The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 18 The Journey Again
The next day, word spread throughout Donali that Aris had recruited the poor but dismissed them all, and to Ickert's satisfaction the caravan leader had gone further.

He almost provoked a real bloodshed, created enough cover, and after that, Ickert vaguely felt that there was less surveillance around.

After finishing these trivial matters, Ickert led the convoy to set off without hesitation, but they had just left the city for a few days when the convoy was stopped by a thin figure.

"My lord! Please let me be your knight!"

The speaker was dressed in rags, and he knelt down on the road. Only the knight's sword beside him was clean.

Hearing the voice, he was not very old, like a teenager.

Aris exchanged glances with Ickert, then stepped forward and threw some copper coins casually.

"Please leave, child, the lord does not accept young soldiers!"

Aris didn't dare to move too far forward, and the guards of the convoy also looked like they were facing an enemy. Ickert also ordered the ratmen to enter the guard, and the crossbowmen hiding in the thatched cart were quietly winding up.

The teenager didn't know that his actions had plunged the team into an extremely tense atmosphere.

Human beings, the oldest old enemy of human beings, have to beware.

Reminiscent of what happened in Donali City, Ickert wondered if someone was going to kill him, so he sent a teenager to stop the convoy with such absurd reasons!
And after Aris threw some copper coins, the boy didn't leave, which made everyone feel even more nervous!

"grown ups!"

"There are enemies! Array!"

"?"

Before the boy in the middle of the road could react, Ickert had already spotted the figure hiding beside the road.

Pulling out his staff, he swept the wind breath technique to the left, and several black gnolls appeared in the blown bushes!

"Protect the convoy! Crossbowmen shoot freely!"

After many days of training, the rat people were no longer as flustered as before, and 40 shield-holding spear rats immediately guarded the sides.

The Ratman crossbowmen who had already wound up lifted the haystack, and shot out directly under the cover of the car base. Thanks to Ickert who overturned the cover of the bushes in the first round, the crossbowmen had a good vision. Take advantage of long range.

Eight gnolls fell to the ground in the first wave of charge. The training of the crossbowrats was quite fruitful. However, more gnolls roared and rushed towards the convoy with unknown words.

"Steady! Aris, the person who leads you stabilizes the left wing first!"

"Yes, Master Ickert! Infantry! Come with me!"

Eight guards followed Aris away, and the shining swords supplemented the flanks of the shield-bearing spear rat.

On the other hand, Ikert cast another blow of Wind Breath on the right wing, and ordered the ratmen on the right side of the convoy to act after confirming that there was no one there.

"Jenil! Lead the team and follow me! Kill from the side!"

"Yes! Yes! Clan Chief! Rats! Follow the clan chief to kill the enemy! We have a new recipe!"

"Long-haired thing! die! die!"

As the first wave of Gnolls came into contact with the Ratmen on the left, Ickert saw that the other party could not shake his own line. Although some Ratmen were forced back by the Gnolls, the convoy was not in danger for a short time.

With such an advantage, Ickert will naturally not face the enemy head-on. Of course, he must directly lead the team to cut from the side. Creating a local advantage is the best way.

Controlling the coriander with his two legs, he ran towards the front of the convoy, and the weight of the horse knocked a jackal to the ground on the spot.

Ickert lowered his body on the horse, used the big sword as a spear, and stabbed the wolf man who was about to kill the boy with one sword.

Then another jackal who was trying to get close was kicked to the ground by the coriander, and the ratmen who came running repaired it one by one. In a blink of an eye, several spears pierced into the bodies of the remaining three jackals. Ikert, who was playing less, easily wiped out the right wing of the Gnoll.

These visitors from other worlds have similar characteristics to goblins. They all like to harass humans frequently, and they don't have much agricultural production.

Gnolls can speak some strange languages, and have always held strong hostility towards humans, and many physical characteristics are not consistent with those magical native species that Eckert knows.

Rats with shields and spears gathered together, rowing long spears and stabbed the jackals to death. The jackals who went around to the flanks were hacked to death by Ikert with a big sword.

Wherever the battle line advanced, Ickert ordered the crossbowmen to change the shooting direction according to the situation, and always kept the troops from being accidentally injured.

This is a fighting method unique to summoners. The contract can maintain a spiritual connection within a certain range. This command method is actually quite advanced.

Under the shooting of the crossbow and the piercing of the spear, the wolf men in the woods gradually collapsed. In a blink of an eye, a large number of wolf men disappeared in the woods and fled.

Since there was still a convoy behind him, Ickert did not dare to pursue him, so the battle came to an end here.

As for the ratmen, five rats were seriously injured, and four human guards were also seriously injured, and the rats in charge of defending the convoy also suffered some stab wounds.

The five seriously injured ratmen couldn't recover their combat power for a short time. As a summoner, Ickert's only healing spell was "accelerated healing", a spell that enhanced the body's metabolism, and the effect was not strong.

If there were more wounded, Ikett's team would suffer casualties. In fact, it took him a lot of mana to deal with these wounded.

This is the front line, but the rear is already so difficult. If the human teenagers hadn't made Ickert wary, the team's losses would have gone even further!
The Ratmen dragged out the corpses of the gnolls, expertly stripped them of useful supplies, and then disemboweled them.

After eating goblins, the group of rats seemed to have turned on some kind of wonderful switch. Since the battle began, many ratmen have become curious about the smell of jackals.

And it wasn't until these Ratmen dragged the Gnolls out of the woods that Ickert knew that there were more than 50 Gnoll corpses in the attack. Counting the escaped Gnolls, the total number was estimated to be over a hundred.

Many of these gnolls are equipped with simple leather armor, and the weapons they use are much more refined than goblins, but they are still disorganized and undisciplined when they fight. When they encounter well-trained ratmen, they will be slaughtered. portion.

"Clan chief, a total of 30 long knives were seized this time, and some leather armor kneaded by jackals are not complete."

As he spoke, Genil presented Ikett with a jackal knife, which was somewhat similar in shape to the big knife on Earth.

The overall knife is very simple, without any fancy decorations. Although it looks poor, it is enough to chop people.

"Aris, look, the equipment of these gnolls is beyond my expectation."

Ickert threw the knife to Aris, and the other party picked up the knife and looked at it carefully.

"Young master, when I came a few times ago, the gnolls I encountered could only use stone tools. I really didn't expect to improve so quickly."

"You mean? In just a few years, the jackals have figured out the technique of forging iron?"

Human technology, even ancient techniques, is not so easy to master. Anyway, if Ickert is asked to forge iron, he must have an empty mind.

However, some technologies are barely in the category that can be solved by "I think about it".

But the jackals had plenty of equipment, not to mention their skills. Ickert was worried that they would face more powerful enemies around the territory.

"I'm afraid it's possible, Master Ickert, maybe it's based on the smelting furnaces in other territories."

"It's hard for me to accept that."

Gnolls have such a large brain capacity. It is too bizarre to advance to the Iron Age or something after just thinking about it. You must know that the ability to manufacture high-quality swords cannot be solely relied on by primitive tribes. There is a whole system behind it.
"No! It's not like that!"

While the two were discussing, the boy who was left aside by Ickert said loudly.

(End of this chapter)