*PapPapPapPapPapPapPapPap*

The sound of feet rapidly slamming into pavement filled the surroundings.

Tall and skinny men were sprinting through the roads. Following behind them were spurts of blood and severed heads.

They cut through the trolls like a scythe through wheat. The trolls fell in droves.

It took the trolls a solid minute to realize what was happening to them.

"AHHHHHHHH!"

They let out panicked screams.

*BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!*

They sent storms of bullets at the tall and skinny humans. But it didn't matter; their heads still fell.

"AHHHHHH!"

After two minutes of confusion, the Trolls put their protective fields up.

The tall and skinny men spun and began running in the other direction. They sprinted away from the trolls at a breakneck pace.

The trolls didn't have time to get any shots off before they were gone.

.

…

...

...…

John stared at the plethora of tents before him. He stood on a hill above the Trolls settlement.

Standing with John was Rob, Charles, Cassandra and Nathanial.

"So. You all remember the plan?" Asked Cassandra

John rolled his eyes.

"Yes. You've gone over it at least fifty times at this point. We'll wait until the Bigger warriors take the first strike, and then we come in and attack." Said John

Cassandra nodded

"Okay. Did everyone hear that?"

Cassandra got a cacophony of eye rolls in response.

"Okay. Good." Cassandra said

"Because they're going to be attacking pretty soon."

Literally, moments after she said that.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Screams echoed through the grounds.

This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.

The first strike had begun.

John watched with no small amount of wonder as a net of blurring shapes moving in every direction advanced through the battlefield. It was like the trolls were being thrown into some magical meat grinder. The Troll's heads fell to the ground whenever the blur passed through them.

It was truly insane.

After a few moments of the blur advancing down the battlefield, hexagonal blue circles appeared throughout the battlefield.

The blurs turned around. They sprinted in the opposite direction of the Trolls.

They left many times faster than they approached.

"YO! YO! IT"S JOE STONE!"

Joe had paid every Warrior ten thousand dollars if they used that as their start single. It caused quite an argument with his wife.

John stomped down the battlefield.

Cassandra, Nathnial and hopefully Rob followed closely behind him.

Charles stayed back. He was the sniper. So, he stayed as far away from the battle as possible.

As they stomped down the battle field a screen appeared in front of them.

{The golden flesh. Loves to press the human flesh. And gives press to that which will depress human flesh. And what is the depress's greatest messenger. War. So, the golden flesh rewards war. And this reward is one of many. All growth speed limitations will be removed. You will grow in accordance with your system's rewards system. Enjoy.}

John grinned as he looked at those words.

That means he could eat as many trolls as he wanted without getting the stat point overload.

This was incredible.

"FUCK YEAH!" John screamed to the sky

"YIP!"

"YIP!"

"YIP!"

The dragons that circled above John responded with their own exclamations of joy.

John walked down into the battlefield.

There was a group of about four trolls. They were all protected by a large shield made by the Troll in the center.

John picked up a rock from the ground.

He chucked it towards the shield. The shield bent and the rock glanced off it.

But the Trolls now had their focus fixed on John.

*BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!*

They sent their bullets towards John. But John didn't care. None of their attacks could kill him.

The neck of the center troll snapped. The shield vanished. They didn't know why. But for some reason, Rob could just walk through the shield that the Trolls created. They thought it had something to do with him being invisible.

Cassandra shot forward next. She slit the throat of each of the trolls.

John lumbered towards the troll's corpses. He bent down. Lifted their body up. And unhinged his jaw.

He dropped the body of each troll down his throat. His stomach expanded by a wide margin. And then it suddenly collapsed. Leaving John back in his normal state.

It was an effect of the Systems buff.

John continued to walk forward.

Band-Aid healed John a few times when he got too bruised. And Charles shot down anyone who tried to sneak up on them. Luckily, the Trolls were relatively spaced out, so John didn't have to worry about endless gunfire.

The warriors charged through rows of Trolls and quickly cut them down. It seemed to all like the Warriors were destined to win this battle.

And then every warrior paused. Looks of confusion were on their face.

Before them was a massive and compact formation of at least twelve thousand Trolls, they stood almost shoulder to shoulder and had the round blue shields surrounding them.

John scowled. He had fought this formation of Trolls before. His only counter to the Trolls was to topple them over with kicks and them let someone else batter them when their bodies were down.

But now there were far. Far. To many Trolls to be able to do that.

So how did they advance?

"BANG!"

Gunfire echoed. The trolls started to hit back.

"BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!"

John scowled as this happened. They would need to retreat. They would need to come up with a different strategy.

"YO! YO! IT'S JOE STONE!"

A tall man with a big beard and a deep grin on his face walked towards the formation of trolls. It was Joe.

Walking next to Joe was His wife. Samantha.

Joe had his usual Blank book in his hands. And a speaker at his side. He had ripped a few from the PA systems of the planes nearby and found a way to get them to play from his phone.

Samantha had a long sword at her side.

The tides were about to turn. `