Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 449: The Avatar Arrives
The silver-gray curtain covering the sky has long since disappeared without a trace.

It was replaced by a star that was brighter than the sun, and wisps of divine power converged on the goblin wizard in tremors, gradually becoming brighter.

This is a star that symbolizes the birth of a new god.

The moment the true god condenses the power of faith, it means that the entire ceremony of conferring the gods is completely completed.

At this time, the battle outside the Forest of Tranquility has already begun, and the passionate horns are mixed with crazy shouts, resounding through the wilderness like a storm, endlessly.

The heavy infantry of the alliance army clenched their sharp swords and shields tightly, forming a steel city wall, silently and dignifiedly facing the surging enemy army, they maintained a neat military appearance, motionless.

The long-range firepower to stop the enemy is the kobolds and goblins in the front row of the formation.

In the vast emerald field, the most indispensable thing is kobolds and goblins, especially in the month of summer tide, a season that is most conducive to reproduction is gone, and the month that ushers in a surge in the number of wilderness races.

At this time, these little guys who can successfully serve as long-range arms after simple training are frantically raining crossbow arrows in their hands.

Accompanied by the rhythmic death movement made by the howling rain of arrows, countless slaves and captives, such as charging gnolls, ogres, bear goblins, lizardmen, etc., were cut into pieces like wheat. fall down.

Even if some ogres with tenacious vitality can hold their breath with their rough skin and thick flesh, and charge forward with all their strength, they still cannot charge to the front of the alliance army, and they will end up howling like a hedgehog in the end. fell to the ground.

However, these dead cannon fodder are not useless, as they are called, the real role of cannon fodder is to help hobgoblin elite troops attract fire.

After the hobgoblin army sacrificed a large number of slave cannon fodder, the hobgoblin warriors in the back row, lizardmen, bully frogmen, and all kinds of ferocious and brutal animals finally forcibly pushed the distance between the two sides to about 300 meters.

A distance of 300 meters means that the attack range of the enemy's long-range firepower has been reached.

"For the glory of the mighty! The whole army strikes!"

In the last row of the hobgoblin camp, the hobgoblin leader standing on the wooden tower, under the blessing of spells, shouted extremely excitedly with the loudest voice in his life.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately picked up a horn half as tall as a man, and blew it vigorously like a toad with his puffed cheeks.

"boom!"

The powerful force was accompanied by the loud and clear sound of the war horn, and the horn in the hands of the hobgoblin leader couldn't bear this shocking force and burst directly.

this moment!
All the horns in the hobgoblin army sounded in unison, and like a thunderclap, it echoed across the wilderness.

"Bowmen! Fire!"

One after another, roars from the hobgoblin commander rang out one after another.

Lizardmen longbowmen and hobgoblin crossbowmen walked behind the soldiers at an extremely fast speed. Under the protection of the soldiers in the front row, they immediately fired crossbow arrows to suppress the enemy's firepower and cover the front row of charging soldiers and slaves. advance.

"Longbowman! Attack!"

At the same time, the priests of the God of War had already noticed that the enemy's long-range troops had advanced into the attack range, so they swung their long swords and roared angrily.

With an order, the longbowmen who had been waiting behind the longgunner quickly pulled the bowstring, and one after another special cone-shaped armor-piercing arrows shot out from the string.

Accompanied by the tremor and reverberation of the bowstring, galloping arrows crossed parabolas one after another, crossed the dense formation in the front row, and fell from the sky, aiming at the long-range firepower of the hobgoblin army.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The well-armed hobgoblin warriors held their shields at the forefront, fearlessly driving the slaves trying to flee the battlefield, and advancing towards the Alliance army.

The distance between the two sides is shrinking bit by bit at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Just in this death isolation zone, countless howling arrows, rain and stone bullets flew back and forth between the lineups of both sides like a torrential rain.

From time to time, a group of figures fell to the ground on their backs amidst mournful wailing.

The scarlet blood quickly soaked through the verdant grass, and a strong smell of blood quickly filled the air.

Flocks of ferocious vultures cast shadows on the battlefield, circling and neighing in the sky.

In the dense rain of arrows, the kobolds and goblins in the front row of the alliance army fell down one after another, and the heavily armored soldiers who were wearing plate armor and steel masks, armed to the teeth, were also forced to be unable to lift by the rain of arrows. start.

