Mercenaries and Adventurers

When Kiel and his party were celebrating, eating and drinking in the hotel, a group of people were hiding in a dark place not illuminated by the moonlight in the dark across the street outside the hotel.

Looking at the lights in the opposite hotel, Old Fith covered his mouth with his hands, and asked a bandit squatting beside him in a low voice: "See clearly? Is this here?"

With the moonlight shining on the signboard hanging outside the hotel, this bandit who sold charcoal at the gate of the city, but was actually a spy, definitely gave a reply to the leader who was also squatting in the shadow: "It's here, that's right. .Look, the damn things are still celebrating inside."

After sniffing, the bandit said enviously: "This taste! The food is pretty good, damn it, where did they get the money?"

Old Fez knew that there were several leaders of the chambers of commerce in the prison before, all of them were from the chamber of commerce in Bingxun pass. less supplies and money.

Just arranging a booked hotel is very easy for these cowards.

"Boss, why don't we let the brothers rush in?" Another bandit asked in a low voice.

In the dark, he couldn't see the old Fez's face clearly. He stroked the beard on his chin, and he felt that he should investigate again.

He made a gesture, and the dagger-wielding bandit who had been staying here temporarily outside the house to keep a secret watch came over.

"Igna, go over and have a look. If it's them, you gesture, and the brothers rush over. If not, pretend to be a lodger." Old Fith whispered instructions to Igna, who wielded the dagger. road.

This person is the real confidant of old Fez.

Nodding, the bandit put away the dagger he was fiddling with and hung it around his waist. The rickety figure immediately straightened up, stepped out of the shadow of the street, and pretended to be a normal traveler to the door of the opposite hotel.

Dong dong dong, he slammed the door several times with his fist. Moments later, a hotel clerk opened the closed wooden door.

After looking at the person who knocked on the door, the hotel clerk responded: "Are you here to stay or have a meal? But I'm sorry, today our store was booked by the Iron Armored Horse Chamber of Commerce. As you can see, they are all human beings, and we can no longer entertain you." gone."

Igna rubbed his hands, pretending to look curiously at the escaped people inside who were clinking wine glasses and drinking. With sharp eyes, he followed the bright light in the room and saw several prisoners who had seen it before. .

Licking his lips, he chuckled twice, seeing the hotel clerk in front of him looking at him in surprise.

He stopped pretending, stretched out his hand and waved it back three times.

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Seeing that Igna, who was going to investigate, waved his arm three times, Old Fez patted each of the bandits beside him: "I've confirmed it, rush up to me, and kill everyone in the hotel, especially those people. If the people from the hotel run away, don’t chase them.”

The bandits pulled out the small axes and daggers they had secretly brought in one by one, and rushed out of the dark place of the street with excited faces.

Old Fith didn't move by himself, the elite skills he brought were all good, each of them had killed more than five people, and all of them had been trained by their leaders in the bag hole. There is no problem in killing these unsuspecting populace.

At this time, he was already thinking about what to do after the killing.

A few wanted bandits had to leave Bingxun Pass overnight, while bandits whose identities had not been revealed had to avoid the soldiers who were coming later, and return to their hiding place by taking the path as far as possible, burning their blood-stained clothes, and Weapons that would also be stained with blood had to be boxed and buried, and they had to prepare hot water for washing to wash off the blood stained on their bodies.

In this way, when the soldiers search all the checkpoints tomorrow, they will only be slightly suspicious, and will not be regarded as the real culprits. After all, there are too many shady things in the entire Ice Flood Pass,

If you really want to investigate, those soldiers will die? Or is the superior of the soldiers dying?

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When Igna heard the sound of walking not far behind, the smile on his face was even stronger.

The hotel clerk in front of him felt that something was wrong with the person in front of him, and was about to close the door, but he didn't expect the wooden door to be blocked by the opponent's legs and feet.

Then he felt a chill in his abdomen, and a dagger with a cold blade stabbed into his stomach, "Uh. What about you?" The hotel clerk felt unbearable pain and wanted to shout, but was caught by the next few consecutive daggers. Those who were stabbed lost the ability to speak.

Igna pushed the hotel clerk who had been stabbed many times to the ground, pulled open the half-closed wooden door, and dodged aside by himself.

Sure enough, those rough and strong guys rushing up from behind squeezed past him, screaming and rushing in with all kinds of short weapons one by one.

