Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kil stabbed his sword into the body of the last northern wolf in front of him, and then used his shield to push away the charging northern wolf.

"Huh." He exhaled a breath full of blood, retracted his sword, then stepped on a northern wolf next to him, and pulled out the spear that had passed through the bodies of the two northern wolves.

The barrel of the gun was covered with wolf blood that had been frozen at low temperatures. The cold weather caused the blood that was hot a moment ago to quickly freeze into red icy blood clots. They hung on the barrel of the gun, which was quite rough and troublesome. Kil held the barrel of the long gun tightly, and used his thick armor gloves to move the barrel back and forth a few times, and finally managed to clean the barrel.

When he turned around, he saw that the hunters behind him had already recovered the usable arrows. However, even though they had opened the wooden door that had been blocked before, they kept looking at Kiel while carrying the Boreal Wolf carcass.

"Hey, friends, what are you looking at me for?" Somewhat confused, Kil asked as he put away his weapon, pulled a Northern Wolf tail in each hand and walked towards the wooden wall.

A young hunter looked at Kil with his eyes wide open: "Kiel, seriously, how on earth did you kill so many northern wolves by yourself?"

An old hunter next to him pushed the young man in the back: "How to kill him? Didn't you see it all just now? Little Kil is really capable, and it's not like you don't know this."

"No, no. I've seen it, but I still find it incredible." The young hunter said after passing through the narrow wooden door and dumping the northern wolf carcass into the space behind the wooden wall.

Keir muttered something in a low voice. He knew that if he only relied on his ordinary skills, it would not be impossible for him to defeat many northern wolves by himself just like that. As for just now, he did it with the magical effect of the red-eyed mushroom.

During the battle just now, he was moving around, and only his shield was in contact with the Northern Wolf. No other part of his body was even scratched by the Northern Wolf.

He first used his spear to stab the two northern wolves that were most eager to attack, and then used his powerful long sword to kill the other northern wolves that were cowering one by one.

Those timid northern wolves really lost their ability after losing their leading wolf. Only when the sword is about to come, will they know how to fight to the death. But at that time, Kiel had already seized the opportunity. As soon as the opportunity was lost, they were eliminated one by one by Kiel.

However, Kiel and the others could not relax for long. As soon as they carried the bodies of about twenty Boreal wolves behind the wooden wall, the sound of running footsteps of a large number of Boreal wolves was reflected from the hard rock channel wall.

The experienced hunter who was standing on the wooden wall on guard could tell just by the sound that this wave of northern wolves was coming in large numbers.

"Everyone, come back quickly and seal the wooden door!"

"Come back and seal the door!"

The two of them roared, and when the people below heard it, they quickly carried the body of the northern wolf and ran back.

"Don't worry about that thing on you. Come back quickly! I'm going to seal the door." A hunter was right next to the door. After disposing of the corpse in his hand, he immediately picked up a body that was thicker than his thigh. Log roared.

While running, Kil tightened his grip on the adult northern wolf on his shoulders. Fortunately, everyone didn't delay in their movements. They quickly showed off the energy that was not seen before, ran back to the door in a few seconds, passed through the narrow door, threw the body down, and immediately helped seal the door.

Kil was the last one to run back. As soon as he came back, the hunters on the left and right hurriedly picked up the thick logs in pairs and stuck them horizontally at the gate.

From bottom to top, everyone worked in groups to block the logs horizontally.

Keel felt that he was strong, so he picked up a thick piece of wood by himself, lifted the piece of wood with a roar, and placed it high on the gate. The lower parts at the bottom have been taken care of by the companions, leaving only a few logs from the chest up.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Kil turned around and picked up the remaining logs handed over by his companions, and completely blocked the wooden wall door in three breaths.

"You're so powerful." The old hunter present patted Keir on the shoulder and praised him, then drove the other young people to climb up the wooden wall quickly. The Northland wolf would come soon.

Picking up the spear lying on the ground, Kil also ran up the wooden wall.

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Without keeping everyone waiting for a long time, or even saying a few words of encouragement, one after another, the northern wolves ran up from the turn of the passage in the distance.

"Hold on, there are many wolves in the north this time, but we don't have many bows and arrows in our hands. So keep them close before shooting!" the commanding old hunter Tost shouted loudly, with high demands.

Although his requirements are very high, all the hunters present may not have more than ten northern wolf lives in their hands at this time. Even the youngest hunter, after the battle in recent days, his archery skills are also poor. It rose slowly and slowly.

Not to mention the old hunters who have been fighting the Northern Wolf for several years. Although these old hunters are very tired at this time, their hands are steadier than ever.

It is as quiet as a stone statue, but its movement is more agile than the legs and feet of a hare.

Amidst the rumbling footsteps, the Northern Wolf quickly passed over the recently dead body, and then rushed towards it.

"shooting!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the six hunters, starting from the commanding Tost, shot the arrows in their hands in a tight rhythm. When the youngest hunter Fike shot the last arrow of this round, the old hunter Tost followed closely and shot a new round of arrows.

