Pale Emblem

Chapter 71
Vertoc woke up early from his hibernation.

At this moment, before dawn, the gnolls lurking in the forest had stopped barking, and the surroundings of the forest were rarely quiet.This silent silence was like the dullness before a storm, and it was so oppressive that one could hardly breathe.

Camp fire radiates warmth.Two professionals in charge of the vigil sat on the periphery, monitoring the movements of the orcs.Others, wrapped in thick cloaks, lay next to each other by the campfire.

Due to the shortage of food, everyone now only eats one meal a day, which is not necessarily enough to eat.In order to preserve their stamina, the half-elf professionals try to lie down and rest when they have nothing to do.

In the early spring, the temperature is still very low. They lay a layer of branches next to the bonfire to prevent slipping and keep warm.Vertok got up from the "bed" of branches and immediately attracted the attention of his companions, but he said nothing, put on his cloak, and walked straight to the edge of the camp.

Everyone thought he was going out for convenience, closed his eyes again, and continued to lie down on the branch to recharge his batteries.

Vertoc turned his back to the bonfire and looked at the forest to the south.He concentrates, adjusts his sight distance, and tries to get himself a clear view of the woods.

The forest belt on the south side is about 200 meters away from the camp, which is not very far.But in the dim light environment where the silver moon was falling and the sun had not yet risen, the half-elf bow warrior could only see the shadowy outline of the forest belt.However, the scene of the Black Forest in Vertok's field of vision gradually emerged and became clear and clear.

Low-light vision, a gift that comes with extraordinary perception, can expand the field of view in low-light environments.

This talent isn't magical for nocturnal predators, and many beasts of prey, including gnolls, have night vision.But their viewing distance is still affected by light, but they can see farther than other creatures in dim environments.If there is no light around them, they still can't see anything, like a blind person.

Vertoc's low-light vision is no exception. He can now see details within 700 meters during the day and more than 300 meters at night.

This is the vision improvement brought about by transcendental perception.

The gnoll's green eyes that reflected in the dark gave Vertoc a direction mark, and there were at least five gnolls in various locations, monitoring the half-elf camp.Compared with the gnoll Huo in the Dream Arena, their bodies are stronger, with full muscles, thick black fur, equipped with rhino leather armor, and various metal weapons, mainly two-handed flails, machetes and mace.

When Vertok saw them, they saw Vertok, but if Vertok could see the details, the gnoll might not be.

The fourth-level bow warrior Lisson's night vision distance is only 60 meters; Huck masters the heart of the mirror, and the night vision distance is up to 100 meters; and the third-level gnoll Huo's night vision distance is a full 200 meters.

Vertoc couldn't believe that the night vision ability of ordinary third-order gnolls was better than that of Huo, who awakened the blood of the storm.He estimated that the gnolls had no more than 180 meters of vision at night.

The reason they could see Vertok was because of the camp fire.

Compared with half-elf professionals, the gnoll's night vision distance forms a huge tactical advantage.Fortunately, the gnolls are not good at using long-range weapons, otherwise the escape team led by Vertoc might have suffered a heavy blow.

Of course, that was before tonight.

Now, the advantage of night tactics is in Vertoc, not the gnoll.

The gnoll sentinel stared at the camp with green eyes, Vertok snorted disdainfully, picked up a wooden thorn spear stuck in the mud, weighed it, and activated his talent for fashion.

The elf of the wind rejoiced and responded to his call, as if pulling a stream of air in his hand, which flowed from the surface of the wooden spear.

This feeling is very familiar and a little jerky, and Vertok is happy, thinking that he should let the spirit of the wind fly out and tear his enemies to be satisfied.So, he used the Combat Breathing method, integrated his own external force and internal diving, aimed the hemlock spear at a gnoll in the distance, and threw it hard.

The throwing spear surrounded by the breeze also drew a wonderful arc in the night sky, swiftly and silently, flying over a distance of more than 200 meters and stabbing the gnoll's chest.

Usually, Vertoc can throw the javelin 200 meters with all his strength, but it must be a large arc projectile, so that the javelin will fly to a high place and then fall.Although the range of this shot gun is long, the power is very general, and the flight time is relatively long, and it can only attack fixed targets or enemies.

Under normal circumstances, the effective range of a javelin to hit a moving target is only 40 to [-] meters, which is not yet within the range of a bow and crossbow. The projection frequency, flight speed, and shooting accuracy are also lower than those of a war bow. Against large and slow-moving targets.

The primary popularity talent makes the hemlock javelin in the first two seconds of flight, surrounded by breeze, free from the blockage of the air, the flight speed is comparable to the bolt fired by the strong crossbow, and the range of the straight line attack reaches more than 70 meters.

This is already a very amazing improvement, but in order to hit the target of about 200 meters, the javelin thrown by Vertok still needs a projectile arc.

With his dangerous instincts and agile movements, the fierce gnoll would never be hit by a thrown javelin, not to mention that it had been staring at Vertok from a distance.

Despite being startled by the javelin's unexpected speed, the gnoll was still able to dodge.It got down in time and successfully avoided the surprise attack from 200 meters away, and then moved to the deeper part of the forest while warning the other gnolls.It obviously realized that the location just now was unsafe, and it had to keep a distance from the half-elf's camp.

With a soft sound of "Pfft", the hemlock javelin pierced into the mud of the forest.

Vertok was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows, became very angry, and then became furious.

How dare that gnoll dodge the spear?
Who allowed it to leave its place?
It should just stand there and wait for the hemlock to throw its spear and pierce its chest and pin it to the ground!
Vertok was surprisingly angry and shouted: "Damn, dirty, despicable earth dog orc, I'm going to cut off its disgusting head and hang it on the tip of a spear!"

