Pale Emblem

Chapter 69 Orc Bone Collector

After some intense work, the half-elf professional left the forest belt with a pile of newly collected resources and walked into a large open space next to it.

This glade is roughly in the shape of a teardrop. The forest belt on the north side is the sparsest, with some unknown dwarf trees growing like a flimsy fence, which can easily be rushed over and into the glade next door; the forest on the southwest side Relatively dense, mainly tall and straight hemlock trees, suitable for hiding traces.

There is no doubt that the group of gnolls are hiding in the woods on the southwest side, quietly monitoring the every move of the half-elf professionals.

From the moment they entered the glade, Vertok and his party had been completely exposed to the sight of the gnolls.

This is also helpless.Only a fool would fight against a gnoll with developed perception and keen intuition in a forest with a complex environment.

On the other hand, the open space with a wide field of vision is more suitable for bow fighters to exert their superb bow shooting skills.The gnoll's claws are not good with bows and javelins, and they have no means of long-range strikes.Close combat is the best attack method of gnolls.

The biggest trouble now is the goblins.

In the memory of the hobgoblin Vowo, there is no impression of the claw goblin.Veltoc knows that most goblins have very flexible fingers, they can use bows, throw stone bombs, and have a good lethality within 30 meters.Three bowmen might be overwhelmed by the number of goblins.

There are two low hills in the glade, and the terrain in the middle is concave. After the ice and snow melt, they converge into a small pool.In the late spring and early summer, the flowers and plants here are bound to be lush and beautiful.But this kind of terrain is not suitable for defense, and half-elf professionals can only choose a low hill as a foothold.

It is said to be a low hill, and it is only ten meters high. Fortunately, its location is close to the sparse woods on the north side. The bow warrior's field of vision is still wide. In addition, the ground is muddy and slippery, which is not conducive to the rapid movement of goblins.As long as they enter the effective range of the bow and crossbow, they can easily become the living targets of bow warriors.

The gnoll's continuous tracking has made the half-elves feel that the situation has changed, and they should make bad plans at this moment.

Most of the professionals in the team were born in the legion, and it is their basic quality to build positions according to local conditions.Everyone worked together to set up simple defensive fortifications.After a while, a camp surrounded by spikes, trip wires and small pits took shape.

The others started cooking on the fire, and Vertok and Huck were still busy.Huck used an alloy shield blade as an axe, splitting a dozen or so tree trunks with the thickness of the mouth of the bowl into well-proportioned long pieces of wood.Vertok takes ropes twisted from deerskin and bark, ties long pieces of wood, and turns them into wide wooden rafts.

This is a meticulous work.But it is not difficult for Huck, who masters the heart of the state, and Vertoc, who has the talent of dexterous hands.

When the roasted rabbit meat on the fire was fragrant, the two wooden rafts that were more than one meter high and four meters wide had already been completed in Vertok's hands.Huck erected them on either side of the camp to help half-elf pros fend off a swarm of stone bullets.

Vertok was covered in mud, he washed his hands, grabbed a roasted rabbit and nibbled it.

There is not much meat on the hares that go through the cold winter.Vertok ate all the rabbits in his hand three or two times, and asked, "Has any of you dealt with orc bone collectors? Can you tell me about them?"

The Orc Bone Collector refers specifically to the gang of alien orc robbers in the Balu Goblin Kingdom. Like half-elf adventurers and barbarian looters, they open up territories and collect treasures for their respective forces.In fact, the three major forces of the Dragon Kingdom check and balance each other to avoid large-scale war conflicts.Orc bone collectors, half-elf adventurers, and barbarian predators fought each other, reflecting the strong hostility of the three major forces to each other.

If the half-elves and barbarians can still communicate verbally, then the orc bone collectors are completely aliens, unable to communicate and cannot be compromised.

What they have in common with adventurers is that they both covet the wealth collected by each other, and will snatch them whenever they have the chance.

