novellhall Chapter 2 Winning with Fewer People
Chapter 2 Winning with Fewer People
The silver-haired girl ran after Luo Qi for a while, then suddenly her legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground.
"Are you out of energy?"
Luo Qi still had the energy to care for the girl.
He stretched out his hand.
But the girl did not stand up immediately.
"Your Excellency, I intend to... launch a counterattack while I still have the strength."
The silver-haired girl bowed her head and replied, "I can buy you some time. Could you please deliver this request to the Adventurers' Guild in Riverdale Town?"
She pulled a thin piece of parchment from the inside of her clothes.
"A counterattack?"
Luo Qi looked at the girl who was powerless and speechless.
The girl ignored Luo Qi's silent doubts. She pulled a ribbon from her sleeve, tied a few knots, and then picked up a few pebbles from the riverbank.
She stood up, and the ribbon wrapped around the pebbles spun rapidly.
"A sling?"
Luo Qi was somewhat surprised.
This other world... has a lot of martial virtue.
Those goblins who seem like mere grunts are highly organized, and the seemingly delicate girls also possess extraordinary skills.
"O holy and great goddess of the silver moon..."
Luo Qi heard the girl muttering something, as if she were praying.
"Please use the moonlight to guide the flying stones!"
A faint glow appeared on the spinning ribbon.
The faint light condensed onto the stone as it spun around, and finally the stone flew out like a shooting star, drawing a silver arc in mid-air.
next moment.
Dozens of meters away, the head of one of the goblins chasing in the lead exploded like a watermelon hit by a heavy hammer.
In the vision of the Human Emperor Banner, a faint black soul flew out from the goblin's body, then slowly faded in the sunlight, dissipating like a wisp of smoke.
The number of enemy troops has decreased by one.
The remaining goblins also slowed down, seeking cover among rocks and trees.
Under their leader's command, these goblins were not afraid of death, but they did not intend to lose their lives in this seemingly invincible situation.
"This power..."
Luo Qi's eyes widened.
The sling is a primitive and deadly weapon, but what normal sling has such power?!
"Another supernatural ability?"
Luo Qi stared at the girl, thinking to himself, "Judging from the prayer, is this extraordinary ability divine magic? Do gods still exist in this world?"
"interesting……"
"How many more times can you throw this stone?" Luo Qi asked.
"once."
The girl answered calmly and concisely.
"Once is about enough... Can we attack from a different spot for the remaining attack?"
A smile appeared on Luo Qi's face: "If our coordination goes smoothly, killing these goblins won't be too difficult."
The girl's transformation from a burden to a key helper was a huge surprise for him.
He took the silver-haired girl's hand without giving her a chance to refuse.
The two wandered into a thicket and walked to a sturdy tree. Luo Qi pointed and said, "Climb up and stand on a branch to attract attention!"
Without asking why, the girl took a deep breath and skillfully began to climb upwards.
Seeing that the girl didn't need his help, Luo Qi immediately turned around and went back in another direction without looking back.
rear.
When the goblin saw the girl climb the tree, his smile became even more ferocious, and saliva kept dripping from the corners of his mouth.
The human woman had nowhere to escape.
The goblins chattered excitedly, assigning tasks for the attack.
The silver-haired girl stood on a thick branch, paying no attention to the stick goblins and spear goblins that were about to reach the bottom of the tree, but only staring at the bow and arrow goblin at the very back.
"These are the key elements!"
The girl muttered to herself, "I need to create an opportunity for that person to attack!"
She swung the sling again.
By attacking from a high place to a low place, her slingshot attack will travel a greater distance.
The girl ignored the stick goblin that was about to reach the tree, and a silver streak flew out again, hitting the leader of the bow and arrow goblins.
Bang!
One more goblin has been lost.
"Gagaga..."
Immediately, the remaining archer goblins screamed like startled roosters.
They all turned their gaze to the girl in the tree.
Two of them reacted and raised their bows to shoot upwards.
But the arrows fell limply to the ground when they reached the girl's feet.
Just then.
Loki charged out from the side and rear of the archer goblin.
When he was still more than five meters away from the goblins, the physical form of the Emperor's Banner appeared out of thin air in his hand, the three-meter-long banner pole resembling a spear.
The goblins heard the commotion and had just turned around when they saw a long spear thrusting towards them.
"Pfft..."
The outermost one was immediately pierced through the chest, its small body hanging from the flagpole.
The banner moves automatically even without wind.
The goblin, whose pale black soul had not yet left its body, was summoned into the world within the banner by the Emperor's Banner.
"Now……"
Luo Qi's lips curled up: "The Human Emperor's Banner is complete!"
"Gah..."
The remaining three goblins were somewhat frightened after their companions died one after another. They retreated while aiming their bows.
Luo Qi had a sudden thought.
The goblin inside the Emperor's Banner bathed in the blood within, its pale black soul stained with a trace of crimson. Then it flew out of the banner and pounced on the archer goblin furthest from Luo Qi.
The goblin souls that have been educated by the Human Emperor's Banner possess an inherent malevolent aura; although their destructive power is low, they directly attack the soul.
"Waaah..."
The goblin screamed as it was attacked and collapsed to the ground.
Then, Loki shook the flagpole, and the goblin hanging on it crashed down on the one closest to him.
Immediately, the Emperor's Banner was thrust out again, attacking the last goblin.
The four archers who were brought close were all rendered incapable of fighting within seconds, completely powerless to retaliate.
Luo Qi calmly finished them off one by one, recruiting them into the Emperor's Banner, turning them, along with their bright green blood, into resources for the Emperor's Banner.
After the battle here was over, Luo Qi looked at the big tree.
The stick goblin is climbing a tree.
They use both their hands and feet, just like monkeys, and climb very quickly.
The silver-haired girl broke off a tree branch and tried her best to stop it.
"The Emperor's Banner, when transformed into a spear, is indeed quite powerful, but the strongest of all melee weapons is actually the bow and crossbow!"
Loki picked up the goblin's shortbow.
The size of a weapon is often limited by the size of the user; for example, an archer's arm span limits the size of the bow he can use.
The goblins' arm span was only slightly more than half that of Loki, and their bows were like oversized toys in Loki's hands, making it inconvenient for him to exert force.
Luo Qi himself had never studied archery.
In theory, he couldn't hit a goblin tens of meters away.
"What posture, breathing, aiming... tell me what to do with my Emperor's Banner!"
Luo Qi drew his bow and shot an arrow.
A goblin soul flew out of the Emperor's Banner and attached itself to the arrow shaft.
—Soul-guided rocket.
The souls of these goblins will guide the arrows to fly precisely to the targets Loki has locked onto.
"Whoosh~"
The crude short arrow drew an arc, accelerating as it flew.
"Pfft..."
A goblin climbing a tree is pinned to it.
Before the goblin's soul could return, the second arrow, the third arrow, the fourth arrow... one arrow after another flew out with lightning speed.
The sword-and-shield goblin was stunned for a moment upon seeing this.
It quickly shouted, not having time to care about the stick goblins in the trees, and led the remaining spear goblins to find cover.
Just as it was hiding behind a big tree and had just breathed a sigh of relief.
"Pfft~"
An arrow pierced its neck from the side.
"What happened?"
It doesn't understand.
Some elite archers can indeed make their arrows curve, but those curves are often large-angle arcs.
How can there be archers who can make arrows curve at sharp angles?!