Chapter 36: Troll Attack

Dusk, light breeze, no rain.

Half a day had passed since Master Karru reported that the trolls were marching towards the mining area.

Garin stood on the city wall, looking into the distance with empty eyes, his mental power already connected to the base map.

On the way from Kurumu Village to the mine, Jialin had arranged a lot of mechanical gadgets in advance. Through these mechanical gadgets disguised as small spiders, small mice, and small velociraptors, Jialin lit up most of the vision in the north. There were more than a dozen such small animals.

Garin concentrated his mental power highly and stared at the map closely. Suddenly, there were unusual movements in the north.

Tall creatures appeared from the darkness of vision, with a layer of moss attached to their green skin, messy hair hanging down, and two huge fangs protruding from the corners of their mouths, making these creatures look hideous.

The leader was a strong troll riding a white velociraptor, with long green hair and a spear in his hand. He was surrounded by several troll witch doctors wearing white wooden masks.

Garin recognized him, Beastmaster Kama, a famous strong man of the Witherwood Tribe, a high-level velociraptor rider, and a notorious bloodthirsty butcher in the Arathi Highlands.

Not only that, Garin also knew that killing him in his previous life would drop the Swift Albino Raptor mount, but unfortunately the drop rate was too low, so Garin did not get it in his previous life.

Following Kama was a large group of trolls. They were armed with axes and wooden shields and wore simple leather armor. Their huge feet and sturdy thighs allowed them to walk on the undulating slopes as if it were flat ground.

The trolls at the back were a group of headhunters. Their fiery red hair stood out among the green trolls. They were hunched over and carried a bag of throwing spears on their backs.

Thanks to their height of more than two meters, the trolls marched very quickly. It took nearly five minutes for this large group of trolls to disappear from sight and enter the darkness on the other side.

Garin exited the current interface, exhaled slowly, turned to the guards behind him and said, "Inform Adjutant Amor that the trolls will arrive in about half an hour. At the same time, notify the wizard Gandalf and contact Danas to inform him of the trolls' movements."

The two guards ran to inform Amor and Gandalf respectively.

When the guards relayed Garin's words to Amor on the city wall, they saw the stalkers from Ravenholdt Manor appear at the city gate and shouted, "The trolls are still five kilometers away from us."

Amor was surprised. He didn't know how His Royal Highness the Prince got the news earlier than the stealth scouts.

Of course, this thought only flashed through my mind, and the most urgent thing now is to prepare for battle.

"All on alert."

The wait is always long.

Trolls began to appear at the entrance of the canyon, one, two, three. Led by the velociraptor rider Kama, the trolls lined up and slowly walked into the canyon.

Although the trolls saw the watchtowers on both sides of the canyon, they simply conducted a quick reconnaissance and found that the entire watchtower was empty, so they ignored it.

In front of the city wall, the trolls stopped advancing out of the musketeers' range.

The beastmaster Kama rode an albino velociraptor to the front and fell silent as he looked at the stone city gate in front of him.

Kama had just returned to Witherwood Village from Shadralo a few days ago. He rode his albino raptor all the way from the mountain path inside the Alterac Mountains. He arrived earlier than the tribe leader Zalaas Witherwood and found that Witherwood Village had been blocked by humans. Many scouts had been killed or injured. He had no idea what was happening in the outside world.

It was not until he received a letter from a human traitor that he learned that a team from the human kingdom had re-stationed in the mining area south of Deadwood Village and joined forces with the human army in the north to strangle his scouts.

How could Kama, who already had a hot temper, tolerate this? He smashed his beloved wine glass in anger and issued an order to summon young and strong men overnight. It took nearly a day to reorganize the team and they rushed here, ready to teach humans a lesson, avenge the deaths of their tribesmen, and vent their anger.

The city gate in front of him was a little unexpected for him. It was he who led his people to destroy the human mining area last time and drove the humans out of this area. At that time, this place was just a gate made of wooden frames. He rode on his little heart and charged forward, and scattered the wood.

And now what is in front of me is a stone wall.

It's just a five-meter-high stone wall. Two soldiers can jump onto the wall together.

Kama looked at the hundreds of human soldiers on the city wall and felt quite confident.

This is sure.

I can destroy the human mines again. How can I allow humans to mine in the Kurumu Village?

On the other side, Garin looked at the more than 2,000 Red Flame Army soldiers ambushed under the city wall, as well as more than 1,000 noble private soldiers and nearly 4,000 strong men. Danas outside the canyon was approaching the canyon quickly and attacking from both sides.

What a good move to lure the enemy deep into our territory and catch them in a trap.

This is sure.

Jie! Jie! Jie!

Gandalf looked at Galen strangely, thinking that the prince's smile just now was very sinister, and he might be planning something bad. He quietly took half a step back.

Outside the city gate, Kama got off his mount and became a little impatient. He wanted to kill all the humans inside as soon as possible, destroy the city walls, vent his anger, and reap the fruits of victory as soon as possible.

He raised the spear in his right hand and shouted, "For the glory of the Deadwood Tribe, warriors, move forward and attack with me."

The warriors in the front row raised their shields and began to charge, the headhunters in the back drew out their spears and prepared to provide long-range cover, and the witch doctors were ready to release enhancement spells at any time.

Kama has already begun to imagine the next scene: his warriors rushing to the city wall, jumping onto the wall in coordination, and starting a killing spree.

"Warrior raises shield."

"Musketeers, four hundred meters ahead, covering fire."

The infantry and musketeers on the city wall all come from the base. The effective range of their muskets is 150 yards, with an effective probability of shooting at 400 yards. Later, they can research long-barreled muskets in the barracks to increase the range of the musketeers.

The infantrymen held their shields and lined up in a row on the city wall, guarding in front of the musketeers so that they could concentrate on shooting the enemy.

Shield defense: Infantrymen are equipped with heavy shields that can reduce the damage of long-range physical attacks.

The infantry's top shield is simply the nemesis of the headhunters' throwing spears, and their spears cause very little damage.

The musketeers raised their muskets, aimed and fired. There was no need to aim carefully at a large group of trolls, just aim at the approximate position and shoot.

After the muskets were fired, the city walls were filled with black smoke and the smell of gunpowder. The metal bullets hit the wooden shields of the trolls in the front row. The dull sound of the bullets piercing the wood came one after another, adding a bit of intensity to the battlefield.

"Shooting."

"Second team, 350 meters ahead, shooting."

A few bullets passed through the gaps in the shields and hit the trolls. The trolls, who were caught off guard, howled in pain.

After three rounds of covering shooting, some trolls' wooden shields began to be shattered by bullets. The exposed trolls were immediately knocked to the ground by the musketeers, and the vacant positions were filled by the shield-bearing trolls behind them.

At this moment, the headhunters also began to throw spears to fight back, and most of the attacks were blocked by the shield infantry.

The troll paid a small price and finally came under the city wall.