Mercenaries and Adventurers

After hearing the priest's question, Kiel also asked: "Yes, who are they?"

The priest felt strange when he heard Kiel's words: "You are fighting against the enemy, but you don't know who the enemy is?"

After tying up the leather pants around his waist, Kil turned around and smiled: "When I fight, I fight for my life, but I have no interest in introducing myself. Here's the thing..."

So, Kil told the two of them that during the day today, he saw people peeping at them around him. At night, he ran into the woods not far away and climbed on the trees to investigate the refugee team that was illuminated by the campfire.

"At that time, I took two small aliens who were often active at night to take a look. As a result, before I even reached the edge of the woods, those guys released weird arrows in the woods, trying to take down the weapons of those who came close to the woods one by one. Life."

When Kil said this, he threw the arrows of several elite hunters he brought back from the woods in front of his two companions.

Several shapes were different, but at a glance it was clear that the special arrows were different from ordinary arrows. Bloodfang was amazed, but Priest Batal picked one up and carefully looked at the workmanship and special features. place.

"Did you find anything?" Kil knelt down and asked. He knew what he was asking, but he still had to say it.

"During battle, this kind of arrow is so powerful that even ordinary armor can't stop it. This kind of arrow flies through the air without making any sound, and the other kind of arrow is even weirder, like a snake, it can After being shot, it makes a hissing sound and twists left and right in the air to chase the target chosen by the archer."

Kil gave a brief introduction, but Bloodfangster, who picked up a tracking arrow, hurriedly dropped the arrow on the ground and kept wiping his hands on his pants. When they go out for business or protection, what they fear most is to encounter poisonous animals and monsters. Snakes are one of them. Because they are poisonous, it is difficult for the unlucky ones who are bitten to survive in the wild to reach the villages and towns where the church is stationed.

Fortunately, his home province in the west has many plains and grasslands. Most of the venomous snakes there are cautious and timid. They only eat rats such as grass rats or jerboas. Most of them will swim away when they encounter people.

Priest Batal, on the other hand, was not afraid of the strange arrows. He held one in his hand and looked at it carefully, with a thoughtful look on his face, probably thinking of something.

"They first injured a Maomao who was near the woods. Fortunately, those little things were small and agile. They were only injured instead of being shot to death by an arrow. They fled back in a hurry. As soon as I heard it came back and talked about this, I was very happy. Not happy anymore, I took the remaining seven Maomao with them and broke into the woods again at night."

Bloody Fangster sighed: "No matter who the enemy is, they can shoot so accurately even in the dark. We really shouldn't go looking for them in the woods at night."

Kil shrugged: "That's right, so the battle in the woods afterwards was really not easy for me. I couldn't see anything clearly, but the enemy was the same as it was during the day."

At this time, Priest Batal put down the arrow in his hand and finally said: "I heard from the Kiel warriors that these people may be hunters affiliated with the Church of the God of Hunting."

Bloody Fangster's eyes widened: "Hunter of the church? God of hunting?"

He looked at the special arrows on the ground, then looked at the old god Kil, and said with some worry: "Then isn't this going to cause big trouble?"

Kil deliberately muttered in a voice that everyone could hear: "Trouble is trouble. Anyway, I killed everyone. Hey, you can't say it was me who killed them."

Priest Batal immediately asked: "What do you mean? Do you mean they kill their own people? By the way, how many hunters from the Church of the God of Hunting did you encounter in the woods?"

Keir thought for a moment and made a gesture with the number four.

"Four? It shouldn't be. I heard that the hunters of the Church of the God of Hunting are very powerful. Oh, it's not that I look down on you, the Kiel Warriors. Of course you are more powerful. For example, you are right in front of us now, and most of them are gone. right?"

Kil nodded: "They should all be dead. You may have all seen the sudden burst of flames in the woods. Ordinary people have almost no chance of surviving."

None of the companions asked how Kil had survived.

Kil's answer made the priest wonder why there were four hunters from the Church of the God of Hunting monitoring the team. The knowledge taught to him by the Church of the God of Hunting did not cover much about other churches and was generally just a general statement. I understand that unless the local church diocese has serious conflicts with other churches, the church rarely introduces the knowledge of other churches.

The same is generally true for other churches. One of the gods and churches that the priests are familiar with is enough, and there is no need for too many.

"The specific battle process."

Priest Batal asked, and then Kil patted his head and told what he had made up when he came back.

"I took seven Maomao to kill in the forest. Although I couldn't see much in the forest in the middle of the night, the hired aliens were naturally suitable for nocturnal activities. Thanks to them, the four hunters and I were able to After a series of fights in the woods, we actually captured one of the hunter brothers."

At this point, Keir paused and created a little suspense: "But this is actually troublesome."

"How to say?"

Bloody Fangster asked hurriedly. He knew what he was capable of. He couldn't help at all in Kil's battle tonight. Of course, he is not ashamed. A small caravan guard like him has long looked away at everyone's skills and abilities.

