Chapter 18 Set off again

The next day, the news that Aris recruited poor people but then sent them all away spread throughout Donali. To Ictor's satisfaction, the caravan leader did things more thoroughly.

He almost provoked a real bloodshed and created enough cover. After that, Ictor vaguely felt that there was less surveillance around him.

After completing these chores, Iket led the convoy to set off without hesitation. However, just a few days after they left the city, the convoy was stopped by a thin figure.

"My lord! Please let me be your knight!"

The speaker's clothes were in tatters and he was kneeling on the road. Only the knight's sword beside him was clean.

The voice sounds young, like a teenager.

Aris exchanged glances with Ictor, then walked forward and threw some copper coins casually.

"Please leave, child, the lord does not accept young soldiers!"

Aris did not dare to move too far forward, and the guards of the convoy also looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Ictor also ordered the rat people to be on alert, and the crossbowman hiding in the thatched cart was quietly loading the bow.

The boy didn't know it yet, but his actions plunged the team into an extremely tense atmosphere.

These visitors from other worlds have similar characteristics to goblins. They like to frequently harass humans and have little agricultural production. They mainly rely on robbery and nomadic herding to survive, which is very annoying.

"There is an enemy! Get in formation!"

Human beings are the oldest enemies of mankind and must be guarded against.

With such an advantage, Iket will naturally not face the enemy head-on. Of course, he will directly lead his team to attack from the side. Creating a local advantage is the best way.

The five seriously injured ratmen were unable to regain their combat effectiveness in a short period of time. As a summoner, Ictor's only healing spell was "accelerated healing", a spell that enhances the body's metabolism, but the effect was not strong.

As the first wave of gnolls came into contact with the ratmen on the left wing, Ictor saw that the other party could not shake his front. Although some ratmen were forcefully knocked back by the gnolls, the convoy was not in danger for a short period of time.

Before the boy in the middle of the road could react, Iket had already spotted the figure hiding by the road.

And it was not until these ratmen dragged the gnolls out of the woods that Ictor learned that there were more than fifty gnoll corpses alone in the attack. Counting the escaped gnolls, the total number was estimated to be over a hundred.

Under the firing of crossbows and piercings of spears, the gnolls in the woods gradually collapsed. In the blink of an eye, a large number of gnolls disappeared into the woods and fled.

The knife is very simple overall, without any fancy decorations. Although it looks poor, it is enough for cutting people.

"Protect the convoy! Crossbowmen fire freely!"

After many days of training, the rat people were no longer as panicked as before, and 40 rats with shields and spears immediately guarded both sides.

Then another gnoll who tried to get closer was kicked to the ground by Coriander. The ratmen who came running hit it one by one. In the blink of an eye, several spears pierced into the bodies of the remaining three gnolls, with more

The small group of Ictors easily swept away the right wing of the Jackals.

The two legs controlled Coriander and ran towards the front of the convoy. The weight of the horse knocked a jackal to the ground on the spot.

Genil said and presented a jackal's knife to Ictor, the shape of which was somewhat similar to a broadsword on Earth.

Since there was a convoy behind him, Ictor did not dare to pursue him, so the battle came to an end here.

"Steady! Aris, the people leading you should hold on to the left wing first!"

However, the gnolls not only have skills, but also have sufficient equipment. Ictor is worried that they will face more powerful enemies around the territory.

Jackals can speak some strange languages ​​and are always strongly hostile to humans. Many of their physical characteristics are not consistent with those magical native species that Ictor knows about.

"Chief of the clan, a total of 30 long knives were seized this time, as well as some leather armor kneaded by jackals, but none of them are complete."

Since eating goblins, this group of rats seems to have turned on some kind of strange switch. Since the battle began, many ratmen have become curious about the taste of gnolls.

This is a fighting method unique to summoners. The contract can maintain a spiritual link within a certain range. This command method is actually quite advanced.

He took out his staff and swept the wind breath technique to the left. Several black jackals were revealed in the blown bushes!

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Ictor lowered his body on the horse, used the sword as a spear, and killed the jackal who was about to hack the boy to death.

The rat-man crossbowmen who had already loaded the string opened the haystacks and shot out directly relying on the cover of the car base. Thanks to Ictor overturning the cover of the bushes in the first round, the crossbowmen had a good view.

Can better utilize remote advantages.

"grown ups!"

Ictor, on the other hand, fired another Wind Breath spell on the right wing. After confirming that no one was around, he ordered the rat men on the right side of the convoy to move.

Wherever the battle line advanced, Iket ordered the crossbowmen to change the direction of shooting, always ensuring that the troops did not suffer accidental damage.

"Yes! yes! Clan leader! Rat pups! Follow the clan leader to kill the enemy! We have a new recipe!"

"Jenil! Lead the team and follow me! Kill from the side!"

"Yes, Master Iket! Infantryman! Follow me!"

"You mean? In just a few years, the jackals have figured out the technique of forging iron tools on their own?"

"Hairy thing!die!die!"

Human technology, even ancient techniques, are not easy to master. Anyway, if you ask Ictor to forge iron, he will definitely be empty-headed.

Ictor threw the knife to Aris, who picked it up and looked at it carefully.

However, some technologies are barely in the category that can be solved by "I Xunsi".

"Aris, look, the equipment of these jackals is somewhat beyond my expectation."

Eight gnolls fell to the ground in the first wave of charge. The training of the crossbow rats was quite fruitful, but more gnolls roared unknown words and rushed towards the convoy.

Thinking of what happened in Donali City, Ictor wondered if someone was going to stab him, so he sent a young man to stop the convoy for such a ridiculous reason!

And even after Aris threw some copper coins, the boy did not leave, which made everyone even more nervous!

If there were more wounded, Iket's team would suffer casualties. In fact, it took him a lot of mana to deal with these wounded.

As for the rat men, five rats were seriously injured, and four other human guards also suffered considerable injuries. The rats responsible for defending the convoy also had some stab wounds.

This is the front line, but the rear is already so difficult. If the human boy hadn't made Iket wary, the team's losses would have been even greater!

The ratmen dragged out the corpses of the gnolls, deftly stripped them of useful materials, and then disembowelled these guys.

Eight guards followed Aris away, and gleaming swords were added to the flanks of the shield-bearing spear rat.

Many of these gnolls are equipped with simple leather armor, and the weapons they use are much more sophisticated than goblins. However, when fighting, they are unorganized and undisciplined. If they encounter well-trained ratmen, they will be slaughtered.

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"Young master, when I came here a few times ago, the jackals I encountered could only use stone tools. I really didn't expect that they would progress so quickly."

The rats with shields and spears gathered together and stabbed the gnolls to death with their long spears. The gnolls who got around to the flanks were hacked to death by Ictor with his big sword.

"I'm afraid it's possible. Master Iket may have thought about it based on the smelting furnaces in other territories."

"It's hard for me to accept what you said."

The brain capacity of jackals is so big. It's so bizarre to advance to the Iron Age after just a few casual thoughts. You must know that making high-quality swords cannot just rely on primitive tribes. There is a whole system behind it.

"No! That's not the case!"

While the two were discussing, the boy who was being ignored by Ictor said loudly.
Chapter completed!