Mercenaries and Adventurers

The companions didn’t understand why little Kil kept carrying that weird and disgusting floating wolf skin. If they hadn’t been fighting side by side through thick and thin, they would even think that Kil had been bewitched by that thing.

Holding the body of his companion tightly on his back, Kil gestured and expressed his thoughts.

It turned out that Kil felt that in the forest, this thing that could point to the direction of the Wolf King could not only lead them to the Knight Lanissa who was fighting the Wolf King, but also if the outcome had not been decided between them at this time.

And if the wolf king escapes the pursuit of Lanissa Knight like before, walks in front, or joins his wolf pack, or wants to kill them, the hunter team. This thing can help them know the approaching wolf king.

Keir's reasons were quite sound, and the old hunters who were causing trouble didn't think there was any problem. If the subsequent rendezvous with Lanissa Knight is completed as mentioned before, this thing can naturally be destroyed at any time.

But if the battle between Lanissa Knight and Wolf King has not yet decided, then this thing can help them find the Wolf King who must be far away, and the Lanissa Knight fighting with him.

Finally, the commanding old hunter nodded in agreement with Kil's idea, and he arranged for a young hunter to tie the rope that controlled the empty wolf skin to his belt.

So, after arranging this matter, everyone came to the top of the rocky mountain.

The last wooden wall not far away is burning brightly. Without the obstruction of the tall rock wall, it is like a huge torch or lighthouse, spreading its existence far away.

The wind on the top of the mountain was still so strong. The old hunter who took the lead checked the ropes stored at the edge of the top of the mountain. He first tied some of everyone's survival supplies to the bottom of the ropes, and then carefully lowered them from the edge of the cliff.

The rock wall was not very high, and soon the old hunter knew by the feeling of the rope in his hand that the supplies had landed safely on the small platform below.

These last survival supplies were quite heavy. If the thing failed to break the rope, his own weight could naturally bear it.

Carefully holding the rope tightly with his hands, the old hunter turned around and slowly lifted his entire body to the outside of the high rock wall.

"This is the most adventurous thing I have ever done in my life." He shouted loudly to the other hunters who gathered around him.

Afraid that something unexpected would happen later, he originally wanted to say some heroic words, but Tost, an old hunter who was about the same age as him, waved his hand in disgust: "Get down quickly, get down quickly."

The old hunter on the rope had no choice but to clamp the strong but slender rope with his legs, then lower his arms little by little, and send himself down little by little.

"Really." Old hunter Tost leaned out of the rock wall and looked down: "This rocky mountain looks high, but in fact it's because there are no tall trees or other mountains around it. It's only a hundred It’s a meter taller. In my hometown when I was a child, all the big trees there were this tall. What a big deal! Hey.”

Keir didn't know where the old hunter's childhood home was, but it was definitely not Kendall. After all, excluding the large elven trees that existed in ancient times at the ancient elven ruins, he didn't see any particularly large trees in Kendall County. The tallest ones are the big trees near Gloomy Forest Village, but the tallest of those big trees is only forty or fifty meters tall.

Although the surrounding forest has strong and dense trees, it is not very high. And there are not only tall trees in the forest, but also various other plants everywhere on the ground, but because it is winter, they have not spread out and grown.

Soon, the shouts of the old hunter who had just come down came from under the rope on the rock wall. He signaled that he was coming down. The rope was strong and no problem, and everyone could go down one by one.

Kil was second. He tightened his grip on his companion's body on his back again, and then squatted down to grab the rope outside the rock wall.

The body behind him was firmly fixed, so Keir was bolder. He wrapped his right hand with the armored glove around the rope, then lowered his left hand to catch part of it, then turned his body upside down, letting his arm support his whole body weight.

The rope hanging in the groove cut into the rock wall jumped straight. Kil's legs swung twice to find the rope under his body, and then clamped it tightly with his legs, and his whole body was firmly hung on the rope. , he slowly released his grip on the rope.

"Kiel, how are you?" the companion asked.

