Mercenaries and Adventurers

The blood-licking grass looked at the strange humans approaching it with strange eyes.

Just based on the clothes worn by humans, since many armed civilians in Kiel's team wore clothes captured from bandits, Blood Licker could not judge the enemy based on the clothes worn by humans.

But this is not a problem for a smart horse!

The human in front of him approached it cautiously, but the blood-licking grass took two steps forward and sniffed the opponent with its big nose.

"Oh, oh oh. Very good, good horse, good horse, that's it, yes, yes, humans are friendly and good friends, and I am also a good friend."

The bastard bandit looked surprised. He didn't expect that the knight's horse would be delivered to his door without him having to take the initiative to please the horse. This saved him a lot of effort and time, and everything seemed to go smoothly.

"It must be blessed by the goddess of luck! Praise the goddess! Praise you!"

The dog-legged man had a smile on his face, as if he had met a good life in the future from this smooth plan!

But the smile on his face only lasted a few seconds, and then disappeared.

After a sniff, Blood Licker smelled something bad from the human in front of him. This human was not his master's companion, but his enemy!

"Poof! Lu Lu Lu Lu——"

After realizing it was an enemy, Blood Licker snorted dissatisfiedly, then neighed, lowered his head, and jumped forward.

There was a crashing sound, and the bandit who was trying to grab the reins of his war horse was knocked straight out of the air. My chest felt tight and my mouth was wide open, which was very unexpected.

Gurgling, grunting, the bandit rolled a few times on the ground after landing, and even couldn't breathe normally due to the heavy blow to his chest. This made the dog-legged man bulge his mouth, his face turned red and he tried hard, and finally breathed.

"Oops, what went wrong?"

But before he could think about it, the dogleg lying on the ground suddenly felt his vision dim. He turned his head and saw the knight's horse walking up to him. Its huge body and horse armor lifted the top of his head. The sunlight was blocked.

Realizing that something was wrong, the loser hurriedly shouted: "One of our own! One of our own! Don't hurt me!"

At this moment, he remembered how his fellow bandits had been collided and trampled to death by this war horse not long ago.

But the horse can't understand the words of humans. After realizing that the dog leg is the enemy, the violent blood-licking grass will not let the enemy go!

"Lulu Lu——"

He raised a hoof, then lowered it, directly pressing down on the back of the bandit on the ground, holding the bandit unable to get up.

Then the horse applied its body weight little by little. The bandit tried to use his arms to escape the horse's stampede, but he didn't know whether it was a coincidence or something. The leather strap holding the weapon on his back was caught by the hoof of the war horse. The only thing His chance of escape was lost.

The unlucky bandit still persisted for a moment, using his arms to prop up his body, but how could an ordinary person be the opponent of a fully clothed war horse?

Then he was trampled, his chest collapsed, and he died.

When the dogleg was dying of consciousness, he suddenly realized everything. He had always been lucky, but this was not without reason. Although he used to be a robber, after dividing the money, he would also donate some to the Lady Luck Church in the town. Every time he went to the casino, as long as he won money, no matter how much, he would give it to the children begging on the roadside. With some iron coins, those hungry boys and girls can buy one or two whole grain pancakes to eat.

And he always wins more and loses less in the casino.

It turns out that I have always been taken care of by gods.

So the gods also saw the ugly things before, right?

What a shame, I don't want that either.

The spirit in the dog-legged bandit's eyes gradually became weak, and he was completely dead.

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The blood-licking grass snorted, raised its hoof, and rubbed lightly on the soft grass. Then it sauntered closer to the forest that its owner had entered before, and peered into the depths of the forest where the sunlight shone.

Faint human wails and roars kept coming from inside, but there was no voice of its owner.

However, the blood-licking grass is not worried about the safety of its owner. After all, the situation at this moment is far less critical than that bloody night a few days ago.

At least that's what the horses thought.

However, there was another sound of rustling in the woods not far away. The horse looked around and found that it was a fat human being, leading many humans, rushing out from the side of the woods, and it seemed that their The target is directly at the slowly moving team on the trade road.

The smart blood-licking grass thought for a while and felt that this small group of humans should be no match for the large group of humans on the trade road, so it stayed where it was, waiting for its owner.

