Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kil found a piece of coarse cloth that was barely clean and used it to wipe the weapons and equipment in his hands. As he rubbed it, he was a little worried about Knight Lanisa who was chasing the Wolf King alone. Although the Wolf King seemed to be injured frequently and his strength seemed to be declining rapidly, he was probably no match for the Lord Knight.

But Kil was worried that all this was either the Wolf King's plan, or that the Wolf King had some other means or method to reverse the situation with a counter-attack. After all, the residents of this forest are those northern wolves, and their human understanding of this place is just a little bit about winter.

It would be really bad if the cunning Wolf King came up with some weird idea and defeated Lanissa Knight.

Thinking of this, Kil couldn't help but have the idea of ​​​​supporting the auxiliary knights. It seemed that if his subordinates didn't rush over to support him, something bad would happen later.

He shook his head and took a few deep breaths of the cold air to suppress the thought.

Looking at the flesh and blood stumps on the ground outside the wooden wall, he realized that these current difficulties were the main trouble for them. If these things are not solved, what qualifications do they have to support Knight Lanisa who is far stronger than them.

After all, if the situation is really bad, Lanissa Knight can completely avoid the unfavorable situation by making that exaggerated jump.

This is also the reason why it was difficult for Lanissa Knight and Wolf King to deal a fatal blow to each other many years ago, with similar strength levels. After all, it would be difficult for either of them to keep the other when the situation changes.

If you can't keep it, it will naturally be difficult to completely defeat the opponent.

In the second winter after the retreat, the two sides came back again and started fighting again. Everything returned to its original state.

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Without keeping them waiting long, those stubborn Northern wolves quickly regrouped and launched another attack.

As soon as the newly charged northern wolf turned the corner of the rock passage, it was frightened by the crushed and broken corpses of its own kind. Some timid young wolves cowered away, and only a few adult wolves dared to try to rush under the wooden wall.

However, it was completely impossible for a small number of northern wolves to break through the wooden wall more than three meters high. Even Kiel did not take action. Two adult northern wolves were shot through the throat by the young hunters beside the wooden wall as practice targets.

After the two northern wolves were shot through the throat, they first struggled to climb twice, and then fell from the wooden wall out of strength. Then the two of them could only lie on the ground and breathe hard, gradually losing their energy.

"Don't look anymore, Kil. These two were shot through the throat, and it's hard for them to breathe air." The young hunter beside him said excitedly to Kil, who was watching curiously.

Kil nodded, feeling that this method was okay to deal with the Boreal Wolf from a distance. In close combat, it would be difficult for him to wait until the opponent died. After all, even if he could not breathe air, the injured Boreal Wolf still had a high fighting ability. .

The Northland wolves did not send any more wolves to die. They may also understand that it is difficult for a few wolves to break through human wooden walls. After all, the wooden walls of just a few meters are filled with too high a density of human hunters. When northern wolves were at their most rampant in the past few years, they also attacked human villages.

The village is also blocked by tall and continuous wooden walls, but compared to the wooden wall in front of them now, there are too few humans who have launched a counterattack on the wooden wall of the village.

At that time, they could sneak into the village by taking advantage of the darkness, attacking secretly, or making attacks from east to west. Human livestock and poultry are delicacies that are difficult to resist, even human babies.

As long as the wooden door blocking the way is opened, there will often be many humans huddled together inside. The guys were either yelling or trying to scare them off by waving non-threatening sticks.

But the final result is difficult to change. Compared with other animals raised by humans, they themselves are more enjoyable to Northern wolves.

There was only one alpha wolf left in command, which saved the remaining northern wolves who insisted on attacking from the trouble of arguing over who to listen to.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The northern wolves carefully emerged from the corners, pulling the corpses of their dead companions from the cold rocky ground, or tearing the flesh-stained fur from the ground, and carrying them back to safety with their mouths.

