Mercenaries and Adventurers

Compared with Kil's keen sense after training as a knight, as Maomao who lives in the mountains and forests, their senses are even sharper, especially in this wild environment at this time.

Before Kil and the seven Fluffy went far into the woods, the Fluffy on the left whined, indicating that it had discovered something in that direction.

Keir gathered his energy and concentrated on jumping from one big tree trunk to another. Then he moved quickly and blocked the trunk, and rushed towards the place where there were people.

"What's the noise?"

A man squatting on a tree heard jumping and stamping sounds coming from the woods beside him. He immediately turned around and looked at the source of the sound, while not forgetting to make a sound to alert his companions in the tree next to him.

But at this time, Kiel was no more than ten meters away from these two people, which was already very close to him. Kil no longer jumped forward, he held his shield directly in front of him, and rushed straight in the direction of the two people.

"Huh? Huh? What is it!"

"How would I know?"

The two watching bandits didn't know what was going on, but a dark shadow passed through the moonlight-dappled forest floor, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed under the big tree where a certain bandit was squatting.

Kil kicked his feet, and his whole body jumped up as if stepping on a spring. Without unsheathing his sword, the shield hit the man directly, knocking him away hard and falling to the bottom of the tree. .

After hitting the person, Kil flexibly turned around in a few seconds and immediately pointed his shield towards another place where the sound had been made, to resist possible fierce arrow strikes.

But no, no attack came.

Kil was stunned for a moment, but didn't think much. He stepped hard on the thick branches under his feet, and flew through the air on the treetops like an ape.

Likewise, he used his shield to knock this person down from the tree.

Boom!

He himself also fell to the ground, but with his feet on the ground, unlike the two people he knocked off the treetops just now. Both of them fell heavily to the ground.

If the ground were not cushioned by thick leaves, a normal person would be seriously injured if he fell from a height of several meters like this.

Turning around, Kil pulled out the long sword wrapped in white light, followed the belated Maomaos, and surrounded and controlled the two guys who fell to the ground in a daze.

The two young thieves who were subdued were still not convinced. They were about to take a breath and draw out their self-defense daggers to fight. Kil swung his sword directly and cut off the wrist of one of them.

"Ah? Ah!!!! Ah————my hand! Hand!"

The bandit didn't realize anything at first. When his right hand holding the dagger flew up and fell to the ground, he screamed in pain. The other bandit immediately threw the short knife of the same type on the ground consciously, but Mao Mao next to him took it away as if he had found a treasure.

Kiel kicked the man who was kneeling and wailing in the mouth, and immediately kicked the man so that he couldn't scream.

Only then did Keir feel something was wrong.

Because these two guys, no matter how you look at it, don’t carry bows and arrows as weapons?

The left arms each have a diamond-shaped hand shield made of oak. When paired with a short knife, they have some combat effectiveness, but they don't seem to be the same group of enemies as he had expected before?

Kiel, who had a premonition that he had found the wrong person, immediately realized that he was in danger at this time, and immediately ignored these two inexplicable people, and growled in his mouth: "Get down!"

Then he turned around and squatted down, hiding behind the elf metal shield.

The next moment, a huge crashing sound came from the top of Kiel's shield. At the same time, Kil also vaguely felt that above his head, where his chest used to be, there was an arrow that flew silently and passed through quickly.

But it came up empty.

"What the hell!"

Only then did Kiel realize that these two guys who didn't know where they came from had been used as bait by a truly dangerous elite hunter, tempting him to take action in advance and expose himself.

"Hide behind the trees, Maomao, be careful of arrows! Fight back, fight back!"

While shouting, Kil jumped sideways while half-crouching, rolled and hid behind the tree trunk.

The Maomaos howled one after another and climbed up the tree in all directions. The next moment, there was a continuous sound of tail beating, and then they slapped the crossbow arrows that Kil had given them, towards the general direction where the arrows had just flown. .

