Becoming a god starts with enhancing fire arrows.

The stealth step!

Despite the pain, Rhodes used his stealth technique to leap towards the entrance of the ruins.

His severe injuries vanished instantly.

His sword song was still active, and with the help of the [Extreme Speed] effect, he easily dodged the attacks of the surrounding snake people, firing a barrage of fire arrows.

Then, he used the stealth step again to jump to the furthest distance and detonated the arrow he had just shot.

The sound of explosions was incessant.

Rhodes maintained his sword-song form and frantically fled to the other side of the wetlands.

This was the rendezvous direction they had agreed upon in advance.

Pursuers continued to come from behind, and five or six snake-men in the distance were trying to surround Rhodes.

"That's a human mage."

"Wrap it up!"

The snake-man moves very fast in the wetlands. If you try to escape while casting spells, you will inevitably slow down and be caught.

Stopping to fight multiple opponents with sword songs would be dangerous, not to mention it would consume a lot of magic power.

After a moment's consideration, Rhodes decided to continue with his escape plan.

His breathing became increasingly labored as he ran at high speed.

Rhodes felt like his lungs were about to explode.

I am in great pain.

He heard rustling sounds behind him, but he didn't turn around. He didn't know if new snake people had joined the chase, or whether Paril and Avira had managed to escape.

All I could do was keep my head down and keep running.

Sudden.

Rhodes caught a glimpse of a figure emerging from the reeds beside him out of the corner of his eye.

The figure, accompanied by a powerful blue-green lightning bolt, pierced straight into the snake-men from the side, swung its greatsword in a whirlwind, and the three snake-men died instantly.

Rhodes immediately turned around and countered.

Seeing the soldiers standing at the front gives me a great sense of security.

"You go left, I'll go right!" Rhodes immediately made his decision.

The snake-man closest to the left is an elite-level one; let Avira handle him.

The remaining group of trainees and senior trainees will be under my supervision.

In an instant, Avira understood Rhodes's intention. Her greatsword, carrying tremendous power, forced back the elite snake-man and simultaneously pulled herself out of the range of Rhodes's spell.

Rhodes deactivated his sword song, aiming at targets from near to far, continuously unleashing fire arrows and then detonating them.

Mud mixed with the snake-man's mangled limbs splattered everywhere, and the shockwave and flames from the explosion completely disrupted the pursuing formation.

At the same time, a fireball struck the three snake-men who had escaped the attack with pinpoint accuracy, instantly turning them into charred remains.

"Beautiful!" Rhodes praised Paril.

Paril did not stop, and continued to chant a dark spell.

A tangible darkness enveloped the snake-men behind them, who were trying to join the pursuit in droves, hindering their progress.

On the left side of the battlefield, Avira was engaged in a fierce battle with an elite snake-man.

Her greatsword slashed vertically or swept horizontally, forcing the snake-man wielding a steel spear to avoid a direct confrontation and instead dodge repeatedly.

No, there's no time to delay, we have to resolve this quickly.

Avira raised her greatsword high, but slowed the speed of her downward slam.

Seeing this, the elite snake-man seized the opportunity, his steel spear glowing with golden light as he thrust it out with all his might, aiming for Avira's chest.

Avira was protected by heavy armor, so she wouldn't be pierced by the steel spear, but the blow was unexpectedly powerful and heavy. She only felt a tightness in her chest, followed by intense pain.

But Avira did not retreat. Instead, she endured the pain and swung her greatsword downwards, cleaving the snake-man in two at the waist.

At the same time, green light flashed continuously on his body, which was Paril's healing spell.

This was the most efficient tactic Avira employed when there was a priest in the team: trading injury for life.

"Walk!"

Rhodes had no desire to continue the fight.

He had already planted a bunch of scattered flaming arrows in the ground.

The arrows exploded simultaneously, keeping the enemy outside the blast radius.

Without hesitation, the three of them used the cover of dark magic and the smoke from the explosion to plunge into the forest outside the wetlands and disappear from the snake people's sight.

[Next enhancement requires 1650/800 Life Essence]

perfect!

Rhodes glanced at the prompt on the panel.

This attack not only eliminated a key leader of the snake-people tribe, but also yielded a considerable amount of life essence.

Just as he was preparing to retreat, his attention was drawn to a commotion in the distance.

A group of armed soldiers appeared to be approaching from afar, heading towards the snake people's camp.

"Avira, you have good eyesight, can you tell if this is a goblin?"

Ivy rolled her eyes, but still squinted at the distance: "It's a goblin."

Rhodes was overjoyed.

It seems the intelligence reports that the alliance between goblins and snake people is real.

His earlier strategy of using bottled flames to blast enemies was not only for killing and delaying, but also for creating a commotion.

I want to see if the nearby goblin camp will send anyone to help.

"Approximately how many goblins are there?"

"Forty or fifty, I guess," Avira gave a rough estimate. "Why are you so concerned about the goblins? Aren't we just going back?"

"No." Rhodes downed a mana potion, then suddenly smiled. "Let's go to the goblin camp."

This is called military strategy.

"Are you planning to take advantage of the goblin camp being undefended and cause trouble again?"

"Should we do it or not?" Rhodes asked Avira for her opinion, a familiar line echoing in his mind.

Raid the enemy camp to break their morale.

The raid was swift and unexpected, catching the enemy completely off guard.

"Dry!"

The three of them circled around from the side and approached the goblin camp.

Along the way, Rhodes told his two teammates, "The goblins who went to reinforce may return soon, so we won't go deep into the goblin camp."

"Paril and I will harass them from a distance while we're outside. If we manage to kill them, it'll be a bonus. Avira, just stay close to us and act as our bodyguard."

Despite having a great opportunity to earn Life Essence, Rhodes still decided to launch a ranged harassment attack.

Petty corruption doesn't count as true corruption.

High up in the goblin camp.

The three men lay in ambush at the edge, looking down into the basin below.

The layout here is the same as last time, except that there are many traces of the explosion on the ground that no one has cleaned up.

The goblins drank and slept sporadically.

"The distance is a bit far, so my fireball spell may not be able to unleash its full power."

Paril quickly estimated the distance and looked at Rhodes.

"It's alright, I'll lure them over here."

The terrain on their side was steep, making it difficult for the goblins to come up directly from below.

The only way to get there is by going around the slope at the nearest camp entrance.

Rhodes began to chant.

Flame Arrow, Sniper!

Five seconds later.

A crimson fire arrow traced a beautiful parabola through the air and landed between three goblins who were drinking.

They instinctively tried to look up to find the source of the arrow, but the next second, a burst of fire erupted.

[40 Life Essence Points Acquired]

So weak.

Rhodes thought to himself.

The goblins who remained at the camp were inferior to the snake people in both tactical skills and strength.

They didn't hide intentionally, so the other goblins quickly discovered their location.

"Paryl, hold the slope!"

"OK!"

This was calculated by Rhodes in advance; this position is exactly the maximum distance from the slope for the Fireball spell.

The goblin below is drawing his bow and shooting an arrow.

Unfortunately, they were not strong, and due to the terrain, the arrows did not have a good effect as they were attacking from a low position.

Rhodes fired another sniper fire arrow.

The effect is outstanding!