous attack had not slowed down, but had even become more and more violent.
Jerome couldn't help but curse again, "What are those wild people doing?!" Why haven't you stopped those strange ghosts? ”
As his words fell, all those strange pillars of light suddenly disappeared.
But after a while they reappeared, and they were only two or three hundred paces away.
Jerome was really anxious now, and he also found out that Aragorn and his people hadn't returned for a long time, and an ominous premonition rose in Jerome's heart again.
The only thing that pleased him was that in such a short period of time, the man he had sent to cut down the fir tree had made a hundred wooden spears.
The dwarves are natural craftsmen, and while most of the wooden spears are rough enough to cut a slight point, the efficiency is impressive.
Jerome had just distributed the hundred wooden spears into the hands of the dwarven warriors at the front when he saw the useless savages running back all the way.
Jerome sent men to stop them, but he didn't know what the wild men were up to, so he took out his weapons and cut down those who stood in their way to the ground.
Not to mention that they still gained a bit after going out for this turn, and picked up a lot of weapons, most of which belonged to dwarven warriors.
As he ran, he shouted, "It's over, it's over, the mountain spirit is here!" ”