Vertok awakens from hibernation early.
At this moment, it was still dark, the jackals lurking in the forest had stopped barking, and the surrounding forest was rarely quiet. This silent silence is like the dullness before a storm, so oppressive that it makes people unable to breathe.
The campfire radiates warmth. Two half-elves responsible for keeping watch sat outside, monitoring the orcs' movements. The others were wrapped in thick cloaks and lay next to each other by the campfire to rest.
Due to the shortage of food, everyone now only eats one meal a day, which is not necessarily enough. In order to preserve their physical strength, half-elf professionals try to lie down and rest when they have nothing to do.
The temperature in early spring is still very low, so they spread a layer of branches next to the bonfire to prevent slipping and keep warm. Vertok climbed up from his "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 a convenience, so he closed his eyes again and continued to lie on the branches to recharge his batteries.
Vertok turned his back to the bonfire and looked at the forest to the south. He concentrated, adjusted his sight distance, and tried to see the scene in the woods clearly.
The forest belt on the south side is about 200 meters away from his camp, which is not very far. But in the dim light environment where the silver moon was setting and the sun had not yet risen, the half-elf archer could only see the shadow outline of the forest belt. However, the scenery of the Black Forest gradually appeared and became clear in Vertok's vision.
Low-light vision, a talent that comes with extraordinary perception, can expand the range of vision in low-light environments.
This talent is not magical for nocturnal predators. Many beasts of prey, including gnolls, have night vision. However, their visual distance is still affected by light, but they can see further than other creatures in dim environments. If there is no light around them, they still can't see anything, just like a blind person.
Wiltok is no exception. He can now clearly see the details of scenery up to 700 meters during the day, and he can also see up to 300 meters at night.
This is the improvement in vision brought about by extraordinary perception.
The green eyes of the gnolls reflecting in the darkness provided Vertok with direction indicators. There were at least five gnolls distributed in different locations, monitoring the half-elf camp. Compared to the Jackal Huo in the Dream Arena, they appear stronger, with full muscles, thick black fur, and are equipped with rhinoceros leather armor and various metal weapons, mainly two-handed flails, scimitars and maces.
When Vertok saw them, they also saw Vertok, but Vertok could see the details clearly, but the Gnolls might not.
The fourth-level archer Lisen's night vision range is only 60 meters; Huck controls the Heart of the Mirror, and his night vision range is up to 80 meters; and the third-level jackal Huao's night vision range is a full 200 meters.
Wiltok never believed that the night vision of ordinary third-level gnolls was better than that of Huao, who had awakened the blood of the storm. He estimated that the night vision range of these gnolls did not exceed 180 meters.
The reason why they could see Wiltok was because of the campfire.
The night sight range of the gnolls will form a huge tactical advantage over the half-elf professionals. Fortunately, gnolls are not good at using long-range weapons, otherwise the escape team led by Wiltok would have suffered a heavy blow.
Of course, that was before tonight.
Now, the advantage in night tactics lies with Vertok, not the Gnolls.
The gnoll sentry's green eyes stared at the camp. Wiltok snorted disdainfully, picked up a wooden spear stuck in the mud, weighed it, and activated his talent for wind movement.
The wind spirit jumped for joy and responded to his call, just like holding a stream of air in his hand, flowing pulsatingly on the surface of the wooden spear.
This feeling was familiar and a little unfamiliar. Wiltok felt happy in his heart, thinking that he should let the wind spirit fly out and tear apart his enemies to be satisfied. So, he used the combat breathing method, integrated his external force and dived inward, aimed the hemlock throwing spear at a jackal in the distance, and threw it with all his strength.
Surrounded by the breeze, the throwing spear also drew a wonderful arc in the night sky. Swiftly and silently, it flew over a distance of more than 200 meters in an instant and stabbed the jackal in the chest.
Usually, Wiltok can throw the javelin 200 meters with all his strength, but it must be a large arc throw, allowing the javelin to fly to a high place and then fall. Although the range of such a spear is long, its power is very average and its flight time is relatively long. It can only attack fixed targets or enemies that are clustered together.
Under normal circumstances, the effective range of a javelin against a moving target is only three to forty meters, which is not within the range of a crossbow. The projection frequency, flight speed, and shooting accuracy are also lower than that of a war bow. However, the javelin is more powerful than the war bow. Mainly used to deal with large, slow-moving targets.
The primary wind movement talent allows the hemlock javelin to be surrounded by breeze during the first two seconds of flight, avoiding the obstruction of the air. Its flight speed is comparable to that of a crossbow bolt fired from a powerful crossbow, and its straight-line range reaches 70 meters.
This is already a very amazing improvement, but in order to hit a target about 200 meters away, the hemlock javelin thrown by Wiltok still needs a projectile arc.
The ferocious gnoll with dangerous instincts and agile movements would never be hit by the thrown javelin, not to mention that it had been staring at Vertok from a distance.
Although startled by the speed of the javelin, the jackal was still able to make dodges. It lay down in time and successfully escaped the surprise attack from 200 meters away. Then, while warning its companions, it moved deeper into the forest. . It obviously realized that its position had become unsafe and it had to put some distance between itself and the half-elf camp.
With a soft "pop" sound, the hemlock javelin pierced the air and penetrated into the mud of the forest.
Wiltok was startled, then raised his eyebrows, became angry, and then became furious.
How dare that jackal dodge the spear?
Who allowed it to leave its place?
It should stand there, waiting for the hemlock spear to fly over, pierce its chest, and nail it to the ground!
Wiltok was extremely angry and shouted: "Damn, filthy, despicable orc, I'm going to chop off its disgusting head and hang it on the tip of a spear!"
