The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

The current popular translation of the Quigos is "swamp bear people", but I think this is a mistranslation. The specific reason is explained in a special post on Douban, which is very detailed. I will not go into details here. Interested friends can search it by themselves (the post is called "Quigos (trapped barbarians, bears of the deep)").

In addition, thank you Quantum Cheshire Cat for the reward, and thank you everyone for the monthly tickets and recommendation votes.

Chapter 2: Attack ()

When Li Yin's eyes fell on him, his face turned slightly red. There was no doubt that she had discovered his embarrassment.

The arrogant dark elf was sure to taunt his timidity and cowardice mercilessly.

Myrcella stepped closer, staring at him intently, her intentions obvious.

Li Yin's face flushed, and he squatted down again, frantically adjusting the hook rope and trying to descend. However, when he looked down at the valley floor, which was several dozen feet deep, his calf, which had been shaking less under the pressure of shame, began to shake strongly again...

He turned around and tried to adjust the hook again. However, he knew that the hook had already been fixed, and he was just trying to cover up his panic and anxiety.

He gritted his teeth and forced himself to move his feet little by little towards the edge of the abyss.

At this moment, a strong force came from behind, knocking his body forward. When he came to his senses, he found himself in mid-air.

The nothingness under his feet, his body and heart falling rapidly in the air horrified him, and he opened his mouth subconsciously.

A soft but strong hand immediately covered his mouth, followed by a familiar fragrant breeze.

"Your Highness, it's my fault." Myrcella grabbed the rope with one hand, hugged Li Yin, covered his mouth with the other hand, turned her head, and said to Cassia who was floating in the air behind her.

"It seems I still haven't trained him well enough."

Cassia looked at the two people hanging in the air, the curve of her lips did not change at all, she just nodded.

"I will give him special training after we go back." Myrcella vowed to her, then turned around, tightened her grip on the rope, and began to descend rhythmically.

At the same time, Li Yin felt that she was tightening her grip on him intentionally or unintentionally, and there was a warm and numb feeling behind his ears, and the sound of her deliberately blowing could be heard.

His face turned slightly red, but this time it was not because of fear of heights - when Mircella said "special training" just now, she had turned her face and deliberately leaned close to his ear.

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In the darkness, the dark elf soldiers pulled the triggers, and rows of crossbow arrows were fired under the action of the mechanism, shooting like a rainstorm at the two Quigo barbarians standing on the high stone platform.

The subtle and dense whooshing sounds were fleeting, and the sharp golden crossbow arrows penetrated their thick fur, turning the two Quigo barbarians into sieves in an instant.

They staggered and fell from the stone platform, and their heavy bodies like giant bears made a loud noise when they hit the hard rock surface. Soon, Li Yin's keen hearing caught a slight commotion in the camp.

"Try to capture ordinary 'Abyss Bears' alive," Cassia said in a calm and short tone, reiterating the previous order, "but their priests must be killed."

After saying this, she drew her sword, swung it vigorously, and issued the order to attack.

After the slaves went down to the valley and regrouped, they were deployed to the front of the regular troops. At this moment, at Cassia's command and driven by several slave camp officers headed by Misella, they rushed out in a swarm.

Li Yin was caught in the crowd and had no choice but to charge towards the camp of the Kuige barbarians.

When they rushed into the camp, the first Quigo barbarian who was awakened by the previous noise reacted slowly. The first thing that greeted it was a huge double-edged battle axe of a bugbear slave. As soon as the Quigo barbarian raised his claws, his head flew out with a roar from the bugbear, and blood spurted out from his headless neck.

The next few Quigo barbarians who woke up suffered a similar fate as their first counterparts. They were crushed by the galloping slave army almost the moment they opened their eyes or stood up.

However, the situation changed significantly later on. The first bugbear who swung the double-edged battle axe to chop off the enemy's head aimed his axe at another Quiggo barbarian. However, this time, the opponent had a little more time to react, so the bugbear failed to chop off its head, but only chopped off one of its arms with an axe. The injured Quiggo barbarian roared, a huge roar mixed with pain and anger, like a giant bear roaring, which made people's eardrums ache and their livers and gallbladders burst. During this roar, its muscles swelled, and its already vigorous body became stronger. Then, it swung its other intact arm. The next moment, just like a bear, the huge claw at the end of its intact arm swung past, and the bugbear's head was separated from its body.

The Quigo barbarians were extremely ferocious and brutal monsters. Li Yin recalled the underground biological information of another dark elf, former instructor Turner. They were fearless and any harm would not only fail to scare them, but would instead arouse their frenzy. In a frenzy, their strength doubled, and their "feminine" bodies, which were originally like those of wild beasts, could exert even greater destructive power.

