Chapter 37

Although gorash became bent due to aging, he was also more than 2.5 meters tall. When he easily danced the thick bone stick and smiled at his opponent, it was ferocious and suffocating.

Bruce was unwilling to bring ordinary militia to encircle and suppress ogres. I'm afraid it's because ordinary people will inevitably feel fear in the face of ogres. This is entirely the natural fear of natural enemies in their blood, which is difficult to restrain.

In Victor's last life, human beings have defeated all their competitors and stood at the peak of the earth. However, in this life, human beings have to face more challenges and killings from competitors and even natural enemies. Victor is also very confused about how far they can go in the future.

However, when he saw that the Bruce knight was like a rock in the face of the powerful attack of the old ogre. Yes, even in the face of natural enemies, mankind will not lack the courage to fight, which is enough.

Bruce used the tower shield in his hand to block, beat, or cut to resist gorash's attacks again and again. On the other hand, a 40 kg pure gold halberd with a whistling body of "Wuwu" cut off the old ogre.

If it were an ordinary ogre, I'm afraid it would have been scarred under the attack of Bruce's sharp and unparalleled golden halberd, but gorash's attack was not as rough and clumsy as his compatriots, but showed amazing dexterity and extraordinary skills. Gorash can block Bruce's attack with a huge bone stick every time, and use his height to launch a fierce counterattack against Bruce.

Victor noticed that the old ogre would attack twice every time Bruce attacked. The bone stick in his hand did not know what the skeleton of the beast was. He could withstand the cutting attack of the refined gold halberd without damage.

Victor had seen the battle between Baron Esquire and the Jackal leader Hogg. At that time, in the face of the fierce jackals in the bloodthirsty state, Baron Esquire showed an overwhelming advantage and led the Jackal leader in a few rounds. However, the Bruce Knight did not have the upper hand in the battle with the old ogre, and even had the smell of being suppressed, which worried victor.

Victor enters a super sensory state, stamina 22, spirit 17, perception 14 and life 8. This is the data of the old ogre gorash.

Stamina 23, spirit 12, perception 13, life 16. This is the data of the Bruce knight.

From the data, Bruce knight. It is superior in physique and life attributes, but the physique attribute is only a little higher. In addition, because the life attribute can not directly improve the combat effectiveness, this advantage is almost meaningless. On the contrary, gorash is higher in spirit and perception attributes than Bruce, and can form an advantage over riders in battle.

"Master, the situation of Bruce Knight doesn't look optimistic. Shall we make some preparations?" Victor saw that the hard ground became pitted under the trampling of both sides of the battle, and said to Edwin with some worry.

Victor is confident that in the state of apocalypse, he will use the military Heavy Crossbow to deal a fatal blow to gorash entangled with Bruce. After all, gorash is not the ogre leader with the talent of rage. As for the knight's promise to the old ogre, Victor didn't take it to heart, because he was not under Bruce's hand. Even if he shot, Bruce couldn't break his promise.

"Don't worry, Bruce hasn't come up with all his strength. He has been consuming the old ogre's strength. If the old ogre doesn't show other abilities, Bruce will finish it." Edwin shook his head and signaled Victor not to worry.

While they were talking, Bruce showed a yellow air mass on his body, and his physique value soared from 23 points to an amazing 27 points. The stamina attribute is actually the concentration change of the earth element in the biological body. The most direct response is the change of power, and the power change brought by the 27 point stamina is enough to crush the old ogre.

Bruce used his heavy tower shield to snap at the bone rod. Gorash was caught off guard by his great strength. The bone rod in his hand was directly hit and flew, and his whole body stumbled back. Bruce took advantage of the situation to cut the long halberd on his right hand to the neck of the old ogre. The blow was like a thunderbolt and unstoppable.

Seeing that Bruce was about to cut the old ogre under the halberd, gorash screamed and tried to dump his body to the right. The long halberd that should have been cut on his neck was heavily cut on his raised left shoulder. The sharp halberd blade cut the old ogre's hard skin and muscle, cut half the hard bone like steel, but failed to completely cut off gorash's left arm after all.

