"Almost..." Diana quickly shouted through the throat microphone after using M14 EBR to kill a Jackal who was about to rush to the position: "Activate the trap!"

The moment Diana's voice fell, two beams of emerald green light suddenly appeared on the southeast sides of the orc position. Then these haloes slowly merged into the ground, and before the gnolls in front could wait,

Before they reacted, thorns and vines appeared all over the ground in front of the orcs' position, blocking the way of the jackals.

It was obviously the first time for the jackals to encounter the thorn vines of Ishka from thousands of miles away. At first, a few jackals who did not know the truth tried to tear these vines with their hands. As a result, the unlucky jackals just pulled hard.

He was immediately entangled by a vine that suddenly burst out. Then the tree roots and vines followed closely, and several vines trapped the jackal tightly, and finally strangled him with constant force.

The twisted muscles and bones were broken and he died.

The tragic death of their companions and the flesh and blood splattered everywhere awakened the other Jackal warriors. They retreated decisively to avoid the vine net blocking the front. However, due to the wide range of the vine net, it covered almost half of the battlefield.

It was wrapped up. Moreover, there were orcs in the rear position constantly using long-range weapons to suppress the gnolls in front. Therefore, the situation of the gnoll warriors who had rushed to the front at this moment became very dangerous.

It is helpless to let the orcs use long-range weapons to suppress the enemy in the first half of the battle. After all, although there are more than 150 strong orcs on the orc front, most of them are teenagers who have never been on the battlefield, so let them go up

It is really unreasonable to fight with this group of jackal warriors who look like they have been on the battlefield for a long time. But to say the least, although they are not good at hand-to-hand combat, they use various traditional "hunting" tools such as crossbows, javelins, and even slingshots and stone throws.

It was still very handy, so based on these conditions, Diana and Savannah had to set up such a position to suppress the battle to delay the attack before proceeding.

Calculating the time, it would take at least more than an hour for the orcs from behind to catch up, so Diana and the others naturally used their tactics to delay the attack as long as they could.

However, just when Diana was leading a group of orcs to suppress the gnolls through thorns and vines, she suddenly felt a strange music coming from behind the gnoll position in front of her due to her keen hearing.

Although the two sides were already fighting at this moment, the battle that took place in the middle of the night was not very noisy. Except for the flying rocks and arrows and the uncontrollable groans of the jackals due to serious injuries,

No other noisy and loud movements could be heard in the entire battlefield, and even the occasional sound of waves emanating from the sea a few hundred meters away to the south could be heard.

Therefore, in this extremely special environment, the sudden appearance of such an indescribable and strange rhythmic music really made Diana's heart tremble.

This kind of music seems to be a rhythm composed of some kind of drum, bone flute and some kind of bell, and is occasionally mixed with some low and rough beast howls.

Diana followed the sound and looked forward, only to see a cluster of black and purple bonfires suddenly appearing behind the jackal's position. Although it seemed that the fire was soaring into the sky, in fact the tall black and purple flames did not illuminate the surroundings too much.

Clear, but also gives people a hazy and chaotic visual experience.

"Shaman?" Diana looked at the blurry shadows singing and dancing in front of the black and purple bonfire and sighed in surprise: "I thought this profession was extinct, but I didn't expect... I really didn't expect...

"

"Oh? I didn't expect that an elf like you, who looks so immature, would actually know the ancient tradition of shamanism."

Suddenly, an ethereal and leisurely Elvish language floated in her ears, which shocked Diana to the point of almost falling from the tree.

"Soul Shaman?!" Although there seemed to be nothing in front of her, Diana suddenly discovered a special soul aura in front of her just by relying on the elves' extraordinary perception. Thinking of the scene she just saw, Diana instantly became confused.

Reminds me of a very ancient and dangerous profession that exists in the monster community.

Shamans, an ancient profession based on primitive beliefs, were very common in the past just like magicians today. They not only existed among monsters, but also existed among other races such as humans thousands of years ago.

A kind of spiritual person with some religious beliefs. Shaman is a bridge between mortals and gods, and is also a special carrier that carries the power of gods.

Of course, shamans do not have a fixed single ability, and many schools or branches have evolved based on different abilities and cultures. Soul shaman is one of them, and the reason why Diana feels dangerous is that soul shaman usually has

They are lunatics with the power to destroy heaven and earth.

The soul shaman is like the original version of the spiritual warrior. The basic principles are similar. They are all special individuals who serve the gods with their souls. However, unlike the spiritual warriors commonly used by contemporary wilderness gods, the soul shaman removes the victim himself.

In addition to the soul, they will also receive additional special divine power from the attached gods. But unfortunately, this kind of divine power is often violent and majestic. Ordinary mortals, not to mention the fragile souls, can withstand the impact of these forces.

