The gnoll with the crossbow saw a creature emerge from the shadows and, without even looking, fired an arrow.
A sharp crack—that was the sound of being shot.
Hearing this sound made the jackal with the crossbow drool with excitement.
But its joy was premature. A few seconds later, a dozen bone arrows shot out from the shadows, their target the gnolls on the tree trunk.
The jackal with the crossbow had not anticipated this fate. Before he could even dodge, he was struck by the bone arrow.
The bone arrows here have the advantage of controlling skeletons, increasing their attack power, and being at a high level.
The gnoll was covered in bone arrows. One of them hit its wide-open mouth, and it fell off the tree trunk before it could even scream.
When it fell to the ground, it also crushed a passing hapless man beneath it.
The other jackals didn't care about their teammates' lives; the fewer of them there were, the more food they could get, so wasn't that better?
They screeched and ran toward the creature that emerged from the shadows, forming a coordinated formation to surround it.
Once the creature had completely emerged from the shadows, the jackals realized it was a group of armored skeletons marching in orderly formation from outside the dense forest.
The enemy actually outnumbered their own forces, a discovery made to them as more and more skeletons entered the dense forest.
Seeing the situation was dire, the jackals in the distance had already rushed back to their camp to fetch reinforcements.
The gnolls in the vicinity were forced to engage the enemy and fight against a group of skeletons.
The remaining gnolls moved swiftly from all parts of the dense forest toward the direction the skeleton had traveled, hoping to kill the intruders and claim their share before their leader arrived.
The skeleton soldiers cleared a space and then stood by.
Then Liu Nian appeared with the vampire and Tiffany.
Behind them was a squad of skeleton archers, and bringing up the rear were the demon child and the ghoul.
Liu Nian heard rustling sounds coming from deep within the dense forest, knowing that the other side had more troops converging on this side.
With a pang of regret, he pulled out a basic magic potion and drank it, thus bidding farewell to Liu Nian with ten mercenary points.
Turn the pain into strength! Looking at the horde of gnolls, Liu Nian silently chanted in his heart, "Battle begins!"
A dozen or so lightly armored skeletons clashed with the unarmored gnolls on the other side, while archers behind them fired arrows at the gnolls rushing towards them from a distance.
Ignoring the rain of arrows overhead, the gnolls used the tree trunks for protection and charged towards the skeleton.
The remaining summoned creatures are to be determined for now, in preparation for changes on the battlefield.
Gnoll: lv12, HP 150, Attack: 5-8, Defense: 2-4, Skills: None.
The panel looks unremarkable from the information gathered, but this is reality, and strength cannot be calculated solely based on the panel.
Gnolls are social creatures, and each unit is very closely spaced. Any slight movement can attract nearby gnolls to come and provide support.
This often triggers a chain reaction, causing all the jackals in the area to gather here in a short period of time.
With many hands make light work; if the prey cannot escape in a short time, it will be worn down and killed by the continuous stream of jackals.
However, Liu Nian was not in a hurry. He liked them to gather together in large numbers, so he became more and more excited as he watched the jackals constantly rushing towards him from the dense forest.
He is currently standing with a large tree behind him, and the summoned creatures are arranged in a semi-circle, with him surrounded by them.
Seeing that the gnolls had gathered in dense numbers, Liu Nian began to cast a spell.
Tiffany had originally intended to cast a spell, but seemingly influenced by the vampire's dominance, she stopped what she was doing and focused on the battlefield.
With the Book of the Dead buff, targets hit by Death Ripple have their health reduced by half. Unable to attack, the gnolls are practically sitting ducks, only able to howl in vain.
Hogger and his minions hurried into the battlefield and saw this scene before them.
It pushed aside the gnoll troops in front of it, attempting to break through the skeletons' defenses, and in fact, it did succeed, if it weren't for the Dark Knight blocking its way.
Ordinary skeleton warriors were no match for it, and it managed to carve a path through them with its one-handed axe.
The Black Knight stepped forward and blocked its path.
The level six Dark Knight clearly possesses stronger offense and defense, and even fought to a draw against a wild leader like Hogg.
Upon seeing the boss appear, the vampire instructed Tiffany to cast a spell on Hogg, in conjunction with his own life-draining technique.
Hogger wasn't so lucky this time; fatigue, poison, slow, and various other debuffs were cast on it in turn.
As their strength waned, they gradually fell into a disadvantageous position and were no match for the Dark Templars.
Once again, the Death Ripple was released, and the gnolls around Hogg fell to the ground. Liu Nian immediately used Corpse Explosion, using the gnoll corpses scattered on the ground as weapons.
Unfortunately, Corpse Explosion deals fire and poison damage and is not affected by the Book of the Dead, but even that is something Hogger cannot withstand.
After being hit by multiple layers of corpse poison from the corpse explosion, he was finally killed by the Black Knight.
The mission objective was Hogger's head, Liu Nian thought as he looked at Hogger's head, which had been beheaded by Darth Vader.
Seeing Hogg's head rolling nearby saved Liu Nian a lot of trouble.
The rest of the gnolls had already perished under Liu Nian's death ripples, only Hogg had a much higher health pool than the other gnolls because he was the leader template.
A small number of gnolls that were not affected by the death ripples were also strangled by the summoned creatures.
Big Black and his henchmen placed eyes and eyes around the perimeter to ensure no gnolls escaped.
Each gnoll gains about forty experience points, not many, but their sheer numbers make up for it, so Liu Nian's experience bar rose again.
Big Black and his henchmen kept going in and out of the gnoll wreckage, bringing back scattered crowns and cards.
Seeing this, Liu Nian felt heartbroken again for the cards she had lost.
Next time, remember not to put all your eggs in one basket, or this will be the consequence.
Hogger, as expected of a leader, unleashed three cards in one go.
[Skull Crown], [One Hua Zi], [One Bell Ice Cream].
[Skull Crown (Green Quality) (Helmet)]: Defense: 2-3, Magic Defense: 2-4
Effect: Intelligence +1
Note: I'm ugly, but I'm very gentle!
【One pack of cigarettes (supplies)】
Note: A symbol of success, you know?
[One Bell Ice Cream (Supplies)]
Note: Begone, you poor bastards! I'm the aristocrat of ice creams!
One equipment card surprised Liu Nian. These kinds of things are really hard to get. They haven't even collected a full set of equipment after more than a hundred chapters.
What's going on? There's actually equipment that increases attribute points? This is a privilege that even purple-quality equipment doesn't get.
Never mind all that, we'll accept whatever they offer.
The Skull Crown is a helmet made from the skull of some unknown creature.
I happily put on the helmet; at least for now, it will protect me from a headshot.
Liu Nian wasn't very interested in the other two supply cards. He still had several packs of cigarettes in his storage space, and he hadn't had ice cream in a long time.
Although I don't know why the notes on these two supply cards are so outrageous, they can still be used as reserve and trading materials.
The task here is complete; you can go back and turn it in now. Completing the task will also reward you with a piece of equipment.
Nothing can stop Liu Nian from getting equipment now; it's the resentment of a poor man.
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