The Witcher: Darkness Falls

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The bomb fell into the group of goblins and exploded immediately.

The powerful shock wave spread in all directions, like a local storm.

Not only did the goblins within the explosion range explode into pieces, but the nearby low bushes were destroyed, and even the big trees began to shake, making painful creaking sounds.

Even some of the goblins that were not killed were dazed by the shock after the explosion. Those that were a little further away even fell into chaos and attacked their companions. Some did not dare to move forward and began to run back.

Although the tree goblins were not hit by the explosion, they were also frightened and started running around and screaming in the trees.

Bomb, this is a great invention from Zerecania.

Legend has it that Zerekhania is located east of the Blue Mountains, in the Koraz Desert region, but no one knows exactly where it is.

Because there were only merchants coming from Zerecania, very few people went there from the ancient continent, and even fewer who could come back alive.

But there has always been a legend in the ancient continent that there is a place east of the Blue Mountains, not the Koraz Desert, but one that is further east than the Koraz Desert.

The bomb, or to be more precise, the bomb's active ingredient, gunpowder, was brought by the Zerricanian merchants.

They claimed that this was a great invention of the Zerecanians, but they could never explain how they invented it.

Some say it was a gift from God, while others say it was dug out from the ground by the Zerekanians. In short, the sources are varied and there is no unified one.

Some people speculated that gunpowder was not invented by the Zerecanians, they were just middlemen.

The real inventor of gunpowder is in a mysterious country east of the Koraz Desert.

But no matter who invented it, since the bomb appeared on the ancient continent, it has been used and improved by local alchemists to form many types of bombs.

The bomb they used today is called Foehn. As the name suggests, after the explosion it will sweep around like the wind and destroy the target.

Goblins are low-intelligence humanoid monsters that are timid and brutal.

When there are only one or two goblins, they will run away when they see people.

But when a large number of goblins gather together, they dare to attack human cities.

And against them, Foehn bombs are very effective.

When a Foehn bomb explodes, it will shatter all creatures within a three-meter radius, and the explosion will produce a shock wave, which will have a shocking effect on creatures within a fifteen or sixteen-meter radius.

Creatures with weak resistance will be stunned.

The huge explosion also has a deterrent effect, which will cause low-intelligence groups such as goblins to feel fear and become confused.

Just one round of bomb dropping produced unexpected results.

Madison laughed and said, "Not even as good as a monkey! Soldiers, the chance to make meritorious deeds is right before your eyes, kill them!"

Madison mounted his horse and began to command the battle.

The soldiers worked in groups of five, taking turns to rush forward into the group of goblins and begin harvesting.

If there were no bombs, it would take them some effort to defeat hundreds of goblins rushing up together.

If you are not careful, there will be casualties.

But now, this is simply a one-sided massacre.

"Kill! Hahaha!" The members of the hunting team were extremely excited. With so many goblins, most of them were in a state of confusion. In their eyes, all they saw was money!

They dare not enter places where the number of people is concentrated, but they can still find a lot of bargains on the periphery.

When the soldiers charged, they immediately followed.

Leon glanced at the hunting party and ignored them for the time being.

He wielded a steel sword and chopped down several goblins that were blocking his way, then immediately went behind the bushes.

Sure enough, a triangular cave appeared before him.

Not only that, there was also a goblin leader holding a sharp bone in his hand, commanding the goblins in the cave to rush out.

However, the width of the cave was less than ten meters, which limited the passage. A large number of frightened goblins rushed back, seriously hindering other goblins from rushing out of the cave.

The goblin leader's loud shouting and threatening movements did not help, as the frightened and confused goblins ignored him.

When dealing with creatures with low IQ, the simplest deterrence can have unexpected effects.

"I guess the dwarves and elves used these same methods to exterminate the goblins?" Leon thought.

Compared to bombs, the explosion effect produced by magic is much more powerful.

If there was a wizard among them who knew how to use explosive magic, at least half of the goblins that had just appeared would have died.

But then again, if everyone knew magic, weapons like bombs wouldn't exist.

Bombs are just one of the alternatives humans have for magic, and they are even weapons that humans use to deal with wizards, which have terrible power.

Leon took out a foehn bomb, lit the fuse with a flint and threw it at the entrance of the goblin cave.

The goblin leader looked at the spherical object rolling in front of him, not knowing what it was used for.

However, when it saw the rapidly burning fuse, it instinctively sensed danger.

"Ahhhh-"

The goblin leader yelled and ran into the cave.

boom--

The bomb exploded, instantly killing a large number of people. The goblin leader’s legs were cut off, and screams were heard from inside the cave.

The goblins blocking the cave fled in all directions, some fled deep into the forest, and some went back into the cave.

Lyon was not in a hurry to go in. He waited for a while before Madison and his men came over to kill him.

"Is this their nest?" Madison looked up and down at the cave in front of him.

The entrance to the cave is triangular in shape, about ten meters wide at the bottom, and narrows rapidly after six meters above.

"From the outside, the space inside won't be too big, but if there is a cave or something inside, it would probably be very deep." Madison said slowly.

"There must be caves, otherwise they wouldn't be able to accommodate so many goblins." McLaren stepped forward and said.

"This should be the lair of the forest trolls." Leon said after taking a look. He found that there was a smell nearby that did not belong to the goblins.

Combined with the giant goblin we encountered last night, I'm afraid the goblins have taken over our home.

"There are trolls in this forest." Madison said in a deep voice, "It's such a narrow place, it's impossible for all my soldiers to squeeze in."

McLaren looked at the hunting team that were rushing up to the back of the team. Judging from their excited expressions, these guys must have made a great harvest.

"The scouts are here." He turned his head and smiled, while looking at Leon.

Leon didn't say anything. He glanced at the hunting team, then looked into the cave and said, "I'll lead them in to explore the way first, and you guys just follow slowly. I'll give you a signal if there's no problem."

Madison looked at Leon deeply and figured out what was going on.

"You, come here!" Madison waved to the hunting team.

The hunting party ran forward excitedly.

"Sir, are you calling us?" asked the captain.

"What's your name?" Madison asked.

"My lord, my name is Colette Fisher," said Colette.

“Very good, now I appoint you as the captain of the Grampian Goblin Extermination Task Force, and the members of the team are your team members.

Now, you take your team members and follow the demon hunter to gather intelligence. If there are any problems, please report them at any time. Do you understand?"

Collette and his teammates looked at each other, his teammates turned pale and some began to retreat.

But Paul immediately stepped forward to block their retreat.

"Don't you want to atone for your sins? Now is a good opportunity!" Madison said coldly, "Why?"

Colette's eyes rolled, and she quickly said, "Sir, the reason is... um... there are only a few of us. Aren't we too few?"

In this situation, he naturally didn't dare to refuse. If he dared to say no, these soldiers would hack them to death in minutes.

"You just need to take him in to find out the situation. If you encounter a large number of goblins running out, there is a demon hunter here, what are you afraid of? He is a real demon hunter master!" Madison said in an unquestionable tone, "We will follow behind and give you timely support, don't worry!

Once you succeed in exterminating the goblins and rescuing the people trapped inside, I will personally ask the Earl for credit for you!"

Since Madison said so, Colette had no choice but to agree.

The worst that can happen is that you can just run back if you encounter goblins. In short, if you don’t agree now, you will die immediately.

He could still tell the difference between dying soon and not dying at all.

"I'll come along too," McLaren volunteered, "so I can have someone to look after me."

Madison didn't stop him, but just said, "Then be careful!"

Afterwards, Lyon and McLaren led their men into the cave.