Chapter 36

Ogres are huge, ugly and greedy creatures. They prey on the weak and are used to solving problems by violence. The average height of adult ogres is nearly 3 meters and the weight is about 200 kg.

White tower scholars believe that ogres are a branch of goblins, but unlike weak cousins, these powerful humanoid monsters are inherently evil and cruel. They will eat any creature they catch, including their own kind.

Ogres mostly live in groups. The smallest group is the family, consisting of 1-2 males, 2-5 females and several cubs. The largest ethnic group exceeds hundreds. Their way to solve the problem is to use sticks, stones and spears to directly smash the things that hinder them. If they can't do it, they will adopt an evasive attitude of ignoring it.

Ogres are strong and powerful, but they are stupid. They will take the initiative to attack human villages without scruples. In fact, most of the broken villages are made by ogres. Therefore, the human Lord can ignore the goblins, koeheads and even small groups of jackals in the territory, but will never allow ogres to wander in the territory.

Victor, Edwin and Bruce are around an oak table. They are all waiting for the latest information from the scouts.

A big black crow flew in from the window, flapped its wings and landed on the table. It shouted "quack" at Edwin. This is Victor's alchemical crow.

Edwin immediately put a handful of stones and a silver plate on the table. He saw the alchemical crow pick up a stone and throw it into the silver plate with a "Ding" sound. Then he tilted his cerebellar bag and looked up and down at Edwin, as if to see where the old scholar would take out his reward.

"This is Heiyu's third investigation. From the results, at present, there is only one ogre found in the southwest corner of the territory." Edwin said to everyone after throwing a dried fruit to the black crow waiting for a reward.

These days, Edwin has been training the clever alchemical crow and named it black feather. He was surprised to find that black feather can express numbers within 20 after training, so he drew a portrait of an ogre and tried to let black feather detect the number of ogres.

"Master, I'm not questioning your conclusion, but ogres usually come and go in groups... For the safety of soldiers, we'd better wait for the scouts to send more detailed information." Bruce doesn't believe that a crow can distinguish one head from a group. Maybe the bird is a little clever, but I'm afraid it's all used to cheat food and drink.

Victor certainly knows that the result of black feather investigation is credible, but he will never put forward any opinions on this issue.

Just then, Nelson hurried in with this letter.

"In the southwest corner, there is an ogre. The jackal is unknown. This is the information from the scouts." Nelson found the three men staring at him and told the information directly.

"An ogre? That's great!" Victor breathed a sigh of relief. Although he believed in the detection ability of the alchemical crow, with the confirmation of the scouts, this should be the most accurate result.

Edwin and Bruce looked at each other and saw the dignity in each other's eyes. Edwin hesitated and said to victor, "only one ogre is good news, but it may also be bad news."

"Ogres are cruel and aggressive monsters. The most powerful males of them fight each other for the leadership of the group. This kind of battle is usually fatal. There will always be a loser who will use his blood and life to complete the authority of the winner. However, there are always exceptions. Occasionally, there will be another loser who escapes from the group and becomes a wandering ogre. These wandering ogres alone are very powerful Strong, and most have the ability to rage. " Edwin said and glanced at Bruce. He knew Bruce must understand what he meant.

"The amount of ferocious ogre magic has surpassed that of ordinary knights. This talent makes them ignore pain. The more seriously they are injured, the greater their strength and speed will be. Ordinary elite soldiers can't resist the attack of ferocious ogres. Even bronze knights can't last too long. However, I'm confident that I can stop it. During this period, what you have to do is It's killing it with a Heavy Crossbow until it dies! " Bruce whispered, his fighting spirit burning in his eyes,

Obviously, Bruce wants to use this ogre as an opportunity for him to break through the bronze age and enter the extraordinary field.

"Captain Nelson, you need to choose some men who are good at crossbow and riding with me. Remember to wear only leather armor, because it makes no difference whether you wear armor or leather armor when swept by the ogre's mace. Only speed and dexterity can protect yourself." Bruce told Nelson.

"Can we dig a trap for this ogre or something?" Victor suggested that he didn't feel the need to fight a powerful and stupid ogre at all.

