Pale Emblem

Chapter 53 Confrontation
At dawn, five tall, fat, hideous-looking orc slayers appeared at the place where Veltok and his party had parted.On each orc butcher's shoulders sat two female shamans.They are Bald Ear of the Ten Brothers and his Rockbreaker.

Chief Quel'n'gra relies on ten brothers to manage a large orc tribe, and he requires each brother to choose his own Rockbreaker.

The Rock Splitter is made up of butchers, fighters, and shamans who serve as bodyguards and assistants to the Ten Brothers.At the same time, the Rock Splitter is also a high-level orc selection and training mechanism created by Quel Ngra.

Due to the abundance of food and the absence of the butcher and the big mother's suppression, the Rockbreaker Orcs usually grow rapidly.When the Rockbreaker butchers and shamans matured, Quel'n'gra would transfer them away, allowing the Ten Brothers to retrain new butchers and shamans.

Bald ear has 4 butchers, 9 shamans and more than 60 orc warriors under his command.His half-orc fighter is relatively strong, while the shaman and the butcher are newly promoted, and their physical and intellectual development has not yet reached the point of full maturity, but the butcher is after all a high-level half-orc with a life level of three.They are infinitely powerful and energetic, and even carrying a light-bodied combat shaman, they can bite the tails of Vertoc and others, and the half-orc fighters have long been thrown out of sight because of their lack of physical strength.

"Elaine, come down."

Bald Ear raised his left hand and roughly ripped off the shaman sitting on his shoulder.The female shaman screamed and rolled in the air, as if she was about to fall into the snow, but she suddenly shrank and turned over. As soon as her feet landed, she quickly rushed towards the bald ears, wrapping her limbs around his waist, and smiling triumphantly. Voice.

This set of movements of the shaman is completed in one go, smooth and smooth, like flying soaring, showing amazing agility.Even if half-orc shamans are known for their agility, she is one of the best.

Bald has no ears and fangs, and looks especially funny.In the eyes of the Orcs, being funny is better than being ugly.But Bald Ear is a fifth-order butcher, with a brutal mood, and his combat power is second only to Quel Ngra, and of course he is favored by female shamans.Bald Ear, however, has no interest in the shriveled combat shaman.He was able to give Elaine more tolerance, allowing her to sit on his shoulders and endure her endless harassment.It can be seen that Elaine is a rare fighting shaman, and both her personal strength and wisdom are enough to make Bald Er admire.

The fifth-order butcher ignored Elaine who was hanging on his body. He carefully inspected the traces on the snow, raised his head again, twitched his nose, and sniffed the smell in the air.

"I smell death. Half-elves died in this forest."

"Is it the master's prey?" Elaine chuckled while holding her bald neck.

"No, that was death a day ago. My prey hasn't gotten here yet."

"Master, I heard from the barbarian slaves of the plantation that there is a very terrifying monster in this forest called the Shadow Lurker. It is good at hiding and can even hide the danger perception of barbarian fighters."

"Well, it smells of death, but it doesn't smell danger. This is more terrifying than danger... a very good battlefield." The bald scarlet eyes shrank to the limit, revealing bloodthirsty excitement.

"Master, we can wait for backup."

"Don't worry about the trash, they can't find it here."

"The chief said he'd send barbarian raiders to help. I reckon they'll be here tonight."

"I can feel that the half-elf female's strength is weakening. If I wait any longer, it will be meaningless for me to kill these prey... Let's go in now!" Bald ears and eyes flashed fiercely, carrying a huge axe, leading the The Rockbreaker walks into the forest of the Shadow Lurkers.

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In addition to Sarah, there are only eight professionals left by Vertok, including the fourth-level dark hunter Max, the third-level shield guard Huck, a third-level swordsman, a third-level bow fighter, and the rest Both are second-level swordsmen and second-level shield guards.The rest of the half-elves have left the group under the leadership of Doctor Cole.

The half-elves who followed Vertok were older and had been serving as instructors at the Braun training camp.Their professional level is higher than those of the young people, and they have more adventure experience, but Vertok feels that their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the young junior professionals.

