On the periphery of Tranquility Forest, the gust of wind blew across the vast land, making a whimpering whistle, mixed with the chaotic fighting, swept across the swaying weeds and shrubs, and disappeared into the open field.

"Hold on for me, our reinforcements will arrive soon! The Almighty Magrubier is watching us from the Shura Field, and his people will never fear death."

"Zheng!"

The captain of the Hobgoblin scout looked at his companions who were falling one after another, tightened the reins of the Warg, pulled out the cold steel long sword, and roared, ready to join the chaotic fight.

Suddenly, the Hobgoblin captain was startled, looking at the slightly floating air, as if he had sensed something, and his brown hair-covered face suddenly shook violently.

Sensing the danger, he immediately yanked the reins of the Warg in his hand.

Feeling the pain brought by the strong force, the Warg under the Hobgoblin roared angrily, venting his dissatisfaction with the Hobgoblin, and his two front claws suddenly exerted force, directly overturning the Hobgoblin captain behind him to the ground superior.

"Pfft!"

When the Hobgoblin Captain was knocked to the ground by the Warg, a sharp blade shrouded in pale orange flames pierced the Warg's throat with precision and precision.

"Ow!"

The calf-sized Warg groaned and struggled a few times on the ground before losing its breath of life.

"Go to hell! Half-elf!"

The moment the Warg's body fell, the leader of the Hobgoblin who survived the disaster immediately stood up, took the opportunity to jump violently, accompanied by a roar, the steel sword clenched in both hands fell from the sky, and fell on the head of Thorne, who had failed the sneak attack in front of him.

"clang!"

The collision of sharp blades produced a bright symphony of sparks and iron.

The long sword in Thorne's hand blocked the big goblin's blow, but he was forced to take five or six steps back by the strong force of the collision of the two sharp blades.

This hobgoblin captain must have mastered the "power attack" specialty, and the strength attribute is probably at least around 18:00. Feeling the tingling pain from his arm, Thorne secretly guessed the general attribute of the hobgoblin captain.

Although his strength attribute is also 18 points, which seems to be on par with the opponent, but 2 of his attributes are completely supported by the magical equipment ogre power belt, compared with the natural attribute of the hobgoblin without any blessing. , the difference is quite obvious.

Moreover, the Hobgoblin has also mastered the "Power Attack" which is the most suitable attack feat for fighters and barbarians.

The distribution of attributes of the Hobgoblin race is actually similar to that of humans. The six attributes are well balanced, but the total attributes are higher than those of humans. Adult Hobgoblins are born with the strength of Challenge Level 3.

Their innate occupation is warrior. In this militarized management group, almost every adult hobgoblin can easily advance successfully in the standardized training, and the challenge level will be raised by one level accordingly. The second-order extraordinary threshold.

The most obvious difference between them and other humanoids is that under the perfect militarized management system, each hobgoblin will learn a lot of related combat skills as adults.

One of the most famous is the Hobgoblin swordsmanship tailored for hobgoblins. The most prominent feature of this swordsmanship is the single attack of the force and the advance of the battle formation composed of more than five people.

No matter what race in the wilderness, in the face of the attack of Hobgoblins, they will choose to rely on favorable terrain for defense, and try to avoid field battles with them.

Through the collision between the two just now, Thorne immediately judged that the challenge level of the Hobgoblin scout captain in front of him was at least around level 8, which meant that his warrior level was as high as level 5.

This made Thorne's competitive spirit involuntarily, and he wanted to kill the hobgoblin captain with his own hard power.

Seeing that the attack did not succeed, the hobgoblin captain flashed a **** red light in his angry eyes. He locked on the unsteady Thorne again, and roared, revealing a sharp yellow fang.

Then a front charge chased up, and the long sword in his hand slashed at Thorne's chest.

Thorne had just stabilized his body and stood with his sword in hand. He noticed that the captain of the Hobgoblin who continued to attack without leaving any gaps, his expression was unprecedentedly calm and solemn.

