In his daze, the pain gradually subsided.
Roddy's mind was in a mess. The sudden pain was beyond what his body could bear, and he almost fainted. But this feeling disappeared in the blink of an eye. When he opened his eyes again, Roddy frowned slightly.
[Skill Pane] flashed with three new icons.
[Advanced Class Talent Pane] had an "Activated" notification.
His attributes were all increased, and an indescribable power flowed through his body. But … Roddy felt that something was wrong.
He quickly glanced at it. The [Mana] column was still at 0/0, and the [Battle Record] did not show the words "Mission Completed".
What's going on? Still not done?
He opened the [Mission Pane] suspiciously, only to find that the [Lone Ranger in the Darkness]'s description had changed again. It said, "The book that Ducal left behind contains a mysterious power, but in order to obtain the complete inheritance, you must obtain the recognition of the guardian."
The [Mission Hint] could not be any more simple: Find the Snake King Sakya.
Roddy did not have much time to think. He stood up and prepared to leave, but after a few steps, he realized that Akasha had been looking at him helplessly.
"What are you waiting for? Let's talk outside! "
*****
Two thousand meters away from the ruins, the battle in the forest had reached its climax.
Brody and the eighty wood elves that came with him bombarded the "Iron Blood Mercenary Group" with a rain of arrows. For a moment, they were exhausted. The mercenaries who rushed over didn't even see the shadows of the wood elves before they were shot down. Even Kevin, who was fighting the Snake King Sakya head-on, was slightly affected.
Under such circumstances, the mercenaries were bound to suffer a crushing defeat or even be completely wiped out.
However, Commander Kevin had used a scroll to completely change the situation of the battle.
"Arcane Explosion!"
This was a large-scale AOE spell that could only be cast by a Level-40 Arcanist. It was enough to blow up the entire Erza Village, but Kevin threw it at the Snake King Sakya's head without hesitation.
Bluish-purple light shone, and a huge ball of light suddenly exploded in front of the Snake King Sakya!
Boom!
The light engulfed the Snake King Sakya's body, and the resulting shockwave sent its body flying. Under the impact of the explosion, all the trees within a 20-meter radius were snapped in half. The mercenaries who were closer to it didn't even have time to make a sound before they were killed by the shockwave of the explosion!
And this was only the first wave of explosions. The power of "Arcane Sacrificial Explosion" lay in the word "Sacrificial Explosion". After the first ball of light exploded, four smaller balls of light would explode five meters away, followed by the third and fourth Sacrificial Explosion that would spread five meters away …
For a moment, the entire forest was filled with violent and concentrated sounds of explosions. The mercenaries were all lying on the ground, shocked by the successive explosions above their heads. Only Kevin, who was holding a longsword, stood behind the magic shield, laughing maniacally at the arcane spell that destroyed everything in front of him.
The Wood Elves who were further away were completely stunned by such a spell. When the fifth wave of Sacrificial Explosion exploded in front of them, although the power of the entire spell did not affect them, the resulting shockwave was comparable to a "Beast Tide"!
Even though Brody had released a large-scale "Curtain of Nature" to block in front of him, it was of no use. The stacked shockwave almost destroyed the spell with a crushing force, and then exploded on the bodies of the Wood Elves who could not dodge in time …
Broken branches and gravel whizzed past along with mud.
After a full minute, when Brody climbed up from the ground in a sorry state, the ringing in his ears still did not disappear. He felt abnormally dizzy, and there were several wounds on his body from the impact. Turning his head, he saw Randolf, whose head was covered in mud, climbing up unsteadily. There was a bleeding wound on his forehead. Realizing that the Village Chief was looking at him, Randolf opened his mouth and tried to speak, but due to the ringing in his ears, Brody could not clearly hear what the Village Chief said. He could only see the Village Chief's mouth opening and closing …
Turning his head, he saw that the Wood Elves behind him were almost all in the same state. Some had fainted, while others were trying their best to climb up from the ground. They were in an extremely sorry state.
Looking into the distance, after the smoke gradually settled, Snake King Sakya was completely motionless.
Kevin's actions were too crazy. Although the "Arcane Sacrificial Explosion" exploded 20 meters away from him and 40 meters away from the mercenary group, this was not a "safe" distance. The last wave of Sacrificial Explosion exploded above the mercenary group. The entire explosion killed six people, and ten more were injured and knocked unconscious. At this moment, there were only 25 people who could still fight.
"Get up, all of you! Go and catch the Elves! "
Kevin shouted without any sense of guilt. He walked among the mercenaries unscathed, not even a speck of dirt on his body. As he walked, he raised his leg and kicked the butts of the mercenaries, shouting, "You can't even withstand this little impact? A bunch of sickly women. I've already killed that stupid Snake King! The rest of the Elves will belong to whoever catches them! Take up your shields and go! "
When these words were shouted, the remaining mercenaries shivered. They clenched their teeth and climbed up from the ground, just in time to see Snake King Sakya lying on the ground not far away from them. The giant snake, which had been unusually awe-inspiring just a moment ago, was now completely motionless. There was a hole in its head, and its mouth was half open. Purplish black blood was flowing down from it …
Looking into the distance, when the mercenaries saw the pointy-eared Elves, the greed in their hearts immediately took over their bodies. One by one, they used all their strength to climb up. Ignoring the dizziness and pain, they picked up their shields and longswords, ready for battle.
Kevin didn't waste any time. With a wave of his hand, he led the mercenaries who had quickly recovered their combat strength and charged toward the Wood Elves!
