Chapter Seventy-Five: The Siege
Dealing with salamanders is both easy and difficult.
It is said that it is simple, because the salamander basically has no tactics at all, as long as it sees the enemy, it will rush over and hit the south wall without looking back, even if it is a sword in front of it, it will dare to break up. It is precisely because of the too simple nature of salamanders that there is basically no way to use strategy in the fight against them, and they can only rely on strength to hold on. It's like two people wrestling their wrists, and it's useless to make any off-the-board moves, just see who has the most strength and who can press whom, then whoever can win. And the battle with the salamander is also such a hammer deal, either win or lose.
Liam once mentioned that he would lure the salamanders into a narrow tunnel to destroy them with the help of the terrain, but this was quickly opposed by Jenn, the two major killing weapons that salamanders are best at are spitting fire and digging holes, if you really enter the narrow tunnel, a pile of fire sprays over you, you will not burn you to death, you will also die of suffocation due to lack of oxygen. And they are good at digging holes, and when the time comes, it will be troublesome to dig a way out of the side to dig a way out and launch a raid.
Therefore, what Jenn adopted was the simplest, most direct, and most effective way to deal with the salamanders -- he divided the men into three groups and formed a square defensive array in the center of the underground hollow. And Jenn and Liam and the other three paladins stood together in the four corners of this square, responsible for the battle at the front. The others formed four lines of defense, led by Ralph and Cotton, to stop the Salamanders from elsewhere. As the caster, Elise is naturally protected in the middle so that she can release spells to assist.
"Do you really want to do this? Mr. Jenn? β
Clenching the long sword, Liam's young face was uncontrollably nervous, and it is no wonder that according to common sense, at this time, you should occupy as much territory as possible, and then compress the opponent's line and number to attack. And Jenn's approach is almost the same as everyone having to face the attack of the salamanders, which is definitely the worst tactic if it were changed elsewhere.
"If you want to deal with salamanders, this is the best way to do it. If you don't want to be dug a hole behind you, then the best thing to do is not to give them a chance to dig a hole......... You ready? β
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Hearing Jenn's inquiry, Liam hesitated for a moment, then he raised his sword and shield and nodded firmly.
"It's ready, Mr. Jenn."
"Good."
Hearing Liam's answer, Jenn nodded, then he turned his head to look at Elise and spoke in a low voice.
"You know what you have to do, Elise, we can handle it, you're just a mid-level mage without my orders, understand?"
"Yes, master."
Elise certainly understood what Jenn's words meant, so she nodded obediently, but soon, Elise frowned, came to Jenn's side, and whispered.
"Master, I have the feeling that the human seems to be hostile to you, in case he has a secret plot against you..............."
"He doesn't have the time."
Hearing Elise's words, Jenn glanced at Cotton, who was standing not far away. As if sensing Jenn's gaze, Cotton turned his head and stared at him coldly. Under Cotton's gaze, Jenn showed a leisurely smile, and then he reached out and pressed Elise's shoulder, and then saw Jenn's hand slide down like this, and gently squeezed the girl's tall and round breasts, and then took it back.
"Yikes............!"
Elise didn't expect Jenn to dare to do such a thing to herself in public, so she couldn't help but scream softly, hurriedly covered her chest, and lowered her head with a red face. Luckily, her face was obscured by a hood, so no one else could see Elise's expression. Seeing this scene, Cotton gritted his teeth and glared at Jenn, his eyes were about to burst into flames.
It's funny.
With a contemptuous smile at Cotton, Jenn withdrew his gaze, and then he reached out and drew the sword at his waist.
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As soon as the sword came out of its sheath, everyone suddenly felt the momentum around them change, as if some ancient creature that had been sleeping opened its eyes and was about to wake up from its sleep, and an indifferent but powerful coercion slowly spread along the sword body. At this moment, Elise also retracted her mind, only to see her chant a few words softly, and then made a gesture with her backhand, and soon, a bright red talisman appeared in the air, and then turned into a halo and spread, enveloping everyone in it. Immediately afterwards, a translucent barrier appeared on everyone's bodies.
At the same time, the paladins also shouted praises to the name of the Holy Lord, unleashing one after another blessed divine magic. Everyone only felt that it was enveloped by the white holy light, and a warm feeling of comfort suddenly appeared in their bodies. Not only that, but they felt that their strength had also become extremely strong, and the uneasy mood just now had also calmed down, and they only felt that the fighting spirit was high, even if they were facing thousands of troops and horses right now, they could still win!
