Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keir and the four old hunters were all at the door of the wooden house, quietly sticking their heads out halfway, watching the situation outside. Inside the house, two young hunters were comforting the panicked women who had been tortured by the bandits, and they urged them to put on the men's clothes they found in the house.

The wooden house was not safe, so they just hid for a while, and after the situation changed for a while, they still had to leave the conspicuous wooden house and retreat into the forest. Therefore, these disheveled women had to wrap themselves in the clothes they could find and prepare to evacuate as soon as possible.

Kiel saw a large number of bandits coming out of the forest on the other side, the number was about the same as that of the bandit who was burned to death just now, but Kiel keenly discovered that the bandits were not a group, but divided into three groups. partner.

The number of bandits in the middle is the least, but it can be seen with the naked eye that those people are equipped with good equipment, and at the same time they barely maintain their formation as they advance. At the same time, their shields were sufficient, and most of the bandits took out a wooden shield at this time, leaned on each other, and moved forward slowly.

The other two groups of bandits are much worse. Not only are most of them wearing ordinary clothes, and then wrapping them with a layer of animal skin, which is considered to be body protection. Moreover, not many have shields, and they don't seem to care much about this aspect of protection. .

Of course, there are a lot of them, at least twice the number of robbers in the middle of the other group.

This cannot be ignored.

I don't know how Knight Lanisa thinks of those bandits, but obviously, they are a lot of trouble.

Before meeting this group of knights and hunters and monsters, Kiel's plan was to come here alone while it was snowing, and quietly use his combat advantages to eliminate some scattered bandits and obtain the metal weapons in their hands , to raise raw materials for building new iron armor for yourself.

But after he was inexplicably chased by a monster, he changed his plan. He felt that compared to his own fighting power, the mysterious and huge monster is more powerful. As long as he can guide the monster chasing him to the place where the bandits are haunted, after he hides, he will be left to clean up the situation. The monsters don't need human property, so after the monsters kill all directions, they can easily pick up all the things of the dead bandits.

But the sky didn't work out, so I was lucky enough to get all the valuables from the two gangs of bandits, and for the third time, I ran into the gang of Knights Lanisa who was crusading against monsters. It was directly incorporated into their combat power by them, and led to crusade against Warcraft.

Apart from feeling a little regretful, Keir had no other thoughts. Although he was forcibly joined in the warcraft crusade team and lost the opportunity to obtain all the spoils, Keel felt that this was also an opportunity.

Opportunity to climb.

This feudal society has changed too little. If he worked honestly, he might be able to save money to buy a small piece of land, plant it for a few years, marry the daughter of a local farmer, and start a family and business in this different world.

He will also join the chamber of commerce, do business through traveling all over the world, and then save a fortune, and then find a place he likes and settle down.

But the above situation can only be said at least ten years.

He chose other methods.

Perhaps the deal with Knight Crowe could make him a member of the upper class in this world society, and possess power that he never dared to imagine before, but this deal made Kiel feel a little empty and vain.

Can the mysterious things obtained from the adventure directly achieve the goal beyond his expectations?

Keel, who has always believed in the truth that accumulated sand makes a tower, and water drips through a stone, no, it is Zhao Ji. He still believes that only what is obtained through his own hard work is real.

Difficult battles, long journeys, difficult enemies, and unfavorable situations. These things are the important process that can really change him and improve himself.

Clenching the hilt of the sword at his waist, Kiel felt that it was more reliable to defeat the enemy and gain trust by swinging the sword than a paper agreement.

Now, it is a good opportunity to join Lanisa Knight and her team of hunters.

He had long heard in the tavern that there was a deep hatred between Knight Lanisa and the wolves that were raging in her Northern Territory.

He hadn't seen the knight's ability before, so he didn't have a real sense of it. But this time, after seeing the fighting ability of a young knight, he understood the strength of the two sides of the enmity between the wolves and the knight.

This knight is so powerful that he can't do anything to the raging wolves. Thinking about it this way, there must be a wolf with the strength of a monster in that wolf pack.

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Riding on the horse, Lanisa Knight looked at the hundreds of robbers rushing out of the forest while circling the monster.

A little count, the number of bandits is about one hundred and seventy-eight, which is quite a lot. This made her feel a little bit resentful towards Knight Crowe, who commanded the militiamen to clear up the bandits every year.

It seems that Uncle Crow is not that powerful. The annual clearance operation costs a lot, especially the training and preparation operations of the militia, which consume a lot of materials. Although it was not spent on her family's money, it also made Lanisa feel that it was not worth it.

After all, looking at it now, there are still so many bandits here in Bingxun Pass. The losses caused by these robbers every year must be not small, and these losses will affect the tax revenue of Baron Kendall.

The main source of her own income is the money and salary allocated to her by the baron every year. In the crusade against wolves, there is also a certain amount of support.

