Just as the beholder was pondering its own eye-life, Huozi and the others ahead had already engaged the gigantic troll charging toward them.
Calling it an engagement might have been a bit of a stretch.
Whether it was Rayne the minotaur or Skard the shield warrior, if they truly dared to brace their great shields against that thing's charge, they would probably end up trampled flat on the spot.
That gigantic troll might not even realize it had crushed two so-called high-ranking warriors.
It was truly like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
But if they allowed this gigantic troll to lead the troll tide in a reckless charge, then of the thousand recruits currently making a full retreat, probably only a handful would make it back.
So they could only try to use the Demon-Hunting Repeating Crossbows on their backs and their javelins to shoot at its vital points and hold it back.
Those had originally been meant to rescue recruits who had gotten themselves in over their heads from afar.
Yet whether it was explosive bolts that could turn ordinary trolls into torches or venomous bolts that could poison them to death outright, neither seemed to have much effect beyond enraging the gigantic troll and making it howl.
Instead, the ancient trees and boulders the gigantic troll kept hurling back at them had them trembling in fear.
If one of those even grazed them, they might kick the bucket on the spot.
Fortunately, Li Wei, who had appeared on the battlefield in advance through [Summon from Another Plane], gave them something to lean on.
That way, even if they were unfortunately surrounded by the trolls later, their lord would definitely take them away.
But when they saw that only their boss had emerged from the portal, with