Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Palpitating Evil Breath
This gnoll is afraid to be two meters tall, with a wolf head and a human body, a bare body, extremely developed muscles, and a red magic pattern is carved on its body, which is blooming with a faint blood-colored glow, extending to the point that the hair on his body is also dyed red.
I don't know if it's an illusion, Li Qing always feels uncomfortable when he sees the blood-colored magic pattern.
Gnoll Leader Larsen (Hero): Monster Lord, third-order berserker, 2-star rarity.
Larsen, the leader of the Gnolls, is a third-order berserker, a hero, and a monster lord with a rarity of two stars.
The so-called monster lord is a title, but also a status, and at the same time will have a certain bonus to the strength of the hero, the stronger the monster lord's power, the higher the bonus.
Not all monster bosses can be called lieges, they must be the leader of a monster clan with a complete hero legacy, such as Larsen's Berserker class legacy.
And the tribe can grow and grow, for example, the Gnoll tribe is constantly generating new Gnoll people and growing.
Of course, the need for more resources to grow ahead of time is that there must be enough food sources to feed more gnolls.
The fragment of the plane in front of him is not large, although the kobolds, the servants of the gnolls, can farm, but the production is limited, most of the food can only be hunted, and the food in the forest is also limited, resulting in the limited scale of this gnoll tribe and the inability to grow and grow
But in any case, it is also a large tribe with nearly two hundred gnolls and five or six hundred kobold minions.
Larsson was surprised that Li Qing had moved out of thin air the two large arrow towers, but he did not pause in his movements, turned around and picked up the two two-handed swords raised by the clansmen behind him and swung them forward, and the gnolls gathered next to him rushed to the battlefield with his roar.
Gnolls don't have any tactics to speak of, they don't have a concept of tactics and command.
More than 300 kobolds and more than 100 gnolls swarmed up, and the infantry in the front row was immediately under great pressure.
Fortunately, all the archers were withdrawn to the top of the tower, and the infantry had no worries and could fight with all their might.
An Yiqiu, as the captain of the infantry brigade, was naturally fighting in front, and the hero skill shook and roared, and the kobolds around him were suddenly in chaos, and they rushed everywhere in fear, but they couldn't rush anywhere on the battlefield crowded together, but it affected the gnolls behind.
An Yiqiu takes the route of functional heroes, and the skills of the two heroes are not direct kill, but they are very useful on the battlefield.
However, his roar immediately attracted the attention of the gnoll leader, and Larsen, who was about to rush towards one of the arrow towers, suddenly turned around, and with a roar halfway, a large number of kobolds quickly split their way, and he roared again, and the magic patterns on his body began to light up red, and the whole person seemed to be burning with a bloody flame.
With a stomp of his right foot, the whole person rose into the air and jumped five or six meters towards the infantry phalanx.
The powerful threat made An Yiqiu shudder, and he looked up at the leader of the gnoll who fell like a red meteor, holding a shield in front of him in his left hand, and his body bent slightly to accept the impact.
"Boom!"
The blood-colored meteor smashed into the steel shield in An Yiqiu's hand, and with a loud sound, a circle of rich blood light exploded, causing the surrounding kobolds to fly backwards in unison, and the human infantry who were close to retreated and pressed on the infantry in the back row.
And An Erqiu, who was directly impacted, was directly split by the huge force, rolled on the ground a few times, and the long sword in his right hand stood up in embarrassment.
The trembling left hand was raised, and the two-finger-thick steel shield was forcibly split by this sword.
"What a strong force!"
An Erqiu knew in his heart that he was no match for this gnoll hero at all.
With a twist of his right hand, he spun the shield in a circle, moving the split underneath and preparing for the opponent's attack.
But Larsen, who landed on the ground, let out a roar, but did not attack, but turned sharply, spread his hands, and quickly turned his body to pounce on the infantry shield array on the side.
Berserker Hero Skill - Whirlwind Slash, wielding a whirlwind of death on the battlefield.
It took less than two seconds from the landing to the whirlwind slash, and even if An Erqiu reacted quickly and ordered the infantry to retreat, it was already too late.
The whirlwind of death rushed into the infantry phalanx, and in an instant, a tooth-aching tearing sound sounded, and the powerful force combined with the sharp two-handed greatsword forcibly tore apart the chain mail of the second-order senior infantry and the scale armor of the third-order elite infantry.
"!"
Almost instantly, four infantrymen were torn apart and sent flying with blood spurting all over their bodies.
Li Qing immediately said to Long Shou on the side:
"Hold him off and lead him out of the battlefield."
Ryumori nodded, threw down his bow and arrows, drew his long sword and walked to the edge of the arrow tower and slid down.