The consciousness of the soul can also be destroyed to madness by these forces that are different from mortals. Therefore, in the past, at least seven of the ten soul shamans were mad, and the remaining three were basically semi-crazy, or purely

He no longer has the consciousness of a mortal but is a puppet of the gods.

Considering Diana's age, this is also the first time she has encountered a soul shaman in person, but Diana already has a clear understanding of the soul shaman from the internal ancient documents of the elves.

Thousands of years ago, when Ishka was founded, the Great Elder and her companions fought a fierce battle with a group of monster-born soul shamans in the northern territory. This battle lasted for more than ten years.

There is no victory or defeat, and the intensity and magnificence of the battle are completely epic. Although nominally a group of mortals are fighting fiercely, their devastating destruction and complete change of the local geographical environment

The consequences are enough to show how terrifying the strength between the two parties is.

Through a certain narrative technique unique to the elves, Diana had personally experienced the devastating battlefield since she was a child. At the same time, she also deeply felt how powerful those soul shamans were. However, at that time, Diana was not familiar with the battlefield.

The focus of this matter was not on the group of soul shamans. After all, the reason why she wanted to learn what information was just to go to the influence of the rulers of Ishka. But this did not hinder

Diana was afraid and aware of soul shamans, but she never imagined that today, decades later, she would once again encounter an ancient profession in a remote area in the south that was widely rumored to be extinct.

Of course, for the current Diana, although she can barely identify the other party's identity, she cannot completely confirm it. After all, she can't use magic to fight against it now, and even if she can use magic, but based on the depth of her heart,

Some of her memories also caused her to have strong psychological pressure when facing these half-human and half-god monsters.

Just as Diana was trying to raise her gun to shoot in front of her, a very terrifying face suddenly appeared in the empty space in front of her. Diana nervously pulled the trigger and fired. With a dull sound, a

The 7.62-caliber M118 sniper warhead ejected from the muzzle at a speed of 805m/s. Although Diana's hands were shaking when she fired, which caused her to miss the target's head, the shooting angle could indeed injure the target.

Just get to the other side.

But what Diana didn't expect was that the bullet did not hit the man who suddenly appeared. Although when she calmed down, Diana found that the man was wearing a typical shaman fur robe and had a face that exuded...

The metal mask smelled of blood. And the bullet did not hit the opponent. Instead, it was stopped out of thin air by the opponent's two fingers close to the opponent's mask.

Maybe saying fingers is not quite correct, because it is not difficult to see through night vision that the opponent's fingers are thick, short and hairy, plus the two bright white claws on the fingertips, obviously they should be called claws

It's more appropriate.

Although the opponent's body was tightly wrapped, it could be seen from the head and claws that the opponent was a jackal. However, although Diana saw the opponent's body with her eyes, her aura found that there seemed to be a huge monster standing in front of her.

It made her panic.

"What a strange weapon... Don't the elves today know how to use bows and arrows?" Sheila suddenly appeared, rubbing the bullet in her hand and jokingly said to Diana: "Hello, cute elf

.Don’t be nervous, I just want to ask, are you an envoy serving that god?”

"Who are you?" Diana asked reluctantly after calming down for a moment.

"It doesn't matter who I am. Anyway, I just planned to come here to relax, but I didn't expect to meet a strange guy like you." Silla looked at Diana and felt her heart beating faster because of nervousness.

La casually threw away the warhead that she had kneaded until it was deformed. He opened his mask and looked at Diana with his lineup and said, "It seems you are a little nervous. Why don't we warm up first? Anyway, your and I's positions are opposite.

If we don't warm up after meeting each other, it would still be a bit disrespectful to the gods behind us."

Diana forgot to take a look at the weird smile under Sheila's mask. Although her white female jackal appearance was a bit stunning in itself, compared to a normal face, there was no trace of the previous smile on Sheila's face at this moment.

The eyes were like jewels, with only two black-purple abyss capable of swallowing the soul.

Although she was a little surprised and slowed down her reaction speed, what the other party just said still made Diana wary. She did not respond to Silla immediately, but took a brief look at the other party's face, then turned over and jumped back, and also

Shooting Sheila's head three times in mid-air.

Silla smiled and pulled down the mask to cover her face, and the three flying bullets just stopped about ten centimeters in front of her. It was as if these three bullets had shot into some invisible obstacle.

Like objects, the bullets were twisted and deformed in mid-air, but Sheila flicked one of them casually, and then the relatively intact bullet rushed towards the direction where Diana landed.

Fortunately, Diana had quick eyesight and quick hands, and noticed something was wrong before landing, so the moment she landed on one foot, she used all her strength to hide back. And just when Silla was about to make the next move, suddenly there was a sound from a few dozen meters away.

There was a loud noise, and then Sheila waved one hand to block a speeding large warhead in front of her palm in the same way.

