The sky was bright and a large group of orcs emerged from the forest belt on the south side.
They were mainly goblins. They were short in stature and wore simple protective gear. They waved daggers, short spears and other weapons and equipment in their hands. They were all chirping and shoving each other forward.
Goblins are one of the most common orcs in the world. This was the first time that Vertok saw a little monster like a goblin in reality. But if there is anyone who knows the goblins best, Wiltok feels that it must be him.
His knowledge of the goblins did not stop at the surface. The memory of the great goblin Wowo allowed him to penetrate into the inner world of the goblins and know many details that were unknown to people.
However, wild goblins have green skin and are also called green dwarves. These claw goblins have earthy red skin and they look stronger than the green goblins.
What kind of claw goblins are they?
Are their mutations related to the Dragon King's Palace or the Earth Mother's Throne?
Wiltok has no answers to these questions. He just hoped that the habits of the clawed goblins were not much different from those of wild goblins. Otherwise, the counterattack tactics he envisioned would basically fail.
In addition to the clawed goblins, there are also a dozen strong bear-headed goblins, and eleven well-equipped ferocious gnolls. They crawled, hiding among the clawed goblins, and moved towards the half-elves' short hill position.
Both bugbears and dire gnolls are difficult to deal with, but the most terrifying are the clawed goblins.
There are too many of them. Vertok used his extraordinary perception to visually detect that there were more than 270 earth-red skinned clawed goblins on the opposite side.
A well-armed ordinary adventurer can deal with three claw goblins at the same time, but the daily food required by the claw goblins is only one-third of that of a half-elf adventurer. In other words, three claw goblins are equivalent to one half-elf adventurer. There are more than 270 claw goblins here, which means they belong to a large bone collector gang, which requires an adventure group of 90 members to deal with.
The faces of the professionals in the Iron Cross Regiment were pale, and their eyes showed despair. There are 8 of them in total, and the dark hunter Max is still a cripple with no fighting ability. As long as this group of clawed goblins, together with dire gnolls and bugbears, attack the camp in a swarm, simple defenses will be useless. With the absolute advantage of the orcs in numbers, even a strong man like Huck, who was trapped by them, would have to suffer on the spot, and his so-called martial arts skills would not be able to be used at all.
Archer Lisen was in a panic, and suggested tremblingly: "Mr. Wiltok, let's... take advantage of the fact that the orc bone collectors haven't surrounded us yet. It's still too late to break out."
Captain Rhodes and another third-level swordsman couldn't help but glare at Lison.
The half-elf professionals can run faster than the claw goblins and are physically stronger than the claw goblins. They do have a chance to break out now, but a dozen ferocious gnolls are waiting for them to do so. If the agile fourth-level archer managed to escape from the ferocious wolf man's pursuit, it was because his companions had filled the wolf man's belly first.
Wiltok glanced at Lison and said calmly: "You can leave at any time if you want."
Li Sen lowered his head and sighed repeatedly. If he goes out on his own, he won't be chased by ferocious jackals. Unless a miracle happens, he's dead.
Only as a last resort will the adventure group choose to break out and escape individually. This is to use his companions to support him, and basically declare the adventure group to be disbanded.
If Vertok didn't agree to break out, no one would dare to leave alone. He wanted to hold on to the camp, and everyone could only stay with him.
"Max." Wiltok called to the dark hunter with the most adventure experience.
Huck quickly helped Max, who was unable to move, to Wiltok's side.
"Look at these claw goblins, what's wrong with them?" Wiltok pointed at the orcs opposite and asked softly.
Max's body cannot withstand intense exercise, but his abilities as a level four dark stalker are intact.
He ignited a drop of secret blood to enhance his perception. After carefully observing the situation of the Bone Collector, he said seriously: "There is indeed a problem. I saw bugbears, jackals and clawed goblins, but I didn't find hobgoblins and warriors." Beasts... Generally speaking, hobgoblins will stay with bugbear bodyguards, and they will send war beasts such as wild boars and giant baboons to coordinate with clawed goblins and gnolls to attack the enemy. If the hobgoblin leader of the Bone Collector is hiding, So the number of these clawed goblins is too much, right?"