Everyone has been hungry for a long time. Although it is not honorable to devour dead companions, the northern wolves have already gone a little crazy. For them, nothing is more important than killing those hateful humans at this time.

I hope that their dead companions can bring them determination and strength, and they can take revenge with them.

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Everyone on the wooden wall was a little silent, because everyone had guessed what would happen to the flesh and blood corpses that were sneakily taken back by the Northern Wolf.

"These wolves are really crazy."

"Yeah, phew. Fortunately, we still have an unexpected escape route, otherwise our end would be really tragic."

An old hunter shook his head: "What are you talking about? We old men have killed countless northern wolves with the adults over the years, and we have already made money."

"Yes, hahaha. Who doesn't have the lives of a hundred northern wolves? That's enough already. I just hope that northern wolves will never attack the village again in the future."

Kil was a little curious, so he asked the old hunter Tost about the wolf attack on the village.

It turns out that this old hunter Tost is from Wumihu Village. When wolves attacked the village a few years ago, every one of his family members was killed by the Northland wolves that broke into the village. At that time, the old man happened to be out hunting with his nephew. Unexpectedly, after returning to the village with delicious prey, he would only see such a scene.

"We found the mutilated bodies of our family members. After the pastors of the Church of the God of the Dead who came from Kendall City arranged a memorial ceremony, we burned them to ashes, loaded them on a small wooden boat, and sent them to Lake Umi. . Phew." Exhaling, the old hunter who had been directing everyone took a firm bite of the roasted wolf meat.

It seemed that biting into this piece of cooked meat could relieve his pain.

Kil didn't ask any more questions. After all, he could easily imagine what happened next. The remaining hunters, young and old, must have joined Lanissa Knight's hunter team and have been fighting until now.

"Why would the Northland wolf attack our human village? After all, Wumihu Village is on the lakeside, right? The village is on the south side of the lake, and it is separated by an entire lake from this forest." Kil then asked another one question.

The young hunter beside him shook his head: "Who knows? Maybe they want to cross Wumi Lake and develop eastward. After all, there are too many wolves. Although this forest is large, there are so many northern wolves living there. It’s probably too overwhelming.”

Another young hunter retorted: "To the east of Wumi Lake are rolling mountains, where there are many more powerful beasts and monsters. How could they settle there? When they attacked the village, I heard that they bite everyone they see. Like ordinary wild beasts. At that time, not now, how could they have such a deep hatred for humans?"

After saying this, the topic stopped, because they were not Northern Wolf after all, so naturally they didn't understand what the Northern Wolf was thinking.

Some people think that the place under the wooden wall is already filled with Boreal Wolf carcasses and dismantled camp items. There is no place to store more Boreal Wolf carcasses. It is better to light up the wooden wall now and everyone evacuate to a newer place. The place behind.

After all, if you shoot the approaching Northern Wolf now, it will just be a waste of arrows.

The three young hunters all meant this. They no longer wanted to stay here. They had to end the battle early and leave this place they didn't like.

However, the three old hunters felt that they could still 'communicate' with the Northern Wolf. The battles in the past were not as dominant as they are now. Fighting northern wolves in the forest or grassland is far more risky than standing on a wooden wall and shooting arrows safely?

As expected, everyone is looking at Kiel in the end, and the remaining seven people, Kiel's decision will affect everyone's next actions.

Although I felt that they should rush to Knight Lanisa as soon as possible for combat support, Knight Lanisa had previously told them to act according to the plan.

Kil weighed it up and decided that it would be better to stay here for the time being and use the wooden wall as the last line of defense. After all, the more Northern Wolves killed now, the later aid to Lanissa Knight or later Northern Wolves as a whole will have a different impact.

"I think we should follow the plan. We have fought four wooden walls with the Northern Wolves these days. In fact, we have shown that this thing is very effective."

He looked at the young hunter who was actually older than him and said: "If you keep patiently, this kind of good opportunity may not come again in the future. With the strength to kill a northern wolf now, we will not be able to kill a northern wolf in other places in the future." It takes several times more risk and effort to achieve.”