All the half-elves in the camp were awakened by the furious Wiltok. They looked at each other, completely unaware of what had happened. Huck, who was on duty at night, and Rhodes rushed to Wiltok's side immediately. Huck asked in surprise: "What happened... Wiltok, your eyes! Why did they turn blue?"
Vertok's emerald green eyes had turned into ice blue, and there seemed to be a storm brewing in them that would tear apart everything.
The agile and changeable nature of the wind element is affecting Wiltok's character. People who are close to the element of wind are naturally curious and moody. They never hide their thoughts and have particularly strong execution ability. They also have the disadvantage of being impulsive. But all in all, the air elemental is a raging tyrant that makes people fear.
Vertok has not yet adapted to the elemental affinity shift that occurred in a very short period of time. He had the same experience before, but he was the first to fuse the water element head of the mythical three-headed lizard, and became thoughtful. The characteristics of the wind element were so distinctive and eye-catching.
"I'm going out to kill a jackal, and you're not allowed to follow me!" Wiltok picked up his sword, ran out of the camp, and quickly disappeared into the night.
Wiltok had been uniting the team. He suddenly left the camp without any further explanation, and his companions were immediately shocked. Of course Huck, whose mental body has been adjusted, obeys him unconditionally. The other half-elves will inevitably have random thoughts and be uneasy.
Captain Rhodes' first reaction was that Wiltok was planning to escape alone and left them behind to attract the attention of the jackals. Because judging from Wiltok's usual excellent physical fitness, he is fully capable of escaping the pursuit of the gnolls, and the half-elf professionals are all a burden to him.
If it were Rhodes, he would also find a way to escape. As long as he could survive, there would be no choice but to abandon his companions.
Anyway, Rhodes didn't believe that Wiltok left the camp alone to kill a jackal.
This is simply baffling!
There are many half-elves who have the same idea.
The sudden departure of the team leader will severely damage the morale of other members. Wiltok doesn't know what negative impact his actions will have now, and he doesn't care even if he knows. He was so angry that he had to use the gnoll's head to calm the rage in his chest.
Although Wiltok is eager to vent his anger, he still has basic tactical literacy. He used the title of Jackal Killer, slightly adjusted his mental body, and grew psychic tentacles, affecting the Jackal's intuitive reaction to him. However, this special spiritual touch is not invisible, it just makes the jackal subconsciously ignore his presence. The slight sound of his footsteps and the smell of his body did not attract the Jackal's attention. If he makes too much movement or is completely exposed in the sight of the jackals, he will still be discovered by the other party.
There is more than one Jackal in the Black Forest, and Wiltok's extraordinary perception can detect the other party's traces in advance. He himself was careful enough, using mud to wipe off the reflection of the sword, and sneaked in with a low waist.
To Vertok, the three-dimensional perception method composed of sound, smell, sight, and intuition, the third-level ferocious gnolls are like a group of blind men, completely unaware that the enemy has penetrated into their warning circle.
Vertok's perception range is far greater than that of a Dire Gnoll, and he carefully avoids other Dire Gnolls in search of prey that offends him.
Not long after, he found his target behind a big tree.
The gnoll, with thick black fur, was prostrate on the ground with its butt sticking out, vigilantly observing the camp of the half-elf adventurers, unaware that the enemy that had just attacked it had already set its sights on it.
Wiltok would inevitably make a sound when he stepped on the muddy ground, but he walked around more than ten meters behind the jackal at the same pace, but the other party didn't react at all.
He observed for a moment and confirmed that the spiritual touch of the "Jackal Killer" was indeed effective, then activated the wind movement and boiling blood, and rushed towards it.
The air flow surrounded Wiltok's body, and he moved swiftly and silently; the three seconds of boiling blood brought about an increase in speed and explosive power. He crossed ten meters in an instant, raised the mud-covered alloy sword, and slashed the jackal's thick neck. .
You only have one life, be strong and fragile. Under the constraints of this natural law, any creature will die if it is fatally injured. Even the third level ferocious jackal is the same.
Wiltok's physical attribute has been increased from 13 points to 16 points. Even without the surge talent, his current basic strength is slightly stronger than after turning on the surge. The blood-boiling talent also increases explosive power. But these elementary talents are currently not as good as the intermediate Vientiane Original Method.
Before igniting the fire of the soul, the original method of all phenomena promotes internal and external forces, which has an immediate effect on improving combat effectiveness.
Vertok flew forward, swung an arc of sword light, and the sharp blade cut smoothly into the ferocious gnoll's neck. He was very satisfied with his nearly perfect slash. However, the jackal who was caught off guard let out a short and shrill scream as his head fell off.
Blood spurted out like a spring from the fracture in the Jackal's neck. Vertok held a long sword in his hand, stood in front of the decapitated body of the Jackal, and frowned again. He felt that the muscles of the ferocious jackal were very solid, and the sword edge was slightly hindered when it cut in. The jackal could make a downward dodge movement in the direction of the sword light before dying. Without the speed blessing of Feng Xing and Boiling Blood, Wiltok's sword might not be able to cut off the head of the jackal directly, and he might have to make up for it with another sword.
Although the result was the same, this ferocious gnoll showed superb martial arts skills at the critical moment of life and death. That was an ability that even the King of Jackals, Hu Ao, didn't have.
Jackals should rely on keen combat intuition and combat experience. How can they have combat skills?
The gnoll's screams startled its companions. Vertok noticed that other gnolls in the forest were approaching. He didn't want to be surrounded by a group of gnolls, so he quickly took off the leather armor of the gnoll, picked up its weapon, and inserted the head that looked like a hyena's head on the previous wooden spear, and then took it with him The captured loot ran towards the half-elf's camp.
