There was something wrong with the village. Roddy sensed this, but he did not choose to retreat immediately. If an army retreated without a fight without any clear reason, their morale and drive would be greatly affected. It would also be a huge blow to his own prestige. So, Roddy ordered Ruger to take his troops to the southeast side of the grassland where they could retreat at any time. Then, he and Sodelor would observe from another angle.
If they confirmed that there was nothing wrong, they could order an attack at any time … If there was something wrong, they could order them to leave.
Sodelor was left behind because his observation and deduction abilities were better than his. Roddy admitted this in his heart, so he made this decision without any hesitation.
Turning his head, he saw Ruger and the scouts in the distance getting into formation and waiting to charge. Roddy raised his hand and motioned for Sodelor to follow him. As they approached the village, he carefully observed the front.
"If this is a trap, then the other party is already very patient."
Roddy frowned and tried hard to find any clues. But when he did not find anything strange, he heard Sodelor suddenly pull the reins and say, "There — there are signs of a large number of slaughtered animals in the barn. They killed a lot of livestock last night or this morning."
Because of the angle, Roddy had not seen what the "barn" looked like in Sodelor's eyes. But out of his trust in this future army commander, he would not doubt Sodelor's words. But when he carefully pondered the information contained in these words, Roddy felt cold sweat instantly appear on his forehead!
He suddenly pulled the reins. When the warhorse stopped moving forward, Roddy also saw the "empty" barn in the village. The scene and the blood and feces on the ground seemed to prove his judgment in his mind.
"Not good. It's the Wolf Riders!"
Roddy shouted. He immediately raised his hand and made a "retreat" gesture to Ruger and the others in the distance. Then, he turned his horse around and hurriedly said to Sodelor, "Hurry! Hurry! "
The sound of horse hooves suddenly grew louder and louder on the grassland, appearing especially abrupt in the spacious grassland.
Lu Ge and the others had long been trained by Rody to obey orders. Although they did not understand why they had to retreat, they did not think of disobeying orders. The twenty-eight horses immediately turned around and retreated in an orderly manner. As they were not aware of the danger and crisis, the speed of the scouts was not fast. However, when there was a muffled sound behind them, Lu Ge curiously looked back. The scene in front of him almost scared him to the point of falling off his horse.
In a matter of seconds, the originally peaceful Cossack Village suddenly tore apart its peaceful facade. Like a hornet's nest that had been poked, a large number of black figures instantly surged out!
"Damn it! It's the wolf riders! "
"At least fifty, no, seventy! Quick — run! "
It was hard for Lu Ge to imagine how so many Wolf Cavalry Soldiers could be hidden in such a small tent. The Wolf Cavalry Soldiers in front of him shouted as they pounced forward. They were like crocodiles that had been lurking in the water for a long time. The moment their prey approached, they suddenly opened their bloody mouths!
Lu Ge, Carter, and the others kicked their horses' bellies frantically. Although they were a step slower than Roddy and Sodelor, because of their position, they were the ones in the lead. Behind them, less than 400 meters away, more than seventy wolf riders had already rushed out of the village!
And less than 200 meters away from the wolf riders, Roddy and Sodelor were running frantically. Although they had confirmed the danger a few seconds earlier and given an early warning, the two were extremely shocked at this moment. They did not expect the other party to send out so many wolf riders!
Wargs were not like horses, cows, or sheep that could be raised at will. The cost of raising them was extremely high, and their bloodline also had to be pure. From a certain point of view, a qualified wolf rider was even more expensive than a human kingdom's light cavalry. Even a tribe like Rohal's Hammer's main fighting force was still the most common infantry, and a total of 500 wolf riders was already the limit!
At this moment, more than seventy wolf riders, if added to the already killed Xhosa and the team of more than 30 people, it was enough to become a decisive force in a thousand-man orc tribe battle!
Roddy did not understand. Who had the courage to gather more than 70 wolf riders to ambush him?
As the warhorses galloped, the wolf riders' advantage in short-distance bursts was undoubtedly obvious. They actually caught up to Roddy and Sodelor at an extremely fast speed. When Roddy turned back, his gaze was still calm. Because they had discovered the other party's plot in advance, the other party's ambush had lost its original effect. No matter how they chased, the wolf riders could not catch up to them in the 200 meters.
But in the next moment, he found that he seemed to have looked at things too simply.
In the distance, on the hillside of the Cossack Village, the slender figure in a long robe waved the wooden staff full of bones in his hand a few times. A pale red light appeared on the body of the wolf riders who had just rushed out of the village. Then, Roddy and Sodelor simultaneously heard the dull footsteps of the wolf riders suddenly quicken.
Looking back, the originally frantically running Orcs actually sped up again in an instant, rushing towards them with astonishing might!
