Chapter 11 Night Battle (Part 1) (Text)
Walking in the alleys in the town, be careful of possible sudden attacks. Next to every corner, after the broken rocks and walls, monsters may lurk in the shadows.
The three of them in the group were also made of steel breastplate, petticoats and riding boots, densely woven mail covering the limbs and a semi-covered helmet. This situation is a city street fighting, which requires both defense and dexterity. Mixed iron armor and slat armor are too affecting activities, let alone bulky half-body armor and full-body armor. Real heavy armor is only suitable for competitions or frontal battlefields.
He swung his sword and cut a goblin with a mace on the right side, along with its light wooden shield, into two pieces. He turned around and slashed the violent wolf that was coming towards him. After he got these things, Xilun couldn't help but shout and scold: "Tsk - it's these damn guys." Then he ran towards the violent wolf who was injured just now.
The damn goblins in front of them were only four feet tall. They had a wide face and a flat nose, pointed ears and big mouths, their foreheads leaned back, and their hands were over the knees. Their thin body shapes were a bit hunched, and their dark orange eyes and strange, almost yellow skin were even more annoying.
Although many people only regard them as troublesome annoying ghosts, if they are not careful, these evil creatures will cause great damage. The adventurers who die in the hands of goblins every year are much more likely to die in the hands of other monsters. In the game, both early and late are famous novice butchers. The wolf on the side is their common ally. The wolf has a similar appearance to an ordinary wolf but is taller. The shoulder in front of him is about three feet high and five feet long, with gray fur.
As soon as he turned his vision, he found Qiao Ji standing in the opposite direction of Hillen. Qiao Ji lowered his head, and Craig behind him took advantage of the momentum to shoot the conical arrow on the compound longbow towards the target. He directly hit the right arm of the big goblin in front of Qiao Ji. The pain of the arrow entering the flesh slowed down the movement of the big goblin. Qiao Ji hurriedly grabbed the gap and rushed forward, and immediately cut off his right arm completely. Then a prick ended the life of the evil monster, and then quickly retreated to avoid the counterattack of the big goblin on the right. At the same time, the long sword moved horizontally to block the small javelin flying from behind the low wall.
Unlike the third-class disabled goblins, these two big goblins are about six and a half feet tall, looking burly and strong. One of their skins is dark orange and the other is orange red, and the nose is also a blue and red. However, the exposed hair is dark red and brown, and the eyes cannot see clearly, but it should be dark brown. The teeth that have not been cleaned for a long time are charred yellow, but have a bright red background and black striped leather armor.
From the known data, the goblins are different from their messy goblin cousins. They are militarized races, extremely aggressive, and often attack other human races. They also have rich personal combat skills and strict organizational discipline. It can be said that every adult goblin is a skilled warrior. If an ordinary adult man has a weapon, as long as he has the courage to fight for his life, he may be able to kill an ordinary goblin. Then the goblin is an ordinary trained militia that is not comparable to the same number.
Along the way, Qiao Ji and the other two killed many invaders, but no survivors were found. The various incomplete human corpses that they saw from time to time were a very serious test for the will of the living. No wonder the Knight Val would say that this was a trial, not only the attack of potential monsters, but also the impact of the tragic situation left by the killing along the way on the soul.
This is just a piece of cake for Xilun, who has already taken the turn to the northern fortress. It is said that there is a real sea of corpses and blood, and there are thousands of cannon fodder and orcs that die every year. After such training, even people who were not used to it will be used to this environment. The most important thing in the East Method Sect that Qiao Ji practiced is the tempering of the mind, and a series of visualizations have been targeted for this. In addition, the impact of various pictures and videos through the pre-time information age can we quickly accept this environment.
But for Craig, this impact was too great. He did not have enough ability to fight with others now. After all, in this case, he was still in the position of blood at any time. If something unexpected happened, it would be bad. It would not be possible to just let him go back like this, and it would lose the meaning of the trial. So he used the bow and arrow well and became the auxiliary attacker behind Georgie.
Georgia and the other two were ambushed at this T-junction. Xilun rushed directly to the crowded side, while Georgia and Craig faced two big goblins and unknown creatures in the distance. Originally, such an enemy would not pose any threat to Georgia, but Craig behind was really not in a state. In order to prevent him from getting injured, the battle seemed a bit stalemate.
The two big goblins were removed from one, and they could no longer form a clamping attack on Qiao Ji. Qiao Ji narrowed his eyes, took a counterweight axe from his belt with his left hand and threw it hard in the shadow of the javelin flying straight forward. At the same time, he took a deep breath and rushed forward two steps forward, blocking the long sword that blocked the big goblin's swing, bent over and chopped it down. Then he successfully cut it into its chest with a sword.
After solving these two guys, Qiao Ji hurried to the shadow of the weapon that had just been thrown. As soon as he arrived, he found that a vulgar goblin had been opened by the counterweight flying axe. He obviously wanted to interfere with the other party to avoid causing trouble when he attacked, but unexpectedly he solved it directly. After dealing with it, Qiao Ji looked around and saw a mess around. On the left was the only room nearby that had not been on fire. A male adult's body was lying horizontally on the open door. Judging from the blood on the ground, the wound should be pressed down. As for the situation in the room, wait for Xilun to come.