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Killian drank a few glasses of ale and was eating a dish of boiled mashed potatoes to relieve the hunger signal from his stomach. At this moment, the hotel clerk who was originally refusing customers at the entrance of the hotel lobby fell directly on the solid wooden floor, making a dull sound.

In the lively hotel lobby, everything fell silent like a rooster being strangled by someone.

Then, like a whirlwind of fire, from the opened wooden door, a group of strong strangers with grim and grinning grins poured in. They each held some short-handled weapons on their bodies. As soon as they approached the dining table, they swung them and chopped them down. A crowd stood up and looked at them in amazement.

"It's a bandit!" Someone screamed, and the ladies screamed loudly.

This annoyed a rude bandit. After rushing over, he didn't care about the other people who were hiding, jumped up, jumped over the dining table, and swung a hatchet directly at the screaming woman.

Keir looked at everything behind him in surprise. His whole body was hot, and the hairs all over his body seemed to stand on end. He immediately reacted, grabbed the wooden bowl in front of him, and smashed the full bowl of mashed potatoes at the person who cut it. Lady Bandit.

A whole bowl of mashed potatoes just out of the pot fell on the bandit's head. The hot food made the hatless bandit scream strangely, and he didn't care about cutting people. He dropped the ax and used his rough His big hands kept pulling on his head and face.

While screaming strangely, he turned his head and looked at the daring guy who dared to treat him like this.

How could Kiel have time to pay attention to the bandit at this moment, more and more bandits poured in from the wooden door.

And the people here are not just being beaten. Someone called out the identities of these visitors before. Although the people were shocked, they all knew that those bandits would not let them live. The bandit's pursuit team, but they also vaguely knew that those bandits would not let it go.

Kiel told them all that facing the bandits who wanted their lives, they can only resist one way out now. The bandits would neither accept their surrender nor let them go.

All of a sudden, the people threw the food on the table in front of them at the bandits. The chairs they were sitting on were also used as weapons.

Kiel drew out the curved-edged dagger he was carrying, and held a strong bandit rushing forward. The other party used a dagger, and probably couldn't find a better weapon. The bandit awkwardly used the dagger as a machete, and directly He slashed at Kiel with a sword in the head, wanting to kill this young man who dared to resist.

Keir blocked the opponent's heavy chop. Fortunately, the opponent's body looked strong, but his strength was still a bit behind him. At the same time, the curved dagger in his hand was surprisingly easy to use.

As soon as the two clashed, a fingernail-sized gap appeared on the opponent's dagger.

The bandit on the opposite side grimaced, as if he was dissatisfied with this ordinary weapon.

While fighting this man, Kiel saw that the people at the scene were gradually unable to sustain themselves.

After all, there wasn't that much hot food on the table, and although there were more of them, firstly, everyone had no weapons in their hands, and secondly, everyone had been walking for so many days before, and their bodies were extremely weak.

Fortunately, the buddy and the owner of this hotel saw the companion stabbed to death at the door. They didn't want to take care of things, and they realized that these people who committed mass murder were lawless thugs. They quickly took out all kinds of knives and tableware from the back kitchen, and armed the people who were squeezed behind.

Even so, the whole situation is still very unfavorable to them. The nine bandits are all strong and powerful men, and they also have the advantage of weapons. The few people who were staring at the front were just careless in the battle, and their hands, feet, and necks were cut off. , died instantly.

"Don't be afraid, fight them to the end!" Kiel yelled loudly, letting the panicked people try their confidence again.

"That's right, fight them! Use my life to exchange the lives of these bandits! Father! Mother! I will avenge you! Ahhhhhh!" A middle-aged man suddenly jumped out of the ranks of the people He rushed out without protection, and after running two steps, he directly put his head on the chest of a bandit in front of him.

Boom! ! !

There was a muffled sound, and although the bandit stabbed a dagger on the shoulder of the rushing man, the man ignored him and knocked him to the ground. He was stabbed several times by other bandits at the same time He directly threw himself on the head and face of the bandit whom he pretended to be holding his breath, and bit the opponent's nose. His hands were like bloody hands protruding from hell, and regardless of other things, they were directly stuck on the bandit's neck.

Seeing that his companion was knocked down, a bandit on the side held a hatchet and chopped down with the axe, beheading the head of the desperate citizen.

