Mercenaries and Adventurers

The dead leaves turned over in the place where they fought just now, and the damp and rotten deep leaves were lifted up. That was where the person who had just attacked was standing.

After a few careful glances, Kiel found that the footsteps left by the other party were very heavy. The footprints rushed out from behind the big tree beside the creek, all the way to the direction of Kiel who was standing on the strange road in the forest.

The footprints produced by each sprint on the ground were large and deep, which was quite strange.

After soothing the blood-licking grass, Kil asked the war horse to stay where he was. Then he took off the elf metal shield behind him, put it on his left arm and held it. The long sword in his right hand was placed on the top of the shield. He lowered his body and stepped lightly. Move towards where the attacker's footprints came from.

Kil tried to keep his footsteps as gentle as possible. Since the attacker could hide himself with the noise of the flowing river, why couldn't he?

Just sneak past and catch the other party off guard!

After walking lightly for nearly ten steps, Kil made a double jump and quickly circled from the front of the tree to the back of the big tree.

The shield is placed in front of the chest, ready to resist the opponent's counterattack, and the long sword is also ready to defend against counterattack.

Swish——

He stood still behind the tree, but there was neither a counterattack from the attacker nor the figure where the other party should have been.

There was nothing behind the thick trunk of the big tree. It was empty, only the twisted roots and layers of wet and greasy rotten leaves all over the place.

"no one?"

Kil muttered to himself, and then looked up. There was no jumping attacker above his head, and there were no routes or mechanisms that could be climbed. He lowered his head and glanced around. Although the fog was thick here, under the white light of the long sword, he could see clearly within a few meters of the surrounding area.

But there was nothing suspicious around. So Kil immediately turned around and looked at the traces caused by the movement of leaves on the ground.

There were two in total, one was caused when he rushed over, and the other was the mark left by the attacker trampling on the leaves not long ago.

Kiel's footprints stretched from the front of the road to his feet, while those of the attacker pushed backwards from the front of the road until they suddenly disappeared behind the tree.

It's the kind of thing that suddenly disappears.

It was as if the attacker lost weight and flew up, which was quite strange.

Kil couldn't rule out the possibility of the other party, but he still carefully raised his foot and stepped on it a few times where the attacker's footprints disappeared.

Boom, boom, boom, that’s normal, boom, boom, boom?

Um? Something is wrong.

Keir realized something and stepped hard on the place where the strange noise had just been made. Bang!

Something is definitely wrong.

He kicked his left foot sideways to the ground and swept away the thick rotten leaves on the ground. Among the dark brown dead branches and leaves, a small half of a stone slab was exposed under the leaves.

This discovery made the corner of Kil's mouth curl up, but he did not take it lightly. He first looked around again to make sure that no one was spying on him, then he squatted down and used the shield in his left hand to push away all the fallen leaves on the stone slab.

Soon, a one-meter-square black-gray slate was exposed. This thing was dark and dark in color. Even if the fallen leaves covering it were removed, this slate would be very difficult for people to see and recognize.

Then Kil found a small groove on the edge of the stone slab that was convenient for lifting. He raised it slightly with his right hand and confirmed that he could lift the stone slab with some force, but this force was not something ordinary people could use casually.

This gave Kil a general confirmation of the strength of the sneak attacker just now. Coupled with the brief confrontation just now, Kil confirmed that the opponent was not easy to deal with. It was not the bandits before, but even ordinary parasitic monsters. It may not be as good as above.

After once again confirming that there was no danger in the surrounding area, and that there were no footsteps included in the sound of water flowing around him, Kil put the long sword next to him, lifted the stone slab with one hand, and moved it aside.

When he opened and closed the stone slab, he carefully hid his figure aside and only used his hands to move the stone slab away, just to be wary of attackers who might be waiting for him under the stone slab.

Kuang, the stone slab fell heavily on the leaves on the side, revealing a tunnel entrance sloping downward in its original place.

Kil carefully glanced in from the edge. There were no attackers waiting to attack him, nor was it as dark as he expected. On the contrary, there was a milky white light coming from the passage under the stone slab.

With the shield in front of him, Kil came to the front of the tunnel and tentatively wanted to go down, but after hesitating for a moment, he still didn't dare. It was not that he was afraid of the attackers in the tunnel, but that his horse was still outside. Well, if he came alone, he would go down and take a look, but the war horse was still outside and injured. Kil was worried and left the blood-licking grass there.

But if you don't go down, it doesn't mean you won't check out the sneak attack tunnel that suddenly appeared in the forest.

With the illumination of the long sword in his hand and the faint white light coming from inside the tunnel, Kil found that the tunnel was a bit strange and the height was a bit low. A normal person would have to bend down to move in the tunnel, dressed like this. Although the tunnel is wide enough for a man in armor, the height is still a bit low.