What's interesting is that the three crossbow arrows that counterattacked at this time were all shot out by the three melee Maomaos with their tails. The long-range Maomaos who were better at flicking their tails to hit the thrown objects took advantage of the counterattack opportunities of their companions. Quickly move towards the more flexible and free left and right sides, trying to surround the opponent from the left and right sides, or let the surrounded enemy focus on one thing and miss the other, and stick to the left and the right.

The two unlucky bandits were so frightened that they crawled and hid under the roots of the nearest big tree. At the same time, they piled dead branches and leaves on the ground on top of themselves in an attempt to hide themselves.

Not to mention, this kind of behavior that seems silly during the day is still very useful in the woods under the moonlight at night.

If the other party is just like them, they are just ordinary people.

As soon as Keir hid behind a tree trunk, he tentatively leaned out, and the next moment, he dodged back. But just like that, a small piece of the hard cowhide shoulder armor on his right shoulder was taken away by a sharp arrow.

Kil smiled bitterly. With such powerful arrows, let alone hard cowhide armor, even if he put on metal armor and was shot in a slightly weak spot, there would be no difference.

The force of the opponent's arrow was astonishing and very strange. Either it flew completely silently and he could only avoid it by instinct, or it was so powerful that it struck the trunk of a big tree with a scream that cut through the air. .

One arrow, one hit by this special arrow, and Kil knew that he was doomed.

But this is not the time to surrender, the battle has just begun.

Sure enough, as Keir waited for the opportunity, Maomao, who was outflanking him from left to right, had already reached a suitable attack position. Although he didn't know the number and specific location of the enemy, he had grasped the general direction.

The Maomaos of the Sons of the Forest, using speed and dexterity beyond the hunter's expectations, vaguely surrounded the hunter in a semicircle.

Courage Fluffy uses a low purr to convey a signal that only they understand, although as soon as it makes a sound, an astonishingly powerful arrow is shot straight at it.

But Courage Maomao was prepared to dodge in advance. As soon as he retracted his tail, the whole Maomao unexpectedly rose straight up from where he was, avoiding the direction where the arrow was pointing downwards.

It turned out that Courage Maomao had rolled its tail on the branch above its head in advance. As soon as it made a sound, its tail rolled up with force, quickly lifting its entire fur, avoiding the flight path of arrows that specifically attacked low beast monsters.

Following the low howl of Courage Maomao, the other Maomao who heard the order launched attacks one after another, especially the other three long-range Maomao. With their experience and higher skills, they roughly mastered the skills after the enemy's successive attacks. enemy position.

The enemy did not stay still. The elite hunters actually used several ropes secretly prepared in advance and tied to the branches to attack Kiel and the others while swinging them in the air.

Because the position of each shot is different, and when the body swings like a pendulum with the rope, even the height of the shot is different.

Coupled with the obstruction of observation at night and the confusing equipment on the hunter, it is almost impossible to grasp the exact location of the hunter.

To attack like this, the technical requirements for the shooter are actually very high, because his body is constantly moving, and at the same time he has to ensure that he does not fall to the ground, and his shooting must be very accurate. If it were not for the elite of the God of Hunting, Hunters, who enjoy the blessing ability and have complete night vision, are almost impossible to achieve such combat performance.

But this hunter also mastered this technique through hard training.

After the three long-range Maomao estimated the enemy's position at this moment, they relied on their long-term tacit understanding to flick their tails and launch attacks one after another.

Snapped!

A crossbow arrow was shot out with all its strength, and flew past the hunter's head and face with great danger.

But the hunter who had hunted countless beasts and monsters was young, but extremely experienced. His breathing did not change at all. The next moment, he turned upside down and put his feet on another rope, swinging towards Maomao, who was fighting with him. Shot an arrow.

This arrow is not the metal armor-piercing heavy arrow that has been used to deal with armored enemies before, but a spiritual arrow that is integrated with the spirit of the poisonous snake, and is used to deal with such flexible beasts and monsters.

Hiss—whoosh—

This weird arrow with a metal fang-shaped tip made a hissing sound as soon as it was shot, twisting left and right in the air and flying towards the target quickly.