When the Hobgoblin Captain's attack was about to approach, Thorne, with his super agility attribute, slightly sideways dodged the empty blade, and then the long sword stabbed the Hobgoblin Captain's abdomen.

"clang!"

Facing Thorne's deadly counterattack, Captain Hobgoblin reacted very quickly, but he didn't have any intention of dodging, but chose to withdraw his long sword to block Thorne's sharp edge, and the two-meter-tall burly body directly attacked Soane. En bumped into the face.

"boom!"

Thorne was knocked back five or six steps in a row by the burly body of the hobgoblin captain. Before his body could stabilize, the hobgoblin captain wielded his long sword and took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

"Clang clang!"

The continuous sound of the collision of the long swords sounded again, and the attack of the Hobgoblin captain was fast and powerful. With each collision, Thorne would take a step back in order to ease the attack.

Under a series of attacks, Thorne's figure retreated a dozen steps again, and the palm holding the long sword also trembled slightly.

However, the Hobgoblin captain in front of him was not feeling well either. At this time, his exposed gray-brown hair was all damaged by the flames of Thorne's "Desert Fire" feat and the Demon Slaying Sword, leaving patches of black burning. Burn marks.

"It's now!"

Noticing the hobgoblin's sword attack, Thorne's eyes narrowed slightly, while taking a deep breath, his body turned sharply, dodging the fatal blow of the hobgoblin's long sword.

Immediately after a thought, the Demon Slayer Sword in his hand was enveloped by a light blue light, and he instantly slashed at the Hobgoblin captain.

——“Steel Soul School (attack skill): Nightmare Sword Sapphire!”

As the most basic attacking skill in the Steel Soul School martial arts, the function of this move is to carefully observe the opponent's movements during the battle between the two sides, and seize the opportunity to attack the enemy's defense gap.

Since Thorne has only just learned this kind of skill-type attacking skills, he is not very proficient in using them. During the continuous battle with the Hobgoblin captain, he did not notice the flaws of the opponent's attack until this time.

If it is a martial artist who is proficient in using the martial arts of the Steel Soul School, even at the moment when the two sides are about to fight, they can instantly seize the enemy's defense gap and cause the most deadly blow.

Therefore, the martial art of the Steel Soul School is to use a calm and calm mind and a keen insight on the battlefield to fight against his enemies, and then seize the enemy's flaws and launch a fatal blow. Simple and deadly.

The hobgoblin in front of him can be the captain of the most elite scout in the hobgoblin tribe, and is obviously also a veteran with rich combat experience. His sense of crisis makes him calm in the face of danger, and he does what he thinks is the most correct for the first time. In response, the steel sword in his hand suddenly swung horizontally.

Through the repeated collisions with Thorne, he understood that his power is much higher than that of Thorne. In the face of Thorne's imminent blow, he naturally used his strengths and prepared to hit Thorne's long sword head-on. .

But this time, the weapon collision that the Hobgoblin captain expected did not come. Thorne's sword was just a false move. When the sharp blades of the two sides were about to collide, the Demon Slayer Sword in his hand turned into a faint blue light and disappeared. In the pupils of the Hobgoblin's astonishment.

When the Hobgoblin captain realized that something was wrong, a fatal crisis had come, and the Demon Slaying Sword exuding a scorching aura suddenly appeared under his armpit.

"Pfft!"

The arm of the hobgoblin captain clenching his sword was severed by Thorne mercilessly.

Then Thorne took the opportunity to catch the steel long sword that the Hobgoblin captain was about to land with his left hand. In his mournful wailing, Thorne used the hobgoblin's own weapon to backhand a sword and slashed the hobgoblin's furry neck, and the scream suddenly stopped. stop.

"thump!"

Captain Hobgoblin's body twitched, and he fell weakly to the ground.

Kill the target!

