The loot is not rich.
Sauron and the two of them split it equally, and each of them will get about 30 Kindlers. This is just a cooperation between two people. If it is a team of five people, there will only be a dozen Kindlers if everyone distributes it. Monsters in the wild don't gather together, and it takes at least half a day to find a place where gnolls gather, so basically the fourth level of adventure in the wilderness is the apex. No matter how powerful the adventurer is, even if they want to challenge, they will not choose the wilderness, but will go to the dark area or directly enter the abyss of purgatory.
After the battle, Sauron got 1200 killing experience points.
This group of gnolls didn't advance much, and each head gave only about 200 killing experience. The half-elf ranger in front of him killed half of them, and he killed half of them by himself. Because the difficulty of the battle was reduced, Sauron's skills did not get any improvement, he only got 1 point of stealth skill, probably because he had just successfully completed a deadly backstab. The backstab is not just casually, it must be aimed at the vital points of the heart, and at the same time, explosive power must be ensured. The moment the backstab is launched must be a blow with all its strength.
There is a saying called "seven points of strength in punching", the main purpose is to leave three points of strength to ensure that it can be recovered. Normal chopping uses seven points of strength, but the state of the outbreak is twelve points of strength. If it is said that the "waist and horse in one" of ordinary soldiers is very powerful, then in the case of backstabbing and [sword power-heavy chop], Sauron needs to cooperate with his internal organs to burst out his whole body. points of power. So he will take a deep breath before erupting, and other fighters will also take a deep breath before launching the Qi Lifting Slash. This breath is the source of power in the eruption state, and the total amount of oxygen inhaled is increased in an instant, providing for the body. Ultra-intensive bursts provide the foundation.
High-level melee professionals have some unique skills.
None of these skills are in the realm of the supernatural, but neither are they within the reach of ordinary people. It's a bit similar to "train your breath internally, train your muscles and skin externally". Before the monk profession appeared on a large scale, most high-level fighters would not learn to sit still, but they would exercise themselves in a way similar to meditation, of course not In order to train something like grudge, but to refine one's own potential.
Because people are in a certain state, their nerve reflexes can reach the millisecond level. (extreme relaxation, extreme tranquility, etc.)
1 second is equal to 1000 milliseconds. After entering a specific state and achieving a millisecond-level neural response, it is not a problem for high-level melee professionals to dodge bullets. The representative professions are Monk and Juggernaut. These two professions will have special training methods. Sauron has seen the training of a Juggernaut. Their natural dodge ability is much higher than other professions. Legendary Juggernaut It is even possible to block the frontal fire of a high-speed machine gun with a straight-bladed knife (Battle of Golems).
Among thieves, there are also advanced professions that can dodge bullets, that is, very rare shadow fighters, whose nerve reflexes are simply beyond imagination!
There are actually many other abilities of this kind, and they belong to extraordinary abilities, but they are not supernatural abilities. Some ordinary people in the real world can do it. For example, when they suddenly wake up while sleeping, although they are still sleeping with their eyes closed, their own consciousness is very clear. In this state, the perception of the outside world is simply strengthened by more than ten times. , some slight noise can be felt. Advanced professionals gradually develop these abilities through some extremely hard and difficult extreme training.
Otherwise, the most powerful monk among the monks would not be the ascetic.
Sauron has not yet reached the point where he needs that kind of extreme training, but the half-elf ranger's charge burst just now reminded him of a supernatural training method.
— Extreme sprint.
Most thieves like to call it 'sprint', an ability to force potential explosive sprints, and after training to a certain level, they can run on water.
Very explosive and cool fighting skills.
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The two continued their investigation, following traces along the forest.
There were faint sounds of fighting in the distance. It was scouts fighting scattered wilderness monsters. The ogres and lizardmen had not yet entered the edge of Whitehorse City, and the real battle was yet to come. These are actually appetizers, let everyone hone their skills, and when they encounter the most dangerous creatures in the wilderness later, they will not make mistakes due to unfamiliarity.
at dusk.
The army has advanced to the edge of human activities, and the forward scouts and adventurer teams have also dispersed into the dense forest, and battles will break out from time to time. There were also more or less casualties here. A guy died under the hands of the ogre, and was hit in the waist by a mace (kidney rupture). Died prematurely.
Sauron sat on a rock and ate dry food. They completed the assigned tasks ahead of schedule and returned to the place where the army camped.
"It seems that White Horse City is going to be cleaned up in one go this time." The half-elf ranger leaped onto a four-meter-high rock, handed a bag of spirits to Sauron, and said in a deep voice, "It's time to figure it out." During the five-year suppression period, these aristocrats really had their wishful thinking, and it is estimated that they can deduct a lot of money in private."
