Mercenaries and Adventurers

After daybreak, everyone sat up from the fire and asked the two hunters standing guard on the wooden wall to take their place. Knight Lanissa wiped her face with the snow in the corner of the passage, and then began to feed her mount some hay.

Keir held the roasted potatoes placed by the fire in his hands. The hot potatoes could not burn him through the heat of his gloves. When he came to the wooden wall, Kiel broke the potato in half, ate half of it himself, and handed the other half to his companion.

"Huh, it's so hot, so hot!" Although the young hunter also wore half-finger gloves, they were not particularly thick after all, so after receiving the food, he turned his left and right hands upside down to avoid being burned.

The hot potatoes quickly cooled down in the cold weather, and the two of them ate the small potatoes in small bites. Kil looked at the forest in the distance and listened to the sounds around him.

He frowned, feeling something was wrong. He ate a few bites of the food on his hand, then turned sideways, took off his helmet, and listened carefully to the sounds coming from the front of the passage.

Along with the whistling sound of the cold wind, there were also some deep breathing sounds coming from the distance.

It sounded like the breathing of a large group of animals.

Kil blinked: "Friends, Lord Knight. They seem to be here!"

Everyone raised their heads and looked at Kil, and Knight Lanisa patted the long visor of the war horse: "Of course, everyone. They came a moment before dawn. I can feel the radiance of the Wolf King. The strength comes out." She smiled and said: "Don't worry, after traveling a long distance, the northern wolves will definitely need a rest."

He clapped his hands and said: "Hurry up and take advantage of this time to deal with it, otherwise you may not even have time to do it later."

It was okay if Knight Lanisa didn't say this, but as soon as she said it, Kil felt that he had to go and make it easier.

Others were also somewhat moved.

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After a while. Normally, the sun should have risen some distance above the horizon by this time. Unfortunately, although it has not snowed again these days, the sky has not cleared up either. Thick clouds obscured the entire sky, and it looked as if another heavy snowfall would fall at any time.

Kiel stood on the wooden wall with a weapon in his hand. He hoped that it wouldn't snow in the sky. After all, compared with the northern wolves who could only bite and attack in close combat, their humans relied more on long-range projectile weapons to fight. This was very difficult for the battlefield. There are still requirements for visibility.

When it snows here, it falls overwhelmingly. It's not the fog of Warcraft, but it's not much different from it.

The narrow rock passage was completely blocked by a wooden wall, and it was filled with people. Eight hunters, young and old, as well as warriors like female knights and Kil.

Everyone stood very close together, one person next to another. The hunters stood one after another, while the female knight stood slightly to the right in the middle of the wooden wall. She was responsible for the close defense of most of the wooden wall, while Kiel only used a small section near the left side of the wooden wall. Just defend it.

All the metal clamps have been rearranged on the rocky floor in front of the wooden wall. After last night's battle, only two of them were deformed and damaged, and the others were still in normal use. So after cleaning up the wolf carcasses trapped by them, Keir carefully unfolded and arranged them.

However, this time these metal clips were not placed too far outside, but were all evenly distributed from the entrance of the rock channel to the bottom of the wooden wall.

This was also changed by Kil after learning a little bit from last night's battle experience. Placing metal clamps together can effectively trap the first wave of northern wolves in the attack, and then kill them wholesale. But this also brings a disadvantage. As long as other northern wolves cross this distance, they can directly accelerate and hit the wooden wall without hindrance.

Those four-legged guys were still very flexible in the battle. In the fierce battle, Keir found that it was difficult for the hunters to hit the evading and charging northern wolves. Therefore, he expanded the layout of the metal clips, all the way from the entrance of the rock passage to the bottom of the wooden wall.

Considering the number of assembled Northern Wolves and the positions they prepared, this is not a process that can end in one attack.

Killing in a short period of time is not the most important thing. Relying on layers of defensive positions to kill the Northern Wolf is more important. Of course, it is also necessary to assist Lanissa Knight in defeating the Wolf King.

