Huck roared with all his strength, his voice was rich and powerful, extremely penetrating, and seemed to be endless, like a roaring waterfall, completely drowning out the weird laughter of the jackal.
When he finished his breath, even the night owls in the canopy stopped chirping, the jackals became silent, and the whole forest became eerily quiet.
Huck took a breath first and said excitedly to the others: "It's great to yell! You should try it too."
The half-elves stared at him as if they were looking at monsters, and were shocked by his deep and long aura.
Huck is obviously not a Venerable yet, nor is he a Dragon Vein, but he has just shown that he has at least reached the third level of life.
The Disa half-elf chooses a career or a dragon path, in the final analysis, in order to improve his life level. Special cases like Hack are really shocking, representing a third path besides career and dragon path. Especially for those who were born in the legion and have no hope.
For professionals, Huck's reason for improving his level is particularly attractive.
Max, the secret hunter, probably knew that the huge changes in Huck were caused by Vertok. He didn't want the Iron Cross to pay attention to Huck's secret, so he opened his mouth to divert everyone's attention and exclaimed: "Wiltok
, the feeling of danger has faded! Those jackals seem to have stopped approaching and have chosen to hide!"
"Lord Vertok, what should we do now?" Huck asked with a look of reverence. He didn't even express curiosity about the Jackal's retreat.
Wiltok thought for a while and said decisively: "It's time to take turns to keep watch, take turns to rest. Those who are resting should sleep well, and those who are keeping watch keep the bonfire and help me with some preparations."
Gnolls cannot be considered rare orcs, but there are few orc activities around Luoye City. The opponents of the adventurers in Luoye City are mainly half-orcs and barbarians. Their understanding of gnolls is limited to the public information provided by the union. As for the Haha in Braun Town
K, Max, they haven't dealt with jackals in twenty years.
Vertok knows even less about gnolls, but the goblin Wowo was once enslaved by gnolls, and later enslaved gnolls. Its understanding of gnolls can be said to be very profound.
In fact, the gnoll is a powerful and dangerous monster with tenacious vitality and amazing physical fitness. The most impressive experience for Goblin Wowo was when he and his companions tracked a seriously injured and dying gnoll until the target lay on the ground.
At every turn, the goblins waited for another day and saw flies crawling onto the gnoll's wounds. The goblins thought that the gnoll was dead and prepared to use its corpse to satisfy their hunger. As a result, the gnoll grabbed the nearest goblin and bit it in one bite.
Its neck.
As second-level orcs, jackals are superior to half-elves in all aspects of physical fitness. They can run two hundred kilometers in one breath; running on all fours, their charging speed is definitely faster than half-elves with only two legs. Jackals are also
With keen perception, well-developed sense of smell and hearing, few animals can escape their pursuit; their night vision ability allows them to move around at night without being restricted by sight distance.
If there are any shortcomings of gnolls, their relatively short lifespan should be one. The average lifespan of ordinary gnolls is less than 40 years old. However, this flaw is of no use to Vertok to escape danger.
Vertok's talent for gluttony and superior physical strength have no advantage over gnolls, let alone other half-elf professionals.
The current situation is that they are being targeted by a group of gnolls, and they cannot get rid of them or run away. The gnolls will use their own advantages to follow them closely and harass them endlessly. When the half-elf professionals become tired and weak
, is their killing moment.
Jackals are typical opportunists who never miss any opportunity to hunt. But if there is no chance, they would rather let go than take risks, especially when there are others of the same kind around them.
Almost all predators try to avoid getting themselves injured. Because, in the cruel nature, injury means weakness, and weakness will lead to elimination.
Jackals are an intelligent species, but their animalistic instincts are often greater than their reason, and the little bit of wisdom in their minds is always thinking about how to harm their companions.
The great goblin Wowo realized that gnolls like to hold each other back. They are weak when they are strong and strong when they are weak. A group of gnolls is not scary, and a lone wolf is not a problem, but it cannot push a lone wolf to a dead end. At that time,
It will unleash capabilities beyond imagination.
Therefore, when the great goblin Wowo encounters a gnoll, he will throw him some food and then ask his men to beat him up. The gnoll will kneel down and eat Wowo's feces to show submission.
You can say that gnolls are despicable, selfish and cruel by nature. But if you consider selfish nature in nature, it is not a shortcoming.
It's all about survival.
Vertok is not the hobgoblin Volvo. He cannot and cannot tame the gnolls using hobgoblin methods.
However, the hobgoblin Wowo's understanding of gnolls is still worth learning from.
Since we can't escape the pursuit of this group of jackals, we have no choice but to fight back!
Vertok made Harker roar, which was a demonstration to the Jackals and an invitation to fight:
bring it on!
We're right here!
See who is the hunter and who is the prey.
The gnolls felt Harker's power and the half-elf's will to fight. But they didn't want to get hurt, and they all wanted their companions to rush ahead and die.
As expected, the gnoll stopped.
Captain Rhodes was confused and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Wiltok, what's going on? Are the jackals gone?"
Wiltok thought for a while and felt that based on the current situation, it was necessary to explain clearly to others, "This group of jackals may be stronger than us overall, but they are a group of selfish beasts and are not united; Huck just yelled
, just like the warning issued by territorial beasts to them. The cunning gnolls temporarily avoid it, but our chance of getting rid of them is very small, almost impossible!"
"Next, we must stay united and rely on each other as a whole, so we don't have to worry about the jackals attacking us."
Even though they are not superior in physical quality or even numbers, the difference between half-elves and gnolls is that they come from civilized countries. And civilization is anti-primitive nature.
