Act 15 Battle for the Lumberyard (2)

Nearly an hour has passed since entering the forest.

The sound of bows and arrows came from the forest, and soon the mercenaries cheered and swarmed forward and dragged several corpses out of the grass - those huge, light yellow creatures covered with tumors, their heads were like a The huge malignant tumor has no nostrils or eyes visible from its smooth surface, as if it lacks facial features. But there are thousands of olfactory and hearing organs hidden under the skin folds, allowing them to be hundreds of times more sensitive than humans in dim or even dark underground environments - but the mercenaries soon discovered that these creatures were dead, and the arrows were only aimed at them. They caused superficial wounds, but each of the cavemen had a fatal gash in their chest.

Some of the injuries were from back to front, and some were from front to back. The wounds were charred and black, and they were all penetrating injuries. As if someone had stabbed a big hole in the chest with a thunderbolt, a few mercenaries recognized this special wound made by the 'Dragoon'. They turned those disgusting creatures over, and then looked back in awe at the slow-moving creature on the horse. A young man walking slowly over.

Brando looked down at these cavemen carefully, opening their mouths full of fine teeth like sharks. The blood flowing out of the corners of their mouths was light green, which was different from the warm-blooded creatures on the surface - these were in Qiao's eyes. The creatures living at the bottom of Gangdigan are actually a type of lizard. If possible, Brando would prefer to encircle and suppress these bandits from the underground world in winter. According to convention, they will definitely shrink their activity range in the cold season. But unfortunately, the tight time did not allow him to do this, and the weather was getting colder. It was not the best situation, but at least it was not the worst situation. At his signal, the mercenary fiddled with the cavemen who had been dead for a long time, allowing him to see clearly the stiffened claws of this monster holding the spear tightly.

"They are relatively low-level existences in the caveman society," Huque looked at the corpses and replied, "It seems that they keep their elites in the inner circle of the defense line. The further we go in, the greater the resistance we will encounter."

Brando nodded, but he didn't say that this was actually good news. Creature levels gradually increase from the outside in. In the past, this was a more natural distribution of monsters in Amber Sword, just like most traditional games. This shows that these cavemen have not yet formed a complete military organization. Simply put, they are not an army, but a tribe or a settlement of cavemen formed in some other way.

The situation he was most worried about before the attack was that these cavemen entrenched in the bear forest were a military organization of cavemen who came to the surface world from the underground world. They might be a large tribe or even an underground city. Part of an invasion plan, which is not uncommon in Warnd. Sometimes underground residents will also peek into the resources of the above world. Although the resources underground are much richer, the survival of the fittest is also more cruel. Another possibility is that this caveman army suffered a defeat in the underground world and fled to the surface world to survive, but either way is much easier to deal with than a loose tribe.

A common monster area.

Brando made up his mind about the cavemen in this forest. The corpses they have found so far are low-level cavemen serving as scouts on the outermost perimeter.

Then there may have been the caveman warriors and the 'Kamuru', which means 'warrior' in the underground language. Players called them elite cavemen in the past. They were sergeant-like characters with peak Black Iron strength. It can be said that apart from sacrifices, it is the caveman's strongest fighting ability.

But it's not something to be afraid of.

The mercenaries quickly sifted through the area like a net and found a total of more than twenty corpses, which was consistent with Brando's experience. These corpses showed that most of the cavemen who were attacked had no time to react. Under the attack of silver-level power, their lives were burned out in a very short moment. The Sylph Spider comes from the elemental plane of wind - the end of the storm. Although its own strength is not as strong as the black iron, its ability to control the flow of air is unparalleled. It is undoubtedly a natural opponent for cavemen who rely on smell and hearing to distinguish danger. .

Subsequently, the eyes scattered on the outskirts of the forest were pulled out one by one. Brando and hundreds of mercenaries led by the three captains of Yuta, Fern and Kerencia marched smoothly into the jungle. Beyond imagination - hundreds of warriors moved cautiously along the silent woods in the afternoon. They stepped on the bright green ferns and made a rustling sound. Some even accidentally stepped on the dead branches. The "click" sound was shockingly sudden. But fortunately, when the soldiers raised their heads nervously - they only saw some unnamed birds flapping their wings and flying from the forest.

But compared to the warriors and swordsmen, the magician who was protected among the crowd was even more incredible. According to usual practice, they must be the first target of those cold-blooded attacks - everyone understands the importance of a magician on the battlefield. However, for these spellcasters, who only have the status of formal wizards, and most of them are even apprentices, their own protective capabilities are completely out of proportion to their value on the battlefield, as if they themselves understand that they are One of the scouts' favorite targets.

