The Witcher: Darkness Falls

Amid the heavy rain, lightning and thunder, the Crete village is now in chaos.

The sound of trumpets and shouts came one after another.

"All the men, come out! Let the women and children go back into the house and close the doors and windows!"

"To arms! To arms, everyone!"

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Damn it! The torch is out! It's raining too hard!"

……

"Which direction did they come from?" Leon asked, grabbing a villager who was running in panic.

"They're everywhere! They're climbing over the walls and attacking from all directions!" The villagers were terrified, their bodies and voices were shaking.

Leon let go of the other person. This guy was already frightened. They were attacking from all directions. There must be at least two or three thousand goblins to do this.

"Don't run around. Form groups of five, stand in a circle, back to back, and don't run around!" a well-trained soldier shouted loudly.

Lyon ran over following the voice and found that it was Paul Mercer, one of the two captains under Madison.

Apparently, he was in charge of commanding the patrol soldiers tonight.

"Monster Hunter! You're here at the right time. Go to Dongdaemun. We need you more there." Paul said, waving his sword.

"Are they attacking from all directions?" Leon asked.

Paul nodded, wiped the rain off his face and said, "Yes! As you said, these beasts do have some wisdom, but it's a pity that they don't have much.

They pretended to attack from other directions, but the main force showed up too early, so I went back to organize other villagers and killed some goblins that broke into the village.

You go to support Dongdaemun, the others will be here soon!"

"Okay!" Lyon returned to the entrance of the hotel and prepared to ride towards Dongdaemun.

"How is it?" McLaren had been waiting there for a long time.

"Dongdaemun!" Leon jumped on his horse and shouted. "Where did you drive those hooligans to?"

McLaren also jumped on his horse and said, "Dongdaemun!"

"Then they are finished." Leon thought to himself.

Soon, he and McLaren rode to Dongdaemun on horseback.

With the help of lightning and the light of torches burning tenaciously in the rain, they saw four villagers leaning against the wooden door, trying to hold on to prevent it from being knocked open.

There were only five soldiers armed with swords and shields, running around the wooden door to prevent the goblins from climbing over the wall.

In addition to them, there were a dozen patrolling villagers holding a variety of weapons and cooperating with the soldiers to assassinate the goblins outside through the gaps in the wall.

However, compared with the soldiers' tacit cooperation, the villagers were in a panic, and some were even caught and bitten by the goblins outside because they got too close.

"He's finished," Leon thought to himself, but no wizard would heal him.

"There are too many of them!" McLaren shouted, "Go up and help!"

Leon nodded. He looked outside the wooden door on horseback. In the dark night, outside the East Gate, there were densely packed green eyes swaying, which made people's scalps numb.

In addition, there were some hooligans approaching the gate, crying and shouting to open the door and let them in.

But the soldiers were blocking the gate tightly and it was impossible to open it for them.

Some even tried to climb over the wall, but because they were nervous and the wood was slippery due to the rain, they failed and fell down and were drowned by the influx of goblins.

Soon, the gangsters who were crying outside were bitten to death by the goblins who rushed over, and there was no movement at all.

After getting off his horse, Lyon came to the place where the goblins were most concentrated. He raised his hand and cast an Alder Seal, knocking over the human wall of goblins outside. Then he swung his sword and chopped off the head of a goblin that was about to jump over.

Because of the wall, these goblins couldn't rush in directly and could only climb over the wall.

Moreover, because of the rain, the walls built with logs were quite slippery, and they were just over one meter tall, so it took some effort to climb over them.

"I hope the wall is strong enough..." Leon thought to himself after killing a goblin.

After all, it was temporarily built in recent days and could not be as stable as a permanent wall. He could see the wall shaking under the impact of the goblins.

If the goblins' attack had been more violent, the wall would have collapsed quickly, revealing a gap.

Fortunately, the goblin leader who commanded this group of goblins did not understand all this and only knew to command the goblins to rush in.

