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 people in Kiel's team wore clothes captured from bandits, the blood licking grass could not judge the enemy from the clothes worn by humans.

But it's no trouble to a smart horse!

The human in front of him cautiously approached it, but the blood licking grass took the initiative to take 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 yes, human beings are friendly and good friends, and I am also a good friend."

The dog-legged bandit looked surprised. He didn't expect that the knight's war horse would be delivered to his door without taking the initiative to please the horse. This saved him a lot of means and time, and everything seemed to be going well.

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

Gou Zuzi's face was full of smiles, it seemed that from this smooth plan, he met his future good life!

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

After a sniff, the blood licking grass smelled something bad from the human in front of it. This human is not the master's companion, but an enemy!

"Pfft! Lulululu—"

Realizing that it was the enemy, Bloodlicking Grass snorted dissatisfiedly, then neighed, lowered his head, and jumped forward.

There was a bang sound, and the dog-legged bandit who was about to reach out to grab the reins of the war horse was directly knocked out by the volley. The chest was stuffy, and the mouth was wide open, which was very unexpected.

Gulu Gulu, the bandit rolled on the ground a few times after landing, and couldn't even breathe normally due to the heavy blow to his chest.

"Oops, what's wrong?"

But before he could figure it out, the dog leg who was lying on the ground suddenly felt his vision dim. He turned his head and saw the knight's war horse approaching him. The huge body and horse armor blocked the sunlight above his head.

Realizing that something was wrong, the dog leg hurriedly shouted: "My own! My own! Don't hurt me!"

At this moment, he remembered how his bandit companions were trampled to death by this war horse not long ago.

But the horse can't understand human words, and after realizing that the dog's leg is the enemy, the violent lick blood will not let the enemy go!

"Lu Lulu—"

He raised his hoof, and then dropped it, directly pressing down on the back of the bandit on the ground, making the bandit unable to get up.

Then the horse put the weight of his body on it little by little, and the bandit tried to use his arm to escape from the trampling of the horse, but I don't know if it was a coincidence or something, the belt on his back was caught by the horse's hoof, and the only chance of escape failed like this.

The unlucky bandit persisted for a moment before he died, using his arms to prop up his body vigorously, but how could ordinary people be opponents of the fully-clothed war horse?

Immediately, his chest was crushed and he died.

When the dog's leg was dying, he suddenly realized everything. He had been lucky all along, but it was not without reason. Although he used to be a bandit, after sharing the money, he would donate some to the Goddess of Luck church in the town. Every time he went to the casino, as long as he won money, no matter how much, he would throw some iron coins to the children begging on the roadside, so that those hungry boys and girls could buy one or two coarse grain pancakes to eat.

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

It turns out that I have been taken care of by the gods all along.

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

It's a pity, I don't want that either.

The spirit in the eyes of the dog-legged bandit gradually became lax, and he died completely.

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Bloodlicker snorted, raised its hoof, and nimbly rubbed it on the soft grass. Then it walked closer to the woods that its owner had entered before, and looked into the depths of the woods where the sun was shining.

Faint human wails and roars could be heard continuously from inside, but there was no voice of its owner.

But 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 **** night a few days ago.

At least the horse thought so.

However, there was another rustling sound in the woods not far away. The horse looked up and found a fat human, leading many humans, rushing out from the side of the woods, and it seemed that their goal was directly at the slow-moving team on the commercial road.

The clever blood licking grass thought about it, and felt that this small group of humans should not be the opponent of the large group of humans on the commercial road, so it stayed where it was, waiting for its master.

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Keel hurried through the soft woods on the ground. Although he was not as familiar with the local area as the fleeing bandits, whether it was tree roots that stumbled people or dry creeks that were not easy to see on the ground, he jumped directly in the pursuit and jumped over these blocking things.

The bandits with bows and arrows had to bend down and roll over the raised tree roots, or they had some skills to slide their shovels directly through the blocking tree roots. When facing the dry forest creek that didn't look obvious, but actually had undulating terrain of more than one meter, they would use the vines hung on the trees in advance to swing across.

Of course, the vines they used were naturally left directly opposite the creek in the dry forest, and they were not reused by the chasing knights and others.

But the knight's ability still exceeded the expectations of many bandits. The abrupt tree root over one meter high, the knight jumped up while running, and jumped over it at a height far exceeding the tree root without slowing down.

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

With such a quick pursuit, the escaped bow bandits had to keep someone to stop them, even though they all knew that the bows and arrows in their hands were no threat to the knights.

However, when facing the bandit who turned around and drew his bow in a half-squatting position, Kiel uncharacteristically did not rush straight there, but charged forward with his shield. Amid the sound of the arrow hitting the shield, he rushed forward and punched the bandit who was trying to resist heavily.

A few bandits stayed behind to stop them, so he knocked them down with a few punches.

But beyond that, the knight didn't slash and kill the bandits with his sword, but turned his head and shouted to the soldiers behind him who couldn't catch up: "I will kill all the bandits I meet!"

