Pale Emblem

Chapter 75 Predators

Eleven bone-gathering gnolls and eight half-elf professionals face to face at the short hill camp.The distance between each other is less than four meters, and the two sides can start a hand-to-hand fight with just one step.

In an instant, the air seemed to freeze, and both the half-elves and the orcs seemed to be caught off guard by this sudden change.

In everyone's general impression, dire gnolls are definitely stronger than half-elf professionals.

This is beyond doubt.There are countless incidents of violent gnolls attacking half-elf villages, and professionals are so weak that half-elf parents often use gnoll stories to scare disobedient children.

The half-elves of the Dissa Alliance are superstitious about the power of the Venerable.In fact, the same third-order life, the pampered half-elf Venerable is generally not the opponent of the fierce gnoll.However, the brave female warrior Hemer can kill the violent gnoll alone.

The adventurous group that hired the female warriors of Hemo could completely confront the orc bone collectors gang head-on, or even have the upper hand.Because gnolls are selfish by nature and have a particularly strong survival instinct, even if their opponents are slightly weaker than themselves, they are unwilling to take the risk of being injured or killed in a head-to-head contest with their opponents.

Half-elves are actually similar to gnolls in this regard. They try to avoid dangerous battles and fear death and injury.

Unless they have no way out, as is the case now!

The first one to rush to the fierce gnoll turned out to be Captain Rhodes. He let out a deep growl in his throat, stepped forward, his muscles and joints rotated in an orderly manner, and pushed the five-foot-long adamantine sword and spear to swing one after another. The sharp arc, the sharp sound of the sharp blade cutting the air, is terrifying.

Usually mild-mannered, a nobleman-style slave trader is extremely brave at this moment, and the super-long attack range of the sword and spear covers 4 ferocious gnolls at the same time.

Vertok was amazed by Rhodes' sword skills. The attack of the sword and spear was so fast that it exceeded the reaction speed of the violent gnoll.However, all of Rhode's consecutive slashes were in vain.

This is not because the gnoll's body reacts faster than his attack, but they have retreated before Rhode's sword, just out of the attack range of the sword and spear, it seems that it is beyond imagination Sensitive and able to dodge the opponent's swift swings with ease.

The dire gnoll predicts the attack of the half-elf swordsman in advance through keen combat intuition, creating an illusion of timely dodging in the eyes of bystanders.

This is actually a subconscious reaction of the gnolls, they did not deliberately control their movements.

In pursuit of extreme speed and power, Captain Rhode's sword skills have formed an instinct through hard practice, far exceeding his own reaction.Swipe, swipe, swipe again, four consecutive forward and reverse swings, making the blade light of the sword and spear like a blooming purple-gold flower.He felt that the air became extremely thick, and he didn't know if his sword spear had hit the fierce gnoll, but he just released this ferocious sword skill completely.

Vertoc must admit that after the professional swordsman ignited the secret blood, his attack power should not be underestimated.He can only reach this level with the speed of his sword swing with the Vientiane Original Method. Even if he uses Fengxing and Boiling Blood, it will improve, but it is not a qualitative change.

Ignite the fire of the soul, and the sword can be sent and received freely, which is called qualitative change.

The piercing light of the blade could pierce the gnoll's rhino armor, and they were so frightened that they directly stimulated their bloodthirsty talents.Rhode's set of swords were all in vain, and it was his turn to be unlucky in the face of the bloodthirsty gnoll.

There are three fierce gnolls that rely on bloodthirsty to speed up, not advancing but retreating.Only a gnoll with a weak mind took advantage of Rhode's exhaustion to reveal his flaws, and raised an iron machete and slashed towards his waist.

The waist is the axis of the swordsman's body, and it is also the most difficult part to dodge.The speed of the bloodthirsty gnoll wielding the sword was faster than Rhode's sword skill. Rhode might be cut in half by the opponent and he didn't know what happened.

