Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kil's eyes narrowed, and his mouth under the steel mask smiled: "Okay, come as soon as you come."

The long sword in his right hand swings in a circle, and then gently rests on the edge of the shield raised in his left hand. He also stands sideways, with his legs spread apart, and his right leg is bent backward, ready to attack or buffer the force at any time.

The white light on the hunting sword followed Kil's breathing, just like a luminous white snake wrapped around the sword body spitting out letters, giving the bandit leader opposite an extremely dangerous feeling.

"A coward with a powerful weapon in his hands."

The bandit leader Scarface was humming, as if he was speaking to the knight in front of him, and also to the fellow bandits around him.

But Kil was unmoved. The weapons in the hands of soldiers were also an inevitable part of the battle. Unless it was to tease the opponent, there was no reason not to use handy weapons.

"And this coward is wearing heavy metal armor, haha, just like a turtle or crab in the river."

Scarface pointed the machete in his hand at Keir and started talking trash. As a bandit, his verbal skills were also part of their bandit battle.

"Although your skills are not very good, you have killed many of our people with your horses, armor, and powerful weapons. Humph, are all so-called knights so shameless?"

Kil rolled his eyes. He suddenly felt that meeting this guy in his dreams at night was not something he couldn't bear.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Are you here to fight? Or are you talking so much just to cover up the fear in your heart?"

Facing Kil's rebuttal, the bandit leader Scarface's face froze, and he slightly twitched the corners of his mouth. Then the next moment, he jumped sideways, and as soon as his feet landed slightly on the ground, he charged forward with all his strength.

The distance between the two men in a duel was only four or five meters. For the tall bandit leader, combat contact was nothing more than two or three quick steps.

brush--

The steel machete snatched from the hands of the bandits' companions was slashed horizontally with great force. It seemed that the speed of movement brought extra strength to it.

But Kil, who maintained a fighting posture with a shield, was not fooled. This was just a feint.

Sure enough, Kil just turned slightly towards the direction of the shield and caught the opponent's heavy swing of the machete. The sharp and tough blade of the machete pulled out a spark on the surface of the shield. It looked intense, but the feeling on his arm really told Keir that the other person didn't use any force with the knife.

This is indeed a false move.

The real threat comes from the sword held in the opponent's right hand.

But it seems that he saw that his feint was easily seen through by the knight, and the long sword thrust that was supposed to be connected was not actually released.

The bandit leader used the impact of the machete on the knight's shield to successfully slow down his forward speed. With a light step, he quickly retreated and returned to a position three meters away from Kiel.

He raised the machete in his left hand and took a look, and found that the edge of the steel machete he had brought for temporary use was dull and worn. Obviously, the mottled metal shield in the hands of the knight opposite was not an ordinary thing.

At least the material is stronger than steel.

"Sigh - Rich knight, the world is really unfair. Anything is better than the weapons in the hands of brothers."

Scarface complained, gritted his teeth and cursed: "If I had these equipment, my fame would have spread to several surrounding noble counties." Then he thought about things like being inferior to others, He didn't really say it in front of the other bandits.

The bandits watching around also felt that what the scarface leader said was reasonable. These shameless rich knights always used better weapons and equipment, and brought more soldiers and militia to repeatedly pursue and attack them.

"Brother Scarface, show your true skills! Kill this knight!"

"How about we go together? Rush up and overwhelm this guy, hold his hands and feet, and no matter how thick his armor is, he has to have some weaknesses, right?"

"What a fart, our leader is killing the enemy, and we need other people to intervene? Look, that was just a test. Later, we will defeat this young knight who only relies on his equipment to show off his majesty!"

Then the bandits began to cheer in a low voice. They shouted one sentence in unison, and then stretched out their left feet and stepped on the ground hard, making a uniform shout and shaking of the ground.

Keir found it interesting. Do these people really think they are determined?

Not to mention that he was just having fun with these people, but he came here with twenty armed people. There were only about twenty-three or four bandits ambushing him here. He had already knocked down and injured some people in the previous battle. Even with the escaped bandits using bows, the total number was now only about twenty.

Judging from the number of people, it was only a 50-50 split on both sides.

