Chapter 19 The First Battle of the Gnolls
Broken Tooth was a little hungry now, and the feeling of hunger made his red eyes become redder and redder. All the people around him tacitly stayed ten meters away from it.
Among the jackals who are generally over 1.9 meters tall and weigh an average of 300 pounds, only the 1.6 meter Broken Tooth appears to be exceptionally short and thin, but no single jackal dares to be exposed to the hungry Broken Tooth.
Because he is a ferocious jackal.
Compared with his rough, strong, and bear-like peers, Broken Ya's body appears short and slender, but this seemingly weak body actually contains terrifying power. However, what really makes Broken Ya dominate the group is his incompetence.
Human speed and agility.
Every time Broken Tooth charges, there will always be an airflow surrounding its body, giving it a sliding feeling in the air. This makes it faster than its peers, and it is silent and unintentional. At the same time, its smelly
Body odor seems to be locked in this airflow, and even the guys with the most acute sense of smell in the tribe cannot smell its smell.
So Broken Fang was the leader of this gnoll group before Hogg came.
He kicked away a goblin slave who was dying of hunger, and walked deeper into the camp without paying any attention to the other gnolls who started to eat the unlucky goblin.
Unless he is extremely hungry, Broken Tooth will not eat a goblin, because the stinking smell of the goblin will make him sick for several days.
Jackals only eat meat, and they eat all meat, but their favorite is the meat of intelligent species, especially humans, because the fearful cries of humans before death give the Jackals special pleasure, which whets their appetite.
Gnolls never work. They enslave the captured goblins and kobolds. The kobolds can mine, and the goblins will make some simple weapons and armor for them. Of course, when food is scarce, the gnolls will also enslave slaves.
As food.
Broken Tooth came to the center of the camp and saw Hogg.
Hogg is a jackal who is 2.2 meters tall and weighs over 400 pounds. Under his brown-black fur are knotted muscles and a hyena-like head, which is ugly and ferocious.
Unlike the red eyes of other members of this group, Hogg's eyes are green.
Yes, Hogg is an outsider. As soon as this giant jackal arrived in this group, he challenged Broken Tooth's status.
After Hogg tore apart Broken Tooth's two strong brothers with his bare hands, Broken Tooth Akechi exposed his belly in front of Hogg, because Broken Tooth already knew that Hogg was also a violent jackal.
Hogg had already eaten. As the leader of the jackals, he had the right to choose the food first. He stared at Broken Tooth with a terrifying look for a while. After Broken Tooth showed a humble expression, Hogg moved away from the eating position with satisfaction.
Hogg is smarter and more ambitious than other stupid people of his kind. When he first arrived in this group, there were only about twenty jackals in this group. After he seized the leader of the group, he led his men to wander around and gather them.
Many lone gnolls also captured many goblin and kobold slaves.
Soon, he had more than 70 gnolls and more than 100 slaves. As the group expanded, food began to become scarce. Therefore, Hogg had the idea of a human village.
After two days of observation, Hogg led his men to attack a human village late one night. Broken Tooth, under Hogg's order, easily climbed over the wall built by humans, waiting for him to open it silently.
After reaching the village gate, the raid became simple and deadly.
However, human revenge soon came.
When Hogg saw a Tin Woodman among the humans coming to encircle them, he decisively ordered them to disperse and escape.
Hogg is the most powerful jackal in the pack, but he knows very well that he is no match for the Tin Woodman, even with Broken Tooth.
Facing weak prey, swarming up, and facing powerful opponents, fleeing in a hurry is the only tactic used by the Jackals. After losing more than twenty members, Hogg and the other Jackals temporarily escaped from human pursuit.
In the following days of chasing, Hogg discovered a problem with the human army. They were short of manpower. Therefore, Hogg led his tribe to find a valley with three exits as a camp. This valley was also full of
The wild grass half as tall as a man can be covered by the wild grass as long as the Jackal is running on all fours. Hogg sent some men to keep an eye on the three entrances to the valley. As soon as the Tin Woodman is found, he will lead his men from the other two exits.
They run out and scatter in all directions. After a day or two, they will return to the valley.
After several trials, Hogg found that these humans really had nothing to do with him. This made him proud for a while.
Just when Broken Tooth was beginning to enjoy a fat alpaca, a shrill howl suddenly came from the eastern entrance of the valley, which was a warning that the jackal sentry had discovered the Tin Woodman.
Here it comes again, Hogg thought with disdain. Just as he was about to summon the tribe to flee through other exits, the warning sounds of sentries came from the north and west entrances one after another. The sudden situation made Hogg and Broken Tooth a little confused.
Looking at the panicked tribe, Hogg knew what he had to do as the leader at this time, otherwise according to the habits of the jackals, the tribe would soon collapse.
"Scatter those despicable slaves. All tribesmen follow me. Let's go from the west!" Hogg shouted loudly in Gnoll language.
The goblins and kobolds fled in all directions, and amid the howls one after another, the gnolls quickly moved closer to Hogg.
After looking at the more than thirty ferocious and strong men who had gathered around him, Hogg let out a long howl and rushed towards the west exit with these wilderness bandits.
"Damn it, turn around! Go to the north!" When he saw the armored Baron Ericli leading dozens of heavily armed soldiers towards them, Hogg wisely led his men to escape to the north exit.
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When he rushed to the north, he saw the Bruce Knights approaching them with a dozen well-equipped soldiers.
Without hesitation, the Jackals turned around and ran away. Although there were fewer human soldiers here, the Jackals' beastly instincts told Hogg that this new Tin Woodman was stronger than the one they had been entangled with for several days.
Before reaching the east exit of the valley, the wolf man bandits who were fleeing in a hurry encountered more than fifty human soldiers. Although there was no terrifying Tin Man among these soldiers, the leader was a human holding two one-handed heavy axes.
However, the warrior exuded an aura that was heartbreaking for the jackals. This was the aura of death for the jackals. On the two shiny battle axes, the jackals could even smell the blood of the same kind.
At this time, all the gnolls understood that they had nowhere to escape.
Looking at his panicked men, Hogg decided to lead them out of here. Although most of the jackals would die here, under the cover of these men, he was sure of escaping.
As long as he can run out, with his own strength, he will be able to gather a group of subordinates again, Hogg thought to himself.
Just when Hogg was about to give the order, the human soldiers on the opposite side suddenly fired a dense barrage of arrows at them. The unlucky ones standing in front were instantly shot to the ground. The blood and wailing of their companions caused the other jackals to disperse in a rush.
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Nelson has rich experience in dealing with gnolls. In fact, the monsters he has killed the most are gnolls. Especially after arriving at Centaur Hills, several missions the War Bear mercenary received were to eliminate these bloodthirsty bandits.
All War Bear members know that gnolls are both ferocious and cowardly. When fighting gnolls, you must not show any fear. First, shoot a few arrows at the gnolls with a crossbow. The blood and wails of the same kind will make these selfish guys instantly
Collapse. At this time, the only thought in the jackal's mind is to run faster than others of its kind. Some cunning jackals will even attack their companions when escaping. These injured and backward similar people will help it to escape.
time.
At that time, the mercenaries will be able to kill these filthy beasts one by one.
Under the leadership of Nelson, the guards used powerful crossbows to shoot repeatedly at the Gnolls who were trying to climb up the hillside. The arrows ruthlessly penetrated the bodies of these Gnolls, but the Gnolls' strong physique allowed them to only injure them.
However, human soldiers holding spears will catch up and assassinate these injured jackals on the spot. The screams before their companions die make the remaining jackals run away in a hurry deep into the valley, driven by the human soldiers.
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Chapter completed!