Lord Herne boasted that Drust was no match for the Wild Hunt when facing an enemy head-on.
Sarlayan did not disagree.
The Drust are a transitional race sandwiched between Vrykul and humans. They combine the strong physique of the Vrykul with the creativity of humans. They also developed the Spinspeaker, a mutant profession of Dru Yin.
In terms of individual strength, the Drust are not bad, and their average personal strength surpasses common modern mortal races such as humans, dwarves, and dwarfs.
So the question is, why was Drust, the leader of two families, beaten to the ground by Kul Tiras?
The answer is actually very simple. They are too stretched in large-scale battles at the legion level.
To go a little deeper, the Drust people under the command of the Gorak family are very poor at group combat. After entering the battlefield, they will only swarm up and pull up, without any tacit understanding and cooperation.
This situation was not the norm for the Drust, and according to Orfa, the early Drust learned to hunt cooperatively when they conquered the wilderness.
During that period, they referred to Dru Yin's characteristics and Drust's innate abilities to transform the Thornspeaker, a special profession that controls the balance between life and death.
After Gorak Tuor eliminated all those who held objections in the clan, the entire Drust clan became his one voice.
Since then, Drust's fighting style has undergone a huge transformation.
The fallen Thornspeakers have long lost the right to use the power of life. Due to excessive and deep contact with the dark power of death as a living mortal, the thinking ability of the fallen Thornspeakers will inevitably be affected to a certain extent.
Under normal circumstances, the deeper a spellcaster goes on the path of their specialization, the stronger their knowledge reserve and logical thinking ability will be.
But the Corrupted Thornspeakers are exactly the opposite.
The more proficient they are in those twisted death spells, the worse their thinking ability will be, and in the end they will even become beasts that only follow instinct.
It would be a bit overwhelming to expect these ignorant Tie Hanhan to consider cooperating in the battle formation.
After many fruitless attempts, Gorak Toul simply broke the pot and continued to deepen his knowledge in the sacred F2A, completely giving up the cooperation between soldiers.
There are natural spirits from countless worlds in Ardenweald. Vocain can stand out from a large number of races and win the favor of the Winter Queen and entrust her with important tasks. Their fighting ability is unquestionable.
In terms of individual strength, Vocain is not inferior to Drust, and may even be stronger.
Not to mention the coordination of the legion, when charging in a group, the Wild Hunters can hang up the uncooperative Drust and beat them.
Sarlayan had read about similar battles in the Wild Hunt's literature. Many years ago, the desperate Drust faced off against the Wild Hunt in the forest clearing.
The result was no doubt that the Wild Hunting Group, who cooperated with each other tacitly, beat Drust to the point of running away.
From then on, Drust no longer dared to assemble large forces to fight head-on with the Wild Hunters, and instead adopted guerrilla tactics, using his unknown high mobility to achieve local-scale attacks with less.
The Wild Hunting Group that Sarlayan and Moonberry encountered before accidentally fell into the trap set by Drust, and they were almost made dumplings by Drust, who had a numerical advantage.
In frontal combat, the Wild Hunt has no fear of Drust.
What bothered Lord Hearne was Drust's elusive whereabouts. The Wild Hunting Party had never been able to catch any trace of Drust's secret movements throughout Ardenweald.
Only the people around you who are in frequent and close contact with you will understand you best.
The biggest problem facing the Wild Hunting Group now is insufficient intelligence, and they can't find where the Drust stronghold is that they can just shoot and change.
Sarlayan didn't plan to travel all over the map. He chose to find insiders and ask questions directly.
Whether it is the Drust under the rule of the Gorak family, or the Drust who strictly implement the Thornspeaker philosophy, they are all of the same race after all, and they know each other thoroughly.
To say who is most likely to know the trajectory of Drust's actions under Gorak Zaar, it must be the orthodox Spinspeakers who hide in the mountains and forests and pay no attention to the world.