The long-range firepower of the hobgoblin camp is also within the firepower coverage of the longbowmen.

Even if the triangular armor-piercing arrow hits their light armor, it can still penetrate the body unabated.

The fierce battle evolved into a confrontation between the long-range firepower of the two sides at an extremely fast speed.

However, these brave hobgoblin warriors and slaves who charged were compressing the distance between the two sides at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It can be seen from this that the hobgoblins clearly have the upper hand in this firepower confrontation.

Small humanoid creatures like kobolds and goblins are unable to equip powerful medium and large long-range weapons at all due to their own racial talents.Therefore, the bows and crossbows in their hands are mainly short bows and light crossbows.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible to suppress the firepower of the lizardman longbowmen and crossbowmen of the hobgoblin camp.

Even though they were attacked by longbowmen mainly composed of half-elves from Fallstown, their numbers were the most fatal flaw of the alliance army.

The combined firepower of the longbowmen is not even half that of the lizardman longbowmen.

This also means that the most tragic short-hand fight is about to start.

"Hold on! Reserve team!"

Looking at the gradual rout of the kobolds and goblins, the barking kobolds have even reached the brink of collapse, and they may disperse at any time. The commanders calmly issued orders one after another.

Immediately, in the tight formation, groups of kobolds and goblins appeared from the rear, pushed to the front row again, took over the position of the first group of people, and then faced the rain of death, crazily pouring down the rain of crossbows and arrows.

A stream of blood splattered, and countless wailing wailings sounded continuously.

A batch of charging slaves fell, and the alliance's kobolds and goblins also dropped at an extremely fast speed, and the heavy soldiers and soldiers behind them also began to die.

With the gradual weakening of the long-range firepower of both sides, the hobgoblin warriors who drove the slaves away and marched desperately against the arrow rain finally approached the distance of hand-to-hand combat.

"For the glory of the mighty! Attack!"

The hobgoblins, who were holding back their anger, roared loudly at the same time, and countless sharp swords flashing with sharp cold light were raised to the sky one after another.

The lizardmen, bully frogmen, kuo-tao murlocs, all kinds of large ferocious animals, and even a large group of spellcasters who followed behind them found their positions in an instant, and moved towards the formation of the alliance army that was as strong as a city wall. Crazy charges again and again.

The hobgoblin army imitated the alliance's heavy infantry, and also formed a steel city wall that went straight to the alliance's central army. Behind them were a large number of lizardmen warriors carrying sharp javelins, and at the end were a large number of spellcasters. groups of people.

Also, perfect advancing formations for hobgoblin fighters are unaffected.Other miscellaneous soldiers, such as bully frogmen, goblin bears, lizardmen, and many surviving slaves and ferocious animals were all driven away, outflanking the two wings of the alliance, and there was a tendency to swallow the entire army in one gulp.

When the charging lizardman warriors narrowed their attack distance to less than [-] meters, they pulled out the javelins stuck behind them one after another, and their bodies jumped up, throwing countless javelins at the heavy armored soldiers and soldiers in the front row of the alliance. The remaining kobold goblins.

This group of lizardmen is obviously different from ordinary lizardmen. They look taller and stronger, and their whole bodies are full of strength.Some lizardmen with dark black scales were even taller than ogres.

It can be seen from this that this group of evil lizardmen who believe in the demon lord Seth Inek has definitely received some kind of special strengthening.

"Steady! Don't mess around!" The commanders who noticed the rain of javelins let out a dull growl.

As long as the formation of the heavy armored fighters in the front row is out of order, the entire army will be disrupted by the hobgoblin fighters in an instant and fall into a rout.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Accompanied by scarlet blood splatters and piercing clanging of gold and iron, the remaining goblin kobolds were almost wiped out by javelins. Also, many hoplites were unable to dodge and were pierced to death by javelins on the spot, even with the steel shields in their hands. He successfully blocked it, but was knocked back again and again by the powerful impact.

In the alliance army, a line of defense composed of heavy infantry was visibly shaken by the javelins thrown by the lizardmen.

However, under the calm command of the commanders, the vacancy was filled by reserve soldiers, and the soldiers who were seriously injured and survived were quickly dragged down.

After all, almost all the heavily armored fighters who could be assigned to the first line of defense were above level 5, and some even reached level [-]. Facing the deadly threat of javelins, this loss had been minimized.