Kil's weight is the heaviest. As long as he can successfully go down, others can naturally go down.

"It's nothing, the rope is very strong. I'm going down." After saying that, Kil slowly released his two palms, and the rope wrapped around his arms slowly let Kil's whole body slide down under the strength of Kil's whole body weight. go.

The hard cowhide armor on his right arm was hissed by the rope, but thanks to the professional hardening of the cowhide craftsmanship of Kendall City craftsmen, the armor he had always trusted did not let down Kil.

For a distance of more than ten meters, Keir slid down slowly, neither fast nor slow, and soon reached the bottom.

Because the descent speed was not fast, after Kil's feet landed on the ground, his knees were only slightly bent.

Then, before his center of gravity was unstable due to the corpse behind him, the old hunter who came down earlier grabbed Kil, who was standing unsteadily.

"Thank you, uncle." Kil spread his feet and stood still immediately.

"Hey, uncle, I sound a lot younger." The old hunter smiled and pulled Kil to the small platform, letting the rope fall to the ground.

The supplies that had been brought down before were placed here. Kil glanced at the secret place he had discovered before, but didn't say much. He was not sure whether to tell his companions what he had discovered before, but he did not want to cause more trouble at this time and some selfish thoughts still prevailed.

After all, unless the Wolf King is eliminated, their life or death this time will be unpredictable.

The old hunter on the side patted him on the shoulder: "Kiel, I'll go on first. You watch the people waiting to come down. Don't let them fall if they are holding things."

Kil quickly agreed, and then the old hunter tied the survival supplies to the bottom of the rope going down, sent it down, and then grabbed the rope and went down again.

And here in Kiel, with the cry from the rope: "I'm coming down!", the young hunter carrying the body of the dead old hunter behind him also climbed down little by little.

He doesn't have the armor of Kil, so naturally he can't slide down like Kil. But the advantage is that he doesn't wear heavy armor or carry metal weapons, so he doesn't weigh much. In addition, the old hunter is old after all, so they His weight is still much lighter than that of young people.

Normally, it would not be obvious that the arms of the old guys are much better than the young hunters in drawing bows and shooting arrows. But when we compared them, we found that they were old after all and weighed much less than the young ones.

He is a bit shorter than young people in height, and his body muscles are not as good as young people. Although his explosive power in a short period of time is not inferior to theirs, his physical strength is far inferior due to muscle atrophy and bone reduction.

When the young man came down, Keir grabbed the other man's arm and asked him to stand firmly on the platform.

Kil told him to do the same as him, hold the companion who was coming down firmly, and then turn around and slide down the rope to the next platform.

In this way, the first person slid down, and the next person fell from the rope. Soon, the last commanding old hunter was left on the top platform. Tost glanced at the burning wooden wall and the wooden wall blocking it. The large group of approaching Northern wolves on the other side of the wall spat fiercely on the ground, cursed something in their mouths, then leaned down and grabbed the rope with one hand, clamped the rope accurately in the foot sockets with both feet, and then The other hand reached down, and as soon as the palm of the hand was changed, the whole person fell quickly along the rope.

When he was young, he built a tree house built on a big tree. At that time, he often used ropes to get up and down. Now that he is using this skill many years later, his body has not forgotten at all the skills he learned when he was young and carefree.

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When Kiel built the rope road for the retreat, because there were not enough ropes at the time, wolf skin strips were used to build the last few places.

At this moment, on a small platform on a steep rock wall close to the ground behind the rocky mountain, the leading old hunter looked at the wolf skin rope in his hand and felt troubled.

"Kiel, is this thing reliable?" He looked at the thing that couldn't be called a rope in his hand with a look of disgust.

In this regard, Keir touched his nose, and he himself was a little muttering and speechless.

"Anyway, they can hold up my body." Kil said.

But the old hunter pointed to the body carried behind Kiel: "What about adding him?"

Keir shrugged and said, "I'm not sure, how about I separate the body from myself?"

