Chess Mage of Faerûn

Chapter 178 The Situation Nearing its End

Marduk only had time to twist his body to the side before his right shoulder was pierced.

Even worse, the magic power carried by the enchanted arrow erupted directly at the wound, not only taking half his life but also putting him into a stunned state.

Fortunately, the priest's mental resistance weakened the duration of this negative state to some extent. He regained consciousness in just three seconds and then fell into a deeper nightmare.

At this moment, he was hooked by a bloodstained and rusty iron hook, and his body was wrapped in iron chains connected to the hook, unable to move like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Marduk's intuition was spot on, and the butcher Pudge in front of him was more than happy to prove it.

After a mere three seconds of amnesia, he was brutally taken advantage of. Marduk struggled in vain, unable to escape his prisoner status. His meager strength did nothing but aggravate his wounds.

The last thing he saw was that hideous stitched-together monster raising its butcher's knife and hacking at him.

Flesh and blood flying everywhere!
After throwing out the meat hook and hitting the target, the next step is brutal dismemberment. This modus operandi has been incorporated into the core ability of the Pudge piece.

Marduk, a dignified level nine priest, died so tragically at the hands of a pawn. Despite having other trump cards, he was struck by a series of blows without even a chance to regain his senses. He closed his eyes and opened them again, and he was gone.

Zhang Yuan, on the other side, ignored the black-robed priest who was already like meat on a chopping board, and turned his attention back to the front line of the battlefield.

In the mere ten seconds it took for the magic to dissipate, the three chess pieces—Axe, Juggernaut, and Tusk—were destroyed and completely eliminated from the stage.

Mars managed to hold on with his giant shield, but he was also severely injured. If it weren't for the timely reinforcements from the two dwarf brothers and the impact of the powerful sleep spell, the trolls would have used this gap as a breakthrough point to completely breach the defenses.

Although the effects of the spell removal have worn off, the powerful synergies have been greatly diminished due to the loss of pieces. Coupled with their reduced numbers, it is foreseeable that the Canaan squad's defenses will collapse once the trolls break free of the sleep spell and return to the battlefield.

After the previous round of summoning, most of the spells were used up, and the few remaining were unlikely to be able to turn the tide of battle.

Raising an eyebrow, Zhang Yuan summoned a two-cost minion – Morphling!
This piece itself has very limited use; without the Assassin synergy bonus, an Assassin piece is just a fragile piece of trash. But the other synergy it brings is the key.

Element: When there are two different element pieces on the field, grant each element piece an elemental barrier. When attacked in melee, there is a 30% chance to petrify the attacker.

And this other element piece is Tiny!

At this moment, Little was grabbing Zul'jin's two heads and beating him repeatedly. However, what puzzled his stone head was why the troll leader was still not dead after being beaten for so long and his brains were about to be splattered out.
While Tiny, unaware of the troll's regeneration weakness, couldn't kill Zul'jin, Zul'jin's miserable state was hardly better than death.

Riding on the back of such a tall stone giant, with its two huge stone fists striking left and right, the giant was beaten until its consciousness was blurred, and it was only clinging to its dying state that it refused to take its last breath.

On one hand, he had to suppress Zul'jin's desperate resistance, and on the other hand, he had also repelled several trolls who came to his rescue. The trolls' power was not just for show.

Following someone's orders, Xiao Xiao released the unconscious troll leader and strode towards the struggling defensive line. His imposing figure towered over the Butcher, standing like a pillar against the fiercest part of the troll attack. Zhang Yuan, of course, wouldn't let Xiao Xiao suffer such an onslaught. With his level one summoning spell more than enough, he selected the next piece to take the stage.

Dragons Flying Through Winter!

Although it is called a flying dragon, its body length of just over three meters and wingspan of just over five meters really do not show any of the majesty of the dragon race.

But then again, a dragon is a dragon after all. Even the stupid and foolish White Dragon, who was considered a disgrace to the dragon race, was not expelled from the dragon ranks.

To be honest, looking at the pale blue-white color scheme of the Winter Dragon and its dull, lifeless eyes, you could easily fool many people by calling it a white dragon. At least the Canaan team members present looked surprised.

The Winter Wyvern immediately cast Winter's Embrace on Little's head. A flash of blue light appeared, and Little's massive body was instantly encased in ice. Through the transparent ice, Little could be seen blinking innocently.

This isn't some crazy attack on a comrade; units affected by Winter's Embrace are not only almost immune to physical damage, but can also quickly recover health or durability.

A group of irritable trolls pounded on a large block of ice for a long time, but they got nothing but a few ice shards. Instead, some of them fell into a petrified, paralyzed state.

Just as they were about to shift their attack target, the ice barrier suddenly vanished without a trace, revealing Xiao Xiao's figure, whose wounds had been mostly healed.

The refreshed giant rock clasped his fists together, then swung his two pillar-like arms, sweeping them wildly like a windmill. The trolls, who hadn't even realized what was happening, were instantly turned into rolling gourds.

Having managed to stabilize the situation again with a small attack, Zhang Yuan turned his gaze to the troll leader who was still lying dead on the ground, and finished him off with a Mayouf acid arrow, gaining another boost of energy.

At this moment, the battlefield was divided into two parts by the defensive line composed of melee chess pieces and dwarf brothers. The outer ring consisted of eleven trolls attempting to break through the defensive line, but they were firmly blocked by the defensive line led by Tiny.

The inner ring consists of four remaining trolls after the initial impact and slaughter, who are currently engaged in a fierce battle with Münster, Rick, and Morty.

Having granted himself the blessing of feline elegance, and with his physical attributes at their peak, someone drew his twin swords and leaped forward, locking onto an unfortunate fellow who was about to suffer a concussion from Rick's spiked club.

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party had their back to him and he was hunched over trying to avoid the other party's blows, while the other party was occasionally hitting him hard, Zhang Yuan suddenly stomped his long sword and pointed it straight at the back of the troll's head.

Whether by luck or by sensing the attack from behind, the troll stumbled and fell to the left, his right arm, which was used to block, was also struck by both the spiked club and the longsword.

After piercing the enemy's arm, Zhang Yuan twisted it, and with one arm severed, he pressed his advantage, ducking to avoid the enemy's retaliatory left arm claw strike, and then slit the throat with a single sword strike!
Half of its neck had been cut open, and the flames from the longsword scorched the wound, allowing the troll to proudly regenerate what it could not save from its inevitable death.

After succeeding, Zhang Yuan used the same method, relying on his agility to conduct guerrilla warfare and form a pincer movement with his teammates, taking the enemy's head as easily as taking candy from a baby.

Once the inner trolls were wiped out, the entire troll army faced its doomsday.

(End of this chapter)