The poisonous snake soul in the arrow is already hungry and thirsty. It must hit the enemy's body and bite the enemy's soul in order to make the anxious snake soul feel better.

"Woo!"

Maomao, who was the first to fight back, howled. It felt that disaster was coming, but there was no way. Unlike Maomao, who was in close combat, it could miraculously block such a cunning and insidious arrow.

At the same moment, the second long-range Maomao also counterattacked as before. Bang, the crossbow bolts it fired also followed the source of the hissing arrows and shot straight away.

Unlike crossbow arrows that go straight, the insidious tracking arrow with the spirit of a poisonous snake does not fly very fast, especially since the soul that controls the arrow likes to twist around in the air, which increases the flight distance in vain.

Therefore, the second long-range Maomao's crossbow got closer to the enemy first.

Unexpectedly, the young hunter who was watching the crossbow arrow hit the crossbow arrow with his chest when he was unable to avoid it in mid-air.

Something happened that surprised Maomao. When the crossbow arrow hit the enemy, a red light burst out from the enemy's chest, and the crossbow arrow that could have seriously injured the enemy was bounced away.

"Urrr!!!"

Courage Maomao was so angry that he immediately changed the battle plan with his companions. Instead of looking for a better opportunity, Courage Maomao also flicked his tail and fired his own crossbow while the third long-range Mao Mao counterattacked.

If one doesn’t work, what about two?

But at this time, the long-range Maomao, who was the first to counterattack, could only shrink up in despair and flick its tail in mid-air, hoping that its tail could catch on a branch, thus temporarily changing the trajectory of its own body and avoiding twisting left and right. Flying tracking arrows.

But at this moment, the ground shook violently, and then Kil followed the hissing sound in the air and slammed into that direction.

The insidious tracking arrow hurriedly tried to dodge, but the limited time could not completely evade Kil's tall body. The two metal fangs on the arrow still hit Kil's thigh, and then twisted left and right to get inside.

After landing and rolling, Kil grabbed the strange arrow that penetrated the hard cowhide armor of his thigh, and then used his right hand to break it directly.

When the cold and slippery arrow broke into two pieces, he let out a desperate scream.

This made the other Tracking Arrow Rabbit Dead Fox Bei that Kil had acquired before become more honest.

The first long-range Maomao to fight back fell softly on the dead leaves in the forest. It spread out its shrunken body and touched its body in confusion, wondering why it was not injured.

But at this moment, Kil could no longer care to explain that he had just saved Maomao's life. After forcibly breaking the strange arrow, he directly exploded his life energy with all his strength and strode forward suddenly.

At this time, the third long-range Maomao and Courage Maomao have roughly grasped the enemy's position and the trajectory of moving among the branches with the rope.

They hit the crossbow bolts from two different directions on the left and right, flying quickly towards the enemy in mid-air.

But the young hunter saw everything clearly. He secretly spat disdainfully and ignored the ineffective attack. His left leg was hung in the rope and entangled, and his right leg was propped up on the tree trunk behind him. He no longer tried to sway, but stepped on the big tree. Once he had a good point of exertion, he directly drew a special arrow from the quiver behind him.

This is a special magic arrow that each named elite hunter has only one, and each hunter has a different one. They completely rely on the monsters and magical beasts that the hunters hunt to make this kind of magic arrow.

This kind of arrows are generally divided into three levels. The lowest level is a special arrow made of special materials from the bodies of powerful monsters and Warcraft, with some special abilities of monsters and Warcraft.

Because the monsters and Warcraft obtained by hunters are different, their power and effects are also different. Some are not as powerful as armor-piercing heavy arrows, while others are far more powerful than the former. Some have bizarre abilities, while others are particularly dangerous.

This is already very powerful, but it is still only the lowest level magic arrow made by church priests for elite hunters.

The intermediate level magic arrows at the next higher level are similar to tracking arrows. They need to be infused with a powerful soul on the basis of the low-level magic arrows. Generally speaking, for monsters and warcraft, arrows are made from their body materials, and then their souls are injected into them at the same time.

