Lord Of Puppets-Chapter 178 – Welcome to the golem forest.

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*Phew*

"Okay... According to the information, we should be about now arriving at the inner circle of the forest." – said the blond-haired party leader.

"Tanks? Forward. Raise up your defense."

"There is good chance that these bastards will start firing at us the moment they spot us." – said the blond-haired leader as he instantly then started applying buffs to the heavily armored and shield wielding adventurers.

"Huh.... You can apply multiple buffs to multiple people at the same time like this?" – asked the dwarven adventurer in the heavy armor.

"Hm? Yeah." – replied the blond-haired leader as he finished up buffing people.

"..."

"Say... How long these buffs will last?" – asked the dwarven leader as he shadow boxed in place, trying to see how the buffs changed him.

"...It depends.... 15 to 20 minutes all the buffs. I will keep replying them and if necessary, I can buff everybody with speed buff and quickly run away." – replied the blond-haired leader.

"..."

(I maybe no mage, but I know how they work... Especially a buffer since we have one on our team.) – thought the dwarf as he stared at the dwarven woman with bags covering her eyes.

(But he can apply so many buffs to multiple people at the same time for 15 to 20 minutes? And he is saying he can keep applying them in battle as well as other shit?)

(Leaning buffs is one thing, but knowing how to use them is a different thing.)

(There is also question regarding mana and its control.)

"..."

(He also has a short sword and one-handed crossbow on his hip....)

(I see.... This bastard.)

(He may only appear to be a support specialist at the first glace.)

(But he can fight and kill on his own.)

(And these buffs... They are by no means weak.)

"Anyway, it is better if we don’t stop moving." – said the blond-haired leader.

"Since at any moment now we may end up in battle." – said the blond-haired leader as the group continued marching through the forest, as they and the 3 other groups were about to reach the inner circle of the forest.

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(Shit!) – and just as they set their foot in the inner circle, the leader of the Silver Talons and all of his other hidden members took out whistles, which made a sound very similar to the crows.

Upon hearing this sound, each of the group instantly raised up their guards to the maximum.

"..."

The adventurers slowed down and began walking at much slower pace....

The atmosphere that surrounded the adventurers was much more ’tense’ than before.... And right as they finally manage to reach the inner circle of the forest.... They saw something.

There was "something" in the distance.

But right as they saw "it", a hail of crossbow bolts came flying at all four groups.

Thanks to the signal from earlier, the adventurers already had their defenses set up.

The layers of magical barriers and shields confronted the hail of crossbows... But from the get go, the adventurers quickly understood something.

That there was a "LOT" of golems.

The sheer volume of the crossbow bolts that came the adventurers’ way was completely overwhelming.

"OKAY! WHAT THE FUCK! ARE THEY ALL WIELDING CROSSBOWS OR SOME SHIT!?" – shouted the dwarven party leader as he and other party tanks were trying to keep the frontline, while the remaining members hid behind them or behind the trees.

(I know they said that there will be a LOT of them! But we straight up can’t move forward! Hell! The pressure alone is-)

"LOOK OUT!" – shouted blond-haired party leader as the massive ballista bolt flew alongside crossbow bolts.

The dwarven leader watched as the giant projectile came his way.... Before then colliding against his shield.

The dwarf tried standing his ground against the massive projectile, but his metallic shield could not handle the power of the shot as it started bending.

The dwarf entire body was straight up pushed far away from the power of the strike.... But he stood... Somewhat.

The dwarf was able to somewhat endure the ballista shot, but not exactly.

The giant ballista bolt was now stuck in the dwarf’s shield, while he himself was somewhat hurt from the impact.

"!"

"LEADER!" – shouted the dwarven buffer with bags.

"I’M FINE!" – shouted the dwarf.

"DON’T JUST STAND THERE! HEAL HIM!" – shouted the beast-human at the short haired girl with green hair.

(Shit! What the hell was that!?) – thought the dwarven party leader.

(I’ve stacked myself with multiple defenses skills at the same time and I’ve also received buffs!)

(But what the hell was that power!?) – thought dwarf as he observed his injured hand.

Dwarves.

Unlike humans they are much shorter, but their bones density and size are much bigger compare to the human.

They also posses’ natural level of strength and endurance.