According to the information Turner had, combined with Li Yin's understanding of his own situation, the strength of ordinary Quigo barbarians was similar to his, or even slightly better - and this only referred to their normal strength. As for the Quigo barbarian in front of him, who was in a violent state and had doubled his strength, Li Yin's first reaction was that he was invincible, especially after he saw it tearing two orcs apart and breaking a lizard man in half in a flash.

The Quigo barbarian held a piece of the remains of a lizard man in one hand, turned his head, and locked his pure white eyes on Li Yin who was not far away from him.

It roared and waved its arms, and the next moment, Li Yin felt two dark shadows rushing towards him.

Relying on his extraordinary agility, Li Yin squatted down and dodged, and the two pieces of the lizard man's body flew over his back.

Another roar came from behind him, as if the two broken pieces of the body had hit another target. However, Li Yin had no time to pay attention to it. He did not turn around, but rushed straight towards the Kuige barbarian and drew the elven curved blade at his waist.

The Kuige barbarian missed its attack and also opened its arms, rushing towards him fiercely. Li Yin dodged its claws, slid under its armpits, and then turned around and swung a knife.

"Pfft!"

The sword blade cut through the fur and flesh, and the body of the Quigo barbarian suddenly became shorter - Li Yin cut off its left foot with one knife.

It fell to its knees and then fell to the ground. Li Yin did not hesitate, and before it could completely fall to the ground, he stabbed it in the back with his sword.

Chapter 1: Burning Spirit ()

Cassia once said that they should try to capture ordinary Quigo barbarians alive. However, Li Yin doubted the difficulty of capturing these monsters alive, as they would be completely enraged once injured, and then go into a violent and crazy state of biting and killing until they died.

Moreover, it is particularly worth mentioning that the Quigo barbarians often prey on poisonous underground creatures. Over a long period of time, their bodies have a strong ability to resist poison, which makes the paralyzing poisons that the dark elves usually apply on their weapons to capture slaves useless - just like the situation when the captain of the Mithril Hunters met him.

From Turner's memory, Li Yin learned that one of the common ways for the dark elves to capture the Quiggar barbarians alive was to use sophisticated martial arts to attack their weaknesses, such as cutting the tendons of their hands and feet, making them unable to resist without harming their lives.

However, Li Yin was not in the mood to do so. First, he had no intention of fully demonstrating his skilled martial arts skills right now; second, the dark elves could do so because they were at an advantage in the battle - and now, as more and more Quigo barbarians were awakened and joined the battle, the slave army that seemed "invincible" at the beginning had shown signs of decline and even faintly collapsed.

After all, most of these slaves are not as strong as the Quigo barbarians in terms of individual combat power. This is why the Quigo barbarians are so popular in the slave market.

Therefore, what Li Yin had to ensure first was that he could survive this battle where he was at a disadvantage, rather than capturing an enemy monster that would crush him if he wasn't paying attention.

The training in the slave camp these days was not in vain, or Instructor Turner's hard training over the past few decades was not in vain. In short, Li Yin has mastered the basic principles of close combat, coupled with his agility, sensitivity and reflexes that are beyond the reach of these burly and clumsy monsters. Although he is not as strong as the opponent, when facing a single Quigo barbarian, Li Yin can still easily suppress it.

The simultaneous attack of two Quigo barbarians would make him feel a little pressured, but he could handle it with ease. Only when three or more Quigo barbarians attacked him together would he really feel a sense of crisis. However, considering the huge size of these monsters and the fact that the weak slave companions around him would inevitably occupy a certain amount of space, such opportunities were not too many.

While fighting, Li Yin closely observed the battle situation.

When he noticed that the slaves around him were inclined to retreat under the onslaught of the violent Kuige barbarians, he wisely fought and retreated with them - even though the new enemy in front of him could not actually cause him that kind of pressure, he did so only to avoid being too prominent and becoming the target of public criticism.

Just when Li Yin thought that the slaves were about to collapse, he suddenly heard a loud horn behind him. He chopped off the head of a Quigo barbarian in front of him, took the opportunity to retreat, and looked back to find that the regular troops of the dark elves had also joined the battle.

Some of the dark elves were still far behind. They either occupied advantageous terrain or used levitation to float high up. With the light crossbows on their arms, they flew over the heads of the slaves who were fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy and launched precise arrow attacks on the Quigo barbarians.

These rains of arrows immediately stopped the aggressive momentum of the Kuige barbarians.

More dark elves rushed directly towards the Quigo barbarians. On the way, they killed the retreating slaves without hesitation, forcing the slaves to push back out of fear for survival. In an instant, the front line that was close to collapse stabilized again.

However, the only pity was those slaves - the stability of the line came at the cost of their lives. They were either torn to pieces by the tall and strong Quigo barbarians in front, or chopped in half by the nimble and swift dark elves behind them... They were like pieces of meat thrown into a meat grinder, disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye under the rotating cutting of the front and rear sets of blades.

