Mercenaries and Adventurers

Time returns to the present.

Riding on a war horse, Knight Lanisa leaned out of the horse's back. The metal spear in her hand was spread out far away, aiming at the strange northern wolf at the front.

In response to this, the strange northern wolf stood firm confidently, and then its hair automatically moved without wind, and a heat that was far stronger than the scorching sun in midsummer quickly appeared centered on the northern wolf.

But in an instant, the hair on the opponent's body stretched out and swayed in the air. The surrounding air seemed to expand slightly in an instant, and then twisted.

The other wolves behind the northern wolf were far away and did not intervene in this battle that they could not intervene in originally.

Living in the center of the twisted air, the strange northern wolf's eyes glowed with intense light, and he ran quickly to meet Knight Lanissa.

Knight Lanisa was shocked, but even so, she kept all her surprise and doubts tightly under the strong metal helmet. Holding the spear tightly in his hand, he followed the ups and downs of the northern wolf running straight towards him, aiming at the opponent's head from a distance.

Before the two collided head-on, Lanissa Knight held the metal spear in her hand tightly and held her breath.

In an instant, she and her horse rushed straight into the range of the twisted air that followed the strange northern wolf's body. In just a moment, she felt a hot breath through some gaps in the armor. The eye-view holes of the helmet were the first to be filled with the high-temperature air. Her eyes were closed tightly, a stinging pain came from her eyelids, and the eyebrows next to her eyes instantly turned yellow and brittle.

I have read in books how to deal with enemies that can release flames or high temperatures.

The most important first step is: don't breathe.

Although she couldn't open her eyes in an instant, the area affected by the high-temperature northern wolf was not large, so just as Lanissa Knight rode into the high-temperature air range, she stabbed directly with her spear. On top of the opponent's wolf head.

There was a violent friction sound, and the head of Lanisa's spear suddenly hit the wolf's head, and a large piece of fiery red hair was blown away. At the same time, the wolf's scalp was also cut open by the head of the spear, but when the head of the spear hit After the skull was attached, a high-pitched sound was made as two hard objects collided.

The vibration and resistance of the gun head were transmitted to her hand along the solid gun shaft. The clenched palm completely withstood the force of the impact and then transmitted it to her arm.

The force was transmitted to her body along her arms. The armor and the body itself absorbed a lot of force, and were tough enough to provide sufficient support. Most of the force was carried along the waist to the crotch, and then half of it was brought to the saddle. , was borne by the horse's back and vest as a whole, and the other half was transmitted to her legs along with the crotch. With the movement of the impact, Knight Lanisha let her legs clamp the horse's belly, and this part of the force was also given to her. Withstood it.

The result of the transmission and absorption of this force is that the strong support gives Lanisa Knight a great impact advantage in the impact.

On the other side, the Northern Wolf, which was radiating high temperatures, used all its strength to lower its limbs and cling to the ground at the moment of impact. However, when it collided with the knight, it was instantly knocked away by the opponent's force. .

After the impact, Knight Lanisa immediately rode her horse through the scorching air. When she opened her eyes and turned her head to look, her opponent was directly hit by her spear and flew away far away. .

A thirty-centimetre-long gash was opened from the front of the wolf's forehead, including fur and skin, directly on the head and back of the weird northern wolf. There was no blood flowing out of the wound, only a neat scar.

The Northern Wolf was knocked into the air and hit a tree not far away. The whole tree shook violently. The snow on the trunk and branches fell one after another, but it did not fall to the ground. On the ground, the high temperature around the Northern Wolf turned into water droplets, and then evaporated into water vapor in an instant.

White mist-like high-temperature steam spread out from around the Northern Wolf. The snow on the ground was washed away by the steam, and the entire surface melted.

After the collision, Lanissa Knight rode her horse directly into the pack of adult Northland wolves that were originally behind the strange Northland wolf. The war horses collided and trampled, and the spears in her hands stabbed and collided with each other, wounding and flying several northern wolves that passed by her.

The knight then slowed down and turned again. As soon as he turned around, he saw the weird northern wolf that she had knocked away and seriously injured recovered and rushed straight towards her hunter.

"You dare!" She roared, pulled the horse, and made the horse stand upright. She waved the spear with both arms, threw it with one arm, and supported it with her back, shooting the all-metal spear straight into the air at the northern wolf. .

A terrifying whistling sound spread from the tip of the spear. The terrifying sound was like the roar of a dragon, causing all nearby beings to focus on the thing that was rapidly breaking the air.

