"Huh! Huh!"

After killing the Hobgoblin guard in front of him, Thorne did not let his guard down. Just as he was watching the surroundings, there were two air-piercing sounds from the depths of the jungle.

Thorne, who had been prepared for a long time, first avoided one of the crossbow arrows sideways, and then swung his long sword, accompanied by a clanging sound of 'ding dong', and the other arrow also fell to the ground.

"Boom!!!"

Immediately afterwards, a sharp horn siren sounded from the direction where the crossbow bolts were shot.

"It turns out that there are still dark whistles hidden around."

Thorne, who escaped the fatal attack, listened to the harsh warning sound, and immediately showed a sudden color, and also understood why the two Hobgoblin guards chose to attack the first time they found it, instead of choosing to call their companions.

The so-called open and dark posts are to arrange two guards standing in conspicuous places and can be discovered at a glance in important checkpoints or sentry towers, and then arrange several hidden guards in secret. This kind of hidden guards, Even the guards on guard don't know it, their main task is to keep an eye on the most visible guard's every move.

Once the guards standing in the sentry tower disappear or are assassinated by the enemy, these guards hidden in the dark will immediately take over their work, while blocking the invading enemy, while warning the hobgoblins deep in the camp.

As a militarily managed hobgoblin group, it didn't surprise him to have such a sophisticated arrangement.

He can even predict that if he really intends to use his stealth ability to sneak into the Hobgoblin camp quietly, the moment he steps into the gate of the Hobgoblin camp, he will be immediately discovered by the anti-detection methods of the goblins. , which is why Thorne didn't infiltrate the camp and harassed the level set up by the Hobgoblin guards.

"Flapping!"

For a moment as the horn sounded, Thorne could clearly feel the turmoil coming from the depths of the forest and the frightened flocks of bird creatures that disappeared into the sky.

Five heavily armored Hobgoblin warriors were the first to gallop out of the thick bushes and appeared not far from Thorne.

The three Hobgoblin warriors standing in the front row were holding a refined long sword and a fine steel shield in both hands. The two Hobgoblins in the back row had no shields, except for the sheathed long swords hanging around their waists. In their hands, they each held a long-range weapon: a heavy crossbow, the arrows that flickered with cold light had already been loaded on the move.

"Elves? Or humans?" A Hobgoblin in the front row showed a confused look after noticing Thorne's appearance.

"Half-human? Or half-elf?" Another Hobgoblin warrior glanced at Thorne and muttered to himself.

"Idiot, no matter what he is, as long as he dares to break into the territory of the Hulk Hobgoblin, he must die!" After finishing speaking, the hobgoblin warrior at the head immediately raised the long sword in his hand and slapped the cover with the body of the sword. With the steel shield on his arm, he shouted: "For the glory of the Hobgoblin Heruk! For the Almighty Magrubiya! Formation! Charge!"

As soon as the hobgoblin warrior's voice fell, the three hobgoblin warriors walking in the front immediately put their shields in front of them, and drew out their refined long swords to charge Thorne. The two hobgoblins standing behind the hobgoblin warriors were tight After that, while running to reload the crossbow bolts, he aimed in the direction on both sides of Thorne, trying to seal all the enemy's escape space.

When the Hobgoblin warrior appeared on the road, the protective ring that Thorne was wearing on his finger quickly flashed a faint magic light, and the "Mage Armor" enchanted on the ring instantly turned into an almost invisible protective barrier. He was covered all over.

With the explosive rush of the hobgoblin warriors and the two air-shattering arrows behind him, Thorne just stood there quietly without any intention of dodging.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The shield-raising charge of the three hobgoblin warriors, and the shooting of the hobgoblins' crossbow bolts behind them, instantly slammed into the flickering protective barrier around Thorne's body, and he also took advantage of the situation to take a step back, freeing up an attack distance, and then Taking advantage of this gap, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the long sword slaying demons slashed a cold light in front of the hobgoblin warrior.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The sharp long swords were all blocked by the three hobgoblin warriors raising their shields, leaving only a string of bright sparks, and then the long sword in the right hand of the hobgoblin warriors also took the opportunity to stab Thorne's body, and the two behind him. The Hobgoblin also quickly retracted the crossbow bolt, drew out the long sword, and double-teamed Thorne from the left and right sides.

Noticing the flanking attacks on the left and right sides and the precise coordination of the three shield-wielding hobgoblins in front of him, Thorne frowned, realizing that his own attacking skills alone could not defeat the hobgoblins.

So, before the hobgoblins on both sides approached, he jumped backwards violently, directly dodging the stab of the shield-wielding hobgoblins' three long swords and the pincer attack of the two hobgoblins.

The two hobgoblins who failed to flank saw the half-elf ranger who had been pulled apart again, and immediately calmly re-sheathed the long sword at a very fast speed, took out the heavy crossbow that had already been loaded with bolts, and scattered to the left and right sides. Go and make room for the three shield-wielding goblins behind you.

