Apart from Natha, Hugo was the only one among the Wood Elves who didn't look down on Roddy.
Both of them were looking at Roddy. Natha's gaze was filled with passion and anticipation. On the other hand, Hugo's forehead was dripping with cold sweat. When his gaze met Roddy's, he felt as though his clothes were sticking to his back.
Randolf frowned when he saw Natha's reaction. He followed her gaze to Roddy and snorted in disdain. He felt that Natha was too senseless to care about a human who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.
However, when the birds streaked across the sky and the horde of Magical Beasts followed closely behind, they didn't have the leisure to think about others anymore.
"Prepare for battle!"
Brody's unusually loud voice sounded. He stood on a higher platform at the entrance of the village and raised his wooden staff slightly. Beside him were seven to eight of the strongest hunters in the village. The village was a little chaotic at this moment. The women and children who didn't participate in the battle were doing their best to carry the arrows. Most of them could only prepare to escape …
However, the remaining Wood Elves weren't as agile as experienced hunters. In fact, it could be said that they were no different from helpless human farmers. The hollowed-out tree trunks couldn't withstand any powerful impact. Once the Beast Tide entered the village, hiding in the tree holes would be akin to sitting ducks. And now, due to the existence of the Wall of Thorns, the Wood Elves had nowhere to go!
The sudden disaster plunged the unprepared village into a desperate situation.
Muffled sounds of trees being smashed echoed from afar. Due to the high density of the Magical Beast Tide, many of the weaker Magical Beasts couldn't avoid it. Many of them crashed into the trees and died. However, the powerful Magical Beasts continued to push forward. Ordinary trees couldn't stop them at all!
The massive Magical Beast Tide was approaching. The front line of the Magical Beast Tide was only a hundred meters away. In the blink of an eye, it engulfed the entire Erza Village.
The first wave of beasts that attacked the village were not large beasts, but tens of thousands of rodents!
At this moment, Elsa Village, protected by the Wall of Thorns, was like a reef against the waves. The thorns were as hard as steel, forcing the small creatures at the front of the monster tide to move aside. Hundreds of wood elves raised their short bows, but none of them shot arrows. They watched helplessly as the small creatures on the ground rushed past them on both sides. They felt their hair stand on end.
How many were there?!
Rats, rabbits, hedgehogs, snakes … There were all kinds of creatures that couldn't be seen clearly. At first, they could still run away from the "wall of thorns", but as the density of the beast tide increased, those who couldn't turn around in time could only ram their heads against the wall of thorns because they had nowhere else to go!
Shrieks rang out, and the thorny bushes in front of the village were instantly filled with broken corpses.
The smell of blood mixed with soil wafted over, but the wood elves who had raised their bows didn't move at all. They just frowned and looked forward.
When the wild boars behind them crazily charged toward Elsa Village, Brody, who had been silent all this time, finally raised his wooden staff and shouted, "Raise your bows!"
98 wood elf hunters aimed their arrows at the front at the same time.
In the loud noise and dust, the wild boars, badgers, and wild wolves surged toward the village unstoppably. They were rampaging, but they didn't know which way to go …
"Fire!"
As Brody shouted, the wood elves finally made their move.
Nearly a hundred arrows suddenly soared into the air and fell on the ground a hundred meters in front of the village in a beautiful parabola. In an instant, screams rang out.
The wood elves' archery was far superior to that of ordinary humans. The arrows that fell from afar almost all hit their targets. Among them, more than ten wild boars that were running toward the village were instantly turned into a pile of hedgehogs!
Accurate shooting from a distance of a hundred meters was what the wood elves relied on to survive in the forest.
Under such a powerful attack, an opening appeared in the beast tide. It was as if the mighty charge had been cut in half. But as the beast tide continued to surge, the corpses that had been shot to death were almost instantly trampled into meat paste by other creatures that rushed over from behind.