"Attention, they are coming." Knight Lanisa said while looking at the forest facing the passage.

There was no need for the knight to remind him, everyone heard the noise. Continuous howls of wolves continued to sound from a distance, mixed with a particularly loud hoarse wolf howl.

Compared with other distant wolf howls, this sound was as clear and loud as if someone had accidentally pressed the volume button on the TV remote control.

Kil glanced at the old hunter beside him. The old hunter nodded seriously: "This is the wolf king. Be careful of Kil. He is not just a much larger northern wolf."

"cunning."

"cruel."

"Some strange abilities."

"And he will run away."

Knight Lanisa said little by little while leaning on her sword.

"Everyone, be careful. When it attacks you, you must dodge. Don't think you can withstand it. Leave it to me. You can fight more ordinary northern wolves. They will definitely kill those young wolves this time. Take it out, hum, I can hear the cry of those young wolves."

Several old hunters gritted their teeth: "Needless to say, these guys must be planning something bad."

An old hunter exhaled: "If we lose, they will definitely kill all of them to the village to avenge the Northland wolves that died before."

"Of course. They are very vindictive guys. However, I think they must have hit the armor this time, and they have the layers of positions planned by Kiel. They are finished, right Kiel?"

"Huh? Oh, yes. Yes, it should work." Kil put down his visor, but his face turned red. In fact, he himself had no confidence, but everyone, including the knights, seemed to be very confident.

Not only was he a little nervous, but he was also worried about what would happen if everyone failed because of his plan this time. But it was impossible to say this at this time, and he understood this. Even if you have a tough talk, you have to carry out the plan. After all, the northern wolves on the opposite side have already walked out of the forest in groups.

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Even from a distance of hundreds of meters, Kiel could clearly see the wolf king who was at least three times taller than an ordinary northern wolf.

It was a huge monster. Sorry, in Kier's opinion, it's several times larger than its kind, so calling it a monster feels right.

The Wolf King's hair is snow-white, which is completely different from the gray hair of ordinary northern wolves. Looking at the tall, snow-white hair, Kil felt like he had seen something similar somewhere.

But he couldn't remember it anyway.

Although the overall body shape of the Wolf King is tall, it is on the thin side. If it wasn't so big, it would look very brave and beautiful after being shrunk. But it is too big after all. When it stands up, one of its paws is as tall as an ordinary person.

Even from such a distance, Kil could see the hot breath coming from the Wolf King's open mouth, as well as a mouth of snow-white teeth no smaller than a child's arm.

Its claws also popped out, long and narrow. Kil had no doubt that he could scratch his armor with one claw and disembowel him in one go.

After hesitating for a moment, Kil opened the small bag on his waist and took out a sugar pill inside. He quickly opened the visor and put it in his mouth. The hunter next to him glanced at him, but didn't care. He just thought that Kil wanted to eat something to fill his stomach before the battle.

No other northern wolf dared to approach within several meters of the Wolf King. It didn't look like they were simply in awe, but rather they seemed to be afraid of the Wolf King's side.

Kil looked carefully and found that the snow on the ground around the Wolf King who was walking slowly was melting away quickly. The messy snowy ground that had been trampled by them and the vanguard of the Northern Wolf was because they were close to the Wolf King.

No, it should have melted away quickly after the Wolf King came over and turned into wet water.

This reminded Kil of the weird northern wolf he fought before. If the northern wolf's ability comes from this, it would make sense.

Obviously, everyone's eyesight is not bad, and basically everyone saw this scene.

Knight Lanissa raised her head slightly and took a deep breath, deciding not to let the wolves approach so blatantly again.

"Hmph!" She snorted loudly. Kiel and the others were startled, as were the wolves on the opposite side. Not only did the wolf king no longer approach, but the countless northern wolves following the wolf king also stopped.

Less than a hundred meters away, Lanissa Knight and the Northland Wolf King looked at each other from afar.