You must know that it is very awkward to move the armor while bending over, not to mention that the cramped space in the tunnel is also very unfavorable for wielding the long sword in your hand.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided not to go down because it was too dangerous.

But it was not good to retreat like this. Kil glanced at the authentic stone slab on the side, grabbed the edge, lifted it up and leaned it against the roots of the big tree, letting the stone slab lean against it.

Then he kicked out, hitting the center of the stone slab.

boom!

There was a loud noise, and the stone slab broke into several pieces.

In this case, there will be nothing to cover the tunnel entrance in a short time, and the stone slab at the exit was destroyed by him, which can be regarded as telling the attacker who just launched a sneak attack on him that the opponent's place has been discovered.

If the other party is cautious, they will definitely give up here.

"snort!"

Kil blew out a puff of air from his nose, picked up the remains of the stone slab that was broken into several large pieces, and threw it into the depths of the white mist in the forest with his backhand, making a series of sounds of impact or falling to the ground.

Then Keir left here and returned to the road.

-

Blood Licker's condition seemed to be a little better. It quickly recovered from its previous state of being wobbly and unsteady. Although its reaction was a little slower when Keir stroked its ears, fortunately there was no more. Bad place.

So Kil signaled Bloodlicker to follow behind him alone. The weapon racks and large bags of supplies originally on the horse were tied together with ropes. Kil himself wrapped them around his shoulders and dragged them on the ground. The spear was held up with his left hand. on the shoulders.

Although there are layers of wavy anti-slip textures on the strange road under your feet, fortunately the bottom wooden shelf of the weapon rack is smooth, so there is no big problem in towing it for a short time.

After all, although the road surface has specially designed friction, the entire road in the forest is covered with fallen leaves all year round. These slippery and decaying leaves are also quite smooth.

Kil moved forward cautiously. At this time, his state was different from his previous careless appearance. Although he had expected some malicious existence in this strange forest before, after experiencing the attack just now, Kil could not guarantee that his armor could completely protect him.

After all, Licker's horse armor, especially the metal head protector on his head, has a higher defense than the armor on his body. The blood-licking grass was hit hard by the opponent, and it was like that. Kil didn't dare to think about what would happen if he got hit.

So he had to cheer up and be ready to fight at any time.

The blood-licking grass followed its owner with a groan. At this time, its big eyes were no longer confused and sluggish, and all the excess weight on its back was removed, making the blood-licking grass feel its current state. Great, so easy, I almost want to run and jump happily.

But it realized that if it was too presumptuous, the owner would probably put those extra things on its body again, which would be bad.

Therefore, the 'loyal' war horse put on a sickly look, with its long ears twitching weakly, and its eyes no longer wandering around, but lowered its head and only stared at the traces of its master's walking.

"Is there no attack?"

Kil carefully paid attention to the depths of the surrounding fog. Every strange place in the fog made him extra vigilant, but in the end it was just a false alarm.

This made him wonder if he was scaring himself. The guy who attacked him might have seen that the target being attacked was difficult to deal with, and might have given up the attack plan.

Or maybe the other person's appearance that he must be familiar with this place is just peeping at him from the dark, making him suspicious and wasting his energy.

Which kind of situation it is, Kiel can't tell clearly, and it's hard to judge.

But maybe, you can try it out.

-

"Hoo, ho, that's not the way to go, lick the blood grass, the enemy is in a dark place, you can't keep vigilance against each other like this."

Kil put away the long sword in his hand, leaving only a section of the long sword exposed in the scabbard to provide a certain amount of illumination for the whole body. He turned around and said to the war horse following behind him: "Find a place to rest. Huh, I have been tense all the time. Plus I didn't get much rest last night. Why are I so sleepy? Damn it, now is not the time to sleep!" "

Kiel raised his hand and patted the helmet on his head twice, then led his horse, weapons rack and luggage package to a big tree near the road in the forest that he was optimistic about.

Kil first pretended to step back and forth on the ground with his feet, pretending to test whether there were tunnel entrances or exits on the surrounding ground. Then he used the weapon rack and the large package as a shield and placed them on both sides of the bottom of the big tree. Finally, he took out two handfuls of beans from the package and a roll of hay wrapped with a rope and sent them to Li Xue who had removed the bit. Grass mouth.

"Eat, eat. Thanks to your help and rescue, we were able to block the sneak attack of that damn attacker! Come on, eat more. When you get out of this forest, I will spend money to find you some delicious food. Eat!”

With these words on his lips, Kil's mind was not focused on the blood-licking grass in front of him, who was rolling the beans with his tongue.

Under his helmet visor, Kil glanced left and right, while his ears quietly stood up, paying attention to any unusual movements around him.

The foggy forest was extremely quiet. There were no noises from insects and small animals, and there were no signs of ordinary animals. The only sounds were Kil's own breathing and the chewing sounds of blood-licking grass.

Apart from that, there is nothing else.

wrong.

