Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kil waited on the trade road outside the woods at the foot of the mountain, waiting left and right, but the bandits who had been aggressive and wanted to give him and his team a good look retreated.

Oh, they didn't flinch. This group of people were shouting in the dense woods to cheer up their own people.

"Haha, it's so funny. Are you still trying to make money, rob, and arrest people? The slogans are loud, but the people are hiding in the woods like turtles, not showing up."

Kil laughed and shook his head, and drove the war horse to circle around the woods again. After confirming that the bandits had retreated a long distance to the mountain, he started back.

He first returned to the place where he used his horse to hit people, and let the blood-licking grass trample to death all the bandits who were unconscious or seriously injured and couldn't walk. Then he came to the place where the bandits were throwing throwing axes.

There were a lot of flying axes, scattered across a large area. Although they reflected the sun in the sky and shone, it was a bit troublesome for one person to pick up dozens of weapons one by one.

Kil rode a horse in a circle and after confirming the approximate landing point of these throwing axes, he rode towards the refugee group.

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"The Lord Knight is back victorious!"

"The Lord Knight is back! You fought beautifully!"

"Wow, the blood-licking grass is so powerful. With this armor for horses, it won't be afraid of those bandits anymore, right? Sir?"

After Kiel rode close to the team, groups of armed people shouted excitedly. Although the distance was far away and everyone could not see clearly, everyone saw the knight Kiel beat up the bandits who blocked the road. .

The sharp-eyed guy even realized that Kiel didn't take any action himself. He just relied on the collision and trampling of the horses to disperse the really large group of bandits.

Kil raised his visor, slapped the blood-licking grass's neck and horse's head with both hands, and responded loudly: "Of course! Those bandits are nothing special. If you are fierce and dare to fight, they will be like bats in the daytime, and they will all %% hide. In the woods and caves. So, everyone, fight bravely, and these people will no longer be a problem."

Having said that, fighting does not rely solely on bravery, but if I say so every time, the armed people in the team must be more powerful.

After congratulating the knights of Kiel for their victory, Kiel immediately informed Priest Batar, who was commanding the team, to have the entire team advance slowly along the trade route. They couldn't really wipe out the bandits when they encountered them. They still had to travel. If they met the bandits and provoked them, they could just give them a good beating.

"Another small group of people will come with me to collect the equipment of the bandits. Bring all the firewood stored in the group with you. The corpses of the bandits will also have to be burned and disposed of."

Keir ordered this.

Some people are reluctant to collect and dispose of the bodies of those bandits who cause trouble for them. They think it is best to leave them in the wild and let wild beasts eat them. The belly of the wild beast is the final destination of the bandits.

"Can't think like that."

Kil shook his head. He pointed at the seemingly endless trade road under everyone's feet and said: "This trade road is after all one of the main roads in the southern province. Although most of the corpses of the dead will enter the carrion-eating beasts, But if they are not all dealt with, you don’t know, the dead people will get up again, and they will keep wandering on the trade roads, embarrassing people in the future. "

"Besides, the bandits probably won't take care of those wandering zombies. After a long time, this road will become impossible. After all, no one knows how long it will take for this area to return to normal. So, die Let’s burn them all.”

After Kierdu said this, the people were no longer dissatisfied. Soon, almost all the firewood collected by the loggers on the road were brought over. The quantity was not large, but it was not much. Generally speaking, it was enough for the whole party. Hundreds of people in the team camped for the night. After gathering together, each member of the armed team of more than 20 people had to carry a large bundle on their backs.

However, most of the armed people were young people from farmers' families before. This kind of simple labor-intensive work was not difficult. Although the firewood on the shoulders was heavy, it was easy to get over.

"Let's go, I'll take people to deal with the corpses of the bandits. Batal, you and Ster let the team move forward slowly, pay attention to the surrounding situation, and the alarms from the foreign furries at any time."

