Mercenaries and Adventurers

The huge boulder rolled down from the height of the rock wall beside the rock passage, and the Northland Wolf King who happened to be in the passage was trapped by the human knight under his abdomen with his two front paws.

It was difficult to dodge at this time with just two hind legs. After all, the front of its body was completely pressed against the ground by its head to prevent it from falling.

It originally planned to rely on the empty wolf skin it controlled to push itself away, but Knight Lanissa did not want to let go of this excellent opportunity. She directly used the rock wall to rebound and pushed the wolf king sideways with her one-handed heavy sword. The Wolf King's empty wolf skin was directly knocked away.

It was too late for the wolf king to think of a way out. It had to close its eyes tightly and twist its head hard, trying to avoid the front of the falling boulder.

Then, amidst the strong vibrations and loud noises in the passage, the rolling boulder first hit the floor of the passage in front of the Wolf King. The whole boulder was broken into several larger pieces of gravel, and then exploded in all directions. .

The crackling stones hit the front of the Wolf King's body, and the largest piece of gravel was knocked away by the Wolf King's last-minute control. The empty wolf skin flew back with a red light and hit the gravel, barely changing its direction. , avoiding the Wolf King's head and just flying past the Wolf King's body.

Although this large one was barely avoided, the other smaller rocks were completely helpless. These things crackled and struck in all directions centered on the impact point of the boulder, hitting the Wolf King who was facing him, big and small.

The Wolf King had no choice but to huddle his head and body into a ball and survive the blow while crying out in pain.

At the same time, it also laid its entire body on the ground, trying to suppress the human knight and not give the human knight a chance to cause trouble. But just as the boulder fell to the ground, Knight Lanisa pulled out the armor-piercing thin sword from her waist. Before being pressed by the Wolf King's abdomen, she thrust the sword upwards and stabbed with a faint stabbing sound. The rapier sank into the Wolf King's abdomen.

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At the same moment when the boulder fell to the ground, Kiel and the others shouted loudly on the wooden wall about protection and defense. The hunters all squatted down and used the half-meter-high blocking wooden wall on the wooden wall to block the direct debris. , as for the scattered small stones that fell from the sky later, they could only use a relatively strong quiver on their heads as protection.

In addition to the leather hats and cloak hoods each of them had on their heads, there was no need to worry about small pieces of gravel falling down.

Kil, on the other hand, didn't care at all about these scattered small stones. He just held the shield in front of his body, mainly covering his face and neck in the front direction facing the falling boulders.

The moment the boulder fell, the scattered rocks were like a large-scale shotgun being fired, like a rain of stones flying sideways.

As if someone had punched him hard in the front, Kil's whole body took a step back, and there was a crackling sound coming from his body.

The surface of the metal shield even produced little sparks when it collided with the small gravel. But he himself couldn't see it.

After surviving the blow, Kil quickly put down his shield and looked at the charging Northern wolves that had gathered under the wooden wall.

They were in a mess, and most of the northern wolves had blood on one side of their wolf skins, which were subcutaneous wounds caused by small gravels. Some unlucky Northern wolves who looked directly at the boulder when the boulder hit the ground were mostly smashed in the head and face by the debris thrown out. Many Northern wolves either had their noses completely smashed, or the original holes in their eye sockets. The eyeball is indeed inlaid with an irregular stone. Many of their originally erect ears were blown away by passing stones, leaving only half of a broken ear on the wolf's head.

Seeing the tragic situation of the wolves in the North, Kil knew how to avoid being caught at this opportunity.

He didn't know what was going on with the Wolf King and Lanissa Knight at the turn of the passage, but he knew that he had to shoulder his responsibilities and work here.

The shield was propped up on the edge of the wooden wall, and Kil jumped directly off the wooden wall.

His straight feet stepped heavily on the body of a northern wolf that was lying on its side and howling in pain. This heavy hit directly crushed the northern wolf's body. Knowing that the wolf was dead, Kiel would not Leave it alone.

After landing, along with small rocks the size of fingernails scattered from the sky, Kil slashed his long sword, left and right, and chopped to death the northern wolves holding their heads and wailing on the ground.