"Area of Effect Bloodlust. It's definitely Sarota! F * ck! "
Roddy almost immediately understood who the fellow who ambushed him was, and his heart instantly turned cold. On second thought, he had to admit that among the Orcs, only this cunning witch doctor could have such a strategy and courage.
And being able to use this spell meant that the other party's advanced profession "witch doctor" had already surpassed Level 5. Although the other party's overall level was probably around Level 15 to Level 20, with the existence of the "witch doctor" advanced profession, Roddy was destined to have no way of fighting the other party head-on.
Moreover, there were more than 70 ferocious and terrifying wolf riders chasing behind them!
"Speed up! Just hold on for a minute! "
Roddy, who knew the witch doctor's skills like the back of his hand, naturally understood the duration of the "Area of Effect Bloodlust". This made him even more afraid to turn back and shoot an arrow. Because at this moment, any small mistake could lead to the other party catching up to them. And once the net fell, there was no need to think about his and Sodelor's fate!
The bug of leveling up and recovering HP was simply not enough in front of more than 70 wolf riders.
The wolf riders madly rushed forward, and the sound of their chasing footsteps was like muffled thunder that pressed on the nerves of all the scouts. Ruger and the others who were running in front were still fine, but the wolf riders gradually closed the distance between Sodelor and Roddy.
One hundred meters. Nine hundred meters. Eighty meters.
The suffocating feeling made the two bear an indescribable pressure. Roddy was completely focused in front of him, his body doing his best to match the rhythm of the warhorse under him as he ran. Beside him, Sodelor's expression was also tense. The oncoming wind hurt their eyes. The moment the horse's hooves landed on the ground, the wolf riders behind them swarmed over them. The gap between the two parties had already closed to 20 meters.
Although the two didn't turn back, they both heard the sound of the net spinning in the air.
In Sodelor's heart, this situation was tantamount to "sitting and waiting for death". He wanted to do something, but he also knew that if he was distracted in the slightest, it would cause the warhorse's speed to drop. But if they continued to run like this, the enemy would definitely catch up.
What should I do? Wait for death?
Turning his gaze slightly, he saw Roddy staring ahead, but Sodelor found that Roddy had already grasped the horn bow at some point, and four arrows had appeared in his right hand that was pulling on the reins.
The sound of the net spinning behind him suddenly became hurried. Sodelor gritted his teeth and tried to speed up, but he heard Roddy's shout.
"Keep running! Don't look back! "
This voice instantly stunned Sodelor. He turned his head to the side, only to find that Roddy had already let go of the reins and had turned around to raise his short bow.
Could it be that he wanted to sacrifice himself?
Sodelor instinctively thought of this possibility, but from the corner of his eyes, he saw that the already unfurling net was already flying towards him the moment the Orc let go!
In this moment of life and death, everything in his field of vision seemed to appear in slow motion. Roddy, who had already raised his short bow, had already nocked an arrow, and turned his body to point at the Wolf Riders behind him. But at this moment, the way he shot the arrow was completely different from before. The arrow that was usually nocked on the left side of the bow was now nocked on the right side of the bow, and he no longer used his index, middle, and ring fingers to pull the bowstring in the "Mediterranean" style. Instead, he used his thumb to pull the bowstring in the "Mongolian" style!
His short bow wasn't aimed at the Orc, but straight up into the air.
The giant net fell, and Sodelor could almost imagine the scene of Roddy being sucked into the net the next moment. But at this moment, he heard the strange sound of a bowstring, as if someone had fiercely whipped his ear.
* Pa! *
The moment the long arrow left the bow, it began to tilt, and in an extremely short time, it turned ninety degrees in the air, and actually crashed horizontally into the net!
The huge net was blocked in the air, and it brushed past the butt of his warhorse and fell to the ground!
With his head slightly tilted, Sodelor almost couldn't see what was happening in front of him. But in the next two seconds, Roddy shot out three arrows in a row!
At this distance of about 20 meters, because Roddy had used the "Mongolian" style that he rarely used, he missed an arrow. But the much faster shooting speed made up for the advantage of accuracy. In less than two seconds, two of the Wolf Riders closest to him had been shot down, and the Wolf Riders falling to the ground directly caused the approaching troops to pull away a little.
The Wolf Riders' spirit was completely thwarted by what happened in the past few seconds. But just as they were about to speed up again to catch up, the effect of "Bloodlust" finally disappeared.
The Wolf Riders seemed to have suddenly given up on the chase and began to slow down. The reduction was so great that Sodelor even thought that they were scared off by Roddy's arrows. But only Roddy knew that the effect of "Area of Bloodlust" was to provide a 10% increase in attack and movement speed for one minute, but once the time was up, they would have to bear the side effect of a 10% decrease in movement speed!
Only when the skill level was increased would the "side effect" of this witchcraft be reduced accordingly. Obviously, the skill level that Sarota was using now wasn't high, so Roddy and Sodelor were able to escape from the scythe of the Grim Reaper …
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