Red Dragon Emperor

Chapter 366 Barton's Revenge (Part 2)

night.

In the woods of the Whispering Forest, the high-ranking Gnoll ranger, Barton, was lying on his knees in the grass, carefully pushing aside the grass in front of him, and looked at the forest clearing thirty meters ahead.

In the open space, several silhouettes could be vaguely seen, some lying on the branches, or leaning against the roots of the trees, and there was an inaudible breathing sound.

These people are enemies of the Forsyth Empire - soldiers of the Red Nest side.

A week earlier, Hogg Riverpaw, General of the Empire and Commander of the Third Legion, ordered the Red Nest to be provoked, triggering the war.

The Third Legion of the Forsyth Empire and the border guards of the Red Nest started a battle with the Whispering Forest as the battlefield. Both sides sent elite soldiers to sneak into each other's territory to sabotage and spy on the military situation, and at the same time hunted and killed each other.

Gnoll ranger——Barton is an elite soldier of the Forsyth Empire.

However, unlike other soldiers in general squad activities, Patton maintained his strength and always acted alone.

Barton sniffed his nose, and the Gnoll's sensitive nose didn't smell anything unusual. Like the soldiers of the Forsyth Empire, these Red Nest enemies were also smeared with powder to cover up the smell.

However, compared to the powerful magic industry of the Fossey Empire, the magic industry of the Red Nest is still in its primitive stage. Most of the monsters use the original herbal formula passed down from generation to generation by the clan.

The medicine powder made by the Red Nest Witch Doctor with primitive means can fool the wolf man, but it can't fool the wind wolf who has a sharper sense of smell.

It was because of the reminder from the wind wolf partner that Barton found this infiltrated enemy team.

Finding the enemy is only the first step, the second step is to assess the strength of the enemy team.

If the assessment is wrong and the enemy who can't afford to be provoked is awakened, next year's today is likely to be his death day.

He couldn't help being careless.

Button's ears moved. He could distinguish three breathing sounds, one on a branch, one behind a big tree, and one in a lush bush. These were the breathing sounds of a sleeping person.

However, hearing only three breathing sounds does not mean that there are only three people on the other side.

He judged that this was an elite hunter team from the Red Nest side, specializing in hunting down soldiers of the Forsyth Empire, setting traps in the jungle, assassinating officers and spellcasters with sharp arrows and poison, and spreading death and fear.

"According to the standard configuration of Red Nest, an elite hunter team has five members, one high-ranking captain, and four middle-ranking members. When resting, one person will stay vigil. Those who are awake can control the breathing rhythm and Almost a breath..."

Barton lay prone in the darkness, his eyes swept across the forest clearing ahead, the last missing breath belonged to the leader of the team,

An unknown high-ranking powerhouse.

The stronger a person is, the stronger his control over his body will be. Even if he is asleep, it will not be easy to be discovered by people of the same level.

What's more, because of the existence of the night watchman, Barton didn't dare to approach the camp, and he didn't dare to move around, so as not to wake up the enemy.

"It would be great if Qingfang was here. With its sense of smell, I can easily locate the enemy," Barton thought, then shook his head.

The wind wolf is an extraordinary beast. It is too big. If it gets too close, it will be easily spotted by the night watchmen, so he keeps the wind and waves two hundred meters away.

But when it comes to determining the enemy's position, the wind wolf partner can't help much.

Holding a bow and arrow, Barton lay motionless in the grass. He would not act rashly until he was sure of the enemy's position. If he acted rashly in the face of a dangerous opponent, he might lose his life instead of killing the enemy.

As a high-ranking ranger, Barton has been in the battlefield for eight years, and he has a lot of patience.

Time passed little by little, the moon was hidden and the stars sank, and the earth was shrouded in sticky darkness.

Dew gradually condensed on the plants around the wolf man. He ignored the dew and lay quietly in the grass.

The ultimate night has fallen, this is the darkness before dawn.

In a short time, the eastern sky will reveal the first rays of light of the day, and day will come soon.

During the day, the light improved, and the Wolf man lying thirty meters away could no longer hide.

Finally, the eastern sky showed a fish belly white.

Its daybreak.

Barton's patience finally paid off.

"Ah~," the Red Nest soldier who had been watching all night yawned and stood up from his hiding place.

He is also a jackal, looks thinner, with a pair of daggers stuck on both sides of his waist, most likely he is a jackal thief.