After hearing the knight's order, the armed people chasing tens of meters behind them responded in unison: "Yes, my lord! Cut them all down!"

Keir laughed a few times, and continued to chase the fleeing robbers ahead.

The armed people who came up behind slowly avoided the tree roots blocking the way, or jumped down one by one when faced with the small river in the dry forest that suddenly appeared, and then turned over and climbed to the opposite side.

Although they couldn't see the bandits and knights in front of them because of the cover of the trees, they were not afraid of being lost, because whether they were bandits or knights, the behavior of both parties galloping through the woods directly made a clear trace on the ground of the forest full of fallen leaves.

No matter who was on both sides, they didn't have the intention to clean up and cover the footprints, and the armed people who followed behind could barely keep up without being lost.

Facing the bandit who was seriously injured and knocked out by the knight, the armed people did not hold back. Although some people thought that it would be better to capture the bandit who had lost many teeth and dislocated his jaw and vomited blood alive, and find a place to exchange it for money to replenish supplies for the team.

Especially these wounded bandits who left behind their bows and arrows. Many people in the team were despicably shot and wounded by them. They really deserve to die.

So the armed people swarmed up, their machetes and long swords greeted directly at the head of the fallen bandit, and they didn't spare their lives.

Of course, the bandits were bound to search for them, and the bows and arrows were all carried on their backs by everyone.

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

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

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

In many cases, whether a weapon will be used is only related to the efficiency of killing the enemy, and whether it is used or not will fundamentally determine some things.

Now there are few long-range projectile weapons in the refugee team, and there is a shortage of bows and arrows. The weapons on these bandits must be brought.

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On Keir's side, the more he chased him, the more he felt that there was a problem.

First of all, although he might not be able to see clearly in the woods, he was sure that he was chasing the fleeing bandits in front of him, not deep into the woods in the mountains, but along the side of the woods.

You must know that the deeper the forest, the more complicated the terrain inside. It stands to reason that it is more suitable for the escape of bandits who are familiar with the terrain.

Secondly, the bandits in front fled, and even now they are still fleeing together in a group, which is really contrary to common sense and very suspicious. You must know that you are the one who is the tightest pursuer. 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, and the others have a high possibility of running away.

In the end, Kiel faintly felt that the direction he was pursuing and moving at this time was getting farther and farther away from the large troops on the commercial road.

The bandits were fleeing in the opposite direction of the refugee team.

This made him feel even more suspicious.

But with his fist, he actually defeated five bandits using bows. This is a fact after all.

It wasn't until Keel strode across a long, strange pile of fallen leaves that he finally realized something was wrong.

The piles of fallen leaves just now looked like nothing, but they were actually unnatural obstacles that could not exist in the forest. After all where the woods gather their own dry and flammable leaves together! This must be man-made.

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

"It's very sharp! Damn knight!"

A voice sounded from the tree in front of him. Keel followed the sound and saw a strong bandit sitting on the trunk of the tree in front of him through the illumination of the few beams of light that fell into the forest.

Although it didn't feel right, Keir choked back stiffly: "Is it a trap? But don't you find it ridiculous that rabbits gather together to murder lions? Haha, show your tricks, don't hide, it's boring."

"Tough mouth!"

After the bandit on the tree finished speaking, he blew a whistle. The next moment, bandits emerged from the ground around Kiel, and flung towards Kiel with a bunch of soft things in their hands.

Although he didn't know what the other party was throwing, Kiel obviously didn't plan to make a hard catch, and he fell into the bandit's trick if he made a hard catch!

Kiel rolled forward, avoiding all the suspicious objects thrown at him, and then drew his sword out of its sheath. The sword body was immediately wrapped in a surging white light. Not only did the shining sword frighten the surrounding bandits, but it also provided enough combat lighting for the under-lit forest.

Paji Paji.

The suspicious objects thrown to Kiel by the bandits fell to the ground one by one, and after rolling a few times, they spit out a lot of mucus and acidic water. The mucus glued the leaves on the ground, and the acidic water corroded the fallen leaves with a rustling sound.

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

Ah, it turned out to be some big slime monsters. I don't know where these bandits caught them temporarily, or the slime monsters living in the forest in the mountains are only this big, and they are bigger than the biggest slime monsters Keel caught in the swamp south of Kendall City.

And before these innocent slime monsters were thrown out, they were brutally stabbed a few times by the bandits, in order to make the acid sac in the slime monster's body have a chance to damage Kiel's armor.

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

After seeing what was behind him clearly, Keir sneered a few words, and directly turned the face of the bandit on the tree not far away with anger.

The bandit changed his whistle again, and then several bandits rushed out from the shadow of the trunk and roots around the big tree where he was.

As soon as the fishing net was out of hand, it was dragged by the heavy objects on the side of the net, and it was in a rapidly expanding circle towards Kiel Hood.

"Ah!"

Instead of retreating, Kiel rushed forward with his sword and flicked it. Not only did he avoid the coverage of several fishing nets, but he also tore a fishing net in front of him in half.