Another target is the commander in the army, but these are often not as easy to obtain as low-level spellcasters.

Therefore, these mercenary magicians are used to being attacked; surprise attacks, sneak attacks, and cold arrows are commonplace especially in jungle battles. Almost everyone has the experience of being injured, and has seen many companions suffer from such attacks. Death in front of me, and I even have personal experience of being on the edge of life and death. But all this is nothing compared to the strangeness I encountered today. Those rumored caveman scouts seemed to have disappeared, and I watched the sunlight after noon shining through the gaps between the leaves on this quiet land. In the woods, these magicians even wondered if this was a one-day trip at public expense or some other activity.

But of course not, they had seen the corpses of those cavemen before.

All this can only be attributed to the magic of the young lord. There are even rumors that he is a high-level summoner, and may even exceed the limit between gold and silver. However, for the wizard, since this mysterious skill was taught to mortals by the Silver People, respecting the strong has become a deep-rooted habit - not to mention that he also has Charles, two gold-level people under his command. Wizards are privately called the Council of Two by the magicians among the mercenaries. Because in the habits of the Artisan Wizard Buga people, the Wizards' Council symbolizes authority and the power of the leader - thus Brando's prestige was unknowingly established among these spellcasters.

But when Brando watched the mercenaries carrying long swords, halberds or long bows, shields and staffs habitually dispersed into small teams and spread across the forest grassland, he didn't feel anything at all. What a sense of accomplishment. Although the victory achieved by the Sylph Spider is amazing, it is not without cost. He is silently calculating the consumption of spells: almost an hour has passed since entering the forest, and it is just to maintain the Holy Sword card and one Charging the attack consumes 13 points of earth elements. He checked his element reserves. At this moment, the earth element pool with a volume of 32 grids was already empty, with only 7 grids left.

Brando frowned and immediately sent someone to call the guide over.

The man in ragged clothes came to him. He raised his head and saw that the young man's face was not very good. He thought he had done something wrong to make him unhappy, so he asked uneasily: "Sir, what's the matter? ?”

"How long?" Brando asked a little anxiously. In five minutes, he must give up paying the next maintenance cost to return the Holy Sword card to his deck, because he must reserve the cost of revealing this card again, and the real battle will not begin until night or even early in the morning.

When the guide heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief: "We'll be there soon, sir. You can see it by walking around the forest. The sawmill is built in the river valley. I -" Before he could finish his words, something came from in front of him. There was a cooing sound, which was a predetermined signal. Brando raised his head and immediately saw the mercenary in front of him stopped and crouched down. And he saw the soldiers at the edge of the forest turning back to look in this direction, and then gave him a gesture.

Brando recognized the gesture - spotting the enemy.

However, the Sylph Spider has not responded yet, and has not generated any experience prompts. This shows that there may be many enemies and the Dragoon system cannot kill them with one blow - so it hibernates according to his second order order. Brando was startled for a moment, then immediately got off his horse and walked in that direction. Seeing their lord dismounting, Yuta, Fern and Clenthia behind him also looked at each other and climbed off their horses to follow, followed by Huque, Akane and Roman. As for the last business lady, There was no caution in his eyes, but instead they were filled with cautious curiosity.

The woods became sparse, and Brando soon came to the edge of the woodland.

"Sir!" The mercenary shouted respectfully after noticing Brando approaching. He looked back and saw his past leader Kerencia nodding to him.

Brando said nothing, the woods formed a slope in front, and below the slope was the valley the guide mentioned - the logging camp of Fir City was built on the riverside. Originally there was only an open space, a few wooden houses, and a larger sawmill, but now it has obviously changed its appearance. The cavemen have transformed it into a fortress. They used stones and wood to build a wall along the river beach, and also built a watchtower. Behind the wall, the caves made of earth and rocks were vaguely visible. Brando counted the number and deduced that there were probably more than two hundred people here. Inhabited by cavemen.

"So many, it's really tricky." The red-haired female mercenary leader looked behind and frowned. She glanced at Brando, fearing that the latter would order them to attack by force.

But Brando looked at several groups of cavemen patrolling along the river beach. Each group was led by a caveman with dark red skin. Those are Muluk. If they attack the opponent rashly, they may shrink into the fortress and waste the advantage of the surprise attack. He turned back to look at Antitina and Huque, and replied, "What do you think?"

"Use the old method of our mercenaries." Huque replied.

"The old way?"

Brando raised his head. (To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!)