Orc bone collectors have always been ferocious, especially the orc gangs that penetrated deep into the Disar Alliance. In order not to reveal their whereabouts, they would even eat the half-elves they encountered.If it is really eaten, not even a single bone will be left, so there is a saying of "bone collectors".

The half-elf adventure group's fear and hatred of the Orc Bone Collector is far higher than the hostility to the barbarian raiders.

The professionals of the Iron Cross regiment looked at each other, and the bow warrior Lisen shook his head and said cautiously: "We have been operating in Fallen Leaf City, and we have never encountered orc bone collectors."

Head next to Rhodes added: "The Fallen City is located in the south, and the Torrent City is in the north. The triangular area formed by these two border city-states and the Western Bright City is the territory of the Disa Alliance. Bright City is the closest to Dragon Nest City. , can be affected by the divine power of the Mother Earth Throne. Compared with other city-states, the half-elves of Bright City are more likely to be promoted to professionals.

"The line connecting Guangming City and Ye Ye City is exactly the southern line of the triangular territory, called the Southern Border Line, which just borders the sphere of influence of the Black Fire Tribe. The main threat to Ye Ye City is the Black Fire Tribe, and the surrounding area of ​​Ye Ye City is almost invisible. To the Orc Bone Collector."

"The northern line connecting Bright City and Rapids City borders the sphere of influence of the Balu Goblin Kingdom."

"The connection between Torrent City and Fallen Leaves City is the Eastern Border Line, which belongs to the border of the territory that the Dragon King Feilumat patrols. If you go further east, you will reach the Outer Territory where the Dragon King will not go."

"We should be on the Eastern Frontier now. The situation here is the most complicated. It is possible to encounter foreign monsters, orc bone collectors, and barbarian looters."

After hearing Captain Rhode's explanation, Vertoc had a better understanding of the Dragon Kingdom.

The Dragon Kingdom is the territory of the Dragon King Fei Lumat, a circular area centered on Dragon Nest City.The Disa Alliance, the Balu Goblin Kingdom, and the Black Fire Tribe each account for one-third.Because of the fear of the dragon king's power, the foreign races did not dare to invade the dragon kingdom on a large scale.But small-scale infiltrations occur from time to time.However, their opponents this time are not wild gnolls from Outland, but Orc Bone Collectors from the Balu Goblin Kingdom.

The Iron Cross Group, a fake adventure group, had never been to the East, and this was the first time they encountered the Orc Bone Collector.

The orange-red firelight illuminated the thin face of the dark hunter Max, his expression was cold and serious, and he said slowly: "The kingdom of black fire orcs and Balu goblin is bound by the Dragon King, and they dare not provoke the chaos of the Dragon Kingdom. The legions of the Dissa Alliance don’t usually fight. Apart from daily training, they occasionally go out to clear a few thieves gangs. The Rock Giant Legion that Huck and I have served in is considered one of the top legions in the alliance. Speaking of actual combat experience, That's not much... We were waiting to retire and find a lucrative job based on our ability. Who knows, the Legion suddenly received an order to go to the dark place and perform a secret mission."

Max looked at the jumping bonfire, and after a while, he continued: "I still don't know, what secret mission did the Rock Giant Legion go to the dark place to perform? Anyway, we fought for two months, the opponent There are Blackfire Orcs, but the main enemy is the Orc Bone Collector of the Goblin Kingdom."

The February War had a great influence on the Disa Alliance. Although the Alliance kept the war in the dark place secret, and the half-elf civilian class had hardly heard of it, the retired veterans who participated in the February War had a good future. You will receive invitations from wealthy and famous families to become the backbone of their private army.This is because the Legion of the Disa Alliance has not fought a decent war in the past few hundred years.

The results of the February War have not been kept secret until now, but regardless of whether the Legion of the Alliance participating in the war won the war or not, they all had actual combat experience.This is an incomparable advantage of other legions, so that the famous highlanders are more willing to go to the battle legion to select talents.

The veterans of the general legion either join the adventure group after retiring; either work for the large and small armed caravans, or mix with the gang.

Not to mention how much money these retired veterans can earn, the risks they take and the resources they enjoy are far from comparable to those of famous private soldiers.