The strange northern wolf naturally heard it. It turned its head in horror and looked far behind it. In just a moment, the loud spear came to it.

The hair on its body exploded, and the power given by the Wolf King was fully driven. In just an instant, the thin layer of air on the surface of its body was instantly heated to an extremely high temperature, and it spread in an instant like an explosion.

boom!

At that moment, a wolf-shaped luminous cover appeared from its surface, and then instantly swelled, blowing away and shattering everything around it.

The air, snow, soil, big trees, everything around it was blown away by this explosive force. The metal spear that flew straight at him in an instant was not immune to being pushed by this force. In the instantaneous exchange of forces, the spear penetrated the spreading high-temperature wolf-shaped air wave, tilted slightly at an angle, and rubbed against the back of the weird northern wolf. , flew by, bringing with it roars and snowflakes on the ground, and flew forward without knowing where it went.

The strange northern wolf lay on the ground in horror, and could not recover for a while. On the one hand, it was frightened just now, and on the other hand, it was using all the power in its body, and it was a little weak at the moment.

Knight Lanisa in the distance frowned under her helmet. Unexpectedly, the full-strength blow just now missed! Although there was a factor that caused the opponent's strength to deflect the spear at the moment of death, Lanisa Knight was still a little dissatisfied.

She breathed in the warm air, stretched out her hand, pulled out the armor-piercing rapier hanging from her waist, clamped the horse's belly, and drove the horse forward.

Kil, who was blocking the front of the hunters, exhaled. He was really scared just now.

Not only was it the first confrontation between Lanissa Knight and the Northern Wolf that could release high-temperature heat, but also the horror of the subsequent Northern Wolf that heated and blurred the surrounding air and charged straight at ordinary people like them.

What frightened them even more was that Knight Lanissa's throwing spear roared past while riding her horse with all her strength, and the moment before the Northland Wolf was killed, the explosive force produced a body with the same size as it on the surface of the body. The body expands and explodes with white light.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and felt that his whole body felt weak for a moment.

Stiffly, he turned his head to look at his companions and found that they were not as good as him. The three old hunters in the middle were relying on each other to ensure that the three of them did not fall to the ground. The four young people surrounding it were not much better. They had previously assisted in the battle between Lanissa Knight and the Wolf King, and they all stayed far away after defeating the wolves. Shoot arrows to disrupt the Wolf King.

Where can I see the powerful collision between the knight and the magical northern wolf at this close range?

When Kil came back to his senses, he realized that the northern wolf who had escaped the fatal blow had climbed up from the ground, and his glowing eyes were staring at them, obviously trying to catch up with the knight. Burn them all to death before coming here.

Without Kiel's judgment, that was the plan of the northern wolf.

Although it had just exploded to its full body's ultimate ability, the temperature of its entire body was still very high. The hair all over its body moved automatically without any wind, as if with the help of some force, the whole wolf took a running start and flew towards them at high speed close to the ground.

In desperation, Kil yelled: "Ha!" He summoned up the courage and strength to rush forward with his shield on his back.

He has not forgotten his responsibilities in the team. From being forcefully recruited by the knights to joining the hunter team half-heartedly, he has known his position in the team, which is to serve as a shield for the enemies when they want to attack the hunter archers. and embankments, blocking attacking enemies and creating opportunities for hunters to shoot and retreat to fight again.

This was the moment when his responsibilities were assumed, and he was not allowed to take a step back.

Not only did Kiel not retreat even half a step, he also rushed forward, using his shield to block the northern wolf that was radiating high temperatures from a certain range.

"Ah!!!" Kil shouted loudly to bring strength to himself. The two met relative to each other, and they were close to colliding at once.

As soon as he got close to the Northern Wolf, which was exuding high temperatures, Kil felt as if he had jumped into a blacksmith's furnace. The anti-rust lubricating grease applied on the outside of the armor instantly caught fire.

And in the holes of the helmet's visor, a temperature that made him extremely painful instantly poured into it.

His eyebrows burned instantly, and the high-temperature air that poured in through the breathing hole in his nose made him feel like someone had inserted a hot iron bar directly into his nose, and then turned around and stabbed it directly into his trachea and lungs.

A burning sensation.

His wide-open eyes felt hot instantly, and he couldn't help but squint his eyelids.

But if you squint your eyes, how can you fight against a powerful enemy?

It's amazing that Kiel fights with a shield.

