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Chapter 202 Soldiers approaching the city 【Subscription】

At night, the sky was covered with dense clouds, covering up the bright moonlight. The night was so pitch black that you couldn't see your fingers. It was a dark and windy night, a day of murder and arson.

To the west of Aylward, in the mountain forest at the junction of the hills and the Nese Mountains, a monster army of more than 1 people was hiding in the dense forest, either hiding in the bushes or leaning against boulders. They closed their eyes and lowered their heads, keeping quiet. Dare to make any noise.

A fusiform black shadow flew across the forest at high speed, and soon disappeared.

A strong jackal who looked like a leader stood up from the bush where he was hiding and walked out. While brushing away the cobwebs clinging to his body, he looked solemnly in the direction of the scout puppet.

The closer they get to Aylward, the stronger the enemy's detection will be. Fortunately, there are spellcasters in the team who always maintain the eagle eye spell, so that the team can detect the enemy's detection in time and hide in advance.

For fear of being discovered, the monster army did not even dare to light a fire after entering the forest. They could only chew dry food, drink blood while drinking hair, and several people huddled together and lay on the grass in the forest, taking a nap before the battle. On a summer night in the forest The humidity was heavy, and some dew had condensed on the fur.

Fortunately, these are monsters with rough skin and thick flesh. They have lived in the wild all year round and have encountered worse environments. This small problem is not a problem at all. After staying in the dark in the forest for most of the night, this monster army is still full of energy. abundant.

Fortunately, it is night and not day, otherwise so many monsters hiding here would cause a big mess and make a big noise, and the enemy would definitely find out...

In the guard post at the foot of the mountain, the fire that was originally burning in the fire pit in the middle of the guard post became a little dim. The firelight illuminated the surroundings, making everything look a little dim.

At this time, most of the soldiers responsible for guarding this area were asleep, but there was also a small number of people who did not rest. They were the soldiers responsible for night vigil.

"Ha~cut!"

At the edge, a soldier sneezed, shook his head and continued to stare into the darkness.

As a senior scout, even if he only slept the first half of the night before being called up to perform vigil duties in the second half of the night, he could stay focused without complaining.

Because although being a scout is hard and dangerous, the reward is relatively higher, and the higher reward will undoubtedly allow him to take a further step in his career path, and even buy a manor in the future and live like a noble man. life.

However, human eyes are of little use in the dark night, and night watchmen rely more on hearing to be alert to their surroundings.

However, the gnoll's hearing is more acute.

In the distance, Onofre Fireclaw, the leader of the gnolls, moved his ears and recognized the sound of human sneezing, knowing that he was not far from his target.

"Get closer slowly! Don't make any noise!"

He whispered to his subordinates behind him.

Getting closer and closer, the gnolls smelled the scent of humans in the night wind, and by God's grace, they were downwind.

Onofre turned to the high-ranking dragon-turned-wolf mage aside: "Your Excellency Emil, please investigate and investigate the arrangements made by the enemy."

Emil Tie Nao didn't say much. He chanted a low spell, and several light green eyeballs appeared out of thin air, floating into the darkness of the forest.

Not long after, the high-level dragon-turned-wolfman mage opened his eyes, shook his head, and said solemnly:

"Chief Onofre... the news is not good. These enemies are very cautious. They not only arranged a dozen scattered night watchmen, but also buried some traps in the forest, including magic traps... This means that the enemy It is very possible that there is also a spellcaster..."

"Your Excellency Emil, can you find a breakthrough? Master hopes that we can do a better job..."

Onofre asked hopefully.

Night sneak attack is the forte of the gnoll wolf cavalry, and if it is not necessary, he does not want to give up this advantage.

The high-level dragon-turned-wolfman mage shook his head: "It's difficult. In the dark night, I can't guarantee that I can find all the traps. Moreover, doing so is very time-consuming and magical, and I'm afraid it will affect the subsequent battles..."

Onofre nodded and said indifferently: "I understand that the master wants to be clean and quick, and the next thing is more important...Then, if you can't attack sneakily, you can only attack by force..."

Onofre is still full of confidence. Dealing with enemies without dim vision in the dark is simply a one-sided struggle. Years of experience in battles and robberies have made him understand the universal advantages of this monster.

With the help of a high-level dragon-turned-wolfman mage, Onofre formulated an attack plan, intending to surround the enemy and launch an attack from the south and north where there were fewer traps. The main army on the west side was ready, while the enemy's east side also The direction facing Aylward was too dangerous, so Onofre and Emil personally led elite guards to prevent the enemy from escaping back to report the news.

If the enemy collapses and flees from the east, hehehe...

At this thought, Onofre couldn't help but lick his lips. He wanted to offer his master an absolute victory.

The sword is out of its sheath!Green eyes flashed from time to time in the dark forest.

Quietly, the gnolls appeared in the dense forest, rose and fell, and quickly completed the siege of the enemy. They sent professional thieves to assassinate the exposed night watchmen, and then continued to tighten the encirclement and kill the trapped beasts.

