Seeing the giant bear fall to the ground, its limbs twitched a few times and stopped moving, Aaron, who had just experienced a fierce battle, took a few deep breaths and felt that his whole body was about to be soaked with sweat.
The enemies that Aaron faced before had some personal appearance anyway. The largest ones were the three dragon-men that Lordaeron encountered. This was the first time to face such giant enemies. Not to mention how strong this bear was, just facing such a giant beast that was like a low wall made Aaron feel extremely stressed.
"Huh, it's not easy. This big guy is really difficult to deal with." Aaron turned his head and glanced at the giant bear and said with emotion, but as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the giant bear on the ground suddenly changed.
The giant bear, which was originally as tall as a person lying on the ground, suddenly began to shrink inexplicably until it shrank to about the same size as a normal grizzly bear. The originally tough and shiny fur like steel lost its original luster in the blink of an eye. Aaron stretched out his long sword and tried to poke it, but it brought down a bunch of hair.
Obviously, the giant bear's state just now was extremely abnormal. Now that it dies, the spell effects applied to the giant bear will naturally disappear. Therefore, not only does the giant bear return to its original state after death, but the negative consequences of the previous overdraft of strength are also revealed.
Aaron's original idea of peeling off the bear's skin to make a light but strong armor came to nothing. He saw that the flesh and blood on the bear's body had shrunk. The hair that was originally unable to be cut by Aaron's full blow could now be broken with a light touch. It is conceivable that the strength of the bear's skin must not be as good as before.
"Oops, this is the sorcery of the Trolls." Halduron looked at the changes that took place on the giant bear, and his face turned gloomy. It was obvious that the unlucky bear was driven here by the Trolls, which means that the Trolls should be nearby, and there are also spellcasters.
You must know that due to their innate physical fitness, the Trolls can become Warriors comparable to the regular human army with a little training. However, the spell casters among the Trolls are relatively rare, otherwise they would not have been defeated by a hundred human mages three thousand years ago.
However, although Troll spellcasters are relatively rare, the magic they master is very strange. Even the elves who have been dealing with Troll for thousands of years often fall for the tricks of these cunning guys inexplicably.
The only good thing is that this place is not far from Farstrider Lodge. The rangers who noticed the movement here have already reacted, and the person who responded has appeared in everyone's sight.
However, even though they were close to the camp, everyone still did not dare to slack off, lest the Trolls would find a loophole. It would be too embarrassing if the Trolls succeeded in a surprise attack so close to the Farstrider Lodges.
Fortunately, none of those Forest Troll attacked again until everyone arrived at Farstrider Lodge, closed the door and placed Zul'jin who was staying quietly in the prison car.
However, it was not until after arriving that Aaron realized that there were not many manpower in Farstrider Lodge at the moment, because Troll's large army was besieging Farstriders' Camp. Many of the rangers on the side were taken away by Sylvanas to support the other side. Currently, there are less than two hundred rangers that can be mobilized to guard Farstrider Lodge, and among them, there are only more than eighty genuine Farstriders.
The composition of Silvermoon City's ranger force is basically composed of Farstriders as the main force, and there are about five or six times the main force of rangers to cooperate. The entire ranger force has less than two thousand qualified rangers, among which there are only three to four hundred rangers who have undergone more rigorous training and were awarded the title of Farstriders.
Even with this small manpower, the ranger troops did not gather together. Farstriders' Camp and several nearby settlements had about five or six hundred rangers separated from the supporting outposts. These rangers were responsible for monitoring Amani Trolls movements, clearing out Troll sentries, protecting nearby settlements, and other tasks. The rangers like Quel'Lithien Lodge were sent out from Farstriders' Camp.
Elfgate There are three hundred rangers stationed there, and Quel'Thalas there are also some rangers in several other High Elf settlements responsible for basic security work.
All the remaining rangers are basically staying in Farstrider Lodge. If all the rangers are here, there are probably thousands of them. However, due to the loss of a lot of manpower during the invasion of Orcs a few years ago, many of these rangers are newcomers who have just completed recruit training and need to undergo enough tests before they can become usable soldiers.
However, even these unreliable rangers are not all here. Many of the thousands of rangers that should have been here were taken by the instructors to Sunsail Anchorage to kill Murloc to practice, and the rest were taken away by Sylvanas to support Farstriders' Camp. After counting, there are only two hundred available manpower in the entire Farstrider Lodge.
If it were normal, it wouldn't be a big deal if there were only a few people left. The Trolls nearby basically wouldn't dare to provoke easily, and would have been beaten by the rangers for a long time.
However, now these Trolls have a reason to attack here. The co-owner of Forest Troll, Zul'jin, is here now.
Although it is impossible to determine the number of Troll besieging this place, the number of people is not too small no matter how you think about it.
Halduron, who was deeply impressed by Troll's cunning, even suspected that Troll's mobilizing a large force to besiege Farstriders' Camp was just a pretense. Forest Troll's real main force should come here to rescue Zul'jin.
According to Halduron's experience in fighting Troll over the years, it is more reliable for Troll to send thousands of troops to rescue their leader, although now Amani Trolls Our total population is only about twenty to thirty thousand, but this race is extremely talented. Any adult Troll is a very difficult hunter. If Troll is really pushed into a hurry, they may dare to send out all the adults of the race.
Facing this group of old enemies with all the people in arms, even the rangers who always have the upper hand in small-scale battles dare not underestimate them. Especially those weird and unpredictable magic spells that Troll casters are good at are simply impossible to guard against.
After repeatedly counting his available manpower, Halduron sighed and began to assign tasks to the rangers, who accounted for half of the newcomers. Fortunately, there are more experienced Farstriders here in terms of proportion. With the leadership of these skilled elite rangers, the newcomers who are not experienced enough can also perform well. This is the best news that Halduron can find one by one.
Seeing the rangers starting to go to their work stations, the only figure standing there in the camp seemed very eye-catching, especially since he was wearing a golden armor that even High Elf thought was a bit too showy.
When Aaron and Vereesa arrived at Farstriders' Camp, Halduron was still outside on a mission and could not meet Paladin, who was said to have participated in a very legendary event.
But it's no wonder. After all, the opponent is human Paladin. What he's really good at is clustering Charge and frontal toughness, which is far different from the combat style of the rangers. It seems that there is no subject on how to cooperate with the rangers in the usual training. It's no wonder that Aaron is a little at a loss.
According to the information Halduron heard from Lor'themar, it seems that this Paladin once faced Black Dragon King who were far more powerful than the Red Dragonflight who burned countless buildings in Quel'Thalas Deathwing was able to escape unscathed. Just because of this deed, Paladin, who seems to be from a commoner family without even having a last name, is worthy of being looked at highly.
However, thinking of Aaron's previous performance when facing the giant bear, Halduron sighed again. Apart from the surging Holy Light, this Paladin probably only has a relatively firm will that is more reliable. The rest, whether it is enemy performance or tactical literacy, is very unreliable in Halduron's opinion.
However, thinking about the opponent's physical strength that could withstand the violent attack of the giant bear enhanced by Troll's witchcraft for more than ten minutes, Halduron also felt that the opponent was not useless. However, Halduron had no clear ideas on how to make Aaron cooperate with him.
"Perhaps, we should go and have a chat with him and see if he has any ideas." Halduron thought, and walked towards Aaron, ready to see if he could give Paladin an opportunity to perform.