Chapter 14: Breakout

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The mage was quite remarkable, at least she didn't let the horrible fireball explode in her own hands...... It's just that judging from the soft and falling action, she has no way to recover her combat strength for a while. (The first text is published in the reading room biquge.info)

"How long will it take for her to wake up?" said Edward to the priest who had finished casting a healing spell through a few mercenaries. His eyes were fixed on the direction in which the flames were burning.

The strange fireball that the mage unleashed at the end seemed to be powerful, but it didn't kill many enemies...... The death of seven or eight trolls and a dozen gnolls has opened up a new clearing in the forest - or such a clearing is suitable for mercenaries to play their strengths, but the ratio of the number of people on both sides is enough to make the opponent's advantage even greater.

The battle that should have been won had become terrible in an instant—seventeen or eighteen black shadows more than two people tall had appeared on the edge of the clearing, on the trees that had never been loved, and their figures were reflected in the turquoise firelight, like monsters fleeing from the abyss to the present world.

"The backlash caused by the turbulence of magic power, the situation is not strict, but it has caused a certain impact on her spirit, if it is fast, it is estimated that she will be able to wake up in a while. "A knight named Jude, oh, it should be said," Lansendel's battle priest responded. At some point, he was already holding a swarthy warhammer in his hand, and the prismatic head of the mallet shone slightly: "I join forces with Sir Arryn to fend off about ten trolls, but there is not much to do to prevent their regeneration." So we'd better retreat in a direction where they are sparse. ”

"Caller, how much more strong acid and fiery glue? I remember you bought quite a few from me. Edward nodded slightly, not responding to the other party's advice, but just turned to a stout mercenary.

"It's not a lot, I used half of it the last time I walked around, and the little Clen in the backpack just now was chopped over by a miscellaneous piece, and the acid bottle was broken a little, and now there are about a dozen bottles. I also used some of the blazing glue yesterday, but I really can't do it, so I can only light the forest and see if I can force this gang of miscellaneous people back......" The mercenary he asked released two arrows in a row, knocking down a jackal who came into view, but the latter just rolled and got back on his feet, apparently not too badly injured.

"It's useless, only this part of the forest near here is dry, and the rest are soaked in water...... With this little fiery glue in our hands, we can't light a few trees at all, and now that there is no wind, the gnolls have much better legs and feet than us, and a little detour is nothing to them, and besides, these miscellaneous pieces seem to be still gathering together...... Oh my god, there are at least fifty trolls! I can't let them surround me, or ......."

A mercenary interjected hurriedly, but then several arrows flew and thumped to his feet, suppressing his words into an exclamation: "Hell, those bunnies are starting to concentrate!"

An attack is thwarted. After comprehending the huge acid-like fireball, the gnolls have now changed their tactics, using the trolls as meat shields, and they concentrate on long-range attacks, although the bows and arrows in their hands are only crude short bows, and the arrows are also rudimentary molten iron, but in terms of strength, they are much stronger than the kobolds they drive, especially without worrying about shooting their companions, so that their numerical advantage can gradually be brought into play......

"The north side has the fewest enemies!" "The bow and arrows are too dense!We hide in the woods, the trolls can't run fast in the woods!" "The gnolls are not slow!There is a wolf, as long as they are entangled......"

"Can't go in, those guys are hoping that we will do this, and the gnolls can also climb trees, if there are enemies even above, we can't prevent it at all!"

"So what are you going to do? We can't stop a few trolls......"

The mercenaries exchanged opinions fiercely, but there was obviously no way to reach an agreement - the number of trolls continued to increase, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry to start attacking, but the siege net was starting to get thicker and thicker, and the arrows thrown by the jackals were also tight, and if it weren't for the branches of a few dead trees around them that disrupted most of the arrows, the mercenaries might have suffered more than half of the casualties.

"I'm going to get their attention. If there's a spell like haste, add one to me. And do you have a scroll of illusion, illusion, or mirror?" said the young hunter suddenly. Let all the disputes be choked.

"You want to escape, with us, although there is no guarantee of absolute safety, but it is relatively easy to escape, if you leave, how sure are you that you will be able to escape the gnolls' noses...... The monsters here may not all focus their attention here. Once they find out, as long as you divide a tenth of your strength, you are dead. ”

The priest opened his mouth, and just as he was about to say something, another voice had already sounded, and the paladin had returned to the vicinity at some point, but his current condition did not look very good, although the brilliance of the armor was as bright as before, but his aura was already messy, and the light on the sword in his hand was already gone.