They also posses a somewhat good amount of magical energies inside of their bodies, so they can learn and practice magic.

And this is quiet important.

Since the dwarven leader by the name of Randolf understood something.

If it wasn’t for his dwarven trades, heavy armor and defense-oriented skills, which were further strengthen with buffs, the man arm could had straight up twisted from the impact or his shield would not be able to block off the attack, resulting in him having the giant bolt go right through his body.

The dwarf understood.

That if he wasn’t prepared, he could had died right there on the spot.

"Fuck! I don’t know how many of those shots I can block off!" – shouted the dwarf leader.

"HEY! MAGES! HURRY IT THE FUCK UP! IF THIS CONTIOUES, WE WILL START RUNNING AWAY SOON! WHENEVER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!"

"DONE!" – shouted human mage as suddenly all four groups of adventurers began unleashing their barrages of spells in the directions of the golems, bombarding the golems with long range attacks.

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"!"

But even so, the golems did not stopped their volley of shots, forcing the adventurers to once again brace themselves.

Not only the crossbow bolts, but also ballista bolts flew at the group of adventurers. Some of the giant bolts were blocked off... But some were able to do some damage.

"Hey! The fuck is going on!? Shouldn’t they start going after us now?!" – asked the bear woman who stood on the frontlines.

"We can’t! We need that bloody signal!" – shouted Randolf as he tried stopping somewhat crossbow bolts.

"Or if-"

*TWEET*

"!"

A loud sound of the bird tweeting could be heard.

"NEVER MIND! IT’S THE SIGNAL!" – shouted Randolf.

"EVERYBODY! RUN!"

The four groups of adventurers upon hearing the signal had began instantly walking backwards, trying to run away.

And just as they planned, the golems started marching after them, while continuing firing countless crossbow after the fleeing people.

"Okay! Real question here!" – shouted the bear woman as she her gutless had already noticeable amount of crossbow bolts sticking out from their surface.

"HOW MUCH AMMO DO THESE BASTARDS HAVE!?" – shouted the bear woman.

"GET AWAY FROM THERE!" – shouted the beast-human party member, alarming the woman who quickly threw herself to the side as even before herself could notice, a ballista bolt flew in her direction.

The giant projectile collided right with the tree, ripping its side apart and causing the entire thing just fall down right behind the group, alarming everybody.

"...Fuck this!" – said the bear woman as she quickly gotten up and was once again raise up her guard as the crossbow bolts flew in her directions.

"Shit! They can still fire those things?! Didn’t the report said some shit that these ballista golems were slow moving?!" – asked the dwarven warrior beside Randolf.

"Maybe they got upgraded or some shit!? I don’t know! Just run!" – shouted Randolf as the dwarf tried keeping the backline secured.

(Still, how many golems are after us?) – thought nervous Randolf.

(These guys said that they couldn’t take a proper look at the enemy entire force, since they probably set up traps to deal with scouts.)

(We have no clue how many monsters are there truly!)

(Not only that, we still don’t know if these golems are controlled directly in real time, or if they are just fallowing orders.)

"EVERYBODY! RIGHT! NOW!" – shouted the beast-human as the whole group in panic moved aside, which somewhat made the group dodge the ballista bolt.

"Shit! Good timing mate!" – shouted the bear woman.

"Just keep moving! We are about to reach the meeting point!" – shouted Randolf as the group desperately continued running.

"...Em guys.... I think they are gaining up to us!" – shouted the beast-human as he saw an army of golems, gaining up to on the adventurers.

"Still! It looks like there is less shots coming our way?" – said the blond-haired leader as he realized that the amount of crossbow bolts flying in their directions has noticeable dropped.

"!"

"Stop!" – shouted Randolf suddenly.

"We are here!" – shouted the dwarf, which caused every one of the adventurers to stop in tracks and quickly take up their positions.

"REMEMBER YOU BASTARDS!"

"FALLOW THE PLAN!"

"OR WE WILL DIE LIKE FUCKING IDIOTS!"

"IF YOU FUCK THIS ONE UP, I WILL PERSONALY FUCKING KILL YOU BEFORE THESE FUCKERS CAN!"

"YOU HEAR ME!?"

"STICK TO THE FUCKING PLAN OR WE DIE LIKE IDIOTS!"