The half-elves in the camp were awakened by the furious Veltok, and they looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.Huck, who was on duty at night, and Rhodes rushed to Vertok's side as soon as possible.Huck asked in astonishment: "What's wrong... Will, your eyes! Why are they blue?"

Vertok's emerald green eyes had turned ice blue, as if a storm was brewing in it that would tear everything apart.

The fickle characteristics of the wind element are affecting Vertoc's character.All people with the affinity element are naturally curious and moody, they never hide their ideas, they are particularly powerful in execution, and they also have the disadvantage of impulsiveness.But all in all, the wind element is a terrifying, furious tyrant.

Vertoc has yet to adjust to the elemental affinity shift that occurs in a very short time.He had the same experience before, but he was the first to integrate the head of the water element of the mythical three-headed lizard, and became meticulous, and the characteristics of the wind element were so distinct and eye-catching.

"I'm going out to slaughter a gnoll, you are not allowed to follow me!" Vertok picked up his long sword, ran out of the camp, and quickly disappeared into the night.

These days, Vertok has been uniting the fleeing team. He suddenly left the camp without any further explanation, and his companions were suddenly shocked.Of course, Huck, whose mental body has been adjusted, obeys him unconditionally. Others will inevitably be cranky and uneasy.

The first reaction of Captain Rhodes was that Veltok was going to flee alone, and he left them behind to attract the attention of the gnolls.Because judging from Vertoc's usual performance, he is fully capable of getting rid of the gnoll's pursuit, and the half-elf professionals are his burdens.

If it were Rhodes, he would also find a way to escape.As long as he can survive, there is nothing he can do about abandoning his companions.

Anyway, Rhodes didn't believe that Vertoc left the camp alone to kill a gnoll.

This is simply inexplicable!

There are actually quite a few half-elves who have the same idea.

The sudden departure of the team leader severely damaged the morale of the other members.Vertok doesn't know what negative impact his actions will have now, and even if he does, he doesn't care.He was so furious that he had to use the gnoll's head to quell the anger in his chest.

Although Vertok is eager to vent his anger, he still has basic tactical literacy.Using the title of Gnoll Killer, slightly adjust the mind and body, giving birth to psychic tentacles, affecting the intuitive response of the gnoll to him.

However, this special touch of the heart is not invisibility in the true sense, it just makes the gnoll subconsciously ignore his presence.His slight footsteps and the smell on his body did not attract the Gnoll's attention.If he moves too much, or if he is completely exposed in the sight of the gnoll, he will still be discovered by the other party.

There is more than one gnoll in the black forest, and Vertoc's extraordinary perception can detect the other's tracks in advance.He himself was careful enough to wipe off the reflections on the surface of the sword with silt, and sneaked around the cat's waist.

The three-dimensional perception method composed of sound, smell, sight, and intuition For Vertoc, the third-order fierce gnolls are like a group of blind men.They were completely unaware that the enemy had infiltrated the warning circle.

Vertok's perception range is far greater than that of the dire gnolls. He cautiously avoids other dire gnolls and searches for prey that angers him.

Not long after, he found his target behind a big tree.

The gnoll, with its thick black fur, was pouting, prostrate on the ground, vigilantly observing the half-elf adventurer's camp, unaware that the enemy who had just attacked it had come nearby.

When Vertok stepped on the muddy ground, it was inevitable that he would make a sound, but he walked around ten meters behind the gnoll at the same pace, but the other party didn't respond.

He observed for a while, and determined that the "Gnoll Killer"'s spiritual touch had blinded the target's perception, so he cast Wind Run and Boiled Blood and rushed towards the target.

The air flow surrounded Vertok's body, and his movements were swift and silent; three seconds of boiling blood brought an increase in speed and explosive power, and instantly crossed a distance of ten meters, raised the mud-stained alloy sword, and slashed the stout gnoll. 's neck.

You only have one life, tenacious and fragile.Under this law of nature, any creature that takes lethal damage will die.Even the third-order vicious gnolls are the same.

Vertok's physical attribute has increased from 13 to 16. Even without the surging talent, his current basic strength is slightly stronger than after turning on surging.The boiling blood talent can also enhance explosive power.But these primary talents are currently not comparable to the intermediate Vientiane Yuanfa.

Before igniting the fire of the soul, the Vientiane Original Law promotes internal and external forces, which has an immediate effect on the improvement of combat effectiveness.

Vertok flew forward and swung an arc-shaped sword light, the sharp blade cut flatly into the neck of the fierce gnoll.He was very satisfied with his near-perfect cut.However, the jackal, who was caught off guard, let out a short and shrill scream when his head fell.

Blood spurted like a spring from the crack in the gnoll's neck.Vertok stood in front of the gnoll's corpse with a long sword in his hand, frowning again.He felt that the muscles of the dire gnoll were very solid, and the blade was slightly hindered when it cut in.Before dying, the gnoll can make a downward and dodge action in the direction of the sword light slashing.Without the speed blessings of Fengxing and Boiling Blood, Vertok's sword might not be able to chop off the head of the gnoll directly, and he might have to make another sword.

Although the results were the same, this terrifying gnoll showed great skill in life and death.That is the ability that Huo, the king of gnolls, does not possess.

Gnolls should rely on keen combat intuition to fight the enemy, how can they know how to fight?

The gnoll's screams startled its companions.Vertoc noticed that other gnolls in the forest were approaching.

He didn't want to be surrounded by a group of orcs, so he quickly took off the leather armor of the gnoll, picked up its weapon, and put the head that looked like a coyote head on the previous wooden spear, and then took himself to capture of the spoils, and return to the half-elf's camp.

(End of this chapter)