"If you think it's an opportunity, you can join me. Edward smiled slightly, ignoring the sarcasm in the other party's tone, and just turned his gaze to the priest - at this time, the other party would inevitably be suspicious of his own purpose when talking about such things, but a paladin is a holy warrior, and he will never disdain to fall into the ground.

The trolls are running.

Due to their short-legged and long-armed stature, these ugly monsters have their shoulders hanging forward, and they are bound to sway when they run, and they are not very fast - of course, this is only relative to the gnolls and wolves, and in fact the speed of large creatures is not too slow, no matter how sluggish they are. Especially when it comes from all directions, it always makes people feel like they are doubling their speed.

Contrary to their stupid appearances, these monsters are actually quite intelligent, and when they communicate with each other, they easily form a small encirclement network that runs parallel - the target is a few of the three who have separated from the handful of food and are fleeing to the other side of the clearing. As they approached, they let out a low or piercing howl, opened their fanged mouths, and waved branches that snapped off from the ground or beside them, and in their experience, such evil behavior could easily terrify the little creatures, and they would run around like headless flies.

But the three little things that appeared in front of them now didn't seem to be what they had imagined—and it wasn't until they were close enough to reach that the trolls noticed it.

The first is an incandescent sheen. A few monsters who were close involuntarily closed their eyes and wailed, and at the same time, the shadow had already jumped high, the glorious sword was just a sweep, and the head of a troll was already raised high!

On the other side, the two trolls roared and chose the shortest of targets - to be fair, there was nothing wrong with that, but only the fellows who fought each other could understand that the short, stout body, which was less than half their height, contained the power of the giants in the slightest.

That's a terrible force indeed!

With a furious shout, a troll lunged forward, crushing a few more companions who had no time to dodge!

I don't know if this strange long blade in the dwarf's hand is a reflection of his brilliant wisdom - although it seems to be a simple fusion of two weapons, in the hands of the dwarf, it can exert powerful attack power.

For example, now.

With a roar like thunder, the heavy weapon had arced along the ground, causing the chaotic crash and the shrill screams to echo alongside...... The long axe in the dwarf's hand was a little more than seven feet long, which could only be considered ordinary length for the average person, but in the hands of a dwarf, the distance became the most effective weapon—the axe drew a perfect circle around him with a roar, and as he charged, it swept forward, straight for the thick knees in front of him.

Click, click!

This kind of combat style is completely unsuitable for the trolls - the difference in size makes it extremely difficult to defend against the attack from a low position, even their long arms can't catch the dwarf like a rolling sphere, but the rotating weapon and the dwarf's natural brute force shatter, tear, swing apart every qiē in the path of attack, as long as you turn the body, the pause of the long-handled weapon will burst into a low, but tooth-aching bone cracking sound on the calf or knee of some unlucky person.

Despite its tall body, as a subhuman population, the leg joints are actually very fragile, and even if the troll's legs may be a little stiffer due to its natural skin, the structural defects make it difficult for it to withstand the blows from the side. A few breaths had passed, and a few unfortunate creatures who had approached the dwarf were already moaning and wailing in an instant.

Well, in fact, they only later discovered that bad luck was just beginning...... The iron-like dwarf was incredibly nimble, and in just a few steps, he had already stepped on the bodies of several giants in turn.

Hmm, or should it be more appropriate to describe it as 'inferior'?

"Bastards, the Baroque Lord specially entertained you, and let you relieve the troubles of the second half of your life for free!"

Baroque gasped and roared, the dwarf was less than five feet tall but had a shoulder width of nearly four feet, and the combination of double chain mail and plate gold armor made his every step carry a heavy roar, and the destruction of such a humanoid scale hammer when it crushed some vulnerable parts could be imagined, even a troll could not afford to ...... As a result, the earth-shattering and terrible scream frightened several of the surrounding trolls to hesitate for a moment, if it weren't for their blood-red eyes revealing an abnormal fighting intent, this time they might have turned into defeated dogs who fled......

But the ten trolls continued to surround them—they had apparently learned the lesson of the unlucky ones who had come before, and instead of stepping forward, they threw the wood and rocks around them first!

The power of these monsters is terrifying, and the huge stones not only hang the wind, but even if they don't hit the target, they will bring up shocking muddy water and dead branches and leaves! And with this respite, the few rolling trolls around them also began to roar to their feet, even if the broken leg that was dragging behind them limped, but they didn't seem to care.

