Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 136 Howling Scavengers
Just as he expected, Sam came back within five minutes, and this time his face was full of joy. Considering that he probably didn't know about the War Goose's advancement for the time being, he obviously got information that was beneficial to his side.
"Sir, two groups of gnolls met on the hillside just now. The witch handed her captives to another group of gnolls, about 20 to 30 greenskins and nearly 100 goblins. Then she left with her troops and has walked several miles now."
Levi couldn't help but frown slightly. There were so many prisoners?
It seems that the witch Tiwa must have kept a lot of reserve forces to guard them. Fortunately, I retreated in time, otherwise it would be really dangerous if I continued to fight.
The Lightforged was delighted when he heard this: "She left? Where is the Wolf Man Chapter?"
But he still remembered who his real target was today, and his encounter with the witch was completely an accident.
Sam grinned. "They are still there, and they seem to be preparing some evil ritual. When I came back, several greenskins had been killed."
Although the greenskins were not a good thing, he still felt a little .
Levi and the Lightforged looked at each other, and both knew that the Jackals were most likely going to perform that evil transformation ritual again.
"There is no time to lose, let's take this opportunity to strike back and kill them in one fell swoop!"
The Lightforger nodded vigorously: "Okay, Levi, I'll do as you say!"
Now that the decision had been made, they certainly would not hesitate any longer, and soon hundreds of subordinates marched towards the werewolf regiment in a menacing manner. At the same time, Levi directly awarded the Royal War Goose to Sam, and asked him to continue reconnaissance with the bees. Now they could all fly and would not hold each other back.
Although this guy's combat effectiveness has become increasingly inadequate as the enemy's strength has continued to increase, his outstanding reconnaissance capabilities have brought great convenience to his side time and time again.
Even Levi was considering whether to spend some military merit points to make Sam even stronger?
There was no other way. He was running around all day long conducting reconnaissance. This kind of reconnaissance conducted before the battle began did not contribute anything to the battle. Without participating in the battle, of course he would not get any experience points.
He was a little reluctant to give up the Hero's Spirit, but if he could upgrade it to level 3 first, it would be a piece of cake for him.
Sam happily continued his reconnaissance mission, while Levi led his troops towards the destination, and with the help of a sparse woods, he soon saw the target with his own eyes.
In the middle of a makeshift camp filled with blood and filth, a large number of gnolls were sitting in a circle, tearing apart some blurry flesh from time to time. They were eating.
In the center of their encirclement was a five-meter-high, blood-stained, slanted battle flag. And in the open space several dozen meters in front of the battle flag was the target they were looking for.
At first glance, the opponent seemed to be no different from an ordinary gnoll. It was equally dirty and covered in blood, but its claws were flashing an ominous black and red light, and no one would confuse it with an ordinary gnoll.
At this moment, it was surrounding a simple magic circle composed of the corpses of greenskins and goblins, performing some evil ritual like a shaman dance.
A flail emitting black and red light was tied to its back. It was obviously a magical weapon, but more importantly, it had two heads!
Being able to use a double-ended flail as a weapon, there is no doubt that it is the Lightforged's target this time - Yeenoghu Fang!
There were more than a hundred greenskins and goblins around, who were being guarded as captives by some gnolls. They were usually full of energy, but now they looked very listless, and it was unknown whether they had suffered any beatings.
But after a brief moment of excitement, the Lightforged quickly calmed down, not because of anything else, but because of the powerful forces of the opponent.
In an ordinary Gnoll patrol team, a Level 3 Gnoll Warlord or Gnoll Hunting Master usually exists as a unique leader. Only in larger hunting groups or slave hunting groups can they exist in multiples.
Although Witch Tiva had nearly twenty subordinates before, now everyone knows that she is a hero unit, and the total number of her troops is also there. Roughly speaking, she may command nearly five hundred subordinates.
However, the Howling Scavengers Regiment in front of them had less than a hundred Jackals in total, even fewer than Levi and the others, but it also had a similar number of Tier 3 Jackals, and there were basically no Tier 1 soldiers among the other Jackals.
In addition, there were some types of troops that they had never seen before in the Stoney Highlands.
Two of them looked like a combination of an elk and a badger. They were even larger than the Tier 3 Gnoll Overlord, and their muscular bodies showed that they possessed extremely powerful strength.
Although they don't have any weapons in their hands, their extremely mutated giant claws, mouths full of fangs, sharp antlers that gleam with a steel-like luster, and their nearly four-meter height all seem to indicate how terrifying they are. There is a high probability that they are stronger than the Werewolf Overlords.
As for the others, they are roughly human-shaped, with mutated claws, and their bodies are rotten, and one can even see the bones and internal organs of these evil creatures.