Bruce fiercely pulled out the halberd stuck by the bone, and when he was ready to give the old ogre the last blow, gorash took a deep breath, and his high protruding belly like a pregnant woman squirmed. A stream of colorful filth spewed at Bruce from his mouth like a high-pressure water gun. Bruce hurriedly protected his body with a huge tower shield, The old ogre took the opportunity to escape to the trees opposite the stream. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared, leaving only a disgusting digestive material.

It ran away.

Bruce's face was livid, and the huge tower shield blocked most of gorash's filth, but his knees were inevitably covered with sticky, disgusting and smelly digestive products.

"This old ogre has been badly hurt by me. It's a training for the four of you to kill it together. But remember, don't be alone. If you can't deal with it, send a signal and I'll support you." Bruce dropped the Tower Shield on the ground and commanded his four retinue knights.

As a knight of noble origin, Bruce has always paid great attention to his appearance. He can't tolerate such an embarrassing situation. Now he just wants to clean up the filth and has no desire to pursue gorash himself.

Just when the four trainee Knights checked their equipment and were eager to try, Nicole went to Bruce, put the bright long sword on the ground, knelt on one knee, and said clearly and firmly: "Knight Bruce, trainee Knight Nicole asks you for a life and death trial of hunting ogres."

Nicole's words made the audience silent.

The trial of life and death is for the knight to challenge the invincible powerful monster alone in order to promote. He wanders between life and death, either died or promoted. There is no second ending. It is heroic and sacred.

"Nicole! You must be crazy! You don't have to!" Cried Calvin, Bruce's squire.

The trial of life and death is extremely dangerous. In fact, most of the Knights holding the trial died in the battle. Therefore, unless there is no hope of breakthrough, few Knights will choose the trial of life and death at all costs.

"Calvin is right. Nicole, you have a good talent. You have echoed 10 element bits at the age of 22. I was promoted to bronze Knight when I was 27. You still have enough time to polish your fighting spirit and promote normally. Moreover, you are the lady's attendant, not my squire knight, so I can't agree to your request." Bruce Wen said to Nicole in a voice.

Generally speaking, trainee Knights will completely cut off the hope of promotion only when they are over 30 years old. Young trainee Knights like Nicole don't have to have a life and death trial.

"My Lord, I'm 22 years old. That's why my wife asked me to follow you here." Nicole's calm voice made Bruce speechless.

As a female trainee Knight without a surname in the York family, if she does not become a bronze Knight before the age of 22, she will become a tool for the family to win over the strong or other nobles, and Nicole is no exception.

Most of the female trainee knights from humble origins in the York family do not reject this fate, because they either become knights' partners or noble partners, which is definitely a good destination. Unfortunately, Nicole is one of the few of them.

Bruce knew that when Nicole returned, she would be given by the family to the Silver Knight Lord Hanas as a close maid. Hanas was originally a knight of another Duke in the three eastern provinces. After the LORD was hanged, he secretly took refuge in the York family.

Hanas is powerful, rude and has no aristocratic style. She is not Nicole's type at all, so Sylvia will let Nicole go with Victor, which is a wish to end Nicole, but the countess will never change the position of the family, but Victor doesn't know all this.

"Nicole, as usual, you have a whole day to prepare, but ogres can speed up the healing of wounds by eating flesh and blood, so I suggest you start now. If you don't come out in a day, we will go into the woods to kill the monster and avenge you. During this period, you won't get any assistance. Good luck." Facing Nicole's insistence, Bruce agreed to her request.

"Thank you." Nicole pulled out her sword on the ground, stood up and walked to the woods.

"Nicole! Wait!" Victor chased up from behind. His anxiety and confusion made him angry. He grabbed Nicole's arm and asked loudly, "why did you do this? What do you want to prove?!"

Looking at Victor's caring and angry face, Nicole gently hugged her lover and whispered in his ear, "I want to control my destiny."

Then she took off her helmet and let her long chestnut hair fall down. The sharp sword lifted from the back and cut off the beautiful hair sprinkled on her shoulders. Her beautiful face suddenly became heroic and breathtaking.

The broken hair in her hand scattered with the wind. Nicole took a deep look at Victor, as if she wanted to engrave the face of her sweetheart in her heart, smiled, turned and walked away.

