CHAPTER 99: A Worshipped Little Skeleton

"Elder Calvin, has the village been discovered by the forest trolls?" Han Shuo's face became grave as he turned to Calvin and asked him in a solemn tone.

"Han, why are you asking such questions all of a sudden? There have been several encounters with the forest trolls in the past few days, but even we don't know if they have discovered anything." Calvin began and then explained.

According to the field of vision of the original demons, Han Shuo discovered that the current number of forest trolls present this time was around five or six hundred. There were forest trolls, warriors, hunters and priests. They were all advancing in an orderly fashion, coordinating with each other in an extremely sensible manner. This indicated that this group of forest trolls must have come from a strong faction. Five or six hundred forest trolls, combined with the right number of troll hunters and priests, would make for a formidable force.

Within the village, there were only 50 or 60 dwarves strong enough to take part in this battle. Add to that Han Shuo and a few elves, and their strength was completely inferior to that of the forest trolls. This made Han Shuo realise that it would be truly difficult to survive this time.

"Five to six hundred forest trolls are heading this way. It looks like your village is truly exposed." Han Shuo sighed deeply and slowly revealed the truth.

Benedict had listened to Han Shuo's words with some disbelief, but the group of dwarves that Calvin led immediately panicked when they heard that five to six hundred forest trolls were heading their way. At a loss as to what to do, they made wild plans.

"What shall we do, what shall we do?" An iron hammer waved in Bennett's hands as he glanced at the women and children behind him, looking very worried and resigned.

The Dwarves were not a race that was cowardly and afraid of danger, but they could not be irresponsible towards their females and children. When danger came, their first thought would be how to protect the women and children.

"Chief Calvin, I know that your village is hidden in a mountain valley. Is there another way out of the valley? No matter how suitable the valley is as a place to live, I think we need to evacuate as soon as possible. We won't be able to fight against five or six hundred forest trolls. Han Shuo tried to convince him.

Calvin's eyebrows furrowed as he seemed quite worried. After thinking for a while, he spoke to Bennett first. "Go and gather all the villagers and have them pack their belongings and prepare to leave from the back side of the mountain valley. We'll stay behind and see if we can take some revenge on these villains.

Bennett immediately set off on Calvin's orders, calling out constantly to the small houses at the back of the village, urging all the villagers to gather their rations, and weapons, leaving everything else behind for the time being.

At that moment, the two dwarves who had been standing guard outside finally rushed in, looking panicked, shouting loudly before reaching the chief: "Bad news! Terrible news! Many forest trolls are on their way. They're everywhere in the bushes!"

Benedict had been a little hesitant, but now he no longer doubted Han Shuo's words. The group of elves, with Benedict as their leader, all drew their weapons and wiped them with calm expressions. Benedict held the bow behind his back, seemingly ready for battle at any moment.

"The forest trolls are the natural rivals of the elves. I'd like to give them a taste of our power this time." Benedict showed no sign of fear and spoke with eagerness.

By this time, Bennett had already finished giving orders to the dwarves behind him. Use his original demons. Han Shuo discovered that the forest trolls were indeed heading towards the mouth of the village. He involuntarily looked back at the dwarves around him and said to them, "I think we should block the narrow passage leading to the village at this time and try to buy time for the women and children to leave first.

Han Shuo nodded to Calvin as he said these words and took a few steps forward towards the entrance to the village. Benedict hesitated and indicated his intentions to the elves and followed Han Shuo towards the entrance of the village.

So far, Han Shuo could be pretty sure that these forest trolls were after the dwarves. Otherwise, they wouldn't have all appeared here by chance. The five hundred or so forest trolls had already begun to search the nearby bushes for the entrance to the dwarven village under the shouts of the particularly burly forest troll.

Judging by the way the situation was developing, the bushes and leaves covering the village entrance wouldn't be able to hide it for much longer. Han Shuo didn't panic when he arrived here and recited part of the magical incantation. Several skeleton warriors and two hulking zombie warriors appeared in front of him.

"We should use this time to set some simple traps. The entrance to the village will surely be discovered, but it's not big enough here, so we can take advantage of that to cause them some trouble," Han Shuo said calmly as the dark creatures appeared.

The skeleton warriors and zombies immediately started digging traps under Han Shuo's command. The zombie warriors had strong bodies and were in charge of moving rocks over long distances to block the path. The dwarves had set some traps here in the beginning, Han Shuo just added a few more. The dwarves also mobilised themselves to help Han Shuo set them up.

"Necromancy magic is the most disgusting magic, to think that you, a human, are an evil necromancer!"Benedict shouted. Benedict seemed to detest the appearance of the skeleton and zombie warriors as he complained.

Han Shuo was completely unmoved by Benedict's complaints and only concerned himself with setting the traps. When Han Shuo felt that everything was pretty much in place, he took a few crossbows from his space ring and distributed them to the dwarves around him. He then instructed them to retreat to the rear and spread out among the dense growth of trees and bushes.

The dwarves were masters at forging weapons, but the complex bows didn't require great craftsmanship, but rather precise design and thought. The range and power of a crossbow was extremely high, and it was one of the most outstanding inventions made by man in recent years. Their drawbacks were that they were too heavy and that the firing frequency wasn't very fast. Each crossbow needed a small amount of time to reload after firing, unlike a bow and arrow that could be reloaded quickly.

