Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 213 Barbarians

"Zheng!Zheng!Zheng!"

The exciting pipa music echoed in the jungle, the roar of fighting, and the long roar of death rushed across the battlefield like a furious storm, dragging all the people involved in the battle into the raging waves.

Noticing the battle ahead, Thorn glanced around vigilantly, and found that he was not noticed by the enemy, and immediately hid behind a thick tree beside him, using it as a cover, and then secretly observed the battle situation.

"They are all barbarians?" Looking at a tall and burly figure, Thorn's eyes showed confusion.

Although he has never been to Shuangta Town, he still knows a lot about the original residents living there. He also knows a little about the barbarians living in the extreme north of the northern wilderness, but what puzzles him is the place in the quiet forest. Why are there so many, and what is their purpose for coming here?
Thorne glanced roughly, counting the corpses of the dead barbarians on the ground, there were more than 80 of them. Most of the weapons in the hands of these rough barbarians were two-handed giant axes, and almost every one of them still wore giant axes on their left arms. A small buckler that does not interfere with combat.

They wore uniform standard metal armor, and each armor was painted with a corolla of coniferous leaves and long swords. Below the corolla was dotted with a series of mysterious runes that even he could not recognize, more like a kind of nobleman. Signet.

Facing the attack of nearly a hundred hobgoblin fighters, these well-trained barbarians did not appear to be flustered at all. They all gathered next to a large carriage, compressed the defensive range, and tried their best to protect the pipa that was hidden inside and played the exciting momentum. Qudi mysterious bard.

Obviously, the mysterious bard in the carriage held a very important position in the minds of these barbarians. When the formation formed by the barbarians was found by a few wargs with a strong ability to seize opportunities and jumped over the defensive formation of the barbarians, Immediately, several barbarians desperately tried to stop it regardless of their own lives.

"Clang clang clang!"

With the sound of sharp blades colliding, both sides are constantly reducing their personnel, but the bodies of hobgoblin warriors and wargs are relatively more.

Through the hobgoblin corpses scattered everywhere on the ground, Thorne roughly estimated that the number of hobgoblin fighters attacking the barbarians was around 150.

In addition to being hacked to death by the barbarian's two-handed giant axe, many hobgoblin archers hiding in the distance were killed by spells, and Thorne did not find the spellcaster profession nearby, so it is obviously A mysterious bard hiding in a carriage.

In such a fierce battle, the bard only hid in the carriage and cheered with music. From this, it can be deduced that the opponent's spells should be used up.

In this two-sided battle, although the number of well-trained hobgoblins outnumbered the barbarians on the defensive side, after their formation was reduced, and the bard's buff spell "Inspire Courage" boosted morale, both sides temporarily Got into a stalemate.

Then Thorne turned his attention to other places. When he noticed the location of the carriage and many horses that fell to the ground and wailed or died, he immediately guessed the direction of the pedestrians. This group was mainly barbarians. The person seemed to be walking towards the west of Pushang Town.

After all, there is only one path that must be passed through the Forest of Tranquility.

The result can be imagined, they didn't know that the Forest of Tranquility had been occupied by the hobgoblins, they plunged into the hobgoblin's territory and were besieged by the other party.

Although the hobgoblin warriors were unable to deal with this group of stubborn barbarians for the time being, the barbarians who were struggling couldn't do anything to the hobgoblins, because they had to worry about the people in the carriage, which would make them unable to break out of the siege. , it is only a matter of time before being dragged to death by hobgoblins.

After all, people's physical strength is limited, and these well-trained hobgoblins originally had scruples about the power of spells and did not dare to charge too much.

After a while, the leading hobgoblin realized that the opponent's spells had been used up, so he immediately adjusted his formation and took advantage of the number of people to attack in rotation. However, there were only more than 50 barbarians left without a reserve team at all. A fine wheel battle can only be parried.

"Get ready to break through! Go out!"

When Thorn noticed the surging jungle not far away, and found that the hobgoblin's reinforcements seemed to be arriving soon, and was considering whether to help, the captain of the barbarians roared.

—— "Advanced Berserk!"

Under this roar full of power, his already extremely mighty body began to swell rapidly, followed by bursts of crackling sounds, and the bones of his whole body were lifted up joint by joint at a speed visible to the naked eye, covering his entire body with armor. It was also instantly broken by the swollen body, revealing a body of explosive muscles.

"Roar! Roar!"

There were two more roars, and the two subordinates beside the barbarian captain also activated their berserk abilities.