The hunters shot very fast, but because they targeted nearby enemies, their accuracy did not drop at all, and even increased slightly.

However, the human side has accumulated more and more combat experience, and this wave of northern wolves is not bad either.

Some stronger adult northern wolves picked up the body of the dead northern wolf pup on the ground and held it in front of their heads. Although they couldn't see the road, as long as they rushed forward, they wouldn't go wrong. .

Faced with such a cunning opponent, the hunters had no good solution, because it was impossible for the bows and arrows in their hands to shoot through the body of a northern wolf and then injure a northern wolf behind it. Therefore, in order not to waste arrows, the hunters He had no choice but to move the Northern Wolf out of the way and aim at other targets.

But in this way, those northern wolves learned it and imitated it one after another.

However, the bodies of some dead adult Northern wolves were too heavy for other Northern wolves to lift up and hold up in front of them. The poor imitation had little effect at all. Hunters only needed to aim a little to find the holes that were not blocked. , thus shooting the Boreal Wolf hiding behind the corpse.

After those northern wolves approached the wooden wall with the corpse, they immediately threw the corpse into the empty space under the wooden wall that had been cleared not long ago. Then, as if they knew they could not climb up, they immediately turned around to look for other corpses and tried to pile them up here.

A strong northern wolf kept barking on the chaotic battlefield. It was far away from the front line of the battle, but seemed to be directing the attacking northern wolves.

When the old hunter Tost saw the northern wolf, he immediately stopped the fighting Kiel: "Kiel!"

he yelled. It had to be loud, because the wails and roars of injured northern wolves were everywhere. If the sound was lower, you wouldn't hear anything at all.

Fortunately, the northern wolves can't understand what humans say, but they don't need to consider how to keep it secret when they speak.

"Kiel! Did you see the commanding Northern Wolf?"

Even though he kept using his spear to knock down the northern wolves trying to climb up one by one, Kil still kept an eye on the entire battlefield.

He nodded: "I see! I know what you mean, but it's not in the right place yet!"

After hearing this, the old hunter Tost frowned tightly: "Isn't it here? Damn it. Lead it over and get rid of it! Think of a way!"

Under the visor, Kil rolled his eyes: "How about you shoot it?"

Unexpectedly, the old hunter Tost took it seriously. He immediately took out an arrow and put it on the bow string, exhaling and inhaling.

Then, with both arms exerting force, the bow and arrows in his hands were fully drawn.

The tough and powerful bow body is bent backwards from top to bottom, and the strong bowstring is straight back.

Kilford was so moved that he shouted: "Shoot it in the face!!!"

The old hunter seemed to understand, as if he heard Kil's cry. When he fully drew the bow, he let go and let go of the arrow.

Whoosh.

The arrow itself is not very conspicuous, but its tail feathers leave a clear trail as it flies through the air. This trajectory is straight, just like the ink lines drawn by craftsmen on the material before work.

The Northland wolf commanding from a distance seemed to sense the murderous intention from the human shooter at the same moment. With rich combat experience, it turned its head slightly at the critical moment and put its head and face out of the path of the arrow.

But after all, the speed was a little slower, and his face gave way, but his neck could not completely follow the body to avoid the arrow.

The metal arrowhead of the arrow grazed the front of its neck, slightly scratched half of the back of the neck, and then passed through the back of the same side of the neck.

The entire arrow was carried over the neck of the alpha wolf with great force, and then hit the rock wall behind the alpha wolf.

Even though the rock wall was extremely strong, the arrowhead of the arrow still penetrated into the rock, making a loud clang, leaving the tail of the arrow vibrating there to shake off the wolf blood stained on the arrow.

"Tost! You bastard, you missed the shot!" The other two old hunters nearby yelled and scolded them immediately after seeing the shooting result.

Tost himself blushed and wanted to say something in defense, but after trembling his lips twice, he still didn't say anything.

Kil was also surprised. He had just thought that the old hunter had some special skills, and he wanted to make a big result of the northern wolf commanding him. As a result, he was full of momentum, but most of the arrows were dodged by the northern wolf.

However, although it did not completely hit the target, the almost fatal arrow still completely angered the wolf.

With an angry claw, it slapped away the hand that came over to lick its wound to stop the bleeding, then it assumed a standard wolf howling posture and howled loudly.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Following its howling, more northern wolves immediately poured in from the rock passage.

"Damn it! There are so many of them, and they are all cunningly hiding in places we can't see!" an old hunter shouted loudly. The others had the same ghostly expression.

But Kil was completely different. He was extremely excited and shouted to the old hunter Tost: "What a great opportunity! What a great opportunity! Open the rockfall mechanism! Smash them to death!"

"Use Rockfall now?"

"Isn't that something reserved for the Wolf King?"

Keir shouted: "Don't worry about it! Use it now!"

The commanding old hunter Tost thought for a moment, and then immediately shot four arrows toward the top of both sides of the rock passage.

These four arrows were the same as before, breaking four small supporting wooden poles and releasing four small tilted stones. The falling stone was tied with a rope, which immediately carried away the larger supporting stone.

