Mercenaries and Adventurers

The night in the mountains is coming soon, and the preparations have already been made before. Several spear militiamen rushed to the front line after eating dinner, and each lit a small pile of warming fires behind the big wooden shield. Their bows and crossbows were ready to take out at any time In preparation, the spears were leaning against the big wooden shield and standing obliquely.

Other militiamen retreated to camp to rest.

Knight Crowe also made more preparations. He asked the militia team returning to the camp to divide into four groups of militiamen throughout the night. These militiamen only needed to be fully equipped and gathered around the campfire to warm up.

Their function is to prevent bandits from launching large-scale attacks at night. If something unexpected happens, these militiamen who are prepared for battle can immediately support the frontline positions.

And in order to prevent the militia at night from falling down the hillside or falling away due to light problems when they move, Knight Crowe ordered many lighting fires to be set up between the militia camp and the front-line positions as instructions.

These fires were filled with wood to ensure that they would burn until the next day in the windy conditions of the night.

During the meal, Keir also received instructions from Knight Crowe, telling him not to take off his armor when resting at night. As an important combat force that can support the front line, Knight Crowe hopes that Kiel can take more responsibility in these two days.

If there is a situation, he needs to let Kiel fight the bandits at any time.

Of course, Knight Crowe also promised Kiel that he could give him some more merit for such redundant responsibilities. These achievements are not as intuitive as the number of bandits killed, but they can be directly conveyed to Baron Kendall himself through what Kiel did in this battle.

"Kill, if you want to go further in Kendall, it is necessary to be appreciated by the baron. After all, who would entrust an unknown person with a heavy responsibility? Right." The knight patted Kiel said over his shoulder.

He then whispered to Keir: "You have been to Gloomy Forest Village, what do you think of it?"

Kiel vaguely felt the meaning of the knight, but didn't feel that meaning: "Um, to be honest?"

The knight nodded.

"I think Gloomy Forest Village seems to be too comfortable. Although they are very close to the vast forest, it seems that there are no monsters or beasts in the forest except for this monster. After all, it is opposite to Doral in the other direction. Lin Village, there are quite a few beasts and monsters there."

The knight smiled: "This is also the reason why I heard that Kendall arranged that useless so-called 'knight' in Gloomy Forest Village. Keel, if you can successfully learn how to become a knight-level fighter next year, I think you can Do more credit and take over the affairs of the gloomy forest village."

Seeing that Kiel was stunned, he kicked Kiel lightly: "How is it?"

Keir was in a bit of a dilemma. Although Kendall County had developed quite well in recent years in his opinion, if he was a local, he would definitely take advantage of this opportunity and directly become a member of Kendall County.

But he is not.

His soul is a person who came from time travel. His real name is Zhao Ji, and he is a modern Chinese young man.

Although he didn't know what would happen to other people after they died, since he was lucky enough to come to this kind of fantasy world, he must go out and visit this vast and wonderful world.

How could it be possible to live in an ordinary village honestly, with his wife and children walking through life on the hot kang.

Knight Crowe saw the hesitation and resistance in Kiel's eyes, and he patted Kiel's armor shoulder: "Okay, um. After all, you are such a young little guy. I also want to go out and venture out." I understand. After all, I was once young. At that time, as soon as I became an adult, I couldn't wait to take the recommendation letter written by my father and ran directly to join the army of the kingdom. Now, more than ten years have passed, and I have returned to This place I couldn't wait to escape from. Train the people here and defend our town property."

Speaking of this, Knight Crowe seemed to have lost the intention to continue the conversation. He just sat on the ground, staring at the flames on the fire, slowly chewing the food.

He seemed to be recalling those decades of his life.

Growth, playfulness, intolerance, adulthood, joining the army, training, fighting, learning, transformation, massacre, command, battle, emptiness, retirement, returning home, family, militia, friendship, now.

