NOVEL NEXT Chapter 59 - Overwhelming! Who gave you the courage?
On horseback, Richard’s eyes brightened as he watched the minotaurs’ bravery.
These guys were worth him buying large amounts of food for them every day.
You know, with a minotaur’s appetite, one of them would eat up several hundred yuan of Richard’s money in a day.
Minotaurs don’t eat three meals daily. They eat about two meals a day, totaling over fifty kilograms of food per day.
Even if it’s fifty kilograms of white rice, it would still cost over a hundred yuan. Not to mention that Richard also added a lot of meat to their diet.
So, keeping nearly one hundred minotaurs meant having to spend tens of thousands of yuan a day.
They’re even more voracious than the over one thousand workers before!
With such an appetite, no baron-level noble could afford to raise so many minotaurs.
But now, their value is showing. Their combat prowess is indeed formidable!
“Surround them!”
On the battlefield, seeing how the kobold warriors were being utterly overwhelmed by the minotaurs without any chance of fighting back, the kobold chieftain began to give orders.
Leading a team of kobolds, he charged towards the minotaurs, attempting to encircle them.
However, the minotaurs weren’t stupid; they quickly gathered in groups of threes and fours, providing mutual cover.
In a short amount of time, dozens of kobolds were killed again.
On the other side, more kobold warriors engaged in combat with the human soldiers.
However, before the three hundred or so kobold warriors could reach them, they were met with a rain of arrows.
Although there were only a dozen or so archers, Richard’s army also had fifty crossbowmen.
With a volley of arrows from these fifty crossbowmen, dozens of kobold warriors at the forefront were shot down.
And as the few archers continuously shot arrows from the rear of the formation, more kobold warriors fell in succession.
When the kobold warriors charged at the spearman formation, another dozens had already been killed, and they were no longer numerically superior.
Then, they were taught a lesson by the extremely sharp long spears!
Fifty long spears thrust together, immediately killing over a dozen more kobold warriors.
Other kobold warriors attempted to bypass the spear formation, only to be met by nearly one hundred sword and shield soldiers.
And by this time, the second round of arrows from the fifty crossbowmen was ready. With another volley, dozens more warriors were taken down.
At close range, the simple wooden shields wielded by the kobold warriors couldn’t withstand the attack of the crossbow bolts.
In other words, the kobold warriors hadn’t even caused any casualties to Richard’s soldiers, but over a hundred of them had already died.
Immediately after, the sword and shield soldiers rushed forward.
In terms of physique, the kobold warriors were slightly stronger than humans, but after a long period of sprinting, their stamina had greatly declined.
When they clashed with Richard’s sword and shield soldiers, the kobold warriors couldn’t hold their ground.
Their weapons were far inferior. Some of the kobold warriors didn’t even have iron swords; they were still using wooden sticks.
Such wooden sticks, even if struck, Richard’s soldiers could still withstand the attack and counterkill the opponent.
Moreover, their shields were not just for show.
So, on both battlefields, the kobold warriors were completely overwhelmed!
【A war with no suspense!】
【A one-sided beating!】
【It’s over!】
【The dog chief must be regretting it deeply.】
【The streamer is awesome, this is so exciting~】
【…】
In the live stream, the viewers were particularly thrilled.
“Chieftain, we can’t win this! Let’s retreat!”
On the battlefield, a kobold leader saw their warriors being completely overwhelmed and said.
“Why retreat? Charge with me and tear that human lord apart, and everything will be solved!”
Seeing that they couldn’t win, the kobold chieftain unexpectedly came up with a strategy to catch the ringleader first!
With a roar, he charged towards Richard with a rather thick shield in hand. Behind him, there were still dozens of dog-headed warriors following!
【Oh, they’re going straight for the main force?】
【The kobolds aren’t stupid, but are they overestimating their strength?】
【Watching the anchor crush the enemies!】
【Who gave you the courage?】
In the live stream, seeing this scene, there was no worry at all.
Of course, some newcomers who didn’t know much about Richard were still a bit concerned.
In everyone’s sight, the kobold chieftain led dozens of kobold warriors and quickly rushed towards Richard.
In the blink of an eye, they had charged within fifty meters of Richard.
“Lord Richard, be careful!”
Many fox people began to worry for him.
Then these fox people saw Richard take out a backpack and pull out a crossbow from it. With a “swish,” an arrow shot out.
The kobold chieftain raised his shield, but Richard wasn’t aiming for him at all; instead, he aimed at a kobold warrior beside it.
That warrior hadn’t even reacted before falling down.
Immediately after, Richard threw away the crossbow, and then with both hands, he continuously took out crossbows from the backpack, shot arrows, and then threw them away.
Suddenly, the sound of “swish swish” rang out as kobold warriors fell one after another.
In a short period of time, Richard had shot down more than twenty kobold warriors behind the chieftain.
The fox people stared in amazement at Richard’s backpack, unable to understand why there were so many crossbows in it!
In fact, Richard had taken them out from his storage space, and he used the backpack just as a cover-up.
After all, this backpack could be explained by “magic” or something similar.
【Damn, how many crossbows are in that bag?】
【This is a bit like Doraemon’s pocket!】
【Quick, look, the kobold chief is charging over!】
【Anchor, shoot it!】
Near, they was getting closer.
Although the kobold warriors behind were falling one by one, the kobold chief had already rushed to Richard, raising his huge hammer, ready to smash this human into pieces.
But at this moment, a figure flashed.
The kobold chief sensed something and swung his hammer fiercely in another direction.
But there, Mia’s body leaned to the side, and the next second, her short sword had already pierced the kobold chieftain.
Intense pain came, and the kobold chief let out a cry of pain, swinging his hammer towards Mia again.
Swish!
In his rage, he forgot about Richard, and a crossbow bolt pierced straight into his head.
So, this relatively strong kobold chieftain was shot dead with one arrow!
“The chief is dead!”
The other kobold warriors were terrified after their chieftain died, and without any fighting spirit left, they scattered and fled.
The minotaurs chased after them, killing many dog people.
In the end, fewer than ten kobold warriors managed to escape!