Compared to ordinary goblins, hobgoblins are highly intelligent and more afraid of death. They do not trust the ferocious gnoll servants and are always surrounded by a group of bodyguards. In addition to bugbears, there are also a considerable number of ordinary goblins. The common goblin of the Orc Bone Collector, of course, refers to the claws with earthy skin.
If the hobgoblin is accompanied by a group of bugbears and claw goblins, the number of orc bone collectors may exceed 400.
However, this conclusion is inconsistent with common sense.
The more members the Bone Collector gang has, the better. In fact, when the number of orc bandits reaches a certain scale, they can only choose a water source to settle. Because it is difficult for the natural resources distributed in the wild to support a mobile orc group.
This principle is equally valid for half-elf adventure groups and barbarian raiders.
In short, if the number of gang members is small, everyone will be well-fed; if the number of gang members is large, everyone will be hungry.
The experience of the great goblin Wowo told Wiltok that the orc bone collector gang in front of him could not have 400 members. 300 alien orcs was already the limit of this gang, and there should not even be so many of them!
Although the number of orc bone collectors was different from Wiltok's previous judgment, he decided to fight the opponent to see whether the tactics he planned were effective.
"Look, the skins of those red-skinned dwarves are covered with wet mud!" Wiltok raised his voice and shouted to all his companions: "This means that the orc bone collectors traveled all night to catch up with the gnoll scouts. Before we even have time to rest, he plans to eat us in one bite!"
"Hmph, I thought that the main force of the Bone Collector would wait until this afternoon to launch the attack. I didn't know how confident these stupid beastmen were... Since they don't have enough physical strength and came to die, we just gave them a miserable death. lesson!"
Vertok tried to boost morale, but few were encouraged. The enemy were so numerous that a single mass charge might overwhelm their defensive positions and tear them to pieces, chewing them to the bone.
Max advised from the side: "Vell, we can still break out now. Take me outside, leave me, and run away for your life. I have a way to hide."
Facing the pursuit of the ferocious jackals, how could he hide?
Max felt that he was dragging down Wiltok and Huck, so they were unwilling to break out and chose to stay and hold on.
In fact, Max thinks too much. Vertok was not bound by emotions, and their friendship was unremarkable. As for Huck, he is no longer Captain Huck of the Adventurer's House.
Wiltok ignored Max, took out a war bow, and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "All bow warriors should use soft bows."
Lison moved his lips, and still followed Wiltok's example, taking off the hard limbs and animal sinew bow strings of the war bow, and replacing them with soft limbs and gut bow strings with better elasticity.
If the hard bow is replaced by a soft bow, the lethality and range will be reduced, while the shooting speed will be greatly increased, which is suitable for dealing with fragile clawed goblins.
Wiltok and the two archers put on soft bows, and the orc bone collector had arrived near the low hill. The dire gnolls roared to drive away the clawed goblins and bugbears, gathering them about 100 meters below the camp.
The clawed goblins and bugbears obviously didn't obey the gnolls' command. They huddled together in a mess and didn't form a formation at all.
Huck felt itchy when he saw the orcs gathering together. He grabbed a hemlock javelin and was about to throw it. With his strength and accuracy, this javelin is sure to pierce several clawed goblins.
Wiltok pressed Huck's shoulders in time to stop his throwing action, shook his head and said: "Don't move! Wait for these monsters to rush up and enter the effective shooting range of the soft bow of twenty meters. The bow warrior and I are responsible for shooting the sharp ones." Claw goblins, don’t be stingy with your physical strength, just ignite the secret blood directly and use the ability of rapid fire on the claw goblins!”
"Huck, you and the two swordsmen keep an eye on the ferocious jackals and bugbears, don't let them hurt the archers!"
"Okay, sir!"
Harker dropped the spear and javelin, equipped his left arm with a shield blade, and pulled out a fine iron sword in his right hand, firmly guarding Wiltok's side.
The ferocious gnolls didn't pay attention to the eight half-elf adventurers. The chaotic nature of the orcs prompted them to attack. Before any of their men could set up an attack formation, they ordered the goblins to charge towards the low hill camp.