Huck and Max were both witnesses of the February War.They and Bartom jointly run the town of Braun, which seems to be very beautiful, but they can't even find a way to repair the dragon veins.

If there is no channel to convert wealth into usable resources, no matter how much money is made, it is just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.

However, the actual combat experience that Huck and Max have are their own wealth, and no one can take it away.

Now, their knowledge of the Orc Bone Collectors is invaluable.

Vertoc asked curiously: "The Rock Giant Legion is said to be the elite of the Alliance... How could its opponent at that time be the Orc Bone Collector? Didn't the Balu Goblin Kingdom send the main force to participate in the war?"

Huck grabbed his beard and muttered, "I don't know... I heard the boss say it back then, orcs? Goblins? What can you expect from them?"

"Maybe... the Balu Goblin Kingdom doesn't have any main army at all, and the Bone Collector is their main force." Max said, "Or it can be said that the Bone Collector is the most common battle group in the Balu Goblin Kingdom."

"Because there are occasionally wild monsters among the orc bone collectors. In front of that kind of monster, no elite army or professional sage is vulnerable. Are such orc bone collectors still the main force?"

Hearing the wild monsters, the professionals of the Iron Cross regiment all gasped.After a while, a third-level swordsman said cursingly, "I don't know who defined the monsters and other ranks, and things like wild monsters also belong to third-order alien orcs?"

Vertoc often listens to half-elf adventurers talking about wild monsters. He is sure that he has seen them before, but he can't remember the specific experience for the time being.Fortunately, he followed Mayor Maine to learn cursive characters and recalled the knowledge of monster studies.

In memory, the wild monster has another name, called the ogre, the legendary monster.

An ogre has a third rank as an adult, and the average male is called an ogre savage, with an average height of 2.6 meters and a weight of over 1500 pounds.The tall, fat orc butcher looked slender in the face of the ogre brute.They don't need any special skills, they are powerful enough to crush most creatures of the same size.Even a fifth-order half-orc butcher, or a barbarian celestial warrior, would not dare to resist the hard blow of the ogre barbarian.

Ogre Brute fully explains what absolute strength is, not to mention their bloodline talent also makes other races feel desperate.

Wild Leather: The Ogre Brute uses Wild Leather to gain additional strength bonuses; gain super defense; gain higher elemental resistance; gain super toughness.

Wild Intuition: The Ogre Brute can see danger ahead of time, and most death traps are ineffective against them.

Wild Intuition also includes combat intuition: Ogre Brute can predict the enemy's attack in advance and use intuition to counterattack the most effectively.

If anyone feels that ogres are slow to react, slow to act, and play tricks in front of them, that person certainly has no chance of regretting it.

On top of the ogre brute, there are fourth-order violent ogre leaders and fifth-order ogre warlords.

The half-elf profession changed its color when talking about "magic", but Vertok's reaction was relatively dull.He knew that ogres and goblins were related, but it was not easy for a gnome to raise an ogre bodyguard, at least there were not enough food resources nearby.If the hobgoblin can't fill the belly of the ogre bodyguard, it will be eaten by the ogre itself.

Vertoc shrugged his shoulders and said, "In addition to the wild monsters, what other monsters are there in the Bone Collector?"

"There are very few bone collectors with wild monsters. Anyway, I haven't encountered them in my later adventures." Max continued: "The most common bone collector gangs include a dozen third-order fierce gnolls; Two or three hobgoblins plus a dozen bear-headed goblins; the rest are sharp-clawed goblins, which are the largest number, hundreds of them."

Vertoc paid special attention to the group with the largest number of enemies, and frowned and asked, "What are claws goblins? They all have a pair of claws?"

"No, no, no." Huck waved his hand and said, "The claw goblins are like the claws of the Balu goblin kingdom, and they belong to the main arm of the goblin nobles. The claw goblins are taller and stronger than ordinary goblins. , the skin is earthy red, and can use bows, spear throwers, short knives, and generally equip leather armor. The fighting power of the claw goblins...is not as good as half-elf guards who have not awakened. But they...how do you say?"

