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"Broken Arrow" shook his head: "Captain, it's just the sound of the wind."

"It's always good to be cautious. If a monster is hiding in the lumberyard and ambushes us, we'll be in trouble. We need to think of a way to test the waters first."

The middle-aged adventurer lowered his voice and said, "I have a way that we can try."

He picked up a dry twig from the ground, muttered a couple of times, and lightly touched it with his finger.

The branch then emitted a somewhat dazzling light.

"Is this your [Light Spell]?"

"Yes, [Light Spell], a kind of magic," the middle-aged adventurer replied to Lindsay. "Squad leader, if the lumberyard is inhabited by ratmen, they are most afraid of this kind of light. Throwing it in won't leave no reaction."

"Goat" picked up two more twigs, and Lindsay watched as he lit them all, panting heavily, with beads of sweat dripping down his neck.

"Uncle 'Goat,' you only used a few magic tricks, it shouldn't have taken that much effort."

"I'm not like you, squad leader. You have the foundation of a mage apprentice, while I'm just an ordinary person when it comes to magic."

Moreover, the energy expenditure of this "light spell" is almost the same as other magic tricks; an ordinary person would be exhausted after using it three or four times. Let me rest for a while.

"Broken Arrow" steadied his unsteady body: "Goat," aren't you afraid the enemy will ambush us while you rest here?

"It's alright. If what those adventurers said is true, and the other party is a ratman, ratmen are naturally timid and cautious, and they wouldn't make such a sneak attack."

Linsset picked up the three shiny branches: "Hold on a bit, let me try."

He placed the weapons and equipment on his back on the ground, holding only a long-handled sword in his right hand, and walked forward several dozen steps, throwing the gleaming branch directly into the vicinity of the log pile in the lumberyard.

There seems to be no movement.

Lindsay threw out another one, and this time it worked; he seemed to hear a few more mouse squeaks.

Those adventurers were right; they sounded like ratmen.

After Linssey threw out the third glowing branch, something behind the log pile cut the branch off with a sword, clearing it away, and then a monster jumped out.

The monster was about 1.3 to 1.4 meters tall, wearing leather armor, and carrying a rough short sword and a small round shield. Its long tail and rat head identified it.

Linsset focused his mind.

[Skaven, Monster, Health: 50/50, Armor: 60/60 (Skaven Leather Armor)]

"Prepare for battle!"

Linsel shouted, and at that moment he saw four ratmen emerge from the cabin and from behind another pile of logs. One of them was holding a light crossbow, and another ratman had a fierce look in his eyes.

[Ferocious Ratman, Monster, Health: 60/60, Armor: 60/60 (Ratman Leather Armor)]

There are also special species!

"Broken Arrow" drew his longbow and fired an arrow that flew straight past Linssai and struck the first ratman to jump out.

The rat-man, struck in the chest by an arrow, squeaked and collapsed to its knees, motionless.

The "Broken Arrow" [long-range shot] hit the vital point, very powerful!

"Squeak! #$^&%!…"

The three ratmen beside him seemed unconcerned about their companion's death. They spoke in a language that Linssey couldn't understand, exchanged a few words, and then slowly approached Linssey.

The ratman with the crossbow at the back aimed an arrow at Linsel and fired it.

Oh no, I didn't bring a shield!

Lindsay tried to dodge the crossbow bolt, but it seemed too late. The enemy's bolt struck his left arm armor, and Lindsay felt a sharp pain from the impact.

He leaned to the left and knelt down on his left leg.

"Linse!" came the shout of "Broken Arrow" from behind.

When the other three ratmen saw Linsel hit by the arrow, they also began to move faster.

The ferocious ratman's skin and veins turned slightly red. Its speed and reaction suddenly increased dramatically, and it charged directly in front of the other two, brandishing its rough short sword as it pounced.

Did he intend to take advantage of his injury and finish him off?

Lindsay gave a subtle smile.

The crossbow bolt only lodged diagonally in the wolfskin armor, without penetrating deep.

He gripped the long-handled sword horizontally with one hand, gathering his strength. When the ratmen got close enough, he suddenly stood up, gripping the sword with both hands at the same time. The power flowed from his right hand to both hands, and then to the weapon, as he slashed horizontally with the sword.

This strike was a combat technique he had just learned: [Heavy Strike]!

The ferocious ratman at the forefront noticed the sudden attack. It dodged to the right, its slender arm carrying a small leather shield that deftly grazed Lindsay's powerful horizontal slash.

However, the two behind it did not have this ability. Brand's sword sliced ​​through their leather armor, and two spurts of blood gushed out from in front of them!

The two rat-men's stomachs were ripped open, blood and contents flowed out, and they collapsed.

[Monster Compendium Activated: Ratman defeated, choose one ability to gain]

It's the thirteenth monster ability!

Taking advantage of the ferocious ratman's unsteady stance, Lindsay raised his hands and leaped up, slashing the enemy down with his bloodstained Brand sword!

The opponent raised his short sword to block.

clang!

The weapons clashed, but Lindsay's strength was greater than that of the rat-man monster, and the ferocious rat-man was directly crushed to the ground by this force.

Linsel pressed down on the long-handled sword in his hand. This transforming two-handed sword had no handguard, and the blade at the end of the hilt pressed down on the enemy with force, piercing into the leather armor in the heart area.

[Ferocious Ratman, Monster, Health: 43/60, Armor: 44/60 (Ratman Leather Armor), Minor Torso Wound, Bleeding]

Linsel noticed out of the corner of his eye that the opponent's health bar was decreasing.

With a little more force, we can completely press the sword into the monster's body!

The ratman with the crossbow had been hiding behind a pile of logs to reload after firing a bolt earlier. Now, seeing the critical situation, he reappeared and aimed at Linse, wanting to support his companion.

However, at this moment, "Broken Arrow" changed his shooting position and fired another arrow.

The arrow suddenly shot straight at the ratman's head.

head shot!

The ferocious ratmen, suppressed by Linsel's power, had no intention of sitting idly by and waiting for their doom.

Although its two short swords were pressed against Linsel's two-handed sword, a contest of strength, its tail wrapped around Linsel's legs, exerting force in an attempt to make him lose his balance and fall.

Lindsay felt his left foot slip into the air, but it was too late for the ferocious ratman.

The end of Lindsay's Brand sword had now completely pierced through the ratman's leather armor and embedded itself in the flesh.

A gush of blood gushed from the wound, staining the leather armor red.

The other party made a faint sound, which Linsel could not hear clearly. At this moment, he lost his balance due to the tail wrapping around him and fell completely onto the ferocious ratman.

At the same time, the ferocious ratman's tail relaxed, its limbs twitched, and after a while it stopped moving.

It's dead.

[Monster Encyclopedia Activated: You have defeated the Ferocious Ratman. Choose one ability to gain.]

The fourteenth monster ability!