Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kiel also has a job here. He helps Knight Rumi convey the baron's request to the captains of the various squads in the militia. He first informs them of the outcome of the second match, emphasizing that the third match will be the decision. The key game of victory or defeat.

Although the victory or defeat of the competition is not very important to the entire army, the spiritual victory or defeat is still very important to the state of the soldiers. No one wants their forces to lose in the competition. If they lose, it will be a big blow to morale.

Especially the personal prestige of Knight Crowe among the soldiers.

So when Kiel conveyed the baron's request one by one, the militiamen of each team vowed to wait for the perfect execution of the order.

Afterwards, teams of militiamen went to the logistics vehicle, and each received two bags of crossbow arrows under the watchful eyes of the soldiers at the checkpoint. Then line up to stand in the open space outside the checkpoint.

Knight Crowe and Knight Ika were already standing on the bank of the river with their backs against the Angry River.

Neither of them rode a horse this time, but stood alone on the ground. The distance between the two is only one meter, which is very close. And separated by an open distance of 100 meters, at least 20 groups of militiamen have already stood neatly on the flat open space.

The people and businessmen who were watching gathered in the open space near the checkpoint and waited for a good show.

The method of the competition had already been announced, and people were arguing over which of the two knights would be unable to withstand such a brutal attack and thus lose. Some people think that the method was proposed by the Kendalls, and it is inevitable that the Knights of Crowe already have a safe method of winning.

But some people think that these mere crossbow arrows may not be able to do anything to him based on the skill of the Ika Knight in the previous competition. In the end, the two are expected to draw a tie.

And this will not damage the atmosphere and friendship, and it will not develop ugly in the future.

For this kind of statement, some people naturally think it is nonsense. Why can't the knights win? It's not about doing business, but also paying attention to a good interpersonal relationship or something.

People from Kendall rarely come here, so naturally there is no need to give Angry Nanguan any face, and a tie is the only way to win.

Besides, everyone present is not blind, whoever wins and who loses can be known at a glance.

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With a distance of 100 meters, this is basically a probability shot for the militiamen who do not practice shooting all year round.

That is to say, the effective range of the bow and crossbow in hand is included in this distance, but it is basically impossible to hit something accurately.

It's not just that the open river bank has riverside winds that affect the flight of crossbow arrows, but also because the weapons of the militiamen are not made for long-distance and precise shooting.

If the militia can roughly maintain the accuracy of shooting within a short distance of 50 meters, but if the shooting distance is doubled, basically nothing can be done.

The strength of each crossbow arm is different, the tightness of the crossbow string, the respective weight of the crossbow arrows, the accuracy of the crossbow machine, the stability of each militia's arm, and so on. The combination of these factors basically caused the shooting results of each militia to be different.

Among the militiamen lined up, many militiamen felt uneasy looking at the Crow Knight standing opposite them. They were afraid that the weapons in their hands would really hurt Knight Crowe. Firstly, the opponent's status was far above them, and they were afraid that the opponent would be angry. Yes, naturally I dare not do it emotionally.

But the order was given by the knights, and they could not refuse.

In such uneasiness, the militiamen, from the squad leader to every ordinary militiaman, were nervously picking up the crossbows they held tightly in their hands, and the two bags of crossbow bolts they had just received.

Their appearance caught the attention of the people and businessmen who were around as spectators. They felt that although the Kendal people from the north were well equipped with weapons, the level of the soldiers did not seem to be too high.

At least the merchant's thugs and guards felt that they were just shooting arrows at the knight. There was nothing wrong with that, especially since this kind of opportunity would not usually come up. If it was them, they would fly into the sky unhappy at this time!

The last bet of the merchants was about to be closed. At this time, the Kendall businessman who had just made a fortune in the second competition was yelling for the crowd to make a final bet before it was too late.

Although the strength of the Klau Knight in the second competition revealed his level, most of the locals still chose the Ika Knight to win emotionally, especially they heard that the Ika Knight controlled the Windmaster to fly in the air. Crossbow arrows, this competition has the upper hand.

The merchants who were angry at the North and South Passes were more cautious. They got together and repeatedly argued about the merits of the two knights, from armor to strength, from that special ability to age, from family to experience. They discussed repeatedly, and it was not short of someone who made up his mind to invest the spare money in his hand into the side he was optimistic about.

Of course, the merchants in Kendall still put a lot of treasure on Knight Crowe this time.

They didn't have a choice, and they certainly didn't want to.

The gamble is a trivial matter, the key is to support Knight Crow and Baron Kendall behind it.

Traveling far away, they naturally know who to rely on. Even if the Crow Knights lose this time, they will still support the Kendalls.

After tax, this will be handed over honestly. Because they believed that even if they paid the money, Baron Kendall would definitely compensate them during the subsequent journey.

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And on the other side, here are the two knights with their backs against the river bank.