The little man who would glow was the first to be hit, and although a burst of light erupted from him at that moment, he still retreated a dozen feet back, and one of the trolls narrowly grabbed him, and then the short fellow, grabbed by another troll, and rolled out like a rock......!

The trolls howled and laughed triumphantly, but just as they began to rush forward triumphantly, an infinite number of dots of light and dust suddenly appeared around the little man who had not moved.

The light dust fell one after another, flying up and down like golden butterflies...... However, in the eyes of most people, the dust was like a golden flame in an instant, enveloping and engulfing the canopy of the Dark Forest, and in that direction it was like a fluorescent rain, so dazzling that it was almost impossible to see.

More than a dozen trolls roared at the same time, these monsters may not be afraid of slashing and chopping, but the glint in their eyes will never dim because of their healing ability, the momentum of the forward rush is difficult to suppress, their huge bodies immediately become a kind of trouble again, they lose their vision and they are already good if they don't collide with various obstacles, if you want to find a human figure, it is a dream.

......

"Well done!" Even the paladin, who was gasping for breath, couldn't help but exclaim at this time, the young hunter chose to use this scroll at a very timely time, and more than a dozen trolls were actually hit together. Even if it doesn't have a long-lasting effect, it's enough to chop off the heads of a few more trolls

But then his face changed.

Without hesitation, the young hunter turned around and rushed out into the darkness!

The ridiculous coloured garment of the young man was clearly at his best at this point—his figure shimmered between leaves and branches, between sludge and trunks, in darkness and firelight, and it was hard to distinguish between a few dozen feet...... And when the distance grows larger and larger, he is more like he is completely integrated, no, it is melted into the surrounding environment, even the holy warrior is far beyond the eyes of ordinary people, and he can no longer distinguish him from it,

It can be said that he just disappeared out of thin air.

"Cunning fellow......" The paladin shook his head, inexplicably feeling a hint of frustration - maybe this imp wasn't really a warrior, but his abilities were clearly more useful than his own here.

In the jungle, it is not easy to hide one's body, not only can it be done by hiding the figure and voice, in fact, when facing some high-level magic beasts, the chance of being able to sneak close is very small, when the distance is reduced to fifty feet, the gnoll guards who were originally looking in the other direction have suddenly turned their heads, and their green eyes are staring at a certain bush in the distance!

Then, an arrow had pierced his neck.

The gnoll's eyes widened in horror, and he inhaled desperately, trying to let out a long warning howl, but the steel choked on his throat made this normally easy movement extremely difficult, and it grabbed the shaft of the arrow so hard that it could not pull it out of its body at all— The shaft of the arrow was not any ordinary wood, it had passed through an iron core, which could not be broken by the force, and the barbs on the cluster of arrows were so sharp that when the jackal pulled it out of his body with ferocity, a large piece of flesh from his throat was torn apart, and the remaining air poured out of his lungs, taking away its last struggle.

Edward exhaled with a sigh.

Gnolls are fairly common in the Whispering Forest, so Edward was already aware of their general habits, abilities, and weaknesses - the noise of the battlefield not far away masked some subtle sounds and smells, which was undoubtedly lucky...... Otherwise, it's time to switch places between the two......

The third gnoll fell to the ground, and the boy shrank slightly, his goal already within reach.

Above a small clearing in the woods, stood a huge shadow, and several small bonfires formed a circle around it, emitting a faint dark glow, and there was almost nothing reflected in it.

It was a jet-black wooden statue, with colorful animal hair and the strange bones of unknown creatures, decorated in a fluffy form like a lone wolf with its head raised to the sky...... This is the totem of the gnolls, their gods, and the witch doctor, who symbolizes the ability to communicate with the gods and the spiritual leader, must be in one place in this great hunt.

And now, in the shadows, a cluster of dark gray stood upright...... A small, fur-wrapped humanoid figure with a faint whisper came from his kneeling figure.

Just kill this guy and you should be able to get out of danger...... But there is still more than half the way to success.

The social structure is like their four-legged relatives, and the leader of the gnolls will always have a large number of guards in front of them. Moreover, the witch doctor is an extremely troublesome storage zài, since there is a witch character in the name, it naturally has the ability to cast spells...... If there are any weaknesses, then all Edward can think of is that they have a limited variety of abilities, and I hope that this guy's ability is biased towards the bonus to the group, and the individual combat power is not very tricky.

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