Such magic arrows can most likely unleash the most powerful special moves of monsters and warcraft in one full blow, and often have the special qualification to end a battle.

What's interesting is that most of the elite hunters use this kind of magic arrow to deliver the final blow to the monster that is about to be defeated during the hunting process. Anyway, after killing monsters and warcraft, you can make a new magic arrow, and you can also avoid the enemy's final life-saving attack and avoid fatal danger to the hunter.

The highest level of magic arrows is based on the first two. In the end, the church priests who made the magic arrows collectively used magic to add the powerful power of the God of Hunting to the already powerful magic arrows. among.

Magic arrows of this level are very rare, and only very well-known hunters can obtain permission from the church and gods to obtain the qualifications to make and use this kind of magic arrows.

In some widely circulated heroic legends, this most powerful magic arrow is often the final means for heroes to fight back in desperate situations and defeat powerful enemies.

One of the more well-known deeds in recent years is the "Arrow of Light" used by the Knight of Justice Trisper in the Great Holy War for God's Faith. I heard that once the arrow was shot, the entire battlefield was invisible for half a month. Bright, all those who walk into the range of the arrow's power can only fight to the death in close combat in an environment where they can't see their fingers.

Another time, during the 'counter-insurgency' war on the southern border of the empire decades ago, a certain imperial general shot an [Arrow of the Passage to the Underworld] that had been prepared in advance. In front of the free army of the undead, a passage to the underworld was forcibly opened.

The army of hundreds of thousands of undead ended up being scattered, and their souls were forcibly sucked into the deep underworld.

This move caused the undead army that the Magic Society had worked so hard to organize to disappear, and they had to negotiate a truce with the equally exhausted Imperial Army.

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Of course, having said that, the magic arrow of this young hunter certainly does not have that amazing power, and he has not yet participated in the hunting of any magical beast. This magic arrow he cherished was just the lowest level magic arrow made from the body material of a monster.

Not only are they the lowest level magic arrows, but the materials used to make them are not from Warcraft, but from monsters. It is the most basic and common type of magic arrow.

But this does not mean that it is not powerful enough. On the contrary, this magic arrow made from the man-eating flower is too easy to kill an enemy alone.

The Man-Eating Flower is a common monster plant in the swamp areas of the central province of the Kingdom. It likes to suck the blood of animals that pass by it.

When the flower is small, it is no different from a mosquito bite. Even because the flower fangs contain blood-activating ingredients, it is very effective in treating blood vessel clogging diseases in the elderly.

But if you accidentally let this monster grow up, the several-meter-tall flowers will crawl in the swamp like worms, hunting all kinds of stupid beasts attracted by its floral fragrance, as well as boaters who are unlucky enough to encounter them. fishermen.

After the monster is defeated and made into a magic arrow, the overall color is red and green, the arrow is light, the tail feathers are a pair of green leaves that can be adjusted and swung at any time, and the arrow shaft is the stem of a man-eating flower, which is densely covered with tiny barbs and fangs. There is an arrow at the top, but it is a beautiful little flower bone.

It looks beautiful like a work of art, but once the arrow flower is shot out and hits the enemy's body, the flower bone flower will bite the enemy's body and use an extremely powerful suction force to suck out all the blood from the enemy's body through the arrow shaft.

Finally, it is ejected to the outside through the hole in the arrow tail.

After the young hunter defeated the man-eating flower, he went to his superior priest to make two of these magic arrows. The first one he used to defeat a forest violent bear, the man-eating evil bear that was several people in size, and the last withered He died lying naked on a grassy field. The stupid guy thought that a sharp human arrow was not dangerous, but he was carelessly shot in the back by a young man climbing on a tree.

The blood of the violent forest bear dyed the entire grassland red.

This makes the young hunter very confident in his magic arrow.

He believed that the young knight not far away who was colluding with the alien god would soon bleed out and die.