Mercenaries and Adventurers

The battlefield will still be here in the end, but not in one place.

To put it simply, in the final battle, the knights fought with the wolf king, while the hunters fought with the wolf king.

The terrain of the rocky mountain has no effect on the battle between Knight Lanisa and the Wolf King, but it will disrupt the battle of the hunters. So the battlefield between them cannot be here.

Speaking of this, Kiel pointed to the direction to go straight down from the rock passage: "The nearby forest facing the entrance and exit of the rock passage is just right."

Knight Lanisa stood up and took a look, looked at each other with several old hunters, then nodded, motioning for Kiel to tell all the unfinished plans.

The knight's battlefield is there, and the hunter's battlefield is naturally here.

The rock passage is not very spacious. For the northern land wolves, it is enough to accommodate up to four or five northern land wolves to charge side by side during a battle. Therefore, for hunters fighting here, it is possible to compress the number of northern land wolves. benefit.

Keel went on to talk about the boost to the arrows and the widening of the field of view when the hunters shoot down from the high passage. If the hunters are on the flat ground, there will be no such good thing. In addition, in the forest, it is not good for the hunters to shoot, because the northern wolf can use the trunk of the big tree in the forest to avoid the arrows as before. And approach hunters with tree trunks in similar positional warfare.

In the rock passage, apart from the curved upward path hindering the shooting, there is no other shelter.

This will greatly benefit the hunters in their battles.

In addition, Kiel also took out a piece of paper from his backpack, drew the route of the rock passage, and divided it into four sections from the entrance of the passage to the stronghold, and even on the top of the rock according to the degree of bending of the passage. Some small battlefields.

Use the rocks and tree trunks on both sides of the passage to make a few simple positions, and use the corner of the rock passage as a boundary. In this way, every time the hunters can all go on the field, after fighting the northern land wolf, they will retreat one by one. , Fight again in the next position.

The northern land wolf needs to face the next wave of death passages again after working hard to attack the next passage.

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Everyone thinks that this part of Kiel's plan is very good, but starting from now, they need to go out and cut down trees, but it is difficult to get Kiel's expected position right before the northern land wolves gather.

Keir also knew that his plan was good, but he didn't have enough time. It's a pity that everyone wasted the time before, otherwise he would have to exhaust his energy to build these things.

Knight Lanisa told everyone not to worry, because Keir was obviously in a stable mood and did not appear to be very remorseful or flustered.

"Kiel, tell me, how can we squeeze out the time to prepare for the position?" Lanisa Knight raised her chin at Kiel, and smiled to tell Kiel to stop being a fool.

Scratching his head, Keir talked about his next time-grabbing relationship plan.

It's not complicated. To put it simply, the team is divided. Part of the team is stepping up to build a battle position here, and the other part of the team, under the leadership of Knight Lanisa, attacks from the rocky mountain stronghold, actively hindering the assembly of the Northern Land Wolves. .

Either harass, or forcibly lure away the wolf king who can lead and manage a large group of northern land wolves, or simply lead them in circles in the forest after attracting a large army of northern land wolves.

In short, how to delay the northern land wolf's time, do whatever you want.

However, the key point is that this is just an expedient move to delay time, and it does not really mean a decisive battle with the Northern Land Wolf and the Wolf King in the forest.

That's too bad for humans.

Everyone was silent for a while. Everyone realized that this wave of attacks hindered the team that delayed the gathering time of the wolves, and it was really close to death. Several old hunters wanted to stand up, but before they could speak, Knight Lanisa reached out her hand to stop them from speaking.

"I have no problem. Those northern land wolves can't do anything to me. The problem is that there are not enough horses to lead people. In the forest, the hunters who attack me can't outrun the northern land wolf. Let alone the wolf king .Kiel, if you have any solution to this, just say it directly. Otherwise, the people who attacked this time would not be able to come back alive.”

"If the team is to die in vain like this, it's better to be the same as the previous years. The northern land wolves gather, let them gather, we avoid, and withdraw from the forest. After the large pack of wolves leave again, we will come back, anyway This winter is going on for a long time, if there is no other way, it is not a problem to entangle them for a whole winter."

Knight Lanisa expressed her meaning at this time. If you can't defeat the Northern Land Wolves with an advantage, then delay the time. Don't rush to deal with the wolves for a while, but deal with the scattered Northern Land Wolves slowly.

Although this may not completely eradicate the wolf king and the northern wolf population at one time, but if it doesn't work this year, then come again next winter. Although it may make those young wolves grow up completely, even so, it is just a return to the situation a few years ago.

It's not that bad either.

In this regard, Keir directly came up with his solution.

It's really very simple. Use wood to make a few skis that can be pulled by horses, and tie them with ropes behind Lanisa's horse. In this way, as long as Lanisa's horse moves faster than the northern land wolf, Those wolves just couldn't keep up with the overall speed of the team.

The hunters looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling that Kiel's method was a bit of a joke. Seriously, Knight Lanisa's horse had a higher status than their hunters. After all, he is the knight's combat partner, and it is too presumptuous to use it to pull the hunter's skis.

