Mercenaries and Adventurers

"Everyone, move faster, faster!"

At this time, Kiel was leading nearly thirty armed people who were summoned by him, rushing out from the depths of the deep and dark woods.

They originally planned to return along the way they came, but Kil thought he had a good sense of space. He entered the forest to chase the bandit archers' team that now seemed to be a trap, and he could also roughly judge the terrain and his own position.

To put it simply, after realizing that he had been cheated, Kil did not lead everyone back from the original route. Instead, he turned an angle and walked straight out of the forest next to the trade road from the place where they were ambushed.

Because he predicted that even if the refugee team was attacked by other bandits, they would continue to move on the trade road before being attacked. If their team returned the same way, the position out of the woods would definitely be far away from where the refugee team was attacked at this time. The location is still some distance away.

By then it would be too late.

That's why Keir took the people and took the shortest route.

However, at this time, other people in the team were not only carrying the weapons and equipment captured by the bandits, some were also carrying wounded soldiers injured in the battle, and three bandits who were only slightly injured had their wrists tied with ropes. , being watched and driven to move.

You ask the other injured and subdued robbers?

Of course there were, but because they knew that the refugee team was attacked by another bandit team, all the bandits who could not move around normally after the battle were stripped of their equipment and killed.

The injured person on your side will be carried by the stronger ones in the team. Of course, your own people will not give up, even if carrying them slows down the overall movement speed, they will not leave them behind.

"Sir Knight! I don't know what's going on with the team right now. If you're worried, please leave first. We'll only slow down your journey!"

The captain of an armed squad led by the armed people heard the anxious mood in the knight's words and immediately spoke to persuade him.

Kil pursed his lips. At this time, he did not put down the steel visor on his helmet, so his whole face was exposed. Hearing the persuasion of his men, Kil also had a troubled expression.

"The problem is that the nearby areas are the territory of these bandits, and there will definitely be bandits in the woods. If I leave, they will definitely attack you."

After Kiel finished speaking, he looked around at the undulating terrain and complex forest environment. Even he himself had not been able to detect the large number of ambushed bandits before, let alone his armed people who had no fighting ability. After all, these people Not long ago, they were just hungry refugees.

It doesn't take much, just seven or eight bow-wielding bandits to devour the entire team of nearly thirty people. In the previous battles, even if I was cheating to help them, these armed people with little combat experience had a rough fight with the bandits who were severely injured and had no intention of fighting.

Don't get me wrong, there are six bandits and four of them. Thanks to Kil's punches and kicks, he knocked the recalcitrant bandits to the ground and hacked them to death, otherwise the outcome of the battle would have been hard to say.

"Don't worry, we are not incapable of fighting back. If we encounter an attack, we will fight while moving towards the trade route. Not to mention, those bandits may have led people to attack the large group. If they come to bite us, they will only stumble. Their teeth!”

Seeing that the captain of the armed team was full of confidence, Kil turned around and looked at the other people in the team. He found that these young people who were older than him were very confident. It seemed that the victory in the previous battle had given them enough same confidence.

Kiel suddenly realized that these nearly thirty people were already the most powerful and courageous fighting group among the refugees. Although they were not as good as the brutal bandits in terms of combat experience, the most important thing in low-level combat was courage. , they are not short of anything.

"good!"

Keir responded loudly: "In this case, you should go straight in the direction at this time and don't turn in the woods. You should be able to get out soon. Remember, if you are attacked by sporadic bandits, thousands of people will be killed." Don't get entangled with them. Go outside to an open area. Those bandits will not be your opponents. I will take the first step."

After Gil finished speaking, he waved to the others, then held the long sword at his waist with his left hand and strode forward.

In just a few steps, he pulled away from the group that was moving at normal speed. When he encountered the obstacles of overgrown tree roots, Kiel climbed over with a small jump. Encountering the sudden appearance of a dry forest river, Kil took two quick steps and jumped several meters in one leap, eliminating the need to climb up or down.

In just ten breaths, Kiel disappeared from the sight of these armed people. Kiel's back was blocked by thick tree trunks.

"Everyone, speed up and get out of the woods as soon as possible. Those damn bandits, don't they know the consequences of offending the Lord Knight? Hmm, the Lord Knight must wipe out their lairs one by one."

The captain of the armed team said loudly as he walked.

However, a captured bandit in the team let out a disdainful sound. It seemed that after the knight walked away, this man's courage came back: "You want to destroy our lair? With your level of trash, don't even think about conquering the village we occupied." "

Then the bandit proudly promoted the wooden towers and reinforced houses they built with slave labor in the village. The bandit also claimed that there were cellars under every house in the village, and they had opened up the cellars and connected them. At the same time, it is impossible to win there without dozens or hundreds of people dying.

These words made him feel very proud, but the next moment, the bandit was hit hard several times, and he bent down and fell to the ground.

The young man next to him immediately saw this man's plan to delay the movement of the team. Two people immediately picked up this guy, one on the left and one on the right, and quickly followed the team.