But she thought about it again, perhaps the Baron and Knight Crowe never regarded these bandits as enemies, maybe they just used these bandits as actual combat targets to train batch after batch of militiamen?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was possible, and she couldn't help becoming annoyed, wondering if these two guys were worried that these rude bandits would lose control?

Especially in this forest deep into the mountains, these bandits have already gathered in a large scale. Once these bandits unite, aren't they afraid of them attacking Bingxun pass?

Bingyuguan is the territory of Knight Crowe.

The bored female knight stopped attacking the monster. She rode away from between the bandit and the monster, walked around behind the monster, and forcibly threw the ordinary weapon she picked up, driving the monster hiding in the mist towards the bandit.

go! Kill those rude and stupid bandits, I don't want to get my hands dirty!

Knight Lanisa said silently in her heart.

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Not long after the bandits walked out of the forest, they saw that strange huge white mist approaching them, and the knights who had been attacking around the periphery of the white mist ran away to nowhere.

"It's coming! It's coming!" A bandit shouted excitedly.

The same goes for other bandits. Most of the bandits were from scattered young gangsters in various villages. They were attracted by the busy commercial road of Bingxun Pass, and followed some experienced bandits who went to various places to recruit new ones. Their respective hometowns, join this dangerous and unconscionable trade that can bring wealth in boast.

They have basically never seen what the Warcraft in the story looks like. After all, except for sparsely populated places like Kendal County in the border area, other parts of the kingdom that widely accept immigrants from the empire have long used a large number of knights and large-scale The army wiped out all the monsters in people's living area.

Nowadays, if you want to see monsters, you can only travel for a long time, to the depths of the mountains that are not within the range of human existence, to see the mysterious big guys in these stories.

Seeing the huge inverted bowl-shaped white mist approaching slowly and silently, these young bandits from all over the kingdom, with a little fear and even more excitement, drew their weapons and prepared to listen to the battles of the various teams. Boss' order, see what this monster looks like.

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The old leader among the bandits and his son Koslus Jr. did not think so. Many years ago, they fought against another demon who regarded the forest under their feet as their territory. Although the battle at that time was not difficult, it was still a lot beyond that. The bandit's imagination.

Facing this unknown monster now, the old Coslus and his son cautiously ordered his subordinates to disperse, and took out their shields. The other hand was not holding a melee weapon, but each Throwing weapons carried.

He saw just now that the knight who was said to be a woman was riding on a horse, picking up weapons that fell from the ground, and throwing them out to attack the monsters in the white mist.

They might as well.

It might not be a good idea to engage in close combat with that monster whose entire body is hidden in the huge white mist.

Those two ambitious fools may not have noticed this yet. His son also noticed it, and seemed to want to give advice, but was stopped by the old Coslus: "Let them test it first. You go to the front, hold your ground, and don't let everyone be intimidated. "

Little Koslus pulled the corner of his mouth, nodded and went forward. With his joining, the bandits in front all moved closer to him.

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The white mist of the monster first touched the left one of the three bandits, and those excited bandits rushed into the white mist in twos and threes, brandishing their weapons and howling. Some more cautious bandits avoided the front of the white mist, but along the edge of the white mist, they took it for granted to surround the monsters in the white mist.

Maybe they find it useful?

Some fast-running bandits saw the female knight standing behind the white mist of the monster. They were eager to get close to the knight, but Lanisa stopped the horse and stood on the solid snow that had been crawled by the monster. There was no movement Looking at the large number of bandits surrounding the white mist of Warcraft.

He didn't even bother to draw out the weapon at his waist.

The bandits rushed into the white mist one by one excitedly, but as they rushed in, the bad bandits who were yelling indiscriminately, disappeared abruptly as if they had fallen into a deep ravine.

No, if you enter the white mist, you will lose your sight, and people outside can't see inside, which is normal. But how did those filthy curses disappear as they entered the white mist?

The bandit leader, who had a large number of people, felt that something was wrong. Although he saw the white mist hiding the monsters standing still, he didn't hear the slightest sound of fighting. Maybe the guys inside were fighting?

"You, go over and see if the guy who went in has passed through the white mist to the back. Go!" The bandit leader ordered to a confidant next to him.

"Okay, boss!" The bandit rode his horse around the white mist and came to the back. Except for the female knight riding a horse standing not far away, he didn't see anyone coming out through the white mist, and there was no one here. The same cannot be heard or seen, what it looks like inside the white mist.

It was as if the companions who rushed into the white mist disappeared.

He shuddered, and was frightened by his own terrible thoughts. Thinking of this, he spat two mouthfuls of thick phlegm fiercely at the white mist: "Bah bah! Damn guy."

Then, he rode over from the other side of the white mist, and at this moment, there was a roar of a monster from the white mist: "Squeak!"

The voice reveals excitement and excitement, just listening to the voice can feel its happiness at this time.

