Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 23 Hard fight
After hearing what the female knight said, Shi Wen stood up and wiped away his tears, picked up his sword and shield and said, "Then let's act quickly, we will attack while it is dark, and don't let a cultist go."

"We should inform the lord first and let the lord's army surround this place. If there are too many of them, we are no match," Weber said.

"If you are afraid, then you should inform the lord." Shi Wen said coldly.

"I think you should go, it's not about bravery or cowardice, you are now dazzled by hatred, if you go up, you will only lose your life in vain, and you are the only nobleman among us, and you have met the local lord If you talk to him, it will be more convincing than us." Wei Bo said calmly without getting angry.

"I won't run away with this excuse." Shi Wen said angrily, "I will personally send these cultists to their gods."

"I think he's right, Sven, you should inform the lord." The female knight said, "We will all count on the reinforcements you bring." The female troubadour who arrived had a nice voice.

Shi Wen hesitated, but finally agreed with them, "Then you have to wait for me to come back before doing anything. Without me, you are no match for them. Protect Uncle Harvey's body."

"His body can be placed in Rhode's space ring first, and the body will not rot in the space ring. After all this is over, let him accompany you back to bury Harvey." Baron suggested.

Both Sven and the female knight agreed to Baron's suggestion, and then Sven rode the horse he had lent to Rhodes and set off in the direction of the lord's castle.

Rhodes tidied up the space ring. Before going to the town, he used almost all the supplies. So many things happened in the town, and he forgot to replenish the supplies, so there is still a lot of space in the space ring.He found an empty space for Harvey's body and put it in the space in the ring.

After seeing Shi Wen riding away on horseback, Baron said, "Let's go up the mountain now. I feel that the magic ceremony held above is about to end. When this ceremony is over, it will be too late."

"Aren't we waiting for Sven to come back with reinforcements?" Rhodes asked.

"It's too late for him to come back, and I also have an ominous premonition." Weber said.

"I also feel my warhammer chirping uncomfortably." Hammer said the same, but Rhodes felt that he heard them all say that, and said something similar.

"I'm exploring the way ahead." Weber disappeared into the darkness after finishing speaking.

"Let's follow him." Baron said and walked forward.

I don't know how Baron was able to see the sneaking Weber. Anyway, Rhodes couldn't find him at all.

There was no danger along the way except that Weber dismantled a few bear traps and a few trip locks.

The mountain was not as high as it seemed. In about 10 minutes, everyone climbed to the highest point of the mountain. When they reached the highest point, a large platform was cleared in the middle of the forest.

Complicated magic symbols and patterns are engraved on the platform, and there is a high platform that looks like an altar in the middle of the platform.

There is a bright red mask floating in the middle of the altar, and the red light in the sky is emitted by this mask.The altar was surrounded by dark crowds of people, but everyone's eyes were dull and lost their spirits.

They should be the missing residents of the town, it seems that not only the residents of Heqiao Town, but also other towns.

Looking around, the rough count shocked Rhodes. There are about 1000 residents here.I don't know what method the Death Cult used to control them all.

In addition to the residents they need to rescue, there is a man in black and red priest robes, seven werewolves and three assassins in jet black with short swords.

Both the werewolf and the assassin stood facing the priest. The priest was saying something. Rhodes was too far away and couldn't read lips, so he didn't understand what he was talking about.

The werewolf who had fought Harvey before and was injured was also among them.

"The three of you dare to hunt down these Death Cultists?" Rhodes asked the female knight next to her. The female knight's helmet has not been taken off. Rhodes doesn't know what she looks like, but such a powerful knight, There must be muscles all over the body, no matter how good-looking they are, let Rhodes think about it...

The female knight didn't pay attention to Rhodes, she was still carefully observing the situation on the platform, thinking about the best way to launch a surprise attack.

"Don't you understand lip language, Weber? What is that magic stick talking about?" Hammer asked in a low voice.

"One of our companions has already returned to the embrace of the great Lord." Weber repeated, "Now we need to activate the magic circle, so that these lost lambs can escape from the hell of this world and return to the embrace of the great Lord. We can also return to the arms of the Lord when someone is suffering."