"Shoot at will! Stop all the animals that are attacking the village! "
Chief Brodie gripped his wooden staff tightly and waved his hand abruptly. Three wild boars were entangled in place by vines that suddenly sprouted from beneath the ground. Without using any other spells, the wild boars were knocked to the ground by the animals behind them and then stepped into the soil …
The buzzing sound of bowstrings slicing through the air resounded throughout Elsa Village. Arrows flew forward one after another. At first, they had to aim, but as time passed, the elves found that they only needed to shoot randomly!
There were too many of them! The view in front of Elsa Village was completely swallowed by all kinds of wild beasts!
"Squeak, squeak, squeak …"
It was the sound of animals crashing into the thorny bushes. The thick wall of thorns gave the elves a great sense of security. They even gradually relaxed because the wild boars could not pose any threat to the barrier.
As time went by, the tense atmosphere seemed to gradually relax. Compared to them, Roddy had no sense of existence at all. Because he didn't attack from the beginning to the end. He just held the short bow and looked forward with a frown. No one knew what he was thinking about.
After three minutes, the overall strength of the beast tide began to weaken. The elves cheered, naively thinking that everything was over.
However, Rody's worries were heavier than ever.
He knew very well that the beast tide wouldn't be this short. There would definitely be more high-level and powerful creatures appearing later. But that wasn't the point. The point was that the geographical location of Elsa Village determined that the number of beasts they encountered here would be greater than in other places!
Due to the activities of the Wood Elves, a portion of the nearby trees were cut down. But this just happened to cause a subtle change in the direction of the beast tide. When the beast tide was small, it wasn't obvious. But when the 'big guys' came, they would involuntarily gather towards Elsa Village due to the changes in the terrain and trees. By that time, the pressure here would be unimaginable!
Roddy knew what kind of large creatures were in the Silent Forest. After some consideration, he immediately made a decision. He clamped the [Ice Crystal Thorn] on his arm and bent down to rummage through his luggage. The way he bent his waist and buttocks was really funny. A few elves who turned around to look at him couldn't help but point at him.
As the first beast tide weakened, the pressure on the Wood Elves was greatly reduced. At this moment, they were not as nervous as they were at the beginning. Randolf, who easily killed seven wild boars and a wild wolf, even teased Natha, "Heh. Usually, it takes a lot of effort to find these prey. Now, it's like shooting targets. I'm afraid the entire village will not lack meat this winter."
Natha shot an arrow and glanced at Randolf, but she didn't respond.
Randolf felt that he had put on a good show in front of Natha today. His originally unhappy mood from Roddy's appearance had improved a lot. He turned his head and happened to see Roddy's funny expression. He couldn't help but laugh. "Hey, this human is really interesting."
Natha immediately turned her head away, but there wasn't any ridicule in her eyes. She knew how terrifying Roddy's abilities were, so she never had the thought of watching him make a fool of himself. The only thing she had was an indescribable expectation.
But at this moment, she was also vaguely curious. What is Roddy trying to do?
Not long after, Natha saw him rummaging through his luggage and taking out a few arrows. Compared to the arrows in the quiver, the arrows in Roddy's hand seemed to be a lot thicker and had some strange patterns on the surface.
"Is this guy an idiot? Doesn't he know that you can't change arrows in the middle of a battle? "
Randolf looked at Roddy and didn't bother to hide the ridicule in his tone. But what he said wasn't wrong. "Arrows" required consistency. All the arrows had to have the same hardness, circumference, length, weight, and center of gravity. The smaller the deviation, the more stable the archer would be. No archer would be willing to have different arrows in their quiver.
Some Wood Elves also noticed Roddy's actions and naturally gave similar comments. It was obvious that Roddy had become the epitome of a "rookie" and "idiot" in their eyes.
However, this moment of leisure only lasted for a moment. When the gradually thinning beast wave in front of them let out even deeper muffled sounds, the Wood Elves' brows furrowed once more.
Elks that were bigger than warhorses, heavy brown bears, steeltail leopards, and even twin-horned rhinos suddenly broke through the sand that was stirred up by the wild beasts. Dozens of them rushed straight towards Erza Village!
"Don't waste arrows! Shoot all the wild beasts coming towards the village. Ignore the ones on both sides! "
Brody's expression changed drastically, and he kept casting spells with the wooden staff in his hand. However, the wild beast in front of him was extremely heavy, and its speed was terrifying. The vines that could restrain the wild boar earlier were now completely useless. At most, they could only slow down the elk's pace slightly.