A brave adult northern wolf resisted Kiel's actions at this moment, but just as it was about to rush over and bite Kiel's arm, it was directly hit in the head by rocks scattered in the sky. It had no forelimbs to hold its head as a buffer and protection. The brave guy was hit directly on the top of his head, and then he was dizzy and his brain was damaged by Kiel's sword.

The rain of stones lasted only for a while. Kil felt that the northern wolves were unable to resist at this moment, but it was troublesome to use the long sword. After stabbing the "brave" northern wolf to death with one sword, he took it directly from behind. He used his two-handed axe, and the blue ax surface of the ax emitted a burst of blue light of unknown purpose. He directly used the ax to heavily chop to death all the northern wolves that had suffered injuries of varying sizes.

When killing these weakly resisting northern wolves, Kil discovered that since the ax had changed for some unknown reason before today, its power had been greatly strengthened at this moment.

Although the previous ax was also very powerful, it was more because of its weight and the very sharp silver-white ax blade. When the two were combined, it was naturally very powerful when wielded in battle.

Even a northern wolf can cut off his head with an ax on the neck.

But at this moment, after the surface of the ax scattered blue light, and the ax struck again, Kil was surprised by its power at this moment.

When an ax hits a northern wolf on the ground, the place where it was hit feels as if it has been struck repeatedly by the axe. The scratched wound looks like it has been slashed, and the cut wound looks like it was held by both hands. It's like hitting hard with an axe.

And when Kiel struck the head of an adult northern wolf with both hands, the hard wolf head, like a piece of winter wood, was directly split into two by the axe, and he broke it into two halves without any delay.

Soon, the hunters also joined the battle. If shooting to death each of the northern wolves who lacked resistance could be called a battle.

When Kier cut off the two hind legs of the last northern wolf that was running back hastily, the hunter who followed him hit the northern wolf that fell on the ground with an arrow in the chest. The arrow broke the northern wolf. The beating heart of the wolf quickly ended the life of this last northern wolf.

"Huh, huh, huh, huh." Kil gasped. Although the power of the ax had been strengthened, it was still so heavy. Waving it wantonly still left Kil panting.

After putting the ax back and jamming it behind his back, Kil took out the long sword stuck on the body of the Northland Wolf who was stabbed to death. At the same time, he also re-gripped the shield hanging on his left forearm.

"Huh, huh. Do you want to take a look over there? There has been no sound and I feel something is wrong." Kil raised his faceplate covered in blood and asked the old hunter on the wooden wall.

The four old hunters were also very nervous at this time. After all, among them, the most powerful one was Lady Lanessa. However, since the boulder rolled down just now and they finished cleaning up the northern wolves that rushed to the wooden wall, this time It's been a while.

If the Lord Knight and the Wolf King have nothing to do, they will have to fight again no matter what. But they were only a few dozen meters away, but they didn't see any movement. There were only northern wolves howling at the entrance of the rock passage.

It would be really bad if both of them were severely injured by the boulder, and it would be really hard to say how things would develop.

"Kiel, go and take a look. Be careful. If the Wolf King is still there, you have to withdraw quickly." An old hunter said loudly to Kil.

Closing his visor, Kil nodded, turned around and strode towards the place where the boulder fell in front of him.

The ground was full of dead or dying Northern wolves. Where metal clamps were placed, many Northern wolves were not caught by the metal clamps and then shot to death by bows and arrows, but because they were too close to the falling boulders. They had only received one or two arrows but did not die, but they all died under the impact of the scattered rocks flying after the boulder hit them.

Several northern wolf heads were smashed off by boulders. At the same time, Kil also noticed that all the metal clips that had not been stepped on by the northern wolves were all triggered by the vibration of the falling boulder. All of them closed their sharp teeth, and some The metal clamps were even smashed by rocks.

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After a few steps, I walked past the remains of the fallen boulder and turned around at the bend of the rock passage to take a look.

Keir was shocked.

Because right in front of him, the huge wolf king was lying under the rock wall on one side of the rock passage, staring at him with wide eyes.

Being stared at by this pair of huge beast eyes, the hair all over Kil's body felt like it was standing on end. If he hadn't peed before the battle started, Kil even felt that he might have peed his pants at this moment.