Keir didn't dare to disturb Knight Crowe, so he quietly finished his meal and returned to his tent to rest.

The bandit's head was thrown directly into the pit dug out on the side, and the low temperature air didn't have to worry about the thing rotting. Apart from the bad taste, it didn't hinder anything. I just don't know if the guard in the same tent will not like this thing.

I hope he doesn't mind, anyway, he will hand over the head to Knight Crowe or the Registrar in charge of merit tomorrow morning.

Kiel took off his armor glove and held his right hand in front of his eyes.

The palms of his hands were getting rough. After fighting non-stop for the past few months, due to the use of various weapons, thick calluses gradually formed in his hands. And on one finger, the elf metal ring that appeared inexplicably was worn on his hand.

Just like before, no matter whether he put the ring in the camp or in the backpack, as long as he leaves the ring a certain distance, it will inexplicably appear on his hand.

Still wearing it.

Originally, Kiel thought that he had gotten rid of the entanglement of this thing in the ancient elf ruins before. After all, he had already experienced the important experience of the former owner of the ring in his dream.

At that time, the ring no longer followed him, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that he was in a desperate situation in the Warcraft body before, and his situation at that time was probably very bad.

He stared at this very simple ring, and whispered to it: "At that time, did you save me?"

The ring didn't respond.

Keir breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay if he didn't respond, he was really afraid that the ring would speak suddenly, that would be a bad situation. Kiel had tried to destroy the ring, but no matter what method he used, he couldn't shake the ring at all.

"The Lord of the Rings?"

"Grandpa? No, grandma? Elf grandma?" There was no response.

Kiel pouted, and put on the armor and gloves again. When he was unconscious, he had dreamed about a new female elf story, but these few nights when he went to bed, he was peaceful and never dreamed about elf dreams again.

He guessed that it was probably because it was a little far away from the ruins, so some of the power in the ruins could not be provided to the ring, and thus could not affect his dreams.

"Then do you want to go there again? Some things in the dream are very interesting. I vaguely remember that they are still in place. After defeating the bandits, follow Knight Lanisa back to Kendall for some repairs before going. " Keel said to himself.

Then, he just put on the armor like this, covered his body with a dog-skin quilt, and fell asleep lightly in the dog-skin sleeping bag. He still remembered the Cavaliers' explanation that he should not sleep too deeply at night to avoid being unable to get up quickly to support the frontline positions.

As a result, the knight's preparations were useless that night.

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the next morning.

Kiel tapped his torso lightly, and just walked out of the tent.

Wearing armor to sleep last night, and not being able to sleep too much, this made Kiel's sleep quality not very good all night. In addition to his spirit, he was still sore and dry all over his body. After all, when the armor was designed, it was not considered for wearing and sleeping.

Kiel had the heads of the bandits he personally killed yesterday hanging around his waist. Now, before today's battle started, he wanted to count these heads into his credit for killing the enemy.

Not only Kiel thought so, many militiamen who had killed the enemy yesterday took advantage of the matter to deal with it while eating in the morning. Therefore, because the majesty of the knight was too great, everyone dared not look for Knight Crowe, so they all gathered around the old clerk who was in charge of recording things.

Most of the militiamen's credit yesterday was a bandit head, but Kiel took a bunch of bandit heads at once, and he still calmed down the nearby militiamen.

Based on Kiel's activity on the front line yesterday, the militiamen who have killed the enemy all know Kiel, and also know that Kiel really got the heads of these bandits by skill.

"Let me see, Joe Keel. The fighters specially joined by Mr. Crowe Knight." The old clerk took out a big book that each of the clerks had, and then took out another book that could be read even in cold weather. The ink that did not freeze, after dipping it, carefully recorded Kiel's information on the page responsible for recording the victories of the militiamen.

Kiel smiled and put the bandits' heads on the wooden table next to the old clerk. The clerk's assistant squinted his eyes, untied the tangled hair of these disheveled bandits' heads with fear and disgust, and counted them one by one. .