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Keir hurriedly walked through the soft woods. Although he was not as familiar with the area as the fleeing bandits in front of him, he was directly chasing one of them, whether it was the stumbling tree roots or the dry creek that was not easily visible on the ground. Jump and climb directly over these blocking things.

The bandits carrying bows and arrows had to bend down and roll over the raised tree roots, or if they had some skills, slide and shovel directly through the blocking tree roots. Instead, they faced the dry forest with undulating terrain that was not obvious but was actually more than one meter high. If there is a small river, they will use the vines hung on the trees to swing across.

Of course, the vines they used themselves were left directly on the opposite side of the river in the dry forest, and were not reused by the knights and others chasing after them.

But the knight's ability still exceeded the expectations of many bandits. The knight jumped up while running against an unexpected tree root more than one meter high, using a height far exceeding the root without slowing down.

As for the small river in the dry forest that required vines to quickly swing across, the knight just took a long stride and rushed over as if he were walking on flat ground.

Such a fast pursuit forced the fleeing bow-wielding bandits to leave someone behind to stop them, even though they all knew that the bows and arrows in their hands posed no threat to the knights.

But when faced with the bandit who turned around in a half-crouching position, drawing his bow and shooting an arrow, Kil uncharacteristically did not rush forward. Instead, he straightened up his shield and rushed forward. Amidst the sound of the arrows hitting the shield, he rushed directly to the man in front of him. He punched out and knocked down the bandit who tried to resist.

A few bandits stayed to block him, so he knocked down a few of them with a few punches.

But other than that, the knight did not swing his sword to kill the bandits. Instead, he turned around and shouted at his soldiers who were behind him and couldn't catch up: "I will kill all the bandits I meet!"

After hearing the knight's order, the armed people who were chasing after him tens of meters away responded in unison: "Yes, sir! Cut them all down!"

Kil laughed a few times and continued to chase the fleeing bandits in front of him.

The armed people who caught up behind slowly walked around the tree roots blocking the road, or when faced with the sudden appearance of a small dry forest river, they jumped off one by one, then turned over and climbed up on the opposite side.

Although the bandits and knights in front of them could no longer be seen due to the obstruction of the trees in the forest, they were not afraid of losing them, because whether they were bandits or knights, both parties were galloping through the woods, directly on the forest floor full of fallen leaves. There was a clear trace of the 'trip'.

No one on either side had any intention of cleaning up and covering their footprints, and the armed people following behind could barely keep up without getting lost.

Facing the bandits who were seriously injured and knocked unconscious by the knights, the armed people did not hold back. Although some people felt that it would be better to capture the bandits who had lost many teeth, dislocated their jaws and vomited blood, and found a place to exchange them for money to replenish the team's supplies. But the Lord Knight had already said to kill these bandits before, and they didn't say anything else.

Especially these injured bandits who had left their bows and arrows at hand. Many people in the team were despicably shot by them. They really deserved to die.

So the armed people swarmed forward, slashing their machetes and swords directly at the heads of the fallen bandits, without sparing their lives.

Of course, the bandits had to be plundered, and everyone carried bows and arrows on their backs.

Even if only a few of them were hunters in the original village, they had learned archery from their family elders.

But this does not prevent everyone from confiscating weapons and equipment.

Whether it will be used is one thing, whether it is available is another.

In many cases, whether a weapon is used or not is only related to the efficiency of killing enemies, but whether it is used or not fundamentally determines something.

Nowadays, there are few long-range projectile weapons among the refugee team, and bows and arrows are in short supply. The weapons on these bandits must be brought with them.

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As for Kiel, the more he pursued, the more he felt there was something wrong.

First of all, although he may not have seen clearly enough in the woods, he was still sure that he was chasing the fleeing bandits at this time, not deep into the woods in the mountains, but along the side of the woods.

You must know that the deeper you go into the woods, the more complex the terrain inside becomes. Logically speaking, it is more suitable for bandits who are familiar with the terrain to escape.

Secondly, the bandits in front were fleeing, but even now a group of people are still gathering together to flee. This is really against common sense and very suspicious. You must know that he is the one who is pursuing the most closely. After all, there is only one person. If the bandits disperse and escape, he will only be able to defeat one or two people in a short time. There is a high possibility that the others will run away.

Finally, Kil vaguely felt that the direction of his pursuit at this time was getting farther and farther away from the large troops on the trade road.

