The Swordsman of Faerûn

At the core of the monster army, the leader guarded by several dull and powerful monsters is a terrifying beholder.

This beholder has weird tentacles all over his body, and there is an evil pupil at the end of almost every tentacle.The beholder flicked its tentacles nervously, and from time to time used some kind of scream or ray to punish those slow or stupid monster recruits.

Although the beholders have an absolute numerical advantage, William and Kagal have the advantage of information. They watch every corner of the beholder army almost without any dead ends, but the beholders don't know it at all—of course they are bigger The odds are that the beholder knows but doesn't care.

In fact, the monster army controlled by the beholders not only belonged to the beholders themselves, but also belonged to Zhentil Castle. It is one of the monsters allied with the Zhentarim.

Although the Zhentil Fort people withdrew most of the main force after conquering Yuras City, it does not mean that their local military strength has declined sharply. The monster army commanded by the beholders is Zhentil The biggest supplement when the fort's military strength is vacant.

Seeing the monster army pouring in like a wave of demons, Kagal, who was the direct target, couldn't help shivering. Usually, when the beholder mother came to attack and kill it, she had never dispatched a monster of this scale. It is said that it is not even one-tenth of the scale at this time.

Obviously, the target of the beholder this time is not just its big brother, William and his subordinates may also be included in the siege list by the monsters.

William also did not dare to underestimate the destructive power of this large wave of monsters. He ordered the temporary mage consultant Anadol: "Send a message to Hellen, order her to issue an emergency evasion signal, and call all the outside adventurers back to the camp!"

Anadol responded, and then took out a feather of a Faithful Falcon. He was about to cast a spell, but he was stunned for a moment, and asked involuntarily: "Your Excellency William, don't you call all the adventurers to come here to help the battle?" ?! Just let them go back to the camp, wouldn't we be in danger!"

William frowned, and said: "Anador, don't worry. The facilities here are complete and the terrain is dangerous. We don't need the help of adventurers for the time being. Besides, letting them come here to fight against the monster army is tantamount to letting them die in vain. , Such an unwise move, I can’t do it myself! According to what I said, send an order to Ms. Helen!"

Anadol sighed when he heard the words, and just now he recited the spell, turning the feathers of the crested falcon into a cloud of smoke-like flying bird. He said a few words to the flying bird, and then released the smoke bird.

[Shadow of the Muslin Falcon]——Summons a phantom of the Muslin Falcon, and sends a message of no more than [-] characters or a voice of no more than one round ([-] seconds) to the target creature. The phantom of the Muslin Falcon does not move Restricted by the terrain, but the transmission distance does not exceed ten kilometers.

After the news came out, William no longer worried about the situation in the camp. He believed that Hellen could handle all the problems, especially the addition of five new golem mechas, which added a new challenge to the camp. The strongest security guarantee.

The reason why William is not worried about the battle on Kagal's side is not only because he is skilled and bold, but also because Kagal's monsters are not weak, and they have the advantage of suppressing information. , According to the words of a certain Jianghu tycoon, even if the enemy comes with thousands of troops, half of them will die before they reach the ground.

The traps in Kagal's lair are really strong, but some of the above-ground parts were severely damaged by William's family. Most of the traps can still be repaired, but some of them have no repair value, or It's too late to fix it.

William and Kagal counted the combat power available to them, and selected six tauren warriors, one tauren shaman, four owl bears, two mountain giants, 23 stone-blind barbarian warriors, and one It can only be regarded as a make-up kobold cheerleading team.

Here I have to mention the stone-blind barbarians. The stone-blind barbarians are the aborigines of the underground. Their bodies are covered with thick gray cuticles. They are humanoid creatures without eyes.

There is a saying that the stone-blind barbarians are the degenerate products of ordinary human beings who retreated underground in order to avoid wars in ancient times, and named them cavemen.

Of course, some scholars have different views. They believe that the stone-blind barbarians are just a subspecies separated from human beings in the ancient evolution process, just like apes are to modern humans, but the stone-blind barbarians have a higher degree of evolution than monkeys Just a few.

