A filthy, dark brown wooden stick crashed onto the surface of the iron pot, adding another small dent to the bottom, which had already endured countless attacks and been warped during the battle.
Fortunately, the wooden stick was made of ordinary material, and the force exerted was quite moderate, so the pot, just taken off the stove not long ago, still maintained its basic integrity.
"Hold on, everyone hold on for me!"
"The adventurers from River Valley Town are arriving soon, just hold on for a few more minutes, and we can all survive."
"For the village, for your wives and children, stand firm!"
The elderly voice, filled with the marks of time, had long become hoarse, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. Exhausted, he used all his strength just to stand.
But as the head of Cui Xi Village, this hunched-over old man stood in the most dangerous place, still boosting the morale of the villagers fighting against the goblins.
From his experience serving in the Kingdom’s army as a young man, he knew the importance of "morale" and "formation."
Therefore, even though the entire line of defense had been destroyed by the Bear Goblin, letting the goblins bypass the trenches and traps they had prepared.
The village chief still led a significant number of villagers, retreating while attracting a large portion of the goblins rushing into the village, buying time and a chance for the other villagers to survive.
Truth be told, the old man did not expect those passing adventurers to risk everything for the safety of a strange village, nor did he believe that these farmers, lacking proper equipment, could handle an adult Bear Goblin.
In fact, even the dozens of goblins before them had already driven the villagers to the brink of despair.
Yet he refused to give up.
Just the thought of enduring one more second, perhaps allowing one more villager to escape and survive,
stirred an inexplicable force within him, supporting his aged and near-collapse body.
He could certainly choose to ignore everything and just turn around to run away.
And with the prestige he had accumulated over the years in the village, he could easily find some simple and honest villagers willing to protect him away from the frontline with just a few excuses.
But if he really did that, the formation they were struggling to maintain would instantly collapse. The scattered villagers, like sheep scattered by wolves, would have no way to resist the ferocious goblins.
A cry filled with agony suddenly rang out from the front.
A middle-aged man in clothes patched all over collapsed painfully to the ground.
His right arm was bent and twisted, seemingly hit hard.
At his feet lay an iron pot thoroughly smashed, with a hole in the bottom.
The already shaky formation, under the goblin attack, instantly sprang a massive leak.
The goblins’ high-pitched and excited shrill cries suddenly rose significantly, rushing excitedly towards the breach.
Seeing that the final line of defense was about to completely collapse,
the light of determination flashed suddenly in the village chief’s eyes, and a force not belonging to someone his age burst from his aged and thin body.
He picked up a grass fork from the ground beside him, ready to fight desperately to plug the gap.
And just at this critical moment,
It was a sound of something tearing through the air, coming from above his head.
Taking a step forward, the old man instinctively raised his head, narrowing his eyes as he looked up.
Against the backdrop of lead-gray clouds and under the silver-white rain mask, a figure descending at high speed appeared somewhat blurred.
Seemed somewhat familiar...
He hadn’t interacted with this person, nor did he know their name.
What truly reminded the village chief of the person’s identity was that iron-gray sharp light, almost blending with the rain.
Appeared to be the adventurer who previously accompanied "Green Blood" Adeline, why...
The next second, a soundwave like an explosion, reverberating in his eardrums, along with flying goblin limbs, disrupted his thoughts.
Xia Nan did not slow down.
After manipulating his own gravity to leap high, during the fall, he not only didn’t weaken the effect of gravity on himself using "Gravity Control" like before to reduce fall damage,
but rather adjusted the range slightly to intensify the impact when landing.
Trying it for the first time, he was extra cautious, not overly intensifying his gravity, fearing unnecessary harm to his body.
But in reality, Xia Nan underestimated the effect of "Tidal Shaping" with its "halved fall damage," alongside his body’s enhanced physical condition after upgrading.
As if a missile landing amidst the goblin horde, the head of the goblin beneath his sturdy boots was crushed instantly, and the shockwave toppled the surrounding goblins.
His legs, firmly planted on the ground and amid the corpses, felt no discomfort whatsoever.
Clearly, still far from reaching the limit.
Evaluating his current body strength internally, facing goblins surging towards him like a tide from all around,
Xia Nan’s gaze suddenly focused, a hint of gray flashed through his dark eyes.
The once vibrant world immediately turned into shades of pure black and white.
Although not as detailed as when he upgraded, seemingly entering a microscopic world, it still revealed the dense gravity wave undulations, like ripples in water, in the surrounding space to his vision.
"Heart-drawing Vision"
1. Significantly enhances affinity with gravity.
2. Perceive gravitational radiation (Active)
Under the radiation of gravitational waves, you are like a fish in water.