Mercenaries and Adventurers

A moment ago, Amber was outside the range of dim light.

The bandit leader, Mountain Wolf Barney, hesitated again and again, but still did not dare to enter the strange semicircular light in person. After all, the situation in front of him seemed strange.

And what made him compromise and convince himself was that, regardless of whether there would be problems with the bandits inside the light, as far as he could see at this time, there was nothing unusual except for their slow movements.

The bandit leader's face turned pale. He still felt that he had underestimated the power of the church. He was obviously a young priest with no abilities, but he didn't expect that he could have such a magical treasure on his body.

"￥%￥, if I hadn't been in poor condition at home, I wouldn't have been able to recruit a team to do this. I'm obviously ￥% so much smarter than those stupid pigs from the church! Bah. This damn world."

Complaining, Mountain Wolf Barney walked back and forth impatiently outside the range of the light hemisphere, waiting for this thing to resolve itself.

Of course it would resolve itself. He didn't believe that this thing was so weird and powerful and could be maintained for a long time.

If any church priest had such a powerful weapon, it would be the nobles everywhere who would be upset.

While he was waiting impatiently, the loud neighing of horses and the sound of people talking came from outside the woods.

Barney the mountain wolf felt that the situation had changed. After thinking about it, he sneaked behind an unnoticed tree trunk and used the shadow of the tree trunk to block his figure.

-

Kiir, with more than a dozen armed young men with weapons in hand, gradually approached the place where the lost priest Batar was going.

On the grass outside the woods, he saw a young refugee lying unconscious by the bushes: "Here comes someone, bring him here, be careful to see if he is one of your own."

Kil himself sat on the horse and set up his hunting bow. After swinging around, he finally aimed at the young refugee who was about to be helped up on the ground. Then there was a faint light coming from the woods not far away, which was very strange. He didn't know what happened in the woods. To be on the safe side, he decided to ask this person first.

Two young men who had survived a fierce battle with bandits from the south strode over with long swords in hand. After turning the overturned man over, they immediately confirmed that he was one of their own.

After all, this man had been beaten a lot and had extensive burns on his arms. He couldn't be a bandit, he could only be a fellow refugee captured by bandits.

"Wake up! Hey, wake up!"

The young man stuck his sword upside down on the grass, and then gently tapped the unconscious man with his hand.

Patting lightly had no effect, so he struck harder.

Snapped! Snapped!

With two loud slaps from left and right, the poor young man who had been beaten, frightened and burned finally woke up.

"Who, who is hitting me? Stop hitting me, please, stop hitting me!"

Seeing that the man woke up and started talking nonsense again, Keir motioned to drag the man over for questioning. He put down his hunting bow, jumped off the tall blood-licking grass, and looked at the young man who was gradually waking up.

"I am Knight Kil, can you recognize my armor?"

The young man being supported moaned in pain, but nodded heavily. The young man originally wanted to look at the Lord Knight's face and reply, but when he saw the two bright blue eyes under Kil's visor, he trembled in fear and lowered his head.

"Why are you unconscious here? Also, people who fled back to the crowd said that when Priest Batal went out to rescue people, the horse's hoof prints were also in this direction. Where are the others? What happened after such a long time? Tell me you knew."

The other armed young men around were holding lighting torches taken out of the carriage, which barely dispersed the darkness in the moonless night a little bit.

The young man who had to be supported to stand seemed afraid to look at the bright torches around him. He squinted his eyes and groaned in pain, then managed to gather his energy and replied: "Sir, I was caught by those hateful bandits before. They kept threatening and beating me and my companions. Then, well, they dragged us in one direction, as if to retreat into the woods, because the priest rushed to save us."

"Well, continue." Kil nodded and stretched out his hand to signal the man to continue.

What this man said was consistent with what others who had fled back had said.

"Yes, yes. The bandits wanted to escape for their lives, so they left us men behind, and finally fled into the woods carrying a woman they captured. When the priest came over, he jumped off his horse and didn't know what to do. Somehow, a fire was released, which lit up all the ropes that tied me up and broke them. Hiss, my arms were also burned. But the priest told me when he got on the horse, he would give it to me later. I healed and allowed myself to untie myself and escape."

Kil snorted and smiled. What Batal did at that time was quite satisfactory to him.

Very pragmatic.

"So as you said, Priest Batal rushed into the woods to save people? You don't know what happened after that, right? But why are you unconscious here, outside the woods?"

Facing Keir's question, the young man being supported pointed to his own injuries: "Sir Knight, I don't know what happened next, Master Priest. I fell into coma because I really had no strength. I had just freed myself from the rope. I just got up and took two steps, then fell to the ground. I just realized what happened."

This man was injured all over his body, and it was indeed very possible that he was unconscious due to exhaustion. He didn't look like a ghost.

Glancing at the bright light coming from the woods, Kil said to the others around him: "In this case, the situation in the woods is unknown. You and your people should retreat carefully and wait in the open space for me and the priest to return."

"My lord! Let us go with you!"

