From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 182 Group Inspiration and Curse

The group encouragement technique was activated silently, and without the witch doctors outside the south wall noticing it, an inexplicable wave swept across the city wall, quickly calming down the emotions of the horn-hoofed warriors who had been on the verge of collective collapse.

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The silent city wall returned to normal in the next moment, and whispered conversations among the warriors began to appear occasionally;

Although the discussion was only about negative verbal expressions such as 'too terrible', it was still better than the deathly silence.

The senior officials who were supervising the battle finally took a breath. They had been extremely afraid before, fearing that the fanged barbarians would take the opportunity to launch a charge, and then these soldiers, who had almost lost the will to fight, might kneel down and surrender.

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Ignoring all the things on the city wall, under the city wall, the trolls have already begun to assemble a new batch of catapults;

They recovered the small steel and wooden parts that had not been burned before, and took out the large keel wood materials that were well stocked. Under the guidance of the apprentices, the soldiers erected three more pieces of wood in the position within half an hour.

More than a dozen tall catapults.

Only at this moment, the distance between the catapults was consciously widened, and in front of them, a herd of moose was ready to pull the catapults for transfer.

Although this has an impact on the efficiency of calculating the launch elements, at least it will not be thrown away in one pot as before.

During this period, Juya discovered that it seemed that he could not achieve victory in a short time by relying only on siege equipment. Therefore, although he was uneasy due to "fear of casualties" in his heart, he still sent out three hundred heavily armed giants.

The demons formed a 'vanguard', wearing armor and shields to approach the city wall.

So, three hundred trolls set out from the array and moved towards the city wall step by step;

Everything went smoothly at the beginning. The catapult of the horn-hoofed tribe had been destroyed first, so it was not able to carry out an effective blockade at medium and long distances;

Only 'weak' bows and arrows fell from the city wall, but under the protection of the giant shield and heavy armor, they had almost no effect.

The three hundred trolls successfully approached two hundred steps away. They moved their heavy shields away from themselves, preparing to launch a wave of attacks with spears before moving forward.

But at this moment, holes suddenly opened at the bottom of the city wall, and dull machine sounds came from them, and then thick and heavy crossbow arrows were seen shooting towards the trolls at high speed.

In the main formation at the rear, all the trolls discovered that the spear throwing was inaccurate. This situation was obviously abnormal. Throwing spears was the skill of the trolls. How could it be like this at such a short distance?

‘This is the horn-hoofed spell taking effect’, this is the understanding of all trolls, including the witch doctor.

Soon a group of trolls set off with shields. They cautiously approached the front line and transported their own corpses and wounded back. The transported corpses were temporarily placed in the rear array for preservation, while the injured began to be treated by the apprentices.

Emergency surgery.

"There is no way to figure it out for the moment. Let Juya order them to return. This will only increase casualties. We are thinking of other ways."

"learn."

"Didn't the Far Travelers report before that 'pain' can effectively alleviate the effects of that 'control technique'? How about this technique? Can it be avoided by self-mutilation?"

The witch doctors were puzzled by this.

In the tribe, almost most of the spells that act on the body are of the buff type, and often have one-on-one directional effects;

Although a few psychic spells can be directly applied to a group of targets in a small area, their range of effect is also quite limited, and it is impossible to cover hundreds of scattered targets at the same time like the horned hoof species did before.

"The fang barbarian spell casters are too incompetent. Until now, they have not thought of a way to suppress our shamans. Haha, we seemed to be too worried before."

Toulon's top management also breathed a sigh of relief and discovered that the powerful trolls were not really invincible. Although they were terrifyingly powerful in some inexplicable directions, they seemed to have major flaws in some 'common sense' aspects.

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Outside the city, seven witch doctors came to the "weak" warriors and began to use detection techniques to try to figure out the cause of this "weakness".

So, the remaining trolls dispersed and walked closer to the city wall.

Taking a deep breath, he ordered to the left and right,

"Order! Bring back the wounded! The remaining vanguards spread out their formation, hold on to the shields in their hands and move forward in a straight line, looking for opportunities to throw heavy spears along the way."

"As you command!"

The thought of 'attack with the whole army' flashed through his mind, but after all, Big Tusk had already passed through his most ferocious and reckless period, so he restrained this violent impulse in time.

'Dong-dong-dong!'

In fact, the shamans of the horned hoof species are not able to release large-scale spells without limit. All of these have very stringent release conditions, such as location, number of initiators, and other factors;

Therefore, they never left the altar since the siege began.