Although Levi had never seen them, he was absolutely sure that they were zombies belonging to the undead race!
But he couldn't figure out why the gnolls would travel with the ghouls? And there were at least 30 ghouls present, which were obviously not summoned by magic.
And they actually bask in the sun. Some zombies are not afraid of the sun!
The Lightforger next to him couldn't help but whispered, "Why are there ghouls here? The intelligence says that the Yeenoghu Fangs can only perform evil sacrificial rituals, but they themselves are only 4th-level warriors who don't know any magic, let alone necromancy!"
At this time, Donna suddenly spoke up: "They are not ordinary ghouls. Pay attention to the green light in their eye sockets. They seem to be the abyss ghouls under the command of the Abyss Demon Lord, the Ghoul King Doreson, who rules the 421st layer of the Abyss."
"Or, you can also think that they are actually a special kind of demon. Even if they come to the main world, their strength will be suppressed, but at least they are the same as ordinary ghouls, and they are all Tier 2 soldiers."
"And under the protection of evil forces, they are not afraid of sunlight and have a certain resistance to low-level divine arts, fire magic, and dark magic. When they attack, they also carry special toxins with a low chance of paralyzing the enemy's limbs."
After hearing this series of introductions, the Lightforged One's face became a little stiff. If it was an ordinary tier 2 ghoul, he would be fully confident that he could fight against three at once and not lose, and even achieve ultimate victory. However, this kind of Abyss Ghoul sounded much more difficult to deal with!
Levi frowned slightly. Yeenog was the boss of the 422nd floor of the Abyss, and these ghouls came from the 421st floor. Logically, the Abyss Demons were hostile to each other, but now they stood together and fought side by side. This was not good news...
Then Donna changed the subject: "But what we need to pay more attention to are the two Abyss Deer Badgers. They are all rare Tier 4 troops, and they are true mid-level demons. In addition to their strong defense, they also have a certain degree of fire resistance and physical damage reduction capabilities."
As the Amazon who is best at hunting, of course she must be familiar with the appearance and abilities of her prey. So even though she had never seen these prey before, Donna still connected the enemy in front of her with the image in her memory in a very short time.
The Lightforged frowned even more: "Physical damage reduction?"
Although he had never come into contact with it, he could roughly infer consciousness from the literal meaning, but he was not sure.
"That's right."
Donna responded straightforwardly: "They have 10 points of damage reduction for any non-magical weapon. Coupled with their own defense, the threat to them from troops below level 3 is minimal, even including the spearmen who specialize in fighting against large units and cavalry units!"
Levi had no doubts about Donna's judgment. He just sighed: "Two rare level 4, 20 level 3, 70 level 2, and a Yeenoghu fang that looks like a level 4 but is actually uncertain? No wonder they dare to openly hold an evil ceremony here."
If the demons in the evil cave yesterday relied on numbers, then the gnolls in front of them relied on strength. They were more elite than any gnoll group Levi had ever seen before. Even the witch Tiva's troops were far inferior to the other side. They didn't even bring the canine cannon fodder that the gnolls habitually controlled.
But Levi was not discouraged at all, because if he could really destroy such an enemy, the rewards he would get would definitely be extremely rich.
Moreover, the opponent has a very serious weakness, that is, they do not have any ranged units!
"Prepare to attack. We need to interrupt its evil ritual, otherwise we will face more enemies. Donna, I will personally perform the enchantment for you this time."
Having said this, Levi waved his hand and summoned the Ice Archers, ordering them to enchant the archers with ice. Since both types of enemies are resistant to fire, of course he would have to do the opposite.
The Lightforged nodded fiercely: "Indeed, if we don't kill them quickly, our situation will become increasingly unfavorable."
In addition to using evil rituals to transform jackals into werewolves, Yeenoghu's fangs' attacks also carry a special infectious ability. If left alone, the more than one hundred captives at present will most likely all eventually become werewolves. Although the strength of the transformed werewolves varies, it will become increasingly difficult for them to kill each other.
Now that they had made the decision, they took action immediately, and no longer even tried to conceal it. All of a sudden, all kinds of enhancement magic appeared one after another. Even Donna, Janet, Cindy and others joined in. Although they didn't know many enhancement magics now, even a tree skin spell could save a life at a critical moment.
Their unscrupulous use of magic soon attracted the attention of the gnolls. After all, the straight-line distance between the two sides was not particularly far, and the forest was not dense enough to block too much vision.
Yeenoghu Fang immediately looked up to the sky and roared with animality: "Roar, humans and elves, you will become sacrifices to my Lord!"