As soon as Keir finished speaking, seven or eight of the bravest young people stepped forward. These young people were covered in blood. There were both bandits and their relatives and friends.

Looking at the eyes full of desire for revenge and fighting, Kil waved his hand: "What? Do you think I can't deal with those bandits alone? Just go back and wait, tonight is long, there is a chance for you to continue fighting. Well, revenge Chance."

When Kil said this, the young people who had seen the knight kill dozens of bandits by themselves, then obeyed the order, carried the beaten young man who could not walk and would faint at any time, and carefully raised the torch. Be on alert and return to the clearing to the south.

Kil didn't need any lighting. He took out the luminous magic props hidden in the leather bag from his metal belt, and the surroundings were suddenly illuminated by the cool magic light.

He took off the double-edged metal spear from the weapon rack on the horse's back, took it in his hand, and led the horse toward the glowing place deep in the woods. And on the horse's back, there was a dead body hanging.

If you look carefully, you will find that the body with a slightly shiny body is the henchman of the bandit leader who was hit by Priest Batal's staff before.

There was a big hole in the man's chest, and he was apparently killed by Kiel on horseback who directly penetrated him with a spear.

-

After a while, Kil followed the horse's hoof prints and messy footprints on the ground and came to the hemisphere of amber's dim light.

Looking through the light, he saw the scene inside.

Miraculously, the people inside all acted as if they were going to kill the priest Batar who fell to the ground, but there was always a green light flashing 'slowly' on the priest's body, pushing away the 'slow' weapons that were coming.

"Oh, it's really magical."

Kil walked around the hemispherical shape that was close to the ground, not only seeing clearly what was happening inside, but also judging the number and strength of the bandits inside.

There was a rustling sound in the shadow of the surrounding tree trunks, but Kil didn't pay attention. He stood outside the light and came to the same conclusion as the bandit leader Barney the Mountain Wolf.

It's hard to say whether he can safely step into the range of the light, but he only needs to wait outside, because such a powerful range deceleration ability cannot be maintained for a long time.

Because although the weapons lent by the church to Priest Batal are excellent, it is impossible to actually hand over powerful blessed weapons to Priest Batal who is not from the Montauka Diocese.

After all, what if Priest Batal doesn’t pay back later?

Therefore, the amber metal staff lent to Priest Batar must be a cheap compromise in terms of quality and quantity.

Either the quality is extremely strong, but the number of uses and time is limited, or the power is limited, but it can be used many times and often.

Judging from the scene in front of him, Keir judged that it was the former.

This slow-moving ball of light covering thousands of square meters has strange and unpredictable power, but its duration should end soon.

Especially when he himself arrived belatedly.

-

Barney the mountain wolf quietly retreated into the distance through the shadows. His instinct told him not to fight this knight.

But he didn't retreat very far. He lurked again at a distance where he could see here without being discovered due to his breathing, movements, etc.

After a while, this weird light dissipates, and there will still be a battle here.

At that time, he can give this person a fatal attack from outside the battlefield.

-

In the dim light, the hesitant bandits looked at the knight in metal armor standing outside the light.

"What should I do? The leader is missing, and that guy is not easy to mess with."

As the bandit spoke, he raised his foot and kicked the priest Batal who was curled up on the ground. Of course he knew that this would not hurt the young priest who was protected by the mysterious power like the turtle, but kicking him back and forth like this was not only satisfying, but it also prevented the priest from fighting back.

After all, they all saw how the priest sent out air waves to blow away and kill their companions and the female refugee who committed suicide.

If they weren't in large numbers and close to the priest, they would have to lose some people if they wanted to capture such a priest who integrated both offense and defense.

"So what if it's not easy to mess with? It's hard for us to surrender or make them stop."

"If we can subdue this young priest, it's still possible."

But Priest Batal held the long staff that glowed dimly in his hand, and he obviously did not give up resistance.

"It's okay, it's okay. The guy outside doesn't dare to come in anyway. We just won't go out."

But as soon as he finished speaking, like a crow's beak, the surrounding light shrank towards the amber gem at the top of the long staff.

After a few breaths, the surrounding light, which was like the situation at dusk, disappeared, and darkness enveloped the forest again.

At this moment, the only thing that emits bright light in the surrounding area is the luminous lighting object on the waist of the knight opposite.

"kill!"

The bandits were quite strong. As soon as the situation changed, they were ready for battle. They spread out to surround him on the left, center and right, and headed towards Kiel.

But Kiel's counterattack was much faster than they imagined.

He let go of the horse's reins, and in the next second, Kiel kicked the tail of the spear that was lying on the ground, kicked off the ground with both legs, and then dashed forward with the spear after dead branches and leaves flew away under his feet. And out.

When the three bandits responsible for the frontal battle had just reacted, Kil had already rushed forward in less than a blink of an eye. The spear directly pierced the chest of a bandit wearing leather armor. At the same time, Kil's left hand also captured the head of a bandit next to him.

