Mercenaries and Adventurers

As soon as Kil killed one person, more arrows came.

The corpse of the bandit that had been used to block the bow and arrow had already been thrown away during jumping and fighting. He had no choice but to swing the long sword in his right hand repeatedly at high speed, which could cut off half of the incoming arrow.

But this was not a solution. The short bow was not powerful enough, but the arrows shot hit his metal armor with continuous impact.

Not to mention his body, after the helmet was shot, his head felt as if someone had hit him hard several times with his hand. The dizzy feeling made him very uncomfortable.

‘This can’t go on like this. ’

With his thoughts in mind, Kil walked quickly with his legs, swaying his body from side to side, so that most of the incoming arrows would be missed. But the bow and arrow skills of these bandits are not fake. Bandits with a little hunting experience quickly judged Kiel's dodge pattern, accurately calculated his movements, and shot arrows to hit him continuously.

If it weren't for the thick and heavy armor on his body, Kil would have been shot on the spot.

But the direction of Kil's movement this time was different from before. He tried his best to move towards the front center where the bandits were scattered.

This abnormal scene caught the attention of Nobby Fisbiru. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Kil raise the sword in his right hand, and then an extremely dazzling white light of divine power spread out.

With this white light of divine power, Kil released all the remaining divine power in the long sword at once. Not only did it have a wide range, but it also blinded more enemies and lasted longer.

Starting from Kiel, the white light radiated and spread out in a fan-shaped manner, especially in the direction directly in front of him, covering a range of almost 180 degrees.

On the wasteland next to the creek, white light bloomed as brightly as the sun broke through the ground. Even the battle on the side of Priest Batar at the other end of the clearing was temporarily suspended because of this incident.

The young refugees gathered in the open space were also shocked by the bright white light shining from behind.

On Kiel's side, of course, the bandits were all blinded. Not only did they not dodge, but when Kiel released the divine white light, they all opened their eyes and aimed their bows and arrows at Kiel. So this was caught on camera.

Kil laughed ferociously, then ran up and jumped, directly slashing the body of a bandit with the long sword in his right hand. Then he landed on the ground and passed by a bandit. When the high-temperature flame released by the Heart Fire Dagger in his left hand passed over the bandit, Sweeping it from bottom to top, the whole person was ablaze with fierce flames.

The animal skin clothes worn by the bandits were strong and warm. The only disadvantage was that they could be quickly ignited. The animal skin clothes are shiny and shiny, soaked with the oil from the skins of animals, as well as the oil naturally secreted by the body after wearing them all winter.

At this moment, as soon as the high-temperature flame was stirred up, the whole body was on fire. Even if the bandits immediately rolled on the ground, the flames would not be extinguished in a short while.

If other people around him came up to help him beat him, it would probably only be burns and not fatal. But at this time, white lights were flashing in front of everyone else's eyes, and they were too panicked to take care of themselves. No one came forward to help at all.

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But before Kil took the opportunity to kill a few people, the hoofbeats of prairie horses sounded, and then they quickly approached.

When Kil looked up, he saw the bandit leader, Nobby Fisbiru, who called himself the King of White Walls or something like that, charging towards him on horseback.

The other party stared at him with a fierce look on his face, and he knew at a glance that he was not blinded by the divine white light.

"pity."

Kiel subconsciously said that he originally planned to take advantage of the bandits being blinded and finally rush forward to kill the bandit leader as well. But no matter what, a noble is a noble. Even a former noble has a protective and defensive presence that ordinary people do not have.

The prairie horses galloped very fast, and the distance between them was not that far in the first place. Therefore, after Nobby Fisbiru approached on horseback, he raised his left hand and pointed a small metal cane directly at Kiel.

The twisted human face on the head of the metal cane moved its mouth like a living creature, uttering wails and words that no living person could hear.

Kil's eyebrows suddenly stung, and he felt something bad. He didn't even bother to step forward to fight, and rolled directly to the side.

"Secret Technique Impact! Die!"

The middle-aged man's cold voice came, and at the same time, the moonlight iron at the end of the hilt of Kil's long sword flickered and lit up.