"It's best this way. Although we are almost close to the ground here, you will still die if you fall from this height. Be cautious and do it separately." The old hunter nodded, and then helped Keir tie it up firmly. After untying the body, he tied the supplies to the bottom of the wolf skin rope and lowered it down the rock wall little by little.

Fortunately, although they have not been professionally processed, these wolf skin strips are just randomly cut into strips, but because the strongest furs of adult wolves in Kildu are luxuriously made with wolf skin ropes, these things can still hold up. the heavy material weight.

Seeing that these supplies could hold up, the old hunter felt relieved. He nodded to Kil and climbed down on the rope step by step without saying anything.

After waiting for a while, waiting for the old hunter below to land and get out of the way, Kil tied the young hunter's body to the bottom of the wolfskin rope that was pulled up, and then lowered it little by little.

"I got it, come down." The companion's voice came from below the rock wall.

Kil waited for a moment, then carefully stopped pretending, stepped on the rock wall with his feet, and climbed down little by little while holding the wolf skin rope with both hands.

The young hunter who was carrying the body of another companion happened to come down next to him. Kil told him on the rock wall that he should separate the body from himself, because unlike the strong and reliable ropes, these were made of wolf skin. He didn't have enough confidence in the simple rope.

The companion looked at the wolf skin rope and felt that it was indeed not reassuring. Then another hunter slipped down on the rope and with the help of the other hunter, he unloaded the body tied behind his back.

Little by little, like ants, everyone gradually descended from the highest platform of the rocky mountain to the bottom of the steep side of the rocky mountain by means of ropes.

The old hunter who landed first removed his survival supplies and immediately took out his bow and arrow. He leaned against the solid rock wall that emerged from the ground on the rocky mountain and raised his bow in warning.

This place is still far away from the rock passage that is convenient for going up the mountain. That passage is at the other end of the rock mountain, facing away from where they are now.

Gere then lowered the body down and then climbed down himself. When he landed, he specifically avoided the corpse of his companion tied to the bottom of the wolf skin rope.

After moving the body away, Kil drew his sword and became alert.

"It's very quiet around here. Those northern wolves are probably gathering at the wooden wall at the moment." The old hunter said softly.

Kil nodded, closed the visor of his helmet and said, "Let's move quickly. Although a large number of Northern wolves are gathering on the other side of the rocky mountain, I'm afraid that some Northern wolves who are out patrolling or hunting prey will come from here." Pass by. As long as one finds us and comes to bite us, then we will have no choice but to rush into the forest with all our might."

"Or, let's climb to the rock wall again?" The old hunter also made a joke.

This was also a no-brainer, so Kiel chuckled a little to show respect.

Soon, one hunter after another descended from the rock wall along the rope. After the old hunter Tost, who was the last to hold the battle, also landed, he directed everyone to carry all the things they could carry on their backs and move in one direction. Go.

The bottom of the rocky mountain was strangely covered with pale white mist that should not appear at this time. Everyone felt that the mist was strange, so they moved quickly to leave the place. They had identified the direction they needed to go at the moment before at the top of the mountain, so even if there was white mist all around after descending the rocky mountain, everyone was still walking in the right direction.

-

There was crunching snow underfoot, a light mist surrounded him, and the sky was filled with thick, gloomy, gray clouds. At this moment, the surroundings were all white or an off-white color that didn't look very clean.

Compared to the clean white snow in winter, Keir felt that what he saw around him at this moment was more like the color of ashes burned by flames.

The high temperature burns away all the charred charcoal ash left by the body tissue, leaving only the ashes that will remain in the world forever. The ashes stubbornly resisted the burning of the fire, and will resist the invasion of time for an unknown amount of time in the future.

Kil hunted with a long sword in one hand, and put a strong metal shield on his chest with the other hand, on the belt behind him. The fellow hunter following him was holding his belt with one hand, and then he Behind him, another hunter also grabbed his belt.

Although the surrounding white mist is not thick, and is far inferior to the spider-shaped monster we encountered not long ago, we still dare not take it lightly. After all, this is a remote forest where few people appear. In the forest, anything can happen. Appear.