Knight Crowe put his hands on his hips, separated his legs, and planted his feet firmly on the soft ground.

The sturdy and thick helmet has been put on the head, and the visor is put on, and no one can see how Knight Crowe is feeling at this time. But since he stood on the ground calmly, everyone who saw him felt that this rock-like man must have a well-thought-out plan for the next test.

On the other hand, the young Ika knight was twisting the huge metal warhammer from side to side, and the heavy hammer hit the ground. After repeated twisting, the grass on the ground had been crushed into grass juice, and a pungent smell of grass juice spread. out.

Not only that, the forefoot of the Ika knight's right foot unconsciously arched back and forth on the ground, and the turf was shoveled away, exposing the soft soil underneath.

The more usual and more urgent breathing sound came from under his steel armor visor. While twisting his head, he saw the extremely comfortable Claw Knight, and the words he had accumulated were still spoken.

"Don't think that your thick armor can help you in the next competition. Just like the previous competition, whether you can win or not depends on some unique skills!"

Knight Crowe's chuckle came from under the thick visor: "Really, then do you think that the ability I showed just now will come in handy later? Admitting defeat now is only a half-lost , but when the competition officially starts, it will be too late!"

"The Ikas never admit defeat."

"I hope you'll be so stubborn after a while."

After a pause, Knight Crowe's words sounded again: "You know? In modern warfare, the response to knights' high-speed impact on group soldiers has always been the main research of various kingdoms. Presumably you, who come from the knight inheritance family, haven't heard much about it. Have you ever said such a thing?"

The Ika Knight didn't respond, but his slightly twisted helmet conveyed his curiosity.

He couldn't be more clear about his own strength.

A long time ago, he had doubts about the existence of those vulnerable soldiers under his hand. Obviously already have a self that is a hundred times stronger than soldiers, why do all places prepare these soldiers, and spend a lot of salary and material consumption on these useless things every year.

If you have that energy, why not train more knights.

But since he came to Angry Nanguan as a garrison knight, he realized that his own energy is limited. Although his combat power is a hundred times that of ordinary soldiers, when it comes to doing things, he cannot handle a hundred times a hundred times.

Keep the checkpoints smooth, assist tax officials to collect customs duties from merchants, cook, feed horses, maintain checkpoint facilities, and even maintain security outside the checkpoints, coordinate quarrelsome merchants, invest and settle local merchants to open hotels and horse farms, etc.

These personal experiences have answered some of his doubts in the early years, but when it comes to combat, his doubts still bother him.

"In melee combat, knights with thick armor and heavy horses have too much advantage. Soldiers can't stop knights with ordinary means anyway. So some people propose to resist knights' attacks from a long distance, using bows, crossbows, throwing spears, throwing stones, etc. Technique. Finally, after the actual combat test, it was found that the crossbow bolts fired by the crossbow are quite effective."

Knight Crowe pointed to the steel armor on Knight Ika: "Your armor looks thick enough, and it is far beyond the heaviest armor that ordinary people can afford. But in fact, among knight armor, your body , it’s just a ‘light’ armor. Haha, don’t stare at me, just tell the truth.”

Knight Crowe scanned the armor of Knight Ika up and down, and then said in a particularly unhappy tone of Knight Ika: "Look, the total weight does not exceed one hundred kilograms, and the last part is only as thick as a woman's finger. Although It can already resist all ordinary people's weapons, but for monsters and Warcraft, your armor is just a little tricky. Slim and mighty, bright and beautiful, it can deal with all ordinary people's weapons, plus some special small tricks , can also deal with the same knights."

"Hey, family knights. They are just guys who cling to power. They claim to be superior, wait a minute, let you see if ordinary people can make you feel uncomfortable."

"you!"

The Ika knight was about to retort, but just as he uttered a word, another knight named Rumi shouted from the Kendal soldiers in the distance.

"Lion team, alone team, bow and crossbow preparation, stringing, nocking, aiming, releasing!"

As soon as the words were released, the Ika knight felt his whole body tense, and a tingling pain came from the direction of the small group of soldiers that made him feel slightly uncomfortable.

Be careful.

He subconsciously turned and lifted the metal war hammer in his hand, and blocked his head with the huge metal hammer head.

Then there were two ding ding sounds.

It didn't hurt, but the place where the force was exerted still brought a strong squeeze to his body.

On the other side, there were three crisp sounds from Knight Crowe. But unlike the Ika Knight, the crossbow arrows shot at him flew away with a whirling sound amidst the impact.

The knight stood firmly on the ground without shaking or moving, as if nothing happened.

"Young man, how do you feel?"

“Not even mosquito bites!”

"Heh, be stubborn."

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"Lions, continuous free fire."

Knight Rumi gave the order, and then a squad that was called continued to string the crossbow in their hands to launch an attack. To tell the truth, when they saw that the crossbow bolts they shot really hit the two master knights, they shuddered all over, but nothing happened after that, and Knight Rumi even ordered them to continue. Launching an attack, this made the militiamen of this team look at each other, and then moved excitedly.

