Chapter 57: Killing and robbing (1/2)

Chapter 57: Killing and robbing

A dust cloud formed in the distance as dull footfalls sounded in everyone’s heart like a dull drum. A row of gleaming longswords first came into view, followed one by one by the sight of the strong orcs’ bodies straddled atop their giant wolf mounts.

These orc wolf riders had obviously already gone through a round of looting. The bags on the giant wolves beneath them were bulging at the seams. It looked like the shops in the town of Drol had surely been raided until not even a single shingle remained.

Perhaps it was because the wolf riders were carrying too many spoils of war, but the speed of the giant wolves beneath had obviously been affected. This was why Beacher and the others, who were riding spindly battlesteeds, had been able to make it here.

Behind the giant rock, Han Shuo gripped a tough and powerful crossbow, calmly focusing at the most stalwart orc who was leading the group. On his side, Fanny was also holding a crossbow and constantly changed the direction she was aiming at, resolute light sparkling in her eyes. It looked like when faced with death, Fanny also knew to steel her heart.

Lisa’s hands were empty, but she, along with all the other students, had large boulders next to them. These boulders had been placed appropriately by Han Shuo earlier. All they needed was a strong push to send them rolling, and they were sure to wreak havoc and devastation that was even more frightening than the crossbows.

Accompanied by the howls of the giant wolves, a column of more than ten wolf riders were as swift as the wind and quick as lightning as they finally appeared at the entrance of the passageway. Their speed was ferociously fast and they hadn’t expected that an ambush would be sprung on them. They all swung their longswords and yelled out wildly, spurring on the giant wolves and rushing over.

“Awoo awoo awoo.”

Some of the leading wolves had their front legs suddenly checked by the tripwires as their front legs buckled and lost balance. They emitted desolate howls as the four wolf riders, carried forward by their momentum, suddenly flew off the backs of their giant wolves.

Papapapa.

The four orcs waved their arms wildly as they uncontrollably landed directly into the acid bog in front, landing with resounding, dull sounds.

The four orcs, who had landed in the acid bog, also emitted ghastly screams similar to their giant wolves. As they wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves, it was as if acid had been poured on their strong bodies. Their flesh, blood, hair, and even their clothes were all turned into bloody water and flowed quickly into the acid bog. The four orc wolf riders had turned into four enormous skeletons within the span of a brief moment.

These four orc wolf riders were only the first ones to be so unlucky. Three more wolf riders behind them were unable to stop their charge in time and also flew into the acid bog. They too turned into three skeletons in the blink of an eye.

“This acid bog is worthy of the title of advanced necromancy alright. Master Fanny, you’re amazing! You must teach me this magic when we make it back to the Academy!” Han Shuo said in low excitement to Fanny upon seeing that the acid bog was so malicious.

However, he suddenly realized that Fanny’s face was ghastly white after he’d finished speaking and noticed that her gaze towards the acid bog wasn’t quite right. He used his body to bump into Fanny and asked again, “Master Fanny, is everything alright?”

Fanny abruptly recollected her senses after being bumped by Han Shuo and said frantically, “No, nothing. This is the first time I’ve tried casting this acid bog magic ever since I mastered it and I really hadn’t thought that this magic would be so pernicious.”

Just as Han Shuo and Fanny were talking, the ten or so orc wolf riders had all crashed into each other in chaos and confusion because the front had abruptly hauled on the reins, stopping their giant wolves, whereas the wolf riders in the back couldn’t halt their charge. A few orcs fell off their giant wolves due to the impact.

But this way, the tripwires and the acid bog lost their purpose. The orcs attempted to regain their footing and formation as they called out in the din of voices and in the midst extremely crowded panic.

“Kill!”

At this moment, Han Shuo suddenly gathered his strength and roared out loudly.

Lisa and the others had already busily sharpened their weapons and were itching for action. When they heard Han Shuo’s shout, they too yelled out raucously as they pushed the giant boulders beside them down the hill. More than ten boulders leveraged a momentum that had an imposing manner, which flared up at the skies, and alternately rolled or flew down at the orc wolf riders below, accompanied by enormous rumbling sounds.

Suddenly, the orc wolf riders, who had been the hunters, became the prey instead. Those rolling, large boulders became murder weapons that took lives and swiftly reaped the lives of the orcs. The orcs were already crowded like sardines and hadn’t had the chance to properly reorganize their formation again. Faced with the descent of giant boulders, they immediately paid a heavy price.

Four giant rocks rained down on them and directly smashed six orcs, and their giant wolf steeds, into a blood mess. The rest of the large boulders followed the downhill slope of the hill with a ferocious momentum. When they crashed into the wolf riders, strings of agonized shouts and wails sounded out.