After feeling that there was no direct threat around him for the time being, Georgie was about to turn around and signal to Craig that it was fine. After turning around, he found that Hillen had already dealt with the guys on his side earlier, standing at the intersection of the T-junction to raid for Georg and Craig. He walked over and saw that there was no corpse in the area where Hillen was responsible for the battle. Is this the legendary human lawn mower fighting method?
In the other direction, a team of guards and mercenaries were also searching for the monsters invading the town. One of the young men in leather armor and brown hair, holding a spear, asked the sword and shield guard beside him: "I said, is it really okay to let those young masters act alone? The largest of them has just been adults for not long, and the remaining two are completely children."
"Their strength is not comparable to that of a small person like you and me." The guard with a hooked nose and light blue eyes asked in surprise, "You said that you have just grown up. According to the rules of the nobles, even the biggest young Master Val has not grown up."
"No, that big young master said he was twenty-two or three years old." The guard who asked the previous question was full of suspicion.
The guard lowered his head and shook it and sighed, "The appearance of Little Master Val does make him look much older than he actually is. It would be great if he could look like his father Lord Val."
The guard was obviously scared this time: "It's impossible, is it that what you mean by Lord Val refers to the Val Knight in the team?"
"Of course, otherwise there is another Val Knight." The guard asked with a breathless expression.
This time, the guard said with a dazed look: "It doesn't look like it, it really doesn't look like it at all." He didn't notice the smirking expressions of the guard members around him.
Suddenly, the leader's command came from the front: "When encountering enemy units, please pay attention, the crossbowman is eighty yards in the left front. The guards are ready to charge, and the guards protect the crossbowman."
After passing the corner, I saw a large goblin in the broken rock in front of me leading more than twenty goblins to besiege a group of people. Judging from the clothes and actions of the besieged people, which caravan should be a member. However, in terms of the situation, the besieged guys were a bit dangerous, and each of them was more or less injured. Moreover, the goblins who attacked the town this time obviously had special training. It was to see that they could use their weapons so smoothly and know how to cooperate during the battle, so they could be distinguished from the small goblins they usually met in the wild.
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The big goblin found that his subordinates had lost more than one-third of the opponent's first wave of attacks. It looked at the newly emerging team and immediately made a scream that no humans present could understand. The goblins who had been besieging the members of the caravan immediately stopped their previous actions. They turned their bodies to face the new team, holding the small light wooden shield at their hands and placing it on their chests. At the same time, they turned their bodies sideways to reduce the area that could be attacked on the front, and placed the weapon in the other hand to the slanting rear to prepare for attack at any time.
Looking at the goblins who were slowly retracted and concentrated, the leader of the team leader, Sergeant Anasan couldn't help but frown: "Temora is on, when can even these damn goblins learn battle formations? Now this environment can only be directly used, but we still have an advantage."
With the sound of "Follow me, cover the crossbowmen." Anasan led the guards to rush towards the goblin group, and the crossbow arrows with strings in the rear began to "bounce" and fire.
After all, goblins are goblins, and their natural character of bullying the weak and fearing the strong is really deep into their bones. Many goblins shrank their heads behind the wooden shield against the arrows flying directly. This gave the soldiers who were charging forward with an opportunity. Anasan took the lead in breaking into the goblin group and thrust around the wooden shield and stabbed one goblin in front of him. Then he kicked the goblins stuck in the sword and chopped it away at the other goblin beside him.
Similar things kept happening on the scene. The goblin who felt that something was wrong turned around and was about to escape. Unfortunately, the trip rope that Anason threw made him fall to the ground, and then a soldier closest to him slashed hard and directly let it fall off his head.
The entire battle was resolved before the members of the caravan made a decision. But when the goblins here were wiped out, all the members of the caravan looked at Anason and his gang with vigilant eyes. They were obviously afraid that the new team of strong men with unknown identities would give them a spoonful of stew. Anyway, the attack was so serious that the group of dead goblins could become murderers.
Faced with the attitude of the rescued group, Anasan didn't want to say anything more. After all, their caution was the experience summarized by the bloody lessons of the caravan. Although it was not good to misunderstand and doubt, his group had more important tasks to complete. One more person would probably be rescued if he moved forward earlier. With this mentality, Anasan directed the team to quickly clean the battlefield. After resting on the spot for a while, he led the team to disappear at the corner of another road.
Xilun, who was resting at the same time, kept complaining: "What a poor man, he doesn't even have a decent spoil."
"If the goblins have money, they will not come out to rob. Besides, some of the weapons of these robbers can be used after cultivation. The rest can also be sold as iron materials and they cannot be said to be of no gain." Qiao Ji couldn't help but say.
As soon as he finished speaking, Joggy began to feel a little awkward: "No, no! Xilun, why would you consider these things at this time? If it were before, you should have been concerned about the suffering of the victims and whether there are survivors."