Aurora on the treetops in the distance looked at the 14.5mm steel-cored armor-piercing bullet that was crushed by Sheila's hand in surprise, and then she jumped quickly from the treetops holding the PTRS-41 in her hands in shock.

down and hid behind a tree.

"Diana, what kind of monster is that?!" Aurora asked Diana through the throat microphone with lingering fear.

"An ancient shaman..." Diana quickly put away the M14 EBR in her hand, then took out the P90RT that had been prepared and said to Avora and Savannah who was trying to rush over to support her: "Aif

, Savannah, leave this to me, don’t interfere!”

"Ha, that's what I meant." At this time, Silla suddenly appeared in front of Erica again without saying a word, then grabbed her wrist and suddenly disappeared from the place.

"Diana?!" Upon seeing this, Aurora shouted in horror through the microphone: "Where are you?!"

"...I'm fine...just keep fighting, don't worry about me." Aurora and Savannah heard what Diana said in the earphones. It seemed that she had not encountered any danger when she just disappeared.

At least that's what she said.

There were some emergencies on the battlefield at this moment, because Diana suddenly encountered Sheila just now, which distracted the surrounding orcs. Although it was only for a moment, it was enough for the gnolls who seized the opportunity to break through through some methods that were close to self-mutilation.

Thorn barrier.

Several wounded gnolls took the lead and rushed into a relatively weak thorn bush, and then jumped directly into it and began to stir up the thorns to attack themselves. Although the thorn barrier was long, it was only a temporary arrangement after all, so there was not much

Thickness, so when the nearby economic vines are tearing at those jackals, the momentary gap in the defense line allows the jackals behind to break through directly.

The gnolls who broke through the defense line were not in a hurry to fight hand-to-hand with the orcs in front of them. Instead, they separated some of the gnoll warriors and continued to spread around. They did not expect that these few people could completely defeat the orcs on the defense line, but after their life-saving interference,

After that, most of the long-range attacks that had previously suppressed most of the Jackals were forcibly interrupted.

Seizing the opportunity, Abbas led the remaining jackals and rushed to the thorn barrier on the other side. Then Abbas waved the flame double-edged axe, and when he accumulated the flames on the ax to the maximum, he suddenly pointed it in front of his eyes.

He cut through the thorn barrier.

The impact of the ax itself did destroy the resistance of some thorns and vines, but the subsequent flames ignited the surrounding thorns in a wider range. Although the range of the flames was not large, in the end it was emanating from the dragon scales.

"Dragon Fire", so the burning vines were quickly burned by the flames until they lost their ability to fight. Abbas also took advantage of this opportunity to lead most of the gnolls to the orcs' defense line in one go, and

A fierce hand-to-hand fight broke out with the orcs on the defense line.

Although it is said that when the gnolls broke through the defense line, both Aurora and Savannah tried to use magic to block their approach, but after all, the dispersed charge of the gnolls was more ferocious than the orcs, and most of the magic also required

The prelude can only be used in preparation, so Aurora and Savannah have no time to use more powerful magic to block the enemy. Moreover, now that the gnolls and orcs are fighting together, there is almost no remote support.

It made no sense, so the two had no choice but to follow the other orcs and engage in close combat with the jackals.

After all, Savannah is also an orc, and her physique is there. Therefore, she can fight with gnolls with a knife. But the same Avora cannot do it. After all, she is a human. Although her physique is indeed good, she is not

She is not a professional warrior, and if she were to fight the gnolls now, she would basically die. But she still had a special status as Aurora, so she was assigned two orc boys as bodyguards, and they were able to break through the defense line when the gnolls broke through.

At that moment, the opponent also covered her and retreated back.

Although it doesn't play a big role in the battle, magic assistance can still be done. If it doesn't work, you can also use magic to heal the injured. In short, Aurora at the rear is indeed more useful than at the front. In addition, behind Aurora

Zuo also planned to use magic to see where Diana had just been taken by the monster. Although Diana herself said it didn't matter, Aurora didn't really think so.

After all, she doesn't have the keen elf senses like Diana, but from the moment Sheila appeared, she also felt that the terrifying monster was not simple from her detection magic. Another thing is that Aurora discovered the other party.

It's a shaman, because the poltergeists singing and dancing around a black and purple bonfire behind the gnoll camp are too conspicuous. Although they don't seem to be directly participating in the battle, they are interested in the special profession of shaman.

From what she knew, Aurora didn't think those guys were just "battlefield cheerleaders." Anyway, the singing and dancing they were doing at the moment was obviously some kind of shamanic ritual, and naturally this ritual should have some connection with the monster that just took away Diana.

Therefore, Aurora felt that even if she could not directly support Diana, she should at least disrupt the "Bonfire Party". They were still enemies anyway, and there would be no problem in doing some damage.
Chapter completed!