Sarlayan always believes in one truth: running away cannot solve problems.
One day, people still have to face the problems they try to avoid in every possible way.
Vaal Fairy Forest is located in the northeastern part of Ardenweald. This fairy forest is surrounded by abundant water vapor and is home to a large number of races. Among them are a group of common forest species that are very annoying to Sarlayan - forest elves.
Forest elves, like goblins, like to play pranks very much, but there is a fundamental difference in their popularity.
In most cases, the goblins' pranks are just short-lived and will not really make the victims angry, unless they have the intention to annoy the other person.
But the forest elves are different. These little villains are completely uncontrolled in their pranks. If one of them fails, someone will die.
When they traveled to Val'sharah, Sarlayan's team encountered this nasty species there.
Even the good-tempered Stellagosa was so annoyed by these little villains that she even turned back into her original form and fired a large-scale arcane dragon breath at their lair, which made them shake with fear. The forest elves stopped.
Sarlayan did not expect that he would encounter such an annoying creature again in the Shadow Realm.
There are a large number of forest elves living around the Val Fairy Forest. These guys have bad relations with all their neighbors. The Thornspeaker group that Sarlayan is looking for is one of them.
When we arrived near the Val Fairy Forest, the forest elves here were having a "carnival."
There is a small settlement in Vaal Fairyland founded by the fairy wood spirits. In addition to the fairy wood spirits, there are also many common races in the Arden Fairyland, including elves, Sylvain and Vokain.
Life in the small town was originally peaceful and peaceful, until the arrival of the forest spirit changed everything.
The Vokayin guards of the Vaal Fairy Forest need to spend a lot of time every day cleaning up the forest elves that swarm out. When Sylvain and the goblins go out to collect food and the resources needed to make daily necessities, they must also be escorted by the fairy wood spirits along the way.
The leader of the fairy wood spirit guarding the Val fairy forest is named Tashmul. It has heard from the overlord O'Flan about the reason for Sarlayan and Moonberry's visit.
"Lady Moonberry, as you can see."
Tashmuir sighed with a sad face: "I also want to help you find Drust who is living in seclusion nearby, but now the Var Fairy Forest is facing a terrible situation with a large-scale invasion of forest spirits, and we really can't get away. "
"Hmm~"
Under the influence of the Winter Queen, although Moonberry still can't change her nature of liking pranks, her heart is as kind as the Winter Queen.
Witnessing with her own eyes the suffering that Val Immortal Forest was suffering, she turned her head and looked at Sarlayan expectantly with her big watery eyes.
Sarlayan slapped Moonberry's little head in a funny way: "Don't look at me like that. I didn't intend to just stand by and watch."
"I don't like to ask people for help with empty words. It is reasonable to pay a certain amount in return as a reward for asking for help."
"Great!"
Yueberry happily somersaulted on the spot: "What are you going to do?"
Sarlayan shrugged: "Creatures like forest elves also have the same weakness that all plants have, and they are afraid of fire."
"that……"
Tashmuir raised a wooden hand hesitantly: "Unfortunately, our fairy wood spirit clan is also afraid of fire. Please try not to let the fire spread to this town."
Sarlayan smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, I don't plan to place the battlefield near the fairy forest. Isn't there a continuous pool of water in the south of the forest?"
Yue Berry suddenly hammered her palm: "You plan to lure the forest elf near the pool, so that you can quickly put out the fire after the fire attack is successful."
"correct."
Yue Berry scratched her head thoughtfully: "The problem is, if a fire is set near the water, the forest spirit will definitely jump into the water to escape. In this way, the intention of killing a large number of people will not be achieved."
Sarlayan smiled meaningfully: "So, it's your turn now, Lady Moonberry."
"If I remember correctly, the prank-loving goblins are very good at constructing illusions, right?"
Yue Berry's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly leaned on Sarlayan's shoulder and asked mischievously: "What is the specific plan? Tell me in detail!"