"The heads of nine bandits, boss, Kiel killed nine bandits." The assistant nodded in favor of Kiel, and then reported to the old clerk.

"Okay, nine bandits." The old man drew a series of nine small misses under Kiel's name, indicating that Kiel had made nine bandit exploits.

Kiel asked: "Your Excellency, if you killed a bandit leader, how should you record it?"

The old clerk smiled and said: "Then it's not a bad drawing. I will confirm with Sir Knight, and then specifically write down the bandit leader you killed. The news is that there are five bandit leaders, but one of them has already passed away. He died at the hands of the soldiers of Bingxun Pass a few days ago. That guy dared to sneak into the pass and attack the people fleeing from their clutches. He deserved his death. However, Keel, if you really defeat a bandit leader, remember to find the knight first Confirm with the captured bandit. After confirmation, I will credit you. However, be careful, a hound that is too brave will not be able to hunt the prey, because the prey is walking around it. Remember this."

Kiel nodded, and thanked the old clerk for his advice. The surrounding militiamen envied Kiel's contribution very much. Although they fought bravely, they were far behind Kiel's side after all. Not only did they attack In terms of weapons and combat techniques, the pros and cons of armor are the most important.

Because their armor is very general, so in the battle, apart from the timing is really good, the other militias are more about how to protect themselves from injury. Therefore, everyone is more cautious when fighting. To put it bluntly, they are more timid and dare not let go of the battle. After all, each of them is the main labor force of the family, and it is not good to be injured or die.

But Kiel is very different. Many bandit weapons can't hurt him very much, and even armor can't hurt him, so naturally they can't pose enough threats to him. Therefore, when Kiel is fighting, he will openly trade the damage of the armor in exchange for the death of the bandit.

The appearance of being too brave actually frightened many bandits who were only ferocious.

Bandits really can't do it, they only dare to swing their knives at the weak, facing the strong, they are weak, but they can't face the front.

As for Kiel, whether he is facing bandits or mysterious and terrifying monsters, he dares to fight seriously.

After eating in the morning, Keel stood behind Knight Crowe and waited for a while. Many of the militiamen who had fired their bolts yesterday were exchanging with other militiamen for an equal share of the remaining bolts.

When everyone's crossbow arrows were almost enough, Knight Crowe led the team, and a large number of militiamen walked out of the camp together, and soon arrived at the frontline position captured yesterday.

Keel looked over and found that there were many dead and frozen corpses of bandits between the outside of the campfire and the high bandit position on the opposite side.

The militia leader who stayed here last night came to report that those corpses were bandits who either came to test whether they could break through the campfire last night, or were scattered bandits who wanted to escape from the bandit's lair in front of the position.

Many bandits who escaped in the dark failed to keep them, and only shot some slower ones. The wounded bandit was quickly bled to death between the two positions.

There is no fire to keep warm, and it's night outside here, and that's not a place for people to live.

After confirming the results of the battle, Knight Crowe asked these militiamen to return to the camp to have a meal and rest. If possible, let them play in the afternoon, so that they don't need to rotate for tonight's mission.

After all, Knight Crowe had agreed to take down this bandit lair in three days, and he had to take it down with low damage, so the night watch militiamen had to rotate their operations.

Just letting a wave of militiamen keep watch at night, no one can bear it.

Soon, after the rope was thrown to drag the corpse of the bandit back as a victory for the night watch militia, today's battle began.

Just like yesterday, the Knights of Crowe let the militiamen in the front row carry the big wooden shields to advance slowly, and let the militiamen in the back row shoot all the careless bandits who dared to take the lead with crossbow arrows.

I saw the militiamen moving slowly carrying the big wooden shields, but in fact, according to Kiel's observation, the speed was already very fast. Not only was it safe, but it was always advancing. Every time we moved forward, all the militiamen would move forward a little bit.