"Formation! Charge!"

The three shield-wielding hobgoblin warriors lined up in a formation, and at the same time stood the shield in front of them, clenching their refined long swords and charging towards Thorne, who was still retreating.

- "Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

Thorne kept retreating rapidly, keeping a distance from the five hobgoblin warriors to prevent them from getting close, while taking advantage of the backlash, a dark red fireball the size of a basketball condensed in the palm of his hand.

"Boom!"

When the charging Hobgoblin warrior realized the dangerous fluctuation brought by the dark red fireball in Thorne's palm, his face changed suddenly, and he was about to speak. Entering the horde of goblins, a loud roar erupted.

As the billowing smoke cleared, three shield-wielding hobgoblin warriors could be found, blown to pieces, laying in the dirt pit and wailing.

The other two hobgoblins holding heavy crossbows were just a little farther away, but they were only scratched by the aftermath of the explosion, igniting the dense hair.

When the two gnomes were about to stand up after extinguishing the flames on their bodies, they were hit by arrows jumping lavender arcs and flashing pale orange light, one after the other, and they died.

At the same time when the five hobgoblin warriors died, the warning of the horn also played its due role, and a large number of hobgoblin reinforcements gathered here.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

In the dense jungle, wild beasts roared frequently, and the figures of dire wolves, dire wolves, dire wild boars, and dire apes appeared in the bushes.

In front of Thorne appeared more than fifty hobgoblin shooters armed with powerful crossbows, and on both sides were dozens of hobgoblin knights riding wolves and ferocious wolf creatures.

——“Second Ring Divine Art: Wind Wall Art!”

Facing the dense number of goblin shooters, Thorne calmly held the wooden holy emblem and sang a hurried magic spell.

"Fire arrows!"

A hobgoblin commander waved a banner emblazoned with swords and elf heads, and shouted.

The dense rain of arrows ripped through the air and drowned Thorne, who was singing, with a whistling sound.

When the arrow rain was about to approach Thorne, a half-meter-thick, five-meter-wide, three-meter high, almost invisible vertical wind curtain appeared in front of him, and all the arrows were roared when they approached the wind wall. The air blew away, and none threatened Thorne's safety.

Thorne glanced at the arrows that were all deflected by the roaring airflow, and was not surprised. Even the rocks thrown by the giants of the hills and the projectiles of the small catapults had a certain chance of deflecting them. , not to mention these ordinary arrows.

Moreover, the strength of the Ranger Divine Art depends on the perception attribute. With his 20-point perception attribute, the strength of the "Wind Wall Art" cast can be imagined.

——“Shadow Hand School (Teleportation Skill): Shadow Walk!”

Immediately afterwards, Thorne displayed the teleportation skills of the Shadow Hand School without any delay. A cloud of shadow energy quickly wrapped Thorne's body and disappeared without a trace, leaving behind a group of hobgoblins who had just arrived. The knights stared at each other on the spot.

- "Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

——“Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Fire Bomb!”

The disappeared Thorne reappeared on the thickest tree nearby. When the hobgoblins found him, two whistling fireballs smashed into the hobgoblins.

Accompanied by a loud bang, the scorching flames burst, the high-temperature flames raged everywhere, and there was a miserable mourning in the hobgoblin group.

"Pfft!"

Thorne, who was standing on the trunk of the big branch, pulled the bowstring, and a fierce ape that tried to approach him from other tree branches was directly hit by the sharp arrow. It fell to the ground violently, making a muffled 'thump' sound, and soon died.

Then Thorne glanced at a string of beating experience tips, threw a flame bomb again, and jumped from the branch of the big tree to another big tree without looking back. His figure was like dancing in the autumn wind. The leaves disappeared silently among the wailing crowd.

Away from the battlefield full of gunpowder smoke at the Hobgoblin level, Thorne continued to walk eastward along the Forest of Tranquility.

Through today's battle, he understood that the half-elf girl Lilia was right. She could not change the current predicament of Waterfall Town by her own abilities. Facing the threat of hobgoblins, if he did not use spell attacks, Even five hobgoblin warriors who cooperated tacitly were difficult to kill, let alone the entire hobgoblin group.

After all, the strength is still too weak, Thorne sighed and continued to walk towards Twin Towers Town.

"Zheng!Zheng!Zheng!"

Suddenly, a faint sound of chilling and fighting cries floated over from the east of the woods. It was obvious that a fierce battle was also taking place somewhere in the forest.

Hearing such familiar music, Thorne, who was walking silently, looked stunned for a moment, and his eyes hidden in the hood flashed a trance, showing a look of confusion.

"Ambush from all sides? Who could it be?" Thorne muttered to himself, following the direction from which the voice came.