As their bodies were lifted up section by section, they did not join the hobgoblin's battle, but retreated to the carriage, cut off the reins connecting the horses on the carriage, and moved the two horses shot to death by bows and arrows aside, The two pulled up the carriage together, ready to rush out of the hobgoblin's encirclement at any time.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The barbarian captain who took the lead held the huge ax in both hands tightly, and swept a gust of wind, and the four hobgoblin warriors who used their shields to block in front of him were all swept away by the bursting sparks.

"Block him! Stop him!" Noticing the enemy's plan to break through, the hobgoblin leader's expression changed, and he roared at the soldiers around him, and the understanding hobgoblin warrior immediately rushed to block it.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

There was another unstoppable sweep of the battle axe, and the few hobgoblins who had just been added were swept away again. One of the hobgoblin warriors who had no time to block was split in half by the sharp giant axe, and his upper body lay on the ground and howled.

"rush out!"

The bloodshot eyes of the barbarian captain glanced at his subordinates behind him, and he walked in the forefront. All the hobgoblin warriors who tried to intercept were swept away by him with a single axe. There was no enemy, and even the arrows galloping in the distance were shot. He easily flew away with the small buckler on his arm.

In this way, the tight encirclement of the hobgoblin was directly torn open by a huge gap accompanied by the high-level rage of the barbarian captain.

"The challenge level of this barbarian captain is probably above level ten, and he is already a third-tier professional, but they seem to be going in the wrong direction. Isn't this courting death?"

Seeing the sharp and violent attack of the barbarian captain, Thorne was secretly startled, and then found that they were foolishly breaking out in the direction of Fallstown. They obviously didn't know the specific situation of the Tranquil Forest, and thought that these wandering hobgoblins were just It was just an accident.

At the same time, the chasing hobgoblin leader also noticed this situation, and immediately secretly ordered the hobgoblin fighters to chase with great momentum instead of desperately intercepting them.

"Ow! Oooo! Oooo!"

The howling of wolves echoed on both sides of the road.

The barbarian captain led the remaining 30 men and the carriage not far away before being intercepted by sixty or seventy goblin reinforcements riding wolf mounts who had just arrived.

These little goblins rode calf-sized wargs and were all equipped with strong bows and crossbows, blocking the barbarian captain's team tightly.

"For the glory of the mighty! Charge!"

The hobgoblin leader behind him took the opportunity to raise his sword and shouted, and all the remaining hobgoblin warriors lined up in a neat formation to charge the group of barbarians.

The captain of the barbarians looked at the carriage in despair. When he was about to attack the worgs and goblins blocking the way, suddenly a dark red fireball whizzed across the dense forest, accompanied by a violent explosion. The group of goblins on the wolf's back, who were about to shoot a dense rain of arrows, suddenly let out mournful wailing.

"The Forest of Tranquility has long been occupied by the hobgoblins. You first block the hobgoblins behind you. I will resist these goblins and wargs." At the moment when the barbarian captain was stunned, Thorn's figure appeared in front of him, After dropping a sentence, his whole body was immediately wrapped in a cloud of shadow energy and disappeared without a trace.

"Block the hobgoblins!" The barbarian captain obviously knew that now was not the time to hesitate. He glanced in shock at Thorne, who appeared strangely among the goblins, and immediately called out to all his men around him. Among the hobgoblins.

——"Desert Wind Sect (Stance Skill): Flame Art!"

——"Mage Armor!"

At the same time, when Thorn's figure appeared in the aftermath of the explosion of the goblin group, his whole body was instantly covered with a layer of flame barrier and an invisible protective force field. Breath, all ignitable objects on the bodies of all the wargs and goblins within one meter of Thorn were ignited.

There were bursts of howling wolves and the screams of goblins.

Thorn, who was among the goblins and wolves, did not make any attacks. He just walked back and forth a few times like a leisurely stroll in the garden, raising waves of hot fire, and the place where he passed was filled with gunpowder smoke and no grass grew. All the goblins and The wargs died tragically in the raging flames.

Looking at the goblins and wargs that had been cleaned up, only the howling goblins and wargs were left. With a thought, all the flames covering his body dissipated. Then he took off the composite longbow on his back, turned around and focused on the hobgoblin behind him Enter soldier.

"call out!"

"Pfft!"

Arcing and flaming arrows tore through the air, piercing precisely through a bugbear rogue trying to sneak up on the wagon.

Noticing the grateful gaze projected from the door curtain of the carriage, Thorne ignored it, and continued walking forward while drawing an arrow from his quiver.

Suddenly, he noticed a slight floating in the bushes above his head, so driven by his intuition, he drew the composite longbow and shot an arrow upwards.