Blessing?
Seeing this scene, Jenn raised his brows slightly. It seems that the gods of the Temple of the God of War should not have returned to their places, otherwise, these paladins should not have used the blessing spell. Because the blessing technique is a basic divine art, it can improve everyone's combat ability for a certain period of time, but the increase is not too high.
If you change to other temples, it is forgivable to use the blessing technique, but the God of War Temple, when facing the battle, the first thing to use should be the divine technique given by the god of war. After all, gods require faith, and the use of divine magic given by gods is naturally a sign of faith in gods. Those gods who don't focus on fighting are just that, if the god of war Maca returns to the throne, then it is absolutely impossible for them to use the basic magic of blessing.
Looks like there's something weird about that.
Thinking of this, Jenn raised his long sword, then stretched out his fingers and flicked them lightly on the sword.
"Dingβββββββ!!"
A low sound came out, spreading out in all directions. But the hearts of the people who heard this voice sank, and they only felt that this voice was dull and difficult to hear, and even made their hearts vaguely feel a little uncomfortable. I only felt that the voice seemed to have a body, drifting farther and farther through the cavern, and then slowly disappeared.
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For a moment, there was no sound in the entire space. Jenn's flick of the sword was as if the switch had turned off the sound, and he could only see the picture, but there was no sound at all. However, no one was surprised by this at the moment, on the contrary, whether it was mercenaries, private soldiers, or those paladins, they all clenched their weapons and stared ahead. Many of them are experienced in battles, and they are very sensitive to the breath of battle, and the atmosphere in this cave is simply about to rain, which makes people involuntarily nervous.
"Shhhh............hhh Hiss ............!! β
It didn't take long for a series of screams to be heard from all directions, and soon, the sound grew louder and louder, echoing through the burrow. It felt like thousands of birds chirping loudly around you, and it was almost dizzy. If it were ordinary people, I am afraid that just listening to these noises would be enough to make them noisy to death.
Luckily, with the paladin's blessed aura, the power of these noises has been reduced to less than one in ten, so even if it sounds a little noisy, it won't cause any special damage.
The voices became louder and louder, and the expressions of the crowd became more and more solemn. They could now be sure that Jenn was definitely not lying, just from the noisy sound, they could hear that the number of these salamanders was definitely quite a lot, and if it was a hundred, it would be a few, and if it wasn't good, there might be a thousand!
And it was at this time that the salamanders finally got into action.
Under the illumination of the holy light, I saw countless black shadows rushing out of the beehive-like hollows above the cavern, and quickly walked downstream along the stone wall. Then he jumped not far from the ground and fell to the ground, and the next moment, I saw the strange monster just scream and jump, open its mouth full of sharp teeth, and pounce on the prey in front of it.
These salamanders resemble Earth's velociraptors, with long tails, powerful hind legs, and extremely sharp but slightly short forelimbs. Perhaps because of their long immersion in lava, their skin is a bright red flame that looks like red rays of light in the light.
In this way, hundreds of rays of light converged to form a river of light flowing down from the stone wall, only to see one by one salamanders emerge from the hollow, fall down the cave wall, screaming and opening their mouths, or running or jumping, attacking the prey in front of them from all directions!
In the face of the attack of the salamanders, Jenn did not move, he just stood there, quietly staring at the monster in front of him. Jenn chuckled only when they came to him, his wrist flipped slightly.
With Jenn's movements, a cold light suddenly appeared on his chest, and suddenly spread, like hundreds of long swords piercing out at the same time, carrying one sword light trail after another, as dazzling as a blooming firework. A river of light was formed in an endless stream, and an impregnable embankment was built.
And those salamanders who rushed into the sword light were not spared, only to hear the continuous screams, those salamanders shrouded by the sword light, whether they jumped into the air or ran on the ground, all fell to the ground with blood, like a sickle cutting grass, just in the blink of an eye, those salamanders who had surrounded Jenn all fell to the ground, and none of them were spared.
The breath of blood surged and spread, and it didn't take long for dozens of salamanders to die on the spot.
But this did not make the salamanders feel the slightest fear, on the contrary, the overflowing bloody aura aroused the ferocity in their hearts more and more, only to see that with a piercing scream, the salamanders roared and opened their bloody mouths, and once again launched a full-scale attack on the people in front of them.