Pale Emblem

Chapter 189 Giant Attack

Following an order from Great Venerable Frank, the Dragon Vein Bow Warriors took a steady shooting posture and shot out feather arrows like a dense swarm of locusts, heading straight for the monster on the treetops.

"Puff", "puff", "puff", the sharp arrows pierced the monster's flesh, and blood spurted out.

In the first round of attack by the Dragon Vein Archer Warriors, 16 monsters were pierced with arrows and fell from the treetops more than meters high.

However, the half-elf's attack was like a torch thrown into a pile of wood, instantly igniting the monsters' anger. Monsters on the ground and in the trees all let out sharp hisses and pounced on the dragon cavalry's line.

The battle broke out at this moment.

The monsters on the ground collided violently with the Dragon Vein Shield Guards and Dragon Vein Swordsmen. The monsters on the trees leaped down and rushed straight to the center of the half-elf defense formation, which was the position of the Dragon Vein Archers, Gaius and Muse.

These monsters with rat tails, tiger bodies and toad heads have amazing jumping abilities. When they attack, there is no difference between the front and the back for the half-elves.

The archers were attacked from the treetops. They had to throw away their powerful bows, draw their swords, and fight the monsters in hand-to-hand combat.

In the general impression, archers are relatively fragile and often need the protection of their front-line comrades. However, professional archers are not archers. They are highly agile fighters who can use dual swords and have good melee capabilities.

In fact, before being promoted to the Venerable, the most powerful melee profession is the shield guard, followed by the archer, and finally the swordsman.

When professionals are promoted to Level 5 Venerable, their bodies begin to become more ferocious, and the ferocity of archers develops towards agility, causing their bodies to be weaker than shield guards and swordsmen, and they are no longer suitable for offensive and defensive roles.

Dragon Vein Archer Warriors do not have this problem. They are as strong as other Dragon Vein professionals and also master various Dragon Vein talents, such as phantom scales that enhance defense.

Coupled with the secret blood ability to defeat the enemy first, the Dragon Vein Archer Warriors are the best at close combat in the team.

The only problem was that the archers were not wearing heavy armor, so the monsters' sharp claws and razor-like teeth still posed a certain threat to them.

"Try not to get hurt by the monsters' claws and teeth." The Great Master Frank shouted loudly while shooting an arrow through a monster's neck.

He had previously observed the monsters' appearance, movement, and natural weapons and judged that they were ordinary beasts similar to tigers. They lacked strength and toughness, but were more agile than tigers, and were typical beasts with high attack and low defense.

For half-elves, ordinary beasts should not be underestimated. Take a tiger for example. Professionals below level 5 are no match for a tiger with bare hands. Even a ferocious level 5 master is not as physically fit as an adult tiger.

However, there are two completely different concepts between a professional with weapons and equipment and without weapons and equipment. A well-equipped first-level professional is capable of killing a tiger in a head-on encounter.

The natural weapons of ordinary beasts are often at an absolute disadvantage in front of the metal weapons and equipment made by half-elves.

Frank was only worried that these monsters had unknown means of defeating the enemy, such as spitting acid, venom, etc. Of course, their teeth and claws were more likely to contain some unknown toxins. Therefore, he asked everyone to go all out and fight quickly from the beginning.

Even if the dead monster has any special methods, it cannot use them.

At present, it seems that these monsters are not poisonous. However, their tenacity and ferocity have exceeded the scope of ordinary beasts.

Those monsters that fell from the trees, their bodies full of arrows, would attack the half-elves desperately as long as they could move, until they were dead.

Oak Guardian Savannah held two sheathed giant swords and swept across the two falling monsters, knocking them nearly twenty meters away.

No one knew what technique she used, but the two monsters that were knocked away were like a puddle of mud. They died on the spot without even being able to struggle.

Savannah obviously didn't want the monster's dirty blood to splatter on Miss Muse.

Master Gaius didn't care about that at all. He was wearing a moth silk armor, holding a sharp alloy sword, and concentrating on dealing with a monster that had slipped in.