The Wolf King swiped from side to side slightly, and Kil even felt that the hair all over his body was slightly tangled. He clenched the spear in his hand and his breathing became erratic.

It's different, it's really different from the previous Warcraft. Although the Wolf King was far smaller in size than the spider-shaped monster they had defeated before, when seen face to face, the pressure was completely different.

Kil even felt that the opponent could cut him in two with one claw.

"Huh." The knight took a long breath and said slowly: "Don't look at that guy."

Kil and the two young hunters quickly turned their heads away, no longer looking directly at the Wolf King.

There were at least 200 Northern wolves, all squatting together in piles. Keir took a look and found that not all of them were adult Northern wolves, but some fast-growing young wolves seemed to be mixed in. inside. This made him breathe a sigh of relief. Although these Northern wolves did not seem to be all Northern wolves that had gathered, it was obvious that most of the capable ones had already arrived at this moment.

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The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and the humans were on the alert, and everyone was on guard against attacks from the wolves at any time.

To be honest, under normal circumstances, wolves would never attack a human stronghold that made such a defense. It's a pity that Knight Lanissa and her team of hunters have a deep hatred for the Northland wolves.

Northern wolves usually attack human roads and villages, and hunters also hunt wolves in winter. Of course, there are also some reasons for the knight himself, but at this point, the two parties are already fighting to the death.

"Woo!"

The wolf king barked briefly, and the wolves behind him squatted on the spot one by one, as if they had heard some order.

Then this huge wolf king approached in small steps and walked quickly towards the rock passage.

Kil felt that ordinary people like them were definitely no match for each other, so he looked directly at the female knight. After Knight Lanissa saw the Wolf King's movements, she closed her armor and squatted slightly.

After accumulating strength, he did a backflip on the wooden wall and landed on the back of the motionless war horse behind the wooden wall.

The female knight sat accurately on the saddle. The heavy impact brought by her armor did not knock the extremely powerful horse down, and her body only swayed slightly.

Then the knight put the soles of his feet into the stirrups on both sides of the horse's belly, pulled the reins, and the horse stood up carrying her.

"Ululu", the war horse neighed. After the raised forefoot fell, he lowered his body and accumulated strength. Without the need for a run-up, he jumped forward directly, leaped over the two-meter-high wooden wall, and came from the back of the position to the front of the position.

Boom.

When the four hooves fell, Kiel and the others could feel the vibrations on the wooden wall. Then the war horse started running forward without being driven by Knight Lanisa. The knight pulled the reins slightly, guiding the horse around the metal clips scattered on the ground, rushing out of the rock passage and facing the Wolf King.

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When the Wolf King saw the female knight rushing towards her, he opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of hot breath, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth. Then, as the knight approached, he jumped sideways and dodged the female knight holding a spear.

It ran two steps and came to the mound of trench dug outside the passage. It took a look at the wooden thorns at the bottom of the trench on both sides and the wolf blood left by the northern wolves the night before.

As if disdainful, it let out a short roar.

Boom boom, boom boom. Riding the horse, Knight Lanisa quickly changed direction and charged towards the Wolf King again unhurriedly.

Unexpectedly, the Wolf King just glanced at the female knight who rushed over again, then took two more steps forward and came to the entrance of the rock passage. The hunters all pulled up their bows and arrows, and Kil held on to his spear tightly and came to the middle of the wooden wall.

Unexpectedly, the Wolf King had no intention of moving forward. It just stretched out a front paw and fiddled with a metal clip with its sharp claws.

Crack.

The metal clips that were pushed closed quickly.

Knight Lanissa slowed down and approached the Wolf King, and the spear in her hand hit the Wolf King with a strong sound of wind.

But the Wolf King just jumped on the spot, jumped four meters high, then kicked off his hind legs, stepped on the mountain at the entrance of the rock passage, and suddenly jumped in the direction of the wolves.