After Keir loudly informed the priest and his companions, he took the lead and headed towards the place where the bodies of the bandits lay. After a period of chaos, the entire team formed a slightly tighter formation, gathered into a long and crowded team, and continued to move forward along the deserted trade road.

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"This is it. There are a lot of throwing axes thrown by bandits on the ground near here. Ha, this is a good thing. Whether you use it or I use it myself, it is a powerful weapon that can almost kill with one hit."

After Kiel led the people to the place where the bandit corpses were densely packed, he first asked the small group of people to put down the large amount of firewood they were carrying, and then first looked for the large number of throwing axes that had fallen to the ground.

If you push aside the dense grass in the field, you can find the shining ax embedded in the soil and plant stems.

These weapons were well kept by the bandits, and their surfaces were polished smooth and reflective. Naturally, the ax blades were also very sharp. However, this thing has a short wooden handle that can be grabbed and thrown to exert force, so it is enough to find this thing and carry it.

Throwing axes are not heavy, and an average person can carry several of them with one hand. Seeing this sophisticated weapon, the members of the armed squad were very excited. After all, according to Knight Kiel, they could also use such a good weapon.

Although the number of these throwing axes collected does not seem to be very large, only about fifty, which is not enough for their team of more than 100 people to share. It is estimated that only those who can fight can get it.

However, the people in the armed squad were still very excited. They were reluctant to let go of these good weapons, but they did not have the leather bags specially used by bandits to store sharp throwing axes. They could not do work with them in their hands, and they were easily injured when hanging on their bodies I feel very confused about myself.

Kil looked amused and could barely understand everyone's reluctance to put down their newly acquired weapons, but they couldn't stay here, right?

"What are you worrying about? Find a place to put it down first. There is still a lot of work to do. Collect loot, carry the corpses of bandits, and set fire to the corpses. Time waits for no one. Get moving, get moving!"

After Keir's urging, the armed people asked the deputy captain of the team to guard these weapons, and of course the various trophies that followed the bandits.

While his men were disposing of the corpses, Kil also rode around on a blood-licking grass, driving away some jackals and carrion eagles that flew over to devour human corpses. When he heard a noise in the forest, he quickly rushed over on horseback and killed the corpses. The sneaky and unwilling bandits in the forest once again scared the depths of the forest.

"Come out and fight! Come out!"

Kil didn't even take any weapons, he just held the reins of the blood-licking grass and galloped on the grass outside the woods.

"You courageous bandits, even the most timid fox is braver than you. You guys are like pig bladders that are full of air. They look very big and powerful when they are bulging, but as long as you open your mouth , let the air inside escape, haha, it immediately deflated!"

Kil let out his voice and shouted curses into the woods. Although his curses were not unpleasant, they were quite appropriate to the situation at this time.

The armed people who were disposing of the corpses not far away didn't think anything of it, but the bandits in the forest were furious!

"Boss! That guy humiliated us too much! Rush out and fight with him! I don't believe he can handle it if so many of us rush forward?"

An experienced bandit leader gritted his teeth, clutched his sword tightly, and shouted loudly towards the fat bandit leader.

The bandit leader was also angry. After taking advantage of the chaos, how had he ever been so humiliated? However, as a leader, reason still prevailed. He was not like his subordinates, who were all angry and wanted to rush out and fight regardless.

Where is the fight?

"Sit down, everyone, have you forgotten the plan we discussed just now? Avoid this knight and deal with the opponent's large team! This knight has a war horse and four legs! Did your mother give you two extra legs? What? Do you think you can outrun a war horse with your legs in your crotch?"

The bandit leader slapped his thigh hard: "You%%% can't even catch up! So, sit tight, listen to the other party's insults clearly, accumulate the resentment in your heart, and then wait for the refugee team to get closer, and then vent your anger all at once. To those people.”

With that said, many bandits with some skills sat on the roots of big trees in the woods, or on the ground covered with dead leaves, with their weapons stuck in the ground beside them, as if the ground was the hateful knight. .