At this time, Li Qing said to Xie Zhu on the side:
"You prepare, cooperate with the dragon guard to snipe it."
Xie Zhu nodded, took out a stainless steel arrow from his back and put it on the bow.
He has two types of arrows, one is an ordinary wooden pole arrow, and the other is an armor-piercing arrow made entirely of stainless steel, which is specially designed to snipe powerful opponents.
By the time the dragon guard descended from the tower, Larsen's whirlwind had already pierced the infantry phalanx, and more than eight infantry were covered in blood and fell to the ground.
Li Qing blamed himself a little, why didn't he let Long Shou stay below, otherwise there would be no such losses, which also exposed his immaturity in commanding and commanding the troops.
But it's just a bit of self-blame, as a newcomer, you always have to let reality teach you a lesson in order to have a deep memory.
After suffering this loss, the next time you face the same or similar situation, you will know how to deal with it.
The general died in a hundred battles, and there were no immortals on the battlefield.
This kind of thing is nothing at the moment, and after experiencing more tragic and brutal battles, there will be more people who die at that time.
In his self-reproach, Long Shou had already jumped from the arrow tower, and the round of whirlwind slash by the jackal Larsen had ended, feeling Long Shou's undisguised strong aura, he immediately turned around, and his expression quickly became solemn.
Long Shou didn't hesitate, and strode forward with his sword.
Larsen, the leader of the gnolls, let out a loud roar and rushed forward without fear.
The two little giants, one big and one small, quickly collided together, and with a crisp sound of the 'bell', the two swords clashed, and Larsen's blade was directly pressed down by Long Shou, forcing the left hand sword he was about to free quickly pressed on the back of the right hand sword, and the combined hands could barely support Long Shou's huge strength.
Although I don't know why Larsen can have a two-meter body size, no matter how strong he is, it is impossible to compare his strength with the dragon with the blood of the dragon, even if the dragon guard's rank is one level lower than Larsson, he can still suppress Larsson in terms of strength.
Seeing this scene, Li Qing was relieved.
As long as it can be blocked, it will be easy to operate in the back.
Relatively speaking, An Yiqiu was more relieved, he directly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered the infantry to be mobilized to reorganize the defensive line, and the eight subordinates who did not know whether they were alive or dead could not be managed for the time being, and whether they could survive could only depend on their own lives.
On the other side, Long Shou obeyed Li Qing's order just now, and after fighting with the jackal Larsen, he began to consciously pull out the battlefield and leave the main battlefield.
Both of them are power-type fierce generals, and the fighting mode is a frontal collision with wide opening and closing, and every time the weapons of the two sides collide, there is a piercing sound, the sword wind sweeps, and from time to time there are kobolds who are close to be swept by the aftermath.
If you rub it, you will be injured, and if you are next to it, you will be disabled.
When the two sides left the main battlefield, Li Qing looked at Xie Zhu on the side, he had already put the stainless steel arrow on the bow and began to charge.
However, just as he was just beginning to accumulate strength, the Gnoll Lord Larsen, who was fighting with the dragon guard, sensed this powerful threat in an instant, and after a wrestle with the dragon guard, he looked up at the arrow tower and roared angrily.
Then suddenly the words came out of his mouth, and he quickly read the words that he couldn't hear clearly.
After a few seconds, the lines on his body quickly lit up with blood, and his body swelled a little.
In the next second, Li Qing, who was in doubt, suddenly raised his head violently and looked in the direction of the stone hall in the center of the gnoll tribe.
At this moment, he sensed a strange fluctuation coming from the direction of the central stone hall of the Gnoll Tribe.
At this moment, a palpitation suddenly rose from my heart.
"It's ......"
It's a very annoying feeling.
It was only faintly felt before, but now it is very obvious.
Li Qing thought for a moment and shouted loudly below:
"The infantry retracted their line and approached the bottom of the tower."
An Yiqiu, who was fighting at the front, was a little puzzled, thinking that something had changed, and immediately ordered the infantry to adjust the position of the infantry and command the infantry brigade to retreat alternately, among which the wounded infantry was given priority to retreat.
As for Long Shou on the other side, he didn't give an additional order.
Just looked at Xie Zhu on the side, at this time he had already pulled the bow to the widest, and the five-second charge had been completed, but he didn't shoot the arrow for a long time.
Li Qing just watched the bow he had drawn open and aimed downward, and he had been moving left and right but had not fired, and then he looked at the dragon guard and the leader of the gnolls who were moving back and forth below.
"Ryumori, ray breath!"
Ryumori immediately took a step back, opening his mouth and sending an aura that threatened the leader of the gnolls, Larsen, who immediately withdrew his sword and retreated into a defensive stance.