The monster's crazy attack caused some damage to the dragoons.

Fortunately, the monsters’ bodies were not strong enough, and their numbers were less than the total number of the noble families’ private soldiers and war beasts.

When four aggressive owl-faced bears, hundreds of mountain hounds, and two large dragon beasts surrounded the monster group from behind, the outcome of the battle would not be in doubt.

A quarter of an hour later, an owl-faced bear was seen on the battlefield holding a monster in its mouth and throwing it back and forth. The rest of the monsters were basically dead, and the occasional survivors were just trophies captured by private soldiers.

Thanks to the protection of the armor, none of the dragoons died, and no one was seriously injured. There were many lightly wounded. Fortunately, this monster was not poisonous, and with the physique of the dragoons, a little skin injury could heal quickly.

However, the mountain dogs bred by the Golden Claw family were no match for the monsters, and more than twenty of them died.

Due to their huge size, the owl-faced bear and the dragon beast attracted the monsters' concentrated fire and they were all seriously injured.

Two dragon vein doctors and animal trainers are treating them.

The rest of the people were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and collecting spoils. Unknown monsters had unknown value, and the Golden Claws were experts in this area. They spent a lot of money to reward all kinds of rare beasts all year round, and they also knew how to identify the types of beasts.

After checking several monster corpses, a trainer ran to Muse and said excitedly, "Miss, these may be rats."

"Rats, how could they be rats?" Frank had been secretly following the conversation between the two. He immediately came over to join the conversation: "If these are rats, they are too big."

The tamer servant immediately shut his mouth, not wanting to say another word to Frank.

Oak Guard Savannah understood Frank's thoughts. He was just worried that Golden Claw would hide the benefits or give them less benefits.

So, Savannah generously told him: "If these monsters are really transformed from rats, then they may be mutant beasts."

"Alien beast...what is that?"

"I'm sorry, I can't explain it to you clearly."

"Well, I'll just ask if they're worth anything," Frank asked bluntly.

"For us Golden Claws, yes." Savannah said lightly.

"Give us half." Frank argued, feeling a little discouraged. They were outsiders and were destined to be slaughtered by insiders.

Sure enough, Savannah said nonchalantly, "This needs to be discussed by the masters of both sides."

If Miss Muse were to act coquettishly towards Gaius, would her foolish cousin still be able to protect his own interests?

Frank secretly complained, but he could do nothing about it.

He planned to turn around and give his little master careful instructions.

The men of Golden Claw began to dismember the monster's body, removing the heart, brain and spinal cord, and then preserving them with a special potion.

The smell at the scene was very bad, so Gaius and Muse ran to the upwind position with some servants as guards.

Frank insisted on staying where he was. He and several assistants were calculating how many goodies the Golden Claws had collected.

"Ma'am, do you think there is a mother body in the lair of these monsters?" Frank took the initiative to talk to Savannah.

Savannah, wrapped in armor, was hard to understand, so she just hummed.

"If the mother monster is the target of Chimera, I think it may not be dead yet, but it is seriously injured... these rat monsters are protecting it." Frank gradually took the initiative and asked tentatively: "Golden Claw will not give up such a rare opportunity, right?"

Savannah finally turned around, looked him in the face, and said, "Mr. Frank, please let me know what you think."

Frank laughed and said, "I'm just curious about the mutants. I hope Ms. Savannah can teach me some knowledge."

Savannah was silent for a moment, then said, "Alienated creatures can grow very large. The secret to their growth is to absorb the flesh and blood of other creatures endlessly, so much so that the Dragon King has to send Chimera to destroy the super-giant alienated creatures."

Frank said angrily, "So when you heard about the Chimera, you thought there would be giant alien creatures here?"

"might have."

"But you didn't tell us in advance. Now, you want us to continue to contribute?"