Knight Lanissa pulled the reins to slow down, keeping the horse from getting close to the metal clamp. She turned her head to look in the direction of the wolf king, and found that the wolf king opposite had returned to the wolves and was barking in a low voice, as if giving instructions to the northern wolves under his command.

Knight Lanisha checked the weapons and equipment she carried, and then said to Kiel and the others: "Everyone, the battle has begun. All proceed as planned."

After saying that, she quickly performed a knight's salute, then drove the horse out again.

But this time, the Wolf King quickly howled and handed over the things, then turned around and rushed towards the human knight.

The difference was that from the direction of the forest where the wolves came from, a white thing rose from a direction higher than the forest, flying far away towards the battle site between the Wolf King and Lanissa Knight.

Compared with just now, Knight Lanisha clamped the horse's belly tightly this time, and her hands were no longer holding the reins, but both hands were holding the metal spear. The war horse knew how to run on its own, and the knight only needed to control it. The speed of a war horse will suffice.

Hooves flew, snow and melted snow splashed, and the knight rushed towards the Wolf King at high speed. The spear in his hand also changes position on both sides of his body, giving his opponent no chance to lock the weapon's position. Even so, when Lanissa Knight waved the metal spear, she faintly pointed the killing spear tip towards the Wolf King.

As for the Wolf King, all the claws on his limbs popped out from the soles of his feet. He did not rush towards the human knight, but jumped left and right. Although it is not fast, it does not need running speed to fight. With its tall body, long front paws and sharp claws, it can fight like a human knight with a spear.

It jumped left and right to avoid the frontal impact of the human knight. After all, although its body is larger, it is actually slimmer than it looks. The wide body is more due to the long hair on its body. Therefore, its overall weight is far inferior to that of a human knight wearing armor. It was known a few years ago that it would suffer a loss in a head-on collision.

Therefore, the Wolf King jumped left and right, not only avoiding the frontal collision of the human knight, but also taking advantage of the opponent's horse's inflexibility in needing to slow down first and then turning, looking for opportunities to attack the knight from the side or behind.

Knight Lanissa's eyes glanced left and right under the helmet and visor, judging the next landing point of the Wolf King's left and right jumps and the next landing point, and then! She did not rush straight towards the Wolf King at this moment, but slightly adjusted the direction of the horse's advance by hitting the horse's belly with her left and right legs with different degrees of severity.

This is a control technique that young knights or young cavalry cannot know. She was helping Baron Kendall in the provincial capital, so she asked the baron to tell Knight Crow about the combat beast control skills taught to her by Knight Crow.

The war horse inherited from her father matched her well. This war horse with rich combat experience and reliable and delicate character instantly understood the intentions conveyed to it by its owner.

The direction of the body's flight changed slightly, but in the next moment, it was directly approaching the Wolf King who would have avoided it.

"Ha!" Knight Lanisa shouted, and the spears that were dancing on both sides of her body were retracted, and the long shadows of the spears merged into one, and with the sound of howling wind, they went straight towards the Northland Wolf King.

The Wolf King's ferocious eyes narrowed slightly, and he retracted one of his front paws the moment he landed, landing with only one front paw. The free front paw instantly struck the side of the spear that was stabbing him.

Clang, high, high.

The moment the spear and the wolf's claws clashed, a handful of sparks flashed out, but the harsh sound spread in all directions from the point of confrontation. At least Keir and the others on the wooden wall in the passage could hear clearly.

Then, Knight Lanissa crashed into the Wolf King who landed on the ground. The gun shaft in her hand and her gloves rubbed a layer of green smoke. Looking at the Wolf King who was approaching instantly, Lanisa's eyes widened under the knight's mask and she was quite excited.

Years of hard training in martial arts are not in vain. From being defeated at the beginning, to being driven away, to stalemate with them, to being able to cause serious damage to the wolves.

As time passed year by year, she gradually gained the power to defeat powerful enemies and take revenge.

Last year, it was difficult to deal with the Wolf King's repeated jumping and changing positions. This year, this move broke through from the beginning of the battle.