Kil is not yet 18 years old, but he is already a young knight with the ability to lead hundreds of people. Although he knows that Kil is not a knight, he only claims to be a knight in order to lead the people, but he is not now, and will not be in the future. Sooner or later yes.

Bloodfangster did not forget that when he followed Kendall's army, the young man Kil was liked and reused by the nobles and knights in the opponent's army.

The equally young Priest Batal next to him is also equally powerful. Although Kiel's trip is clearly to wipe the young priest's previous embarrassment, but during this period of time, the priest is rubbing countless grains with his hands every day and taking care of them all by himself. Healing the injuries of hundreds of people in the team, he felt that the future development of this young priest in his twenties was unlimited.

You must know that in his hometown, the local old priest treated three or five farmers and horsemen for minor illnesses and pains. After each treatment, they looked exhausted and fell asleep with their heads on the bed.

"Those are a pair of blood brothers. Haha, I restrained the younger brother. The older brother must not go crazy?"

Kil laughed to himself. Thinking about it now, if he had been more cautious and backed down, he could have avoided the pain of being in the dream for dozens of days.

The priest's mind was more agile, and he guessed most of it after listening to Keir's words: "So, that fire in the woods?"

Shrugging, Kil said: "Yes, it was that brother who did it. I held his brother hostage at that time and asked the gang to surrender, otherwise I would kill the hostages in my hands. Don't think I'm despicable, the other side has a geographical advantage , If I don’t take risks like that, even if I have the help of seven alien races, I will not be the opponent of those people."

"But the opponent was also very powerful. He just pulled out a strange arrow with a red arrow and walked out. He put the arrow on the string of the bow in his hand and claimed that it was a devil's horn magic arrow."

"Devil's Horned Arrow?"

"Devil's Horned Magic Arrow!"

There were two surprises. The former belonged to Bloodfangster. As a caravan guard traveling around, he naturally heard the bards in the tavern telling stories about the various magic arrows that the heroes used to turn the tables and change the unfavorable situation. .

He was surprised, he didn't expect that he would be so close to the legend in this life, and could actually witness the power of this thing with his own eyes. Thinking back to the huge green flames that I saw engulfing the entire forest before, it was indeed the power that the magic arrow should have.

It should be right, the special weapons that stand out in the story are indeed very powerful.

The latter's surprise was naturally that of Priest Batal. What surprised the young priest was not the magic arrow. He had seen the God of Agriculture come in person some time ago. What surprised him was the name of the magic arrow - Devil's Horn. What do you mean? Could it be that the evil flame I saw before was actually the power of the devil?

But how does the power of demons have anything to do with the hunters of the Church of the God of Hunting?

This series of questions puzzled the priest.

"Yes, that's what the other party said, and he also said that once this special magic arrow is shot, everyone including the shooter will die."

Keir shrugged.

The two companions sitting on the sleeping bags looked at each other and asked in unison: "So, how did you deal with it?"

Keir laughed at himself: "I thought he was farting! He said that everyone present was going to die. How could he really do what he said? I didn't even take a step back. I even grabbed his brother, got closer to him, and provoked him. Either die together or come out and surrender.”

The priest rolled his eyes: "Couldn't we have found another way to communicate at that time? Anyway, the soldiers present at the time had already stopped, right? There is a chance for negotiation, why not have a good talk?"

Keir nodded his fellow priest with his hand, smiled and said nothing, but the meaning was self-evident.

On the other hand, Bloodfangster had more experience and explained to the priest: "I guess both sides were in a fight at the time, right? I've seen this a lot. As long as everyone in the tavern has drunk too much, once a fight starts, they can't stop it." . Because whoever stops will suffer the consequences and will have to take more punches from others."

He gave another example: "It's like a caravan encountering bandits. Neither side can defeat the other. At this time, the situation is in a stalemate, but neither can give in. Those who take a step back can only follow the opponent's steps step by step." Under coercion, too many benefits were gradually given away.”

"But we can maintain the bottom line." The priest argued.

Bloody Fangster shrugged. It was not appropriate for him to say anything to the priest due to his poor status.

Kiel didn't care: "How to maintain the bottom line? In this fight, whoever takes a step back will die. Victory or defeat sometimes means life and death. Anyway, the opponent is forcing everyone's lives, so I will put my sword on it. On his brother's neck, he either surrendered or we all died together. Of course, haha, I asked the aliens under my command to retreat in advance and faced them alone. And in the end, I was the only one who survived."

The two companions did not ask Kil how he survived the outbreak of demonic flames, and the conversation ended here.

Although he did not understand why the hunters from the Church of the Hunting God were targeting their team, the priest still comforted his two companions at the end, explaining that the Church of the God of Hunting was a loose church with a wide distribution and strong strength, but the food If you lose money, you won't come to your door.

After all, according to the Church of the God of Hunting, it is also part of hunting for a hunter to be killed by his prey.

It was common to suffer losses in battle.

"They may not come to us again in the future. They should." Priest Batal said this, and Kil and Bloodfangster pretended to believe it.

