In order to avoid unnecessary complications, Feng Chou and the other two didn't choose to pass through the Cecil family's territory. Instead, they planned to go around the edge of the forest.
The three walked along the edge of the Cecil family's farmland for a while before they heard the sounds of battle coming from the depths of the forest.
Judging from the sound, it wasn't too far from them. The three exchanged glances and moved towards the direction of the sound.
They followed the sound and climbed up a hill. Below the hill, in the valley, several humans were fighting with a group of strange creatures.
These creatures were only half the height of a human. Their heads were a bit like a lizard's, while their torso and arms were similar to a human's. However, their claws were dry and sharp. Their legs were like the hind legs of a velociraptor, but in proportion to their bodies, they were much longer and larger. They easily supported their upright bodies. Below their legs were a pair of strong and sharp claws, and behind them was a long lizard tail.
Although he wanted to call these creatures lizards, Leo's memories told Feng Chou that they were called kobolds.
As for why they had such a strange name, it was easy to understand by hearing their barks. In the chaotic battlefield, "Woof! Woof!"
The kobolds were fighting a small group of five human mercenaries.
Unlike Feng Chou's imagination of a mercenary team with all kinds of warriors, mages, and priests, this team only had two professions: warriors and rogues.
Among the five people, there were four warriors and one rogue. Among the four warriors, two of them were holding shields in the front, charging left and right amidst the group of short and agile kobolds. The other two warriors were 20 meters behind them, holding bows and arrows. Arrows were nocked on the bowstring, but they didn't pull the bowstring to shoot. The rogue wandered around the two shield-holding warriors, constantly giving them a chance to rescue them.
Leo's memories told Feng Chou that this kind of mercenary group was the norm.
Most of the noble mages hid in their ivory towers and immersed themselves in magic research. Even if they left school, most of them worked in the city's alchemy factories or were hired by the nobles as guests. They would never risk their lives in the mud.
Holy priests should be in the temple guiding the god's flock. Even if they weren't crowded, they should be in the nobles' castle receiving the worship of the villagers. They would never use the god's gift to earn a low commission. That would only cause them to be abandoned by the god.
Nature professions such as rangers and druids were very rare in the human kingdoms.
Therefore, warriors and rogues were the majority of mercenaries.
The battlefield was not far from the hillside, just within the scanning range of Qiankun Pagoda. Qiankun Pagoda's scan results quickly arrived.
The profession levels of the mercenaries surprised Feng Chou greatly.
In Feng Chou's impression, kobolds were small monsters that could even kill ordinary people. However, this group of kobolds moved as if they were flying, suddenly advancing and retreating. They actually made a Level 5 Warrior, a Level 4 Warrior, and a Level 4 Rogue flustered.
Unknown creature:
Constitution: 9
Strength: 8
Dexterity: 15
Mental Strength: 8
Perception: 9
Intelligence: 9
Physical Assessment: Healthy
Mental Assessment: Full
Special Energy Reaction: None
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Unknown creature:
Constitution: 8
Strength: 7
Dexterity: 14
Mental Strength: 21
Perception: 11
Intelligence: 12
Physical Assessment: Healthy
Mental Assessment: Full
Special Energy Reaction: Unknown
Qiankun Pagoda opened two screens in Feng Chou's vision at the same time. In other words, he thought that there were two different types of kobolds.
At the same time, Qiankun Pagoda marked the two kobolds at the back with a red glimmer in Feng Chou's vision.
Before Feng Chou could carefully distinguish the difference between the two types of kobolds, the two kobolds marked by Qiankun Pagoda had already shown that they were different.
One of them threw away the rusty short sword in his hand, and the other threw away the short spear in his hand. They raised their claws and aimed at the two warriors who were rushing left and right in the group of kobolds. Two faint silver streamers shot out from their claws and hit the two warriors like lightning.
Fortunately, the two warriors reacted very quickly. When they noticed that the two kobolds had begun to cast spells, they had already moved their shields and were ready to meet the attack.
These two streamers didn't seem to be very strong, but they had a shocking effect. Although the two warriors blocked the streamers with their shields, they were still knocked back by the huge force. The level five warrior was better off. He was only knocked back a few steps, but the level four warrior was simply knocked back two or three meters and sat on the ground. If it weren't for the support of the rogues next to him, he would have been killed by the two kobolds with short spears.
At this time, Feng Chou understood why the two warriors were holding their bows and arrows in the back, neither helping nor shooting. It turned out that they were waiting for the warlocks among the kobolds to make a move.
Kobolds were said to have an extremely thin dragon bloodline, so it was easier for them to produce a Dragon Warlock. Although their casting level was not high, the spellcasters in this world were not the spellcasters in the game. There was no balance to speak of.
Just like the spell that the two kobolds had just released, it was actually only a level one spell, "Magic Missile." The two kobolds' casting level was definitely not higher than level two, but its power could pose a huge threat to a level five warrior. If the two magic missiles just now had not been blocked by the shield and directly hit the warrior's body, even if they were wearing steel armor, they would not have been able to avoid bone fractures and serious injuries.
However, although the spellcasters in this world were magical, their bodies were only mortal. The two archers who had been waiting for an opportunity had already shot the arrows that had already been nocked on their bowstrings when the two kobold warlocks had just started to cast spells.
These two archers were a level three warrior and a level four warrior. The level three warrior's archery was more accurate, and the level four warrior's arrows were more powerful.
The level three warrior shot through the neck of the kobold warlock on the left, and the level four warrior shot through the chest of the kobold warlock on the right.
After the two warlocks were killed, the kobolds' morale immediately collapsed, and they fled in all directions.
These ordinary kobolds were only a little more than half the height of an ordinary human, and their weight was probably only a quarter of a human's, but their strength and vitality were not much different from an ordinary adult's, and their agility was comparable to a level one rogue's. When these small and agile creatures escaped, the average person would be left in the dust. Although the five mercenaries were strong, they could only chase after one kobold each and could only give up.
Seeing that the battle was over, Simon patted Feng Chou's shoulder and motioned for him to retreat.
The three retreated behind a bush and hid.
After the mercenaries collected their spoils of war and left the forest with a few kobold heads, they walked out of the forest amidst a string of arrogant laughter.