Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 179 Steel Soul School Martial Skills
On the periphery of the Forest of Tranquility, the wind blew across the vast land, making whimpering whistling sounds, mixed with the chaotic fighting, passing through the swaying weeds and shrubs, and disappearing into the open field.

"Hold on, our reinforcements will arrive soon! The mighty Magrubie is watching us from the Shura field. His people will never be afraid of death."

"Zheng!"

The captain of the hobgoblin scout looked at his comrades who fell one after another, tightened the reins of the warg, drew out the cold steel long sword, roared, and prepared to join this chaotic fight.

Suddenly, the hobgoblin captain stared blankly, looking at the slightly floating air, as if sensing something, his face covered with brown hair suddenly trembled violently.

Sensing the danger, he immediately yanked the reins of the warg in his hand.

Feeling the pain brought by the strong force, the warg under the hobgoblin let out an angry growl, venting his dissatisfaction with the hobgoblin, and suddenly exerted force with his two front paws, directly knocking the hobgoblin captain behind him to the ground superior.

"Pfft!"

The moment the hobgoblin captain was overturned to the ground by the warg, a sharp sword shrouded in pale orange flames pierced the warg's throat with precision.

"Ow!"

The calf-sized warg let out a mournful cry, struggled on the ground a few times, and then lost its breath of life.

"Go to hell, half-elf!"

The moment the warg's body fell, the leader of the hobgoblin who had survived the disaster immediately got up, took the opportunity to leap violently, and with a roar, the steel long sword held tightly in both hands fell from the sky, and slashed at the head of Thorne who had failed in the sneak attack in front of him.

"clang!"

The collision of sharp blades produced a bright sound of sparks and gold and iron.

The long sword in Thorn's hand blocked the hobgoblin's attack, but he was forced to retreat five or six steps in a row by the force of the two sharp blades colliding.

The hobgoblin captain must have mastered the "Powerful Attack" specialty, and his strength attribute is probably at least around 18. Feeling the numbness from his arm, Thorne secretly guessed the approximate attributes of the hobgoblin captain.

Although his strength attribute is also 18 points, which seems to be on par with the opponent, but 2 of his attributes are completely supported by the magic equipment ogre power belt, compared with the hobgoblin's natural attributes without any blessings , the difference is quite obvious.

Moreover, the hobgoblin has also mastered the "violent attack" attack specialty that is most suitable for fighters and barbarian professionals head-to-head. With his current strength, he will naturally not gain any benefit from colliding with the opponent.

The attribute distribution of the hobgoblin race is actually similar to that of humans. The six attributes are all balanced, but the total attributes are higher than humans. Adult hobgoblins are born with the strength of challenge level 3.

Their natural profession is warriors. In this kind of militarized management group, almost every adult hobgoblin can easily advance successfully in the standardized training, and the challenge level will be increased by one level accordingly. The threshold of the second-order extraordinary.

The most obvious difference between them and other humanoid creatures is that under the perfect military management system, every hobgoblin will learn many related combat skills when they grow up.

Among them, the most famous one is the hobgoblin swordsmanship tailored for hobgoblins. The most prominent feature of this swordsmanship is the use of force to attack alone and the combination of five or more people to advance in battle formations.

No matter what race in the wilderness, when faced with the attack of hobgoblins, they will choose to rely on favorable terrain to defend and try to avoid field battles with them.

Through the collision between the two just now, Thorne immediately judged that the challenge level of the hobgoblin scout captain in front of him was at least around level 8, which meant that his fighter level was as high as level 5.

This aroused Thorn's competitive spirit, and he wanted to kill the hobgoblin captain with his hard power.

Seeing that the blow was unsuccessful, Captain Hobgoblin's angry eyes flickered with bloody red light. He locked onto the unstable Thorne again, roared, and showed a mouthful of pointed yellow fangs.

Then he rushed forward to pursue him, and the long sword in his hand took advantage of the situation and slashed at Thorn's chest.