Four rocks that were much smaller than the huge rock that had been used to deal with the Wolf King began to roll down one after another.

Every time they hit the rock wall as they rolled down, they made a huge and loud impact sound. These noises from above immediately attracted the attention of all the northern wolves charging below.

They looked up with doubtful wolf faces, and what greeted them were falling rocks heavier than anything in the world.

One stone after another fell into the ground passage. These 'lighter' stones did not break when they hit the ground. Most of them hit a big crack pit on the ground, and then bounced around randomly. . A small stone even hit the wooden wall in the opposite direction, but it stopped after smashing several northern wolf carcasses.

But the stop was only for a moment, because the rock passage was an upward sloping road, so all the rock blocks only paused for a moment, and then rolled down along the sloping rock passage.

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They were said to be smaller rocks, but each one still weighed several tons, so once they rolled up, they were irresistible and crushed everything that stood in their way.

Such as the Northern Wolf.

The large number of northern wolves that had rushed forward following the howl of the first wolf had just rushed forward, but now they were retreating when faced with many falling stones.

It may not be an accurate description to say that they retreated. The correct statement is that they were all scrambling together in an awkward manner, all running desperately in order to run over the rocks.

No matter how much the commanding wolf yells, it can no longer control the wolves under its command. It is obvious that it can be avoided by slowing down the rocks before they accumulate speed, but at this moment, it has no way to deal with it. .

It turned around and ran away, but was pushed and squeezed by the crowd of men. With the getting closer and closer rumbling sound and the crushing sound of flesh and blood tissue being squeezed out, it gave a last cry of grief and indignation.

The sound stopped suddenly.

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On the wooden wall, everyone stopped watching. Kil lifted up his visor and looked at the carpet of flesh and blood in front of him with wide eyes, his whole body trembling slightly.

The hunters were all different. There was a young man who leaned on the wooden wall with a groan and vomited down, drenching the shivering Northern Wolf underneath.

The old hunter is holding his bow and arrow tightly, or pulling his beard in disbelief.

Several northern wolves near the wooden wall were crouching on the corpses, not daring to turn their heads and look behind them. One young wolf even opened its mouth wide, sticking out its tongue, and a stream of white foam came out of its mouth. He was so frightened that he fainted.

"Hoo, ho, ho, ho." Kil gasped for a while and closed his helmet, as if to block the tragedy in front of him from the armor, and as if the falling stone trap had nothing to do with him.

Suddenly, a palm struck the armor on his back. Being slapped by that force, Kil stopped trembling.

"Anyway, Kil. Your trap is very good." The old hunter Tost said.

As if disturbed by his voice, the entire quiet battlefield came to life again.

"That's right, Keel. Awesome."

"The effect of this is much stronger than the big stone before."

"I wonder how many northern wolves were crushed to death this time?"

"So, do we still want to get those northern wolf 'carcasses' back?"

"Speaking of which, after such killings, do those northern wolves dare to attack us again?"

"I'm not sure. If it was us, we definitely wouldn't be able to hold on and would have retreated long ago. After all, the battles in the bard's stories didn't involve such heavy losses."

"But when it comes to northern wolves, you can't say for sure. These beasts are crazy. The harder you kill them, the more they will fight you to the end."

After talking for a while, everyone became quiet. Stones were piled up at the turning point in the distance, and no new northern wolves emerged there. Only some that had been rubbed by stones, or were barely pressed down, were still there, whining softly in pain.

Kil looked at the situation, spoke to his companions, then turned over and jumped off the wooden wall. First, he killed a few of the bravest northern wolves that were huddled under the wooden wall, and then he carefully walked away. In the carpet, in the passage with crushed limbs and broken arms and brains overflowing, some injured northern wolves near the rock wall of the passage were killed one by one.

He didn't go any further. In the greeting of the old hunter, he first pulled out the arrows from the northern wolf corpse near the edge of the wooden wall and threw it over the wooden wall. Then the complete Boreal Wolf carcass was placed in a rope harness hanging from the wooden wall, and the carcasses were transported through the wooden wall one by one, barely filling the space at the bottom of the wooden wall with Boreal Wolf carcasses.

In the meantime, everyone was ready to pull Kiel up the wooden wall at any time. But the new Northern Wolf did not appear.

"They must be scared!"

The young hunter said this.

Old hunter Tost shook his head and said: "Northern wolves are the most crazy and stubborn. They have suffered such heavy losses and will not let us go easily. No matter what they do at the bottom of the mountain, we will drag them until their next attack. To It’s no longer time to insist on defense. Let’s just kill some northern wolves and light the wooden wall directly. The camp strongholds have been completely demolished. We must either reinforce the last line of defense or stuff everything that can burn under the wooden wall.”

"Okay." Everyone said in unison.

Although there were towering rock walls on both sides, the smell of the patches of flesh and blood in the distance still wafted over. No one dared to look at the tragic scene, so they all closed their eyes and relied on the hunters' sensitive ears to be alert.

Others quickly gathered around the fire to take a rest while the northern wolves were not out.