After they calmed down a little, the bandit leader glanced at the newly joined young bandits around him, but frowned. These guys heard the insults from the knights outside the woods, but few of them got angry. Could it be that this group of people was... Are you afraid of being beaten?

This is not okay.

The bandit leader called one of his subordinates, a loser, and asked him to inquire about the young bandits to see what they were thinking at this time.

After a while, the bandits looked through the trees and saw on the wasteland outside the woods. The knights' men had disposed of the bodies of the dead bandits. The bandits who had been stripped down to their corpses were piled together with a large amount of firewood. It formed a hill.

"Are you disposing of a corpse? You're really sick."

The bandit leader spat. Those guys who licked the blood on their swords never cared much about the preaching and threats issued by the priests of the God of the Dead. They were just a few dead people. They captured, played with, and chopped up all the living people. Are you still afraid that those people will not be able to take revenge after they die?

Besides, if corpses in the wild are left alone, they will most likely be eaten by wild animals. He himself has never seen a few moving corpses. The few times he has seen them before were all dead a few days after the brutal robbery. The guy from the Chamber of Commerce climbed up from the grass again and wanted to eat people.

But what power does a few dead people have? It just looks scary, just chop off the limbs with a machete and burn them with a torch.

Kil actually doesn't know what's so scary about these living corpses besides being able to use their dead energy to corrode weapons. It's just that the Church of the God of the Dead has always said so. He has also seen many poor people turn into living corpses and wander around after death, so he encountered them in the wild. Burn as many corpses as possible.

This thing doesn't seem like much, it's not too troublesome, and it can win the favor of the Church of the God of the Dead, so why not do it?

And unlike most local people who have little knowledge, after Zhao Ji came to the other world, he did not think that the ferocious and terrifying large number of undead waves in the various stories sung by the bards were fake and were made up by the church and the bards. Myths and legends that come out to scare people.

After all, he had only met a female griffin knight in Rock Mountain last year who was driving a gryphon. The woman was said to be from the southern region of the empire. Because her hometown was occupied by the undead, she summoned knights from all walks of life to prepare for the future when she had enough strength. Counterattack back.

As a result, the other party got to know Lanissa Knight's father and made an agreement to exterminate the undead in the future.

As a result, Lanisa Knight's father lost control of the bloodline power from his hometown and turned into the evil Wolf King of Warcraft. He fought until the last moment of his life with his own daughter who took over the family inheritance and became a knight.

Although it is still far away, the story and words of the female griffon knight have always been remembered by Kil. At that time, he did not have the power he has now, and he felt that traveling thousands of miles to the south of the empire to crusade the undead was a legend that would most likely have nothing to do with him in his life.

But at this time, he already had the basic strength of a knight, and this kind of thing was quietly kept in his heart.

No, in my mind, Keel has no heart, and this cannot be forgotten.

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The firewood on the corpse was ignited by the weeds that ignited the fire. The bandits saw the knight riding a horse and circling around the pile of corpses several times. After confirming that the flames were indeed burning, they took the men away with the 'trophies'.

"Shit! The black smoke from that fire! If it burns like this, won't the other two bandits know about it? Boss, we can't take down these people alone?"

A trusted bandit approached the bandit leader and reminded him worriedly.

The bandit leader glanced sideways at the man and said angrily: "I know, I know. I'm not blind and my brain is not broken. I was attacked by the knight and driven back into the forest before. I knew we couldn't survive this wave alone. Phew, just in time, this refugee team is like crabs in the river, the knights are the crab shells, and the refugees are the meat in the pliers. As long as the timing is right, it should not be difficult for the other two families to bite the hard crab shells, and Let’s eat meat.”

The surrounding bandits who heard this were all interested and came over, intending to hear how the leader asked them to eat meat and others to bite hard-shelled ones.

But at this time, the bandit leader who had been inquiring about the news came back. This man came close to the leader's ear and whispered a few words, which made the leader unhappy.

"What? Those guys saw a more powerful person, and they felt that there was no future in being a bandit? Damn, you just want to stop being a bandit because you think your hands are clean, right? It's not that easy. Come on!"

