Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 211
"Huh! Huh!"

After killing the hobgoblin guard in front of him, Thorne did not let down his vigilance. Just as he was concentrating on observing his surroundings, two cracking sounds of tearing the air came from the depths of the jungle.

Thorne, who had been on guard for a long time, first sideways dodged one of the crossbow arrows, and then swung his long sword. With a crisp 'jingle' sound, the other arrow also fell to the ground.

"Boom!!!"

At this time, a sharp siren sounded from the direction of the crossbow.

"It turns out that there are secret whistles hidden around."

Thorn, who had escaped the fatal attack, heard the piercing warning sound, and immediately showed a look of surprise. At the same time, he also understood why the two hobgoblin guards chose to attack instead of calling their companions when they found out the first time.

The so-called clear sentries and secret sentries are to arrange two guards who stand in a conspicuous place and can be found at a glance in important checkpoints or sentry towers, and then arrange several hidden guards secretly. This kind of hidden guards, Even the guards on guard don't know, their main task is to watch every move of the most conspicuous guards.

Once the guards standing on the sentry tower disappear or are assassinated by the enemy, these guards hidden in the dark will immediately take over their work, blocking the invading enemies while warning the hobgoblins deep in the camp.

As a militarized group of hobgoblins, it didn't surprise him to have such a sophisticated arrangement.

He can even predict that if he really intends to use his invisibility ability to quietly sneak into the hobgoblin camp, the moment he steps into the gate of the hobgoblin camp, he will be immediately spotted by the hobgoblins' anti-detection methods , which is why Thorne didn't sneak into the camp, but harassed the checkpoint set up by the hobgoblin guards.

"Flapping!"

After the sound of the horn sounded for a moment, Thorne clearly felt the commotion coming from the depths of the forest and groups of frightened bird creatures that disappeared into the sky.

Five hobgoblin warriors in heavy armor were the first to gallop out of the dense bushes and appeared not far from Thorne.

The three hobgoblin warriors standing in the front row held a refined long sword and a refined steel shield in both hands, while the two hobgoblin warriors in the back row had no shields, except for the sheathed long swords hanging around their waists, but Each held a long-range weapon: a heavy crossbow, and the flashing crossbow had already been reloaded while moving.

"Elves? Or humans?" A hobgoblin in the front row showed a confused look after noticing Thorne's appearance.

"Half-human? Or half-elf?" Another hobgoblin warrior glanced at Thorne and muttered to himself.

"Idiot, whoever he is, as long as he dares to break into the territory of the Hobgoblin Heruk, he must die!" After the leader hobgoblin warrior finished speaking, he immediately raised the long sword in his hand, and slapped it hard with the blade of the sword. With a steel shield on his arm, he shouted: "For the glory of the hobgoblin Heruk! For the mighty Magrubie! Form an formation! Charge!"

As soon as the hobgoblin warrior's voice fell, the three hobgoblin warriors walking in the front immediately put their shields in front of them, drew out their refined long swords and charged Thorne, while the two hobgoblin warriors standing behind the hobgoblin warriors stood tight. After that, while running to reload the crossbow bolts, he aimed at Thorne's two sides, trying to seal off all the enemy's hiding spaces.

From the moment the hobgoblin warrior appeared on the road, the protective ring Thorne wore on his finger quickly flashed a faint spell aura, and the enchanted "Mage Armor" on the ring instantly turned into an almost invisible protective barrier He was covered.

Accompanied by the hobgoblin warrior's roar and the two air-piercing arrows behind him, Thorn just stood there quietly without any intention of dodging.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The three hobgoblin warriors charged with their shields up, and the hobgoblin's crossbow shot behind him instantly hit Thorn's flickering protective barrier, and he took advantage of the situation to take a step back to make room for an attack distance, and then Taking advantage of this gap, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the long sword Slaying Demon flashed a cold light in front of the hobgoblin warrior.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The sharp long swords were all offset by the three hobgoblin warriors holding up their shields, leaving only a string of bright sparks, and then the long sword in the right hand of the hobgoblin warriors also took the opportunity to stab Thorne's body, and the two behind him After the hobgoblin also approached the distance, he quickly retracted his crossbow bolts, drew out his long sword, and double-teamed Thorne from the left and right sides.

Noticing the pincer attack from the left and right sides, and the precise coordination of the three shield-wielding hobgoblin fighters in front of him, Thorne frowned, realizing that only his own attack skills could not defeat the hobgoblin's queen.

So, before the hobgoblins on both sides approached, he leaped back violently, directly dodging the stabbing of the shield-wielding hobgoblin's three long swords and the pincer attack of the two hobgoblins.

The two hobgoblins who had failed in the pincer attack saw the half-elf ranger who was pulled away again, and immediately re-sheathed the long sword calmly and extremely quickly, took out the heavy crossbow that had already been loaded with bolts again, and scattered them to the left and right sides. Go, to make room for the three shield-wielding hobgoblins behind you.