However, considering that most of these bandits seemed to have some skills, his side would still be slightly at a disadvantage in a real fight.

If he wants his armed people to kill these bandits on his behalf, it seems that he has to use some methods during the battle.

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"Use whatever skills you have. I've seen a lot of bandits similar to you. Among the ten majors, 70% to 80% of them are just bragging about their skills. You are really wronged by being a bandit. You should go to the tavern to be a gangster." Bard, you are guaranteed to earn more and live longer. Haha.”

As soon as Keir said this, the bandit leader who was preparing to launch a formal offensive exploded, his eyes widened, and the beard on the lower half of his face felt like it was standing on end.

"court death!"

"You are!"

The bandit roared angrily, and Kil retorted.

As soon as they finished speaking, the bandit leader Scarface lowered his body and rushed over in the next moment. This man's moves were quite insidious. His machete and long sword were like scissors. He opened his bow from left to right and aimed at Kil's calf, preparing to cut off the knight. Let’s talk about the legs.

But Kil was not an ordinary person with little fighting experience. The opponent slashed to the ground and slashed left and right, while Kil quickly stepped back. After taking a few steps back, he used the trunk of a big tree behind him to block the bandit leader's attack. Attack space.

When the opponent couldn't hold back his sword and cut it on the tree trunk, and it was difficult to get it back, Kiel immediately counterattacked.

The opponent's body was in a low position, but his head was exactly in the middle of Kil's. The long sword resting on the upper edge of the shield was slightly tilted and fell naturally due to gravity. His footsteps and the thrust of his right arm struck simultaneously.

Sui——

A sword thrust out as fast as lightning, but the bandit leader may have realized what the knight's counterattack was, so when the knight first started to move, he turned his head to avoid the possible thrust.

At the same moment, he stabbed out the sword in his hand.

Kil stabbed the air with his sword, and then connected with the sword thrust by the bandit. He rotated his wrist, using the weight of his weapon to be stronger than the opponent's, forcing the opponent's long sword to rotate in the direction of his rotation.

The metal blades of the two long swords violently stirred and collided together. The bandit leader also knew that if he could not hold the sword at this time, the weapon in his hand would be released and he would be doomed.

So he used all his strength with his right hand to fight.

Knock, knock, crash, knock, knock, crash.

Although the long sword in Scarface's hand was a fine steel sword he captured from a caravan leader, at this moment, it was far inferior to the hunting long sword that was forged with Kil's magic material.

"Oops! I shouldn't have fought with him!"

Hearing the cracking and whining of his weapons, the bandit leader realized something was wrong.

He wanted to draw his sword and retreat, but the knight's wrist spun faster, and the two swords were entangled tightly together.

If you retreat at this time, you can only give up your weapon.

"mean!"

The bandit leader still chose to let go. As soon as he let go, he jumped left and right to dodge and retreat.

Kil's expression was unclear due to his helmet, but his voice was particularly relaxed: "Are you announcing your name? Oh, your name is Despicable!"

The long sword in his hand was spinning in circles. Kil's right hand suddenly stopped and lifted, and the bandit leader's steel sword was thrown into the air, and it hit the thick branch of the tree next to him. The vibration of the long sword hitting the branch also caused the tree to drop a lot of leaves and dust, and even some of the berries that the long-tailed squirrel was hiding in the upper part of the tree were shaken off.

The bandit leader Scarface gritted his teeth and retreated to the side of his fellow bandits. He shook his right hand vigorously and said with an unconvinced expression: "Sinister knight, isn't he just stronger than us ordinary people? Wooden head, lend me your hammer." I use it.”

Next to Scarface, a dull bandit who didn't look very smart, slapped his head and handed the big wooden-handled hammer in his hand to the leader Scarface. He was still a little worried, so when he handed over the weapon, he added: "You, don't break it."

"If it breaks, I'll compensate you again."

Scarface took the big hammer and weighed it with satisfaction in his hand. He seemed to feel that with this thing, the shield and armor in the knight's hand could not stop the hammer from hitting it a few times.

"But I only want this one, it's good for hitting people on the head."