"Although ogres are stupid and reckless, they have keen intuition, or a talent. They can avoid most traps, otherwise they would have been extinct. Therefore, soldiers fighting ogres every time have to bear the risk of death and injury." Edwin smiled bitterly, shook his head and explained to victor.

"We will set out on horseback in the afternoon. After arriving at the destination, let the soldiers and horses have a full rest and attack the monster at noon tomorrow. Let's start preparing now." Bruce got up, put his hands on the table and said excitedly.

In the afternoon, a team of more than 40 people set out on time. In addition to all the trainee knights, Victor and Edwin accompanied them.

Victor joined the team at Bruce's request, because once he picked up the military crossbow, his lethality was no less than that of ordinary knights, and Victor really wanted to see this legendary monster.

As for Edwin, he strongly demanded to participate in the operation and said that he would stay in a safe place and never cause trouble to everyone.

In the evening, they met with the scouts in charge of monitoring the ogre and reconfirmed the information: an ogre built a nest by a stream, and no trace of injury was found from a distance. In addition, the trail of jackals was found in a nearby forest, but the number is unknown.

Before sunset, a temporary camp had been built. After dinner, Bruce Knight greeted everyone and went back to his tent to rest.

"Bruce's state is a little wrong. Is there really no problem tomorrow?" Victor had never seen Bruce, who had always maintained his aristocratic style, so dignified, and he could not help worrying.

"Bruce is preparing for tomorrow's battle. He will face the ogre alone in a violent state, which is a dangerous challenge for him." Edwin whispered.

"I don't understand. Since the violent ogre is so powerful, why don't we shoot it at a distance with a military Heavy Crossbow?" Victor asked Edwin puzzled.

"There are two problems. The first problem is that the ogre is not interfered by the injury at all in a violent state. On the contrary, its speed and strength are greatly improved. If there is no knight to withstand its attack, those shooters will be killed by the monster before they can shoot it. The last result is that our shooters suffer heavy losses, and the ogre's strong physique is not certain Will die. The second problem is that it is very difficult for knights to advance. Bronze Knights want to enter the extraordinary field. In addition to blood talent, another way is to experience the test of life and death and stimulate their physical potential. They may echo all 24 element bits and be promoted to silver knights. Bruce wants to take this opportunity to try to break through the silver level, so he will never give up this opportunity Yes. "

When Edwin explained to victor, they didn't notice Nicole's eyes shining.

The next morning, Bruce and Nelson walked in front of the team with heavy shields. Nicole and four trainee Knights protected master victor and Edwin in in the middle, while the other soldiers fanned out with cross bows and headed for the ogre's nest.

At noon, Victor saw the single ogre by the stream. The monster was only 2.5 meters tall and was also covered with a thick black fur, a bit like bear skin. Its limbs were exposed, its joints were thick, but its muscles were obviously atrophied, its skin color was dark brown, there was a hard skin, and there were raised tumor nodes. It has a bent figure, but its belly is very bulging, just like the belly of a pregnant woman. Its thick gray hair covers its facial features, so that people can't see its appearance clearly.

It was indeed an ogre, but unlike the strong and tall ogre leader in people's impression, it was like an ogre who was seriously ill. When everyone looked at each other, they heard an old voice.

"Human beings, what are you doing at gorash's house? I'm too old to bite the muscles of the split hoofed cow. I don't threaten you or have any treasure. Please leave."

This is the standard human lingua franca. There is no problem with grammar and tone, but everyone is confused because the sound comes from the mouth of the ogre.

The ogre is stupid and primitive. Although he also has his own language and even speaks some simple jackal language, he has never heard of an ogre who can speak a complete human language. Now this strange ogre actually spits out human words. How can we not be shocked.

"My God! The legend is true! This is an old ogre!!" Edwin was the first to react and shouted.

The life span of Ogres is as long as 90 years old, but few ogres can live beyond 50 years old, because weak ogres will die of hunger and cannibalism. However, it is said that once ogres live beyond 60 years old, they will open their wisdom and communicate with most intelligent races, and they will leave their ethnic groups and live alone, just like the one in front of them.

