The Ranger Force has been stationed in Eversong Forest for many years, and they know each other well with their old rival, the Amani Troll.
In addition to Zul'jin, who is the chieftain, there are 6 most well-known important figures in the Amani Trolls.
Trolls have always had the custom of believing in the Loa god, but their so-called "belief" actually has considerable flexibility.
Under normal circumstances, trolls will worship Loa very devoutly and satisfy all their requests.
But under certain conditions, the trolls will try their best to usurp the power of Loa and turn themselves into powerful beings with some of the power of gods.
The Amani Trolls have been suppressed by the high elves for thousands of years, and all available methods have been used. Even the Loa gods they once worshiped were used as tools to enhance their own strength.
Including Harraz, the lynx priest in front of Vereesa, many Amani priests sacrificed themselves to the Loa god they believed in, and forcibly sealed their power into themselves.
This method has great drawbacks. Under involuntary circumstances, the power that the priests can wrest from the Loa is greatly restricted, and they will be resented by the Loa with immortal souls for this.
Even so, for the sake of the development of the Amani clan, Zuljin still resolutely ordered Loa to be sacrificed.
Eagle Priest Ekilson, Lynx Priest Harraz, Dragon Eagle Priest Gayalai, Bear Priest Nalorak, and the Witch Lord Malacath who infused the power of Serpent Loa into himself, and
Dakara, the warlord of the Amani, replaced the captured Zul'jin.
Including Chief Zuljin who successfully escaped from prison, the above seven people are the decision-makers of Amani, and they are also the seven most powerful individuals in the clan.
According to the intelligence Vereesa had received previously, except for the sorcerer lord Malacath and the warlord Dakara who stayed behind in Zul'Aman, the other priests followed Zuljin and went north to besiege Silvermoon City.
She also didn't expect to see the lynx priest Harraz who was supposed to be at Zuljin's side here.
"Windrunner!"
Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.
Vereesa and Harraz had already had many encounters on the battlefield, and they wasted no time in spitting at each other. The two equally agile men fought as soon as they came into contact.
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Several battlefields have been opened up on Yanghen Peak, and the one with the loudest movement is on Sarlayan's side.
Sarlayan, who has always been full of energy, felt exhausted after a long time.
After exchanging wounds for lives, he killed more than twenty trolls one after another. His spirit was still high, but his body could no longer hold on.
The mail armor on Sarlayan's body was only ordinary. It had been overwhelmed by the continuous attacks from the trolls and became tattered.
His body was also covered with large and small wounds that had not yet scabbed over. Although they were not fatal, they looked leaking enough.
The talent skill of high-speed healing is indeed useful, but everything in the world requires an equal exchange.
High-speed healing can greatly speed up the recovery speed of injuries, and the speed of self-healing is even faster than that of the troll, but the cost is to continue to drain Sharlayan's physical strength.
"Ha ha……"
Holding the sword with both hands and breathing heavily, the remaining nine trolls surrounded Sarlayan.
It was obvious that Sarlayan was weak, but no one dared to take action rashly.
Before, Sarlayan had gasped and turned around, cutting a troll thief in half who was trying to attack from behind.
The lessons from the past were still fresh in his mind. Before it was confirmed that Sarlayan had completely lost his combat effectiveness, the Amani trolls who had witnessed the death of a large number of their companions did not dare to act rashly again.
Sarlayan's physical strength was nearly drained, but his mind was as clear as ever.
'It should be almost done. If we drag on any longer, the trolls at the foot of the mountain will also surround us.'
"Huh~"
Trying to calm down his irregular breathing rhythm, Sarlayan stood up straight with difficulty.
His face was quite pale, and a lot of sweat was dripping down his cheeks.
"Come on, don't you want to avenge your companions?"
The trolls who maintain the encirclement circle look at me and I look at you. No one is willing to stand up and be the vanguard.
Reinforcements are on the way, there is no need for them to rush and take risks, they just need to wait a little longer.
"Since you won't come, then... I won't accompany you either!"
Pulling out the two-handed sword that was inserted into the ground as a crutch, Sarlayan turned around and evacuated with all his strength.
At this time, Lyras and Valeera were in front of the tomb door not far behind him, continuing to fight with the violent headhunter who risked everything and attacked without defense.
"charge!"