It has to be said that this thief was very good, and he was in the shadows throughout the night watch, without showing any flaws, so that Barton didn't find a chance to kill him silently.

But after the vigil ended, he finally relaxed and lost the vigilance a thief should have.

"Everyone! It's dawn! Time to work!"

"It's time to work," Barton muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, and the three arrows at hand hit the bowstring at the same time.

Except for the captain whose location has not yet been found, the location of the remaining members of the Red Nest Hunter Squad has been determined. Except for the lucky one who is sleeping behind the big tree, the other three are all within Barton's shooting range.

As long as these three are killed at the same time, the opponent will only be left with a high-level captain and a mid-level team member. With the cooperation of the storm partners, Barton is confident to defeat the enemy.

Quietly tightening the bowstring, Barton patiently waited for the opportunity.

Even for a high-level ranger, it is not a small challenge to shoot three arrows at the same time and ensure that each arrow can be fatal in one blow.

Here's your chance!

Almost at the same time, the enemy sleeping on the tree jumped down. He was also a jackal, and the enemy hiding in the bushes also stood up. It was a relatively rare lizard man.

Barton's heartbeat suddenly slowed down, and only the three of them showed their flaws in his sharp eyes. He aimed at the heads of the three of them, and he let go of the tightly held bowstring.

Weng ~.

Accompanied by the faint trembling sound of the bowstring, three arrows flashing with cold light flew out, two arrows pierced through the gap between the bushes, and the third arrow pierced through a green grass, cutting off the upper half of the grass , and shot at the three enemies who let down their vigilance.

The wolf-man thief turned his back to Barton, and was smiling and greeting his companions who had jumped from the tree. He felt a tingling pain in the back of his head, and an arrow came out from between his eyebrows, revealing a blood-stained arrow.

Confused, the wolf man and thief softened.

The Gnoll who jumped down from the tree was still falling. When he saw the arrow shot from between the eyebrows of his companion in the air, his mane immediately exploded, sensing a fatal crisis, but he was unable to change his direction in the air.

The moment the Wolf man landed, a second arrow shot through his throat. The blood-stained arrow hadn't exhausted its strength, and it was nailed into the trunk of the big tree behind him, and the tail of the arrow trembled violently.

At the same time, the third arrow hit the lizard man with a whistling sound, and the cold light on the arrow seemed to be piercing the lizard man's eye sockets, and there was no time to dodge it.

Barton's eyes widened when the plant that was broken by the arrow fell to the ground.

The moment the arrow was about to hit the lizard man, it was distorted by an invisible stance, drew an unnatural arc, and flew away to the distance by brushing the side of the lizard man.

"Protect arrows?!"

"Spellcaster?!"

Barton was startled, and immediately realized: "No, given the rarity of spellcasters in the Red Nest, their status is more noble than spellcasters in the Forsyth Empire, so it is impossible to appear here."

"Besides, the lizard man in front of him has double blades on his back, oil paint on his face, and strong muscles. He doesn't look like a spellcaster at first glance."

"The only explanation is that he has enchanted items on him!"

While thinking, the high-ranking Gnoll ranger suddenly jumped up from the grass, drew his bow and shot an arrow again, this time the arrow was covered with a faint energy radiance, and the arrow covered with energy radiance was faster than ordinary arrows shot out.

Ranger Combat Technique - Fatal Shot!

Fatal Shot is not only faster, but also has the function of breaking magic. Moreover, Barton has a professional level advantage, so he will definitely be able to penetrate the magic of the lizardman.

Hearing the howling of wolves behind him, Barton stared at the lizardman. As long as the lizardmen were killed before the enemy reacted, the situation would still be two against two.

However, after the first round of surprise attacks, the enemy has already reacted.

The lizardman rolled on the ground, his body was stained with some grass, he looked very embarrassed, but he narrowly avoided the arrows and survived.

Button's heart sank, the enemy would not give him a third chance to attack.

A sharp sound of piercing the air came from the side, Barton tilted his head to dodge, a dagger flew past his head, and the blade of the dagger sank into the soil.

Following the direction of the dagger, he saw the leader of the Red Nest Hunting Team who had not been found all this time. It was a thin orc.

A long sword is fixed on the left side of the orc's belt, and a Bishe is tied on the other side. He is holding a rope in his hand with a hook attached to one end. He is resting among the dense leaves on the treetops. Swinging the grappling hook, it rushed to the surface.

In the orc's hands, the rope tied with the grapple looked like a poisonous snake that had come alive, entwined around the branches, like an ape grabbing a vine, and swinging towards it like a swing.