"Yes, gorash is old and has few days to live. I live here, eat bark and grass roots, and occasionally hunt, which is no threat to you. Please let the poor old gorash go. By the way, the man who just spoke must be a learned old man. Gorash most admires intelligent scholars. Maybe we can become good friends." As he spoke, the old ogre tried to approach Edwin.

"Stop it!! it wants my brain!" Master Edwin shouted angrily: "the old ogre can speak human words, which means that it has eaten human brains! Don't be fooled by its language. This is a cunning and cruel monster!"

Bruce's face changed greatly. He immediately stepped forward, pointed the halberd in his hand at the old ogre and shouted, "step back, you ugly monster!"

"Take it easy, mighty knight. Those are rumors. Gorash never eats people's brains." The old ogre said and stepped back.

"Don't believe every word of the old ogres. They are very cunning and good at deception. According to the literature records of Baita, the old ogres can't get food in the group because of aging. They will quietly leave the group and live alone. In order to fill their stomach, they will use traps and deception to kill the intelligent race. They especially like to eat humans, elves and halflings. It is said , the old ogre will get the victim's memory and wisdom by eating the prey's brain, so the brains of the old man and scholars are extremely attractive to them. " Edwin said with fear and excitement: "there is a view that the old ogre and the ogre are not the same race, because their brain structure has changed greatly. I want to open it myself!"

The old ogre wants to eat the old scholar's brain, and the old scholar also wants to open the old ogre's brain! Victor said nothing about it.

"No, no, no, you misunderstand the old ogre. Gorash's knowledge comes from ancient blood. My memory tells me that ogres and humans have a common ancestor. Only our ancestors were cursed will they become what they are now."

Seeing the scattered crossbow men and the approaching knight, the old ogre quickly explained, and quietly retreated towards the nest made of a large number of bones, wood and turf.

"Ancient memories in blood?" Edwin's eyes lit up. He knew that the way to inherit knowledge by some powerful races was blood inheritance. As long as he reached a certain age, he could automatically obtain wisdom and ability in blood.

"Of course, I know a lot of ancient secrets. Maybe we can sit down and discuss them together." Seeing the scholar's curiosity about ancient knowledge, gorash began to tempt him again.

"I can consider cutting off your limbs and taking them back to the white tower, and then discuss with you slowly." Edwin sneered.

Seeing that Edwin was not tempted by it, he turned to victor and said, "you must be the Lord of this land. Could you please calm down and we can make a deal."

"Oh? What deal are you going to make?" Victor was surprised that the speechless monster could identify him.

"Dear Lord, a terrible disaster is about to happen in your territory, and you will suffer heavy casualties. I can tell you this information. In return, you will provide me with food. Of course, I can also help you eliminate other monsters in your territory, such as jackals..." Gorash intimidated victor like a magic wand.

"Gorash, I won't believe the words of a man eating monster. Don't rush to argue. The bones scattered in your nest have explained the problem. Today is your doomsday, monster!" Victor's eyes are shining with cold light. The human bones mixed in the disordered bones are clear to the baron who has x-3 and senses up to 20 points.

"Ha ha, gorash is an ogre. Cannibalism is natural. Just as you humans eat cattle and sheep, there is no sin."

Sensing Victor's cold killing intention, the old ogre no longer disguised himself. With a strange smile, he directly pulled out a leg bone of an unknown monster from the nest, pointed to Bruce and said: "Powerful knight, gorash wants to break through. Even if he can't succeed, he can kill several of your companions. If he succeeds, I will hide in the dark and continue to retaliate against you. Now I give you a one-on-one chance to compete with me. If I win, let me go. I swear in the name of ambry, the mother of Ogres, that I will never return to this territory again, but you should also be a knight I swear, before we decide the outcome, we can't let our men besiege me. Dare you? Human Knight! "

Bruce drew a cruel arc from the corner of his mouth and said word by word, "I swear by the reputation of a knight that no one will besiege you until I decide with you."

Bruce wanted to be promoted to the Silver Knight by accepting the life and death test of the violent ogre. How could he be afraid of an old ogre?

"This monster is so cunning! It only said that if it wins, it will leave here and never come back, but it didn't say what to do if it loses. Shall we remind Lord Bruce?" A rough looking trainee Knight muttered to his companion in a low voice, but he didn't notice that his companion looked at him like an idiot.