"It's just this junk thing? Can't the bigger fish catch it? You still want to mess with me!"

Keel rushed forward and knocked over a bandit who was throwing a net with his elbow. The other three bandits immediately fled for their lives when they saw this.

The bandits on the tree continued to whistle with a cold face. Some bandits came out from behind the trees in the distance, each holding a throwing gun common in the western provinces, and hurled towards Kiel continuously.

These people have some experience and know that they can't throw all the things in their hands at once. Often, just as the previous bandit throws his gun, the next bandit turns around and throws his arm, ready to throw the gun.

But Keir saw the bandits' positions around him, and the elf metal shield on his left arm first blocked it to the left.

when-

The lance hit the center of his shield.

The next moment, Kiel quickly moved the shield on the left side to the right side of his body for defense by moving his legs and twisting his waist.

when-

Another shot was blocked.

In the next moment, Kiel raised his arm sideways, and the blade of the longsword that was hunted flew away the third spear that was attacking him.

The last one, Keir threw out the long sword, hunted and smashed the fourth and last throwing spear that attacked him with the spinning long sword.

"good chance!"

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

But Kiel, who seemed to have lost his main weapon in his hand, just volleyed the empty right hand gauntlet, and the luminous long sword, which was still spinning in the air, stagnated in the air, and then the next moment, it was thrown into Kiel's hand backwards like a movie scene reversed.

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

"What now?"

Kiel sneered, not afraid of more than 20 bandits popping up all of a sudden, and started the battle first.

A bandit with a bow who escaped before shot arrows at him, but the arrows were the same as before. When they hit Kiel, only a cluster of sparks shot out, smashing the metal arrowhead made of poor iron, and it was unknown where it flew the next moment.

As for the roaring bandits who rushed over, their movement speed couldn't keep up with Kiel's footsteps. Even though Kiel chose a gun-throwing bandit, he swept his sword and cut off half of the guy's right arm.

He jumped sideways again, and in the midst of the slight jump, he kicked forward directly, hitting the lower body of a bandit who was killing him. He didn't know how many things were exploded with this kick. Keel only hoped that he didn't kick this hapless bandit to death, otherwise this guy might have to join the bandit's resentment group that was pestering him tonight.

Originally, there were a lot of grievances, no matter how many, the people of Kiel would be numb.

Sleeping every night was as tiring as fighting, and in his dreams he only let go to avoid the resentment of the bandits who entangled him.

After kicking the bandit flying, as soon as Kiel landed, there were bandits on the left and right sides of his body holding a one-handed ax and slashing at him. The shield on Kiel's left arm blocked an axe, making a crashing sound, while the long sword on his right arm blocked the path of the opponent's axe.

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

It was obviously the long sword that was unleashed last, but with the weight of the long sword being several times that of the opponent's one-handed axe and the strength of his arm, even if Kiel hadn't put his heart into fighting at this time, the heavy one-handed ax was still bounced off by Kiel's sword.

"How can it be?"

After the weapon in his hand was flicked away, the bandit yelled unbelievably. Kiel then turned his wrist and sliced ​​the bandit's mouth and tongue with the tip of the long sword.

He also took the time to retort: ​​"How is it impossible?"

Then he swung the sword to the left again, swung the sword down again, and split the one-handed ax of the bandit on the left into two pieces.

You must know that there is a large piece of iron in front of the one-handed axe. Kiel cut the iron on the ax into two pieces with a sword.

The bandit who took off his frightened weapon took a few steps back and looked at the knight Keel with incredible eyes.

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After he turned around again, there were more than a dozen bandits who were still fighting. Although they had surrounded him in a fan shape, none of them dared to step forward.

On the contrary, Kiel hit the shield heavily with his luminous long sword, making a loud impact sound. One was to provoke the bandits in front of him, and the other was to point out his position to the men who followed.

"Come on? Come on!"

It seemed that the other party surrounded him with many people, but in reality, it was Kiel who surrounded more than a dozen bandits alone.

At this time, the robber on the tree finally couldn't sit still, raised his weapon, and jumped off the branch.

After landing, he cushioned for a while, then shook his neck and wrists, pushed away the bandits blocking the way, waved his hands to let them disperse, and strode to a place a few meters in front of Kiel to stand still.

The bandit raised his chin slightly, grabbed the long sword in his hand, and snatched a machete from the bandit beside him, and held the two weapons in front of him in a staggered manner.

The body even maintains a sideways fighting posture, and the legs stand apart one after the other.

"Come, knight, and fight with me."

The bandit was very imposing, and he seemed to feel that through the observation just now, although the knight's strength and reaction were stronger than ordinary people, and he had a thick armor, but that was it, his skills and experience in battle were average.

Especially in the repeated fights just now, the knight didn't kill anyone, it was too soft.

People with soft hands are mostly soft-hearted, and people with soft hearts will not be opponents of hard-hearted people, no matter how strong the opponent is, what great weapons or abilities they have.

And it just so happened that this bandit—his name was Scarface—was a cruel and cunning guy with a heart as hard as ice and snow.