The army will regularly clean up the surrounding areas of human gatherings, mainly to prevent the surge in the number of monsters in the wilderness.
These things are like weeds, and a lot of them are born every year. The wolf man is a litter of wolf cubs in his life. If there is enough food, it can expand to a large group in two or three years. Although other intelligent races are inferior, they grow faster than humans regardless of viviparous eggs, and human fertility is really not as strong as they thought.
Sauron waved his hand lightly and said, "I don't drink."
The half-elf ranger didn't take it seriously, opened it and took a sip, and then said: "Someone encountered a troll in front, and I just heard that three of them died. The army has already supported the wizard."
troll
Sauron was taken aback when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "Are the trolls approaching the outer areas?"
"Yes!" Yas stood up frowning, took out the arrows and wiped them one by one. True adventurers cherish their equipment very much. He even used one finger to test the arrows used today. Did the two spiked arrows in the past damage the balance bar? He is a brilliant longbowman, and there are not many such people among the half-elves.
"This is not a good sign!" He cut the arrow a little bit with a boning knife, then carefully inserted it back into the quiver, and then said: "The group of things are very annoying, and they can't be killed by anything. There’s really no way to get them.”
"I hope there will be no tribal migration this time. Have you heard of the Battle of Ash Hill in Fallen Leaf City?"
Sauron shook his head lightly, and said in a deep voice, "I don't know."
Yas carefully wiped the blood on the boning knife, as if recalling: "It was a battle five years ago, the hill giant expelled the Black Iron Ogre tribe, and these guys moved to the range of Fallen Leaf City. Those small-scale monsters are easier to deal with, but the groups that form tribes are much more difficult to deal with."
"A lot of people died at that time, and more than half of the half-elf guards were killed or injured."
"Although these human armies are well-equipped, they may not be much stronger against the upper half-elf guards. The five hundred elite longbowmen were almost killed by the group of ogres."
He lifted up his clothes, revealing a scar on his stomach, like a ferocious centipede, and said slowly: "I was lucky not to die, but I was hit here by the flying axe, half of my intestines were missing."
"Later, I retired and wandered outside these years, taking advantage of my ability to earn more retirement money."
The half-elf ranger chuckled, it seemed that he was really old.
The abilities of melee professionals decline very early, unlike wizards, the longer they live, the more powerful they become. If you can’t break through the legendary field, sooner or later you will enter a period of decline. Human beings begin to decline after the age of 40, and it’s good to keep half of it after the age of 50. Although the experience is getting richer, but the physical fitness and state are not as good as before. If some thresholds are not crossed, they are still mortal bodies, and mortals will have birth, old age, sickness and death, and aging is unavoidable.
The half-elf's decline period will be delayed a lot. The ranger in front of him has such concerns. I'm afraid his real age is over 40 or 50 years old. Although half-elves can live for more than a hundred years, they are not as agile as before when they are fifty or sixty years old. Although he looks relatively young, his strength has begun to decline. At this time, the ranger will turn to the study of divine arts, and high-level rangers will often cast some low-level divine arts.
No wonder he has such a wealth of experience, he may have experienced a lot of battles.
Sauron fell silent.
The opponent's move is actually very simple, that is to deepen the communication between the two sides. They are both solo adventurers. In this kind of battle, they definitely need a slightly trustworthy person to cover their backs. But Sauron didn't want to talk about himself, especially to a stranger. He just stretched out his palm and said slowly: "The frontal battle must be handed over to the army. We should be fine if we are careful."
Yas smiled and held out his hand, then took a sip of the spirit and said, "Although you look very human, I feel that you are actually a half-elf."
"My instincts are always right."
In fact, the two didn't communicate too much, and they couldn't even talk about trust, but the goodwill expressed by both parties undoubtedly meant that they both needed someone who could cover their backs.
This is enough for them.
With one more person covering behind him on the battlefield, the chance of survival is undoubtedly much greater.
Whoooo!
There was a sound of horns from the barracks, and then a group of heavily armed soldiers came back carrying the corpse of a troll. These tough creatures regenerate amazingly and are hard to kill without fire and acid. Their strength is higher than that of ogres, and their physique is born with more than 20 points. Most of them have 25 points of physique. They can grow out of severed limbs and heads. It is difficult to kill them without preparation in advance.
Seeing the corpse of the troll, the expressions of many adventurers became more serious.
Trolls have already appeared on the outskirts of the wilderness. How many monsters have migrated out this time? It seems that opening the road is really not as easy as imagined!
I only hope that the army can form a repressive fighting force.
After all, their configuration has reached the standard of dragon slaying, and Sauron even saw some heavy war equipment.
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