When the dragon guard charged his strength for two seconds, a blazing white light erupted from his mouth, and Larsson immediately turned around, and the heroic combat skill jumped and moved sideways for nearly ten meters.
At this moment, Li Qing felt a white light flash around him in the corner of his eyes.
In the next second, Larsen, the leader of the gnoll who jumped and slashed to the ground, suddenly let out a terrible roar, and just landed on the ground, the whole person rolled backwards.
At the moment when he landed, there would be a cushioning force, Xie Zhu immediately seized this moment, and charged an arrow to hit Larsen's waist accurately, and the thick stainless steel arrow passed directly through his waist.
At the same time, the dragon guard who was spitting dragon breath quickly turned his head, and the flame dragon breath swept sideways across the ground, drawing a black scorch mark and quickly sweeping towards Larsen.
Larsen, who didn't have time to dodge, did not hesitate to raise his sword to block in front of him, and the next moment the flame ray breath swept on the wide two-handed sword body, and a large area of flames exploded, and the sword body quickly turned red, and quickly melted through, but Larsen had two two-handed swords, and the second one quickly blocked behind.
Long Shou's dragon breath can only last for a few seconds, and when it melts through the first sword, the remaining strength can no longer melt through the second sword.
But after a mouthful of breath, Long Shou directly rushed up with his sword and slashed it with a sword.
The gnoll leader hurriedly blocked with his two swords, and with a crisp sound, the sword whose body was melted was directly broken, and the other was quickly bent in the wrestling between the two sides.
Metal heating would have softened inherently, not to mention the strength of both sides.
The bent two-handed sword was naturally unusable, the leader of the jackal roared, the magic pattern on his body lit up violently, and the surging bloody qi burst pressed the dragon guard back, threw the curved sword in his hand, turned around and ran.
As soon as the leader ran, the morale of the gnolls and kobolds who were fighting naturally plummeted.
The stalemate collapsed in an instant, and a large number of gnolls began to retreat.
However, Li Qing did not order the pursuit, in addition to continuing to shoot from a distance, but asked An Yiqiu not to pursue impulsively and quickly reorganize the formation.
The inexplicable feeling in the gnoll tribe just now made him feel palpitations, Li Qing suspected that there might be other powerful heroes hidden in this gnoll tribe, and he rushed into it before he figured it out, if he ran into another gnoll hero who was not inferior to Larsen, it would be over.
In the early stage, the troops were insufficient, and there was no capital to go to the waves.
The gnolls and kobolds fled back and quickly closed the gates, and the two sides continued to confront each other for the time being, although the archers on the towers could take advantage of their height to constantly tilt their arrows at the gnolls and kobolds on the wooden walls.
There are quite a few throwers among the kobolds, and there are also quite a few ranged ones among the jackals who throw short javelins.
But whether it is a throwing stone or a javelin, the range is far inferior to that of a bow.
So they can only shoot passively and cannot fight back.
After a while, the gnolls and kobolds on the nearby wooden wall were all suppressed and hid behind the arrow shields.
On the other side, after the leader of the gnolls, Larsen, fled back to the tribe and ignored his men, he immediately rushed to the tall stone hall in the center of the tribe, and disappeared after entering.
After a while, there was a strange sound in the stone hall, and then a faint ring of blood and qi exploded around the stone hall, and then many figures slowly walked out of the tents on the periphery of the tribe.
Li Qing saw through the dim light of the fire that those figures were ordinary kobolds, and they closed their eyes as if they were sleepwalking, shaking their bodies and converging towards the center.
"What is this?"
In the next second, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Li Qing's mind:
"This can't be a primordial ancestor totem, right?"
Li Qing seemed to have seen it in a book when he was in the library in the mentor's castle before, some primitive intelligent species tribes would give birth to primitive ancestor totems because of long-term sacrifices to ancestors, and it could also be the existence of earth gods or earth bound spirits.
Or in layman's terms, this is the original belief in the gods.
It's just that some tribes aren't strong enough.
Or maybe the current plane is not enough to support the birth of divinity.
It is also possible that the way of faith is wrong, and other things are mixed in it, resulting in the belief not being pure enough, or other factors are affected, and so on.
To be honest, there are many influencing factors, and Li Qing doesn't quite know what is in this gnoll tribe.
But that evil fluctuation makes sure that the thing that was born within this tribe of gnolls is certainly not a good thing.
This is mixed news for Li Qing.
The good news naturally means that if you can defeat this tribe, the benefits will be much better than previously imagined, and it is possible to obtain some extraordinary treasures.
The bad news is that the danger level of this tribe is also much higher than previously expected, and he may not be able to fight it.