Of course, even if he was stared at by the Wolf King like this, he would react quickly. The shield was retracted and stood upright in front of his chest. At the same time, although his steps were weak, he still swung left and right and retreated towards the debris of the boulder that fell from the side and behind.

Along with Kil's movement, the Wolf King's huge beast eyes also rotated, but they were always staring at Kil, a human.

Looking through the holes of the mask's eyes, using the shield to block half of the Wolf King's sight, Kil looked at the ferocious beast.

"Gudong." He swallowed, feeling really scared.

This fear is not based on the terror of the monster Keel. It is simply based on knowing that the Wolf King can fly him to death with one claw.

But just after Kiel and the Wolf King looked at each other for a moment, Kiel keenly discovered from the other's eyes that compared to the previous Wolf King, the feeling that the Wolf King brought to him at this moment was far less serious than before.

After all, he had only been glanced at by the Wolf King from a long distance before, and he could feel his heart palpitating at that time. But now that he was looking at the Wolf King at such a close distance, he didn't even feel that the Wolf King's eyes were any different than those of an ordinary North Wolf. The earth wolf looks much more ferocious.

This is not right!

Take another look.

Only this time did Kil find that there was an impact mark the size of a human head in the middle of the Wolf King's huge head. The fur in that small area was even scratched by the impact, and part of the wolf fur was scratched off. There was a faint depression there, and hot blood slowly oozing out with smoke.

Is it surprising that the Wolf King was hit in the head by the scattered boulder fragments and was stunned?

Keir thought so.

As soon as this thought came out, his heart started to beat fast. An idea emerged from the ground and grew into a towering tree in an instant.

Kill it!

Kill the leader of the northern wolf race!

This is an honor that can last a lifetime!

Wasn't it you who designed the boulder trap that knocked it unconscious?

This honor is yours!

Come on!

Kil couldn't help but move forward in small steps. The white light on the surface of the long sword in his hand seemed to sense Kil's will. They were stimulated to expand and agitate. The white light became bigger and bigger, and it was ready at any time. Prepare to unleash all your hidden power.

"Gudong." Kil swallowed again, but this time his throat was throbbing, not because of fear, but simply due to the glory of the victory that was about to happen.

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The Wolf King's eyes were filled with shadows and shadows. It seemed like five little human warriors appeared in front of it repeatedly, although it knew that there was actually only one.

Scattered bright white dots appeared in front of its eyes, flew, and disappeared again, accompanied by bursts of pain from the top of its head, making it difficult for it to concentrate much.

But even so, it strained to open its numb eyelids and stared at the little man in front of it with wide eyes.

It is the king of northern wolves and cannot be defeated by humans in such a sneak attack!

The little man with a sword and shield in his hand was immediately frightened by its wide-open eyes and backed away, cautiously hiding behind the remains of the boulder.

That's fine, that's all.

Human beings of this strength should behave like this when facing it. In its view, compared to other ferocious beasts that were so frightened that they closed their eyes and waited to die when facing it, isn't this unique look of fear and courage of human warriors just right?

But when it was dazzling and uncomfortable, the human warriors on the opposite side seemed to have the courage to move out from behind the remains of the boulder. And it gave off a smell it didn't like.

Although he was dizzy, the Wolf King's sensitive nose still smelled a bad smell from the human warrior.

hateful! Is such a weak little human actually planning to sneak up on it when it's feeling unwell?

Be bold!

The wolf king gasped for breath, managed to control his numb and sore body, pulled out a claw from under his body, and slapped the little human warrior in front of him while the claws were trembling!

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The Wolf King suddenly pulled out a claw as huge as himself and slapped it directly towards Kil.

Although in Kil's eyes, this blow was really inferior compared to the previous Wolf King, but with the size and weight of this claw, Kil was unable to get up even if it just pressed on him.

After all, my strength is too low.

So Kil immediately dodged cautiously and pressed against the rock wall on the other side of the rock passage, trying to put as much distance between himself and the Wolf King as possible.

Boom.

The Wolf King's claw missed the point and hit the ground heavily. Then with a crunching sound, the wolf king's hard and sharp claws crushed the rock in contact with it.

Kil breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was a little cautious and didn't think that the Wolf King would take advantage of him if he was hurt.

At this moment, a painful groan came from under the Wolf King's abdomen.