Of course, what makes most scholars disagree with the Stoneblind Barbarians is that these violent underground residents like to eat people, and the fresher the human flesh, the more they like it.

People who cannibalize people usually encounter terrible curses (peptide virus), while stone-blind barbarians cannibalize people not only will not be cursed, but will also benefit themselves. If they cannibalize more people, they can even get some more powerful abilities.

William naturally didn't like these man-eating monsters, even if they were powerful and obedient, as long as there was enough fresh meat to eat, the stone blind barbarians were willing to obey the orders of any stronger or smarter beings.

The beholder's army of monsters soon reached the outskirts of Kargall's lair, and the monsters surrounded what had been Yulas's camp, and then a squadron of orcs and hobgoblins poured in through the open broken gate.

The leader of this intruder's advance team is the traitor of the dragon-veined hobgoblin. He knows the traps on the ground in the barracks very well. "Lead the way and command, the labyrinth traps that have caused countless beholders to pay a painful price in the past will no longer be effective.

Sure enough, the first flying arrow trap area was easily leveled by monsters.

The orcs held up their thick scull shields to block the flying arrows, which made these fierce monsters howl uncontrollably.

The monster advance team broke through three traps in one go, flying arrows, traps, and falling rocks. The trap mechanism in the rockfall area was not even repaired at all.

This kind of result of breaking through three levels without hurting one person in a row made many monsters who knew about Kagal's trap mechanism start to get carried away.So much so that when they encountered a surprise attack in the fourth poisonous smoke trap area, these monsters basically had no defense at all.

The poisonous smoke area is no longer filled with poisonous smoke, but a blinding fog that has almost no lethal effect except for the effect of obscuring the line of sight.

Blindfog is a magical mist that can be crafted from Stoneblind Barbarian Hair, Charcoal Powder from Underground Glowing Fungi, and Raven Feather.The blinding fog can produce a magical fog similar to the effect of [Darkness] after being activated, and the creatures covered by the magical fog will fall into a state of blindness.

The fog of blindness cannot be counteracted by [Light Art], but a gust of wind above level six can blow away the magic fog.

When the fog of blindness enveloped the orcs and hobgoblins, these invaders hurriedly ate the antidote herbs or ointments, and then waited triumphantly for the "poisonous fog" to dissipate.

Then what they waited for was a fierce attack from the stone-blind barbarians.

As the advertisement says, chocolate and music go together better!The combination of the fog of blind eyes and the stone-blind barbarians is a match made in heaven.

Stone-blind barbarians who don't need vision wield stone battleaxes or warhammers, knocking those unsuspecting orcs and hobgoblins to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables, but many of the attacked did not even make a move to fight back , it can only be said that these invading monsters are really arrogant and arrogant.

The dragon-blooded hobgoblin York, who is the leader and guide, is more vigilant. It hid aside in advance and tried to use [Light Art] to disperse the fog.It's a pity that York used two [Light Art] spell scrolls in a row, but they didn't have any effect on the darkness in front of him.

When York realized something was wrong and was about to run away in the dark, a powerful big hand protruded out of nowhere and directly grabbed its neck. With just a slight twist, the big hand broke the dragon's veins. neck.

A brilliant victory, each of the 23 stone-blind barbarian warriors killed at least two enemies, but none of them were injured.

Of course, this is not to say that there was no resistance among the invading orcs and hobgoblins. Some invaders who were proficient in blind fighting also fought back insignificantly against the stone blind barbarians.

You know, blind fighting skills are the housekeeping skills that the stone-blind barbarians have relied on for a living since they were born. Let them enjoy a wave of victory dividends.

William, however, acted together with the stone-blind barbarians. It was he who commanded this overwhelming ambush. York, the leading dragon-blooded goblin, was also strangled to death by breaking his neck.

William would be more satisfied if those stone-blind barbarians didn't wantonly cut off the flesh from the enemy's corpse after the battle.

43 hobgoblins and twelve orcs, this is the death toll of this monster advance team. It is far less than one-tenth of the entire monster army, but it is a heavy blow to them. morale.

