Mercenaries and Adventurers

Two days later, at the northern edge of the tooth ghost bandit territory.

Keir no longer opens the way. After all, this place is far away from the complex and rugged mountains and forests. Although it is still in the wild forests, the terrain has calmed down and the forests have become thinner. There is no need for him to lead the way ahead.

Little Mr. Simmons, who has gotten better in the past two days, can already walk on the ground and keep up with the speed of the team. At this moment, under his leadership, the whole team is heading towards Bingxun Pass as fast as possible.

The sporadic bandits distributed here, as long as they found their team of more than 20 people from a distance, those vicious small bandits would not dare to approach their team without confirming their identities.

When the number of people increases, it is quite bluffing from a distance.

Keir was at the end of the line, looking back frequently. Last night, he spotted a group of bandits chasing after him not far away. Taking advantage of the dark and cold night, he sneaked over to look.

Hiding in the dark shadows, he overheard that this group of ten people was indeed the bandits in the bag hole, and they were sent out to hunt and kill them.

At first, this group of people just randomly searched towards the east, and then they accidentally discovered the traces left by their group. Since there was still a distance between the two teams at the beginning, until recently, this group of people speeded up and approached the escaped prisoners of Kiel's group.

Keel observed these people in the shadows and found that they were fairly well equipped and had enough supplies to go outside for several days. Judging from the speed and limit of long-distance travel, it is only a matter of time before these bandits catch up with them.

A group of ten people were all experienced bandits. Unlike the peripheral members who were dispatched to guard the stronghold, each of these bandits seemed to be difficult to deal with.

This made Kiel hesitate. It was impossible for him to deal with so many people alone, especially the existing equipment was very insufficient. If he was wearing a full set of armor at this moment, and also brought his newly forged metal shield, then he felt that he had more than 70% chance of winning.

But now he only carries two weapons, and he still bears the heavy burden of the lives of more than 20 people.

It is neither the opponent of this wave of bandits, nor is it the time for him to act at will.

Kiel retreated quietly that night, only to raid a small stronghold of a band of tooth ghost bandits. There were only three people there, and Kiel went up to fight for a while, and ended up with the three bandits, and he didn't let go of a bandit who begged for mercy during the battle.

With the seized food, water and supplies from the stronghold, Kiel returned to the place where the people camped.

Due to the increase in seizures of tents, although everyone has to spend more energy carrying these tent materials during the day, at night, a tent that can protect from wind and heat is still very important to the weak people.

That night, Keir told the public about his discovery. Although they were very fearful and frightened, everyone did not lose their sense of resistance. After all, if they were caught by those bandits, they would definitely die, so the people all tried their best to fight against that wave of bandits.

Some people felt that since Kiel had discovered the gang of bandits first, there were more than 20 of them, and they should attack them in the dark. Kill the bandit by surprise.

Regarding this plan, Kiel vetoed it, although he thought that with the current equipment, he could barely hold off the three bandits with one against three. But the remaining seven bandits are not something these twenty old, weak, sick and disabled people can fight against.

If it's the sentinels in Dolarin Village, Kiel doesn't think there is any problem. After all, those sentries have at least been trained by Old Domo for many years, and they have sufficient will to fight, so they won't be thrown into chaos by a few bandits. set foot.

But these twenty or so people who have never been trained in a unified way can't do it. They really confronted the bandits face to face.

It is estimated that they will be knocked down one by one.

There are also people who suggest that the troops be divided into two groups, and the people with weak physical strength continue to move forward, while the other group of men who have recovered from their bodies will continue to entangle with the bandits locally. If it is really impossible, they will fight with the bandits. A fish dies and a net breaks. In the end, some people were able to return to Bingxun Pass. When Bingxun Pass knows the location of the robbers' lair in Luobagdong, the militiamen will clear up these robbers this winter and avenge the dead people.

This plan still has some feasibility, but others are hell. Someone asked back in a low voice, if the selected team of strong men didn't get entangled with the bandits, but used their physical strength to bypass the slow-moving team and use those people as bait to escape first, How to do it.

This question made everyone quite embarrassed, and it obviously pierced some people's little thoughts. It also made several tortured women cry in sorrow.

In the end, everyone stopped trusting anyone.

The situation of the discussion was so deadlocked.

Mr. Simmons Jr. said: "Since everyone doesn't trust each other, let little brother Kiel come up with an idea. He saved everyone's life by himself, and we still owe Kiel a debt." Let him decide everyone's actions tomorrow."

Everyone looked in Kiel's direction. In the dark night, although Kiel could not be seen clearly, everyone knew that Kiel was there.

"If it's the Kiel warrior, I'll follow his arrangement." A tall and thin young man said.

"Yes, that's right, hehe, no one believes it anyway. We can only look at you, Keel." A middle-aged businessman shook his head and said with a sigh.

