FYN Chapter 9 Battle Deployment
Chapter 9 Battle Deployment
In fact.
Misfield's considerations were more comprehensive than Loch's.
Her request for Dorothy's help wasn't just to gain a capable ally; the moment the poor rabbit girl agreed, she fell into the priestess's trap.
Before setting off, Misfield asked Doross to provide two bows and arrows for the two collaborators.
The priestess had witnessed Loki's archery skills; he had easily killed more than a dozen goblins from dozens of meters away using only a goblin's short bow. She believed that if Loki could obtain a suitable weapon, his combat power would increase several times over.
The priestess herself, as the priestess of the Silver Moon Goddess, is also an extraordinary archer.
Some of these divine spells are most powerful when used in conjunction with bows and arrows.
Neither Luo Qi nor the priestess had the money to buy weapons—the priestess had given all the money she brought to the Adventurers' Guild as a deposit for the pioneer village project.
and so.
Before receiving her reward, the rabbit girl invested some of the money first.
She had to take out her treasured spare bow and arrows, and then reluctantly borrow one from a cat-person friend.
Moreover, the girl's investments are not limited to these.
She also had to go to a minotaur-run carriage shop to rent three camel-drawn beasts, which would allow the three men doing odd jobs to get back sooner without affecting their journey the next day.
Black Ape Mountain.
The night was rather deep tonight. One moon in the sky emitted a cold light, and the air seemed to become heavy under its illumination; another was as black as ink, even blacker than the night itself, as if it were absorbing the surrounding light; and yet another was extremely irregular, its size and brightness constantly changing.
However, none of the three people involved in this operation were affected by the lack of light.
Luo Qi possesses the vision provided by the Emperor's Banner.
Fourteen goblin spirits roamed around him, providing him with a field of vision for about a kilometer.
However, this vision is very blurry and easily affected by supernatural abilities; because lower-ranking subjects are easily restrained by certain special forces in nature, they cannot explore many places clearly.
Goblin souls have no weight and cannot trigger traps.
Therefore, the areas that goblin spirits pass through are not absolutely safe for Loki.
The scout rabbit-woman made up for this.
A qualified scout needs to master many skills, including basic reconnaissance, setting traps, and dismantling traps. In short, if an adventurer's party wants to survive long and safely in their adventures, they must recruit a powerful scout.
Scouts who awaken to superhuman abilities generally possess the ability to see in the night.
The darkness did not affect her investigative efficiency.
As for the pastor, although the Silver Moon she worships will not be present tonight, a superhuman who worships the moon will not be greatly restricted in the darkness.
Although goblins also have night vision, there are differences in night vision among different goblins.
An ordinary goblin is no match for three hunters, each with their own strengths.
In fact, goblins are less wary at night than during the day because they possess night vision and know that their greatest enemy does not.
Both the scout girl and Loki's goblin spirit went very smoothly during their reconnaissance missions.
"The goblin tribe seems to have a much larger population than the intelligence indicated. Judging from the number of cooking utensils, there are probably about 180 goblins!" The rabbit-woman made this judgment after some investigation.
"Moreover, there are likely spellcasters among these goblins, that is, goblin shamans... I saw four totem poles of different colors in the wooden house in the center of the tribe."
"A goblin shaman?"
Misfield frowned: "How could such a creature arise from a goblin settlement of only 180 goblins? This is no ordinary goblin tribe! We must wipe them out without exception!"
Luo Qi looked at the priestess, whose murderous aura was almost overflowing, with a puzzled expression.
"Legend has it that the original goblins were just ordinary creatures, but the power of the evil god twisted and corrupted those poor lives, eventually turning them into the hateful goblins. Every goblin contains the seed of the evil god's power, and the reason they reproduce with any other creature is related to that power."
The priestess said, "Goblin shamans seem to have the potential to communicate with the gods. They can guide the evil god's power within ordinary goblins, turning weak goblins into fierce and warlike ones."
"In such goblin tribes, the strength of ordinary goblins is already comparable to that of adult humans! Moreover, once this tribe has developed for a long enough period of time, many tall elite goblins will emerge from it, with a probability far higher than that of ordinary goblin tribes."
"If there really is a goblin shaman in this tribe, this commission is even more difficult than our mission."
The pastor was caught off guard.
The task was more difficult than she had anticipated.
"Shall we continue with this commission?" the scout asked.
She sensed a reluctance to leave from Misfield's words.
The rabbit girl couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Borrowing a bow and arrow or renting a camel would both require a considerable amount of money!
If she gives up as soon as she arrives, she will suffer a huge loss this time.
"Of course," Luo Qi said decisively.
From the intelligence he gathered from the Emperor's Banner, he learned the distribution areas of most of the goblins in the tribe. The goblin tribe's houses were arranged in a very orderly manner, but overall, they were still considered quite loose.
Moreover, even for humans, coordinating more than a hundred people after a sudden attack would be extremely difficult, and naturally, more than a hundred goblins would also be in chaos for a while after a sudden attack.
First harass, then guerrilla warfare, and finally a surprise attack.
It's not difficult to break down this battle from three against one hundred and eighty people into a dozen or so three against ten.
"Misfield, Doross, I now make the following arrangements."
Loki ordered, "First, Doross will launch a frontal attack on the visible sentries on the goblin watchtowers. Once the hidden goblin sentries issue warnings and cause chaos within the tribe, retreat southward into the valley while continuing the attack."
"If the goblins don't pursue, then retreat for now and await my next instructions."
Luo Qi then looked at another girl: "Misfield occupies the high point on the left side of the southern valley, sniping the strong goblins from above, especially that goblin shaman."
"But wouldn't it be difficult to retreat from that high point on the left side of the valley?" the scout asked, expressing her doubts.
"If the goblins surround that high ground, the priestess will be in great danger, won't she?"
"They can't do that, and they won't have that opportunity," Loki said confidently.