To be cautious, the old hunter Tost followed what the bard said in the story. Everyone firmly grasped the belt of the previous person, stood close together, and quickly broke through the strange fog-shrouded area.

In such a place where the situation is unclear, the most taboo thing is to keep distance between people. Keeping a distance, isn't this an obvious opportunity to attack possible bad things?

Therefore, faced with this situation, the brave and intelligent heroes in the story have already given a solution.

Everyone held on to each other and made sure not to look around, especially not to look at the faces of their companions, or to respond to possible shouts from their companions.

When setting off from the rock wall at the bottom of the rocky mountain, everyone agreed that the area shrouded in fog should not be too big, so they rushed out of this area in one breath without caring about anything in between.

Fortunately, everyone didn't encounter anything along the way, and at the moment they touched the forest trees, they magically walked out of the mist-shrouded place.

The view suddenly broadened. Although there were still endless trees blocking the view, the clear winter air did not block the view like the fog.

Everyone loosened their belts, and then gathered together to observe each other, making sure that everyone was fine and there was nothing strange about them, and that everyone's face was rosy and there was nothing strange about their faces.

The old hunter Tost breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and looked at the tall rocky mountain behind him, as well as the clearly visible firelight illuminating the clouds at the top of the mountain.

He judged the direction. They were still slightly off track in the fog just now. He knew this kind of thing. He clearly knew that when the human eye could not see or see clearly, the footsteps could not walk in a straight line at all.

Kiel, who was at the forefront, is also doing the same now.

After determining the direction, he led everyone to carry their things, whispered, and rushed to the place previously agreed with Knight Lanisa.

Kil glanced at the empty wolf skin hanging on the rope around his companion's waist, and found that the slightly tilted direction of the thing was not consistent with the direction they were going at the moment, but he didn't say anything more. The Wolf King and Knight Lanissa The situation is unknown. At this moment, it is best to rush to the meeting point as agreed.

If you get there and can't wait for Lanissa Knight to come, then it's time to talk about it.

-

The wolf commanded by the Northland wolves was lying on the ground in the rock passage, staring at the burning wooden wall not far away along with many of his subordinates.

From the acrid black smoke rising from the burning, it knew clearly that it was the burnt carcass of a northern wolf.

It dislikes this smell. It is not only harmful to the health of its sensitive nose, but also reminds it everywhere that the fuel for those flames and black smoke comes from the dead men of the same kind.

But this is the last human thing to hinder them. Those humans whose mouths are full of the blood of their own people will have nothing to stop them.

It will perfectly execute the orders and tasks assigned to it by the great Wolf King, and in the end it will become the most loyal wolf to the Wolf King. Other guys who run away and retreat or have objections will eventually be subject to their retreat and disloyalty, and will not have the chance to become the most loyal part of the wolf pack under the Wolf King who obeys orders.

Several strong hunting northern wolves ran over. These recently exhausted guys approached the alpha wolf and informed the alpha wolf of their findings in a low and uneasy voice.

A whole circle of white mist suddenly appeared in the originally open snow plain from the forest to the stone mountain. The smart northern wolves know clearly that there should be no white fog in this season, and it is such a big and distinct white fog.

Not penetrating into the forest, not into this stone mountain.

After listening to his men's description, the alpha wolf cautiously climbed up from the ground. It called the most elite guards and then came to the entrance of the rock passage at the bottom of the mountain.

I found that it was exactly what my subordinates said.

It barked several times at the white mist outside the passage, but the white mist didn't respond to it. It boldly led its men into the white mist, strolled through the white mist, and came to the forest. It didn't find anything strange, so it turned around and returned to the rocky mountain.

But it was cunning and told its men who were out hunting not to go out again for the time being, and those who had not returned yet should not go out after they came back. After the wooden wall is extinguished and all humans with no escape route are killed, they will leave together.

As for the food, some of the same kind that were stoned to death were barely enough for the wolves to last for two days.