Pale Emblem

Chapter 74 The Miracle of Mind Power

The sky was bright, and a large group of orcs poured out from the forest belt on the south side.

Mainly goblins, they are short in stature, wear rudimentary protective gear, wield short knives, short spears and other weapons and equipment in their hands, screeching one by one, pushing each other forward.

Goblins belong to the most common orcs in the world, no one.It was the first time that Vertoc had seen a little monster like a goblin in reality.But if anyone knows the goblins best, Vertoc feels that it must be himself.

His knowledge of goblins does not stop at the surface, and the memory of the big goblin Wowo gives him a deep understanding of the inner world of goblins and knows many details that are not known to people.

However, wild goblins are green skinned, also known as greenskin dwarfs, and these clawed goblins have earthy red skin, and they look stronger than greenskin goblins.

What kind of goblins are sharp-clawed goblins?
Are their mutations related to the Dragon King's Palace, or the Earth Mother Throne?
Vertok has no answers to these questions either.He just hoped that the habits of the claw goblins were not much different from those of wild goblins.Otherwise, the sticking to the counter-attack strategy he envisaged would basically fail.

In addition to the sharp-clawed goblins, there are a dozen strong bear-headed goblins, and eleven well-armed and ferocious gnolls.They were crawling, hidden among the claw goblins, and also moved towards the half-elves' low hill positions.

Both goblins and dire gnolls are tough to deal with, but the most terrifying ones are the goblins claws.

There are too many of them.Vertoc used his extraordinary perception to visually detect that there were more than 270 claw goblins with red skin on the opposite side.

A well-armed ordinary adventurer can easily defeat a few claw goblins, but the food a claw goblin needs on a daily basis is only one-third of that of a half-elf adventurer.This means that the gang of bone collectors with more than 270 claw goblins is benchmarking a half-elf adventure group of 90 members.

The professionals of the Iron Cross regiment were all bloodless, with despair in their eyes.There were only 8 of them in total, and the dark hunter Max was still a crippled and incompetent.The simple fortifications of the camp would be useless if the group of sharp-clawed goblins and the dire gnolls charged in a swarm.With their absolute advantage in numbers, the orcs, such as Huck, are hugged by them, and they have to drink and hate on the spot. The so-called martial arts can't be used at all.
The bow warrior Lisen was flustered and suggested tremblingly: "Mr. Vertoc, we... before the orc bone collectors are surrounded, it is still too late to break through."

Captain Rhodes and another third-level swordsman couldn't help but glared at Lisen.

The half-elf professionals run faster than the claw goblins, and their physical strength is stronger than that of the claw goblins. They do have a chance to break through now, but a dozen violent gnolls are waiting for them to do so.If the agile fourth-level bow warrior was lucky to escape the pursuit of the fierce gnoll, it was also the companion who filled the gnoll's stomach first.

Vertok glanced at Lisson and said lightly, "You can leave anytime you want."

Lison lowered his head and sighed again and again.He went out on his own, not to be hunted down by the ferocious gnolls.Unless a miracle happens, he is dead.

The adventure group will only choose to break out of the encirclement and escape for their own lives only when it is absolutely necessary.This is to use a companion to back him up, basically announcing the dissolution of the adventure group.

Vertok did not agree to break through, and no one dared to leave alone.He wants to stick to the camp, and everyone can only accompany him.

"Max." Vertoc greeted the darkest hunter with the most adventure experience.

Huck hurriedly helped Max, who was unable to move, to Vertok's side.

"Look at these claw goblins, what's wrong?" Vertoc pointed to the alien orc on the opposite side and asked softly.

Max's body couldn't withstand the intense exercise, but the ability of a fourth-level undercover hunter was intact.

He ignited a drop of secret blood, improved his perception, carefully observed the situation of the bone collector, and said seriously: "There is indeed a problem, I have seen bear goblins, gnolls and claw goblins, but I have not found hobgoblins and warlocks. Beasts... Normally, hobgoblins stay with goblin bear bodyguards, and they send war beasts like wild boars, baboons, etc. to attack the enemy in conjunction with claw goblins and gnolls. If the hobgoblin leader of the bone collectors hides, So the number of these claw goblins is too many, right?"