But for the monsters on the defensive side, this was a very morale-boosting victory.

You must know that the real combat power of these more than 50 enemies is not weak. If you put them in the right direction, even if you fight all the stone blind barbarians, you may not be able to kill them all.

Some more optimistic people (monsters) feel that maybe they only need to do the same thing a dozen times, and those raging intruders can be easily eliminated even though there are a large number of them!

In this regard, William can only sigh for his inadequacy and conspiracy!

If the stone-blind barbarians know how to restrain themselves and hide themselves, this tactic may be repeated three or four times, but these idiots actually eat the enemy's corpse directly at the battle scene, are you afraid that the enemy will not know who you are?

William estimated that they would use the blind-sighted tactic at most one more time, and the enemy would find a way to counter it.

One of the most taboo things on the battlefield is to treat the enemy as a fool, and only those who do that are really fools.

Not all the advance team of the invaders were killed, but a few laggards took advantage of the chaos to escape, and they brought out the news that the advance team was ambushed.

Soon thereafter, a second team of pathfinders was dispatched by the beholders, including those who had escaped from the sky, and re-entered the battlefield as new leaders.

This time the invading monsters were not just orcs and hobgoblins. Some tauren and ogres also joined the team. Of course, the number was even larger, twice as many as the previous team.

As the saying goes, there are no useless soldiers, only incompetent commanders.Even a piece of butt wipes has its value.

The frontal combat power of the kobolds is almost negligible in this monster battle, but it doesn't mean that there is no place for them to play a role.

During the interval between the second batch of monsters entering the arena, the kobolds who had been ordered by William slightly restored the mechanism of the flying arrow trap area.Those monsters who invaded for the second time thought that the destroyed flying arrow area was safe, and then they not only stepped into the trap area swaggeringly, but also encouraged the monsters who entered for the first time to leave without being cautious and finish the job.

As a result, after a burst of unexpected arrow rain, three of the most tragic monsters were directly shot to death, and more than a dozen unlucky ones were injured, including the hobgoblin who had sworn that the arrow rain area was harmless, even though he was covered in porcupine-like Yes, but never died.

But this poor guy was smashed into a meat paste by the furious leader of the second invader with a hammer.

The purgatory tauren Byramus Dohowl, this violent demon had a stray arrow stuck in his nostril. Although the damage was not great, it was extremely insulting.

People in the world say that demons are cruel and irrational, but devils are just the opposite. Most devils are very smart, and people generally like to use "sinister and cunning" to describe them.

Byrams Howl is an excellent tauren general, from the city defense army of Fuenla, he is very good at commanding battles, and he is also a warlock with devil blood.

After encountering a small setback, Byrams ordered the monster soldiers to form an advancing formation and march towards the depths of the barracks step by step.

Those stupid hobgoblins who were still alive were arranged by Byrams Howl as scouts to walk in the forefront of most of the invaders, and they would serve as living pathfinders to mine the big guys.

Although the assigned hobgoblins were extremely dissatisfied, the other monsters happily applauded it.

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Byrams Howl was very foresighted, and the hobgoblin scouts who were arranged to explore the way ahead suffered heavy casualties along the way.

Those who were stoned to death, those who fell into a pit and were stabbed to death by the ground, those who were stabbed to death by flying spears, those who were smoked to death by poisonous smoke, and those who were dismembered and hanged...

The monsters broke through seven new trap areas, consuming thirteen hobgoblin pathfinders, while the remaining monsters remained nearly unscathed.

If this level of loss rate is placed on the human army, it is absolutely appropriate for the morale to collapse, but the monsters did not take the death of their companions seriously at all, except for the hobgoblin scouts who were still alive. vanguard.

Hobgoblins are not the kind of cowards who like to submit to others. Although they obey the power and power, all they do is to live better and enjoy the war, not to die pitifully.

So when they were assigned to explore the way again, a few rebellious hobgoblins began to secretly get in touch with Kagal who was in charge of monitoring the monster situation.