"Hmph, let me use your words to smash this knight's head with it!"

After dealing with his companions, the bandit leader stepped forward again. He had just realized that although his martial arts skills were good, compared with the amazingly strong knight, those martial arts skills did not seem to give him the power to win the victory.

You still have to break the turtle shell of the knight.

"Ha! Try this!"

He yelled, and while charging forward, he held the end of the wooden handle of the hammer with both hands. He swung the weapon around with his whole body, intending to use a heavy blow to completely knock away the shield in the knight's hand, or smash it with a hammer. Shattered Knight's helmet.

Kil gave this man a strange look, not knowing what this guy was thinking about.

This heavy weapon is nearly impossible to defeat in one-on-one combat.

Just like the dull bandit used before this hammer, it can only be used as an important means of breaking armor when there are many people, and to assist other bandits in the battle.

It has almost no effect if used alone like this bandit leader.

Kil hesitated for a moment. He didn't know whether he should take this man's life, because this was really an excellent time to kill him.

Fortunately, his ears moved at this time, and during the battle he heard the sound of many footsteps coming from the direction where the bandits were facing away - the direction from which he came. It was his men who arrived.

In this case, he didn't have to play some kind of fighting game with the bandit to delay time.

"You guy, let's meet in your nightmare!"

Gill said this while taking a step back in the face of the heavy swing of the hammer.

The bandit leader Scarface was a little surprised at this moment. He didn't understand why the knight said this?

But the next moment, after the knight stepped back just in time to dodge the heavy hammer swing, he raised his sword and faced Scarface and the many bandits looking behind him.

"Blinding!"

With a short shout, the white light that has been wrapped around the long sword, in addition to looking good in the eyes of the bandits, can provide some slight illumination, suddenly blooms with the command words from the knight's mouth.

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The armed people hurriedly followed slowly, and finally caught up with them following the sounds of fighting and shouting.

"It's right in front, everyone, rush forward! Assist the Lord Knight!"

The captain of the armed squad, who was barely leading the team, rushed to the front and waved his sword and shouted.

At this time, behind the half-meter-high pile of fallen leaves in front of them, the white light that had been guiding them in the dark forest covered by the trees suddenly bloomed in a huge amount of white light.

At this moment, not only the more than twenty bandits that Kiel was facing at this moment, but also the supporting armed people who rushed here were blinded by the white light.

However, there is a huge difference in the impact between the enemy and ourselves.

The armed people were like staring directly at the sun for a while at noon. Although their eyes were sore and blind, they would recover quickly.

But the bandits couldn't help it. Their vision was completely white, and their ears were filled with the horrified roars of themselves and their companions. It was extremely chaotic. Some people were worried that the knights would rush over and kill them, so they continued to wave the weapons in their hands regardless of whether they were surrounded by their own people.

It highlights a bandit's instinct of not caring about the life or death of others, but his own safety first.

Therefore, before Kiel went up to deal with them, these people started fighting among themselves.

The reckless robber kept brandishing his weapons, while the clever robber lay directly on the ground. Although he would inevitably be stepped on, if he was stepped on, he would not die in a short time.

This is the case for these bandits who are facing a duel from behind, not to mention the bandit leader Scarface in front of Keir.

After this guy was blinded by the white light, he was stunned for a moment. Then he relied on his fighting instinct and used a method like a windmill to stand on the spot and swing the big hammer in his hand vigorously.

Whirring whirring.

He rounded up the huge hammer and swung it around. It didn't seem easy to get closer?

"Haha, how are you? Fighting is interesting, isn't it?"

Kil even put away his sword, leaned back against the trunk of a big tree, and said this to the bandit leader who was using all his strength to protect himself.

"%%%￥￥￥,%%￥%￥￥!!!"

Scarface still had the energy to curse back in circles, which made Kil feel like he was dirtying his ears.

"Forget it, see you tonight."

After finishing speaking in a lukewarm tone, Kil used his foot to pick up a throwing spear that he had used his shield to deflect before falling to the ground. After reaching out and grabbing it, he threw it out.

Whoosh - whoosh.