The muddy and slippery ground effectively limits the speed of the orcs. They howl, trip over each other, and roll in the mud, looking ridiculous. However, the number of goblins made the half-elf professionals feel numb, and even Wiltok was in a state of confusion.
He knew very well 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 ferocious gnolls hiding behind the goblins will not let go of any opportunity to hunt their opponents.
The strong and brainless bugbears rushed at the front, and the half-elf professionals could even see the sharp teeth in their bloody mouths.
Lisen clutched his war bow, and he could shoot through the bugbear's mouth with just one arrow. But Wiltok delayed giving the order to shoot.
Leeson was puzzled. He knew that the piercing damage of the bow and arrow was difficult to kill the enemy with one hit. Even if it hit the vital parts of the orcs, they would not lose their combat effectiveness for the time being, and they could still flutter a few times and continue to pose a threat to the half-elf professionals.
The soft bow has a fast shooting speed and saves the archer's physical energy. But its disadvantages are short range and reduced power. Even if the archer warrior shoots ten clawed goblins in one go, he still needs to try to close the distance between the two sides so that the goblin hit by the arrow falls on the charging road.
The clawed goblins just charged and didn't use their bows to shoot stone projectiles, which was probably the only good news.
Forty meters, thirty-five meters, thirty meters, more than two hundred goblins came over in darkness. Their noisy cries were deafening; the reflection of the daggers was so dazzling. Li Sen seemed to smell the disgusting stench of the goblin. When the goblin at the front rushed to 20 meters away from the camp, he finally heard Wiltok's order:
"Shoot these beasts!"
Lison ignited the secret blood without hesitation, and the silver-wrapped gut bowstring pulled out a blurry afterimage in his hand, and sharp arrows quickly shot at the goblin orcs who were close at hand.
The fourth-level archer warrior had no reservations, and the arrows he fired were fast and accurate. Each arrow hit the head of a clawed goblin or penetrated the bugbear's mouth.
Unfortunately, there were only three archers in the camp plus Wiltok. Even if they were extremely skilled, they could not stop the charge of the goblins.
The injured goblin screamed and fell down, and was immediately stepped into the mud by his companions behind him. They rushed forward one after another, and the charging speed did not seem to slow down. In just a few breaths, they rushed to the camp and smashed the wooden spurs and horses with their bodies.
The cunning and ferocious gnolls began to accelerate, and their strong bodies allowed them to easily pass the clawed goblins and rush from the back of the group to the front.
Claw goblins and bugbears are just cannon fodder.
The ferocious jackals are the main attack force of the orc bone collectors!
With extraordinary strength and speed, excellent physical fitness and tough body, coupled with wild intuition and bloodthirsty talent, the ferocious gnoll is worthy of being a third-level monster, and its combat power is better than most fourth-level professionals.
In fact, this group of orc bone collectors never rested, and gathered all their main forces to eliminate Wiltok and others in one go, and then search for the "Storm Gnolls" that did not exist at all.
They did not intend to delay, let alone allow the half-elves to escape, lest they expose the gang's location and attract other half-elf adventure groups to encircle and suppress them.
The hobgoblin leaders of the Bonecollector gang did not see much of a threat from the adventures of a few stranded half-elves, and they allowed the dire gnolls to lead the siege. If the hobgoblin personally directed this battle, Wiltok felt that he would not be able to handle it so easily.
This is just Wiltok's idea. The professionals of the Iron Cross, as well as Huck and Max, don't think they have a chance of winning.
However, just as the ferocious gnolls stepped on the goblin corpses and broke through the spikes and horses, Wiltok used the title of "Goblin Slayer".
His whole body exuded the will to kill that only goblins could feel. The tentacles of his mental body connected with the goblins' hearts, arousing the fear instinct deep in their hearts.
Fear is a plague of the soul, contagious and cumulative.
The goblin in front screamed and turned around to run away, while the goblin behind stopped pushing forward, dropped the dagger and buckler in his hand, and ran back while crawling.
An avalanche of defeat happened miraculously.
The eleven ferocious gnolls who tried to attack were instantly exposed in front of Wiltok and others.