Han Shuo's body was strong, so he could easily lift such heavy crossbows. Although the dwarves were small in stature, their strength was also equal to Han Shuo's, so they also lifted the crossbows with ease.

As Han Shuo and the dwarves stood ready to defend, a loud forest troll scream came from the distance. The forest trolls immediately cheered and quickly approached with loud shouts. Through the eyes of the original demons, Han Shuo knew that one of the forest trolls had already discovered the hidden entrance.

In fact, the new forest troll leader was shouting orders in the forest troll language as more than a hundred forest trolls rushed over, weapons in hand. The troll warriors were in the vanguard, with the hunters and priests following closely behind as they carefully and slowly attempted to remove the coverings.

Han Shuo let out a low roar and didn't wait for the forest trolls to pass through the entrance. The crossbow in his hand had already been fired, and the dwarves beside him also sent crossbow bolts whistling through the air.

Some of the forest trolls who had just entered the area and hadn't had time to remove their cloaks were sent flying by the sheer force of the crossbow bolts. One of the forest trolls that Han Shuo had hit was pierced by his crossbow bolt and nailed to a tree the width of two people.

"Look at the power of my magical arrow." Benedict looked at Han Shuo scornfully and suddenly pulled back on his bowstring. Faint magical impulses came from the bow in his hand and the arrow suddenly began to burn fiercely in the air after it was shot out. When it landed in the middle of the forest trolls, it suddenly exploded with sparks. About ten forest trolls were hit by the splash damage from the sparks and began to burn, three of them couldn't extinguish the flames in time and were swallowed by the spreading tongues of fire.

Han Shuo was genuinely surprised, he

hadn't expected the arrow to have such power, and involuntarily looked at Benedict questioningly.

"Benedict, you shouldn't waste such precious magical arrows on those damned forest trolls. You know these magical arrows are all very precious!" A female elf was a bit annoyed to see Benedict showing off and gave him a lecture.

Benedict stuck out his tongue and made a face when the female elf lectured him, and then spoke righteously to Han Shuo, "Did you see that just now? The magical arrows imbued by our elders are so powerful after being shot with a magic bow. If these dwarven weapons are modified by us, they will instantly become powerful magical weapons and cause a lot of trouble for the forest trolls. You should give us these weapons.

It looked like the elf hadn't forgotten his duty even now and was still trying to convince Han Shuo with his naive and ridiculous words. It was a pity that Han Shuo did not pay any attention to him, except for a brief glance at the beginning, and only calmly gave a few orders to the dwarves around him.

After paying a heavy price in casualties the first time, the forest trolls were much more cautious the second time. They let the troll warriors approach first, and then the priests blessed them, making their bodies more agile and stronger. The enhanced forest trolls immediately shoveled away the weeds at the entrance with great enthusiasm.

At that moment, the crossbows in Han Shuo's and the dwarves' hands were constantly shooting through the tall grass, but whenever their crossbows appeared, the long spears of the troll hunters tore through the air and also fell on Han Shuo and the dwarves' hiding place.

But since the crossbows had a longer range, the forest trolls' judgement of distance was off. The long spears fell in rows in front of the group without doing any damage.

After paying the price with the lives of a few more troll warriors, the forest trolls finally cleared the obstacles at the entrance to the village. With another loud roar, the forest trolls raised their weapons and charged in with great strides.

The traps set at the entrance to the village began to show their lethality. The forest trolls at the front all fell into deep holes with sharp sticks in the bottom, and lay there groaning in pain. The entrance to the village was eventually taken, but not without a growing number of forest troll deaths and injuries.

"There are just too many forest trolls, I think we should retreat." Han Shuo looked at the entrance to the village crowded with forest trolls and understood that the difference between the two was simply too great. He shook his head and sighed.

Benedict also showed his fright at this time and nodded in agreement with Han Shuo's words. . "Yes, I think we should withdraw first and wait for me to return to the tribe to alert our people. When our people arrive, these cursed villains will pay a painful price."

As Han Shuo and Benedict said this, the ten or so dwarves around them seemed a little dejected as they all laid down their weapons. One of them said, "The chief said we should listen to Han. If Han wants us to retreat, then we'll retreat."

Han Shuo smiled faintly as he heard his words, "Since that's the case, you should all go back, otherwise we'll be in big trouble."

The dwarves, who had been determined to fight to the death, all retreated to the back of the village at Han Shuo's command. The crossbows in their hands continued to fire. In the face of the densely packed advance of the forest trolls, the crossbow bolts would all hit their targets without needing to be aimed.

Seeing that the dwarves had already retreated, some of the dwarves also tactfully stood in the back. Han Shuo thought for a moment and summoned the small skeleton. He wanted to use the seven bone spurs on the little skeleton's back to spill a final wave of blood and cause some trouble for the forest trolls.

However, contrary to Han Shuo's expectations, when the bone dagger wielding little skeleton appeared at the village entrance, he hadn't even had time to shoot out his bone spurs before the forest trolls at the front all showed very excited expressions. They dropped their weapons with a thud and bowed down to the small skeleton with their hands raised high, chanting, "Datara, Datara, Datara..."

Han Shuo stood stunned and dumbfounded. He didn't know why the forest trolls worshipped the little skeleton.