"Frank, if the interests are too great, it won't be our turn to negotiate. Even Gaius and Muse will have to stand aside. But I can be sure of one thing, we have come this far, and the Golden Sunflower Family will never want you to give up halfway." Savannah said in a relaxed tone: "Continue to help us take down the nest of the alien beasts, and we will talk about the rest later."

Just as the two were talking, a tall humanoid creature suddenly appeared from the direction where the monster came from in the depths of the forest.

He was wearing a simple garment made of animal skins and holding a thick wooden stick. He rushed out and yelled at the half-elves while waving the stick. The dragon riders were startled at first and put down their work and picked up their weapons. When they saw the uninvited guest clearly, they breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was just a false alarm, and became at a loss as to what to do.

Because the uninvited guest was alone, he was huge, estimated to be 2.5 meters tall, and the two-meter-tall Oak Guard Savannah looked petite in front of him. Although he was taller than an ordinary person, his head, facial features, and limbs were not much different from those of a half-elf.

In the eyes of the dragon riders, this was obviously a fellow creature, or to be more precise, a giant half-elf.

The giant let out a loud roar that echoed throughout the forest. Startled, Gaius and Muse immediately rushed back to the present.

Seeing the giant half-elf, the little girl Muse was extremely surprised. She covered her ears with her hands and asked Savannah, "What is he? What is he?"

Savannah calmly replied, "I don't know, but he looks like a half-elf who has been wandering in the wild for a long time."

"Can a half-elf grow this big?"

"Huh? Look, look, he has a pair of round ears." Muse raised one hand, pointed at the giant's ears, and said excitedly.

Gaius did not pay attention to the details of the giant's appearance. He heard the giant shouting a language he did not understand, so he turned around and asked Frank: "He keeps shouting 'Aka', 'Aka' and so on. Do you understand?"

Frank shook his head and said, "I don't understand... He should be speaking the dialect of some small place... The pronunciation does sound like the common language of half-elves, but I just can't understand it."

"What does he want to express?" Gaius continued to ask.

"I guess so. He's very angry, right?" Frank said uncertainly.

The giant waved a thick wooden stick, making a lot of noise, and from time to time he bared his teeth at them and looked ferocious.

It was obvious that the giant half-elf was scaring them.

Or, trying to scare them.

It's a pity that the giant's silly, stupid and dumb appearance doesn't have much power to scare others. Instead, his ugly appearance gives off a sense of weakness, which makes him look funny.

The little girl Muse even laughed out loud: "Pfft...Hahaha, he's so interesting, shall we take him home?"

No one considered this strange giant half-elf a threat, not even the warbeasts raised their back hair at him.

Only Savannah always felt that something was wrong. She subconsciously ignited a drop of secret blood and took the initiative to communicate with the natural realm.

As a cool breeze rushed to her head, she finally realized that something was wrong.

First of all, this was the wild, where the law of the jungle prevailed, and everyone was on guard. There was no reason for the dragon cavalry and the war beasts to lay down their weapons and guard against a giant who suddenly appeared and was completely unfamiliar to them.

What's more, he has been acting viciously.

Secondly, even though they were just cleaning up the battlefield, they did not forget to send out the scouts and dust falcons.

When the giant half-elf showed up, why didn't anyone on the periphery warn them, allowing them to barge in so brazenly?

Lastly, they slaughtered hundreds of alienated monsters, and the scene was bloody and cruel. If the alienated monsters were raised by the giants, how could he dare to show up in such a situation?

Savannah couldn't accept it even more, and she knew she had also been deceived by the giant.

She is a sixth-level Oak Guardian. Even if she didn't hold a ceremony to turn this natural area into her home, she can always maintain affinity with the natural area.

Therefore, without using her eyes or ears, Savannah could sense the attack of the alien beasts, and she knew that the threat level they posed was not very high.

When she passed by the meadow wetlands, she had a premonition of terrifying gazes watching her.

This is the benefit of the Advanced Oak Guard's communication with the natural realm.

However, the natural realm did not warn Savannah of the arrival of the giant half-elf.

