The Headhunters' End
In the dark jungle clearing, the campfire was about to burn out, leaving only a pile of dark red embers.
The sudden battle dealt a heavy blow to the headhunters, with more than half of them lying in pools of blood, while the Dark Moon Elf Warrior had assassinated them retreated back into the darkness.
A headhunter lay on the ground with his abdomen ripped open, a section of intestine spilling out of the wound. There was a large pool of blood around his lower body. He was still breathing, his hands tightly gripping the thigh of a Dark Moon Elf Warrior. Even as the Dark Moon Elf Warrior plunged a dagger into his back, he held on to the Dark Moon Elf Warrior with all his might.
The other headhunters who still had a fighting chance rushed towards the Dark Moon Elf Warrior.
The Dark Moon Elf Warrior panicked. He tried to quickly rush into the shadows and hide, but the dying headhunter wouldn't let go...
Seeing a group of headhunters rushing up from behind, the Dark Moon Elf Warrior turned ashen-faced and could only grip his dagger tightly, preparing to fight the headhunters to the death.
Just then, a delicate little hand suddenly emerged from the shadows, as if it were an extension of the shadows...
The Dark Moon Elf Warrior's eyes lit up, and he quickly reached out. He felt a force surge through his arm, and using the pull, he kicked away the Dark Moon Elf Warrior who was desperately clinging to him, his body almost plunging directly into the shadows.
The headhunters who caught up watched helplessly as the Dark Moon Elf Warrior disappeared into the shadows.
The headhunter captain charged forward, torch in hand. The black markings on his face had almost completely turned black. He waved the torch back and forth, but unfortunately, he couldn't find the Dark Moon Elf Warrior in the shadows...
The headhunters were the most skilled hunters on the Pagisto Plateau. They could clearly sense the presence of the Dark Moon Elf Warrior, yet they just couldn't find them...
'ah...'
The headhunter captain shouted angrily, throwing his torch onto a charred tree trunk, which exploded into a shower of sparks.
Vice Captain Tennyson pursed his lips and glared at the Dark Moon Elf Warrior who had almost been left behind by the Headhunters.
The Dark Moon Elf Warrior lowered his head, not daring to meet the gaze of Vice Captain Tennyson, clearly knowing where he had gone wrong.
As an assassin, greed could take his life at any moment. He had just missed his best chance to escape because he was trying to finish off a headhunter...
Moira was sitting not far away; it was she who had just reached out and pulled the Dark Moon Elf Warrior into the shadows.
Vice Captain Tennyson walked into the woods, preparing for the next raid target.
The Dark Moon Elf Warrior breathed a sigh of relief and quickly checked his aching left leg. It was probably because the headhunter had held on too tightly before he died; there were several dark blue finger marks on his leg.
As his companions walked past him, they would gently pat him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort!
The Dark Moon Elf Warrior hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked to Moira's side and said in a very low voice, "Thanks for... just now!"
"Don't mention it...we're companions!" Moira replied in a voice barely above a whisper, her face slightly flushed; she wasn't very good at socializing.
They hid deep in the Scorched Wood Forest, not daring to make a sound, for fear of being discovered by the astute headhunters...
That night, sixteen Assassin Squad infiltrated Ghost Crow Ridge to carry out assassinations against the Ghost Crow Ridge within.
During the day, the Griffon Cavalry had already scouted out the area where the headhunters were hiding. Although they couldn't pinpoint the exact location, they could still delineate the general area.
As night fell, Captains Timothy and Tennyson led sixteen Assassin Squad into the eastern part of Ghost Crow Ridge, clearing out seven outer camps of the Headhunters.
Moira followed Vice Captain Tennyson, and with her excellent skills and keen senses, she not only easily completed the assassination missions, but also occasionally lent a helping hand to her comrades.
A month ago, in the eyes of these Dark Moon Elf Warrior, Moira was still a little girl who would turn pale with fright at the sight of blood.
Moira now not only a full member of the Assassin Squad, but has also gained the recognition of the Dark Moon Elf Warrior thanks to her outstanding perception...
Vice Captain Tennyson emerged from the darkness, waved to the Dark Moon Elf Warrior lurking in the woods, and everything proceeded silently.