If it were the ordinary army of the original residents, they would have suffered heavy losses in this round of javelin throwing.

As the lizardmen warriors finished throwing their javelins, heavy footsteps sounded, and the formation was formed. The hobgoblin warriors in the front row also took this opportunity to collide with the heavy armored warriors like two steel torrents.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The continuous sound of blocking sounded, and the heavy soldiers who stabilized their formation successfully caught the elite soldiers of the hobgoblin army who shouted "For the Mighty Magrubie" and blocked the sharp knife trying to pierce the defense line .

Facing the attack of the hobgoblins, the heavily armored fighters in the front line fought them head-to-head without fear.Even though they were wearing heavy armor, their bodies were still very flexible, and they were able to dodge the opponent's attack while looking for a fatal key attack.

The overall level of hobgoblin fighters is at most about three or four levels, and not many have reached the extraordinary level. They rely on the advantages of numbers, equipment, and military formations.

But when the equipment, army formation, and even the level were all blown up at the same time, these hobgoblins could only rely on crowd tactics to push these heavy fighters flat.

"Pikeman! Attack!"

A series of calm orders were issued by the commanders.

The long spear warriors who had been waiting in battle behind the heavy infantry stepped out, and they held the three-meter-long refined iron spears in their hands at the same time.

These warriors in leather armor and with long swords on their waists fully stretched their left arms, and the center of gravity of their bodies drove forward quickly and powerfully, stabbing straight at the target.

A stream of blood splattered.

The first batch of hobgoblins who collided with the heavy warriors, with the cooperation of the spearmen, were wiped out in a short while.

However, they were quickly supplemented by a steady stream of elite fighters.

Dull footsteps sounded, and the second group of hobgoblin warriors formed a torrent of steel, shouting the name of the god, and pushed forward as if they were dead.

There are too many hobgoblin troops, and it is obviously unrealistic to rely on spears and sharp swords to clean them up quickly.

"Spellcaster! Attack!"

The moment the spearman joined the battle, orders were issued again.

Surrounded by shield warriors, the alliance's spellcasting horde finally joins the fray.

There are also a large number of kobold warlocks among these spellcasters.

Although most of these kobold warlocks hover around the second level, they are still a force that cannot be ignored.

——"Three-ring spell: Crown of Madness!"

A group of tiefling magicians took the lead in chanting obscure spells. In the hobgoblin army, dozens of distorted shadow crowns transformed by the dark breath instantly fell on the heads of the strongest lizardmen and hobgoblins. .

Wearing distorted crowns, their entire bodies were distorted by the dark energy that emanated, and their faces became hideous and terrifying. The bloodshot eyes also danced with eerie dark power strangely, and their bulging veins moved at a speed visible to the naked eye It swelled and became extremely burly and majestic.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

The angry roars suppressed deep in my heart burst out one after another in the hobgoblin camp.

These crown-distorted hobgoblins and lizardmen frantically waved their deadly weapons, attacking all their companions in sight without reason.

Immediately, the attacking army in the front row was quickly thrown into chaos by these dozens of companions who turned their guns.

- "Grease!"

- "Fireball!"

- "Summoning Thunder!"

——"Lightning beam!"

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The wizards, warlocks, and druids began to cast spells one after another. The sound of chanting sounded, and the brilliant magic aura flickered. The scorching flames and piercing lightning all exploded in the most densely populated places of the enemy group.

Most of the heavily armored warriors hadn't done anything yet, and the second batch of hobgoblin warriors who hadn't yet charged were almost completely harvested by the spellcasters.

As long as enemy spellcasters do not join the fray, these so-called elite hobgoblins face the deadliest threat.

Facing another failure in the second round of attack, the hobgoblin commanders immediately ordered a group of low-level spellcasters who had just arrived to join the battlefield.

Accompanied by the neat and powerful third round of the hobgoblin warriors' charge, the hobgoblin priests also chanted obscure spells one after another.

——"Supernatural ability: Shadow attack!"

However, the divine spell was not yet completed, and the dark shadow distorted for a moment, and a group of stern-faced assassins appeared strangely from the shadows behind a dozen hobgoblin priests.

With lightning speed, they raised the daggers and daggers that shone with cold light in their hands, and greeted the most deadly vital points of the spellcasters.

