Chapter 94 - Troll (2/2)

They collected all that they could from the goblin and even replaced their equipment with those available from the vault. They also managed to collect a total of 50 level 10 crossbows and ammunition which could be used as a secondary weapon. The only thing that they regretted is not having enough bag space and their inability to move the hand cannon which couldn't be placed in a bag.

”Let us not open any more vaults for now. We can open anything we find later. We best clear the gates so that the ones who died can easily enter the fort and move the resources,” said Rudra as he felt very bad in leaving all the equipment there. Even Shadow whose focus was on the unique equipment felt bad about wasting the equipment. If left unclaimed for a certain period of time, all armaments would disappear. This was common in many games.

Shadow and Roll went out of the vault to scout. As Shadow expected, the nearby rooms were all empty. Even after reaching the central area of the semi-circular corridor which was connected to the outer area and the gate, they couldn't find any goblin or other monster. Shadow made his way to the outer area and found it to be empty except for an archer each on top of the two wooden towers. These archers were still monitoring the area outside the gate.

”Shall we take out the archers? After that the dead guys will be able to get in easily,” asked Shadow.

It was quite simple for them to do this. The towers had wooden rungs forming a makeshift ladder to climb it. They easily reached the archers in stealth and directly pulled them off the tower. The fall itself almost killed the goblin archers and put them in a crippled state. When they followed up with their attacks the goblins died quickly clearing up the outer area.

”Get to the outer area and check their tents. The area is clear,” reported Shadow in the team chat.

”We are on the way,” said Rudra as he came out of the vault along with the others. They also carried the hand cannon with them. They all began to check the tents and soon found a few armaments, but these paled in comparison to the ones that they found in the vault.

”Sorry, let us put the searching and looting of all thing on hold,” said Shadow as he realized that they didn't have any more bag space left.

”Yeah. That is a good call,” said Rudra sarcastically. ”By the way, I got information from the city gate. Sirius Imperials have managed to get into the city. There are about 10 of their members. There were apparently a few others who came close enough but failed to kill the boss monster near the city.”

”Oh! It is fine. Get those guys out of there. We are already here and have a good advantage over anyone else who might come now,” said Shadow.

”Lizzie and the others who died are going to come here in about 10 minutes. Let us get ready, we haven't cleared the right part of the inner area or went into the core area yet,” said Rudra.

”Roll with me,” said Shadow as they both went back to the inner areas scouting the right part of it. This was necessary as they couldn't go into the core region which was locked. They had to find Rozarius, the spectre, before they could do that and reach the shrine. The map showed Rozarius to be in the right side of the inner semi-circular area.

The only concern of Shadow was that there would be another troll in the fort. It was expected since the spectre already mentioned that there would be trolls in the fort. He and Roll managed to quickly check the right sector in stealth. As he expected, there was another troll at the end of the fort. The goblins were also no longer in their rooms, but around the troll armed and ready. They immediately came back to the gate where the others were waiting for them.

By the time they came back, Lizzie, Tetsujin and other have all returned. Four new players from the Crimson Realm guild have joined them along with Lizzie. So, a total of eight players with empty bags came to the fort.

”Lizzie and you four you need to fill up your bags and return to the city. Clear out your bags and come back again. There are still quite a number of rooms that we haven't checked yet. Also get more members the next time, enough so that we can secure this place, if necessary,” said Rudra.

They moved all the best equipment from their inventory into the bags of Lizzie and the remaining four before they went to the inner area. They carried the hand cannon along with them too. There were three more cannon balls that they found in the vault. So, it had three shots which would be very valuable in taking down the troll.

”Place the hand cannon here,” said Shadow pointing at a location on the pathway. ”There are about 20 more goblins left. We will attack and lure them. Use the cannon only on the troll.”

Previously, a number of goblins burst into the room almost at the same time as the troll causing a lot of confusion and three of the players died in that chaos. He didn't want a repeat of that. The goblins were quite faster than the troll and can be lured easily. They wanted to avoid fighting goblins and the troll together. This would allow them to concentrate their attack on the troll when it comes.

Shadow, Roll and Slaine were the once who went to lure the goblins. With their crossbows, it was quite easy for them to lure the horde at the end of the passage. The goblins ran after them and the troll also came but it moves slowly. The troll had a big size which made it hard to move fast through the passage which was only 8 feet tall.

As expected, the goblins came running after them and this time with the troll a bit behind them, they didn't need to worry much and attacked the goblins with full fervor. Rudra and Merlin both used their AOE skill on them causing significant damage and stun effects on them.

The others also piled their attacks on the goblins killing them very quickly. By the time, the troll reached them, there were only six goblins left and these already on their last legs. Though they managed to quickly attack the troll last time, it wasn't that easy to defeat one. Last time, the troll's club was luckily stuck on the door and it wasn't paying much attention to them. The same couldn't be said this time.

The troll suddenly increased its speed when it saw that most goblins were dead and it swung it club at them in a might manner, but the result was very comical. The passageway wasn't wide enough for the troll to make a full swing with its arm which cause the club bounced of one of the walls, slipped out of its arm and fall down behind it. It stopped its advance and started to search for the club with its round beady eyes.

”The game designers must be trolling to put in something stupid like this,” said Slaine unable to contain his surprise. Before the others started commenting on his stupid joke, Blinding fired the cannon on the troll starting the fight.

What happened next was more or less a repeat of the previous fight with the troll, but it was much easier due to lack of goblins and that the stupid troll was quite farther away from them. This allowed them to use long distance attacks and with the remaining two cannon balls, the troll had the same ending as the previous one.