They were professional soldiers. In terms of physical fitness and combat awareness, they were far stronger than the Wood Elves. A distance of less than 100 meters seemed far, but in fact, they could reach it in 20 seconds. During this time, Brody organized two volleys of arrows from the panicking Wood Elves. However, as there were too few Wood Elves who had recovered their combat strength and the Wood Elves were advancing with their shields up, they didn't even have the time to deal any effective damage before the Wood Elves closed in on them!
Brody could have chosen to retreat and engage in a "hit-and-run" mobile battle. However, due to the impact just now, more than 20 Wood Elves had yet to recover their mobility. Hence, he couldn't bring himself to abandon these young Wood Elves.
From this point, the difference between the two leaders could be seen. In order to break the disadvantageous situation, Kevin didn't even bat an eye when he killed his own people. However, because Brody couldn't abandon these Wood Elves, he directly caused the Wood Elves, who had the advantage in long-range attacks, to fall into close combat, which they were least adept at …
Be it in terms of combat experience or combat awareness, Kevin was far superior to Brody. Hence, the outcome of the battle was already predictable. Once the Wood Elves were dragged into close combat by the mercenaries, it would be a one-sided massacre!
Kevin seemed to have already seen this outcome. He ran with his frosty blue longsword, his face still wearing that crazy smile. A level-4 "Ice Shield" stood in front of him, completely blocking all the arrows that were aimed at him. When he was 30 meters away from Brody, he immediately threw out the fireball spell that he had already condensed in his palm.
"Boom!"
Brody clenched his teeth and waved his wooden staff fiercely. Although he had cast a green light screen to block the explosion, he understood that the Wood Elves couldn't stop the human mercenaries who were charging towards them!
At this moment, although more than 40 Wood Elves had recovered their battle strength, the arrows they shot out did not have much effect due to the presence of the shields. More importantly … with the 30 mercenaries charging in front of them like a hot knife through butter, the Wood Elves' morale had completely fallen to rock bottom.
In less than two minutes, they had gone from having an "extreme advantage" to an "extreme disadvantage". The Wood Elves, who had never engaged in a group battle before, were completely frightened by this situation. Even their instinctive action of shooting arrows had become stiff …
The humans were advancing crazily. Twenty meters, ten meters, five meters …
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The sound of shields clashing instantly echoed in the surroundings, and the mercenaries roared like wild beasts. In melee combat, these frightened Wood Elves were no match for them at all!
The first to be attacked was Brody himself. "Demon Swordsman" Kevin rushed in front of him unscathed. He waved his longsword and directly cut the wooden staff in the old Wood Elf's hand into two. He completely ignored the Nature Spells and followed up with a kick that broke several of Brody's ribs, sending him flying far away …
"Weak as a feather."
Kevin mocked and turned around to shout, "Chop the tough ones to death! The rest is up to you all! "
When the mercenaries heard this, they howled crazily as if they had been injected with stimulants. They, who originally had the intention to kill, changed their method of attack. They either used their shields to smash the Wood Elves, or used their fists or the backs of their blades to knock the Wood Elves down. Natha's resistance caused a lot of trouble for the mercenaries. However, after injuring three people at close range, she was still knocked to the ground by the elusive Kevin's knee …
There was no longer any suspense in this kind of battle. A few of the stronger old hunters in the village were killed by Kevin as if he were cutting melons and vegetables. The battle went on for two minutes, and the Wood Elves who were fighting with all their might collapsed. Kevin didn't care about the Wood Elves who were running away and only took down the Wood Elves one by one …
Time ticked by. When the battle was about to end after five minutes, Brody, who was vomiting blood due to his heavy injuries, clenched his fists tightly. However, he was completely powerless against everything before him … Natha stood up a few times and fought with all her might, only to be knocked down a few times. Her stubborn face was covered in blood, and her companions who were either killed or knocked unconscious had filled her heart with fear and anger.
However, no matter how much hatred she had in her heart, in the face of absolute strength, all her efforts were in vain.
Her originally delicate face had been punched, her abdomen had been slashed, and her body had been beaten countless times. At this moment, it was almost impossible for her to even get up. Natha hoped to see someone stand up and continue to resist, but at a certain moment, when she saw the village chief Brody, whose face was full of humiliation, lower his head, she only felt a chill in her heart.
The mercenaries had already entered the stage of cleaning up the battlefield. They found ropes or other things to tie up the Wood Elves, loudly ridiculing the price of these "spoils of war", or discussing the figures of some of the female Wood Elves. One of them came in front of Natha and swept a frivolous and obscene gaze over her body. He then took out a bundle of rope …
I'm afraid this time … I really won't be able to avoid it.
Natha's heart was like dead ashes. Just as she was about to put up a final resistance, she heard a muffled "pfft", and immediately felt some warm liquid splashing on her face.
When she looked up, the face of the mercenary in front of her was full of frozen astonishment. His right eye was almost protruding out, and his left eye … was completely pierced by a long arrow!
Natha's small mouth opened slightly, and her mind involuntarily surfaced the image of the beasts that had been pierced through the eye by an arrow. An inexplicable feeling inexplicably welled up in her heart … She tried hard to turn her head to look at the mercenaries at the side, and just happened to see an almost silent and shocking scene —
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! "
Within three seconds, the mercenaries who were in different positions and facing different angles were successively hit by arrows. Two were shot in the head, and one was pierced through the throat. They did not even have the chance to make any extra sounds before they all fell to the ground together. Even their companions who were ten meters away with their backs facing them did not notice …
It's Roddy! It must be him!
Natha immediately confirmed this fact, but then an indescribable bitterness rose in her heart — even if Roddy came, what could he do?
Not to mention these twenty mercenaries, the human leader was a strong person who could defeat the Snake King Sakya!
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