Victor stared at Nicole's slender and graceful figure disappearing into the trees, speechless and choking.

It was getting late, no one in the temporary camp spoke, only the campfire was burning with a crackling sound, and the atmosphere was stifling.

Victor walked restlessly back and forth. He said loudly to Edwin.

"We should always do something!"

Victor once summoned people to go into the woods to support Nicole, but Bruce's four trainee Knights blocked him like a wall.

Once the trial of life and death is interrupted, it will leave an indelible sense of frustration to the experimenter, which means that his knight's road is cut off, which is a more terrible ending for the experimenter than death.

"Victor, even if humble as a slave and noble as a king, has the right to choose to fight against fate. Even if he pays a huge price, he may not succeed, but this is the root of our miracles." Edwin looked deeply into Victor's eyes and his voice was heavy and powerful.

Suddenly, a cry came out of the woods. It was the dying cry of the jackals. Then another cry came, which changed everyone's face.

"Damn it, that cunning ogre enslaved the Jackal. It has already set up a trap. It's beyond Nicole's trial. This is death! We must save her immediately!" Victor yelled loudly that noble etiquette had long been thrown out of the sky by him.

The four trainee Knights stood up and looked nervously at Bruce. They were waiting for Bruce's decision.

"As knights, we can't interfere in the trial of life and death. Nicole will be safe if she can break through." Bruce gently stroked the golden halberd in his hand. If Nicole died, he would use this weapon to avenge her.

Bruce's seemingly heartless words made Victor smile. As soon as he raised his hand, a dark figure fell from the sky and fell on Victor's arm with a "quack". It was the black feather of the alchemical crow.

"Go." Victor took out Nicole's scattered hair and smelled it to Heiyu. Heiyu immediately flew into the air, circled around, gave another "quack" and flew to the woods.

"As Lord, I've decided to eliminate the jackals and monsters in the territory. Just tonight, Nelson, get ready and go in with me." Victor said to Nelson with a smile, calm and elegant.

"As you wish, my master." Nelson replied stiffly. It's never the style of fighting a bear to sit and watch his companions fall into a desperate situation.

"Guys, get moving. We're going to hunt jackals tonight." When Nelson called the guard to enter the forest, Victor stopped him.

"No, Nelson, just the two of us." Victor's words stunned Nelson, and then his eyes showed gratitude.

Wearing leather armor to fight jackals in the woods at night, even the strong War Bear mercenaries will suffer casualties. Although the war bear is not afraid of sacrifice, they are still moved by the Lord's compassion.

"My Lord! War bears are never afraid!"

"Sir, as long as you wait patiently in the camp, we will never let you down."

"Don't worry, sir! We've killed countless jackals!"

The guards were in high morale and asked Victor to fight one after another.

"My Lord, I can go in alone and save Miss Nicole. There's no problem at all!" Nelson whispered to victor.

"It's up to me, isn't it?" Victor looked directly into Nelson's eyes. Although Nelson was trustworthy, he didn't want to delay as long as he thought of Nicole's desperate situation.

"I have the blood of moon elves. I can see the surrounding environment in the dark, and... I can not only shoot arrows."

Victor pulled out the short sword around his waist. The short sword surrounded by the breeze was like life. It circled in the palm of his hand with his arm slightly raised. The short sword silently crossed a thick and thin tree next to the bowl.

This sword is silent, like a ghost.

When Victor went into the woods with two crossbows and Nelson, a trainee Knight showed Bruce and Edwin the cut tree.

"This is hemlock. The wood is tight and hard. It's not easy for ordinary people to cut it off."

"The fracture is smooth and neat. If the trainee Knight slashes it with a sharp long sword, I can't cut it off like Victor. It's incredible."

"It should be that the wind elements gathered on his sword that caused such an effect. This is already a means similar to the Silver Knight. The ability of the moon elf blood is really amazing. The Wimbledon family is worthy of being one of the ancient blood families inherited for thousands of years."

Edwin stroked the fracture of the iron fir, but saw Bruce standing up with a long sword and a round shield, so he smiled and said to him, "what? Are you going?"

"Hehe, as a knight, I have the responsibility to protect the safety of the ally Lord, don't I?" With that, Bruce strode into the woods.