Thorne just stabilized his body and stood with his sword in his hand. He noticed that the hobgoblin captain who continued to attack without leaving any gaps, his expression was unprecedentedly calm and dignified.

When Captain Hobgoblin's attack was about to approach, Thorne, relying on his super-high agility attribute, turned slightly to avoid the piercing blade, and then stabbed Captain Hobgoblin's abdomen with the long sword.

"clang!"

Facing Thorn's deadly counterattack, Captain Hobgoblin also reacted very quickly, but he didn't intend to dodge. Instead, he chose to withdraw his long sword to block Thorne's sharp blade, and the two-meter-high burly body directly shot at Thorne. En bumped into it head-on.

"boom!"

Thorne was knocked back five or six steps in a row by the burly body of the hobgoblin captain. Before his body stabilized, the hobgoblin captain swung his long sword and took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

"Clang clang clang!"

The continuous sound of long sword collisions sounded again, and Captain Hobgoblin's attack was swift and powerful. Every time there was a collision, Thorn would take a step back in order to ease the attack force.

Under a series of attacks, Thorn's figure retreated a dozen steps again, and the palm holding the long sword also felt slightly trembling.

However, the hobgoblin captain in front of him was not feeling well either. At this time, his exposed gray-brown hair was all damaged by the flames attached to Thorne's "Desert Fire" specialty and the Demon Slaying Long Sword, leaving patches of black burns. burn marks.

"It's now!"

Noticing the hobgoblin's sudden attack with his sword, Thorn's eyes narrowed slightly, and at the same time he took a deep breath, and turned his body suddenly, dodging the fatal blow of the hobgoblin's long sword.

Immediately after a thought, the Demon Slaying Sword in his hand was shrouded in a light blue light, and instantly slashed at Captain Hobgoblin.

——"Steel Soul School (attack skill): Nightmare Sword·Sapphire!"

As the most basic attack technique of the Steel Soul School martial arts, the function of this move is to carefully observe the opponent's movements in the battle between the two sides, and seize the right time to attack the enemy's defense gap.

Since Thorn had only just learned this skill-based attack technique, and was not very proficient in using it, in the continuous battles with the hobgoblin captain, he didn't notice the opponent's attack flaw until now.

If it is a martial artist who is proficient in using the martial arts of the Steel Soul School, even at the moment when the two sides are about to fight, they can instantly seize the gap in the enemy's defense and deal the deadliest blow.

Therefore, the martial arts of the Steel Soul School is to use a calm mind and keen insight on the battlefield to fight against his enemies, and then seize the enemy's flaws to launch a fatal blow. Simple and deadly.

The hobgoblin in front of him can be the captain of the most elite scout unit in the hobgoblin tribe. He is obviously also a veteran with rich combat experience. Responding, the steel long sword in his hand swung across.

Through repeated collisions with Thorne, he understood that his strength is much higher than that of Thorne. Facing Thorne's imminent blow, he naturally used his strengths and prepared to knock Thorne's long sword head-on. .

But this time, the weapon collision that Captain Hobgoblin had expected did not come. Thorne's sword was just a false move. When the sharp blades of the two sides were about to collide, the Demon Slaying Sword in his hand turned into a light blue light and disappeared in a strange way. In the hobgoblin's surprised pupils.

When the hobgoblin captain realized something was wrong, a fatal crisis had already arrived, and the demon-slaying long sword exuding a scorching aura unexpectedly appeared under his armpit.

"Pfft!"

The arm of the hobgoblin captain holding the long sword was cut off by Thorne mercilessly.

Then Thorne took the opportunity to catch the steel long sword that the hobgoblin captain was about to fall to the ground with his left hand. Amidst his mournful wailing, Thorne used the hobgoblin's own weapon to strike backhand, across the hobgoblin's hairy neck, and the scream suddenly stopped. and stop.

"thump!"