The young hunters shuddered, obviously they did not expect that Keir, who was younger than them, would mean this.

"Okay. I've persisted for so many days, and I won't miss the next day or two."

"But shouldn't I find something to wrap up the body of my dead companion? No, it's not that I can't see the body, but I heard the church priests said that it's better for the dead to be wrapped in this way, otherwise something will happen. Bad things."

He then muttered under his breath: "Especially where so many beasts died."

Another young man also said: "Speaking of which, this rocky mountain is also very evil. I think it's best to deal with it this way."

When they talked about this, the old hunters realized that there was indeed a lack of handling of the bodies of their dead companions.

So, everyone found extra tent cloth and wrapped the bodies of the two old and young hunters separately, and then tied the bodies with a few ropes outside the wrapped bodies. This not only made it easier for everyone to transport them, but also prevented the two real What kind of trouble was caused.

Keir had seen dead and moving corpses, but he felt that two simple human corpses would definitely not be as good as the corpse pit he saw in the mountain behind the bandit's lair in Luobao Cave.

That corpse pit was used by the bandits to dispose of the corpses of countless innocent people. According to the priests of the Church of the God of the Dead who later disposed of it, they even used unknown church rituals to dispose of the entire corpse pit directly. erased from the world.

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In order to save arrows, the hunters stood on the wooden wall and watched from a distance as the northern wolves 'cleaned' the crushed corpses stuck to the ground little by little. If the northern wolves did not boldly approach the wooden wall, they would Too lazy to waste arrows shooting at the Northern Wolf.

And once any dizzy Northern wolf gets too close, several hunters will shoot arrows together and tell the Northern wolves what the consequences will be if they get close to the wooden wall.

At this time, Kil needs to take advantage of the northern wolf in the distance to be scared away, jump down immediately, retract the arrow, and then borrow the rope to return to the wooden wall with the northern wolf corpse and himself.

The bodies of Kilta and the Northern Wolf together were quite heavy, and all the hunters on the wooden wall needed to work hard to pull the rope.

Time passed slowly like this, and Kil couldn't even hold himself back and went down to attack the Northern Wolf many times. Once the northern wolf is angered by him, he will fight while approaching the wooden wall, giving the hunters more opportunities to kill the northern wolf.

After the Northern Wolf saw through his plan and retreated, Kiel boldly retrieved the arrow.

The sky is getting dark, which is gradually becoming unfavorable for hunters to shoot. So after everyone discussed, they evacuated the fourth position and lit the kindling under the wooden wall.

Looking at the wooden wall that was gradually burning, and the howling of the northern wolf that was gradually increasing on the other side of the wooden wall, everyone looked at each other, and then retreated to the last position under the leadership of the old hunter Tost.

They took away everything they could from the original base camp. The tent was barely pitched in a rock crack behind the last line of defense.

We are almost reaching the top of the rock mountain. The originally towering rock walls of the passage on both sides are gradually no longer so high. The original rock passage floor has become the highest place around.

Looking up, the surrounding forest is vast, but the gloomy sky has no snowfall, so the view is not bad.

After the wooden wall of the fourth position burned, not only did the rising fire light illuminate the surroundings and even the heights, but the Boreal Wolf carcass under the wooden wall also burned. Thick black smoke rose high and was illuminated by the fire below. When it shines, it looks like a huge torch.

Kiel looked at it from a distance and felt that the fire could be clearly seen even if it was far away. After all, this forest is relatively flat overall, and the rocky mountain is already the highest place around. The fire here should be detectable as long as you are not blind.

He told everyone about this discovery, and after discussing it for a while, everyone believed that as long as Knight Lanisa pays a little attention, he will definitely discover the situation here. Although they cannot communicate with each other, the knight can still grasp the progress of their plan here.

They're still here, they're still fighting.