Therefore, not only the militiamen fighting in the front can confirm that they are really advancing, but even the militiamen who are ready to fight behind can feel that they are advancing.

It's slow, but very solid.

It's not that the bandits are silent after suffering such a loss.

Under the command of the bandit leader, these bandits also tried to hold up some self-made wooden shields, resisting the ferocious crossbow arrows of the militiamen, and tried to attack the frontline positions of the militiamen from the side of the mountain road.

"Keir! Stop those bandits!" Before Knight Crowe could finish his sentence, Kiel led ten spear-wielding militiamen assigned to him, all with their weapons upright, and charged back at the rushing bandits.

The bandits saw ten spears and a double-edged spear stabbing towards them, and the first one cursed and died. But he couldn't change anything except for being able to say a few dirty words that made people laugh before he died.

Puff puff puff puff puff.

After yesterday's actual combat experience, the spear made the best militiamen fight with Kiel. Once everyone charged, they knocked down several bandits with simple shields who rushed over.

Kiel's spear is slightly shorter, so it is aimed at the "good luck" bandits who escaped the spear, and after piercing directly, they fly forward. Then sweep left and right to force back the bandits who want to get close to melee.

Immediately afterwards, the militiamen, who pushed a little or two, rushed forward again and stabbed their spears. A bandit whose body is only animal skins for self-defense can't resist the sharp spear point at all, even if it is lightly brushed, it will scratch the animal skin and muscles.

Of course, it wasn't that there were brave and elite bandits who really rushed up. At this time, they had to rely on Kiel's powerful close combat ability.

When faced with bandits using heavy weapons rushing up, Kiel would either use a long gun to distance him and lead the reckless bandits away from the front line of the melee. The militiamen will directly shoot at the bandit.

If you don't shoot that guy into a sieve, the militias behind won't stop.

At this time, Keir was always worried that militiamen would shoot him carelessly, so even if it was a cold day, he was sweating from fright.

Fortunately, when the militiamen trained crossbow arrow shooting outside Kendall City, they all had a good and serious training. The militiamen who failed to shoot crossbow arrows were not brought by Crow Knight. Either they were asked to be responsible for some unimportant things, or they directly Send it back to your country of origin, let's go home. The biggest difference between semi-regular soldiers like militiamen and bandits like stragglers is that they have powerful projectile weapons supported by Kendall City.

A militiaman who cannot master this kind of weapon is naturally not a qualified militiaman. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com can only return home, and cannot enjoy all militia rights afterwards.

For example, all the main young men in the village have joined the militia, and all of them have gained the friendship of comrades-in-arms in the process of clearing the bandits. Then these young people who have not joined the militia will naturally be excluded from the affairs of the village. Good things can't remember you, and bad things are you first.

That's it.

Of course, it is also possible to join the militia training again if you want to, but you have to sign up yourself. If the second training, the important crossbow shooting training, fails, then you will not be asked to join again.

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After Kiel led the men to cooperate with the militiamen who fired from behind to repel the counterattack of the bandits, the bandits took the initiative to retreat the next day.

They learned to be smart, and when they took the initiative to retreat, they knew to move important wooden boxes to resist crossbow bolts and the like back to the back.

But what made the bandits blunder was that most of the militiamen were waiting for the rear to make large wooden shields on the first morning, so in fact, the militiamen took only one afternoon under the command of Crow Knight to obtain forward advance.

So, the next morning, it only took them half a day to force the bandits to retreat again. In this way, the militiamen are not too far from the entrance of the cave where the bandits live.

Knight Crowe even told Keel that if everything goes well, after dark today, he should be able to point directly at the entrance of the Bandit Cave.

When the time comes, the bandits will be forced to retreat into the cave. There is only one vertical patio for their bandits to escape.

But Knight Crowe already had the means to deal with the stubborn bandits when he scouted the terrain before. Today, the clerks and their assistants in the rear camp are busy with this.