Extract the target's soul energy and gain experience: 4000 points!

Through the perception of battle, get practice points: 400 points!

...

It turned out to be a hobgoblin warrior with a challenge level of 9. Thorne noticed the experience gained, and glanced at the corpse of the hobgoblin captain he had just killed, and then looked curiously at the corpse obtained from the hobgoblin. Steel long sword.

A long sword that can collide with one's own weapon more than a dozen times without any obvious damage must have its uniqueness. After all, the Hobgoblin race is also a race that is very good at making weapons and equipment.

The long sword in Thorne's hand has a blood groove on the blade, and it also feels heavy when held in his hand. Compared with the size of a human, it is more like a two-handed giant sword.

However, according to the burly body shape of the hobgoblin, it does meet the limit standard of a long sword.

Hobgoblin Commander's Sword

Type: Long Sword

Requirement: 15 or more Strength

Quality: Green · Excellent

Abilities: Sharpness +2, Sturdiness +2, Armor Breaking +1

(Note: The blade of the sword is made of mild steel, and the blade is made of pure gold. It is made by high-temperature tempering. The standard long sword of the Hulk Hobgoblin tribe is only qualified for the Hobgoblin above the commander level to equip this sword.)

...

"The blade is actually doped with fine gold. This weapon is infinitely close to the extraordinary quality. As long as it is transformed by the alchemist's enchantment, its quality will be immediately upgraded to a magical weapon." Thorne glanced at the long sword Attributes, talk to yourself.

Adamantine is a rare magic metal. This metal is extremely hard. As long as the weapon is forged with Adamantite, it will have the natural ability to ignore the hardness, which is the so-called armor-piercing property.

Moreover, the repulsion of adamantine to magic is very low, and alchemists can easily carry out enchanting transformations.

The only downside is that it is relatively heavy, and the number is quite rare, usually only found in underground world mines.

Holding the heavy weapon in his hand, Thorne's heart was not filled with joy, but rather heavy.

As the saying goes, a scout captain of the Heruk Hobgoblin tribe is equipped with such a powerful weapon, so wouldn't it be stronger than the scout captain's rank higher than this scout captain.

After all, they are a group of people who have been vulgarly developing in the Black Pearl Forest for nearly three hundred years. They have no background, how could they dare to attack Winter City beyond their own power.

Although their actions failed and led them to stay away from the Black Pearl Forest, they at least proved their courage and strength.

However, when Thorne noticed that only Hobgoblins above the commander level were qualified to use this long sword, he was slightly relieved.

The Hobgoblin tribe is a heavily militarized group, which leads to their military system assigning a corresponding military rank to each Hobgoblin, ranging from powerful leaders and commanders, to ordinary infantry, and even those who are forced The goblins who face the front spear on the front line will also have a corresponding class status.

Thorne has fought against the Hobgoblin clan, and he has a good understanding of their military system, which can be roughly divided into non-commissioned officers, lieutenants, commanders, legion commanders, and leaders of the highest level.

Usually a non-commissioned officer can manage at least 20 ordinary hobgoblin soldiers, a lieutenant can have at least 3 non-commissioned officers, and a commander can lead more than 5 lieutenants.

That is to say, a commander has at least 300 Hobgoblin soldiers under his command, as well as an unlimited number of various slaves and domesticated beasts.

As for the Legion Commander and the highest-ranking leader, Thorne is not very clear, because the size of the Hobgoblin who invaded the town of Falls was two commanders.

Then, judging from the fact that this scout captain can wear a commander-level weapon, it can be judged that this group of Heruk hobgoblins who originally lived in the Black Pearl Forest must have suffered heavy losses after they failed to attack Winter City.

But even if the losses are heavy, the strength of the hobgoblins is not something that can be resisted by the town of waterfalls, which is in chaos.

No matter what the situation is in the future, and how to prepare for the invasion of Heruk Hobgoblin.