"Kill them all!" The bandit picked up the heads on the ground and threw them into the crowd opposite.

Unexpectedly, all of a sudden, he angered all the dozens of people on the opposite side. Not only the people, but Kiel's face was also covered with little blood splashed from the man's head and neck.

The blood is hot, just like that man.

Kiel no longer wanted to protect himself. He opened his eyes wide and stared closely at the opponent in front of him. He swung the dagger violently, but no longer blocked the opponent's attack. Such a sharp short sword cut the opponent's chest directly.

Bark!

The thick clothing on the opponent's chest failed to stop the sharp curved dagger, and a line of blood shot out directly.

The bandit on the opposite side raised his foot and kicked, and Kiel hugged the other side's powerful foot. Under the surprised eyes of the bandit on the other side, he twisted his waist and threw the bandit to the ground.

With a big-footed volley, Keir kicked the bandit hard in the head with his right leg.

boom! The opponent's eyes and nose were bleeding, and a whole side of broken teeth flew out of his mouth.

The bandit's head was even deformed by Kiel's angry kick.

The other people also risked their lives, screaming and pounced up, wrestling with the bandits. Although their fists were weak, and the bandit on the opposite side could vomit blood from them with just one punch, but a dozen or so people swarmed up and entangled most of the bandits.

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Igna licked his upper and lower lips excitedly. He found that the only young man with a weapon among the crowd opposite him seemed to have good skills, and at the same time, he seemed to be a little interesting among the damned crowd.

He tossed the bloody dagger from hand to hand, eyes fixed on his opponent.

Sensing the dangerous sight, Kiel killed the bandit on the ground who had been kicked half to death by him, and stood up to face the new enemy.

Seeing that there was also a dagger on the opposite side, he was slightly relieved. If it was an axe, it would be difficult for him to block it with a dagger. And now the hotel lobby is in a mess, there is no room for him to dodge at all.

At this time, he especially wished that he could have a shield, even if it was an ordinary wooden shield.

With the shield, he can launch a safe attack, not what he is now.

With his eyes fixed on the opposite side, Kiel bent down slightly, trying to pick up the dagger tightly held by the slain bandit on the ground. Although it is just an ordinary short sword, at least in terms of length, it is stronger than his dagger.

Compared with daggers, he is more accustomed to using sword weapons with longer weapon lengths.

Igna will not give this opportunity to the opponent on the opposite side. Just as Kiel made the intention to pick up the weapon, Igna instinctively judged that the opponent really wanted to pick up the short sword, instead of making a trap to lure him to attack and expose it. flaw.

Aware of this, Igna jumped up in a squat, drew a short arc with one leg, and kicked towards the opponent.

Kiel hurriedly swiped the dagger towards the opponent's kicked leg, but the opponent's kick was just an empty move, and the flying leg landed in the air, making Kiel's counterattack fail, and then Ignat used this foot as a foundation, a real kick. The killer move followed one after another.

It was only then that Keir realized that the opponent's kick was a false move, which was to trick him into revealing his flaws in the attack. But the opponent's attack was fast and urgent, and Kiel had no choice but to flick the dagger in his hand at the opponent.

Igna opened his grinning mouth, blocked the weapon thrown by the opponent with the dagger in his hand, and then stretched out his left hand to catch the curved dagger that was knocked into the air.

Putting the two daggers in his hands, Igna let out a grin that showed all his teeth, but unexpectedly, the opponent on the opposite side had already picked up the short sword in his companion's hand.

Igna knew that it was just an iron sword that he bought casually, and the one who made the sword was just an ordinary apprentice, so it was hard for his leader, Old Fez, to buy weapons for them to use in the Ice Flood Pass. It's not easy. This kind of self-defense dagger used by children can only be used at the top.

However, who told the bandit to be unlucky, he didn't choose other weapons, so he had to choose such a weapon that was neither good-looking nor useful when choosing a weapon.

But the dagger that Igona himself used was different. The soldiers at the gate of the city didn't care about daggers as a weapon. For a person like him who looked suspicious, no one would pay attention to a dagger.

But after the young man on the opposite side held the dagger in his hand, his fighting spirit became a little different.

Kiel looked at the dagger for a while, then pointed the tip of the dagger directly at the opponent, and his figure surged forward. The opponent resisted with two daggers, but Keir held his breath in his heart. He blocked the left and right with the short sword, and blocked the left and right.

