Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 5 Kobold
Not sure if it was because of the blood or because they were too far away from the safe area of the village, but after walking a few steps, Levi heard a burst of dog barking. Then a small group of humanoid creatures wearing red and orange clothes, with two light-colored horns on their heads and simple weapons in their hands, emerged from the half-human-high grass.
Before Levi could speak, a militiaman subconsciously shouted: "Be careful, it's a dog-headed man!"
"Kobold?"
Looking at these guys with glowing eyes and straight tails like mice, Levi suspected that they were wrongly named. Rather than being dog-headed people, they were actually more like lizardmen. Even their exposed skin was scaly!
Could it be that they are called dog-headed people because they bark like dogs?
These thoughts were running rapidly in his mind. Looking at the sea of little heads, Levi subconsciously wanted to retreat first.
Because the number of the enemy was much larger than his own, there were nearly twenty of them in his sight alone, and he didn't know how many were in the grass. The half-man-high grass could not stop humans, but for these little guys who were only one meter tall, as long as they bent down slightly, they could block them tightly.
But soon he discovered something unusual. These dog-headed men seemed to be wary. They did not attack immediately, but looked at them vigilantly.
After taking a few glances, he found that the grass around him was not shaking at all, and there was no special sound. There were no ogres flanking him from both sides. He felt more confident. It seemed that these ogres were also afraid!
After thinking for a while, he raised his bow and arrow, aiming at the kobold in front.
An illusory target suddenly appeared, which seemed to be the assisted aiming provided by the system, but the circle was a bit too large and not particularly accurate.
Is it because my attributes are too low, or because I haven't mastered the relevant skills?
No matter what, he simply gave up and used his real strength. After all, he had played some real war simulation games such as Three Kingdoms before. He couldn't say that he was a master of archery, but he still had some experience with archery within a few dozen meters.
An arrow flew past, and the ogre who was chosen as the target suddenly acted like a kicked puppy. He immediately "whimpered" and covered his head, seeming to be quite aggrieved.
“-5.”
But this only angered the other kobolds, and they barked again, then rushed up with rusty daggers and some crude objects that looked like pickaxes.
However, faster than them were some stones that were half the size of an egg and had obviously been polished.
Caught off guard, Levi was hit on the spot, and it really hurt.
But after the pain, he found that his health was very safe. The blow just now only took away 2 points of his health.
"That's it? That's it?"
"I was worried. Small wind elements, come on, beat them up!"
Under his command, the militia launched a counterattack. Levi shot arrows while continuing to watch the battle with the ogre men.
He soon figured out what kind of attack he had just received.
Some of the dog-headed people hiding in the back temporarily tied up the small stones with simple leather belts, then rotated them above their heads several times, and then used inertia to throw them over.
If I remember correctly, they should be weapons that have been used since ancient Greece. They are called slings and are still very threatening to units without armor.
But when they are used by these small-armed and small-legged dog-headed people, their power is much smaller.
Their range is good, reaching dozens of meters, but their power and accuracy are obviously very poor. A hit rate of one third is already good. Moreover, no matter whether they hit Levi or the militiamen, they can only break the defense and cause a loss of -1 or -2 blood.
The strength of those ordinary ogres was also very weak, even obviously weaker than the militia and hyenas, so the militia also appeared to be particularly brave this time. In addition, with the powerful helper of the small wind element, and Levi who occasionally drew the bow and arrow while commanding the troops, they quickly beat the ogres to a pulp.
When almost one third of them were killed, the dog-headed people began to flee one after another, hiding directly into the half-human-high grass. Looking at their extremely skillful movements, it was obvious that this was definitely not the first time they had done this.
Levi immediately ordered the small wind element to start chasing. Want to run away when you can't win? How can such a good thing happen!
He divided half of the militia into pursuit, and the rest gathered in front and behind him.
In the battle just now, he had been keeping an eye on them. Once the health value of any militiaman dropped to a certain level, he would immediately dispatch him to a relatively safer place. Therefore, no militiaman died and their health values were maintained at a similar level.
During the pursuit, the gnolls were killed one after another, and their numbers became smaller and smaller. However, despite this, none of them tried to launch a counterattack. They just kept on running away. It can be said that they were very cowardly.
However, this overly smooth battle made Levi a little confused and wary, fearing that he would attract other enemies during the pursuit.
However, with the small wind element in front of him, he relaxed his vigilance a little. After all, it was a summoned creature. If the gnolls set an ambush, it would definitely be the first to suffer. By then, he would have time to escape.
But they soon chased them for only a few hundred meters. When the team gradually formed a long line, several screams suddenly came from the front. Two militiamen disappeared directly, and it seemed that they had fallen into a pit.
The ogres who had originally escaped also turned back, each of them looking extremely excited. They reached into their pockets, took out some random things, and started throwing them directly into the pit.
The sharp-eyed Levi saw that they were throwing not only the small stones that they had used to hit themselves, but also insects, broken shells, and even things like toads.
At the same time, a burst of dog barking was heard in the distance, and then four or five dog-headed men came over with a hyena.
They actually have reinforcements!
He was suddenly shocked and angry. Was he ambushed by the monsters in the Novice Village - the Gnolls?
He immediately commanded the militia to rush forward and try to rescue their companions, but it was too late. They had already been injured in the previous battle, and were attacked after falling into the trap. There were screams at first, but then gradually silence fell.
Less than half an hour after following him, these unfortunate militiamen died.
Levi immediately fired his bow and arrow continuously at the ogre holding the slingshot. Despite his anger, he forced himself to calm down. He was indeed careless this time.
Although the wind element seemed to be close to the ground, it was actually floating and almost weightless, so it was safe and sound, but the militiamen following it fell into the trap.
He had long felt that there was something wrong with these gnolls, but he never imagined that they were trying to lure him and others into a trap that had been set in advance.
They are just the most basic little monsters, but they already have their own fighting wisdom?
Although he still couldn't help feeling a little angry, this instead aroused his fighting spirit. Only by reaching the top in such a game could he truly prove his strength!