In a bush, a night watch soldier hid very well. He saw a pair of dense green eyes emerging from the darkness, like falling into an ice cellar, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead.

Gnoll!
And the Warg!

The vigilant soldier swallowed his saliva, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead and back. At the same time, he smelled a scent of blood and immediately understood that some of his companions had been killed by the enemy.

If you can kill your comrades quietly, you can kill yourself too.

He knew that both gnolls and worgs had low-light vision, and the darkness had little effect on them, and the only reason he wasn't assassinated was because of the lush bushes.

If he calls the alarm, his position will be exposed and he will be attacked immediately. Since he does not even know the location of the enemy, he will most likely die on the way back to the outpost.

The soldier struggled violently in his heart and quickly made up his mind.

Even if you don't call the police, you will die when the enemy approaches. If you call the police, you will get a lot of credit. If you die, your family will get a pension that is beyond the norm. If you don't die, you will make a lot of money.

The terrain behind him appeared in his mind, and he roughly rationalized the escape route.

"Enemy attack!"

At the moment when the alarm sounded, he jumped out of the bushes, rolled and hid behind a big tree not far from him.

Sure enough, just as he jumped up, the bush he was hiding in was hit by arrows, and there were at least ten arrows in the sound.

He had no time to care about this, so he used all his strength to escape. As long as he escaped back to his own camp 20 meters away, he would have the possibility of survival.

Kacha~.

This was the sound of the trigger being pulled, coming from less than ten meters away from the side. The vigilant soldiers were enveloped in boundless chill, and then felt a stinging pain in their temples.

It’s over.

His consciousness was plunged into eternal darkness.

Not far from the soldier's body, a gnoll thief who appeared from stealth took back his crossbow and felt annoyed. He didn't expect that there were two night vigil soldiers hiding in such a close place, and the place was full of human beings. Taste and smell were also disturbed, so I didn't find it.

Before I could think about it, I hung the hand crossbow with a slow loading speed back to my waist, took off the short bow, and shot at the enemy who woke up and started to move not far away.

With so many people crowded together, there is almost no need to aim, and the enemy can't see himself, which makes the gnoll shoot boldly.

Gnolls in other directions also began to shoot, although they are wolf cavalry, but shooting is also one of their daily training items.

The beginning was just like Onofre's plan. The enemy who was attacked had almost no power to fight back and suffered heavy losses. The wails of the large number of wounded were proof. In an instant, everyone in the outpost was killed.A dark green river of will-o'-the-wisps emerges from the forest, rushing towards Aylward...

The bright white moon sheds cool moonlight from the gaps in the clouds, bringing some light to the dark Nese Mountains. The flickering firelight looked hazy and mysterious in the darkness.

On the edge of the lush Nether Mountains, north of Aylward, a small, lonely outpost was built against the stone wall.

In the outpost, an old-looking soldier stood in front of the observation window, staring at the dark mountain road diagonally below, his dark eyes flashing with vigilance. "Eppeli! Stop standing there stupidly! Come on! Come gamble and drink with us!"

On the side, leader Butterick, who was gathering with many companions for entertainment, turned back to call his friends.

"Master Captain, after we took the money, we have to do a good job in this task - guard the passage and be wary of alien invasion," Epeli responded to the calls of his friends and superiors calmly without looking back.

"Please! This place is close to Aylward City, and it's not winter now. What kind of aliens dare to come, those stupid kobolds, or those ignorant jackals?! In the past, you were lazy and played more wantonly than this. Why? Are you thinking about carrying out the mission tonight?!"

"Yes! Yes! Come on, come on and join us. Don't be suspicious all day long. It's true. I've been here for more than a month and now the mission is about to be completed. I can't even see a woman here. You’ve been in this hellish place for a month, can’t you relax for a while?”

Epeli frowned slightly, not sure what his friend said.In the past, even if he did not respond to the call of his friends to join everyone's gambling games and be lazy, he would go aside to polish his precious longbow.

But today, for some reason, as an old man who has lived for so many years, his heartbeat is irregular and he feels restless. He always feels that something is going to happen and wants to carry out the task.

At the gambling table, Butterick turned around and saw his friend standing by the window indifferently. He opened his mouth and was about to speak, but was straightened by a strong hand on the side.

"Leave him alone. Since Epeli likes it, let him stand alone and let's continue!"

"Bet! Bet!"

"Buy and leave!"

"Open! Open! Open!"

"..."

There was too much noise behind him. Epperly's ears twitched, his brows furrowed slightly, then relaxed, and he continued to stare at the dark mountain road below expressionlessly. Behind the mountain road was a mountain forest close to Aylward City.

Since monsters attack the city in the Nether Mountains north of Aylward all year round, several outposts were specially built for warning.Since the scope of surveillance and the terrain of the mountains are different, the garrison strength of each post is also different.

However, due to the sudden large-scale attack by monsters last winter, Aylward's guards were short of manpower, so this year the outpost was basically manned by outsourced mercenaries.