"what!!!"

With a shrill howl, the corpse of a goblin bear fell in front of him.

Thorne drew a sharp arrow from behind again, and continued to walk forward on the corpse of the bear goblin.

"Pfft!"

Sharp arrows blared, and a hobgoblin who slashed at the barbarian with a sword hit the chest with an arrow. With a burst of arcs and flames jumping on the arrow, the hobgoblin wailed and fell to the ground.

Then Thorne continued to draw the arrows in the quiver, and as he continued to walk forward, the arrows kept coming out of his hands, and the hobgoblin warriors were hit by the arrows one after another, falling to the ground and dying in the dancing purple arc and light orange flame.

As the hobgoblin warriors fell to the ground with arrows, all the hobgoblins in the melee noticed the figure holding a bow and arrow in the distance and hiding in the black cloak. When they looked at the half-elf ranger, they almost showed fear. It was as if he was praying in his heart that the arrow of death, burning with flames and lightning, would not fall on him.

Unlike the hobgoblins, the barbarian warriors became more vigorous and crazy in the face of hobgoblin attacks after knowing that they had such a strong support.

When Thorn was about to approach the place where the hobgoblins and the barbarians were fighting, he immediately put away the composite longbow and replaced it with the long sword in his hand to slay the demon.

The moment Thorne appeared, he had already noticed that his hobgoblin leader cut down a barbarian warrior, and with a wave of his hand, he rushed towards him with two warriors in a double-team.

A long sword stabbed at him first from the right side. Thorne drew out the short sword with his left hand and slashed down violently, smashing the tip of the sword to the ground. The hobgoblin warrior subconsciously prepared to raise his shield to block, but Thorne's attack speed was far behind. The ground surpassed the hobgoblin's reaction, and a cold light flashed, the long sword Slaying Demon exuded the breath of death across the hobgoblin's fragile throat, and a hobgoblin corpse fell to the ground first.

Another long sword stabbed at his chest from the left side. The short sword in Thorne's left hand turned upwards, knocking the hobgoblin's long sword flying continuously, and then the demon-killing sword in his right hand slashed like lightning, and the opponent's shield-raised arm responded. Stopped, the hobgoblin warrior screamed in pain.

Thorn took the opportunity to jump forward and approached the howling hobgoblin. The dagger in his left hand flashed a cold light. While avoiding the slash of the hobgoblin leader, the hobgoblin warrior with the broken arm twitched and fell to the ground. at every turn.

——"Desert Wind School (Strike Skill): Flame Star!"

Immediately afterwards, Thorn leaned over to avoid the sharp blade, and then turned around suddenly. The long sword blocked the fierce strike of the hobgoblin leader, and the short sword in his left hand suddenly burst into a fiery white light.

The hobgoblin leader who was caught off guard directly fell into a state of blindness. He instinctively retreated while holding up his shield to block, but Thorne's offensive was very violent. The two sharp blades, one long and one short, hit the steel shield continuously like a storm. On the ground, the last decapitation sword slashed, and the head of the hobgoblin leader flew into the dust.

Then Thorne took a deep breath, waved his two swords and jumped into the battlefield on the other side again. The two sharp blades in his hands were like butterfly wings piercing flowers, going back and forth in the light orange light curtain, and one after another scorching fire waves passed by. The hobgoblin warriors in front of them fell to the ground and died.

Finally, the morale of the hobgoblin warriors who had been killed to only a dozen remained collapsed. They looked at Thorn's figure and the remaining 20 or so barbarians in fear, and with a strange cry, they turned and fled in embarrassment.

——"Second Ring Magic: The Net of Thorns!"

Accompanied by the high-spirited and ups and downs of divine spells being spoken out of Thorn's mouth in a hurry, a light green light lit up in the wooden holy emblem in his left hand.

The sound of thousands of sharp knives unsheathed suddenly sounded around the dozen or so hobgoblins who had escaped. All the withered grass, shrubs and even trees around them grew sharp spikes, which bent into the shape of thorns, and swayed wildly towards them. All hobgoblin fighters attempting to escape are entangled.

The hobgoblin warriors who had no time to escape were immediately entangled tightly by thorns. The sharp spikes penetrated through the gaps in the armor and plunged into the fragile flesh and blood. No matter how hard they struggled, it was difficult to get rid of them.

"Kill them all!" The bloody captain of the barbarians looked at Thorne in awe, and with a wave of his giant axe, all the barbarians who could fight joined in the slaughter of the hobgoblin warriors.

(End of this chapter)