The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 10 The Counterattack of the Goblins and Ogres
After living together for a few days, the two little ones finally stopped being so afraid of Finia. The herd has added a few animals these days. The harsh winter makes them quite satisfied with the stables that can protect them from the wind. The fodder they consume is also good, and William and Alos Jr. have to brave the wind and snow to add fodder to the herd.

Misha'er cautiously approached the giantess at the other end of the fireplace, curious with a touch of fear, and asked in a low voice:

"Finia, you won't eat Misha, will you? I heard Alos and the others say that giants eat children!"

Finia put down the giant ax that was being polished in his hand, and replied shyly, "I won't eat you, and I won't eat children. Only evil wild giants will eat them, and I will only eat meat."

When Misha'er heard that the giantess didn't eat her, she immediately regained her spirits. She sat next to Finia and asked questions boldly. The two guys who were equally innocent were quite right-tempered, and soon there were questions and answers gradually. Get acquainted.

The winter in the Northland is always changing, the sky is still clear during the day, and it starts to snow heavily at night.The re-emerging snowstorm not only made it impossible for William to go out, but the monsters in the deep forest faced the test of severe cold and hunger. The snowstorm covered the traces of their prey, making it more difficult to find and catch. The monsters were forced to find a new way out.

At this time in previous years, monsters would often come to make trouble. At that time, the three William brothers and sisters could only hide in the cellar and wait for the monster to leave automatically.But this time William didn't want to avoid the battle so passively. He had been thinking about preparing for the defense of the village since before the first snow fell.

Recently, William has cut nearly a hundred four- to five-foot-long short javelins out of hardwood, and he plans to cut more in the future, which will be his main long-range strike weapon.

Heavy snow and low temperature have a great effect on the construction of defense facilities. William poured two four or five-foot-high "Z" shaped ice walls along the wall near the gate, the purpose of which is to compress the monsters after they break through the gate. I believe that with the goblin's short stature of less than four feet, it will definitely take a lot of effort to cross these barriers.

The wild beasts in the forest are becoming more and more difficult to hunt. Except for occasionally hunting some birds to change their taste, Chen Jinyang no longer goes out to hunt large prey. He also increased the volume and price, and practiced hard in the village every day.Whenever he finished his work, he would take Phinya, who was also well-informed, to "farm" in a remote place under the strange eyes of the little brothers and sisters, and lived a happy life.

Hiding in the forest, where people don't know, a large number of monsters began to gather, ready to march towards the human gathering place outside the forest. They were divided into several teams, and one of the monster groups was heading towards Nome Village.

At dawn, William was awakened by a messy sound of wood knocking. He sat up and listened. The strange sound was almost indistinguishable from the howling wind.He looked at the three people who were sleeping soundly, added some firewood to the fire that was about to go out, put on a thick blanket, and walked out of the cellar with the iron sword in hand.

The herd of beasts in the stables screamed restlessly, and there was a violent pounding sound from the gate of the village entrance. William immediately realized that someone was destroying the gate. He rushed to the gate and jumped onto the fence to look out.

I saw five or six tall figures outside the door waving big wooden sticks, smashing hard on the log-studded and iron-clad door, and there was a dense mass of black and short figures around, jumping and making noise uncontrollably.

The monster has really struck.

Although the iron-clad gate was strong, it couldn't withstand the ogre's formidable force. It seemed to be riddled with holes and crumbling.William knew in his heart that these big monsters must not be allowed to break in, otherwise, once these powerful big guys rushed into the village, the defense measures prepared earlier would be in vain. Even if he could kill them all, the loss would inevitably be inevitable .

Fortunately, there was always a short javelin on the fence that he had sharpened on weekdays. William picked up the javelin with both hands, swung his arms round and swung the bow left and right, and quickly threw it at the ogre who was breaking through the door.The javelin shot away, and an ogre was hitting the gate vigorously, but the javelin shot directly from the left cheek, and pierced half a foot from the right.

The ogre let out a short, muffled howl, gave up smashing the door and fell to the ground clutching his cheeks. Another javelin shot another ogre in the arm.William shot three consecutive rounds without stopping, but he seldom practiced shooting, and his aim was not good. The six javelins only hit four ogre heads, and two of them were shot down and temporarily lost their ability to move.