However, there was more than one piece of bad news. When the Wood Elves looked up, they discovered that the huge beasts had actually gathered together due to the terrain and the direction of the forest. Just as Roddy had predicted, most of them were rushing towards the village!
The Wood Elves had no other choice … Their expressions were tense as they madly rained arrows on the wild beasts. The attacks were even stronger than before!
Although the brown bear had thick skin and flesh, it couldn't withstand more than ten arrows in its head. In the end, it howled and fell to the ground. However, the huge elks weren't affected at all because of the shield-like fan-shaped antlers on their heads. They braved the dense arrows and broke through the "warning line" of 50 meters. Inevitably, they crashed into the thorns!
"Creak …"
The thorns suffered an unprecedented impact, but Brody held on bitterly and didn't collapse. His face was covered in sweat, and his wooden staff had almost turned pure green. The veteran hunters beside him shot the elks down at close range. However, just as they fell, the twin-horned rhinoceros behind them couldn't be stopped by the Wood Elves anymore. It crashed straight into the "wall of thorns"!
"Boom!"
The thorns, which were as hard as iron, caved in. The protruding surface was almost destroyed by the rhinoceros, which had nowhere to go!
Brody staggered and almost fell off the high platform. However, he slammed his wooden staff hard and used all his strength to repair the wall of thorns that protected the Wood Elves …
The impact of the rhinoceros was too great. The tremors even caused the nearby tree trunks to sway. Two Wood Elves lost their footing and fell. One of them fell out of the thorns and was instantly drowned by the roaring beast tide …
Brody's face was almost purple. He shouted, "Kill the rhinoceros! Otherwise, it will collapse the defensive line! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the rhinoceros fell to the ground with a clang. An arrow had pierced through its head, entering through its left ear and exiting through its right chin. The arrow had directly destroyed its brain stem, killing it on the spot.
The Wood Elves immediately heaved a sigh of relief. However, no one knew who had shot the arrow because a rare herd of deer had appeared in front of the village. They didn't even have the time to search for the culprit.
The "wall of thorns" was already severely damaged. However, the crisis didn't give them any time to rest. After the herd of deer left behind a large pile of carcasses, the rumbling footsteps in the distance caused the faces of nearly a hundred Wood Elves to instantly turn pale.
The third beast tide was led by a Bone Armored Giant Elephant. Coincidentally, it was charging straight towards them!
The four-meter tall Bone Armored Giant Elephant was an existence that the Wood Elves had never dared to provoke. This was because no Wood Elf had ever been able to directly break through its insanely strong bone armor!
To make matters worse, the Wood Elves, who had been shooting nonstop since the beginning, were now exhausted to the point where half of the young Wood Elves couldn't even draw their bows.
Brody's eyes widened in despair. However, he also understood that the "wall of thorns" was completely useless against the Bone Armored Giant Elephant. The destruction of Erza Village to the beast tide … was inevitable!
He fiercely tugged at his beard. His heart was filled with incomparable pain, but he could only turn around and shout at the village's defenseless women and children, "Leave! Hide in the trees far away! Hurry! "
This was the last way to preserve the lives of the Wood Elves.
Hearing Brody's desperate shouts, the Wood Elves finally understood that there was nothing they could do. One by one, they gave up on stopping the Bone Armored Giant Elephant. They turned around and climbed up the tree trunks on both sides. However, although they were determined to retreat, the unwillingness on their faces couldn't be concealed …
No one was willing to abandon their home, and no one was willing to see their home destroyed in front of them!
They wanted to turn back and continue fighting to protect the village, but they all knew that they couldn't defeat the Bone Armored Giant Elephant.
However, it was also at this moment that a sudden flash of blue light made the retreating Wood Elves turn around …
In their field of vision, the human that they had mocked and despised raised the short bow in his hand. A blue magical pattern flashed on his left hand that was holding the bow. He raised his right hand and quietly nocked a long arrow covered in patterns on the arrow stand, pointing it forward …
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