The hobgoblin captain's body twitched, and he fell powerlessly to the ground.

Kill the target!

Extract the soul energy of the target and gain experience: 4000 points!
Through the understanding of the battle, get practice points: 400 points!
……

It turned out to be a hobgoblin warrior with a challenge level of level 9. Thorne noticed the experience points gained, and looked at the body of the hobgoblin captain he had just killed in surprise, and then looked curiously at the hobgoblin captain he had obtained from the hobgoblin. Stainless steel long sword.

A long sword that can collide with its own weapon more than a dozen times without any obvious damage must have its extraordinary features. After all, the hobgoblin race is also a race that is very good at making weapons and equipment.

The blade of the long sword in Thorne's hand has blood grooves, and it also feels heavy when held in the hand. Compared with the size of a human, it is more like a two-handed giant sword.

However, according to the hobgoblin's burly body, it does meet the extreme standard of a long sword.

Hobgoblin Commander's Sword
Type: long sword

Requirements: 15 strength points or more

Quality: green and excellent

Characteristics: sharpness +2, firmness +2, armor penetration +1
(Note: The body of the sword embryo is made of soft steel, and the blade is made of pure gold. It is made by high-temperature tempering. It is the standard long sword of the Horuk hobgoblin tribe. Only hobgoblins above the commander level are eligible to equip this sword.)
……

"The blade is actually doped with pure gold. This weapon is infinitely close to extraordinary quality. As long as it is enchanted by an alchemist, its quality will immediately be upgraded to a magic weapon." Thorne glanced at the long sword. Attributes, say a word to yourself.

Fine gold is a rare magical metal. This metal is extremely hard. As long as it is forged with pure gold, it will have a natural ability that ignores hardness, which is the so-called armor-piercing property.

Moreover, the repellency of adamantine to magic is very low, and alchemists can easily carry out enchanting transformation.

The only disadvantage is that it is relatively heavy, and the number is quite rare, usually only found in mines in the underground world.

Holding the heavy weapon in his hand, Thorne didn't feel much joy in his heart, but a kind of heaviness instead.

As the saying goes, you can see the whole leopard at a glance. A scout captain of the Horuk hobgoblin tribe is equipped with such a powerful weapon, so wouldn't it be stronger than the scout captain with a higher rank than this scout captain.

After all, they are a group of people who have grown indecently in the Black Pearl Forest for nearly 300 years. Without any background, how could they dare to attack Winter City beyond their control.

Although their actions failed and they were far away from the Black Pearl Forest, at least they proved their courage and impressive strength.

However, when Thorne noticed that only hobgoblins above the commander level were qualified to use this long sword, he felt a little relieved.

The hobgoblin tribe is a heavily militarized group, which has led to their military system assigning a corresponding military rank to each hobgoblin, from powerful leaders and commanders to ordinary infantry, and even those who are forced to The goblins who face the spears in the front line will also have a corresponding class status.

Thorne had fought with the hobgoblin tribe before, and he knew a lot about their military system, which can be roughly divided into non-commissioned officers, lieutenants, commanders, legion chiefs, and the highest-ranking leaders.

Usually a non-commissioned officer can manage at least 20 ordinary hobgoblin soldiers, a lieutenant can have at least 3 non-commissioned officers, and a commander can lead more than 5 lieutenants.

That is to say, a commander has at least 300 hobgoblin soldiers, as well as an unlimited number of various slaves and domesticated beasts.

As for the head of the army and the leader of the highest level, Thorne is not very clear, because the size of the hobgoblins who invaded the town of Falls was two commanders.

Then, from the fact that the scout captain can wear commander-level weapons, it can be judged that the group of Hruk hobgoblins who originally lived in the Black Pearl Forest must have suffered heavy losses after failing to attack Cold Winter City.

But even with heavy losses, the hobgoblin's strength is not something that Pushang Town, which is currently in internal chaos, can resist.