One after another, the Dark Moon Elf Warrior followed behind Vice Captain Tennyson, heading towards the next raid location...
In the middle of the Kaltim Mountain Range, a group of the Rebel Army Half-Elf Warrior emerged from a canyon.
Looking out, the western part of the Pagisto Plateau is a dark blue tundra, where a kind of slippery moss grows on the ground. This moss also has small, pale yellow flowers. Only argali sheep and some rodents can eat this slimy moss.
On this tundra, besides moss, there are only some thorny shrubs.
Wildlife is scarce in this area, and occasionally a ghostly short-eared rabbit can be seen peeking out from a crack in the rocks.
Commander Helik led his Rebel Army Half-Elf Warrior into a secluded valley, while on the other side of the valley, a headhunting party was advancing south...
Commander Helik stood on the rocky cliff at the valley's exit, coldly staring at the headhunter team of only a few hundred people, without ordering a pursuit.
These headhunters were in good physical condition. They fed on small herbivores on the tundra, unlike the headhunters in the Gaxi Mountain Range who fought on empty stomachs. Especially on the tundra, the Half-Elf Warrior had no advantage whatsoever.
"Boss, are we just going to... let them pass?" A Half-Elf Warrior looked at the group of headhunters below the valley and asked with some regret.
Helick didn't like the other Half-Elf Warrior calling him 'Commander'. All the commanders in the Rebel Army had been sent to the trial, and he didn't want that day to come.
"Let them pass. We don't need to rush into fighting these headhunters. Our main purpose here is to find a suitable place in this tundra to cut off this tundra on the western side of the Kaltim Mountain Range..." Commander Helik said, "... At that time, all the headhunters trying to enter the southern part of the Pagisto Plateau will flood into this pocket. Then we just need to tighten the pocket and deal with these guys little by little."
Commander Helik got quite excited as he spoke, his eyes even shining...
The team had just won a great victory in the southern part of the Gaxi Mountain Range, a victory they had never won before. Seeing a group of headhunters appear below the valley, the Half-Elf Warrior felt an irresistible urge to fight back.
In fact, Commander Helik also wanted to rush out and swallow the piece of fat meat that was being offered to him.
However, the messages sent back by the griffins indicated that there was an even larger headhunting force behind them. At this point, Commander Helik was clearly at a disadvantage and might even be attacked from both sides...
Roy led the Mine Guard into Ghost Crow Ridge, which had been ransacked by Assassin Squad the previous night. Even if some headhunters remained, they were hardly any fighting force...
The team cleared out the headhunters as they headed west towards Ghost Crow Ridge.
As the only druid in the Mine Guard team, Woods walked at the front of the group.
He found an old tree in the Scorched Wood Forest, and in front of this tree with almost no leaves, Woods drew a Magic Rune Array on the ground. As Magic Power flowed through the Magic Rune Array, Woods stood in the center of the Magic Rune Array and slowly closed his eyes.
Then, Magic Rune appeared on Woods ' body.
He stepped out of the Magic Rune Array and came to the large tree that looked like it was dead, placing his hand on the trunk.
Woods silently closed his eyes, opening his mind to communicate with the tree.
A short while later, Woods opened his eyes listlessly. He turned to Roy, who was waiting behind him, and said, "There are at least two thousand headhunters scattered throughout Ghost Crow Ridge Ghost Crow Ridge. They're like loose sand, scattered all over the place. Last night, the Assassin Squad drove them all away..."
Roy asked Woods, "Did you ask him where the nearest headhunting group is?"
Woods pointed west of Ghost Crow Ridge and said, "Ten kilometers further on, you'll encounter a group of headhunters..."
"Why are all the trees here a burnt color, and they don't even have any leaves?" Roy asked Woods curiously.
"That's because the trees here have all undergone some degree of mutation, and the soil in this mountain contains a large amount of Black Demon Aura, so very few plants that grow from this land can sprout leaves," Woods explained simply.
"So the vegetation here has been corrupted to some extent?" Roy asked curiously.
"That's about right. But the Demon Clan have been gone from the Elf Continent for nearly ten thousand years, so it's not surprising that demonized plants appear on some planes," Woods told Roy.
Roy nodded and said nothing more.
He stepped onto the black, coal-sludge-like soil, feeling it become oily and even sticky under his feet...
