Feng Chou smiled faintly as if he did not care about Hogan's fear at all.
As an ancient sword art that had been passed down for thousands of years, the White Raven Sword Art was a very popular and classic sword art among the mercenaries.
However, the full sword art of the White Raven Sword Art was not popular at all. It was widely acknowledged that a warrior who had mastered the full sword art of the White Raven Sword Art could be called a Master Swordsman.
The White Raven Sword Art was a sword art that could only be learned after reaching the intermediate level. A Master Swordsman who had mastered the full sword art of the White Raven Sword Art was rare even among the advanced level warriors, let alone intermediate level warriors. That was why when the mercenary union found out that Feng Chou had mastered the full sword art of the White Raven Sword Art as a mere level 6 warrior, they immediately went to war with him.
The reason why Feng Chou wanted to show his "real" power was to scare Hogan and make him give up on some bad ideas. Feng Chou did not want to turn against this guy so soon.
In fact, if Feng Chou wanted to take revenge directly, he could have just tricked Hogan into the forest. However, he did not want to do that at all. He had a vicious plan in his mind!
When Feng Chou showed his terrifying sword art, Hogan was really scared and had to give up some bad ideas. However, it was only fear, not fear. After all, he was two levels higher than Feng Chou. Even if Feng Chou was a Master Swordsman, it would not be easy for him to kill him. Hogan knew that he might not be able to defeat this guy, but it would not be hard for him to escape.
The balance between the two did not seem to be broken.
After killing all the goblin wolf riders, the two of them returned to the other side of the river and continued to wait for the goblins to find the hunting team that had not returned.
The two of them waited until the sky turned dark, but no goblins came to look for the missing hunters. They had no choice but to leave their positions and follow the river downstream for a few hundred meters. They found an open space and lit up a bonfire.
After softening the bread and jerky with the bonfire, the two of them filled their stomachs with boiling water.
After dinner, the two of them took turns to keep watch for the night. That night, Feng Chou had Qiankun Pagoda to protect him, so he slept very peacefully. Hogan, on the other hand, was more uncomfortable. The next morning, he had dark circles under his eyes.
The next morning, the two of them did not dare to light a fire again. They hastily ate some dry rations and returned to the riverside to continue to wait.
On the way back, Feng Chou's expression suddenly changed. Fortunately, Hogan's attention was not on him. After a night of torment, Hogan seemed to be less guarded against Feng Chou.
Feng Chou's expression suddenly changed because Qiankun Pagoda had shared with him the image from the monitoring device outside the goblin camp.
In the image, the gate of the goblin camp was wide open. Under the lead of nearly twenty goblin wolf riders, more than forty goblin musketeers surrounded by two Troll rushed out of the goblin camp and headed straight for them. This was almost the entire goblin camp.
This was the situation that Feng Chou did not want to see the most.
Feng Chou wanted to use the bloodletting tactic. He wanted to weaken the enemy bit by bit until they could defeat them in one go.
The best way to deal with the bloodletting tactic was to "not split up".
The leader of this group of goblins was quite cunning.
Seeing this scene, Feng Chou was not too surprised. He already had a bad feeling when the goblins did not come to look for the missing goblins last night.
According to Feng Chou's observations, there should be a priest in the goblin camp. Priests, even the lowest of priests, could ask for the guidance of the gods through religious rituals. Since the goblins did not come out that day, it was entirely possible that they had already prayed for the guidance of the gods after a night.
"What do we do?"
Continue to wait?
With the wolf's sense of smell, it would be difficult for the two of them to hide. They would definitely be found.
Persuade Hogan to leave?
What reason?
… …
In the end, Feng Chou still decided to continue to wait.
First of all, he could not explain to Hogan that in order to carry out Feng Chou's evil plan, Hogan's trust was very important. Once Hogan became suspicious, all his efforts would be for naught.
Second of all, Feng Chou felt that even if they ran into this group of goblins, they would still be able to put up a fight. Even if they could not defeat them, they still had some confidence in escaping. If they could not escape, he still had the semi-automatic rifle and the Qiankun Pagoda as his trump card. At worst, he could just let Hogan die a little easier.
After about half an hour, a group of wolf riders appeared in the sight of Feng Chou and Hogan. Before Hogan could rejoice, a large group of goblins carrying guns followed behind the wolf riders and entered their sight.
Hogan sucked in a breath of cold air.
Feng Chou also had a shocked expression.
The two of them looked at each other and turned to leave without a word.
Just as the two of them were looking at each other, the wargs walking in front had already discovered their tracks. Their uneasy reaction immediately alerted their owners.
So when the two of them turned to escape, ignoring the fact that they had exposed their targets, the goblins reacted quickly. First, the wolf riders roared and chased after them, followed by the two Troll under the orders of their breeders.
Feng Chou took the time to look back. Whether it was the wargs or Troll, they were all extremely agile in the forest. The dense and thorny bushes did not seem to be able to obstruct them at all. Only the forty goblin gunmen were quickly left behind.
Although Feng Chou and Roland were much faster than the goblin gunmen, they were clearly inferior to the wargs and Troll, the two prides of the forest.
Although Charge could increase their speed for a short period of time, it was not enough for them to shake off their pursuers. If they wasted the limited power of Heidegger on Charge and could not shake off their pursuers, then what awaited them would be a terrible fate.
The distance between them and their pursuers quickly shortened. When the distance between them and the goblins was less than thirty meters, the wolf riders took out loaded short-barreled muskets from the front of their mounts and fired at the two of them.
In the dense gunfire, Feng Chou felt that his back was continuously hit.
The bullets were extremely powerful. Even with the protection of the + 3 Black Steel Armor, Feng Chou was still shaken to the core. Qiankun Pagoda reminded him that the guns in the goblins' hands were not only powerful, but the bullets were also likely to be enchanted with the spell "Greater Enchantment Weapon".
This inference shocked Feng Chou. "Greater Enchantment Weapon" was a level four divine spell that required a level seven priest to cast. Could it be that there was a level seven priest among the goblins?
If that was the case, then he was really in big trouble.
Feng Chou was overthinking this. Last night, the two priests in the goblin camp had organized a prayer ceremony for the believers. Through the power of the ceremony, they had cast this divine spell that was far above their own spellcasting level after requesting the guidance of the gods.
The reason why the goblins came out in full force this morning was also because of the guidance of the Goblin God.
Just when Feng Chou was shocked and anxious, a bullet hit him in the thigh.
Feng Chou was wearing a + 3 medium armor. Only the helmet, breastplate, and the skirt that protected his lower abdomen and waist were plate armor. The rest of his body was chainmail.
This bullet hit his thigh. Although the + 3 Black Steel Chainmail could block the magic damage of the bullet, it could not reduce the powerful kinetic energy of the bullet. The huge impact almost broke his thigh bone. He only felt that his thigh was numb, and suddenly he could not use any strength. He staggered and almost fell to the ground.
Although he did not fall in the end with his strong will, he could not help but slow down.
Hogan was also hit by a barrage of arrows, and he was forced to stagger.
Feng Chou understood that in this situation, he could not run away. If he wanted to live, he could only fight with his life.