"Death Religion believes that this world is a real hell. They think that every time they kill a person, they will help him escape and let him escape from hell. Death Religion is what we call them. They claim to be the guides of heaven. "The female knight explained to everyone.

This is the first time Rhodes heard this weird doctrine, this world is hell, could it be that he who traveled from the previous world went to hell to suffer?
"They are about to start, let's go directly." Baron looked at the priest walking towards the altar and said loudly.

After speaking, he picked up the giant ax and rushed towards the cultist, and Hammer followed closely behind him with the warhammer.

It's about to start a fight so directly, without even saying a word of nonsense?
This time, Baron didn't hold back his hand like he did with the robbers. The ax blade was missing a hole but was still sharp and cut a werewolf in two.

The female knight's full blow at the foot of the mountain before could only cause a bloody wound on the arm used by the werewolf to block, but Baron was able to directly split the werewolf and his arm in half, blood spilled all over the sky, as if There was a rain of blood, and Baron was drenched all over his body with blood. Now he is like a bloodthirsty demon crawling out of hell.

He raised the blood-stained ax blade to attack the other werewolves. Seeing the plight of their comrades, the other werewolves dared not take his attack head-on, and could only use their own agility to deal with him.

Hamer, who was holding a warhammer, defeated a group of black-clothed assassins. Facing Hammer's warhammer, these black-clothed assassins did not dare to parry attacks with short swords like the assassin at the foot of the mountain.Instead, after one blow, regardless of whether it hits or misses, it retreats to open the distance.

Heavy weapons are still easy to use. I didn't expect that Hamer, who was injured in every battle before, could fight a group of black-clothed assassins, although the combat effectiveness of these people was obviously not as good as the one who killed Harvey.

Before Rhodes rushed to the battlefield, the situation had become that Baron still had the upper hand against six werewolves alone, and Hammer fought four black-clothed assassins alone.And Weber rushed to the altar by himself, ready to deal with the most powerful priest.

I also don't know how Baron was able to entangle six extremely fast werewolves by himself without getting hurt, while Hamer next to him was fighting with four people, and was sometimes given a blow by the enemy while he was attacking. left a few small wounds

"I'm going to help the little stalker deal with the priest." The female knight said, "Go help the one with the hammer. His physical strength is exhausted so fast that he's already panting for breath."

Rhodes nodded to her, and then ran towards Hammer. When he arrived, he launched a sneak attack on a black-clothed assassin who was lost by dodging Hammer's attack. Rhodes drew a wound on the back of a black-clothed assassin. , Rhodes forced him out of the battle group, and started a one-on-one battle with him.

With the addition of Rhodes, Hammer's advantage was even greater. He seized the opportunity, and the warhammer shot out and hit two assassins who were close together. The two assassins were spitting blood from his warhammer. , I no longer have the strength to stand up.

Hammer, who had lost his warhammer, rushed to the remaining assassin empty-handed. Although he had no weapon, his gloves and armguards were made of fine steel, which was very defensive. The assassin's dagger could only leave a wound on it. White marks.

However, Hammer's physical strength had dropped significantly after this battle. With his empty hands, he could only fight on equal terms with the assassin, and he might be given the upper hand by the opponent as time went by.

It is not so easy for Rhodes to be one-on-one with the injured assassin. The assassin on the opposite side has rich combat experience. Before Rhodes makes a move, he can predict the direction of his attack based on Rhodes' eye movements, and then defend and counterattack.

Rhodes felt as if he had been seen through by him. This assassin could keep pressing him. If he didn't have an iron shirt and was wearing a tattered iron armor that could still provide some defensive power, he might have been killed. He killed a few times, and he became irritable after slapping Rhodes.

It can't go on like this, if you want to defeat him, you must be surprised, but this kind of battle is also the best time to sharpen your sword skills.As long as I pay attention, I won't get hurt. If I upgrade my basic swordsmanship to lv3 and add a special ability, I will definitely be able to defeat him easily, Rhodes thought.

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(End of this chapter)