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Kil pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, his body receiving the energy recovery from the scabbard and hilt of the long sword, and he walked quickly without slowing down at all.

When he encounters obstacles, he activates the life energy in his legs to increase his jumping power and jump over various forest obstacles faster than walking. He had a good sense of spatial direction, and he soon discovered that the distance between the big trees passing by him had become sparse, and there were also more shrubs and flowers on the ground.

These are small plants that cannot survive in the deep woods. This is because the sunlight in the deep woods is intercepted layer by layer by tall trees. There are almost no other plants on the ground except fallen leaves and scavenging fungi. Survive.

The changes in the surrounding environment at this time can only mean that he is about to walk out of this mountain forest. Ahead, ahead is the business road outside the woods.

"Kill!"

"watch out!"

"ah--"

"Mother--"

After walking for a while, the woods became sparser, and at this time Keir heard some chaotic shouts coming from a distance. Needless to say, the refugee group must have been attacked by a large number of bandits.

Kiel listened to these chaotic shouts and ran anxiously at full speed.

The armor he wore made a loud sound of metal collision, and where there was friction and collision, when he ran with all his strength, the collision sent out scattered sparks.

Kuangchi kuangchi, kuangchi kuangchi.

Rhythmic sounds of metal collisions gradually came from the woods. The blood-licking grass raised its head, twisted its head, and looked toward the southeast.

There was only the edge of the woods that looked exactly the same, and apart from the noise, it didn't seem to be any different from anywhere else.

But Blood Licker had a hunch that the owner was over there.

"Shh-er-"

A familiar whistle came from the woods in that direction. It was a little faint, but Blood Licker still noticed it.

It couldn't make up its mind, so it hesitated and stomped back and forth on the spot, trampling a human corpse at its feet until the flesh was bloody.

"Shh-er-"

It was the master's calling whistle again, and this time the sound was clearer.

The blood-licking grass looked at the position where its master rushed into the forest, and then looked at the position where the whistle sounded. His eyes turned cleverly, thinking that there might be something weird, so the smart blood-licking grass would not be fooled, and would only be careful. After seeing the owner, it will really pass.

"Lu Lu Lu Lu——"

The blood-licking grass neighed excitedly for its clever idea, raised its front hoof, and stepped down hard.

This time, the upper body of the corpse under its feet was trampled directly into the soil.

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Kil made the last jump, jumping over a rotten tree trunk that had fallen to the ground in the way, and rushed out of the woods next to the mountains.

He looked up and saw the chaotic refugee team not far away, as well as the Batar priest who was riding a prairie horse to attack the bandits. In the middle and rear part of the team, among the abandoned materials on the ground, there were fighting armed people and ferocious people. Bandits.

One of the bandits, who was particularly fat and tall, slashed two armed civilians holding their shields together with an ax, knocking them backwards and falling to the ground. The wooden shields in the hands of the civilians also flew into pieces. No one was the opponent of the bandit. .

Keir could see that the tall and fat bandit was the leader of this bandit gang, and he seemed to have some abilities.

But where is my horse? Where is my war horse?

Kil kept on his feet and looked left and right, looking for the blood-licking grass he was whistling for.

He looked to the right and spotted the blood-licking grass in the distance. The guy still stayed at the position where he led the people into the woods and did not move.

"Blood-licking grass! This way! This way--"

Keir said hello, and the stupid horse ran towards this direction.

"Didn't I whistle? Why didn't it come? It's impossible that I didn't hear it. It's strange."

Kil muttered, and then while calling his horses, he ran at full speed towards the fighting group of refugees.

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"The boss is in trouble!"

Among the seven or eight bandits who were fighting with the armed people, the one furthest away noticed the knight, and immediately used his sharpest voice to give an early warning to his leader.

"Bah, my ￥￥ is fine, what's wrong! These refugees are just trash, there are so many people, they are no match for us!"

While fighting, the bandit leader used the large olive-shaped wooden shield in his left hand to block the flying axes flying towards him. ￥￥ # ￥. These flying axes were still their sharp weapons at noon, but now they were beaten by these mud-legged people. Use it against him.

On the other side, the bandit leader saw the opportunity and slammed the big ax he held in his right hand forward. He had a dagger embedded in the tip of the axe. He thrust it forward, which directly exceeded the expectations of the refugees in front of him. From this refugee During the gap between his slashes, he stabbed into the man's chest, directly knocking down the refugee.

After adding a kick, the bandit leader kicked the injured refugee away, immediately scaring away the other armed refugees in front of him.

"Wahahahahaha, they are all trash, wheat fields soaked in water, what did I just say, these people are no match for me! Kill! Rob! These are bandits!"

The bandit leader was in the midst of a killing spree in excitement. He was fighting against a dozen armed people by himself, and he still had the upper hand.

However, the bandit's men next to him calmed down his pride and enthusiasm: "Boss! The knight who protects these refugees is here! He rushed out of the woods!"

For a moment, it was like someone poured cold water on him. Even though the bandit leader's blood was rising, he had to shudder and look to the left.

A figure covered in gray and black armor was running towards them quickly.

