He steadied the sword in his hand and took two steps forward. However, the gnoll suddenly charged forward recklessly, brandishing two axes and howling. Jes directly thrust his sword between the two axes. Taking advantage of the fact that his weapon was longer than the opponent's, he directly thrust it into the gnoll's mouth. The gnoll had short arms and an even shorter weapon. After swinging twice in the air, it convulsed and knelt on the ground.
As soon as Jes pulled out his sword, a gnoll's paw appeared on the city wall beside him. He immediately swung his sword to cut off the hand, but the gnoll's other hand used an iron rod to forcefully deflect his sword, causing him to almost lose his grip on his weapon due to the shock.
This gnoll pounced forward and took the opportunity to thrust at Jes forcefully with the rod. Jes nimbly took a step back to dodge. At that moment, he heard a series of strange cackles coming from behind him.
Damn it, there are more and more of them.
What's more troublesome is that he already feels his physical strength declining.
"Vaecht."
Jes pointed at the gnoll in front of him and cast the Fear spell. Now he is quite proficient in this magic.
The gnoll in front had already assumed an attacking stance. The cackling expression on its face immediately changed. It roared with all its might and actually jumped off the city wall, leaving only a series of rustling sounds as it passed through the tree canopy.
This Fear spell didn't cost him much energy. The gnolls behind witnessed their companion being suddenly frightened and jumping off the city wall. They were stunned and didn't know what had happened. Taking advantage of their confusion, Jes took a quick step forward and accurately thrust his sword into the gnoll's chest. Using the force of his stride, he pushed the gnoll off the city wall. He himself almost fell off as well.
Fear spell. Should I use the Mass Fear spell now?
Jes reached behind him and grabbed his long staff. However, he hesitated whether to cast it.
Judging from the previous experience, the Mass Fear spell not only scares away the enemy but also scares away our own people. Can the humans here resist the Fear spell as strongly as Gerde? It's hard to say.
And these gnolls... They are like lunatics. Among them are those large savage fighters. Their resistance to the Fear spell may not be worse than that of humans.
And after he casts the high-energy-consuming Mass Fear spell, he will definitely consume a great deal of mental energy and will no longer be able to fight as he did just now.
The result of casually casting the Mass Fear spell is to strike our own teammates and help our enemies. In the end, we will end up exhausted and surrounded by gnolls.
Thinking of this, he released his hand again.
"Thaernor... Can you hear me? If you can hear me, come out..."
He whispered quietly but didn't expect much. However, a burst of arcane flash suddenly exploded in front of him. Thaernor grabbed Jes by the collar and asked in a suppressed voice, "What are these creepy things, master?!"
"How did you get here..." Jes asked in surprise.
"The imp can turn invisible! The imp can cross planes!" Thaernor laughed. "Those fools can't see me at all! I climbed in through the window, master!"
Jes grabbed the imp with both hands and shook him vigorously. "Stop talking nonsense. Shoot fireballs into the sky quickly. Hurry up!"
"Although I don't know why, but since the master has ordered, I will obey! But master, let me go quickly!"
Jes threw him on the ground. The imp stood up and shook his head, starting to chant something completely incomprehensible. The flame in his hand grew brighter and brighter.
At this time, the soldiers in the middle of the courtyard who were forced to fight back had no armor or weapons. They could only use various miscellaneous things at hand to fight against the gnolls.
The city wall and the two watchtowers had already been occupied by gnolls. The other watchtower that had not been occupied was also in a fierce battle. It seemed that the two sentries were about to be overwhelmed and killed soon.
If the city wall was completely occupied by gnolls, they could use the crossbows of those soldiers to shoot at the soldiers who were barely resisting in the middle courtyard wall. Soon the stone fortress would fall!
There was a burst of fireball explosion behind him. Jes turned around and saw that the fireball launched by the imp had flown high into the sky and exploded, turning into a cloud of gray smoke.
Will this be effective? Can that colonel see it?
"Shoot again. Keep shooting!"
"I hear you, master!"
Suddenly, the gnolls on a captured watchtower in the distance let out chaotic cries. Jes looked over there and found that the yellowish eyes of those gnolls were all staring at this side.
They have noticed... This is not surprising. If the cavalry in the forest can notice, then we can't expect the gnolls here to turn a blind eye!
"Stop shooting. Stop shooting." Jes grabbed the imp and interrupted his casting. "Save your strength. If a gnoll comes up later, kill it for me. Use all your tricks."
Thaernor hopped back and forth and asked, "Understood, master. Do you want me to provide you with as much magical assistance as possible?"
"Yes! Yes!" Jes said. "Blood Pact... If you have it, use it on me. If I die, you won't survive either."
"Master, you are wrong. If you die, I will be free!" The imp corrected.
Damn it... Jes wished he could kick this thing to death with one foot. But at this moment, suddenly a gnoll climbed up from behind him. This anger was also suddenly extinguished.
He turned around and swung his sword. The gnoll dodged by shrinking its head. Jes directly kicked it in the face and kicked it off the city wall.
Jes murmured to himself. Just like this, just like this. As long as it repeats... all night long.
On the other side, as soon as a gnoll peeked its head out, Thaernor chanted a short spell. Suddenly, the gnoll was engulfed in flames and screamed as it fell off the city wall. The imp laughed loudly. That demonic laughter was somewhat creepy at night.
"Burn you all, burn you all! Quack!"
When a gnoll was set on fire and struggled in pain, Thaernor would directly jump onto its head, shouting and cheering while dancing in the fire.
"Devour your soul! Devour the dirty souls of you lowly creatures!" His tone could be said to be hysterical.
Seeing the gnolls on the city wall frantically gathering towards this side, Jes felt his throat getting drier and drier. He had never expected to face the siege of an entire gnoll army like this.
He glanced sideways into the forest. The dark aura was gone, and the traces of the cavalry could not be detected. How long will this night last?
As he was staring, his vision was suddenly covered by a gnoll wearing a strange breastplate.
This guy jumped up directly from the bottom of the city wall, holding a studded club. Drooling and howling, he jumped over. Jes was startled and quickly ducked to the side with all his strength. The club hit the city wall and immediately several nails fell off.
The gnoll howled and swung horizontally. Jes threw himself to the side to barely dodge this blow. However, his back of the head was almost hit. Even the wind from the club passing by made his ears hurt.
Jes took a few steps back and climbed up against the wall. The gnoll stood firmly and faced this way. He pointed at the imp and shouted, "Thaernor, burn this guy for me!"
"I will do it even if you don't tell me!"