Civilization advocates bravery and opposes cowardice; advocates mutual assistance and opposes selfishness; advocates loyalty and opposes betrayal. Even if some people are cowardly, selfish and like betrayal, the moral standards respected by the civilized world will still have a profound impact on them. He must be careful
He hides his dark thoughts and prevents others from knowing his true nature. Otherwise, he will be spurned by his peers and become unable to move forward.
that's enough.
When a person hides his selfish thoughts, he is conquering his original nature. He will easily and quickly integrate into a team, thereby giving full play to his abilities.
The core of civilization is solidarity and mutual assistance, from which everyone can benefit. It can be seen that the statement that civilization opposes primitive nature should be expressed as: civilization transcends primitive nature.
Even if the half-elf professionals of the Disa Alliance formed a temporary team, they would still be superior and more effective than the jackals who obeyed their instincts.
This is the key to Vertok defeating the Jackals behind him!
"The battle between us and the jackals has begun, but it is not necessarily a fight."
Wiltok said seriously: "As long as we don't expose our flaws, the Jackals will not dare to act rashly. In the next few days, we may have to compete with the Jackals to see who is impatient and who will become weak first. If
If we are weak, they will attack; if the gnolls are weak first, they will choose to give up tracking. In this way, we will win, and no one will be injured and bleed."
He paused and then said: "Of course, everyone can put forward their own opinions. As long as they are reasonable, I will accept them. And I promise that I will not sacrifice any of my companions!"
Several adventurers from the Iron Cross Group looked at each other, and it was Rhodes who made the first statement.
"Mr. Wiltok, I believe in you. I will obey your arrangements and let us face this test together." He bowed to Wiltok.
Wiltok nodded and said: "The jackals are used to attacking at night. I, the archers Lison and Bob, and the swordsman Theran will stay on guard for half the night. The others will rest first and stay for the rest of the night. The archers will be on guard, and Seran will stay on guard for the rest of the night.
Lan assisted me in setting up simple fortifications."
Everyone obeyed Wiltok's orders, resting and working.
Seran helped Wiltok stick the spiked wooden spears diagonally in the snow to form a defensive circle, and then cut the branches to make more spiked wooden spears. In the middle of the night, Huck and others took over Wiltok.
The work continues to make defensive tools and strengthen the sled.
Throughout the night, there was no movement from the jackals. But everyone knew that they had not left, but were hiding not far away, observing the situation here with their green eyes.
The next morning, the team continued to move northwest. Since everyone was in a tense mood last night and many people did not have a good rest, Wiltok deliberately slowed down to try to preserve the team's combat fitness.
He began to pull the sled himself, so that after the strongest Huck and Leeson stopped, the others could get on the sled and take turns to rest.
The gnolls communicated with their howls, indicating that they had been following the team, keeping an invisible distance from the half-elf professionals.
Wiltok adjusted his direction again, and relied on his instinct of gluttony to find a herd of white-tailed deer. The archers shot two doe deer, threw them onto the sleigh, quickly dispersed the herd, and continued on their way to the northwest.
Dispersing the encountered herds will make it more difficult for the gnolls to hunt and further widen the distance between the two parties.
In the second half of the next night, the jackals caught up with Wiltok's team. They made strange calls outside, trying to harass the half-elves while they rested.
Vertok's various performances convinced the adventurers of the Iron Cross Regiment. Everyone's tense nerves began to relax and they maintained a high-spirited state of mind.
However, Wiltok vaguely felt that something was wrong, but found the source of the problem.
Three days later, the forest belt gradually became sparse, and large areas of clearings appeared in the forest. The melting ice and snow made the ground as difficult to walk as a quagmire, and dragging the sled became more difficult, but with Wiltok's super physical strength, these were not considered
What difficulty.
The problem is, the group of jackals are still hanging behind them.
The forest is sparse and the open space is expanding, which means fewer prey, and the terrain is more suitable for development and farming. Wiltok believes that they will be able to find settlements in the outskirts of Rapids before long. Correspondingly, this environment is not suitable for Gnoll activities.
On the other hand, Vertok led the team to trek up to 25 kilometers every day. The half-elf professionals were in very good condition. Even the dark hunter Max could get off the sled. They collected branches on the way and processed more than 200 branches.
Spiked wooden spears, nine rabbits, two fat badgers, a deer, and a small basket of edible plant tubers on the sled.
Logically speaking, the gnolls should have given up, but they didn't.
Wiltok led the team across the open space many times. The gnolls behind him were afraid of becoming the target of the archers and did not dare to show up in the open space. The strange thing is that they would rather take a detour through the forest belt than chase the half-elves.
.
The sky was getting darker and night was coming again. Max, the dark hunter, said to Wiltok: "Vell, something is wrong."
Wiltok stopped and turned around and said, "Have you noticed it too?"
Max nodded and said: "Yes, the feeling of danger is getting stronger and stronger... I suspect that the ones following us are not wild gnolls, but a group of orc bone collectors. If my guess is true, then
This group of gnolls are scouts of the Bone Collector, and they are waiting for the Claw Goblins behind them!"
Huck's arms were covered with stainless steel shield blades, and he said angrily: "If this is the case, there will be no peace tonight. We may have to fight the alien beasts!"
Vertok nodded silently and said to Hacker: "You have mastered the heart of the mirror, so you don't need two shield blades. If you take a sword and give me a shield blade, I can also act as the team's defender."
"We're not leaving. Captain Rhodes, hurry up and bring in as many wild melons, mushrooms, buds as you can...Huck, go chop down a few trees..."
"Tonight, we will camp in the open space in front of us and set up defenses."