Where else could they find so many targets that posed little threat and offered real combat practice? Three hundred human Paladins and several hundred human heavy and light cavalry had gone after those few dozen Death Knights. Surely that was enough to mob them to death? Was there any need for the elves to interfere?
The Elf Mages were gathered around Alleria. Every one of them was baffled, unsure why she would not let them attack the Skeletal Undead, but none dared be tactless enough to ask.
Because of the way Rangers fought, their arrows were not particularly effective against these low-grade, shoddy Skeletal Undead. The Elf Rangers therefore drew their waist knives and engaged the skeletons in close combat.
Most of these Skeletal Undead had been slaves or prisoners in life, and they had been dead for a long time. Their bones were mostly brittle and fragile, and many were missing arms or legs. There was no chance of them having weapons, either. With nothing but a pair of bony claws, they could hardly inflict much damage on Elf Rangers wearing standard-issue chainmail.
Still, a few minor injuries were inevitable, such as an Elf Ranger carelessly getting bitten somewhere his armor did not cover.
Yes! These Skeletal Undead had no weapons in their hands, but their teeth and claws were weapons too.
Even when the Skeletal Undead sank their teeth into the Elf Rangers, a little extra force from the Rangers would send those teeth falling out like kernels stripped from an ear of corn. Still, they could inflict minor surface wounds, breaking the skin and staining the Rangers' cloth garments red with blood.
Although quite a few Elf Rangers were stained with their own blood and looked rather battered, their wounds were only superficial. Having the Mages cast