Huck held back for a while, scratched his head and said, "Brave, certainly not to mention... Sharpclaw goblin is a bit dumb, fierce, crazy, and not afraid of death. We have fought with bone collectors a dozen times before, Sharpclaw The goblins attacked desperately, and they would only escape halfway after death, or retreat under the call of the hobgoblins, otherwise they would really be wiped out."

"To be honest, because of the Orc Bone Collector, our adventure group couldn't get along in the northern border of the alliance, so Bartom took us to the town of Braun in the south to seek a living."

Vertoc's face changed, and the claws goblins could withstand half of the battle damage, and they could no longer be described as elites. They were indeed crazy.

Facing a horde of mad claw goblins, Vertoc lost his confidence against the Orc Bone Collector for the first time.But he quickly adjusted his mind and asked, "Huck, how did you deal with the Orc Bone Collector?"

Huck sighed heavily, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "There's nothing to do except try hard... When we ventured in the north, there were seventy or eighty members in the group. It's not that we have been able to maintain a medium-sized adventure group. However, each adventure group is often merged, and because of the combat attrition after everyone encountered the bone collectors, they had to return to the stronghold and merge with other adventure groups."

Seeing that the atmosphere around him was not right, Max said: "Don't worry too much, there are at most a dozen professionals in the medium-sized adventure group, most of them are first- and second-level professionals, and then there are half of the awakened ones, and the rest Half of them are ordinary half-elf civilians. They suffer the most losses in battle, followed by awakened ones, and professionals always have the ability to protect themselves. There are eight of us here, all of whom are professionals above the third level, from half-orcs, barbarians, And escape from the hands of shadow lurkers, there is no doubt about everyone's ability."

"The Bone Collector's gnolls are most afraid of death. They are calling for backup, ready to let the Talon Goblins stand in front. If there is a chance to break through our defenses, the gnolls will attack. The Bone Collector's goblins have just caught up from behind. Insufficient. If you take the opportunity to break out, there will be no problem." He paused, then added: "When you break through, you can leave me, and I will find a way..."

The Hu, Hu cry of the gnoll echoed above the woods.The clouds were thin in the sky, and a silver moon was dimly visible.Under the faint moonlight, the stooped figure of the gnoll flickered, like a vicious ghost floating in the woods.

The half-elf professionals gathered around the bonfire and remained silent.They chose to flee to the inaccessible northern border, and the danger they encountered today is predictable.

If you think about it, it's really nothing.

If everyone hadn't fled north, things might have been worse than they are now.

Max, who was cursed with cold heart, must be a burden to the team. Since he himself has proposed to ignore him, the half-elves of the Iron Cross will not have any psychological burden.They are nothing more than doing their best to break through.It's useless to think about other things.

Huck's lips moved, but eventually he didn't speak.

Vertok smiled slightly and said, "What can you do? Self-termination?"

Max said casually: "I can live to this day, all rely on luck. Now that luck runs out, I will die... At least I can eat poison and die without pain. If the gnoll eats my corpse, I may be It can also poison the monsters of the two, which is a profit."

Vertoc shook his head and said, "It's not that far... I suddenly thought of something. The claw goblins have been reduced by half, why did the hobgoblins call them back?"

Huck said excitedly: "I know this... Claw goblins are dead, and there will be no goblins to carry things for the bone collectors. If they can't bring back all the treasures they have collected, they will be in vain."

Victor nodded and said, "That's right. But there should be another reason... If the Talon Goblins die too much, the Hobgoblins are afraid that the Gnolls will rebel."

Captain Rhode's eyes lit up, and he frowned again and said, "If this situation is true, how can we take advantage of it? After all, we don't understand the language of alien orcs, and it's not easy to use any strategies."

Vertoc said confidently: "It doesn't matter, I know the hobgoblins very well, and I know what to do. Everyone listens to my arrangement, and I have great confidence in dismantling this group of orc bone collectors."

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