The half-elves of the Dissa Alliance always believed that the higher the level of the professional, the more powerful they were, but Vertoc did not believe this concept.

What is professional level?
It only shows that the professional has those innate abilities, it does not mean that the physical and mental state of the professional is suitable for fighting.If a professional lacks competitiveness and fighting desire, and his willpower is not enough to control his emotions, no matter how high his level is, he cannot give full play to the abilities of a professional.

A sharp knife will rust if it is not used for a long time, and a professional who has been an instructor for a long time in the training camp may not be the best fighter.

However, these instructors are now determined to break the boat, but it is not so easy for them to gain Vertok's approval.

Veltok had sensed Sarah's weakness, and his temper had turned bad.The instructors tried their best not to provoke him, silently doing what they were supposed to do.

The team went to the depths of the forest, and the dark hunter Max suddenly found an abnormality.

"Well, there is a situation ahead." He rushed over and dug out a bloodstained long sword from under the raised snow.

"It's here too."

"...and here."

Several instructors worked together and dug out broken shields, leather armor fragments, bows, javelins and other weapons and equipment one after another from the snow.At this time, the experience of the instructors came into play. They put the things they found in place, measured the thickness of the buried snow, calculated the time, and tried to restore the appearance of the battlefield.

"The emblem on the equipment indicates that these victims were members of the Iron Cross and the Whistle Adventure Group."

"They should have been attacked last night. At least 25 people were killed. Others may have successfully broken through, but no dead bodies were found at the scene."

"This three-shot crossbow is a good thing, and it can still be used. I don't believe that the Iron Cross and the Whistle Adventure Group will remove the body and leave this three-shot crossbow behind."

"The attackers were not barbarians, half-orcs or alien orcs, nor half-elves, but a large group of monsters... The bodies of the victims were dragged away by them to the east of the forest!"

"...It's a shadow beast."

Max pieced together a broken shield. It can be seen that the strong iron wood shield was swept by a sharp claw and split into four pieces, indicating that the claw has three toes and is particularly sharp.

Veltoc often hears adventurers talk about shadow lurkers and shadow beasts in Braun Town, which is a hot topic, but there are more rumors.It was not until he went to the plantation that he learned more about the characteristics of the Shadow Lurker from the old sage Maine.

Shadow Lurker is a fifth-order giant monster, which is female.It weighs 5 tons and is extremely powerful. It is covered with invulnerable scales, and has a pair of invincible claws.

Lurking: Shadow Lurker's scales are good at changing color. When it doesn't move, it will integrate with the environment, avoiding sight, hearing, smell perception, avoiding dangerous intuition, and becoming invisible.

Frenzy: The Shadow Lurker instantly increases the strength by 100%, greatly enhancing the defense and resistance of the scale armor, and even the attacks of the medium ballista are ineffective against it.The madness lasts for more than ten seconds, the effect ends, the Shadow Lurker has a weak period of the same time, the basic strength is reduced by 75%, and the defense effect of the scale armor is reduced by 50%.

Swarming: After the shadow lurker builds a nest, it will attract a large number of male shadow beasts to its nest and accept its enslavement.

If there are hordes of shadow beasts here, there must be shadow lurkers!
"Okay. It's not just our family of adventurers that are smart." Max dropped his shield and said with a gloomy expression: "Slave trader Rhodes and Charlie of the Whistle Adventures also thought of fleeing north to escape the barbarian predators. Chase and kill. But they encountered hordes of shadow beasts... Now is the season for shadow lurkers to spawn, and shadow beasts will eliminate all threats to break into the territory. That is to say, the dragoons of Hurant did not come here to arrest them at all. Shadow Lurkers! What the hell did those bastards do? Where did they go?!"

No one could answer this question, and Vertok was also puzzled, but Max didn't struggle for too long. His face changed suddenly, he looked back, and hurriedly urged: "The enemy is catching up, let's go!"

Heavy and hurried footsteps came from the forest, like dense drum beats, with invisible pressure, approaching quickly from behind.

The instructor of the Adventurer's House usually speaks the truth, but in the face of the enemy's surprise, it is inevitable to mess up.

