Chapter 35: Clearing the Trial Quest (2/2)

Grey Trolls, however, were the 'baseline' troll whose regenerative abilities were top notch to the point where to try and kill the was a waste of tie fires around

By gaainst the trolls, lighting their weapons on fla the trolls into them

These trolls would not be h undead to just dunk the trolls forcibly into their fires The only issue was the presence of a troll chieftain

It was level 14 and located within a large tent at the edge of the ca too close beside its tent would draw its aggro It was significantly stronger than the other trolls and had multiple troublesome skills to deal with

The point of this encampment was not to stor troll chieftain's tent held the treasure chest holding the [Grave Reaper] set pieces, and the player was supposed to use a skeleton rogue to carry it out without drawing much attention

But Aldrich and his undead arh to defeat everyone here for experience

Norenerally exceed level 12 and they did not have access to ame

However, with the Geist and Dynamite Girl, Aldrich was over leveled for this

The only real challenge was the chieftain

Aldrich put a hand to his head and focused, sensing that all of his Variant and skeleton undead were hidden in the edges of this clearing, awaiting his order to pounce in and strike

Aldrich mentally communicated his plan

There are seven trolls there, each of the asleep in the largest tent Take out the chieftain first, and the rest of the trolls should be easy pickings Here's how this will get done -

The Great Centipede will bury underground and aue Poison does not negate troll regeneration, but it does slow it down some

The Great Centipede has a power to harden and strengthen its muscles and carapace when it wraps around prey, and with that, the troll chieftain should be iue will then assassinate it with a stab to its brain

Once the chieftain is dead, everyone else can swarm in and overpower the rest of the trolls with force I will drop the Geist at this eneration, but I advise you all to try and shove the trolls into fire

Take care, though, as zombies, you are also vulnerable to fire"

Aldrich felt a wave of understanding co from all of his units He nodded to hily intelligent

Experiments with tamed natural variants like Strikers showed that they were capable of registering e orders with layers of complexity

This was one of the reasons why there were ht to end the practice of indiscri shot considering how e variants had done, their often unpredictable wild instinct to murder humans, and how lucrative a business it was to hunt theh the Skeleton Rogue's eyes as it evaded the trolls lounging around their campfires with [Shadow Walk] and headed down to the chieftain's tent Under it, the Great Centipede tunneled underground, synchronizing their aue used its thin, skeletal body to slide underneath a tiny gap in the tent's entrance flap so as not to draw more attention Inside the round tent, it spied the troll chieftain snoring and unconsciously scratching its belly

A large axe of roughly hewn cursed rock lay beside it, though if things went right, the chieftain would never even have the chance to use it

The rogue tiptoed behind the chieftain; its curved daggers upraised

Kill him Aldrich set his plan in round in a burst of cracked earth and dirt It immediately wrapped its arhtening efficiency All of itsinto its skin and tightening the hold to near inescapable status

"Guuh!" the Troll Chieftain loosed a battle roar of pain as the great centipede sunk itstoxin

The roar reverberated around the cale troll

Before the troll could say any ers into the troll's eyes The daggers were coated in purple necrotic energy, and when they sank through the soft eyes and into the beast's brain

The necrotic energy rotted the brain out entirely, incapacitating the troll and soon killing it

In Elden World, the combat system did factor in vital strikes

An attack struck directly through the head or critical weak points such as cores were instant kills or in the case of regeneratingblow until it was healed

Of course, if a blow that negated regeneration was struck into a vital area, then it was an instant kill regardless of hoerful the target's healing was

Everyone else, attack Aldrich clapped his hands, and froed to attack the trolls before they could help their chieftain