Others didn’t know whether they believed it or not, but Kil knew that the other party would definitely come again, but it was not their team they were looking for, but him and the old god in the wooden pendant on his chest.

They agreed to say the same words to everyone in the team as before. Kil accidentally started a forest fire in the woods and lit it on fire to appease most of the people in the team.

Some people who were particularly curious had another excuse to appease them, which was that the fire was accidentally caused by the Kir knights when they were practicing flaming weapons.

Such two sets of falsehoods on the outside and inside can make the people in the team ignore what happened tonight, at least they will not let them think about it. Having a set of rhetoric that can explain and understand themselves can make people along the way The frightened people were calm and on their way.

"So, where are we going from now on?"

Kil asked as he sent the two people out of the camp.

Mainly asking Priest Batal.

The priest paused for a moment, turned his head and smiled: "Where else can we go? Just follow what we have discussed before, first to the southeast, then to the south, looking for a safe place for the people in the team to stay along the way. Go straight to Changmai Village. To complete our mission."

Keir smiled and said: "What about the city of Belisfa? It can be said to be your hometown? Just leave it alone?"

The priest's face became gloomy, but he still managed to smile: "I have asked the great god. He has made arrangements and won't let me go, so I won't go."

Keir nodded: "Yes, you are a church priest. You have to believe in your god. What have you never seen before? This little thing will be settled quickly."

"Is this a small thing?"

Priest Batal turned his head and walked away, keeping repeating Kiel's last words.

-

Returning to the campfire filled with believers of the God of Saturn, Priest Batal first looked at the injured people lying in the grass resting in the simple tent. After seeing that they were all sleeping peacefully, he then left a room specially reserved for him by the believers. Lying down in a good spot by the fire.

The campfire not far away was burning brightly, although the fresh wood cut from the woods had not been dried, resulting in a large amount of smoke rising into the sky after the fire burned. But these small campfire smokes are nothing compared to the thick smoke that covers the sky and the sun when the entire forest not far away burns.

It’s late at night, so you don’t have to worry about people from far away discovering a lot of campfire smoke.

The various thoughts surging in his mind were not as calm as he appeared at this time.

"This little thing? Ha."

He muttered another sentence, but there was no intention of mocking the Kiel warriors in his words.

Because he knew that the Kiel warriors were not only young, only over ten years old, but also from the northwest border area of ​​the kingdom. Although the Church of Saturn was everywhere, outsiders who knew the Church of Saturn like the priests of the Church of Saturn did not not much.

Don't look at it, the Church of Saturn is everywhere and has many believers. However, the actual living standards of the Church of Saturn and the believers they protect are not the same everywhere.

What happened in the city of Belize will most likely become a tragedy in the end.

Most of the priest friends and priest teachers he is familiar with will only meet again in the Kingdom of God after death.

Faun has no power.

This is true, and it is a disrespectful statement that a Saturnine priest should never utter.

In the complicated and heavy history books, if you turn a page at random, you can find short words soaked in the blood of farmers and agricultural priests in words as fine as ants.

Each stroke of writing is generally composed of the corpses of hundreds or thousands of farmers.

During times of war, the peasant priests who fell in droves along with the farmers often didn't even have names, and during times of famine, they were probably the first to fall.

"Hey, it's all trivial."

Priest Batal was lying on the ground full of weeds and did not enter the simple tent to rest. He needed to be alone for a while.

Just stay until tomorrow morning.

-

The next morning, Kiel's team set off again.

After all, places in the distance will not look for you with their own legs. If you want to get somewhere or do something, you will most likely have to rely on your own legs and hands to walk in and complete it.

Therefore, the people in the team were very curious about what the woods that burned last night looked like, but Kil also had to shout and drive everyone to continue moving toward the southeast along the road under their feet.

The terrain gradually became less flat, which showed that Kiel and the others were far away from the plain where Dorne Town was located.

Originally, the southern province had more mountains and less land. This was common, and the people in the team also understood this during their previous escapes. On the contrary, it was Kil who was riding on horseback, looking at the undulating land in the distance, high and low, not very flat and easy to walk on, and exclaimed.

"It seems that the distance we walk every day in the future will not be the same as before. Even if we still take trade routes or spacious roads."

After all, in flat areas, roads are built along approximately straight lines. At most, they will turn a little for the river and compromise a little. If that doesn't work, they can still build bridges.

However, in areas with many mountains, with today's social productivity, it is basically impossible to consider digging or moving the mountains. Roads are built along the gentler parts of the mountain side, or directly along the lower parts of the valleys. Build along the way.

When you encounter obstacles from slightly higher mountains, you have to go around them. The distance traveled several times longer for no reason.

Judging from the speed of the team at this time, Keir felt that if everyone could follow the road and bypass the three hills in front throughout the whole day, they would be considered fast.

But he didn't know that at this time, the villages along the road between these hills were not populated by villagers who had not yet fled, or people who were reluctant to leave the village.

In the original village, there were only some bandits who came out of the mountains, and the various gangsters they had coerced to join during these days.