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Jenny-Lanesha tightened the cloak outside her armor, and her skin felt itchy.

She knew that this was the result of the ointment on the bandage that was applied to the wound drying up and gradually rubbing and shattering due to her activities. The tingling was not because her wounds were healing.

How could it possibly heal? The burns that penetrated deep into the skin had completely destroyed the skin. In some serious places, her blood vessels and muscles could even be seen. This injury is not very serious for her but it is not something she can heal on her own.

In the records passed down by the family, there are analyzes and responses to the injuries that may occur to various knights. Although her injuries looked serious at the moment, they basically had no impact on the short-term battle.

The key bones, large blood vessels and muscles were not damaged. For her, losing an arm would have a greater impact than having her skin burned. Of course, for ordinary humans, this kind of injury is already fatal. But the strength of knight-level warriors often lies here.

She's in some trouble.

The injured wolf king who had been tracking all the way suddenly lost his trace in this place.

There were tall trees all around, straight and strong, perfect for making wooden pillars for houses, but her attention was not here at the moment.

The intermittent footprints on the ground disappeared here, and there were only some earlier footprints on the ground left by ordinary northern wolves that occasionally passed by here. The Wolf King's claws and footprints as big as a basin were inexplicably missing, which made the female knight quite anxious.

She wasn't worried about the other party hiding and attacking her, instead she welcomed it. She was afraid that the other party would use an escape trick, which would ruin her entire fight this year.

This wolf king is quite weird. His inexplicable skin peeling once a year will eliminate all serious injuries on his body. At this point, it can even be compared with the great healing magic of various churches.

The Wolf King's ability is free once a year. If she seeks this level of magical treatment, it will cost her a large fortune and a lifelong religious tendency that is difficult to change.

Speaking of which, because she studied in the provincial capital as a girl and had no intention of taking over her father's knighthood at that time, she has always been influenced by the scholars who taught her in terms of faith.

Different from small places like Kendall City, churches of various gods are everywhere in the provincial capital. Although due to the complex and impetuous environment of the city, there are not many qualified believers among the residents, there are really many types of churches. Too much.

And not only the formal Church of Gods on the surface, but also some illegal associations and secret religions secretly everywhere.

Her teacher is a serious person, without the weird background in other stories. After the teacher's guidance, she secretly joined the belief in the God of Knowledge and Library early on.

There is no way to join secretly. After all, it is difficult to tell your family about joining a religion that is not suitable for your family. She originally planned to return home and tell her family after she gained knowledge and became an adult, but her father's sudden disappearance disrupted all her life plans.

Thinking of this, she looked at the missing wolf king in front of her, and couldn't help humming a short prayer from the Church of the God of Knowledge and Library.

"The world is complex and chaotic, but there is order within it."

"I came from ignorance and returned after seeking wisdom."

Gentle humming floated in the silent snowy forest. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that the pain on her body was no longer so obvious.

“Oral eloquence is not correct, but the falling of paper is the magic.”

“Clearly discern the veil of reality and reality, and the laws lurk within it.”

She suddenly stopped humming and lifted up her helmet visor. He carefully looked at the big tree next to him. On the straight and thick trunk, there were many scratch marks left by wild beasts.

This is normal. In a forest full of animals, you can see various traces left by various animals. And often the marks on tree trunks are mostly left by scratching with their claws.

But when she was humming the prayer just now, she suddenly realized something. Apart from other places, was the mark left on the tree trunk too high?

The highest point of those scratch marks was much higher than her height, and she might not be able to reach the highest point even if she stretched out her hand.

She looked carefully and found that the claw marks looked very much like those left by bear claws.

What does this mean?

It means there are bears around. These claw marks are naturally the marks left by them when playing, but they are also a way for them to mark their territory.

She learned about this knowledge from her old hunter.

winter.

There were bear claw marks.

Bear territory.

Her eyes lit up and she knew where the Wolf King was hiding.