The giant crossbow hit the heavy steel-wood shield held by the warriors with one hand. Although it failed to directly break the shield, it also caused it to move sideways, causing dozens of large crossbow bolts to penetrate directly into the rear array.

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"There are no ladders in the siege? Are they planning to climb up?"

On the advice of the witch doctors, the order to retreat was sent to the front line, and the pioneers quickly returned with the wounded.

"It's another large-scale spell. How did they do it?"

Before setting off, the members of the vanguard group each carried twenty heavy-throwing spears on their backs. When they saw the opportunity, they stopped and threw, using their natural abilities to kill a branch-horned hoof species accurately.

Although there were only about 240 remaining trolls on the first line, they still suppressed the enemies on the city wall in a short period of time.

And this was only the first step of the change. Next, the vanguard trolls felt sudden bursts of weakness, as if their strength had been reduced by nearly half out of thin air.

"Hmm. What the chief said makes sense. We are worried about the safety of people's lives."

Among them, there were even more than a dozen unlucky trolls who died immediately due to direct heavy injuries to their hearts. The remaining ones also fell to the ground with serious injuries and lost their ability to fight within a certain period of time.

Later, the more obscure 'weakness' effect was also learned by the witch doctors through active reports from many flag officers of the vanguard.

The morale of the trolls has not actually been dampened. Fighting? In the eyes of most trolls, it is similar to hunting. Occasional failure is not something unacceptable;

But this is not the case for the diagonal hoof species. The panic and loss of confidence that were previously suppressed by the group spells rebounded after the two consecutive failed attacks of the tooth department. The eyes of the soldiers once again ignited with heartfelt anger.

Fighting spirit.

"The activity of the brain is also suppressed, so negative reactions occur in energy, such as feeling sleepy."

"Oh, if I had known better, I wouldn't have had to give up so many fields outside the city. They would be full of food."

On the front line, the flag officers of the vanguard units also received instructions and informed them to the commanders of their respective teams.

"Shut up! We are also thinking about the lives of the people. No one is allowed to mention this matter again in the future!"

After getting closer and gradually adapting to the bombardment of heavy crossbows, the trolls dispersed and began to try to use spears to kill the horn-hoofed warriors on the more than 20-meter-high city wall;

"I have a 'case' here that should illustrate this problem. A soldier was hit by a heavy crossbow, but he was still within the range of the horned hoof's spell; the pain really made his brain disconnect.

"Active" state, but the "muscle cell semi-dormant" state continues, which even affects part of his self-healing ability. If left unchecked, it may cause more loss of vitality."

The witch doctors are not together at this time. They are scattered next to the wounded who have retreated from the front line, carrying out their own treatment and observation;

After they were prepared, the crossbow arrows in the firing holes no longer had the same effect as the first wave. Although the heavy blows still continued to sound, they achieved very few results;

Only those trolls who failed to protect their sides with shields during the journey would have their relatively thin armor broken through, and then fall to the ground with serious injuries.

"doing."

"clear."

Therefore, these conversations were directly transmitted to their respective ears through the 'Witch Doctor Version of the Wind Talker's Technique'.

"Then get treatment quickly!"

Just when they wanted to continue their efforts to expand their results, an inexplicable change occurred at this time.

The trolls' spear-throwing suddenly became less accurate. The usually confident blows went completely in the wrong direction, as if they were blind.

The conversation between the clan elders and the warchief took place on the southern city wall, and its content was roughly the same.

At this time, under Big Tooth's ugly expression, a cheer came from the city wall. It was the horn-hoofed warriors cheering for the first casualty caused by their own side in the siege.

A series of screams followed, and many soldiers in the first three rows were pierced through the chests by giant crossbows;

"Some cells enter a semi-dormant state. This is the most direct cause of the feeling of powerlessness."

After receiving the instructions, the flag officer began to summons and sent Juya's order to all ministries.

"Of course it's already being done, and so are you. Let's first cure these warriors who are affected by double effects."

"The impact is not permanent, and it has begun to recover. The curve will return to normal in about ten minutes."

With their efforts, the negative states of these trolls were dispelled, their self-healing abilities were restored, and they quickly regained their vitality.

The remaining trolls who were not seriously injured had no negative effects personally dispelled by the witch doctor, but as previously judged, they returned to normal after about ten minutes.

Ten lamp points is a number that cannot be underestimated. You can do a lot of things during this time in battle, and your self-healing ability will also be partially affected. This is destined to be something that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, how to break the situation has become the most critical issue at the moment.

(End of chapter)