Soon, the dark elf warriors "broke through" to the front of the line, and with their arrival, the Quigo barbarians, who had been suppressed by long-range firepower, gradually showed a tendency to retreat.

The dark elf warriors have a similar fighting style to Li Yin. Although they do not have the terrifying physical strength of the Quigo barbarians, they rely on their agility, the extremely excellent defensive mithril chain armor that Li Yin also does not have, and the indestructible adamantine blades. They can effectively kill the Quigo barbarians while ensuring their own safety.

"Not bad." Mircella had come to his side at some point, and after chopping down a Quigo barbarian, she looked slightly happy and said to him with great appreciation.

"Thanks for your teaching." Li Yin responded with compliments tactfully.

Mircella, who was dancing in the silver light, was indeed a little excited.

As Myrcella had complained to him before, her martial prowess was unworthy of her position.

She danced with her two swords, silver light flew, and the burly and ferocious Quigo barbarians fell to the ground like felled trees. Although Li Yin only had an ordinary iron sword in his hand, driven by his strong power, the lethality was no less than the sharp blades made of refined gold or mithril used by other elves, and bones and flesh were broken wherever they passed. The two of them joined forces, and their power was doubled, making the Quigo barbarians invincible. Unintentionally, they became a sharp knife for the entire army, deeply inserted into the enemy's line, and the other dark elves on the side, driven by the tide of battle, couldn't help but move closer to them...

As the battle group gathered around the two men grew larger, the gap they tore in the Kuige barbarian line became larger and larger.

In the distance, Cassia, who was floating in the air and overlooking the battle situation, showed a hint of joy on her face. After taking in the overall situation, she focused her gaze on the salient of the entire army, especially the human male slave who was fighting hard while wielding an elven curved sword.

However, at this moment, at the back of the battlefield, behind the Kuego barbarian troops, which were already showing a clear tendency to collapse, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted. The momentum was even more terrifying than the roar of the ordinary Kuego barbarians, which was like a giant bear, and it was like an exploding thunder.

All creatures on the battlefield heard this violent roar at the same time. It aroused trembling and fear in the dark elves and their slave warriors, but it made the already decadent Quiggle barbarians seem to have heard the thunder of war drums, and they regained their courage in an instant.

Chapter 2: Burning Spirit ()

Being in the center of the fiercest battle, Li Yin, who was hearing the sounds of swords clashing and screams, also heard this roar.

He subconsciously raised his head and looked towards the source of the sound, the rear of the Quigo barbarian camp.

He shouldn't have been able to see anything, blocked by the tall, burly, and densely packed figures of the Quigo barbarians.

But he did see something—

Along with the violent roar, a huge figure slowly rose behind the Kuige barbarian army.

It was snow-white in color, and its appearance was no different from that of an ordinary Quigo barbarian, but its tall and broad body was twice as tall and a whole circle thicker than the already very sturdy Quigo barbarian. This "giant" Quigo barbarian was even more sturdy than the largest underground humanoid creature Li Yin had ever seen before - the ogre!

After a brief moment of shock, Li Yin immediately realized what was going on: the gigantic transformation technique. The Quigo barbarian used the gigantic transformation technique to double his size.

This is not just a trick to scare people. As its size grows, its already amazing strength will also be further increased.

"So, this is their priest." Li Yin thought as he looked at the gigantic monster from afar.

Among the Quigo barbarians, only their priests have the ability to cast spells, and, coincidentally, according to Turner's memory, they are neither divine spellcasters nor arcane spellcasters, but psychic spellcasters like Rein at present.

The giant Quigo barbarian priest strode forward. The other Quigo barbarians either actively avoided it or were easily swept away by its giant arms. It quickly cleared a path for itself and came from the rear of the position to the front line, closest to the enemy.

That is to say, it is the part of the Dark Elf army in the novel "Reading 7" that is closest to the Quigo Barbarian position - where Rein and Myrcella are, the closest place.

Its huge head looked down, its pure white fierce eyes staring at the enemy in front of it, its huge mouth opened and closed, revealing fangs and sharp teeth densely arranged like thorns, and a series of heavy roars came out of its throat.

Giant Transformation was a very common spell, and Li Yin had mastered it before. However, this was the first time he had seen it used on a monster that was already very scary. This really made its hideousness double with its size, so much so that Li Yin felt a little scared physiologically, and a layer of tiny bumps appeared on his skin.

However, he quickly dispelled the unfavorable feeling in his heart, raised his head, and looked into the opponent's ferocious and violent pure white eyes without fear. At the same time, he tightened the blade in his hand.

As if feeling provoked, Priest Quigo raised the huge stone club in his hand - it was also multiplied by the giant transformation spell, just like a stone pillar supporting the house. Li Yin had no doubt that if he was hit head-on, he would be crushed into a meat paste in an instant.