Immediately, at the place where the middle-aged man was pointing with his cane, where Kil had been standing just now, a huge, pale and transparent skull suddenly emerged from the ground, opening its white bone mouth with missing teeth, and pointed towards the place where Kil had been standing just now. Bite the place hard.

This huge skull that suddenly appeared was abrupt and fast, but all its movements made no extra sound, as if this thing was not from this world.

However, although this thing was weird and scary, Kil just rolled and jumped out, and he was no longer where he was, so this thing had nothing to do with it.

The pupils of Nobby Fisbiru's eyes suddenly shrank. He himself was startled by the sudden appearance of the skull, but then he realized that this suddenly appeared huge and strange skeleton was the secret passed down from his ancestors. The real reason for the lethality of the surgical cane.

He has used this thing before, either to punish the traitorous bandits, to intimidate other subordinates with nihilistic killing methods, or to assassinate a proud young knight with such a sudden killing move.

This was one of the reasons why he dared to hunt down nobles and knights.

But it wasn't until today, now, although he didn't know why, that he understood what the reason for this secret technique was to kill people.

The sudden invisible secret attack was of no use, but Nobby Fisbiru did not panic. He pulled the horse to turn, then took out something from his waist and threw it in the direction where the young knight was huddled. Go down.

The thing was a small lion doll that looked like a toy. After it fell to the ground, it did not move.

But Nobby Fisbiru took out a small bell from the pocket on his waist and swung it quickly in his hand, making a tinkling sound.

After the bell sounded, the lion doll continued to absorb the surrounding air, just like blowing air to expand. With one breath, it became the size of a real lion in the flying air waves.

As soon as the transformation was completed, the magic thing that was no longer a doll seemed to know who the enemy was, and ran directly towards Kil.

The Kiel man was dumbfounded at this time. This was the first time he had seen such a thing used for fighting. He was a little panicked, but he quickly calmed down. Facing the charging magic lion, the heart fire dagger in his left hand directly swept across the surface of the magic lion while he retreated to dodge.

But the high-temperature magic flame, which is extremely effective against ordinary people, is not effective against this magic lion. The areas burned by the flames were not without injuries, but Kil was not sure whether the large part of the magic lion that lit up after being burned by the flames was considered an effective attack.

The magical lion moves dexterously and is much larger than a human being. When it grabs it with its palm, it can pick up a layer of grass clippings from the wasteland.

boom! Qiang——

The sound made by the long sword clashing with it was not the sound of the flesh of the creature, which was within Kiel's expectation. The magic lion's movements were similar to the Northern Wolf that he had fought countless times before, so Kil just relied on his experience to retreat and dodge, and was able to survive the opponent's attacks and scratches.

It seemed that Kil's movements were easy, and the magic lion's attacks failed time and time again. However, the bandits nearby who were slightly affected were only slightly bumped by the magic lion, and then they were knocked to the ground, clutching their hands in pain. address.

A bandit who was used as a human shield by Kil's dodge was only caught by the magic lion. The huge and sharp claws on the lion's feet directly tore most of the bandit's body apart. A huge hole was opened on his belly, and the severed internal organs could not stop flowing out. His chest was completely opened, and the bandit died tragically on the spot.

Just by looking at it, Kil knew that his armor protection could only withstand one attack from the magic lion. It's impossible to waste it like this, because he doesn't know how long this magical creation will last. If he can maintain a fighting state for an hour or two, then he can't be surrounded by temporarily blinded bandits, and he will be chilled when he follows. The bandit leader who unleashed strange magic really entangled him for an hour or two, right?

So after a little judgment, Kil realized who the enemy he really needed to deal with at this time was.

That bandit leader.

The opponent controls the magical lion in front of him, so the correct approach is not to fight the opponent's summons, but to go straight to the backcourt to attack the 'summoner'.

Kil struggled with the magic lion for another moment. By running and jumping quickly, after a short period of time to distance himself from the magic lion, Kil followed to see the maximum speed at which the magic lion could catch up again.

"No problem, I don't run very fast."

Once Kil judged the magic lion's combat movement speed, he immediately shouted in the direction of the clearing: "Lick! Blood! Grass!"