In the snowy forest, a tall, fat, earless orc butcher charged towards this side with a huge stone axe.He saw the half-elf professional without any hesitation. With a murderous grin on his face, he suddenly jumped into the air and leaped over a distance of more than ten meters. The stone axe in his hand turned into a black arc, scraping the icy air. With a whistling sound, it fell to Vertok!
At this moment, Vertok's heart was cold and empty. The energy of the combat breathing method swelled his body. He raised the sheathed long sword and aimed it at the bald butcher. He raised his hand and wiped the scabbard. The crossbow shot lightning-like at the enemy who was still in the air.

Martial arts are techniques that can be used to level the gaps in strength, speed, size, and bloodline talent between the two sides, allowing the weak to overcome the strong.The principle of martial arts is nothing more than the exchange of time for space, and the exchange of space for time.

When Vertok awakened the wolf's combat skills, he understood the secrets of martial arts.He recovered the memory of the original Vientiane Law, and the level of martial arts reached an astonishing height.

The turbulent Qi motivated the inner dive and mobilized the external force to form a tight whole, which made Vertok's will and strength reach the peak.Even if the will to kill the bald-eared butcher has made the half-elf professionals in a hurry, it will have no effect on him.

Since the will to kill can't shake Vertok's heart, the two sides must rely on real strength to speak!

What about the fifth-order half-orc butcher?

What about strength and size?

Any mortal creature can be killed!
This is the law of nature!

Vertok firmly believes that with his current strength and skills, he can completely kill the foolish butcher who uses Sky Slash on himself and has nowhere to use his strength to change direction in mid-air!
However, Bald Er is a strong man who masters the heart of the mirror. He has meticulous control over his body and has reached the pinnacle of martial arts, even a line higher than Vertok's combat breathing technique.

This line is the difference between life and death.

Let the scabbard from the spurt hit his chest full of blood and rage, the bald ears were not disturbed in any way, the speed did not decrease in the slightest, and the axe with great power slammed down.

When Vertoc threw out the scabbard, he had already recoiled at the opponent. The sharp alloy long sword drew a bright semi-circle flash in the air, slashing the half-orc butcher against the wind.

He has not personally experienced the blood rage damage reduction effect of the fifth-order butcher, and although the combat breathing method is clever, it is not as good as the heart of the mirror.

The consequence of the fight between the two sides can only be that Vertok's sharp sword slashed the bald butcher, and his head was also slashed by the opponent's axe.

At the critical moment, Sarah's big hand pressed Vertok's shoulder and pulled him behind her.The heavy stone stick crushed the Bald Ear Butcher's attack like a destructive force, and slammed heavily on his chest.

"roll!"

With the roar of the fat cook, Bald Ear flew back like a cannonball, hitting a big tree more than 20 meters away, and the snow on the crown of the tree immediately poured down.

Bald ears slid off the snowdrifts, blood spurted from his nose and mouth, and the blood-dazzling skin had turned back to earthy red.Sarah's blow knocked his Bloodrage back into shape and cracked three of his ribs, but Bald laughed happily.

His cruel temper is only on the outside, but he is actually timid and cautious on the inside.He followed Vertok and his party, but because he was afraid of Sarah's strength, he never dared to attack along the way.It was not until the half-elf fugitive's team split, Sarah became weak again, and the bald Rockbreaker had gained an advantage in overall strength, and he decided to take the initiative.And this tentative attack allowed Bald Ear to determine how much strength Sarah still had left.

Several flying axes were fired from the forest, repelling the half-elf professionals who were about to kill Bald Ears.Four butchers and nine shamans rushed into the battlefield, protecting the wounded bald ears behind them.

After all, the half-elf instructors were professionals. They were not hit by the long-range flying axe that could not change direction.

Neither side did anything, because the battle just now disturbed the shadow beasts in the forest, and a rolling snow wave mixed with a harsh roar came from the east.

"Go, let's rush out!" Sarah shouted loudly, leading the crowd towards the north.

The Bald-eared Butcher made a gesture of scratching his head towards Vertok, and ran west with the Orc.

(End of this chapter)