Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 14: Linked Arrows
After walking out of the prison, Amazon Donna stretched hard: "Ah, I finally see the light of day again."
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw this. He really didn't consider himself an outsider and showed off his good figure so unscrupulously.
However, it is said that Amazon is a race purely dominated by women. Perhaps in their tribe, the status between men and women is reversed?
After going to the blacksmith shop to buy some arrows and replenishing some supplies, Levi returned to the tavern and spent all his money to recruit two level 1 half-elf hunters and two level 0 militiamen.
Name: Half-elf Hunter
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Faction: Royal Throne - High Elves
Race: Half-elf
Level: Level 1 (Ordinary)
Attributes: Strength 5, Agility 5, Constitution 4, Intelligence 2, Perception 3, Charisma 2
Health: 32
Mana: 0
equipment:
Hunter's Bow (White - Normal): Attack 1-3;
Bone Arrow 20/20X2 (White - Normal): Attack 0-2;
Animal Leather Armor (White - Normal): Defense: 1-1.
Skill:
Woodland Adaptation, a passive skill. Half-elf hunters are good at hunting in the woods. When in the woods, their attack is +1 and their movement speed is +1.
Talent: None
Recruitment fee: 100 copper coins
Maintenance cost: 50 copper coins (weekly)
Leadership consumption: 2.
(Elves are good at magic, swordsmanship and archery. Half-elf hunters who inherited part of their bloodline are also very good at archery)
Half-elf hunters have the strength of level 1, and the maintenance cost and leadership consumption increase accordingly, but the strength is still good.
Together with the militiaman who survived, they finally regained some strength, but the front-line melee units were obviously weak.
He admitted that there was an element of gambling on his part, but he was not completely without confidence.
With the halfling rogue Sam blazing the trail ahead, they wouldn't be easily ambushed by the enemy. A volley of fire from Amazon Donna and two half-elf hunters could kill at least one enemy. For a small group of ogres, half of them would probably die first if they wanted to get close to them, not to mention that he also had the killer weapon of summoning elementals.
But if the gamble is successful, the benefits will naturally be huge. The militia will not suffer too much loss as they will not be forced to engage in close combat with the enemy for a long time. He can use more money to recruit ranged units and quickly achieve the goal of snowballing.
Not long after they left the village, Sam reported that they had encountered enemies, but this time they were not kobolds, but some short and ugly humanoid creatures with yellow-brown skin, big eyes and ears, pointed chins and monkey cheeks.
They sat in a group on the ground, seemingly taking a rest, with saliva dripping from between their ugly lips and teeth from time to time, making them look not very smart.
But there are quite a lot of them, a large black group, at least thirty of them.
This made him sigh a little: "It's good to have thieves here. We can find the enemy in advance. Donna, prepare to attack."
But Amazon Donna seemed a little unwilling, even disdainful: "I didn't expect that my first battle would be with those big-eared monsters. Even if I kill them all, it doesn't show my strength."
Sam couldn't help but smile and said, "Yes, that's true, but these despicable little monsters, also known as goblins, usually only dare to steal food in the fields. How dare they come out in groups to rob this time?"
Levi shrugged. He could understand Donna's idea. No matter what game it was, goblins were basically cannon fodder among cannon fodder. He doubted that the militia could fight two of them alone.
"Alright, we are definitely enemies. Let's attack. Half-elf hunters, learn from Donna. If you encounter a strong enemy, just shoot at the same time."
"Okay, got it!"
Donna immediately yelled and quickly drew her arrow and put her bow on. Levi noticed that she had three arrows between her fingers at once. Could it be...
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
Three arrows were shot in succession at three different goblins. Two of them went directly into the wide-open mouths of two goblins. Two blood-red numbers "-42" and "-48" suddenly appeared on their heads. They were all critical hits!
The third one is a white "-23", which represents the damage of a normal attack. Although it was not a critical hit, the goblin still died on the spot. Their vitality is more fragile than that of the kobolds.
Levi also noticed that the three-headed goblin's entire body was knocked back half a step, which shows how powerful the arrow was. It was indeed worthy of being the Amazon that earned 1 gold a day!
However, according to the books he had read in the real world, in order to be able to use bows and arrows better, Amazons usually perform the so-called "breast cutting ceremony". I didn't expect that Donna's breasts were so big and so firm, but she didn't seem to be affected at all...
The goblins were ambushed and three of them died at once. They immediately panicked. At this time, the half-elf hunters also drew their bows. Although their attack power was far inferior to Donna's, each arrow could still do about ten points of damage on average. Two arrows could easily kill a goblin. These goblins had no defense at all.
However, the goblins did not retreat. With red eyes and screaming, they rushed forward holding simple spears made of branches.
At this time, the advantage of long-range attacks was reflected. As they ran, goblins kept falling to the ground and could never get up again.
Amazon Donna's performance was completely beyond Levi's expectations. Her attack power was extremely high. She could kill one small goblin instantly with one arrow.