The half -Half-Elf Warrior searched the Scorched Wood Forest and encountered some headhunters who had escaped, capturing them.
Among these arrest teams, Sabrina's team was the most valiant, almost always charging ahead of the others, thus increasing their chances of encountering the headhunters.
With Sabrina leading the charge, she beheaded all the headhunters who tried to resist.
Sabrina was almost always at the forefront of every battle, overwhelming the headhunters...
Several times I encountered headhunter captains, whose combat strength was clearly much stronger than that of ordinary headhunters, but in front of Sabrina, these headhunter captains could hardly gain any advantage...
Sabrina swung her Heavy Sword at the headhunter captain, and an ice spear flew out from behind a burst of sword light.
The headhunter captain was pierced by the ice spear, his body covered in frost. As his steps became sluggish, a group of Half-Elf Warrior rushed out from behind and killed the headhunter.
There are many headhunters on Ghost Crow Ridge, but after a whole night of assassinations, there are not many headhunters in the eastern area who still have the strength to continue fighting.
And so, at night, the Assassin Squad raided the Headhunter camp.
During the day, Roy led his Half-Elf Warrior in a frontal assault, gradually taking over Ghost Crow Ridge.
In just one week, Roy's Mine Guard had taken over the eastern side of Ghost Crow Ridge...
The Half-Elf Warrior in the Guard Squad gradually adapted to the battle with the headhunters. As resources from Padesto City were continuously delivered to the Second Mine on the Pagisto Plateau, they were then transported from the Second Mine to Ghost Crow Ridge.
With the military supplies provided by the Silver Pegasus Legion, Roy was finally able to hold the eastern side of Ghost Crow Ridge.
After each fierce battle, the woods would be littered with corpses, their blood seeping into the dark, oily soil...
Sometimes, Roy would find that the black soil under some campfires could burn.
In these shadowy forests, almost every inch of land bears the marks of the headhunters and Half-Elf Warrior' bloody battles...
When some headhunters died in battle, the Half-Elf would simply dig a deep pit under the big tree and bury them there.
With the full support of the Assassin Squad and the Griffon Corps, the battle on Ghost Crow Ridge proceeded smoothly.
Woods, in his Earth Tyrant Bear form, climbed onto a boulder and watched with cold eyes as the defeated headhunters fled in panic.
The two main reasons for the headhunters' failure this time were that all the headhunter squads were too scattered. When fighting the Mine Guard Army, these headhunter squads almost always fought on their own and rarely joined forces to resist the Half-Elf ' attack.
Secondly, the Assassin Squad successfully harassed the headhunters, almost destroying their fighting spirit before they even got there...
When the Mine Guard engaged in battle, the headhunters were caught off guard and quickly routed by the Half-Elf Warrior.
News of the fierce battle Half-Elf Warrior and the headhunters at Ghost Crow Ridge quickly spread throughout the Southern Plateau, and many Half-Elf flocked to Ghost Crow Ridge, wanting to Roy Roy's Mine Guard team.
Roy's Mine Guard successfully stopped headhunters attempting to enter the Southern Plateau from the Kaltim Mountain Range.
Meanwhile, Commander Helik led his Rebel Army fighters in several fierce battles against the headhunters on a hillside in the middle of the Kaltim Mountain Range.
These headhunters had come from the northern part of the Pagisto Plateau. They were traveling south along the Kaltim Mountain Range when they were intercepted by Half-Elf Warrior. After a brief exchange of probing, they immediately disengaged.
The headhunters then hid in the mountain valley, making it more difficult for Commander Helik to engage them in direct combat.
The headhunters practically lived and worked their way through this rolling mountainous region...
Fortunately, Commander Helik was accompanied by two Griffon Cavalry who were able to constantly probe the headhunters' strength from high above, preventing Commander Helik from falling into the headhunters' traps.
The Rebel Army fighters failed to defeat the headhunters in the middle of the Kaltim Mountain Range, and therefore failed to encircle the Mine Guard in Roy, in the southern part of the Kaltim Mountain Range.
As the Half-Elf from the plateau continued to pour into Ghost Crow Ridge.
In just two weeks, nearly four thousand Half-Elf have gathered at Ghost Crow Ridge...