The orc pulled out the long sword at his waist in mid-air. The long sword gleamed coldly. It was obviously not rubbish made by the poor kobold blacksmith of Red Nest, but a real weapon.

The orc stared at the gnoll ranger indifferently, his eyes filled with killing intent, he wished he could tear the gnoll who killed two of his team members into pieces.

All this happens in an instant.

The high-ranking Gnoll Ranger——Barton quickly dropped the bow and arrow in his hand, pulled out the two blades on both sides of his waist, and made a move like the ranger military swordsmanship of the Forsyth Empire.

The two blades in his hand are one long and the other short. The long one is aimed at the enemy for the purpose of attacking the enemy, and the short one is held in front of the body for self-defense.

"Come on! The offal of the Red Nest!" When things got to this point, Barton simply didn't back down anymore. He calmly stared at the orcs swaying, calculated the swaying trajectories of the orcs, and at the same time held the blade tightly in his hand.

But the orc shook the claw hook in mid-air, and the claw hook fell off the branch, and grabbed the guarding wolf man ranger in the air.

Barton rolled on the spot, avoiding the attack of the grapple. The grapple landed on the grass where he was, and suddenly retracted, bringing up a large piece of soil.

Taking advantage of the wolf man's evasion, the orc landed steadily on the ground, seven meters away from the wolf man. With a long sword in one hand and a claw hook in one hand, he stared at the wolf man coldly, not in a hurry to attack.

He has two middle-level partners, while the Wolf man has only one middle-level wind wolf. It is safer to stand on his side with victory and wait for his partners to arrive.

Even though the wind wolf was very fast, the distance was too far after all, so the two orc partners arrived first.

A Gnoll ranger and a Lizardman warrior stood beside the orcs on one left and one on the right.

"Kill him! Avenge our dead comrades!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the orc raised his knife and slashed forward, and the enemy's mid-level wolf man ranger and lizardman warrior also rushed forward.

Barton didn't retreat but advanced, and the long sword in his hand pierced the orc's throat, and the long sword was pushed away by the high-level orc.

Faced with the lizard man's slash, Barton twisted his body, avoiding the cutting blade, and at the same time blocked the stabbing blade of the enemy wolf man ranger with his short blade.

The orc took a step forward and kicked the jackal's chest fiercely. If he was kicked firmly by this roaring kick, several sternums would have to be broken.

At this time, the wolf man ranger had just held the blade of the enemy's colleagues, and it was the time when the old strength was not exhausted and the new strength was not born.

A gleam of cruelty flashed in the thin orc's eyes. He seemed to have seen the scene where the wolf man's sternum was broken, he flew upside down, vomited blood, and begged for mercy on his knees.

"At that time, I will humiliate him severely, then refuse his begging for mercy, and take his head back in exchange for military merit. The head of a hostile high-level ranger is very valuable."

"Well..., before he dies, he can be tortured." As a former pirate, he has plenty of ways to make the enemy speak.

However, Barton did not panic in the face of the orc's powerful kick.

As a high-ranking ranger who has been on the battlefield for eight years and has set a record as a demon hunter, he also has real materials, and he is also from an aristocratic family.

There was a mace pendant on the neck of the wolf man that was covered by his clothes. The mace pendant was engraved with complex magic runes, and the cyan magic runes flashed.

Tiger Guardian!

The power of ancient shaman magic poured into Gnoll Ranger's body and distributed to his limbs, making his limbs light and his whole body suddenly much more flexible.

With his toes on the ground, the wolf man ranger quickly backed away, his body dexterous beyond words.

The orc's powerful kick seemed to hit it, but in fact it just stuck to the surface of the Gnoll Ranger's body and missed.

Kicking the ground vigorously, pulling the egg, the orc looked aggrieved.

The lizard man and the wolf man wanted to launch a chase, but they were unable to do so, because the animal companion of the high-ranking ranger—the wind wolf—had also arrived.

Surrounded by a wind of cyan magic power, the wind wolf looked like an afterimage, its sharp claws wrapped in magic energy, and rushed towards the enemy wolf man.

The mid-level Gnoll ranger had no choice but to return to defense, with his two sabers across his chest.

The wind wolf's claws hit the blade fiercely. The huge force made the blade bend and hit the wolf man's chest, making him feel short of breath.

The mid-level Gnoll Ranger grunted and retreated again and again, facing danger in the wind wolf's attack.