The remaining ogres and goblins finally noticed the rebels on the fence. They were not helpless idiots, and they all clamored and started to fight back. Javelins, stones, sticks and bone arrows all overwhelmed them. .William didn't dare to hold on, so he turned over and rolled down the wall to avoid it. When the monsters stopped shooting, he jumped up to the top of the wall again, raised his javelin and shot again, only to be driven off after two rounds of shooting.

William bypassed the ice wall behind the door, quietly climbed up the wall from the other side of the door, and quickly shot again while the monster was not paying attention. After two more rounds of javelins, he turned down the wall again to avoid it without waiting to check the results.

It's just that the lethality of the wooden javelin is limited after all. If it doesn't hit the vital point, it is difficult to completely kill a big monster with rough skin and thick flesh like an ogre, especially if the ogre knows how to cover up its vitals.Of the six ogres with tenacious vitality, it was a fluke that William shot and killed three of them on the spot. Although the remaining three big monsters were also injured, it did not affect their ferocity.

The iron-clad gate suddenly made a crisp "click", but it could no longer bear the monster's ravages, and entered the state of death, and then was pushed down by the remaining ogres.William, who reacted extremely quickly, threw his javelin at the fallen gate with all his strength. An ogre just broke through the barrier of the gate and was the first to rush into the village. The incoming javelin shot it in the throat like lightning, pressing its roar back into the chest cavity, making a "cluck" sound from its throat, and then fell to the ground with a slam.The only two remaining ogres didn't care about the death of their companions at all, they stepped on the corpse of the dead ogre without fear, and rushed into the gate first.

The five-foot-high ice wall was specially prepared to deal with the goblins, but it was useless against the ogres among the monsters. When the two ogres rushed in, the entire defense system almost collapsed.

In order to prevent the ogres from wreaking havoc on the ice walls on both sides, William could only choose to take the initiative to attack in order to kill them quickly.Holding the iron sword behind his right hand, he rushed up to face the monster.The yellow eyeballs of the ogre feces stared cruelly at the rushing William, and smashed down the giant stick in his hand first.William's feet moved quickly, and he dodged the giant stick. Then his leg muscles collapsed, his figure suddenly accelerated, and he rushed into the arms of the ogre who was still in the posture of smashing the giant stick.

William exerted force under his feet, stomped his supporting foot, and splashed the hard frozen ground, but his body jumped several feet into the air, his left hand wrapped around the head of the ogre, and the iron sword "drill" in his right pointed at the monster. The eyeballs were inserted about a foot in an instant, then twisted their wrists, and then quickly pulled out the iron sword. A stream of dirty blood mixed with broken lenses and brains spewed out. On the ground, twitching feebly.

William succeeded in one blow, but he didn't stop. He turned over and kicked on the fallen ogre, and took advantage of the momentum to jump in front of the other ogre who had just turned around. tough guy.William directly kicked the end of the undrawn javelin on the ogre's thigh. The huge force made the javelin pass through almost completely, but the ogre involuntarily fell to the ground after being hit.

However, William jumped up with a kick, pushed the ogre's head and rolled it behind it, and then pulled the ogre's head with one hand, and wiped the iron sword fiercely on the neck, almost Most of the neck was cut off, and the ogre immediately grabbed his neck and took the blame.

Although this series of fights is a long story, it was actually only a cup of tea time from when William climbed the fence until the last ogre was killed by wiping his neck. The rapid and violent fights left him almost no time to recover. When the ogre was dead, the breath held in William's chest was released in vain. He could only slap the palm of his hand, and beat out the uncontrollable heat flow with the flame in his palm. The several-foot-long flame suddenly fell on the rushing goblins. In the middle, and then exploded, six or seven goblins were directly burned to death by the flames, and the number of goblins burned was even more than this. At this time, William, who was supposed to pursue the victory, was dripping with sweat, and his hands and feet were so weak that he almost sat on the ground.

At this moment, Finia and Alos had already run out of the cellar after being awakened by the sound of fighting. The giantess rushed over with a giant ice axe, squatted down and swung the giant axe, intercepting the goblin who was trying to take advantage of William, and then she The fierce attacks again and again destroyed the fighting spirit of the goblins in a few hits.