"What?" Kil's shout confused Nobby Fisbiru, who was riding a horse to control the magic lion and waiting for the secret technique on the metal cane to be restored. He didn't know what blood-licking grass was, and why the young knight wanted to shout out.

Is it some kind of magic prop activated by voice control?

Just like the magic dagger in the opponent's hand.

But then the neighing and galloping sounds of horses came from the open space where the refugees gathered, and he understood that the other party was calling for the other party's horses.

That's right, as a knight, fighting on horseback is when your combat effectiveness is at its highest.

"Want to ride a horse? Impossible!"

He directly controlled the magic lion to rush in the direction where the horse was running. However, after being summoned by its master, the blood-licking grass that ran quickly was not afraid of the magic lion it had never seen before. It directly relied on its tall figure to catch the magic lion when it rushed towards him. , a vertical leap, boldly leaping over the opponent's head.

"Useless things!"

The bandit leader was furious because he had been tricked by a horse.

Kil, on the other hand, extinguished the Heartfire Dagger with a command, even put the Hunting Sword back into its scabbard, started running quickly, and got close to the Blood Licker while running, then grabbed the saddle, turned over, jumped up, and sat down. Go up.

Putting his combat boots into the stirrups, Kil directly knocked the horse's belly, causing the blood-licking grass to run quickly on the wasteland south of the creek. With the magic lion chasing behind him, Kil took a sip, then pulled out the hunting bow given to him by Kendall's fellow hunters from the weapon rack behind him, grabbed four or five arrows, drew the bow and released the arrow in one go.

Whoosh——

The arrow flew past and passed not far from the bandit leader. Kil's bow skills were average, and he rode a horse to shoot another man on horseback. Needless to say, the hit rate was quite touching.

But the bandit leader Nobby Fisbiru did not dare to risk his own life for the enemy's hit rate. He put the metal cane back into the leather loop on his belt and hung it, then whipped his prairie horse with a whip and accelerated to a gallop.

Because there was no time to control the magic lion, the powerful and strong magic lion just stood there, with four palms on the ground, its huge head shaking slightly, and a pair of beast eyes glowing with magic light, staring at the bandits on horseback. leader.

No, if someone looks carefully, they can find that the magic lion is staring at the bell tightly held in Nobby Fisbyru's hand.

Wherever the bell followed the man and horse, the eyes of the magical lion followed.

Kil fired his bow and shot at the bandit leader repeatedly. The attack and defense changed, and now he was chasing the bandit leader.

The blood-licking grass was running very fast, much faster than the prairie horse the opponent was riding, and the two of them were chasing each other closer and closer.

Nobby Fisbiru turned his head and saw that the young knight behind him had put away his bow and arrows and picked up a metal double-edged spear. He realized that this was not going to work.

He could wait a little longer to allow the secret technique on the metal cane passed down from his family to recover, and then find an opportunity to turn around and aim at the opponent's horse to release it, destroying the opponent's mobility and completely taking the initiative in the battle.

But this was too risky. He should have silently calculated the recovery time of the secret technique on the cane during the battle, but he was shot by the opponent's bow and arrow, and the two of them chased each other. This matter had long been forgotten and disappeared.

After thinking about it, he still had a way. The opponent's horse was tall and he used a long weapon. If he deliberately led the opponent to chase him into the woods when he came, he could rely on the little bit of ground on the prairie horse he was riding and his knowledge of the woods. He is familiar with it. He can escape the opponent's pursuit in the woods, and then use the secret technique on the cane to suddenly attack him. He can kill knights or horses. He can defeat or gain an advantage.

This kind of risk is much smaller, and he is extremely familiar with the land and woods under his feet. Even if he is not hostile, he can temporarily retreat and wait for the secret technique to recover.

When he decided that this was better, he immediately turned his horse's head and no longer circled the wasteland, but ran straight towards the woods from whence he came.

Kil hesitated for a moment, then chased after him.

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Kiel regretted it as soon as he entered the woods. The tall blood-licking grass kept Kiel getting caught in the branches. The horse himself actually chose a pursuit path with a suitable height for it while running at a reduced speed, but it was 'smart'. The horse did not include its owner in its height calculation.

Keir had to lie down on the horse and lower his body height.