Kagal has seen a lot of hobgoblins turning back on the spot. It has no doubts about the sincerity of these bad guys, and of course it doesn't think that these hobgoblins can really be relied on.

Kagal promptly reported the situation to William, who was leading the team to snipe the enemy, and William also responded decisively. With the help of Kagal's instant messaging ability, he arranged for those rebellious hobgoblins to lead the enemy to the side road.

And the hobgoblins lived up to expectations, bringing even more monsters into a dead sideway with its power intact.Under the reminder of Kagal, the hobgoblin soldiers leading the way passed through the trap just right, while the monsters who followed followed immediately stepped into the harvesting field of death.

As we all know, tauren are experts in building underground mazes. Correspondingly, they are also masters in laying traps. A tauren who can't lay traps is not a good labyrinth guard.

Although Byrams Howl is not a traditional Tauren maze guard, its research on mechanism traps is no less than those serious Tauren.

So when Byramus Howl was about to step into the death trap, he had already discovered something was wrong.

The Wailing Corridor is one of the traps that the tauren like to set up most, and it is also the source of the purgatory tauren's surname "Howl".

It is made of stainless steel or bronze into wide circular sawtooth, which is driven by a gear structure to rotate, and is arranged in relatively narrow corridors.When an intruder passes through the corridor, those terrible rotating saw teeth will quickly pop out of the hidden position, cutting the target in half with an unstoppable force.

At this time, the enemy who was recruited will not die for a while, but can only wailing and screaming in the excruciating pain.

This is how the Wailing Gallery got its name.In the tradition of the tauren maze guards, the Wailing Corridor, the Red Chariot, and the Juicing Mill are collectively known as the three masters of the maze trap technique.

Of course, Byrams Howl didn't want to be the one lying on the ground and howling. It didn't even have time to call out to those subordinates who had gone deep into the howling corridor, but launched [Corner Collision] against the way it came by alone.

You read that right, it was the commander, Byramus Howl, who forcibly opened a passage of flesh and blood among those unprepared subordinates. At least three orcs and two ogres were killed by Byramus. Duohao was killed on the spot, and more monsters suffered trauma similar to broken bones.

But before these monsters could express their fright and anger at their leader's lack of attention, in the entire nearly 30-meter-long corridor, suddenly there was a loud sound of mechanical shaking, and countless "buzzing" sounds similar to the rotation of logging machines almost overwhelmed everyone. Suppressed all monsters screaming and talking.

However, countless rotating sawtooth discs popped up from the up, down, left, and right directions of the corridor, cutting open the monsters nesting in the corridor neatly.

Some monsters were cut in half, and half of their bodies fell to the ground, howling, and then cut open again by the sawtooth disk that popped up from the ground; The legs were severed by the saw teeth from the floor or opened from the crotch upwards.

Almost all the monsters were petrified by this cruel scene.Needless to say, those who were recruited could only wail and wait to die. Those survivors who were lucky enough not to fall into the wailing corridor were trembling with fright, and some of them who were not very particular were even scared to defecate on the spot.

The purgatory tauren Byramus Dohow, who survived by chance, was also frightened, and his whole body was so limp that he almost fell to the ground.

It breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help roaring in a low voice: "Those damned goblin reptiles! They betrayed the great beholder mistress! Retreat! Retreat quickly! This is the sidewalk of death! I swear, When I crawl out of this damn labyrinth, I will reward those tauren bastards who helped the beholder bastards build the maze!"

The maze built by the tauren is not only equipped with various traps, but also has many misleading corridors and forks.

However, when William's family entered the barracks, they almost didn't take any detours. Relying on William's almost miraculous perception ability, they broke through all the way and went directly to the main hall.

But the monster invaders led by the purgatory tauren are different. Even senior tauren commanders like Byrams Howl cannot avoid being trapped in the labyrinth when they go deep into the realm of Kagar for the first time. Misled by the crossroads.

The most terrible thing is that many traps in this maze can be controlled manually, such as guillotines, flying arrows, flying spears, etc., which can be reset at any time.