Little Alos grabbed the dagger and stood in front of William, who barely escaped behind the ice wall, staring nervously at the changes on the battlefield.William took a few deep breaths and seized the time to recover his strength. He looked at the little guy with a panicked face, and said with a smile:

"Alos, don't worry, with me here, nothing will happen."

Turning around, he saw Misha'er who was about to climb out of the cellar, and he hurriedly said to little Alos: "Go and watch my sister, don't let her run around."

Little Alos looked at the battlefield. At this time, although Finia dispersed the goblins who rushed in earlier, more goblins rushed in through the gate.He was a little at a loss and said: "But."

"Go! Misha is too young, she needs to be taken care of! Go back to the cellar and protect her." As the eldest brother, William's voice was stern, and Alos had to run to his sister who slipped out of the cellar.

Even though Phinea was strong and tall, she couldn't bear the large number of goblins. After her brave momentum passed, more goblins surrounded her. There were several gaps in the ice wall that were destroyed by ogres. The cunning The goblin deliberately circled to the back to encircle her, causing her to fall into a hard fight while losing sight of the other.William, who had recovered a lot of physical strength, grabbed the iron sword in one hand and the ogre's giant club in the other, and rushed to the battlefield again.

William twisted his waist to drive his arms, and swung the huge stick in his hand up. The goblin that rushed out of the gap was smashed and flew back. As the first goblin retreated, Finia swung his giant ax and chopped down two goblins. The remaining five goblins didn't know that there was an enemy behind them, so they retreated in a hurry. William kicked his legs and kicked the heads of the two goblins , Phinya rushed to kill the last three goblins.

William sealed the loophole, and the goblins who rushed in could only move along the ice wall, and only four or five goblins could be accommodated and discharged in between the two ice walls.The two worked together and cooperated with each other to hack and kill the goblins who rushed into the gate one by one, and then killed them all the way to the gate.

William and Finia guarded the door, one on the left and one on the right. These two perverts with extraordinary strength slashed with sticks and axes, like a giant dam blocking a river, smashing and hacking the goblin who rushed forward.The goblins who had almost exhausted their long-range power at the beginning could only pile up the goblins one after another. They pounced on them time and time again, and the smashed flesh and blood flew to pieces, and the snow on the ground turned into pieces. Dark red muddy water.

Either the dimness of dawn doubled the courage of the monsters, or it was the hunger and cold that made them desperate. The goblins showed an unparalleled spirit of sacrifice, one after another, they kept attacking the defense line at the door.At dawn, the more than 100 goblins who came to sneak attack were almost killed and injured, leaving only a dozen or so cowardly wretches, who fled back to the forest like walking dead, including the cowering wooden spear that William felt A somewhat familiar leader.

William and Finia were covered in blood and filth. They looked at the fleeing goblins and fell down in the bloody mud one after another. They looked at each other and laughed in unison.If it weren't for the fact that their physical strength had already been exhausted at this time, this pair of dogs and men would definitely set off another "battle", the one with sound.

A man and a woman supported each other across the battlefield, ate something as a belated breakfast at the entrance of the cellar, and then began to clean up the corpses and dirt left by the battlefield.It took them nearly a whole morning to drag all the monster corpses into the forest and throw them away.The smell of blood and the monster's body odor in the air caused the two little guys who came out to watch to vomit in a mess. Misha'er, who was still in shock, hid in the cellar, refusing to come out no matter what.

In the afternoon, the heavy snow hit again, covering up the corpse of the monster and the smell of blood in the air. Fortunately, William found it in time, and the gate was strong enough to support him until he found the intruder. Otherwise, they would not have known the surprise What kind of ordeal will it suffer?

Originally, William didn't take goblins seriously, but after experiencing this lesson, he no longer dared to play tricks like this. No one can underestimate those groups with wisdom.William and Finia braved the wind and snow to chop back a large number of logs, completely sealed the damaged gate, and poured snow water to condense into an ice wall. William only left a small door on the side of the gate that could only be used by a single person. Export.Later, he widened and thickened the ice wall inside the gate, turning it into a five-foot-high and two-foot-wide parapet, and drew several vertical and horizontal narrow passages around the periphery.

Satisfied with the slightly formed fortifications, William stared at the snowy night sky and breathed a cloud of mist.

What a dangerous and cruel world, but it is a paradise for warriors of my generation.

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(End of this chapter)