The bandit leader called out. Although the surrounding leader's subordinates didn't know what happened to make the leader so angry, they all responded immediately: "Boss, what's wrong?"

"What happened? Boss."

The bandit leader did not go into details. He named a ruthless leader and ordered: "Take a few people with you, go back to the village, and find some captured villagers. No, take the few I have." Bring the workers here, I have something to do."

The bandit leader guessed what his boss was going to do. He trembled with fright and quietly stepped aside. He didn't want to get involved in such bad things. Although he is also a bandit himself, and has been doing it for several years, and has a few lives on his hands. But this bitch has never taken action against innocent people, only caravan guys and guards with weapons in hand.

He believes in the Goddess of Luck. Although he usually works as a robber, if he has the opportunity, he will still donate property to the church of the Goddess of Luck in a nearby town in order to seek the blessings of the goddess.

According to the teachings of the church, people who do such evil things will not be blessed by the goddess.

The leader didn't know what the bandit leader wanted to do, but he didn't ask any more questions. He waved his hand and walked towards the mountain village with his familiar companions.

The fat bandit leader's eyes were deep, looking at the knights outside the woods and the lackluster young bandits around him. He swayed with the leader who followed the order and walked away, muttering in a low voice: "Join the banditry. , you can’t just quit if you want to. Go home and farm? Ha, you can only do it in your dreams in this life. I will let you do something that you will never forget in your life."

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Kil felt like someone was watching him. In fact, someone was always peeping at him from the woods. Occasionally, he could hear the curses of the bandits. But there was malice in that look, and although it wasn't directed at Kiel - he could feel it, but it still wasn't comfortable.

Thinking of this, Kil jumped off his horse and went to the pile of corpses in the gradually burning fire. The man who took out the wood from the fire grabbed a piece of burning wood and took it out. The flame and temperature on the wood did not burn his hand so quickly. , after all, there is steel gauntlet protection.

Keir carried the burning log, mounted his horse and galloped out of the woods, throwing the burning log into the area where the bandits might be crowded.

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The huge force brought with it the roar of the wind, and the flames on the firewood were extinguished in an instant.

But when the firewood fell on the trees and fallen leaves in the forest, the flame that seemed to have extinguished instantly started burning again, igniting the dead branches and leaves around the landing point.

Listening to the shouts of the bandits and the panic of putting out fires from the woods, Kil laughed loudly and made a few insulting gestures towards the woods. Then he was about to leave and escorted the team.

There were bandits carrying hunting bows and shooting arrows at Kiel from the woods. However, the hunting bows used by these ordinary people were fine for hunting small beasts with only fur. Facing armored knights and armored horses like Kiel, except for Apart from the arrows that missed and landed in the grass, the arrows that hit him only made a few tinkling and crisp impact sounds.

It was rude to come back without reciprocating, so Gere took off the hunting bow from the weapon rack on his horseback with his backhand, put the arrow on it and drew the bowstring to full length, then returned the favor with his backhand.

However, his archery skills are very poor. Although he has talent in this area, he has never practiced it well. He can shoot fixed targets while standing on the ground. However, while riding a bumpy horseback, he shoots at the covered bandits in the woods, but he misses. After a few arrows, they returned without success.

However, the bandits couldn't do anything to him, and the two parties barely managed a draw.

"Hey, I'm back."

Kil put away his hunting bow and angrily rode toward the refugee group. But the bandits in the woods breathed a sigh of relief. A bandit carrying two bags of homemade bows and arrows released his hand covering his companion's mouth. Then the bandit holding a hunting bow let out a suppressed wail. Voice.

Looking down, it turned out that an arrow had hit the shoulder blade of his right shoulder. The arrow was so heavy that it shot directly through his shoulder, breaking all the bones in the shoulder.

Needless to say, this bandit will never be able to shoot an arrow again in this life.

Seeing this scene, the bandit leader frowned even more tightly: "These knights really don't give ordinary people a way to survive."