Boom!

The shield directly hit something hard. He had been practicing shields recently and fighting with shields. He crossed his legs back and forth at the exact moment of impact, firmly anchoring himself to the ground.

Even if he closed his eyes tightly, this action seemed to be instinctive, effective and fast.

Although the body size has increased after receiving the power from the Wolf King, the Northern Wolf, which releases heat all over its body, still weighs no more than 80 kilograms. And Kiel was fully armed at this time, and his weight had already exceeded one hundred kilograms.

Therefore, even if the Northern Wolf flew straight from the ground at high speed, after it collided with Kiel, it did not knock him away.

Its hard head pressed against the opponent's shield, and its four claws used force on the ground to force the opponent to maintain this position and push him backwards.

Kil's face was burning and painful, and his whole body felt a stronger and stronger heat pressing into his body. Although he closed his eyes tightly, he was aware of the opponent's situation through the force on the shield.

This northern wolf was competing with him for strength, trying to push him to the ground.

He took his right hand holding the sword away from his left arm behind the shield, raised his arm and crossed the shield to slash straight down at the opponent's head.

The northern wolf, which was originally very confident in the strength of its fur, skin and bones, did not take humans' helpless counterattack to heart, but when the opponent's sword fell on its head, one of its ears was chopped into pieces. , the skin and flesh were torn, and the originally hard bones were directly cut deeply by the opponent's long sword, which shocked it.

what!

The Northern Wolf immediately moved his head away to avoid the opponent's next sword. His huge wolf claws grabbed the side of the human shield and pushed the opponent's shield away with all his strength.

Although Kil couldn't open his eyes, he could instantly sense the opponent's plan just from the feeling on the shield. He retracted the shield a little, and then swung away the opponent's claws. He held the long sword high and prepared to chop it down directly on the top of the shield. The tip of the sword was pointed directly at the opponent's body, head and face. With a thought, he conveyed his strong fighting intention to his own. Hunting sword.

Silently, the white light that originally shrouded the surface of the strong sword shrank, and then in the next moment, the confused Northern Wolf closed his eyes in pain.

Incomparably strong white light burst out, starting from the long sword on Kiel's shield, with himself as the center point of the semicircle, and the white light fanned out at a large angle forward.

In the forest, which was slightly under-lit because the sky was full of clouds, someone lit a lamp that seemed to use the stars in the sky as a wick.

Although it was only for a moment, the snow on the ground reflected the light to the sky, and the thick clouds in the sky reflected light to illuminate the earth. Kil's release of the sword's power illuminated the vast area in front of him.

Behind Kil, the hunters looked at everything in front of them in surprise. They were not enveloped by the power of Kil's sword this time, so they could really see the power of this power clearly.

Although their eyes were still a little painful from the strong light reflected from the ground and sky, the seven hunters reacted instantly. The three old hunters held their breath and raised their bows. As soon as they aimed at Keir, the three of them fired arrows together.

These three arrows boldly passed through the sides of Kiel's helmet and under the armpit of his right arm. The feathers that were balanced directly with the tail of the arrow were ignited by the high temperature. The sparks passed over Kiel from three different places and hit Kiel. The weird boreal wolf ahead.

The four young hunters did not have the steady hands and bold and careful skills and experience of the old hunter, so they could only roll away from each other on both sides. After a roll, they took advantage of the white light of Kil's long sword to converge, and half of them Crouching down and shooting an arrow each, I caught up with a wave of opportunities.

The arrows of the four people flew past Kiel on both sides, and were also ignited by the high temperature around the Boreal Wolf's tail feathers, and instantly hit the Boreal Wolf's waist and hind legs.

Unfortunately, regardless of whether they were old hunters or young hunters, their arrows only penetrated the fur of the northern wolf and got stuck between the fur and muscles, unable to make an inch of progress.

The seven of them immediately realized that this weird northern wolf was as strong as the northern wolf king.

Knight Lanessa, who was riding towards here from a distance, was also enveloped by Kil's sword blessing ability. As soon as her eyes were dazzled by the strong white light, she immediately blocked her eyes with her left hand. The white light was intense, but it had no effect on her.

It's a pity that her horse was blinded. This guy's eyes were completely white. Although he was a little scared, the owner on his back was still there, so he wasn't afraid that he couldn't see anything.

It is like this many times. In heavy snow and pitch black nights, it often cannot see anything, but its owner seems to be able to see everything. So for many years, it never panics until this time. It can no longer see it and just runs forward on its own. If the owner wants it to turn, it will naturally give it a hint.