Several young hunters were eager to try, but the old hunter grabbed the young man and slapped the excited young man on the head. Watching Lanisa Knight nervously, she apologized.

Contrary to their expectations, Knight Lanisa looked at Kiel, but dragged her chin with her hands and began to think, obviously thinking and hesitating.

It was seen that the female knight was hesitating, and did not reprimand Keel for being rude. He quickly added: "In order to defeat those northern land wolves, it is an expedient measure. And it is not on a horse, but a rope is tied behind the saddle or vest to drag the skis. This method can also be used after snowfall in winter , It hasn’t snowed for several days, and if time drags on, maybe this method won’t work.”

Knight Lanisa stood up suddenly, ignored the crowd, and came to her horse. Putting his head close to the horse's ear, he whispered something to the horse.

Kiel watched with wide-eyed eyes, and the strong war horse nodded and shook his head for a while following the whispers of the female knight. In the end, although he snorted with some dissatisfaction, he stared at Kiel fiercely, looking at Kiel a little inexplicably.

Knight Lanisa patted the bowed head of the war horse, smoothed the hair on the horse's neck encouragingly, then walked back to the fire with a smile.

"It agreed, if it's to defeat those wolves, here it is, revenge." She said and paused: "Then it still reluctantly agrees."

Although he didn't know what the female knight didn't say, Keel was not curious, so he quickly took out some wood, and with the help of his partners, he barely made a ski with a smooth bottom with an axe.

This thing was more than one meter long, with a hole in the head, through which the rope was passed, and a complicated knot was tied. Everyone hurried to the open space outside the rocky mountain.

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The snow on the ground was a little thin because it hadn't snowed for many days, and because they walked back and forth at the entrance and exit of the rock passage, the snow was trampled even thinner.

Fortunately, although there was no snowfall, there was no sunny day in the sky. The thick cloud even blocked the loss of cold air from the ground and the sunlight, so the entire forest was still covered with snow.

Keir watched Knight Lanisa tie the rope to the back of the vest, but he thought about the roads inside and outside Kendall City. Those roads must have been trampled by pedestrians and merchants, and there were mud everywhere.

Considering the cold weather, the sludge may even freeze on the road, and then be squeezed and crushed into fine ice **** by the rim of the carriage.

A young man volunteered to stand on the skis, and he grabbed the extra section of rope in front of him, and then he stood upright.

As a result, Knight Lanisa just signaled her war horse to move forward, and the sudden acceleration caused the young man standing on the skis to fall to the ground.

"Can it work?" Someone expressed no hope for this. Most of the people in Kendall County migrated from the empire. Most of the empire is in a mild climate area. Although it is very cold in winter, there is rarely large-scale snowfall. After coming to Kendall County, the people basically hide in the village every winter and rarely go out to play.

"I heard that the man from the kingdom in the north seems to use this method to go out in winter."

"It seems to be, I remember that one third of the year there is winter in their place, and they always go out in a snow cart pulled by reindeer."

"That's good, there is a place to sit, but it won't fall out like this."

The young man tried several times, but was fell or thrown out at the start. He was rather discouraged, but Knight Lanisa could see what to do.

"Stupid! Don't be skiing, what's the matter with skiing?"

"Skis," Keel replied.

"Yes, don't stand so straight on the skis, turn your body sideways, and stand with your legs back and forth, separated! Also bend your waist slightly. Try again!" The female knight loudly directed the young hunter's movements.

The young hunter who tested awkwardly arranged his body according to the knight's instructions, then nervously grabbed the rope with one hand again, and lowered his center of gravity.

In fact, he has also mastered some skills just now.

Soon, Knight Lanisa waved to her war horse, and the war horse began to run forward obediently.

However, this time, the ski and the person on it dragged behind were not thrown away.

The skis undulated slightly with the ups and downs of the snow on the ground, and the hunter's bent legs well buffered the vibration caused by the ups and downs. He became excited, his face quickly slid across the icy air, and there was also the sound of whistling and slashing by his ears.

"Oh!" he exclaimed happily.

Everyone in the distance thought he was panicking, but when they listened carefully, the voice was full of excitement.

The test was successful.

Keel and the hunters hurried to make three more rough skis, all of which were strapped in turn to the back of the horse. These weights are a bit of a burden on the horse, but they are not very strong. Knight Lanisa thought about it and removed the metal vests on the left and right sides of the middle of the horse's body. The speed of the war horse recovered again, and it was still pulling the four hunters.

Now that there is such a useful method, Knight Lanisa immediately ordered two old hunters and two young hunters, a total of four people followed her to delay the assembly time of the northern wolf.

Time waits for no one, she arranges everyone's tasks. The team that went out was naturally led by her all the way. As for the rest of the people who stayed at the rocky mountain stronghold, Kiel was responsible for the defense of the positions that would be used in battles after everyone organized and built them. command.

After simply tidying up, Knight Lanisa set off with the four hunters.

As expected, with the dragging skis, the movement speed of the entire team depends entirely on the speed of the horse. Even if Cavalier Lanisa slowed down the horse a little bit to ensure the smooth movements of the four hunters behind him, the movement speed of such a team was still several times faster than before.