The process of fighting between the two sides was only in the blink of an eye, and the professionals of the Iron Cross regiment had no time to react.Seeing that Rhodes was about to be beheaded by the violent gnoll on the spot.At the critical moment, Huck made a lightning-like shot, grabbed Rhodes by the shoulders and pulled him behind, and then took advantage of the situation and handed the sword to the eyes of the fierce gnoll.

A bit of cold light directly imprinted the gnoll's eyes. Under the pressure of death, the fighting instinct that should have been used once in a few seconds was activated again. The gnoll forcibly changed the posture of slashing and slashing, and the muscles squeezed the bones to make a clicking sound.It shrank its head just in time, allowing Huck's sword to stab in the forehead.

Mirror-hearted people reflect on themselves, without omission.Huck's sword can be freely retracted and changed freely.The fine iron long sword he held in his right hand changed from a straight stab to a slash, and the blade sank abruptly, pressing down on the head of the fierce gnoll.

Because the sword edge was close to the gnoll's head, it couldn't forcefully cut its solid skull, but because the gnoll had just forcibly changed his movements, his strong muscles were in a tense state.Huck deftly channeled the gnoll's own burst of power, staggering its vertebral joints.

With this level of skill, the third-order violent gnolls are particularly vulnerable.

Before the bone collector could let out a whimper, Huck's shield blade swept across its neck and chopped off the coyote's head.

The other ten gnolls turned and ran without hesitation. With their rhino leather armor and tough bodies, they resisted the arrows fired by the bow warriors and Vertoc. They soon surpassed the fleeing claw goblins and rushed out of the bow and javelin. range.

The group of orc bone collectors hurriedly retreated into the forest and disappeared without a trace.

Captain Rhode said in disbelief: "We won?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression changed, and he touched his left waist with his hand, and the leather gloves were immediately stained with blood.The fierce gnoll's machete had just hit him, and blood was spilling out from the gap in the leather armor.

Eight half-elf professionals defeated the siege of hundreds of orcs and killed more than 30 goblins and a ferocious wolf man. Only Captain Rhodes was injured, and no one was killed in battle.

Such a feat is simply incredible.

Everyone was already desperate, and the inexplicable rout of the Talon Goblin was a turning point in the whole battle.

No one but Vertok knew what was going on.

When Max was treating Rhodes' wounds, Vertok instructed Huck: "Drag over all the orc corpses first, and then rearrange the fortifications."

Huck said worriedly: "Sir, are you all right? Your face doesn't look very good..."

Vertok's expression showed a touch of exhaustion, and the temporary adjustment of his mental body was not without cost.He has consumed a lot of energy, and although he can use the activation talent to restore his energy, now is not the right time.

The overall strength of the Orc Bone Collectors is still intact, and they are likely to attack again.Because the title of "goblin slayer" will arouse the hatred of goblins.Vertoc felt that he should keep the activation talent.He plans to recover his energy through hibernation, and then cancel the title of "Goblin Slayer".

Otherwise, the next time the orc gang attacked, Vertoc would have no way to scare them.

"I need to rest, you guys get everything done as soon as possible."

When the bow warrior Lisen heard Vertok's words, he couldn't help but walked over and said, "Sir, should we transfer immediately?"

Professionals from the Tenth Iron Regiment may have thought that the gnolls were too frightened to continue their pursuit.Without the guidance of the dire gnolls, it would be difficult for the claw goblins to contain them again.

Now is a good opportunity to break through the transfer.

However, dire gnolls don't think that way, and their retreat is just a tactic.

Gnolls are naturally selfish, cunning and cruel, but they are by no means cowardly orcs, but terrifying predators with extraordinary resilience and a strong desire for revenge.

Anyone who simply thinks the gnolls will let them go if they get frustrated in their attack is dead wrong!

How jackals hunt, jackals hunt.Track, harass, intimidate, find ways to separate prey, and launch lethal attacks on lone prey.When attacking, some gnolls will attract the prey's attention from the front, some will feint from the side to contain them, and the rest will attack from the back of the prey.

