Volume 1 Chapter 78 (1/2)
Chapter 78 — Combat Expertise
Translator: SaltyTank
Editor: AyaSnow
The lizardmen had been completely defeated Only the females, children, and elderly re lizardmen shrieked in fear Some went into a frenzy and ran at the Whiterun soldiers, but they were shot dead i success could be attributed to the soldiers' tactics Despite not having high levels and being unable to ular soldiers' co in a battle formation
The soldiers, who probably all had over 100 Block, proficiently blocked attacks with their shi+elds and counter-attacked with shorstwords Those acting as light infantry spread out slightly, ardless of their age and sex The soldiers repaid the lizardht be spared in wars between the same species, but inter-species ould only end when one side was annihilated There was no need to hold back when they treated one another as monsters If the soldiers left the lizardman children alive, they would only be filled with hatred and ar against hurew up If the feive birth to more and more lizardmen in no time In short, there was no reason to spare any of them
In this world, hu with other species oftenfor territory, and the humans of this world had just one policy, as they lacked overwhel do as e The aim was to kill the monsters to the point that they would not dare to approach hu the es, other monsters would probably believe that they would suffer the same fate if they did the saes of Whiterun had hter the monsters that dared to trespass hues long ago After all, hu all species and produced a lot of food
Presently, Soran and Yarse circled around to the back of the village Surprisingly, they failed to find the lizardmen's leader Soran suddenly recalled that he had killed a lizardht have been the leader of the tribe It was actually highly possible, considering spellcasters had high social status
If the blighter Soran had killed was the tribe leader, then it was very likely that they had yet to appoint a new leader Without a powerful spellcaster holding the themselves for the position The winner, which wouldthe lot, would take over the place as tribe leader
”Over here!”
It seeh
Soran slowly snuck into the house, slicing the throat of an unaware lizardman on the way Inside, they found a chest filled with a bunch of coins of different values, as well as other valuables like gems and pieces of jade Those were probably loot the lizard to otherthese items, but they would still keep the loot nonetheless Fro to bear the risk of getting killed ht try to strike deals with lizardmen for their jewels
Yarse glanced at the contents, then quickly signaled Soran and said in a low voice, ”Fifty-fifty”
Soran nodded in response, and the two began quickly splitting the loot and stuffing the ites As the Whiterun soldiers did most of the work, the valuables were technically their loot To avoid getting on the city's bad side, the duo only took theitems and stuffed some random stuff from the room into the chest to make it seem unlooted Each of the behind the bunch of Silver Derahls and some random items in the chest When the Whiterun soldiers searched the place for loot after the battle, they would at most think the lizardman tribe was simply poor There were probably valuables in other houses anyway, so it was not like the city lost a lot by the a bit
Although there were no Rare-grade items, each of them still profited by around 300 Gold Derahls Perhaps because the two had just struck their first deal, they felt closer to one another, albeit just a little
After looting the chest, the half-elves went back to the flanks of the village and started killing some lizardht into the heat of things though and simply cleaned up the as-yet untouched monsters on the sides
Soran observed the Whiterun soldiers fighting while he killed hter EXP Around half of the soldiers had the skill Co ability usedstyles It allowed the user to proficiently defend with a shi+eld while counter-attacking withImproved Combat Expertise, like Captain Hanks, users would be able to counter-attack using long and large-sized weapons as well
Soran shot the dispersed lizardhter EXP, while the elderly and the children orth only 30 to 50 EXP each Even so, he showed no syhtered the villagers, giving hih it wasn't like he needed such a reason to kill monsters in the first place In just a short while, over a dozen lizardmen had died at Soran's hands The main battle was over, and some lizardman warriors surrendered out of despair However, they were only rewarded with a shortsword through their hearts; the city had no plans of taking captives
In some coastal cities, they would take ht in arenas, but Whiterun had no such practices When dealing with monsters that surrendered, the soldiers would siuards passed down from olden times As a city that strived to survive even when surrounded by various monsters, there were sootten, and this was one of them