Of course he wouldn't take it head-on.

Li Yin stared at the hands of Priest Quigo holding the stone stick and his broad shoulders with bulging muscles, trying to catch the signs and trajectory of his attack and be ready to dodge in advance at any time.

However, it was a little unexpected that the Quigo Priest did not launch an attack immediately, although it seemed that it had made all preparations for the attack, and its ferocious and ferocious face did not look like it was willing to sit down and have a good discussion with anyone.

After staring at him for a while, its triangular white eyes suddenly turned away. It turned its head and glanced left and right at Li Yin.

Then, it held the stone stick tightly in both hands and raised it high, vertically to the ground. But it did not swing the stone stick down immediately, but maintained this posture stiffly for a while.

Therefore, it still does not look like it is about to attack, although its posture and tightened face make it look very focused.

Wait…very focused?

Li Yin suddenly felt a strong sense of foreboding.

He subconsciously wanted to withdraw, but there were a large number of dark elf soldiers behind him. He had only taken two steps back when he bumped into a dark elf warrior, and the warrior who lost his balance bumped into the dark elf behind him, and his subconsciously waving arms also affected the surrounding soldiers.

In an instant, Li Yin's subconscious action attracted a large number of "enemies" for him. The dark elves recognized this guy. Although he was Princess Cassia's slave, he was still a slave after all, and a slave who tried to escape from the battlefield. All the dark elves immediately looked angry, and one of them even opened his mouth:

"Get back here, you bastard—"

Li Yin had no time to pay attention to her abuse, because at this time, his sensitive ears had already caught another strange sound, a low and trivial hum, although extremely subtle, its penetrating power was no less than the most shrill alarm, making the dark elf's furious abuse silent.

The voice came from the Quig Priest.

At the same time, Li Yin kept his gaze on it and noticed that a circle of red gradually appeared on its body.

The dark elf warriors around Rein were influenced by him and did not notice this situation at the first time, but the dark elves farther away had already made noisy whispers, and the front line had a tendency to retreat.

"You coward, if you dare to take another step back, I will stick my red-hot sword into your ass—" The dark elf's unimaginable vicious abuse came to an abrupt end, because at this moment, she suddenly found that the sword she raised to threaten the slaves actually turned red in an instant!

Can a wish come true just by saying it?

This is... the Spider Queen's favor -

Her confused consciousness was cut off in an instant, replaced by an extremely strong pain that enveloped her whole body, and then the next moment, the burning sensation came late. The burning and the pain made her feel like she had fallen into a magma hell in an instant!

The dark elf's fierce and angry expression was instantly distorted in severe pain and terror. Its rosy little mouth, which had been chattering non-stop, suddenly opened to the limit and let out an extremely miserable howl.

Li Yin opened his eyes wide, staring at the incredible things in front of him:

The blade in the dark elf's hand and the silver-white mithril chainmail on her body all turned red in an instant. Even at an arm's length away, his face could still feel the scorching heat coming from it. Not to mention the dark elf herself who was at the center of this heat. Her clothes, hair, and everything flammable were all ignited by the high temperature of the red chainmail in an instant. So, in just a blink of an eye, her entire body turned into a blazing pillar of fire in front of Li Yin!

Chapter 68: Priest Kuige

"what!"

In just a moment, the blazing "pillar of fire" screamed and waved its arms and ran away. No dark elf dared to stop it - no dark elf was willing to have a direct confrontation with this "burning elf" at this time. The female dark elf ran away crookedly, struggling madly, accompanied by hysterical roars. The dark elves behind her also retreated under her coercion. Those who did not retreat in time were hit by the hot and red fireball and immediately burst into a shrill wail. Flames, screams and chaos spread among the panicked elf army.

There was more than one elf burning in front of him. As she screamed, Li Yin heard several screams in front and behind him. He turned his head and looked around. Several pillars of fire were running among the dark elves, and most of the front line of the dark elf army collapsed!

"Burning Metal", the name of this second-level spell instantly emerged in Li Yin's mind.

The Quiggle priest cast "Hot Metal" with his psionic power.

No wonder it had behaved strangely towards him before - because he was wearing leather armor instead of metal armor, and the only metal thing on his body was the iron sword in his hand, which did not meet the optimal target selection criteria for this spell, so it ignored him.

Suddenly, Li Yin felt a sense of relief in his heart. For the first time, he was able to get ordinary equipment due to his humble status.

The next moment, a heavy gust of wind blew from behind his head!

Without thinking, he immediately lowered his body.

The huge stone club of Priest Quigo, which was as big as a house pillar, roared past his head. He felt his hair dancing wildly in the strong wind. The next moment, the sound of broken bones and tendons rang out along with the wails and screams of the dark elves.