The woods quickly became denser, and the horses changed from cantering to walking in small steps. At this time, Kil simply jumped down, holding a hunting bow in his left hand, a double-edged metal spear in his right hand, and a tube of arrows on his waist.

He told the blood-licking grass to stay where it was, while he ran and jumped to chase after it.

The surroundings were getting darker and darker. If it weren't for the bandit leader in front who also needed lighting to identify the direction, Kil would really not know where he would be hiding.

"You can't run away! Just surrender! I'll let you go back!"

Kil shouted to a bright place not far ahead.

The bandit leader quickly replied: "Is it possible? Ha, I never show mercy to surrendered enemies. From the way you kill without scruples in battle, you should be the same person as me, right?"

Keir sighed: "How is that possible?"

He poked the metal spear in his right hand on the ground, then drew the arrow and drew the bow.

Whoosh——

This arrow brushed past Nobby Fisbiru's body, suddenly shocking him into a cold sweat.

The bandit leader realized that this would not work. The horses in the forest could not run, but the other party's shots were more accurate.

He looked around, rolled his eyes, then stopped the horse and jumped off.

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Kil carried a double-edged metal spear and chased towards the light. In front of him was a small open space, and a prairie horse stood panting in the middle of the open space. The luminous object on the opponent's body was just behind a tree trunk opposite the clearing.

Kil was about to step across the open space, but the experience of various battles made him slow down.

He hesitated for a moment, then spoke: "If my guess is correct, you are not at the tree trunk opposite the clearing."

The woods were quiet, not even the chirping of spring insects.

There was the sound of birds flapping their wings at the top of the woods.

The corners of Kiel's mouth raised up under his mask: "Most people will think that the place with the shining object is where you hide. But thinking about it conversely, it is also very likely to be a trap. Use people's common sense and habits, after all, you When we entered the forest before, wherever the people were, the luminous objects were also there.”

Kil paused his spear on the ground, drew his bow and shot an arrow at the bright spot behind him. Boom, buzz buzz~

The arrow penetrated deeply into the tree trunk, and the tail of the arrow swung back and forth, making a buzzing sound.

The next moment, Kil turned the bow and arrow in his hand towards the opponent's horse.

"If I guessed correctly, you should be here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Keir shot out a bow and arrow, directly hitting the prairie horse's butt.

"Ang Ang -" The horse was frightened by the arrow, and flew directly towards Kiel. But as expected by Kiel, when the horse was frightened by the arrow, from the other side of Kiel who was covered by the horse, that The bandit leader Nobby Fisbiru fell from the side of his horse.

But before Kiel could dodge the frightened prairie horse charging towards him, put aside his bow and arrows, draw his spear and go forward to fight, Nobby Fisbiru rolled after landing on the ground, then turned around and squatted down, holding the secret metal cane tightly in his hand. Then he pointed directly at Keir.

"Die!"

He had a ferocious look on his face, and his wide eyes were filled with hatred and rage.

Before today, no one had ever made him so embarrassed. But fortunately, this person will die soon, and he will not be like a dead person.

The secret technique on the cane does not require any magical passwords or gestures to activate. Moreover, when this deadly secret technique is activated, there is no particularly conspicuous magical scene or conspicuous light.

The twisted human face made of metal on the head of the staff opened its mouth again and sang or said something unknown, and then the secret technique was activated.

At this moment, Kil was standing on the spot holding a metal spear. Before he could take a step forward, at the end of the hilt of the long sword at his waist, the weight ball made of magic moonlight iron emitted a fluorescence consistent with the moonlight, spreading the evil secret technique. Scenes that would not be seen by normal people's naked eyes are directly displayed in front of everyone, just like tearing open a piece of paper covering their eyes.

The evil, huge and weird skull emerged from the ground, opening its big mouth and biting down at the Kir in his mouth.

The giant mouth closed without making the slightest sound of biting down hard, as if the two were still not in the same world.

Nobby Fisbiru opened his mouth in excitement and was about to laugh, but what happened next made his laughter stop before it started.

The illusory giant skull closed its mouth and disappeared, but also disappeared together with the young knight who was supposed to be bitten into two halves?

Where are people?

Where have people gone?

Where did the body go?