The bandits fled in the opposite direction to the direction of the refugee team.

This made him feel more and more suspicious.

But he actually defeated five bow-wielding bandits with his fists. This was a fact after all.

Just after Keir strode over a long, strange pile of fallen leaves, he finally realized something was wrong.

The leaf piles just now looked like nothing, but in fact they were unnatural obstacles that could not possibly exist in the woods. After all, where are the woods that gather together dry and flammable fallen leaves? This must be man-made.

Thinking of this, Kil quickly stopped, and the metal boots on his legs left two deep deceleration marks on the ground.

"Very sharp! Damn knight!"

A voice rang out from the tree in front of him, and Kil followed the sound and looked through the few light beams that fell into the forest. Only then did he realize that there was a sturdy bandit sitting on the tree trunk in front of him.

Although something didn't feel right, Kil still choked back: "It's a trap, right? But don't you think it's ridiculous for rabbits to get together to murder lions? Haha, show your tricks, don't hide them, it's boring."

"Tough talk!"

After the bandit on the tree finished speaking, he blew a whistle. The next moment, bandits emerged from the ground on either side of Kiel, carrying a puddle of soft things in their hands and threw them towards Kiel.

Although he didn't know what the other party was throwing at him, Kil obviously had no intention of catching it forcefully, so he fell into the bandits' trap!

Kil rolled forward, dodging all the suspicious objects thrown at him, and then unsheathed his sword. The sword was immediately wrapped with surging white light. Not only did the glowing sword frighten the surrounding bandits, but it also gave this The poorly lit woods provide sufficient combat lighting.

Pah, pah, pah, pah.

The suspicious objects thrown by the bandits towards Kiel fell softly to the ground. After rolling a few times, they spit out a lot of mucus and acidic water. The mucus sticks to the leaves on the ground, while the acidic water corrodes the fallen leaves with a sizzling sound.

The thing twisted left and right a few times and gradually burrowed under the wet and soft fallen leaves.

Ah, it turns out they are some very big slime monsters. I don’t know where these bandits caught them temporarily, or the slime monsters living in the mountains and woods are just that big. Each one is bigger than Kiln in the swamp south of Kendall City. The largest slime monster ever caught was even bigger.

Moreover, before these innocent slime monsters were thrown out, the thieves stabbed them brutally several times, in order to make the acid sacs in the slime monster's body have a chance of damaging Kil's armor.

"That's it? That's it!"

After Kil saw what was behind him clearly, he taunted him and made the bandit in the tree not far away turn green with anger.

The bandit whistled again, and then several bandits rushed out from the shadow of the tree trunks and roots around the big tree where he was. These guys were holding several sets of fishing nets in their hands. I wonder if they were originally fishermen by the river. , the action of holding the fishing net and swinging it towards Keir was very standard.

As soon as the fishing net was released, it was pulled by the weight on the side of the net, and moved toward Keer in a rapidly expanding circle.

"Ah!"

Kil did not retreat but advanced, swung his sword forward and flicked it, not only dodging several fishing nets, but also cutting a fishing net in front of him into two halves.

"Is this a piece of junk? You can't catch bigger fish, right? You still want to catch me!"

Kil rushed forward and knocked over a bandit who was casting a net with his elbow. The other three bandits immediately fled for their lives.

The bandits on the tree continued to whistle with a cold face. Some bandits came out from behind the tree in the distance, each holding a common throwing gun in the Western Province, and threw it at Kiel continuously.

These people have some experience and know that they cannot throw away all the things in their hands at once. Often, as soon as the previous bandit throws his gun away, the next bandit turns around and throws his arm, preparing to throw the gun.

But Kil noticed the location of the bandits around him, and the Elf metal shield on his left arm turned to the left first to block them.

when--

The spear struck the center of his shield.

The next moment, Kiel used the movement of his legs and the twist of his waist to quickly move the shield on his left side to the right side of his body for defense.

when--

Another shot was blocked.

The next moment, Gere turned sideways and raised his arms, using the hunting blade of his long sword to deflect the third spear that came towards him.

The last one, Kil threw out his long sword and used the spinning long sword to kill and smash away the fourth and last spear that was attacking him.

"good chance!"

The bandit on the tree roared excitedly, and then quickly added: "Come on, everyone! Kill him!"