When the goblins saw so many people behind the wall, they naturally dispersed while running.

But this just relieved their pressure.

With the help of the wall, Lyon easily dealt with several goblins. When he turned around, he found that McLaren was even more relaxed than him.

This guy always kept a safe distance, assassinating the goblins inside the wall, and he was extremely efficient, killing one head with one sword.

Leon observed the other party's sword-drawing method and also learned from him.

With no one to teach him, he could only rely on self-study. Now there was a master of swordsmanship in front of him, so it would be a waste not to learn since it didn't cost any money anyway.

“This should allow me to hold out until others come to support me.” Lyon thought to himself as he studied.

However, with a quick glance, his fantasy was broken by the sudden appearance of two huge figures outside the village.

At this moment, accompanied by thunder, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, instantly illuminating the night.

"what is that?!"

"Troll...Troll? Why is the troll here?"

"Bear! It's a brown bear!"

……

With the help of the lightning, the villagers and soldiers also discovered the huge figure among the group of dwarfs.

Moreover, these two figures are even taller than humans. Their outlines look like a standing brown bear, nearly three meters tall.

However, the lightning flashed so quickly that they did not see clearly what the two huge figures looked like.

However, Leon saw clearly that it was not a brown bear or a troll at all.

It's a goblin! A big goblin!

They are very different from the goblins around them. If I had to describe them, the goblins around them are like monkeys, while the big goblins are gorillas!

These two earth elves have burly build, but have elf-like pointed ears, a big and long nose, and are covered with long hair!

"Leon, what is that?!" McLaren asked after killing a goblin. He also saw two unusual big guys outside.

"Hornet! It's the product of the combination of goblins and trolls!" Leon said loudly.

There are many kinds of trolls, including rock trolls that live in caves, ice trolls that live on snowy mountains, and forest trolls that live in forests.

Forest trolls, who generally live in the forest, rarely come into direct conflict with humans unless someone causes trouble for them.

Nilfgaard's forests cover a vast area, and there are definitely trolls in them.

Moreover, he had seen people in Nilfgaard using food and money to lure out forest trolls to help humans build bridges.

Trolls are scary looking creatures, but they are stupid and simple. They are low-intelligence creatures similar to knockers and can communicate with humans in a simple way.

As long as you don't provoke them, you can make use of them.

"What?!" McLaren shouted loudly, looking surprised.

"These goblins raped a troll!" Leon explained loudly, with a bad feeling in his heart.

“Ugh—”

Soon, accompanied by a low howl like vomiting, his bad premonition became a reality.

I saw the two slowly swaying earth elves suddenly howling, then shaking their bodies, swinging their arms, and running towards this side recklessly.

Mud splashed everywhere and the earth seemed to be shaking.

They simply ignored the short goblins around them and charged straight through them. Those who were in their way would even be knocked away by their arms.

"Everyone at the door, get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Leon shouted hurriedly, "Their target is the gate! Get out of the way!"

The hobgoblins look clumsy, but when they start running, their speed becomes faster and faster, and their strength becomes terrifying.

boom--

With a loud bang, the wooden door was smashed directly by the earth goblin in front. Only one of the four people blocking the door was pulled aside by Leon's quick eyes and hands, and was not injured.

The remaining three were knocked three or four meters away and were probably unable to get up.

Click——

The other end crashed directly into the wall, immediately breaking one of the temporary logs.

It roared, turned its body and pounded the fence, further widening the gap.

One villager was so frightened that his legs went limp. Instead of running away, he stared in horror at the huge monster in front of him.

McLaren rushed over to save people, but it was too late.

The hobgoblin discovered the human, or food, in front of it. It howled excitedly, stretched out its broad hands, and grabbed the villager in its hands.

“Ah!! Help! Help! Ah——”

Accompanied by the villagers' shrill screams, the earth goblin opened its bloody mouth and bit off half of the other's head, making his screams stop abruptly.