She took the initiative to communicate with the natural realm, and as her mind regained clarity, she also sensed a heavy sense of oppression.

Could it be that the giant half-elves have oppressed the natural domain of this forest?

How could such an outrageous thing happen?

Sweat broke out on Savannah's forehead, her heart felt as if it was being pressed down by a huge rock, and even breathing became difficult.

She was forced to terminate her communication with the natural realm, only to discover that the giant half-elf was approaching.

Surprisingly, no one stood up to stop the giant from approaching. Everyone watched him walk to Miss Muse in a normal manner.

When the giant came closer, everyone realized how terrifying he was. The broken tree trunk was as light as a reed in his hand, but no one doubted that the giant could kill a running antelope with this tree trunk.

Muse looked up at the giant, like a small flower bud shrouded in shadow. Gaius next to her was also just a larger flower bud.

Everyone held their breath, and Great Frank didn't even dare to move a finger, for fear that the giant would suddenly go crazy and trample the master and young lady to death on the spot like trampling wild flowers.

The giant reached out and took away the amulet that Muse wore on her chest.

His action was a signal to Savannah, meaning there would be some time before the giant's next move.

This interval is enough.

Ignite the secret blood, stimulate the Oak Guard's activation ability, and awaken the vitality that is usually accumulated. Savanna's basic strength is increased by 100%. The most important thing is that the vitality is active, which provides the necessary conditions for using "Dream Shadow".

Because the "Shadow of Dreams" has very high requirements on the body, Savannah has never recovered her beautiful face and slim figure, but in return she has gained extremely powerful martial arts.

She drew her sword, and the sword light was like a silver-white thread, wrapping around the giant's arm.

It is hard to imagine that with Savannah's size and big sword, she can use such delicate, subtle, covert and silent sword skills.

The sword thread wrapped around the giant's arm, could definitely separate his limbs.

The giant had already clenched his fist and struck out casually, hitting the target first. His fist hit the sword thread woven by Savannah exactly.

The sword light was instantly dispersed.

Savannah felt a surge of power, like a huge wave, carrying her backwards.

This power was endless, wave after wave, constantly bombarding Savannah's joints, muscles, and breathing rhythm. Although it was not fierce, it was endless, and it shattered Savannah's "Dream Shadow", her "Mirror Heart", her defensive posture, and her physical strength.

The others only saw Savannah blocking the giant half-elf's ordinary punch with her sword. Then, the famous Oak Guard of Fallen Leaf City stepped back a few steps and stopped, then stepped back again, and stopped again, until they hit a big tree and finally stopped completely.

She leaned against the big tree and did not shake, but a red leaf fell down, two leaves, three leaves, four or five leaves, falling like rain.

The dragon riders had drawn their weapons and were aiming at the giant half-elf, all with a look of horror on their faces. They were cautious and remained motionless, with only a tree of red leaves falling and swaying in the wind.

The giant sat down cross-legged, facing the Muse with a harmless fat face, holding the copper-cast emblem, and asked seriously: "Where did this come from?"

Muse didn't understand, but suddenly understood what the giant wanted to say, and quickly closed her eyes and replied: "Yes, it was Brother Victor who gave me the amulet."

"Victor? Victor!" The giant pronounced it twice with only a difference in tone.

Gaius grabbed the giant's attention with his hands and feet, as if grasping a life-saving straw. "Victor, Victor, adventurer, we know each other..."

The giant tilted his head to look at him, swept his big hand to the ground, tripping Gaius, then chuckled twice, as if mocking Gaius for being a fool.

"Ms. Muse, nod your head quickly." Frank whispered to Muse.

Muse immediately nodded to the giant, indicating that his pronunciation was correct.

The giant jumped up, turned to the northeast, put his hands around his mouth to make a trumpet, and shouted: "Bell...Oh, you can't call me Bell anymore. Bertina, Bertina, come quickly, come quickly!"

The pronunciation of "Bertina" was understood by all the highland half-elves from Fallen Leaf City.