But Kiel, who seemed to have lost his main battle weapon, just moved his empty right hand gauntlet in the air. The luminous long sword that was still spinning in the air stopped for a moment, and then the next moment it seemed to be upside down. The movie screen was reversed and thrown into Keir's hands.

Even when it fell into Kil's hands, he thoughtfully put the hilt of the sword into Kil's hands first.

"What now?"

Kil laughed, not afraid of the more than twenty bandits suddenly appearing around him, and started fighting first.

Some bow bandits who had escaped before fired arrows at him, but the arrows were just like before. When they hit Kiel, they only sent out a cluster of sparks, and then smashed the metal arrowhead made of rough iron. He didn't know the next moment it would fly. Where did it go.

The other bandits who roared and rushed over couldn't keep up with Kil's footsteps. However, Kil chose a gun-throwing bandit and passed by with his sword, cutting off half of the guy's right arm.

He then jumped sideways, and while he was jumping slightly in the air, he kicked forward directly, hitting the lower body of a bandit who was coming towards him. He didn't know how many things were exploded by this kick. Keir just hoped that nothing would happen. Kick this unlucky bandit to death, otherwise this guy may have to join the bandit gang that is pestering him tonight.

There were already a lot of resentments, but no matter how much they were, the Kiel people would become numb.

Going to bed every night was as tiring as fighting a war. In his dreams, he only relaxed his steps to avoid the resentment of the bandits that entangled him.

After kicking the bandit away, as soon as Kil landed on the ground, there were bandits on the left and right sides of his body holding a one-handed ax and slashing at him. The shield of Kil's left arm blocked an ax and made a crashing sound, while the long sword of his right arm struck first. One step blocks the path of the opponent's axe.

At this time, you can clearly see the difference between knights and ordinary people, even if Kil is just a young boy who has just become a knight.

It was obviously the long sword that was used last, but with the weight of the long sword several times that of the opponent's one-handed ax and the strength of his arm, even if Kiel was not fighting attentively at this time, the one-handed ax that was heavily chopped down was still struck by Ji. You flicked your sword away.

"How can it be?"

The bandit yelled in disbelief after the weapon in his hand was flicked away. Gill then turned his wrist and sliced ​​the bandit's mouth and tongue with the tip of the long sword.

He even took the time to reply: "How is it impossible?"

Then he swung his sword and slashed to the left. He swung the sword again and split the one-handed ax of the bandit on the left into two pieces directly on his head.

You must know that the front of the one-handed ax is a large piece of iron. When Kiel struck with his sword, he actually cut the iron on the ax into two pieces.

The bandit, who was so frightened that he dropped his weapon, took a few steps back and looked at the knight Kiel with incredulous eyes.

Kil rushed forward and knocked him away with a shield.

When he turned around again, more than a dozen bandits who could still fight had surrounded him in a fan shape, but no one dared to step forward.

Instead, Kil hit the shield hard with his glowing sword, making a loud impact. One was to provoke the bandits in front of him, and the other was to point out his position to the men who were following him.

"Come on? Come on!"

It seemed that the other party had many people surrounding him, but in reality, it was Kiel who surrounded the other party with more than ten bandits.

At this time, the bandit on the tree finally couldn't sit still anymore, picked up his weapon, and jumped down from the branch.

After landing, he buffered for a while, then shook his neck and wrist, pushed away the bandit who was blocking the way, waved his hands to let people disperse, and strode to a place a few meters in front of Kiel and stood there.

The bandit raised his chin slightly, grasped the long sword in his hand tightly, and snatched a machete from the bandit beside him. The two weapons were held in front of him, one behind the other.

The body even maintained a sideways fighting posture, and the legs stood apart in front of one another.

"Come, knight, fight me."

This bandit is very powerful. He seems to feel that through the observation just now, although this knight's strength and reaction are stronger than ordinary people and he has a thick armor, that's all. His skills and combat experience are average.

Especially in the fight just now, this knight didn't kill anyone. He was really too soft.

People who are soft-hearted are usually soft-hearted, and people who are soft-hearted will not be the opponent of a cold-hearted person, no matter how strong the opponent is or what great weapons or abilities they have.

And it just so happens that this bandit - his name is Scarface, is a cruel and cunning guy with a heart as hard as ice and snow.