Right in the middle of the chest of the bandit leader who was swinging the hammer and spinning.

The simple soldier armor that this guy was wearing was of no use at all, and he got it from somewhere. He was directly pierced by a spear. The bandit leader Scarface suddenly lost his strength. The hammer fell out of his hand and knocked over a bandit who was also unable to see and was waving the weapon randomly.

The spear pierced his chest. The clown-like guy gasped for air first, and then his mouth and nose overflowed with pink bubbles and blood as he breathed.

He fell to the ground and groped around his body with his hands in a daze, but when he touched the wooden handle of the spear that penetrated his chest, he finally gave up.

Kiel walked away a few steps, bypassing the bandits who were frantically trying to protect themselves, and waved to the armed civilians chasing him in the direction they came from: "Come here, help me deal with these blind bandits, haha, Cut them all off for me!”

The armed populace soon regained their sight after being blinded by the flash, and order was soon restored. At this time, Knight Kiel called again, and these armed people responded obediently, strode across the pile of leaves blocking the road, and saw the bandit who was also blinded by the mysterious power of the knight's sword.

These guys were still in a mess. Although they were waving their weapons around frantically in an attempt to protect themselves, they were completely defeated in the face of the same number of armed people who were blinded and fighting on their own.

"Charge! Cut them!"

The captain of the armed squad who led the team shouted, enduring the soreness in his eyes and the tears overflowing from his eyes due to the soreness, he was the first to kill with his sword.

Keir stood aside and watched this one-sided massacre, his expression could not be called satisfied or dissatisfied.

To be honest, if he hadn't blinded these bandits and these bandits started fighting with his men, it would be hard to say who would beat whom.

In this kind of small-scale battle, where the total number of people does not exceed a hundred, it is obvious that the more brave bandits have more experience and fighting ability. Of course, once the number of people increases, just like last year when he followed Knight Crow to defeat the Luo Pocket Hole bandits, the number of people is obviously one or two hundred, but facing the same number of militiamen, the bandits can't win.

The bravery and cruelty they were proud of seemed to have no effect in the neat feathers of crossbow arrows, the neatly piercing long hair, and the shields.

Kil twisted his neck, feeling that these so-called subordinates in front of him were still far behind.

The specific difference was, but he couldn't tell for a while.

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Hearing the tragic death cries of his companions, Scarface, who couldn't help vomiting pink blood from his mouth, laughed miserably.

As if being attracted by his laughter, a pair of heavy footsteps walked over slowly.

Immediately, a taunting young voice sounded: "Yo yo yo, isn't this a bandit leader who has 70% of his abilities in his mouth? What's your name? I can't even remember it. Forget it, there's no need to remember it. Anyway We will meet again tonight."

Scarface spit out the blood in his mouth and wanted to spit the blood in the direction of the sound, at least to stain the other person's shoes.

He didn't understand what the knight was talking about, about seeing you tonight,%%￥%, he was about to die, and it seemed that the knight would not be kind enough to treat him.

Maybe this knight is crazy?

I might have been struggling with a madman and then been defeated by this madman.

"Knight...don't think, don't think you won."

Scarface said intermittently, vomiting blood from his mouth as he spoke.

There was too much blood and he felt a little cold.

The knight's voice rang out, and others seemed to be standing next to him.

"Threats and curses before death? Ah, it doesn't matter. If you are like me, you probably won't care about these useless words. The wave of reality at night can't be avoided, %!"

"Heh...heh, no, it's not a threat. Ha...haha, ho ho, you'll know soon. The leader will avenge us. One life for one, ho... ho, one Life...maybe, more than one life can be changed. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha..."

At the end of the laugh, Scarface's mouth was filled with blood gushing from his lungs, and he couldn't breathe. His throat and trachea were filled with overflowing blood, and there was no place for air to pass through.

Afterwards, this guy suffocated to death with his own blood.

Keir stood next to the man's body and watched the man die.

At this time, Kil suddenly realized something. There were hundreds of bandits. Considering the previous casualties, only about a quarter to a third appeared here.

So where are the remaining bandits now?

what are you doing?

"Oops! I fell into a trap!"

Keir cried out.