The gnoll, who rushed to the front, fell a little inexplicably. Their low IQ is too low to understand what progressive damage amplification is.

The outermost layer is indeed a flurry of snow, but slowness is only an illusion to deceive the vision of these low-IQ creatures, and the further inward you go, the denser the ice ridges become, changing from the size of your thumb to the size of a goose egg, or even the size of a brick. These ice edges shrieked down from the sky, and some even brought a series of intense air turbulence.

The falling ice edges shattered to the ground, and cold ice crystals flew into the sky.

The cold and piercing breath unconsciously paralyzed their nerves, and they didn't even notice that what was smashed on their heads was not a small Xiaoice hail, but a long ice ridge that was almost an ice pick.

A few eyeless gnolls were smart enough to raise their little leather shields and rush through the ice storm of slaughter, but they didn't end any better than the previous ones, and they were only thrust into a sieve by the ice picks that fell from the sky.

Makaro and a dozen others held their breath at first, nervously holding their shields in front of them, holding their swords and staring at the gnolls' attacks.

What they saw was that the gnolls were rushing up at Hogg's roar...... Then hit the streets...... Rushed up again...... Hit the street again......

It was as if it was not a terrifying monster that could kill them, but a fat pig sent to the slaughterhouse.

The crowd began to watch as the not wide ice storm surrounded them in a ring, not doing anything to them, but becoming dense or sparse depending on the intensity of the gnolls' onslaught.

Obviously felt that the man in the carriage seemed to be depleted at any time, as if this exaggerated offensive defense circle would collapse at any time, but this did not happen, whenever the density of the ice ridge dropped, as if it could no longer kill even one more jackal, the mana seemed to be magically replenished, and the density of the ice ridge immediately returned to its original state.

Under Hogg's angry roar, the gnolls tried to break up several times, and then attacked Makaro and them again many times, and then turned into a frozen corpse in the Ice Storm Circle without exception.

From the trembling at the beginning, to the later, everyone couldn't help but feel a little numb.

It was as if it was not the men of [Nightmare of Elwyn Forest] who attacked this defensive circle, but a herd of sheep abandoned by the shepherds in the ice and snow.

Some muttered about how much bounty could be exchanged for so many gnolls' claws.

Makaro's son was even more youthful, and he stretched out his sword to see how powerful the ice storm was just a few steps away.

"No—" Macarlo's face changed dramatically, and he could almost imagine his son turning into an ice sculpture and falling like those stupid gnolls.

After all, in his eyes, even those Sky Mages who had been famous for many years, and even the Morning Star Mages, could not have such subtle control abilities.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the long sword was extended, the encirclement of the ice storm also convex a small circle towards the outside.

"Hey!"

Before he could get complacent, his father suddenly pulled him back.

"Dad, I didn't ...... Thing!?"

The young man's eyes widened, and his pupils were full of disbelief, if it wasn't for his father pulling him back, he would already be a corpse now.

Just a few fingers away, the blade of a super giant axe made of stones tied to a flagpole almost grazed in front of him. The sand and ice edges swept across his forehead by the great axe, marking a few lines of ice and blood—he couldn't imagine what it would be like to be hit head-on.

Probably, even the head and neck, as well as the helmet that should theoretically have a defensive effect, will be exploded in an instant, becoming an unknown object that does not distinguish between flesh and iron!

"Shhh

Looking at Hogg's terrifying figure carrying the ice edge explosion in the sky, breaking through the blockade of the ice storm and entering the defensive circle, everyone would wonder if there is a human who can match this monster?!

The answer is...... Some!

The door of the carriage, which almost never opened except for Dukrazar, creaked open. The blue-and-white mage robes with the Earth Mage's mark were the brightest presence in the moonless night.

The fierce ice storm suddenly changed direction, no longer falling from the top down, but with the carriage as the center, it poured out diagonally to the outside in an instant.

"Whoa—" In my ears, the screams of the gnolls reached their highest intensity at this moment.

However, everyone knows that this is not the end,

Many gnolls died, and many more were wounded, but at least forty percent of the gnolls in the gnolls were still intact.

Duke, who had not said a word since the start of the war, put one hand on Macaro's shoulder and spoke: "Makaro, while I am dueling with Hogg, you and your people will try to break through." If anyone has the life to return to Stormwind, tell Lord Norton that Duke has betrayed his trust. ”

Makaro shook his head: "Let's not talk about whether the mercenaries who abandoned their employers and escaped will still be hired." The mere abandonment of the benefactor who saved my son's life was enough to disqualify me from being a human being. ”

Makaro and the mercenaries behind him all had the same expressions - the same sworn look in their eyes.

Duke was silent for a second: "Then you and your people take care of yourself." ”

The next moment, Duke's deep black eyes met Hogg's crimson eyes not far away.

It's clear that the language is different, but they both understand that this will be a king-to-king duel.

Whoever wins, the remnants of the opposing party's forces will collapse in an instant.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa—" Hogg shrugged his thick nose and gasped, his thirst for blood stimulating his senses.

An arm, almost thicker than Duke's waist, suddenly burst forth, and the explosive muscular power was revealed in this instant. Hogg easily lifted the nearly six-meter-long homemade stone axe and carried it on his shoulder, and for a while, he was domineering.

Duke stood out proudly.

At this time, the once broken gnolls rushed up again.

There are two tactics for the gnolls: scatter in a hurry, or they can rush up.

What will happen to Macaro and them, this is not something Duke can take care of. His whole mind fell on Hogg.

If it was Duke, who had just come out of Stormwind, he would definitely not be Hogg's opponent.

Hogg was wrong, he let the younger brother go first.

Duke never knew that there was also a so-called experience point in the world of Azeroth. It's a bit inappropriate to say that it's experience points, because the system prompt clearly says:

"Congratulations, since the host killed the Gnoll using the combined spell [Ice Storm] composed of [Dazon's Cold Prison] and Level 1 [Blizzard], you have refined 110 soul power from the Gnoll's body. You can use these powers to expand your magic circuit. ”