"Formation! Charge!"

Three hobgoblin warriors holding shields lined up in a formation, and at the same time stood the shields in front of them, holding the refined long sword tightly and charging towards Thorne who was still retreating.

——"Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

Thorn kept retreating rapidly, keeping a distance from the five hobgoblin warriors to prevent them from getting close, and taking advantage of the gap in the retreat, a dark red fireball the size of a basketball condensed in his palm.

"Boom!"

When the charging hobgoblin warrior realized the dangerous fluctuations brought by the dark red fireball in Thorne's palm, his face changed suddenly, and he was about to speak, but the fireball was already guided by Thorne, making a whistling sound through the air, and landed Entering the group of hobgoblins, there was a loud roar.

As the billowing smoke cleared, three shield-wielding hobgoblin warriors could be found lying wailing in a pit, mangled and mangled.

The other two hobgoblins holding heavy crossbows were a little farther away, but they were only scratched by the aftermath of the explosion, which ignited their thick hair.

When the two hobgoblins extinguished the flames on their bodies and were about to get up, they were hit by arrows with jumping lavender arcs and flashing light orange light respectively, one in front and one in the back, and they were killed.

While the five hobgoblin warriors died, the horn's warning also had its due effect, and a large number of hobgoblin reinforcements gathered here.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

In the dense jungle, wild beasts roared and roared frequently, and figures of dire wolves, dire wolves, dire wild boars, and dire apes appeared in the bushes.

Directly in front of Thorn appeared more than 50 hobgoblin archers holding hard crossbows, and on both sides were dozens of hobgoblin knights riding wargs and ferocious wolf-like creatures.

——"Second Ring Divine Art: Wind Wall Art!"

Facing the dense crowd of hobgoblin archers, Thorne calmly held the wooden holy emblem and chanted a quick divine spell.

"Fire arrows!"

A hobgoblin commander waved a banner featuring two swords clashing and an elf's head, shouting.

The dense rain of arrows tore through the air, and with a whistling sound, it drowned Thorne who was singing.

When the arrow rain was about to approach Thorn, a half-meter-thick, five-meter-wide, and three-meter-high, almost invisible vertical wind curtain appeared in front of him, and all the arrows were roared the moment they approached the wind wall. The air current blew away, and none threatened Thorne's safety.

Thorn glanced at the arrows that were all deflected by the roaring airflow, and was not surprised. This kind of air wall has a certain chance of deflecting even the stones thrown by the hill giants and the projectiles of small catapults. , let alone these ordinary arrows.

Moreover, the strength of the ranger magic depends on the perception attribute. With his perception attribute of 20 points, the strength of the "Wind Wall Art" cast can be imagined.

——"Shadow Hand School (Teleportation Skill): Shadow Walk!"

Immediately afterwards, Thorn used the teleportation skill of the Shadow Hand faction without any delay, and a cloud of shadow energy quickly wrapped his body and disappeared without a trace in place, leaving behind a group of hobgoblin knights who had just arrived Stare at each other.

——"Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

——"Desert Wind School (Strike Skill): Fire Bomb!"

Thorn, who disappeared, reappeared on the thickest tree nearby. When the hobgoblins found him, two roaring fireballs smashed into the group of hobgoblins.

Accompanied by a loud bang, the scorching flames exploded, and the high-temperature flames raged everywhere, causing the group of hobgoblins to howl miserably.

"Pfft!"

Thorn, who was standing on the branch of the big tree, pulled the bowstring, and a ferocious ape that tried to approach him from other tree branches was directly hit by a sharp arrow in its open bloody mouth. When it landed on the ground, it made a muffled 'plop' sound, and soon died.

Then Thorn glanced at the series of jumping experience tips, threw another flame bomb, and jumped from the branch of the big tree to another big tree without looking back. His figure was like a bird flying in the autumn wind. The leaves disappeared silently among the howling crowd.

Far from the smoky battlefield of the hobgoblin level, Thorne continued to walk eastward along the forest of silence.

Through today's battle, he understood that what the half-elf girl Lilia said was right, she could not change the current predicament of Pushang Town with her own ability. Facing the threat of hobgoblins, if he did not use magic attacks, Even five hobgoblin fighters who cooperated tacitly were difficult to kill smoothly, let alone the entire hobgoblin tribe.

After all, his strength was still too weak, Thorne sighed secretly, and continued to walk towards Shuangta Town.

"Zheng!Zheng!Zheng!"

Suddenly, a muffled sound of killing and shouts of fighting drifted over from the east of the forest. Apparently, a fierce battle was taking place somewhere in the forest.

Hearing such familiar music, Thorne, who was walking silently, was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes hidden in the hood flashed a trance, showing a look of confusion.

"Ambush from all sides? Who could it be?" Thorne muttered to himself, following the direction of the sound, and followed it.

(End of this chapter)