The rock wall outpost where Epeli and his mercenary group were stationed was close to Aylward and the terrain they monitored was difficult, so 20 people were stationed there. The strongest ones were three mid-level professionals.

The sparrow is small, but it has all five internal organs.

The defense facilities of the rock wall post are also designed according to war standards. Outside the tunnel entrance is a semicircular city wall with a height of eight meters. The guarding soldiers only need to stand on the wall and shoot to stop enemies several times their size.

It is precisely because of the improvement of defensive measures and the peace and quiet for more than a month that the guards at the rock wall post became lax.

After standing in front of the window specially used to observe the mountain road for more than half an hour, Eppery, as a mid-level ranger, also felt a little tired. He walked back and forth in front of the window to stretch his aching legs and feet.

"call!"

He took a long breath, his pupils were uncertain, and he was confused.

Am I really worrying too much?
Just as he was thinking this, Eppeli's ears suddenly trembled and he heard a slight knocking sound from the roof. It was the sound of the creature's claws hitting the rock.

His heartbeat suddenly slowed down by half a beat, and a deadly chill invaded him, reaching his bones.

With a slight turn on his toes, Epeli swung behind the thick wall and shouted at the same time: "There is an enemy! Get ready to fight!"

While Epeli was shouting, there was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground outside, and someone jumped from the roof, right outside the door.

The guards surrounding the gambling table suddenly woke up, fired their bullets, and ran towards the weapons hanging on the wall and placed on the table.

boom!
He kicked the door hard, and the ajar door was kicked open.Without thinking, Eppelli instinctively loosened his fingers holding the bowstring, and the arrow shot out instantly, leaving the remaining bowstring trembling back and forth.

While shooting the arrow, Eppel's heart was a little cold, because he saw clearly the scene outside the door, and there was no one there.

False move!

Whoosh whoosh!
The sound of arrows piercing through the air sounded, and a dozen arrows swished in through the window, shooting at the guards who panickedly picked up their weapons and prepared to defend.

"what!"

Seven guards were hit by arrows, and five of them lost their lives directly. Among the five unlucky ones was his friend and the leader of the mercenary group - Butterick. Butterick was very unfortunate to be shot in the neck by an arrow. At this time, he was lying on the ground twitching with his eyes wide open, and blood was pouring out of his mouth.

Eppery had no time to worry about his friend. While he was shooting with the arrow in his hand, the enemy who deceived his arrow with a feint shot rushed in from the door.

The leader was a gnoll with scales on his face. He had a dagger in one hand and a dagger in the other. He stamped his feet on the ground and rushed into the house. He rolled around on the ground and stabbed the nearest guard with the dagger at a tricky angle from bottom to top. .

The guard only felt a pain in his abdomen and looked down to see a bloody wound.

In Epperly's eyes, he only saw the gnoll rolling in a circle and flashing his dagger before rushing towards the next target, while the steaming internal organs of the previous target flowed out of his stomach.

Senior professional!
Epeli's heart trembled. The movements that were so fast that he could hardly see them clearly and the ghostly figure must be a strong person above the middle level.

Turning his head to see the enemies pouring out of the passage, Epeli quickly ran towards the window. At this time, he had only one thought in his mind.

escape!
While the gnolls were killing, the people who followed them in were also busy, fighting with the resisting guards, making a noise of clashing weapons and war cries.

At this time, there were only six raiders in the room, and the guards temporarily had the advantage.

In the chaos, Epeli jumped out of the narrow window like a dive, rolled on the ground and rushed towards the forest outside the outpost.

Epeli was not the only one to escape, there were also three other guards. The four of them looked at each other and ran towards the lush mountains without looking back.

The green will-o'-the-wisps in the dark mountains flickered on and off, and suddenly, there was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground...

On the third floor of the Tower of Stars, in the control room where Master Eric was originally located, a night-watch mage was monitoring the situation around Aylward to guard against sneak attacks by the evil dragon forces.

The night-time mage looked at the magic timer on the desktop: "It will be dawn in an hour, and the enemy will not come."

After watching all night, he couldn't help but feel tired and yawned, thinking about having a good sleep after his shift.

Suddenly, small dots on the suspended map in front of him began to flash red one after another. This was a sign that the stronghold had been breached.

At the same time, the cold tower spirit sound began to ring in his ears.

"Warning! Warning! Xishan Outpost is destroyed!!"

"Warning! Warning! The rock outpost is destroyed!!"

"Warning! Warning! Beishan outpost destroyed!!"...

The night mage stood up in a jerk, checked the map quickly, and his expression changed drastically.

"Damn it!! I knew these useless mercenaries were useless!! I had to notify my supervisor immediately!"

A moment later, Aylward's top brass were woken up from their sleep. Their expressions changed when they heard the news reported by the mage. They all gathered in the Tower of Stars to look at the map and discuss it. The garrison in the city also started to move and walked up. On the city wall, each sharp weapon was fixed and set up...

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