Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 18: Jackal Slave Catchers
So they followed them from a distance for several miles, mainly because these jackals were accompanied by coyotes, which basically acted like dogs, so they didn't dare to get too close.
Even if it weren't for the half-man-high grass everywhere, it would be very dangerous for them to just follow like this, after all, the opponent's strength completely crushed theirs.
On the road, these gnolls would occasionally encounter other enemies. Levi watched secretly and found that if the opponent was a humanoid creature like a gnoll, the gnolls would kill some of them, capture some, and some would even be killed as food on the spot.
If it is a wild wolf or dog, they are relatively gentle and will try their best to capture it, and it seems that they want to tame it as well as the coyotes.
This also made Levi and Donna notice several special werewolves and the special shackles and handcuffs around their waists.
Those jackals were relatively thin, and they were not holding sticks in their hands, but whips instead. The shackles around their waists seemed to have special functions as well.
Once locked up, the wild beasts that were originally hostile to them immediately became much more docile, and after being whipped a few times, they would obediently follow the werewolf army.
As for the flail mentioned earlier, Levi actually thinks it is somewhat similar to the nunchaku used by Bruce Lee. Both are weapons tied with a chain in the middle, but the front end of the flail is not as regular as the nunchaku.
Levi looked at Donna with a puzzled look, and then found that she nodded affirmatively: "A kind of animal taming shackle commonly used by gnolls, which has an additional bonus for taming wild beasts. Those gnolls should be animal trainers and slave catchers."
This immediately made him a little excited. If he had this kind of shackles, plus Donna's special skills, would it be possible to tame the cool big cat named Laxili?
I have decided, if not for anything else, just for that special shackles, I must deal more with the gnolls in the future!
"And there should be wizards or witches among this tribe of werewolves. Ordinary werewolves would not make such things." Donna added.
"Wizard? What's the difference between a wizard and a mage?"
Levi was a little confused because there was no wizard among the initial optional professions.
Donna shrugged. "I'm not sure about other races, but for gnolls, since they don't have as many magic schools as humans or high elves, it's almost impossible for them to obtain any systematic channels to learn magic. So apart from encounters, they can usually only rely on self-study and rely on herbology, alchemy and other methods as supplements."
"What's more, they will study the secrets of the undead or demonic creatures, hoping to find some shortcuts from them, so over time, they are called wizards."
Levi gained a lot of knowledge. He felt that the game had a very rich foundation and the intelligence level of the indigenous people was also very high.
Donna was just a woman he rescued from the Novice Village prison. At first, he thought that she wouldn't be a particularly powerful person, but after half a day of contact, he felt that he might have underestimated her potential.
Apart from anything else, just looking at her intelligence level, you can tell that even if she is really just an ordinary soldier now, her future is definitely limitless.
Unfortunately, even though the gnolls experienced several battles along the way, Levi and his team did not find a suitable opportunity, because some gnolls, goblins, or wandering beasts were too weak for this group of nearly fifty gnolls.
This made Levi feel very disappointed, because if the situation continued like this, they would have no chance even if they followed the opponent to their lair.
Could it be that this emergency task that I encountered was going to end in failure?
But at this moment, things suddenly took a turn for the better. They could hear a noisy sound coming from another direction, even though it was still several miles away. From a distance, it seemed to be some humans.
If they didn't change direction, they would collide with the Werewolf group in a few minutes.
They could hear it, and of course the closer gnolls could hear it too, and they showed extraordinary excitement. The entire team moved almost immediately, and except for a small number of members and goblins who stayed behind to guard the prisoners, the rest of the gnolls all launched an attack!
Levi suddenly became excited, thinking that his efforts were not in vain. Although those humans looked very much like the God-chosen heroes from other villages, there was nothing he could do. At this time, his fellow Taoists would rather die than I. Your sacrifice was valuable and meaningful!
He immediately whispered an order: "Get ready. Once the two sides get into a tangle, we will immediately launch an attack. Those humans won't be able to hold them back for long."
Although they were far away and could not see their full strength at the moment, most of those humans were dressed in rags and the weapons in their hands were not very decent. They were no different from their own militia, and they looked more like old farmers than professional soldiers.
Although they seemed to be a joint force composed of multiple God-chosen heroes, and at first glance even larger than the Werewolf team, Levi remained pessimistic.
Of course, it would be better if they could win. Levi didn't ask for much. As long as he could get a few shackles after rescuing the prisoners, that would be enough!
Donna nodded immediately. They, the Amazons, were all professional warriors. No matter whether they had other ideas in their hearts, once they decided to serve, even if it was only temporary, they would fight with all their might.
Just as Levi expected, when twenty or so gnolls, along with a dozen coyotes, and an almost equal number of goblins and kobold slaves, howled and charged, more than a dozen humans were killed instantly, and the formation that had just been barely formed was directly dispersed.
Although the specific damage figures could not be seen because they were not on either side of the battle, the jackals clearly had the upper hand.
This also surprised Levi. Although he guessed that the opponent could not hold out for long, he never expected that the opponent might be directly crushed by one wave?
But they had already moved towards the prisoners, and now the arrow was on the string and had to be shot!
Fortunately, at this time the God-chosen heroes in the human team showed their power. First, a druid summoned a wild boar, and then a mage summoned an earth element that Levi was familiar with. The two summoned creatures together resisted the largest werewolf warlord.
Then other God-chosen heroes also displayed their respective abilities. The priest began to heal, the mage began to "biubiubiu" and release fist-sized magic bullets, and some shouted and danced like shamans, and then summoned several energy pillars on the ground. This is a unique way of casting spells for shamans.
The warriors roared and rushed forward to hold the line. As heroes chosen by God, if all qualities were increased, their health points would easily exceed 100 points in the early stage. Coupled with equipment , they were much more resistant to attacks than ordinary tier 1 soldiers at this stage.
So even though the situation was still extremely critical, at least they were holding on.
Levi then breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to add mage armor and oil to his feet, and then he also cast summoning elements.
Following a burst of red light, a fire element appeared out of nowhere next to the remaining werewolf, and it punched the opponent, directly setting fire to half of his body hair. At the same time, red numbers began to appear on the top of its head. This was its attack special effect!
The remaining gnolls were suddenly shocked. At this time, three arrows flew almost at the same time and directly nailed the only gnoll poacher who used long-range attacks to the ground.
Arrows from the half-elf hunters followed closely, seriously injuring another wolf bandit.
Even Sam, the halfling rogue who had rarely participated in direct combat, started shooting with his small crossbow.
But the gnolls were worthy of being the lowest level 1 evil race among all the tribes. They were obviously much more resilient than the goblins before them, and their morale was also much stronger. Despite being suddenly attacked, they immediately howled and launched a counterattack.
Unfortunately, their main force had already set out to attack, and only three jackals and less than ten goblins were left behind. How could such a small force be able to block the sharp arrows of Donna and ?
Although they fought desperately, they were quickly killed. Levi immediately ordered his subordinates to rescue the prisoners first, and they didn't even have time to collect the spoils.
It was not only because these mobs did not drop any good items, but also because in just two minutes, the gnolls in front, led by the gnoll warlord, had swept away most of the humans. Now there were only two tough and strong warrior-type God-chosen heroes left who were struggling to survive.
If they don't speed up , they will be the next to be killed!