Compared with ordinary goblins, hobgoblins have high intelligence and are more afraid of death.They do not trust the murderous gnoll servants, and are always surrounded by a group of bodyguards, not only the bear goblins, but also a considerable number of ordinary goblins.The common goblin of the orc bone-gatherer is, of course, the claws with a reddish complexion.

If the hobgoblins are surrounded by a group of bear goblins and claw goblins, the number of orc bone collectors may exceed 400.

However, this conclusion does not make sense.

The number of members of the Bone Collector gang is not always better.In fact, the number of orc rogues has reached a certain scale, and they can only choose a water source to settle down.Because the natural resources distributed in the wild are difficult to support a mobile orc tribe.

The same holds true for half-elf adventurers and barbarian raiders.

In short, with a small number of gang members, everyone can be fed; with a large number of gang members, everyone has to starve.

The experience of the big goblin Wowo told Vertok that the Orc Bone Collector gang in front of him could not have 400 members, and 300 alien orcs was already the limit of this gang, and even they should not have so many!

Although the number of orc bone collectors was different from Vertok's previous judgment, he decided to fight the opponent to see if the tactics he planned were effective.

"Look, those red-skinned dwarves' skins are covered with wet mud!" Veltok raised his voice and shouted to all his companions: "This shows that the orc bone collectors rushed all night and caught up with the gnoll scouts. Before I can rest, I plan to eat us all in one bite!"

"Hmph, I thought that the main force of the bone collectors would not launch an attack until this afternoon. I don't know the confidence of these stupid alien orcs... Since they are not physically strong and come to die, we just give them a painful lesson!"

Vertok tried to boost morale, but no one was excited.Enemies were so numerous that a single charge could overwhelm their defensive positions, tearing them to shreds and chewing to the bone.

Max persuaded him: "Vill, we can still break out of the siege now. You take me outside, leave me, and run for your life, I have a way to hide."

Faced with the pursuit of the fierce gnoll, how could he hide?

Max felt that he was a drag on Vertok and Huck, so they were reluctant to break through and chose to stay and hold on.

In fact, Max thinks too much.Vertok is not bound by emotions, not to mention their relationship is mediocre.As for Huck, he is no longer Captain Huck of the Adventurer's House.

Vertok ignored Max, took out a war bow, and commanded in an unquestionable tone: "All bow warriors should change to soft bows."

Lisson moved his lips, still following Vertok's example, took off the hard bows and animal tendon bowstrings of the war bow, and replaced them with softer bows and gut bowstrings with better elasticity.

If the hard bow is replaced by a soft bow, the lethality and range of the bow will be reduced, and the shooting speed will be greatly increased, which is suitable for dealing with fragile claw goblins.

Vertoc and the two bow warriors exchanged soft bows, and the orc bone collectors have come to the vicinity of the low hill.The dire gnolls roared and drove away the claw goblins and bear goblins, and gathered them about 100 meters below the camp.

The claw goblins and the bear goblins obviously did not obey the command of the gnolls. They huddled together in a mess and did not form a formation at all.

Seeing the crowd of alien orcs, Huck felt itchy, grabbed a hemlock javelin and prepared to throw it.With his strength and precision, this javelin is sure to pierce several claw goblins.

Wiltok held Huck's shoulder in time to stop his throwing movement, shook his head and said, "Don't move around! Wait for these monsters to rush up and enter the effective range of 20 meters of the soft bow. The bow warrior and I are responsible for shooting and killing the claws." Goblin, don't begrudge your physical strength, directly ignite the secret blood, and use the ability of rapid fire on the claw goblin!"

"Huck, you and the two swordsmen keep my eye on the dire gnolls and goblins, and don't let them hurt the bow warriors!"

"Okay, my lord!"

Huck threw down the spear and javelin, with a shield blade on his left arm, and a fine iron long sword with his right hand, firmly guarding Vertok's side.

The dire gnolls ignored the mere eight half-elf adventurers. The chaotic nature of the orcs prompted them to attack. Before any of their men were ready to attack, they ordered the goblins to charge towards the low hill camp.