I never had this opportunity before, so I can't let it go.

That's not a good shot.

My lord, don't blame us, it was Knight Rumi who ordered the attack.

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The onlookers and merchants all exclaimed when they saw the neat volley of Kendall's soldiers. It can make people clearly feel the power contained above.

But immediately after, the crossbow arrows that flew through the air only made five ding ding ding ding sounds on the two knights, and nothing happened.

But it made some people feel relieved all of a sudden.

But the caravan guards who had dealt with crossbows looked a little confused. They didn't expect that the weapons they usually trusted would have no effect on knights at all.

Then the crowd cheered, not knowing what they were cheering for.

Knight Rumi looked at the surrounding situation, smiled slightly, nodded towards Baron Kendall and Mr. Podris as the representative of the checkpoint, and then shouted: "Deer team, get ready."

Another group of militiamen raised the crossbow that had been prepared in their hands.

"Salvo one round, then free fire, let it go!"

After finishing speaking, Knight Rumi waved his hand, and the militiamen of the deer team pulled the crossbows neatly. There was a neat snap, and ten crossbow bolts swished together, and shot towards the two knights who had aimed at them earlier.

Knight Rumi stood in place, looked at the two knights, and evaluated the effect.

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"here we go again."

The Ika knight muttered, shrunk slightly, and then was hit by four crossbow arrows, and the metal hammer head was also hit. He couldn't help turning the hammer head over to check carefully to see if it was hit by the crossbow arrows. mark.

Fortunately, only a white spot was left.

His body was just a little uncomfortable amidst the constant clanging of crossbow arrows.

Next to him, Knight Crowe even put his hands on his chest and muttered boringly: "That Rumi, you have to come a little bit. Waste of time and delay the march."

There were sporadic tinkling sounds on his body, but the knight didn't take it seriously.

"Knight Crowe, is this what you're saying that makes me unhappy? If I just stay where I am and get shot with a crossbow, then I'm really upset."

"Hey, where is this? There are only two teams. Look, how many people are there? How many teams? You can enjoy yourself later."

Knight Crowe responded lightly to Knight Ika's provocation.

Ika Knight suddenly realized something, he just looked at the opposite side, a simple count made his scalp tingle, there were at least forty squads of soldiers gathered on the opposite side, and some people lined up to join in one by one.

He recalled the recorded information that Podris had given him just now. The Kendall soldiers brought about 500 people, and there were some more elite soldiers, but they did not wear weapons like crossbows.

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The Rumi knight walked around in the militia line, and gave orders one by one: "Badger team, shoot a volley, and then shoot freely."

"Wolves, fire a volley, then free fire."

"Jackrabbit team, fire a volley, then free fire."

"Griffin team, fire a volley, then free fire."

"Dog team, fire a volley, then free fire."

"Crows, fire a volley, then free fire."

"Giant Wolves, fire a volley, then free fire."

"Falcons, one salvo, then free fire."

"Poisonous spider team, shoot a volley, and then shoot freely."

"Big Goose, shoot a volley, then free fire."

As the Rumi knights issued orders one by one, more crossbow arrows were shot out by the militiamen.

At the beginning, the people onlookers at UU Reading www.uukanshu.com could still watch the excitement, but as the number of militiamen who started to attack increased, gradually no one laughed anymore.

The continuous crossbow bolts were released crackling like a summer rainstorm, flying mercilessly over a distance of 100 meters, shooting towards the two knights together.

Not only were the people too frightened to speak, but even the Ika Knight felt that something was wrong.

Clinking sounds were heard continuously on his body, and he didn't even dare to take the metal hammer head away from the front of the helmet visor, for fear that such dense crossbow bolts would drill into the eye sockets of the visor and hurt him.

But just like this, the continuous blows on his body already made him feel extremely uncomfortable, and the armor on his chest was hit by the continuous crossbow bolts, which even affected his normal breathing. Everywhere in my body hurts even more.

During the continuous shooting, his metal belt had been shot by multiple crossbow arrows, the connection was broken, and it fell directly to the ground. At this time, the gorgeous armor is facing the side where the soldiers are facing the arrows. The decoration on the surface has been completely smashed, and even the armor itself has been polished like a stone wheel for grinding swords, exposing the metal body underneath, and the top is even more are scratches.

Not only that, the sporadic crossbow arrows passed by the upper part of the helmet, and when they passed by, they also transmitted force to pull his helmet back.

What the Ika knight didn't know was that he was no longer in the same place because of the continuous shooting of arrows.

His whole body has been pushed back a full meter by the crossbow on the ground.

Ika Knight suddenly had a sweet throat, and the hit on his torso made him almost vomit blood?

"It can't be like this." Seeing that the crossbow arrows shooting towards this side are still growing, and there is no end, he felt a little fear in his heart.