After noticing that the other party was not riding a horse, the bandit leader exhaled and finally put a smile on his face: "That guy doesn't have a horse, let's retreat! He can't catch up."

After saying that, the bandit leader glared at the refugees approaching in front of him and let out a threatening roar. Many armed people were frightened and took a few steps back, not daring to step forward.

"Withdraw! Everyone withdraws!"

As soon as the bandit leader shouted, he personally cut off the rear and ordered his men to retreat. He also took various 'valuable' things they found and retreated towards the woods opposite the trade road.

Although their home village is on the side of the woods where Kiel rushed out at this time, the bandit leader's territory is also on the opposite side, and there are also temporary camps in the woods.

The gang of thieves retreated as quickly as they rushed up. The thieves carrying the looted items shouted excitedly from their mouths. Even if they were carrying dozens of kilograms of stuff on their shoulders, these guys would run away. The steps are as fast as flying.

The armed people wanted to outflank the retreating bandits, but their movement speed could not keep up with the retreating speed of the bandits. So everyone set their target on the bandit leader who was behind the scenes.

"Everyone, work hard. This man is the leader of the bandits. Stop him and let the Lord Knight chop off his head!"

The leader of the commanding armed squad shouted, encouraging others to surround the group.

"What a beautiful thought! Get away——"

The bandit leader roared, and his tall, fat figure coupled with his roar immediately frightened away the armed people surrounding him.

Priest Batal could not catch up with the fleeing bandits, so he turned around and attacked the bandit leader.

He shouted on the horse: "Get out of the way and look at me! I want to avenge the believers!"

Still more than thirty meters away, Priest Batal activated the amber metal staff in his hand. He gave up attacking the bandit leader with the protective statue, and instead held the end of the staff with both hands, imitating the Kiel Warriors. Like using a lance, he extended his long staff far forward and went straight to the bandit leader who was fighting and fleeing.

"Thinking too much! Idiot!"

The bandit leader had long noticed the wasted effort of the priest. After knowing how to resist the mysterious gem staff, he was naturally not afraid of the priest's attack.

Seeing the other party charging straight towards him on horseback, the tall and strong prairie horse rushed towards him without slowing down. The bandit leader dodged to the side, but not to avoid the priest on horseback. He knew that he could not dodge the horseman with such speed and distance. Oncoming attack.

Therefore, this guy's purpose was to put down the olive-shaped wooden shield he held in his left hand, grab a frightened refugee in his hand. Ignoring the man's struggle and the swords he wielded, the bandit leader took the initiative to greet the priest who came on horseback, carrying a refugee.

"Come on! Come on!"

The bandit leader roared and rushed towards the prairie horse. He held a man in one hand and slammed into the opponent's long glowing staff, and the big ax in the other hand slashed at the opponent's horse.

He had tried attacking the priest before, but it had no effect at all, so this time the bandit leader attacked the horses instead.

Three people and one horse passed by each other, and the long staff that emitted a dim light and buzzing sound hit the unlucky man in the hand of the bandit leader, and the ax in the bandit leader's hand also relied heavily on the speed of the horses to reach the grassland. A hard blow came to the horse's chest.

"How bad!" Priest Batal regretted that he failed to hit the enemy accurately, and then he rolled from his horse and was thrown out.

"Lulu——" The prairie horse whined. After receiving a heavy blow, the whole horse rolled forward and fell. However, horses are inherently stronger than humans, and prairie horses are taller and stronger than ordinary horses, so At this moment, it was only slightly injured.

Weapons that can kill horses with one blow are all large and heavy weapons. Although the big ax of the bandit leader is also capable of killing horses, it can only cut off the horse's neck with one ax if the horse does not run and stays in place. After the horse starts galloping, it may have no direction or energy, and it cannot kill the horse with one heavy blow.

"Hahahaha!" This was the heroic laughter of the bandit leader. He knocked down the priest on horseback with one blow. He threw away the armed refugees covered in dim light. He looked proudly at the other refugees on both sides and laughed helplessly. People stopped him and ran away.

"Damn it, my horse!"

The last words were the wails of the half-crouched Bloody Fangster on the roof of Kil's carriage in the distance.

The prairie horse that the priest had been riding was actually his property. It was just because he drove a carriage for Kiel, so his prairie horse was lent to priest Batar for temporary use these days.

At this time, seeing his precious prairie horse injured and overturned, Xueyaster's face was full of pity. The money he spent to buy this prairie horse was the money he had saved and deposited with his friends.

Gritting his teeth, Bloody Fangster noticed that the bandit leader had dropped the wooden shield he had been holding to guard against him. He sneered and raised the crossbow that Kil had lent him. He pulled the string, released the arrow, and took aim, all in one go. Bloody Fangster just held it up and did not launch it in a hurry.

He wanted to find a good opportunity, and the bandit leader didn't care about the good opportunity for him to shoot after putting down his shield.

At that time, huh, if you hurt my horse, you have to be careful.

The crossbow's aiming line was already aimed at the bandit leader from a distance.