The muddy and slippery ground effectively limited the speed of the orcs, who wailed, tripped over each other, and rolled in the mud, looking ridiculous.However, the number of goblins made the scalps of the half-elf professionals numb, and even Vertok was in a mood.

He knew very well in his heart that the clawed goblins known for their madness would squeeze the fighting space with their flesh and blood. Once he was entangled by them, it would not be easy to escape.Because the dire gnolls hiding behind the goblins will not miss any opportunity to hunt down their opponents.

The strong and brainless goblins rushed to the front, and half-elf professionals could even see the sharp teeth in their huge mouths.

Lisson clutched his bow, and he could shoot the goblin bear with a single arrow.However, Vertok was slow to give the order to shoot.

Leeson was puzzled.He knows that the piercing damage of the bow and arrow is difficult to kill the enemy in one hit. Even if they hit the vital point of the orcs, they will not lose their combat effectiveness immediately, and they can flop a few times, which is still a threat to half-elf professionals.

The advantage of the soft bow is that it has a fast rate of fire and saves the archer's physical strength. The disadvantage is that the shooting range is short and the power is reduced.Even if the bow warrior hits ten goblins with claws in one go, he still needs to stretch the distance between the two sides as much as possible, so that the goblin hit by the arrow falls on the way of charging.

The claw goblins were patronizing the charge, and not using a bow to cast stone bullets was probably the only good news.

At 40 meters, 35 meters, and 30 meters, more than two hundred goblins covered them in darkness.Their noisy calls are deafening; the reflection of the short knives is very dazzling.

Li Sen seemed to smell the disgusting sour smell of the goblin.When the frontmost goblin rushed to 20 meters away from the camp, he finally heard Wiltok's order:

"Shoot these beasts!"

Lisen ignited the secret blood without hesitation, the gut bowstring wrapped in silver thread turned into a blurred afterimage in his hand, and a sharp arrow quickly shot at the goblin orc who was close at hand.

The fourth-level archer is unreserved, and the arrows are fast and accurate, each arrow hitting the forehead of a claw goblin, or through the mouth of a goblin bear.

Unfortunately, there were only three shooters and Vertoc in the camp, and even if they were extremely skilled, they couldn't stop the goblins from charging.

The injured goblin screamed and fell, and was immediately stepped into the mud by the companions behind.The goblins of the bone collectors followed one after another, and the speed of the charge did not seem to slow down. After a few breaths, they rushed to the front of the camp and slammed the wooden thorns with their flesh and blood to resist the horse.

The cunning and ferocious gnolls began to accelerate, their strong bodies allowing them to easily pass the clawed goblins and dash from the back of the group to the front.

Claw goblins and bear goblins are just cannon fodder.

Dire gnolls are the main attack force of the Orc Bone Collector!

Extraordinary strength and speed, excellent physical fitness, tough body, coupled with wild intuition and bloodthirsty talent, the dire gnoll is worthy of being a Tier [-] monster, and its combat power is better than most Tier [-] professionals.

In fact, this group of orc bone collectors is trying to eliminate Vertoc and others in one go, and then search for the "Storm Gnoll" that does not exist.

They don't intend to delay time, let alone let the half-elves escape, so as not to reveal their position and attract the encirclement and suppression of the half-elves adventure group.

The Hobgoblin leader of the Bone Collector's gang did not see much of a threat to a few stranded adventurers, and they allowed the dire gnolls to lead the siege.If the hobgoblins were directing the battle, Vertoc felt that he would not be able to handle it so easily.

This is just Vertok's idea. The professionals of the Iron Cross, as well as Huck and Max, don't think they have a chance of winning.

However, while the dire gnoll stepped on the goblin's corpse and pierced through the spikes to resist the horse, Vertoc used the title of "goblin slayer".

He exudes a will to kill that only goblins can feel, and the tentacles of the mental body connect the goblins' hearts, arousing the fear instinct deep in their hearts.

Fear is a plague of the mind, contagious, and stackable.

The goblin in front screamed and turned and ran away, but the goblin in the back didn't push forward, throwing away the short knife and round shield in his hand, and ran back with a tumble.

The avalanche-style collapse happened miraculously.

Eleven violent gnolls who were trying to sneak attack were instantly exposed in front of Vertoc and others.

(End of this chapter)