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Old Fith listened to the voice from the opposite hotel, and the more he heard it, the more he felt something was wrong.

It wasn't the one-sided begging and screaming that he had expected. There was still at first, but it soon disappeared.

All that remains are the howls and shouts of battle.

Then there was even a desperate cry when someone was dying.

Old Fith limped and hurried to the hotel door opposite, through the open wooden door, he found that the robbers and the public were scuffling inside, and the hotel guys were standing aside while everyone was scuffling together, Hua Lengzi stabbed the bandit with an iron skewer and iron fork.

The situation is too ugly!

And his confidant, Igna, was fighting with a young man with a dagger. Igna used two daggers, but the opposite was an ordinary short sword he got.

Unexpectedly, Igna was hit by the young man opposite him with a fast and powerful sword. Although the dagger was full of gaps and curved edges, as long as the tip of the dagger was sharp, it would In the hands of such a warrior, there are sharp weapons that can easily kill people.

Snorting in dissatisfaction, Old Fith looked at the people in the surrounding buildings who were poking their heads, and knew that the situation was not good for them, and now it was basically impossible to eliminate those fleeing people.

But fortunately, when the five leaders of their Luobag Cave chose that cave as their lair, they had already considered how to resist the large militiamen who came to attack after the lair was discovered.

Since this is the current situation, Old Fith can only think that they are unlucky, after all, these people are already the people he can bring out the most. The pursuit team sent from the lair to four directions accounted for too many bandits.

And the preparations he made for the bandits were the weapons and equipment he got after mobilizing some connections in Bingxun pass.

It can only be said that those people have the determination and will to fight to the death, but it is basically impossible to kill them all.

Old Fith put his hands in his mouth and whistled.

call out---

The bandits who were wrestling with the people no longer thought about fighting back. They stood up with bruises and swollen faces, formed a team, pulled up their accomplices who were seriously injured, and retreated slowly.

And the people also helped each other to stand up while coughing up blood from their mouths. Although they didn't have weapons in their hands, their wolf-like eyes made the bandits tremble with fear.

‘These people are not afraid of death. If you want to kill these people, you have to be prepared to exchange one life for another. '

The robbers realized it in their hearts, and crowded out of the hotel lobby.

Old Fez brought a torch and handed it to the bandits, who lit the torches and threw them everywhere in the hotel.

The battle between Kiel and Igna also came to an end.

Igna stepped forward as a supporter, covering everyone's refusal. And Kiel looked at the broken dagger in his hand, and then slammed the dagger at his opponent.

Igna's two daggers intersected and hit the broken sword that was thrown in the air. He reached out and gestured on his neck, and then pointed at Kiel.

Keir gritted his teeth and watched the bandits retreat.

The flames were burning from all over the hotel. The hotel guys didn't have time to contain the corpses of their companions who died at the hotel door. Filled a basin of water, ran upstairs, and extinguished the torches that were trying to ignite everywhere.

Fortunately, there were sufficient manpower, and the torch was extinguished by the rushing guys as soon as it was thrown on the top of the hotel.

Kiel and the people sat in the lobby of the hotel, bandaging the wounds of some injured people. The open wound should be tied tightly with a cloth to stop the bleeding, and the broken leg of a wooden chair should be used to fix the place temporarily if the arm or leg is broken.

People whose heads had been cut open would lie on the ground dripping with blood and food, carefully falling asleep.

Some of them were crying and some were laughing. Some people realized that they were trembling all over at this moment, but no one looked down on them. Everyone saw the desperate fight just now.

Kiel lowered his head and joined the five civilians who lost their lives in the battle just now. Except for the brave desperate person, the other four died when they were suddenly attacked at the beginning.

He was careless, thinking that he would be safe in the Bingxun Pass, and lost his defense in his heart. If he had brought his saber just now, it probably wouldn't have ended up like this in the end.

They killed five people, and everyone except him was wounded. However, only two of the bandits died, and all the others were wounded except for the one who wielded the dagger.

Kiel looked up and apologized to everyone for not being able to protect them just now. But when he looked up, he found that he didn't need to apologize.

Everyone went through the fight just now, even the weakest women, now there is no fear of those bandits in their eyes, only the firm will to destroy them.

Yes, everyone has been forced to have no way out, and they have no other way to choose except to fight back.

Facing bandits, they have only one way: either you die, or I die.