Not far away, Lanisa put her hand on the hilt at her waist, and just wanted to pull it out subconsciously, but she forcibly held back it.

"The time has not come."

She said so to herself.

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The bandits who went to investigate came back on horseback. In just a short moment, at least 20 fierce bandits rushed blindly into the white mist without any movement.

It's like being splashed with a bucket of low-temperature ice water in this snowy winter, and it's completely cold from head to toe.

The bandits in front of the white mist didn't dare to rush in again. They patrolled ten meters away from the immobile white mist, sincerely hoping that even if only one of those who rushed in would come out.

But until the other two bandits approached, none of the bandits who rushed in got out of the mysterious white mist.

The bandit on horseback stumbled and explained to his leader what he saw, but these bad news made the leader, who was always wise and mighty in his opinion, frown.

Old Koslus and the leader of another bandit rode over with a few people each.

"what happened?"

"How about it?"

The two asked each. The seemingly bold bandit leader didn't hear the difference in the question, and he choked back his answer in embarrassment: "The brave guys who rushed in haven't come out yet. But don't worry, they even dared to surround and kill bears, so they definitely didn't question."

Old Koslus ate the thin slices of jerky with disdain, but he felt that it would be difficult to think about it just because of the muddy bandits you have under his command.

Another bandit leader frowned and said: "Then we can't just stay in this stalemate, think of a way, old guy, you must have a way, tell me?"

Squinting his eyes, the old Kosrus swallowed the minced meat in his mouth: "Cut down a tree, let the little ones rush in with them, no matter what is inside, it will be knocked to the ground by the trunk. Or, click Fire? You should be able to try to dispel this weird white mist."

These two plans made the two bandit leaders frowned, and hurriedly arranged for their own people to prepare: "Then your people don't do something? Just do it and watch?"

Old Kosrus pointed to the location behind the white mist: "My people said that the female knight is behind the white mist. I will take someone to meet her."

When he said this, he was very serious. After all, he was not young. In his long career as a bandit, the only few miserable failures were all because he annoyed people who could not be provoked. Most of them were defeated by knights. he.

Therefore, even though he was nervous, but from what his son said, the other party was a young female knight, maybe her strength was not as high as those knights he had met before?

At the very least, you have to contain the other party, and you have to see what the other party's intention is.

Regardless of this side, he led all his subordinates to avoid the white mist, and walked an arc to the back of the white mist.

Sure enough, as the men said, there was indeed a knight riding a horse standing not far away.

The opponent's horse was tall, half the height of the horses they were riding, and was covered with a thick metal-covered vest. The knight was wearing a thick steel armor, which firmly protected the whole person. You can't tell if it's a man or a woman by looking at it.

It is easy to find that the opponent's war horse does not have knight pole weapons, and there is also a deadly death-scattering knight special bow.

When the old Kosrus was still a young man, he was very public and made a great reputation. At that time, he led at least a thousand bandits to occupy a remote town area. Met a small procession of cavaliers who now appeared to be passing by. His subordinates robbed the team. Of course, none of his subordinates came back alive, only a guy who specialize in reporting letters was deliberately released.

As a result, a day later, a knight riding a war horse rushed into the town he occupied and killed all his bandits of thousands of people.

A person, a horse, and two bows for knights.

When the other party saw his leader, he used the metal bow and arrow he carried to shoot through the wooden house with one arrow. Then, against the rain of arrows from his archers, he rushed up on horses rattling, let the horses trample the archers under his men for a long time, and then picked up the arrows carried by the archers, just like this around the town, He spent a whole day and night with more than a thousand of his men, shooting them all to death in various parts of the town.

He was so frightened that he was almost stupid, and hid in a well for at least five days, until the people in the town couldn't stand the stinking corpses and cleaned up the dead bandits by themselves. He just sneaked out and ran away without daring to meet anyone.

Knights are monsters.

He was absolutely sure of that.

Although he could always hear that there were knights who hunted down the real monsters and magical beasts that invaded the village, but after that incident, he always believed that the knights were all human-like monsters.

Maybe they became so powerful because they ate a lot of monsters or civilians?

Does the body covered by steel armor on the opposite side belong to human beings, or are they all weird existences attached to the armor?

Old Kosrus held the horse's reins tightly, and prepared his elite men to fight at any time. Then, he told his son not to follow, and brought a few cronies with him, and slowly approached the motionless knight.

"May I ask your name?" Old Kosrus looked at the hole in the helmet of the opposite knight, trying to see the other's eyes. I don't know if the eyes under the opponent's helmet still look like human eyes. This is the closest he is to those knights. Maybe through this, he can see that there is an eyeball that occupies half the size of his face?

Or are there no eyes at all, just a mess of sharp teeth that are constantly opening and closing, just like the deadly worm monsters that you occasionally encounter in mountain streams and rivers?