For example, if you pull the reins, or knock your legs and feet in the direction of the turn, and hit its belly, it will naturally know which direction to turn, and at what angle it should turn based on the strength.

"It's quite powerful." The female knight whispered to herself. Although she didn't know how badly this guy Kil would be burned in front of the northern wolf that was releasing heat all over his body, there was one thing he did well. Although the guy was young, he was indeed brave and powerful in blocking the enemies rushing towards the hunters.

And no matter how powerful the enemy is.

Not to mention Kiel's defensive skills in this move, at least Kiel, a young man, has a burning heart of brave defense.

If he can get the right training, he should be able to become a powerful guy.

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Perhaps because the long sword had insufficient charging time, the power release time this time was obviously much shorter than the last time. As soon as the hunters released a round of arrows, the white light it released converged and disappeared in a very short period of time.

Although the white light was dazzling, it did no harm to Keir, not to mention that his eyes were still closed.

So when he felt the power of the long sword's white light disappearing, Kil immediately took a deep breath of hot air that could burn his trachea and lungs. His left arm moved out of the way, and the long sword held in his right hand made a heavy straight up and down blow, and landed on the ground. He expected it from the Northern Wolf.

Kil's calculation was good. The Northern Wolf, who was howling in pain and covering his eyes and twitching, happened to be right in front of him. The sword struck down hard, but the power of the sword without white light lingering around the sword did not decrease at all. . Its power itself comes from the heavy weight and hard blade of the long sword after being reforged, as well as the sharp edge that has been ground.

With a stomp, the fallen Northern Wolf sensed the killing intent in front of him and raised a front paw to block it, but this heavy blow cut off most of its front paw, leaving it deeply stuck. Among its hard bones.

Kil failed to pull out the sword, so he immediately let go of the sword, turned around and skillfully removed the two-handed ax behind his back.

His left hand was released from the handle behind the shield, and he only hung the shield on the other handle on his forearm. Kil held the ax in both hands and stood there raising the ax with both hands.

With a shout, he brought down the ax hard.

With a dull sound, it was empty.

At the last moment, the northern wolf turned around and got out of the way of Kiel's fatal axe.

Keir was unwilling to give in. He listened to the movements of the northern wolves on the ground and directly raised the ax to the ground, hitting something. Then the Northland Wolf's cry of pain let him know that he had just been hit.

At this moment, Knight Lanisa, who was riding on horseback, took off her feet from the stirrups, raised her body with one hand on her left hand, and placed her feet on the horse's back. Then she jumped, the war horse stopped under the force, and she jumped high into the air, flying silently across the final distance.

She spreads her arms, and the armor-piercing rapier in her right hand is like her wings. After jumping, her legs are folded and bent to reduce the resistance when passing through the air. The eyes under the helmet were slightly divergent, not staring at the Northern Wolf who was sent flying aside by Keir's axe. But the whole person was approaching the northern wolf quickly and silently in the air.

When she finally fell downwards, Lanisa Knight's eyes narrowed, and the concentrated murderous intent was directed towards the target from her eyes. The body turned upside down in the air, with his left hand behind his back, his right hand holding the sword and stretched forward, and his head and feet fell in a straight line towards the northern wolf.

From condensing the murderous intent to changing posture and falling to attack the Northern Wolf, the entire final stage of Knight Lanissa's movements took no more than one-third of a second. Even the target who was also a knight-level warrior was unable to react correctly.

This move was a move she learned from Knight Crow. It had been originally planned to be a killing move used in the battle with the Wolf King, but since this weird northern wolf is so powerful, at this time, it might as well be used to try this move.

The move has no name, it is an aerial instant kill move that Knight Crow mastered while serving in the Kingdom Guards Knights. The elite knights at that time needed to fall from the gryphon flying in the sky, approach the target silently in the air, slow down and glide when approaching the top of the target, and finally reach the appropriate speed, use weapons to suddenly kill the target from the air.

Naturally, ordinary humans cannot withstand the impact of falling from a high altitude. Only elite knight-level warriors can master the method of decelerating in the air without any magic items without any injuries. They only rely on the bat peritoneum on their hands and legs to decelerate and control the flight direction, and when they land, That means killing the target in a surprise attack without hurting yourself due to the impact of landing.

If normal people do this, 10% of them will die. Only these elite knights can do this.