Xilun sighed and said, "If I stayed in the Northern Fortress for a few winters, I'm afraid I'll become the same as me. Guangguang defense has dozens of soldiers killed in battle every day, which does not include the time when I take the initiative to attack. It's like that! It's better to think more about the living self and my companions. And I'm almost a knight."
"What did Joggy Hillen just said? Why did I seem to understand and not understand?" Craig, who put away the bow and arrow, began to tilt his head and act cute again.
"While staring at the same time, be careful of being attacked by those guys, you will naturally understand when you grow up." Qiao Ji responded to him in a pissy manner.
"Hmph!" Craig couldn't see the answer he wanted, and pouted and ran to watch unwillingly.
To be honest, Qiao Ji understood Xilun's current situation. When he officially became a knight, he could recruit followers. The followers are not surrenders. The current surrenders are basically served by attendants who cannot become knights or warriors with good strength. Although some have to pay salaries, they are more likely to study around the knights and serve for a certain period of time. The followers are composed of various people, not so much as the knight's partners. Some of them are not good at fighting but also have other specialties that cannot be given up. Therefore, if you want to have a follower, you must not only have the knights themselves with high enough charm and appeal, but also have to pay a considerable amount of settlement. As for the subsequent annuity, it is even more essential.
Hillen's father Isolde Wayne Val made a name for himself when he was traveling abroad in his early years. Famous such as "the legendary noble son" and "the sword of the morning sun" spread throughout the continent. Of course, his followers were also very excellent, and there were even wizards in the Fifth Ring Road. Unfortunately, the mage had an experiment to conduct and did not come together. Fortunately, the mage did not ask his father to support spell research, otherwise he would definitely not be able to support it.
With such a great father, Heron was under great pressure, both in terms of fame and money. In addition, his experience in the Northern Fortress was inevitably a little confused for a moment, so he had the previous words. However, if he could not overcome this hurdle and strengthen his beliefs, he would be destined to be a knight.
In the words of the game, Hillen's current camp has a tendency to change from being orderly and kind to being orderly and neutral. 'I don't believe Isolde didn't find Hillen's problem, but he might hope Hillen understands this aspect himself. I think I shouldn't be too troublesome, but it's okay to click a little. After all, it's up to you now in battle, so just treat it as a slightly related word I said unintentionally."
Georgie thought for a while and expressed her opinion on what Xilun said before: "Xilen! If you think more about the living, you should also consider the emotions of the survivors who were killed by their relatives. Your current performance will sprinkle salt on the wounds in their hearts. If you are an adventurer or a mercenary, it is understandable, but it is not appropriate to be a knight who is determined to fight and guard."
"Forget it, let's not discuss these things for now. It's the main thing to deal with these beasts quickly." Xiren obviously didn't want to continue this topic. "Craig comes over quickly, I'll start Joggy in charge of the palace."
"Bada--" A burnt beam fell to the ground not far away. Craig immediately turned around and faced in that direction. Georg walked forward and patted his left shoulder to indicate that it was a false alarm.
Walking into the room with a corpse next to the door, Hillen, who has dark vision, opened the way ahead.
There was a scratch-like lamp on the table in the largest room in the room. When Qiao Ji walked over, he gently scratched it with his leather gloves and found that it felt a little sticky. It seemed that it was because he didn't clean it much.
"Come here quickly, there is something wrong here." Xilun's voice came to the right.
The three of them, who had not found any monsters when they arrived in the room and began to scatter around to check, quickly gathered to a smaller room on the right side of the room. When Qiao Ji walked into the room, he found that it turned out to be a kitchen.
"Look at this." Xilun reached into a bag in the corner of the wall and took out a handful of wheat flour and placed it in front of Georgie. Then he pointed to it.
Qiao Ji looked up and saw that there were a few pieces of bacon hanging under the roof. Is it just a few pieces of bacon? No, this is not the legendary corned beef of the Royal Navy. How could those beasts attacked have left food that can be eaten directly? Qiao Ji's face changed when he thought of this.
"Is there anything wrong with those pieces of dried bacon?" Craig, who came in, looked puzzled.
Hillen explained first: "Do you think the goblins would leave these under normal circumstances? Even if wheat flour is left due to inconvenience in consumption and carrying, what about the bacon jerky that can be eaten directly?"
Qiao Ji continued: "That is, this is not an attack or robbery in the general sense. Originally, these guys rarely had any records of attacking human towns."
Craig put forward his own opinion: "Will that come to attack us?"
"Impossible, this little guy can't cause no major damage to our team." Hillen said affirmatively.
"Craig, have you gained anything there?" Joggy asked.
"There's nothing more than finding a dead mother and daughter in the bedroom." Craig replied.
Qiao Ji made a decision: "Okay, let's leave here first. Let's talk about other things when the clearance is completed."
It was still Xilun who took the lead and walked out of the room in a row. Suddenly, Georgie felt her hair standing up, but before he could warn her, she found that it was dark in front of her.
Chapter completed!