Kil vaguely seemed to hear the footsteps that were specially made softer, and the faint sound of armors clashing together. Very small, but not an auditory hallucination.

At the same time, Kil also judged that the slight scraping sound of the armor was not the sound made by his own armor.

He had worn the armor on his body for many days, and he was already familiar with the scraping noise it made when he was wearing it. But when he heard the slight sound in his ears, he was extremely sure that it did not come from his body.

Please, he's not moving at this moment, why is the armor making a scraping sound?

That is the second intelligent creature present.

Kil confirmed that the opponent was wearing protective armor and also used a hard and heavy blunt weapon. Although it was not clear why he was attacked secretly here, Kil guessed that this had something to do with the fact that no one had ever returned to the Huitou Forest. relation.

But if everyone who enters the forest is attacked, and they are attacked by the opponent's very powerful weapons. So how did people settle and build settlements in the valley behind the forest?

This is very contradictory.

He was sure that nothing good would happen to a normal person being hit with such a heavy weapon.

Either dead or disabled.

So what is all this about?

Kil frowned, while the hands holding the beans and hay trembled slightly, ready to pick up the shield and draw the weapon at any time.

‘Come closer, come closer. ’

Kil thought, and tried to determine the specific location of the other party hidden in the white mist through the source of the sound.

In the previous fight, he was careless and did not directly release the blinding ability on the long sword. If he does it again this time, he will not forget this move.

I can't dodge you!

"Come on, eat more! Eat the beans first, the beans are delicious!"

Kiel said meaningless words and lowered his head slightly to prevent himself from subconsciously looking in the direction of the other party.

The blood-licking grass raised its head and glanced at its master in the midst of its busy schedule, and realized the master's state at this time, but it didn't care about it now that it had food, it just ate as hard as it could.

However, when the attacker carefully arrived five meters away on the right, the blood-licking grass, who was just eating, discovered something. Its long ears suddenly lifted up, and it subconsciously turned its head to its left side.

With quick eyesight and quick hands, Kil pressed his bean-less left hand on the horse's face to prevent it from making any vigilant movements.

He said: "Come! Eat hay! This is high-grade hay specially dried for you by Priest Batal. It is the largest grass you can usually see. It seems that some herbs that are good for horses are added to it. .You are injured, just eat more."

Keir said this while pulling the horse's head to let it eat grass.

Li Xue Cao snorted and immersed himself in the meal.

Since the master lets it eat, then let it eat. Let the powerful master deal with enemies and so on.

-

Kil's eyes narrowed under his visor, and his ears listened to the various weak sounds made by the other party, judging the other party's position and status.

Suddenly, the sound of the opponent's gently moving footsteps disappeared, and the faint sound of armor scraping disappeared.

Of course, this didn't mean that the other party's entire body disappeared. Kiel instantly judged that this was the other party's preparation for an attack!

The attack on him will be launched next moment!

In an instant, Kil took a deep breath, threw the hay held in his right hand on the ground, and quickly grabbed it on his left waist. At the same time, his left hand lowered his body and grabbed the elf metal shield inserted in the ground.

He moved quickly, holding two weapons and equipment in his hands in one breath, and then he rushed out faster than the opponent, heading straight towards the sneak attacker a few meters away on the right.

However, from the perspective of an outsider, it is hard to say who is the sneak attacker in this scene.

Qiang——

The long sword was unsheathed and screamed, eager to drink blood.

Snapped!

The arm passes through the semi-circular handle behind the shield, then grabs the other handle of the shield and holds it tightly.

Wow——

As the combat boots hit the ground, rotten leaves and several barks flew away, and Kil's whole body rushed towards the direction of the throw like a stone.

At a distance of five meters, Kiel's boots only stepped on the ground for a moment, and then his shield was in front, like a siege hammer impacting. The white light on the long sword shone, and the entangled Sun God's power was ready to go. The relay preparation for shield collision is ready.

Faster than anything else, nature is light.

The white light that provided illumination during the long vacation also lit up with the gathering of divine power. In just an instant, the fog area of ​​more than ten meters around Kiel was illuminated.

The next moment, Kil's eyes widened as he charged, because he was shocked to finally see the true face of the attacker!

The sneak attacker wore a thick black metal armor. The thickness of the armor alone could scare ordinary people to death. But this guy's height only reached slightly higher than Kiel's abdomen.

It looks like a large ball of iron ingots turned into essence!

But in an instant, Kil recognized the true face of such an opponent—the opponent was a dwarf!

But where did the dwarves from the Kingdom of St. Halls come from?

Still in the southern province, a place not close to the border of human society.

Kil would not be so surprised if a dwarf appeared in Kendall County, but the true identity of this enemy at this time surprised him very much.

But no matter what, no matter how unexpected it is, you have to fight it first!

Take my shield hit! ! !

"Ahhhhhhh--" Along with the offensive, Kil roared.