Locating the target and exploding his remaining physical strength, Sarlayan managed to break out of the encirclement and quickly approached the violent headhunter under the influence of the charge skill.
What a coincidence, this troll man whose movements are getting slower and slower is also an acquaintance of Sharlayan.
"Ku! Tower!"
Kuta, whose hands and feet were gradually paralyzed, was frightened and angry. He originally thought that it would be very easy to take down Lylas, a newbie, but he didn't expect that there was a stalker hiding next to him.
One wrong step, one wrong step.
When Kuta was hit by Valeera with a dagger smeared with paralyzing poison, the outcome of this battle was already determined, and the rest was just a matter of time.
"Bang!"
Kuta, whose vitality was overstretched by his violent state, was already a little unconscious. When Sarlayan hit him from the side, he was unable to react.
No, to be precise, his brain responded, but his body tortured by the paralyzing poison was unable to receive the signal in time.
Valeera seized the opportunity when Kuta's posture collapsed, and stabbed his heart and liver with double daggers like poisonous snakes.
"Bah!"
He turned the dagger viciously, completely cutting off Kuta's hope of survival.
"No!!"
Harraz, who was fighting with Vereesa, noticed the situation here and tried to rush over to rescue Kuta with fire in his eyes, but this exposed the weakness of his back.
Of course, Vereesa couldn't let go of this opportunity. She almost seamlessly retracted her swords, took out her bow and arrows, aimed at Harraz's back and fired three arcane shots in succession.
Feeling the fatal threat coming from behind, Harraz did not look back. He used the momentum to throw himself forward and rolled several times on the ground, just in time to avoid Vereesa's attack.
After adjusting his posture while rolling, Harraz suddenly kicked off the ground with his powerful legs, and Harraz rushed towards the three rookies like lightning.
Valeera has no interest in the corpses of her enemies.
After confirming that Lilas was supporting Sarlayan, who was weak, she winked at the two of them, took out a black ball from the magic package around her waist and slammed it to the ground.
"puff!"
A large amount of gray smoke exploded in front of the tomb door. When Harraz angrily dispersed the fog at the scene, the three high elf juniors had long since disappeared. Only Kutana's body, which was still warm, was lifeless.
Lying on the ground.
Harraz looked at Kuta whose heart was stabbed with a dull expression. He turned back blankly to look in the direction where Vereesa had been. There was no one there either.
"Hey~"
Sighing with a grimace, Harraz hammered his forehead heavily with his hand.
"How should I explain to Zuljin..."
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Sarlayan's recovery ability is very strong. After being separated from the battle, he quickly regained his ability to act independently.
After meeting up with Vereesa who was carrying the man in black robes, Valeela led the team members to evacuate from the back mountain of Sunmark Peak through the planned route.
Returning to the west shore of Lake Arendal, having temporarily escaped the pursuit of the troll, the four of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.
While Valeera took out a bandage to help Sarlayan bandage his wound, she sneered angrily: "Hero who sacrificed himself to attract attention, tell me, where should we go next?"
Sarlayan saw that Valeera was in a very bad mood, and following past experiences and lessons, he did not argue with Valeera in this state.
"Vereesa, regarding the trolls' movements..."
Vereesa replied knowingly: "Don't worry, I have already sent a falcon to deliver a message to Halduron."
"However, with the current strength of the Far Traveler camp, it may be difficult to spare the manpower to clear Yanghen Peak, let alone go north to pursue it."
Sarlayan glanced at the man in black robe who was still unconscious after being placed on Lylas's shoulder, and lowered his head in thought for a moment.
"We need a safe enough place to interrogate this traitor. Come to my house."
"Vereesa aside, we just had a big battle and the three of us need to take a good rest."
Vereesa raised her eyebrows slightly, feeling a little unhappy.
'What do you mean I just leave it alone? Don't I need to rest?'
Sarlayan, the straight man of steel, subconsciously believed that the senior ranger Vereesa did not expend too much energy in the previous short battle and was not aware of his behavior of stepping on mines.
Valeela twitched the corners of her mouth in gloating, a silent smile appearing on her charming and pretty face.
Liras also turned his head hastily, his shoulders shaking as he suppressed a smile.
He knew his third sister's temper very well, and once he settled down, Salayan might not be too happy.
"your home……"
Putting aside some of her displeasure for the time being, Vereesa looked up at the other side of the foggy Arendal Lake.