"I never felt that freedom and safety were so important until I was caught by those damn bandits. Keel, everyone's future is in your hands, please." said a strong man with a big beard.

Keir looked at the looming figure of Mr. Simmons Jr., and saw that the other party seemed to be nodding his head.

He stood up.

"Since everyone has no idea, then I will bear this expectation."

"I've thought about it, and I think some of the plans you mentioned before are good. It's just that you don't have a correct understanding of the mutual strength between us and the bandits."

"What do you mean?" asked one.

"It means two points, our strength, and the strength of the bandits. First of all, you didn't take my personal combat ability into consideration before. Of course, although everyone knows that I can deal with a small number of bandits, but none of them I have seen it with my own eyes, so I have ignored my power."

"Let me tell you the truth, if I hadn't taken the twenty or so people from you to escape from the bandit's territory and hunt down. I was alone in this complex mountain forest, and I could think of a way to give those bandits one by one. kill."

Just as some people were about to speak, Keir stopped the other party from speaking: "I'm not bragging. After all, the current situation is very serious, and I haven't drunk alcohol. Today's words are not big talk."

"In fact, everyone also thinks highly of your current physical condition. You have been imprisoned for a long time, and you have been trekking for several days. Your physical condition is actually not very good. If you just walk around, you can persist. But fighting." Speaking of this, Kiel shook his head: "In terms of fighting, no one can confront a bandit head-on. Just like chopping melons and vegetables, a few people can defeat the twenty or so people."

Hearing this, many physically exhausted men were silent. In fact, their respective physical conditions are clear to each other. If they just walk normally, they can persist for a long time, but the exhaustion deep in their bodies is not fake. With all his strength, he waved the weapon that Kiel had snatched for them.

"Secondly, I have secretly observed those bandits just now. They are all seasoned and healthy bandits. It is not impossible to deal with them, but they are not so easy to deal with. If I am alone, I can still deal with them, but if it is everyone , Not only can’t win the battle, but even the speed of advancing every day is not as good as them. If I follow our advancing speed in the past two days, and their speed of starting after some delays, at most tomorrow afternoon, everyone will be followed intercepted by bandits who followed their tracks."

"So tomorrow is the last day?" Someone asked in a low voice.

Kiel put his hands on his hips: "Not necessarily."

"Huh?" Everyone's attention was attracted.

"As I said, everyone's plans just now are quite good. I have an idea here, everyone listen to it."

"Tomorrow morning, everyone will still advance at full speed. At noon, the team will be divided into two groups. I will bring three people to form a small team, and the remaining 20 people will hide their tracks and stay where they are. The bandits will be led by me." People created traces of more than 20 people to lead them away, head south, and turn back."

Someone wanted to speak, but in the end they didn't speak, for Kiel's trust, knowing that Kiel would not abandon them as bait and escape.

"I know some people may want to say, isn't this the same as the plan everyone proposed before? No, first of all, my primary goal this time, Mr. Simmons, I'm sorry, you have to stay in the queue waiting here. is required."

Hearing this, some people have already breathed a sigh of relief. They all know that they are actually just rescued by Keir to rescue Mr. Simmons from the bandit lair. No matter what, Keir will not give up on Mr. Simmons. After all, they all learned in the chat how much the Simmons Chamber of Commerce would give Kiel after Mr. Simmons Jr. was rescued.

That is not a small amount of money, especially since they have already run to this place at this moment, and it has not been a few days since they arrived at Bingxun Pass. Keir will definitely not give up Mr. Simmons Jr.

"As for me, I took the trail of people pretending to be a group of people all the way, and turned back to the south to return to the weapons and equipment hidden between the two bandit gangs before I came. The things inside can make the people on my side more active. A few days."

"After I have all my weapons and equipment on, I will attack the bandits who are chasing with all my strength in two days, trying to drive them back to the bandits' territory. Then I will return with all my strength, and we will return to the iceberg together." Flood pass."

Someone asked: "Won't the side with a large number of people take this opportunity to advance to Bingxun Pass?"

Kiel thought about it for a while: "It's best not to, the place we are staying at now, although it is the edge of the territory of the tooth ghost bandit gang, but there are still some small bandits in the mountains and forests heading north to Bingxun Pass. They are all These ferocious guys may not try to attack you when they see the large number of you, but they may also come in close contact. If they see your situation, they will definitely attack you. "

"If there is no objection from everyone, we will act according to this plan tomorrow. By the way, it is best that we can find some natural wild water sources tomorrow morning. If there is such a thing, the side with more people can last longer Some."

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During the day and morning journey, they did not find a source of water, but a somewhat steep rock wall was covered with reflective ice.

After seeing it, the well-informed Mr. Simmons judged that this rock wall should often see clear water droplets when the weather is warm. Now is the severe winter, it has become an ice wall.

Although it is an ice wall, those ice plates that are frozen close to the rock wall can also be used to melt drinking water.