When Kil heard it, he knew it was Knight Lanissa's voice, although he had never heard such a weak and painful moan from this stoic female knight.

The red eyes rolled, but Kil still shouted loudly: "Knight Lanisa! How are you?"

"Ah, damn, haha, you're burning me to death! Kil! Help me! Come on!" The voice came from under the Wolf King's abdomen.

Kil noticed where the sound came from, and he immediately judged that Knight Lanissa was suppressed by the injured Wolf King, and seemed to be seriously injured.

He looked at the Wolf King's huge yellow beast eyes again and confirmed that the Wolf King's eyes were still the same as before. Although they looked terrifying and mighty, they were still a little scattered and lifeless.

Maybe he's still fainting?

But judging from the action of waving his claws just now and the way he was staring at him, the Wolf King also retained consciousness, but was hit in the brain.

But Kil knew that this wolf king, who was no different from a World of Warcraft, might have a strong physical recovery power, and he might wake up to consciousness at some point. He would just pounce and bite Kil to death in one bite.

In this narrow place, he had no place to hide even if he wanted to. There is simply not enough reaction distance.

Kil felt a little anxious and hurriedly moved against the side of the rock wall to the opposite side of the Wolf King's abdomen. Looking down, he saw only one armor-covered arm of Knight Lanissa sticking out, while the rest was pressed by the Wolf King's abdomen.

Kil found that the Wolf King seemed to be unable to see him at this time, which made him relieved and became bolder at the same time.

He quickly ran over and grabbed Lanissa Knight's metal armor arm.

"Haha!" He pulled directly. Huo, he didn't move.

He didn't know how much the Wolf King weighed, but he roughly knew how much the armored Lanissa Knight weighed. He estimated that Knight Lanissa without armor weighed about eighty kilograms, a little heavier than him, but not much more. The real weight lies in the armor Knight Lanissa wears all over her body.

This set of armor, obviously made of fine steel, was very thick. Although it was already used by female knights, he estimated the weight to be at least 150 kilograms.

Twice the body weight.

This kind of thing can only be used by knight-level experts with monster-like power.

Not to mention that Knight Lanissa wears this armor all day long except for resting and sleeping. It's really scary. What's even more terrifying is that Knight Lanissa will occasionally jump directly while wearing armor. She can jump up and down for more than ten meters, and jump forward and jump dozens of meters in one breath.

To be honest, Kil himself sometimes thought about how to deal with enemies like Lanissa Knight?

what can we do about it?

He thought for a long time and concluded that with his current strength, there was no possibility of confrontation. If a fight breaks out, it will be very difficult to escape with one's life.

Back to the present.

Kil's hard pull failed to pull Knight Lanisa out, but at least he let Knight Lanisa who was trapped underneath know that Kil was already trying to save her.

"Kiel! It's all because of this damn blood! Ah, it's really scalding to death. I'll count to one, two, three, and then you pull!" came the still invisible Knight Lanisa's voice.

But what is the blood that the Lord Knight is talking about?

Don't give Kil time to think about it.

"one!"

Kil grabbed the Lord Knight's arm and stepped firmly on the ground with his feet.

"two!"

He saw that the belly of the Wolf King, which was vibrating with his breathing, seemed to be slightly lifted up.

"three!"

Kil immediately grasped the knight's armor arms with both arms, and the real strength was from his legs and waist. Because the human body structure determines that the strength of people's arms is far less than the strength of the waist, abdomen and legs.

"Ahhhh!" As Kil pulled hard back, Lanissa Knight lifted the Wolf King a little on his abdomen, and then the whole body was slowly pulled out.

But immediately, a high temperature was also released from the gaps at the bottom of the abdomens of Lanissa Knight and Wolf King.

Kil immediately thought of the high temperature released by the Wolf King's body when it was active before. What if the source of that high temperature is the blood in its body?

He then thought that Knight Lanisa, who was pressed underneath, must have given the Wolf King a hard blow on the abdomen before being pressed. But it was precisely this that hurt her.

Because Kil lowered his head and saw that Knight Lanisa was pulled out. Most of the armor on her body was emitting high temperature at this moment. The short cloak that was originally used as a decoration and was close to the back of the armor was stained with some burning red liquid. Burnt to ashes.