And he can always find the enemy's weakness. Once he hits the weak parts such as the heart and head, it will be a blood-red critical hit on the spot. Even Levi was a little frightened, because if he encountered such an enemy again, he would probably be sniped to death before he could figure out what was going on.
But now, with such a powerful shooter as his companion and teammate, what he should worry about is the enemy.
Amazon Donna not only has extremely strong attributes, but also clearly possesses more than one skill, making her a very powerful helper.
Unfortunately, she had no matching equipment. The warden said that she was washed ashore by the sea, and except for a worn leather armor, all her equipment was lost in the sea. Otherwise, with her strength, her equipment would definitely not be bad.
Seeing that the outcome of the battle was decided, Levi took the opportunity to release his pet frog, wanting it to gain some experience points.
It's true, although it is small and moves slowly, it also has an advantage, that is, it is hidden enough. Often the goblins will be poisoned without knowing who attacked them.
The goblins, who were originally aggressive, suddenly started to panic after seven or eight of them died in succession, and some even turned around and tried to escape.
This even made Levi want to laugh. After coming out of the Novice Village, he was chased many times. It seemed that he was just unlucky at the beginning, and some of the enemies were actually very stupid!
But he didn't feel proud for long. He heard a whistle and then two huge goblins, about 1.7 meters tall and much stronger, emerged from the tall grass.
One of the guys picked up the whip and started whipping his fleeing companions. The other one held a gun in both hands and slowly approached them. There was undisguised malice in his eyes as he looked at Levi.
With their red skin, blue nose and obvious muscles, they look very tough to deal with.
Levi also noticed that compared to those goblins who were half-naked and only had a cut branch used as a spear in their hands, the equipment of these two new guys was obviously much better.
The ends of their spears had a metallic luster, and they were even wearing leather armor, which looked very fitting and did not look like something they had just picked up from the ground.
"Donna, kill these two new guys first!"
"knew."
Donna responded while aiming at the other party. She seemed a little confused at the same time: "Are they hobgoblins? Why are they here? And mixed with the goblins?"
"Are they any different from goblins?"
As he spoke, Levi once again cast the elemental summoning magic, and a small wind element emerged from the magic circle. He took a look at the opponent's attribute bar, and then found with regret that this was not the one he summoned for the first time, because the opponent's experience value was 0%.
But it's not bad. Although I haven't seen the water element yet, the wind element is undoubtedly the fastest of the four elements and is most suitable for chasing and attacking the weak with the strong.
But Donna did not respond to him immediately. After accumulating some strength, she fired three arrows again at one of the earth elves.
Although the giant goblin made a blocking motion, the spear was not a particularly suitable weapon for blocking, especially for a guy of its strength, so it undoubtedly followed in the footsteps of the previous goblins and was killed instantly.
The other remaining goblin was obviously furious, but at the same time he was also afraid, as evidenced by the fact that he immediately shrank behind the other goblins, even lowering his body on purpose, and just used his whip to urge the ordinary goblins to hurry up.
The halfling thief who was loading arrows on his crossbow couldn't help but say, "Sir, there are many subspecies of goblins, including but not limited to forest goblins, night goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, etc."
"But most goblins are weak or stupid creatures. Although they are all evil, most of them are chaotic. Ordinary goblins have no brains at all, just like human-sized rats."
"The hobgoblins are the only lawful evil faction among them. They even have a strict hierarchy and military rank system. It is said that there are countless hobgoblin wolf riders riding wolves on the eastern prairie. They form countless hobgoblin tribes and even a hobgoblin Khanate."
"And the hobgoblins particularly hate elves. They will attack elves first. My lord, please be careful."
His attack power is not high, and is only slightly stronger than the militia, but the attack speed of a small crossbow is not bad. The only problem is that compared to a bow and arrow, it takes a certain amount of time to string the crossbow, which makes it impossible for him to shoot continuously like Donna.
"Cavalry? Khanate?"
Levi grinned. It was hard not to associate this thing with Mongolia...
"Yes, just like he said, recruits, veterans, sergeants, petty officers, lieutenants, warlords, commanders, etc. The hobgoblins have a very strict hierarchy."
Donna, who had easily killed a giant hobgoblin in seconds, now seemed relaxed as if she had done nothing. She could even continue shooting while giving Levi scientific advice.
Then she changed the subject: "But their average strength is too poor. Their high-level troops, the Earth Elf Wolf Cavalry, are only level 3 at most. The strength of the other Earth Elfs is even worse. No matter how hard they try, it will just be a waste of effort."
"But there are too few hobgoblins here. Even though the hobgoblins love to enslave their relatives and other evil races, they will ensure that at least 20% of a team are hobgoblins. This is really unreasonable."
"Too few in number? Perhaps they were dispersed after some battle before?"
Li Wei responded casually.
He had been running for quite a while since he entered the game, and now he felt relatively relaxed for the first time, because these weak goblins could not get into his body at all and died one by one on the way.
Even if occasionally some goblins were whipped by the big hobgoblins and chased over, there would still be a small wind element to intercept them. Just as he had estimated before, this would be a battle with almost no losses!