And when the intruders went deeper into the maze, William sent the little kobolds to reset the traps that were easy to reset while inducing attacks on the enemies.So when those terrified monsters retreated hastily, they suffered a few solid losses at several traps that had been cracked.

The guillotine cut off the heads of many careless monsters, and the flying arrows, flying spears, and kerosene arrays made these poor souls scatter, until the monsters finally retreated to the position where the first group of invaders were wiped out At this time, the re-arranged blind fog once again showed its power.

The pitch-black mist obscured the sight of all the monsters, and William led the stone-blind barbarians to charge out again.

Another hearty victory.

But the fly in the ointment was that the purgatory tauren Byrams Dohow, who was the leader of the monster, escaped. This cunning guy activated the teleportation spell to save his life as soon as he lost his vision.

And this time, the stone-blind barbarian didn't survive the battle. An unlucky stone-blind barbarian's head was smashed by a monster with a heavy hammer, and his brains burst to death on the spot.

However, in terms of the battle loss ratio alone, it has already amazed everyone and monsters in the entire barracks, which is almost unbelievable.

The battle loss ratio of the first wave was 0:55, and the second wave came again at 1:123. For these monsters who have dealt with the monster invaders of the beholder mother countless times, it is simply a fantasy Miracle.

Since the entire battle process was basically broadcast live by Kagal, it was presented in front of most of the people and monsters who were still hiding in the dungeon.

The members of William's family were fine, after all, they had long been used to seeing William's omnipotence, so although the girls cheered for William's victory, they were not surprised by it.

But those Kagal's original subordinates were different. Although they took the initiative in the battle with the invaders in the past by virtue of their geographical advantages and the advantages of traps, they still had to fight with their lives in the end.

It should be noted that although most monsters have good intelligence, which is almost the same as that of humans, they basically have no tricks in battle, and exchanging lives with blood is almost a routine operation, so it is difficult for them to play a brighter game in the end. The battle loss ratio is mostly the ending of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred.

This time, I saw the scene of William leading the team to kill the enemy like chopping melons and vegetables, seeing the extremely cunning "conspiracy" (tactics), seeing the cruel and ferocious killing, all the monsters who watched the battle They all fell in love with William's strength and "evil".

Although most of the monsters are stupid and ignorant, it does not mean that they are fools. Everyone knows that it is the wisest way to follow a powerful and invincible leader.

At this moment, all the monsters on the defending side in the Cagar lair, who have seen this battle, all eagerly hope to follow such a powerful and wise William and become a part of his invincible power.

However, the monsters on the invader side were a little disturbed at the moment. How long did it take to send teams to attack twice, and the result was that the entire army was wiped out twice.

oh!It's not that the whole army was wiped out, and survivors still come out every time. Last time, a few hobgoblins broke out, but this time only one leading tauren came out.

You must know that after these two disastrous defeats, the entire monster army has lost nearly one-fifth of its strength.

A general army's overall loss of 20.00% will lead to a sharp drop in morale, and a loss of 30.00% will cause a wave of will. If it can persist in losing [-]% without collapsing, it is already a first-class strong army.

Except for some core members of this monster army, who have been enslaved by beholders all year round, they have almost lost their spirits, and their minds are as numb as undead. It can be said that they are unmoved by victory or defeat.

By the way, the ultimate form of all ignorant policies in this world is to create this kind of slaves like walking dead.

It can be said that there is nothing more expensive than human labor in this world, and there is also nothing cheaper than human labor.It is the human mind and the mind, the human creativity, the spark of the miracle that is expensive in labor.

The cheap one is human life support, which is the price of living. A few kilograms of carbohydrates and a few liters of water can maintain a person's basic consumption for a day. The donkeys in the production team are not so tenacious.

Back to topic.

Most of the monsters in the Beholder Legion are basically stragglers recruited temporarily and enslaved. Most of these monsters have different ideas, and it is no exaggeration to describe them as "a mob".

Letting these monsters go with the flow to fight for the upper hand, it's okay to fight with the wind, but if they encounter headwinds, then they really can't stand up.