Almost all predators, including half-elves, use the same hunting strategy.

Hunters prefer backstabs unless the prey is too weak to threaten.Because sneak attack backstab can effectively avoid casualties.

If the prey is threatening and not vulnerable, the predator should retreat tactically and wait patiently for the next opportunity to attack.

Don't look at Huck's easy beheading of a vicious gnoll, in fact, the overall strength of a vicious gnoll is much stronger than that of a half-elf.If they attacked frontally regardless of casualties, Huck and Vertoc would not be able to stop them.At that time, Vertoc should be able to get away, and Huck and the other professionals will definitely be finished.

Of course, fighting bravely is something only the military can do, and selfish gnolls probably won't do it.

Captain Rhodes usually gave Vertok the impression of being more like a gambler. He seemed to be brave just now, but Vertok disagreed.

Faced with the pressure of death, every half-elf professional will have a desperate outbreak similar to a gnoll.This is not a bloodline talent, but a habit, derived from acquired hard training, that is the most valuable part of martial arts.

Practicing martial arts will make people confident and courageous, and they will explode with amazing potential in desperate situations, so they will not be left waiting.

Most of the martial arts are techniques to meet the enemy head-on.It's hard to imagine how skilled martial arts you need to practice sneaking from behind.Therefore, Captain Rhode's performance looks brave and sturdy, but it is actually a skill that has been tempered and tempered. The almost instinctive reaction does not mean that he has overcome his fear.

The bone collectors, the gnolls, also know martial arts, which makes Vertoc very worried.He was afraid that these ferocious gnolls would be affected by martial arts, so he chose to attack from the front.Fortunately, the civilization of the orc kingdom is not high, and the martial arts training failed to suppress the wild beast nature of the gnoll.The half-elf escape team was lucky to survive.

Vertoc led the half-elf professionals to repel the first attack of the orcs, and the crisis was still not lifted.

There were too many orcs, and it was impossible for Veltok to completely defeat them in battle.What's more, two of them are now out of combat effectiveness, and only six of them can continue to fight.

Vertok can only think of ways other than fighting to help Huck and others out of danger.

It was spring, the bone collector gang had just experienced a severe winter, and food reserves must have been limited.Vertoc observed that there were no hyenas around the gnolls, and no goblins with war beasts.Obviously, those animals have been eaten by them.Therefore, Vertok gradually had an idea.

In the experience of Huo, the king of gnolls, gnolls will eat goblin minions when food is scarce.And the experience of the goblin king Wowo, after the goblin turned himself into the master, it is even more necessary to prevent the rebellion of the slaves of the gnoll.

Vertoc ordered the bow warriors to switch to soft bows, deliberately bringing the claw goblins close and shooting.In this way, when the violent gnoll escapes, the goblin's body is in the attack range of the professional, and the gnoll has no time to pick up the dead goblin and use it as a ration.

Goblins have a very mixed diet, while gnolls only eat meat, so there are not many gnolls in the gang of bone collectors.But even if they have only ten members left, their demand for meat is far greater than that of ordinary gnolls.

Living goblins can find food nearby, but there are fewer animal resources around.As long as Vertoc keeps the goblin's corpse firmly around him, the dire gnolls have no meat to eat.They either go further afield to hunt, or ask the goblin master to feed the claw goblins.

The goblin leader might agree to the gnoll's request, or he might not.In either case, it's good for the half-elf fugitive.When the number of Claw Goblins is reduced to a certain level, the conflict between the goblin leader and the gnoll will become more and more serious, and the balance of victory will be tilted towards Vertoc.

Veltoc and the others must not leave the camp rashly before a rift is formed within the orc gang.

However, the food prepared by the half-elves is also limited, and when necessary, they have to eat the corpses of orcs.

It's a battle of patience and will, and only by transforming themselves into true predators can they win the silver lining.

Vertok disdain to explain, and does not need the approval of his companions, and said lightly: "I will rest first, and you will do things according to my instructions... If there is a situation, wake me up."

(End of this chapter)