Looking at the stable forest, she felt that with this method, the whole team would gain the initiative to fight against the northern land wolf.

As long as you don't bump into the Wolf King.

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The words are divided into two ends.

After Kiel and the others set out with the knights to gain time, they immediately set off to log in the forest.

Some of the wolf spies that Knight Lanisa said were hiding behind the shadowy tree trunks in the distance of the forest, secretly staring at them.

At first, Keel and the others didn't care much, but it was really annoying to be stared at like this while working. Talk to veteran hunters who also feel that being stared at like this will interfere with their work.

So everyone summed it up and did two things.

The old hunters are proficient in hunting, so the arrangement of traps is naturally not a problem. After carefully judging the habitual location of the wolf pack spies following them, everyone moved out some metal clips and placed them quietly nearby, hiding the traces of coming and going.

Of course, every place where the metal clips are placed is marked high on the trunk, and it is impossible not to see it. Unlike humans, northern land wolves that walk on all fours have a very low center of gravity, and their heads and eyes are also naturally low. Although their body shape is convenient for running, attacking, eating, and smelling, it is inevitable that the sight can only be set very low.

There is no eye-catching mark left by the old hunter on the high part of the tree trunk.

On the other hand, in addition to laying metal clips, Keel also boldly worked alone in the forest near the rocky mountain. Armor clad, fully armed. While chopping a large tree of suitable size with a blue two-handed axe, he boldly exposed his back to the northern land wolf spies who were following him.

It was nothing at first, but as the old hunter's tricks worked one after another, several Northern Land Wolf spies had their legs broken by the metal clips. Although when Kiel and the others rushed to follow the wail of the northern land wolf, basically only the closed metal clip and half of the claw that was bitten off by the cruel northern wolf in the middle of the sharp teeth of the clip were left at the scene.

Although it was only half a paw, everyone was an expert in killing many northern land wolves. Naturally, they knew that a northern land wolf missing a leg would not be able to threaten them in the subsequent battle.

If they failed, this winter did not cause much damage to the wolves. When the young wolves grow up, these northern wolves with broken legs can naturally survive in the pack.

If they were successful, even if the northern land wolf with a broken leg that ran back to the wolf den survived the next year, they would starve to death in the following days. The situation of the northern land wolf is over, and it is naturally difficult for the northern land wolf with a broken leg to survive in the forest.

After injuring several Northern Land Wolf spies, there were far fewer people watching them around. But Keir still came out to work alone, and he expected that the ferocious northern wolf would not swallow his anger.

Sure enough, although it is no longer near the place where everyone works. But at a gloomy evening, when Keir was about to work boldly against the night, several emaciated northern land wolves jumped out of the snow at the place where he cut trees during the day.

Looking at these emaciated northern land wolf spies, Keel held the ax in his hand calmly.

"It seems that in order to keep an eye on us, you haven't hunted and eaten well recently?" Keir was talking to himself, because the northern wolf on the opposite side could not understand human speech.

"Come on, come on. My hands are itchy." Holding an axe, Keir boldly walked towards the northern land wolves who surrounded him.

"Woohoo." The northern wolves roared ferociously in a low voice, failing to feel fear and panic from the humans, which made them feel a little bad. But there is only one person on the other side, but there are several times as many humans on their side. The odds are on me!

attack.

The northern land wolves surrounded from all directions roared together, and rushed towards Kiel at the same time~www.readwn.com~ But Kiel ignored the northern land wolves behind him on both sides, and went straight to the northern land that was rushing towards him. The wolf ran away.

Without using a shield, he directly held the ax with both hands, let the ax face and blade of the ax face the enemy, without swinging it, and just stretched it straight out like a battleship's ram.

The face with the mask not closed was exposed, and Kiel's excited and open mouth was seen by the northern land wolf who rushed forward.

Although puzzled, the Northern Land Wolf didn't have time to think. It tried to get out of the way before colliding with the human. But Keel bent over and rushed into the northern land wolf before he could dodge.

Boom, hiss.

It hit first, and then the sharp ax blade made a long **** in the Northern Land Wolf's body for a meter and a half.

His poor and thin body did not know how many ribs were broken during the impact, and the skin and flesh of the wound on the back were rolled up, exposing the bones under the hairy muscles.

After the impact, Keir grabbed the howling northern wolf with his left hand free, then swung the ax in his right hand and threw it out.

The sharp and heavy ax smashed half of the northern wolf's face, and even stuck **** on the northern wolf's face. The wound was so deep that the wailing from the northern wolf with a large piece of broken tooth could not come out. .

With both hands free, Kiel grabbed the northern land wolf caught in his left hand, picked it up sideways, and threw it at the two northern land wolves in front of him.

Watching the three northern land wolves smash into a ball, Kiel drew the shield from behind his left shoulder with his left hand, and pulled out the long sword from his left waist with his right hand.

Clang.

There was a sharp sound of unsheathing.

In the twilight of the forest, the young man who had just grown from a teenager turned to kill several ferocious beasts.

It seems that he wants to weigh who is the real deadly one in the forest.