So, at noon, Keir asked everyone to start looking for a hidden place near this rock wall. In the next few days, everyone hid here until he brought someone back.

If they had waited for several days and passed the maximum agreed time, then they would try to prepare ice cubes and some hibernating insects under the fallen leaves, reluctantly dodge the small bandit camp they found, and venture back to Bingxun pass.

There is still some food that Kiel took from the bandits' strongholds before. If they are not active, they should be frugal, enough for everyone to barely eat for several days. Now they have found a place where they can barely get water. Hiding near here is already the best place they can find in the morning.

Keir chose three men with the best physical strength and body as his companions, and when he was ready, he took the risk to lure the ten-member bandit chasing team away.

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After saying goodbye, Kiel carefully restored the traces left by everyone's progress, and then turned back. At a suitable place, the team began to pull the ground with a stretcher, chose another direction, and inserted slightly southward. Into the territory of the tooth ghost bandit gang.

Let the three partners move forward while making traces, while Kiel sneaks back to the chasing bandit team.

He hid in a simply dug pit, covered with branches and fallen leaves, and watched the bandits from where the team turned from the gaps in the fallen leaves.

If the bandits were not fooled, then he would rush out and kill a few bandits, risking all the danger, and let them all come after him. If the bandits were fooled, he would leave quietly, use his abundant physical strength to bypass the bandits, come to his partners first, and follow them to create traces of many people going forward and back.

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The bandits relaxed a bit, and Keel saw that the bandits didn't even notice a change in the direction the team was heading. After many days of tracking, they have already regarded it as an easy task to find those escaped people by following the traces they found.

Therefore, these bandits just lined up in a scattered formation silently, tracking away in twos and threes.

"Very good." Keel said softly, and at the same time, a smile appeared on his face.

After being chased and fled for many days, he couldn't bear it anymore. He is a hunter who destroys monsters, not a prey who only knows how to escape. Although they could occasionally kill a few careless bandit strongholds in the past few days, those weak bandits who had no ability to resist could no longer satisfy their desire to hunt stronger prey.

Kiel moved his fingers, pulled out some of the sword at his waist, and inserted it again. After humming and laughing a few times, he quietly retreated from his hiding place.

Following the terrain and trees in the forest, Keel circled in a large circle, out of the bandit's possible observation field of vision, and first caught up with his companion who was making traces ahead.

With Keel on board, they're making traces faster. Due to the lack of physical strength and the slowing down of many injured personnel, Keir and these few companions with good physical condition and sufficient physical strength, even if they want to make traces when they move, their moving speed is slightly higher In pursuit of the ten bandits.

After all, for those ten bandits, they were just chasing the weak prisoners who had no supplies, so not only were they mentally careless, but even the speed of the pursuit was only normal.

But Kiel and the bandits are very close after all, so in order to reveal their secrets. With all their strength, Keel and the others kept kicking away the fallen leaves on the ground and breaking off some low leafless shrub branches that blocked the way, and Keel even held the special stretcher behind his back, going back and forth, Pull out some traces of walking on the ground, and traces of carrying heavy objects.

Not only that, they also dropped a little bit of useless debris from the people at a distance.

Relying on these methods, they worked hard, and finally they didn't reveal their secrets during the few hours in the afternoon. Successfully diverted the pursuing bandits away, causing them to chase them instead.

Let these bandits go further and further in the wrong direction.

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On the other side, there are people hiding in a hidden place.

Everyone prayed in low voice for half an afternoon, and after a few hours, no robbers found them. At this time, all of them realized that Kiel's plan had succeeded at least half.

As long as Kiel and the others can successfully lure the bandits away, then their side will be very safe.

But after everyone realized their safety, several people got together, talked in a low voice for a while, secretly tied the water on their bodies, and told Mr. Simmons in the team to go out for convenience.

Since they are explained separately, it is just a convenience and does not attract everyone's attention. Although Mr. Simmons pursed his lips tightly, those people were all strong and strong men. What could Mr. Simmons, who had not recovered from his injuries, say?

He still agreed with the behavior of these people going out for convenience, and warned them to be careful.

After dark, the few people who went out for convenience have not come back, and only then did everyone realize that those people had run away.

Run away from the big team.

Faced with the questioning, Mr. Simmons Jr. just smiled wryly. The other party felt that parting ways now was the best chance for survival. What could he do? Organize them on the spot?

But if the other party wants to run away, can he not let the other party go out for convenience? No way, Mr. Simmons Jr. had no choice but to explain the situation to everyone and let everyone make their own decisions.

He took advantage of this opportunity to escape on his own. I still believe in the warriors of Kiel, I believe that the other party can defeat the bandit team that is pursuing them, and lead them who are hiding here to return to the safe Bingxun Pass.

In the end, amidst a burst of sighs, no one decided to escape. Some of them believed in Kiel, some were injured, and some didn't think that one or a few of them would be lucky enough to escape to Icestorm Pass.