Regardless of the future situation, and how to prevent the invasion of Hruk hobgoblins.

Thorne did not think about this headache for the time being, but turned his attention to the unfinished battle.

The battle situation at this time, with the addition of a powerful orc, has shown a one-sided situation, and the number of remaining hobgoblin scouts is not much.

Cursed Swordsman Yas relied on his excellent weapon fighting skills, combined with the flames and lightning jumping on the rune sword, and the protective force field barrier to protect himself, even in the face of the tacit siege of the hobgoblin scouts, he still has the upper hand in the battle. , clearing away all the hobgoblin scouts around is only a matter of time.

On the other side, Ranger Ashmo and his half-breed winter wolf fought with a hobgoblin who jumped off his mount. With the cooperation of the icy breath from the mouth of the half-blood winter wolf, the hobgoblin was easily eliminated.

As for the burly orc who suddenly joined the battlefield, Thorne's expression was slightly surprised.

The orc player who appeared in front of him was the orc sword master he met in the arena. He can still clearly remember the composure and calmness of this orc sword master when he faced the drow swordsman.

Although there are many variations in the appearance of orcs, in Thorne's eyes, there is actually no obvious difference in appearance.

The same is true for the orc sword master in front of him. He has a distinctive low forehead, a pig face, two prominent canine teeth protruding from the lower row, blood-red eyes, and wolf-like ears.

He was fighting with the four hobgoblin scouts, but he felt like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, showing its sharpness, and every attack was sharp and deadly. The four hobgoblin scouts could only suffer withstand.

Thorn didn't waste any time. He glanced at the general situation and knew who needed his help the most, so he immediately charged towards the orc sword master with his sword.

"Clang clang clang!"

The sound of weapons colliding could be heard endlessly.

The orc sword master dealt with the four hobgoblin scouts alone, without losing the slightest bit.

Suddenly, the long sword in the hand of the orc sword master slashed violently, drawing a gust of wind, and the four hobgoblin scouts who cooperated tacitly withdrew immediately and retreated, and the orc sword master took the opportunity to jump out of the battle circle of the hobgoblin scouts.

——"Lifting Qi and Slashing!"

——"Whirlwind attack!"

Immediately afterwards, the orc sword master's chest heaved slightly, and the long sword in his hand was instantly enveloped by an almost invisible breath, and then it was swung by the orc sword master.

Streams of real sword energy permeated his body, like a raging wind, crazily impacting the four hobgoblin scouts attacking him, and the sound of sharp blades colliding sounded one after another.

The three hobgoblin scouts who had no time to evade were directly gutted by the sharp sword energy, and fell to the ground crying, and the last hobgoblin who survived could only use the weapon in his hand to struggle hard.

The orc sword master raised his long sword and let out a low cry, and slammed the sharp blade at the hobgoblin scout who was cornered.

"clang!"

There was a crisp collision sound, but the rough long sword in the hand of the orc sword master couldn't bear the pressure and broke.

Seeing this, the hobgoblin, who was forced to the corner and had no way to retreat, took a deep breath, resisted the numbness in his arm caused by frequent parrying, and waved the sharp curved blade in his hand to prepare for a counterattack.

When he swung the machete halfway, a rope completely made of shadow energy appeared in front of him strangely, binding it tightly.

"Pfft!"

Immediately afterwards, the shadow rope trembled, and the hobgoblin's burly body was forcibly dragged and hit Thorne's sword point, and the last hobgoblin scout was killed.

Thorne waved his hand lightly, and the shadow ropes turned into dots of light and dissipated in the air.

"It's you!" The orc sword master noticed Thorne's face, was slightly taken aback, and immediately recognized his identity.

"The hobgoblin reinforcements in the forest are coming soon, we must evacuate as soon as possible."

Thorne noticed the movement from the depths of the forest, threw the long sword seized from the hobgoblin into the hand of the orc sword master, and walked in the direction of the orc leader Sarn.

(End of this chapter)