Chapter 133: Ghost Sound Tiger Roar

Noting that scattered Goblins had already begun to move toward the olive grove, Wuke did not hesitate and immediately ordered his squad members to assemble in formation to prepare for an assault.

"Mage Xia Duo, stay by my side and don't stray too far."

"Mm, I know." Xia Duo knew Wuke was worried about his safety, but he was no longer the same as he once was; Xia Duo drew his single-handed sword, deliberately tilted the blade, and swung it a few times, producing a whistling sound.

He glanced at Wuke triumphantly, "How is it?"

"Decent strength." Although Wuke was somewhat surprised, he did not say anything more.

Although Xia Duo did not have much technique, compared to the Goblins, he could already achieve victory through sheer force, and even in terms of technique, he was stronger than the Goblins.

It was just a pity that his left hand was still empty; if he had a small shield, it would be even better.

……

While Xia Duo and Wuke's squad prepared to assault, the villagers holding various civilian "weapons" also spread out and followed behind; their task was to intercept the Goblins that had been scattered as much as possible.

If too many leaked through and the Goblins damaged the olive trees, they would be in for a rough time.

Just before the engagement, Xia Duo looked back and saw the village chief and his son Hanke huddled at the very back; their expressions were unclear, but Xia Duo always felt they were ill-intentioned.

"Kill!"

In front, Wuke's squad charged into the pile of Goblins in a 2-3-3 formation, stabbing six or seven Goblins to death in the first wave, while the Goblins were completely terrified by the humans' Long Spear.

Their first reaction was neither to fight for their lives nor to retreat, but to stand there blankly, motionless, and Wuke and the others had long since understood this, clearing them step by step rhythmically without pause.

Waa waa waa—

Now the Goblins in the back finally reacted; regardless of what was attracting them in front, the humans before them were simply reapers of Goblin lives, and with a roar, they scattered in all directions.

Xia Duo had not expected that a single assault would crush the Goblins, but the next part was the most troublesome; the Goblins were running around everywhere, and they had to follow behind and clear them out one by one.

If they only scattered them without clearing them out completely, they would gather again later, and if they did clear them out, it would take a period of time for other Goblins to gather from other places.

At this time, the members of Wuke's squad had begun to abandon their Long Spear, instead drawing their single-handed swords to start chasing the Goblins.

Xia Duo casually hacked down a Goblin and felt bored; this was simply more boring than hitting humanoid targets in the Spell Laboratory, although neither would resist, at least the targets wouldn't move, and there was no need to chase after them to hack.

"Captain Wuke, you've seen it too, these Goblins pose no threat to me at all, you don't need to follow me, let's split up to clear out the Goblins."

Seeing Xia Duo say this, Wuke no longer refused; he had just seen Xia Duo's skills, and although they couldn't compare to elite soldiers like them who had been fighting for years, having great strength was an excellent advantage.

He saw with his own eyes Xia Duo kick a Goblin flying and hack a Goblin in two with one sword strike; this kind of strength was something he did not possess, and while envious, Wuke also secretly felt it was a pity that such strength was born in a Mage!

And without Wuke following by his side, Xia Duo let himself go even more, chasing down a Goblin in three or five steps, hacking it down with one sword, and then chasing in another direction.

Halfway through the chase, Xia Duo suddenly remembered that Goblins should also count as a kind of intelligent creature and should be able to communicate, so he hurriedly shouted aloud:

"Captain Wuke, have people catch a few live ones! I have a use for them!"

After shouting twice, it took a good while before a panting voice replied: "Understood!"

And Xia Duo was also looking for possible targets for communication among the Goblins, but these Goblins were all like headless flies, running around everywhere, and all the Goblins were dirty and smelly, making it hard to distinguish their status from their appearance.

After hacking down several Goblins that had no reaction to his questions, Xia Duo stopped chasing blindly; anyway, his combat power wasn't the only one, so he might as well stop and observe carefully.

If there really were individuals with higher Wisdom, their performance would definitely be abnormal.

Perhaps simple searching wouldn't be easy to make effective, so Xia Duo felt he could add some stimulation; tigers were a widely known animal on Earth, and Xia Duo had seen them many times in the Tiger Roar Zoo, but in Netheril, he had never heard of similar animals, except for cats.

The low roar of a tiger was quite terrifying for someone hearing it for the first time, and even if one knew in advance that it was going to roar, there would still be a feeling of scalp-tingling.

Now it depended on whether the tiger was effective against Goblins; if there really were individuals with higher Wisdom, would they make any unexpected reactions?

Whenever this happened, Xia Duo would lament the convenience of Magic; if he had to imitate it himself, not to mention whether it sounded like it, he didn't have that sufficiently shocking voice to begin with.

——Ghost Sound: Tiger Roar Zoo!

Xia Duo created the source of the tiger roar at a height of about 4 or 5 meters above his head, and then it slowly drifted toward the direction where there were more Goblins along a descending exponential curve.

"Roar——"

A low yet penetrating sound full of Stun, even Xia Duo, the caster, was startled; this sound was just too stimulating!

Looking at the situation on the battlefield, because Wuke's squad had not received notice from Xia Duo in advance, they were immediately frightened by this sudden sound, and even though they were all professional soldiers who had been through the Baptism of slaughter, they were stunned on the spot at this moment.

And those Goblins who were already being chased by death were even worse off at this time; the vast majority lay directly on the ground trembling, and this also highlighted those few individuals.

——Ghost Sound

But this time it wasn't the tiger roar, but Xia Duo transmitting his own voice, "Captain Wuke, take people to catch those fleeing Goblins."

Although Xia Duo's voice was calling Wuke, it also reminded those Goblins that weren't too stupid; at this time they no longer needed any cover and ran desperately toward the north.

With their short legs, Goblins could never outrun humans, but Wuke and the others had been charging and killing for a while and had consumed a lot of stamina; as both sides chased, they couldn't catch up for a time.

Xia Duo prepared to call the villagers to help chase, but when he turned back, he found that many villagers had already thrown their pitchforks and fled, and the rest were huddled together, no better than the Goblins.

Xia Duo was furious and used Ghost Sound to notify the village chief to hurry and bring people to finish off the Goblins, while he himself chose a direction of a fleeing Goblin and chased after it.

When Xia Duo caught up, this rather intelligent Goblin had already been hacked by a chasing soldier, hitting its neck, and it looked like it wouldn't survive; Xia Duo frowned, somewhat displeased, and questioned while holding his sword:

"Why did you kill it?"

"It was going to run, I prepared to scare it, but I didn't expect it wouldn't even dodge, so I hit its neck. Mage, I am very sorry, others should be able to catch a few."

Guessing that the mysterious roar on the battlefield just now had something to do with Xia Duo, the soldier's attitude was very respectful, but this left Xia Duo with nowhere to vent his anger; if others were like him, then Xia Duo's previous Magic would have been in vain.

"Go back first, finish off the other Goblins, I'll go see how the others are doing."

"Yes."