Upon hearing Baozi Mei's exclamation, Iron Axe quickly tightened his grip on the axe, vigilant. "What's happening?"
Baozi Mei pointed to the corpses on the ground.
"We've killed a total of eighteen goblin warriors, but there are nineteen tents here! And..."
Baozi Mei hesitated, swallowing saliva. "Did you notice? There's no goblin leader among these corpses!"
Iron Axe, upon hearing this, furrowed his brows and counted on the ground, confirming her statement.
"Could they have gone out to play and not returned?" Poison Blade suggested.
"Impossible. The sun has just set; the goblin leader wouldn't leave the camp at this time. Be careful!"
Iron Axe suddenly shouted, raising his giant axe to shield Poison Blade.
A loud noise followed, and shards of stone sprayed, causing pain to Poison Blade.
Looking ahead, a robust goblin emerged from a burning tent, rubbing its eyes as if it had just woken up.
"Be cautious, this goblin leader is a ranged class!" Iron Axe observed the child's head-sized stone ball in the goblin leader's hand, furrowing his brow.
The previous attack had already shattered his grip, and he wondered where the goblin found such a large stone ball. Fortunately, their numbers were limited, and with some caution...
Then Iron Axe saw the goblin leader pulling out four large wooden baskets from the tent, each containing at least fifty stone balls.
"Matthias!" Iron Axe immediately stepped back, giving way to Matthias. The five of them formed a straight line behind the tower shield, and massive sounds echoed from the front.
With each sound, they could feel Matthias's body violently shaking.
"Is that a goblin catapult? So powerful!" Baozi Mei, while treating the semi-unconscious Feng Mo, expressed her concern.
Even Iron Axe felt the difficulty, especially when the opponent stopped after throwing three stones.
"Not good! It's waiting for the goblin laborers to seek reinforcements. As a ranged leader, it must have an allied camp!" Iron Axe's face turned pale.
"What should we do? Should I sneak out and stab it?" Poison Blade drew his dagger, but his hands trembled uncontrollably.
As a thief, his chances of success in a sneak attack under the opponent's obvious vigilance would be very low. Moreover, considering the size of the thrown stones, the strength was undoubtedly extraordinary. If he failed with one strike, death would follow.
"No... without someone covering you, it's impossible for you to succeed. Let me think again." Iron Axe waved his hand.
At this moment, Night Third Watch, hiding behind a tree, looked at Old Gu.
"Hey, can that stone-throwing guy be dealt with by you?"
Old Gu pointed to his waist and shook his head.
"Well, then we can only wish them good luck." Night Third Watch sighed.
When he discovered the goblin leader, he felt that this group was in trouble: a mage with depleted magic, a sluggish berserker, a heavily injured dual-wield warrior, an immobilized shield warrior, plus a useless thief. They had already lost hope of turning the tables.
Even though he had leveled up Old Gu, this wasn't a game where leveling up meant being at full strength. Old Gu's waist couldn't support launching an attack.
Night Third Watch, not to mention, as soon as he approached, he would probably be smashed into minced meat. Therefore, he could only stay here and wait for the soul energy to reach five points.
[Old Gu has initiated a fusion request with you. Do you agree?]
"Huh? Fusion?" Night Third Watch looked at Old Gu, wondering what he was up to.
[Fusion]Consumes the maintained soul energy of the fusion partner to gain all their abilities. Duration: 1 hour.
[Old Gu]Formerly a great sword saint, due to excessive training in his youth, his bones became extremely fragile, but this didn't affect his fame. (Honorable Kills: 13)
Skill 1: Riding the Wind Step
Skill 2: Moon Sword Slash
Skill 3: Thirteen Wind Pursuit
"So, if you fuse with me, can we beat that stone-throwing guy?" Night Third Watch asked.
Old Gu hugged himself, looking disdainful.
Night Third Watch turned his head to look at the five still blocked by the goblin leader, furrowing his brows.
If he used fusion, the remaining soul energy would definitely not be enough to last until dawn. But if he didn't act, those five would be doomed.
"Whether they live or die is none of my business. I, an undead, don't care whose corpses I collect..." Night Third Watch muttered, looking outside again.
Although those five could at least survive if they abandoned the shield warrior, after so long, no one made that choice.
Seeing this, Night Third Watch scratched his head, counting on his fingers.
"Let's do it!"
"Old Gu, let's fuse!"
As soon as the words fell, Old Gu's figure suddenly faded, then, like a ghost, he collided into Night Third Watch's body. Night Third Watch nervously felt his body, finding nothing missing or added. He breathed a sigh of relief, then smirked, drawing his sword and walking out of the woods.
"Young man, why did you come out? Escape quickly!" Iron Axe heard movement behind him and found the young man with a foolish smile emerging. He couldn't help but feel annoyed.
You could have come out earlier or later. Why now?
Are you trying to make up the number with their corpses?
Sure enough, the goblin catapult leader saw a new human appearing, confidently picked up a stone ball, and threw it over.
But Night Third Watch seemed oblivious, even smiling and nodding at Iron Axe.
Iron Axe closed his eyes in despair, but after waiting for half a second, he didn't hear the muffled sound of the stone ball hitting flesh. He couldn't help but open his eyes in confusion.
"I-I-I'll be damned!"
Only to see the young man he thought was a fool moving towards the goblin leader in a strange rhythm, as if a puppet being carried. The flying stone completely missed his body.
The goblin leader, seeing this, used a special move, grabbing two stone balls and throwing them together. With a right shake, the third stone ball flew out, catching up with the first two and sealing Night Third Watch's dodge space.
Night Third Watch sneered, already ten steps away.
"Moon Sword Slash!"
With a flash of cold light, Night Third Watch appeared behind the goblin leader. With a plop, the goblin leader widened his eyes, covering his neck, and fell down.
"Ah, this move is more burdening on the waist than I thought!" Night Third Watch touched his sore waist, expressing some regret.
"Young man, you..." Iron Axe opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.
"Move these bodies back to my place, not missing a single one! We'll talk about the rest when I come back!" Night Third Watch waved his hand and then disappeared into the night without looking back.
"Who does he think he is? He dares to command us?" Poison Blade sneered.
"Shut up!" Iron Axe glared at Poison Blade.
"No matter who he was before, he is now the benefactor of our Iron Armor Mercenary
Corps, understand?!"
"But Captain, how do we move so many bodies back? He's clearly making things difficult for us!" Baozi Mei looked around, her face full of sorrow.
Nineteen goblin corpses were not nineteen meat buns. Even if they could each carry two, it would be impossible to carry them all.
Iron Axe frowned, pointing to Matata's tower shield.
"Drop your weapons, and we'll use this to pull them back!"