A gust of blood splattered, and the hobgoblin priest caught off guard covered his bubbling neck or heart and other wounds, looked incredulously at the hunter who disappeared into the shadows again, and fell to the ground.

The diffuse gunpowder smoke went straight into the sky, and the originally bright sky was gradually shrouded in gloomy dark clouds.

While confronting head-on, the two wings of the alliance are also facing a surge of enemies.

The troops defending the two wings are mainly ogres and trolls in Horn Town, as well as a large number of adventurer teams and some scattered professionals who cannot cooperate.

Relatively speaking, what they faced was nothing more than a group of chaotic miscellaneous soldiers.

However, what is surprising is that although the equipment and overall strength of the bully frogmen and lizardmen are not as high as those of the hobgoblin fighters, they have the largest number.

And with the cooperation of all kinds of cruel and ferocious animals, even if the attack was chaotic and disorderly, it still brought a lot of pressure to the troops defending on the two wings.

Looking at the crumbling front on the two wings, under the command of the commander, several powerful wizards immediately rushed towards the two wings.

——"Five-ring spell: Death cloud spell!"

Facing the countless bully frogmen croaking and crazily attacking the right-wing formation, the wizards from Iron Horse Town chose the most effective spell.

They extravagantly took out four magic scrolls in a row, and threw them all towards the place where the bully frogmen gathered most densely.

A large cloud of weird fog shrouded the bullyrogs' heads, forming a deadly isolation zone between the army and the bullrogers at an extremely fast speed.

When the strange cloud and mist covered the moment, there were bursts of shrill screams sounded one after another.Those bully frogmen, ferocious animals, and huge giant frogs that had already gathered in a dense crowd fell to the ground one by one clutching their throats, bleeding to death from their seven orifices in an instant.

The most powerful part of the five-ring spell "Death Cloud" is that it can directly kill creatures whose creature level is around level three.Even if a higher-level creature is immune to death effects, with a lower poison resistance, it will immediately fall into a poisoned state, becoming weak and ready to be slaughtered.

And the level of these bully frogmen is at most around level 2, facing the attack of "death cloud", they are almost killed immediately.Those wild beasts such as dire wolves and dire apes that survived by chance also became weak and weak under the influence of the toxin, lying on the ground whimpering non-stop, and were soon harvested by long-range crossbow arrows.

The four magic scrolls wiped out hundreds of bully frogmen and a large number of ferocious animals in an instant, and at the same time deterred the troops rushing over from the rear.

Looking at the densely packed corpses on the ground, the big eyes of these bully frogmen who rushed over showed deep fear.

Numerous painful lessons have taught these evil humanoid creatures, never easily provoke those who can cast spells.

——"Five Rings Magic: Summon Thunder and Lightning Storm!"

At the same time, in the direction of the left flank of the army, the sky was instantly covered by dark clouds, and a large group of thick thunderclouds quickly condensed above the lizardmen, so that the entire battlefield became even more gloomy and gloomy.

"Crack!"

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling lightning pierced the sky, followed by an earth-shattering thunder explosion. The deep purple lightning, like a sword-like lightning, came accompanied by the thunder. Fall into the densest population of lizards.

Accompanied by deafening thunder and flashes of lightning, scorched corpses jumping with deep purple arcs and billowing thick smoke were left on the battlefield continuously.

The group of neighing lizards ran desperately like ants on a hot pot outside the range covered by thunderclouds.

Looking around, the hobgoblin army, like a monster with its mouth wide open, was defeated as if its front teeth were broken at the moment it was about to swallow the alliance army.

Only the earth elites in the center were still shouting the name of the gods, attacking the steel defense line composed of heavy soldiers as if they were dying.

"A bunch of rubbish that can only struggle in the mud, really can't be counted on." The hobgoblin leader standing on the tower condescendingly watching the battlefield situation spat in disdain when he saw the defeated bully frogmen and lizardmen.

Just as he was about to give the order again, his expression suddenly changed as if he had sensed something.

Then he quickly turned around, knelt down deeply towards the place where the strange red light was shining, and shouted reverently and crazily:
"Welcome to my lord! The great goblin-like patron saint, the supreme war chief, the unrivaled war lord, Magrubiya the Mighty, and the leader of your most devout people, the Hruk hobgoblin tribe, welcome me The Lord returns!"

(End of this chapter)