His figure did not stay where he was, but took the bodies of the two bandits directly and moved forward further, rushing towards several other bandits using bows and arrows beside Priest Batal.

His right arm adjusted its direction in an instant, and then the spear pierced the chest of a bandit who wielded a bow and arrow again.

Kil flicked his right arm and threw the spear and the two bandits towards the thick tree trunk ahead. With a bang, the double-edged metal spear was impaled on the two bandits and was heavily nailed to the thick tree trunk.

"ah?"

Only then did the nine bandits around him react. They twisted their bodies to fight, stretched their bows and fired arrows, and those who used weapons fiercely attacked Kiel, mainly aiming at the helmet.

But with a flick of his left hand, Kil blocked the bandit who was grabbing his head with his left hand and took several arrows from close range for him.

Then he threw the bandit who was hit by the arrow horizontally, knocking several bandits in front of him to the ground.

He moved his right hand to his left waist, drew out his long sword, and turned around to face the three weapons that were slashing at him.

Chi—Clang—Dang!

Turning around and slashing horizontally with his sword, Kil used strong force to block the opponent's weapon, and then rushed forward, piercing the chest of a bandit with his long sword. Regardless of being hit twice behind him, Kil drew his sword and turned around, and pounced again. He stepped onto the body of a bandit, and the Heart Fire magic dagger he pulled out with his left hand pierced the bandit's stomach.

He held the dagger in his left hand and stirred it up and down twice, then pulled it out sideways, and turned the long sword in his right hand to block the machete of the last melee bandit.

With a force several times stronger than the opponent's, the long sword forced the opponent's machete to spin twice, and then with a pick, the bandit's weapon flew away.

Kil pushed the bandit who was holding his bleeding belly with his left hand, pushing him down far away. Then he took a step towards the empty-handed bandit, swung the sword with one hand and cut off the bandit's neck.

"call."

He exhaled and stared at the bow and arrow bandits who had just gotten up with his glowing eyes.

The few remaining bandits finally realized the gap in fighting power between them.

So they roared in unison, and just when Kil squatted down to dodge the arrows, the bandits using bows and arrows turned and ran away.

"Ho!" Kil laughed angrily. He threw the long sword with his hand, flipped it over and pierced the head of a bandit. Then he threw the Heart Fire magic dagger with his left hand and penetrated the body of a bandit from behind.

The remaining two bandits did not dare to turn around and ran faster.

Kil hurried up to catch up. At this time, Priest Batal finally got up. When he saw Kil, he shed tears.

"Don't be stunned, one person at a time, chase!"

As for the bandit hiding next to the prairie horse, Kil just ran over and tapped the bandit with his hand: "Kneel down and surrender!"

The bandit fell to his knees on the ground with a bang, his teeth chattering, and he did not dare to make any other moves.

Seeing that the man was kneeling honestly, Kil quickened his pace, smashing the rotten and soft ground with bang bang, and in a few breaths he caught up with a fleeing bandit holding a bow.

"Spare your life——"

The man was just about to kneel down and surrender, but Kil punched out directly, and the steel fist wrapped in iron armor smashed the bandit's head.

"Bah, surrender? Did I ask you to surrender?"

After killing the bandit, Kil dragged the corpse's feet back to the place where he had just fought.

He still had a lot to ask Priest Batal.

Huh-boom!

There was a roar of air waves not far away, and then Kil saw the sad-looking Priest Batal slowly walking back, dragging an amber metal staff.

The young priest's body was covered with fallen leaves and humus from the ground, and he was very embarrassed.

"Were you in a very embarrassed state just now?"

Keir asked teasingly.

But Priest Batal did not answer. He just waved his hand feebly at Kil, staggered a few steps, and squatted down slumped against a tree trunk covered with bright bloodstains, as if he had lost his strength.

There was a faint cry coming from the priest's lowered face. Kil curled his lips secretly and couldn't figure out what was going on. This man started crying.

But he looked around, and soon he didn't see the body of the captured female refugee among the messy corpses everywhere, and then he thought of the bright red blood on the tree trunk the priest was leaning against.

Only then did he guess what might have happened before.

"When you're done crying, tell me what happened just now. I seem to be a little late."

Kil sighed and pulled out the double-edged metal spear from the tree trunk. Then the two corpses fell limply and fell next to several branches.

"My lord, my lord. I know what just happened! Let me answer you!"

The surrendered bandit knelt on the ground and said to Keir with a flattering look on his face. He tried to play some role after surrendering to enhance his chances of survival later. But when he spoke, his whole body was shaking, and cold sweat was pouring from his head.

Because he was surrounded by bandit companions he was familiar with. Who would have thought that just a moment ago, these companions were ambushing each other's priests?

Kil glanced sideways at him, his bright eyes frightening the bandit to the point of trembling and almost urinating.

"Did I ask you? Lie on the ground, fold your hands behind your back."

"Yes Yes."

The bandit didn't dare not comply, so he had no choice but to follow the knight's request, lie down facing the ground, then turn his hands behind his back and clasp them backwards.