Thorne ignored the headache for the time being, and turned his attention to the unfinished battle.

The battle situation at this time, with the addition of a powerful orc, has shown a one-sided situation, and the number of remaining hobgoblin scouts is not much.

With his excellent weapon fighting skills, the flames and lightnings jumping on the rune sword, and the protective force field barrier to protect his own safety, Yass, the curse swordsman, has a steady upper hand in the battle even in the face of a tacit siege from the hobgoblin scouts. , it's only a matter of time before all the Hobgoblin scouts around are cleared.

On the other side, the ranger Ashmore and his half-blood winter wolf fought with a hobgoblin who jumped off his mount. With the cooperation of the cold breath of the half-blood winter wolf, it was easy to eliminate the hobgoblin.

As for the burly orcs who suddenly joined the battlefield, it made Thorne look a little surprised.

The orc player who appeared in front of him was exactly the orc swordsman he met in the arena. He could still clearly remember the composure and calmness of this orc swordsman when he faced the drow swordsman master.

Although there are many variations in the appearance of orcs, in Thorne's eyes, there is actually no obvious difference.

The same is true of the Orc Juggernaut in front of him. He has a distinct low forehead, a pig face, two prominent canine teeth in the lower row, blood-red eyes and wolf-like ears.

He was fighting with the four hobgoblin scouts, but the whole person gave him the feeling of a sharp sword unsheathed. Every attack was sharp and deadly, and the four hobgoblin scouts could only suffer. withstand.

Thorne didn't waste time. He glanced at the general situation and knew who needed his help the most, so he immediately charged towards the Orc Juggernaut with his sword.

"Clang clang!"

The sound of the clashing of weapons was endless.

The Orc Juggernaut dealt with the four Hobgoblin scouts alone, without losing the slightest.

Suddenly, the long sword in the hand of the orc juggernaut slashed violently, drawing out bursts of icy blade winds, and the four hobgoblin scouts who cooperated tacitly withdrew immediately and retreated, and the orc juggernaut took the opportunity to jump out of the battle circle of the hobgoblin scouts.

——“Qi Qi Slash!”

- "Whirlwind Attack!"

Immediately afterwards, the orc swordsman's chest rose and fell slightly, and the long sword in his hand was instantly enveloped by an almost invisible breath, and then under the swing of the orc swordsman.

A wave of real sword qi filled his body, madly hitting the four goblin scouts attacking him like a raging wind, and the sound of sharp blades colliding one after another.

The three Hobgoblin scouts who had no time to escape were directly dismembered by the sharp sword energy and fell to the ground crying. The last Hobgoblin who survived could only use the weapons in their hands to fight hard.

The Orc Juggernaut raised his long sword and snorted, and his sharp blade slammed head-on towards the Hobgoblin scout who was cornered.

"clang!"

The crisp collision sound suddenly sounded, but the rough long sword in the hand of the orc swordsman couldn't bear the pressure and broke.

Seeing this, the Hobgoblin, who was cornered with no way to retreat, took a deep breath, endured the tingling pain in his arms due to frequent parries, and waved his sharp curved-blade broadsword in preparation for a counterattack.

When he swung halfway with his curved-blade sword, a rope made entirely of shadow energy appeared in front of him strangely, tying it tightly.

"Pfft!"

Immediately after the shadow rope trembled, the burly body of the hobgoblin was forcibly dragged and hit the tip of Thorne's sword, and the last hobgoblin scout was killed.

Thorne waved his hand gently, and the shadow rope turned into a little light and dissipated in the air.

"It's you!" The orc swordsman noticed Thorne's face, his expression was slightly startled, and he immediately recognized his identity.

"The gnome reinforcements in the forest are coming soon, we must evacuate as soon as possible."

Thorne noticed the movement from the depths of the forest, and threw the long sword seized from the hobgoblin into the hand of the orc juggernaut, and walked in the direction of the orc leader San.