Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keel glanced at the floating wolf pelt hanging behind him, and found that although the wolf pelt was floating towards the howling side of the approaching wolf, it didn't seem to have changed in any particular way.

Guessing in his heart that it wasn't the wolf king, Kiel quickly tied the rope tied with the wolf's fur to a piece of dry bark of a big tree.

These barks are old, hard and heavy. If there are no animals to remove them, it is estimated that they will not fall off after hanging outside the trunk for more than ten years. However, this can be regarded as providing an extra protection for this kind of big tree species that Keel has never seen before.

Getting ready for battle, everyone lined up in a dense but spaced battle formation to meet the approaching monsters.

Hear his voice before seeing him.

A gasping voice told Keel that the thing was a big one. As the distance between the two got closer and closer, the other party's deep howls shook the big trees beside them and the snow fell on a small scale.

Licking his lips, Kiel finally closed the visor.

However, just when they were about to skip the line of sight blocked by the big trees, they could look directly at the approaching monsters.

The other party stopped.

Immediately, the low howl and the heavy breathing that kept panting disappeared immediately after.

"That guy!" A young hunter just said half a sentence.

He was immediately frightened by the old hunter on the side: "Quiet!"

The young man immediately fell silent.

Kiel scanned his eyes left and right, trying to spot the monster that must be nearby. But the other party didn't have any peeping or killing intent, and he didn't know whether he was quietly keeping himself still, or moving lightly.

Not a trace of him was found.

The situation was deadlocked.

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But soon, the quiet scene was interrupted by the chaotic howling of wolves coming from the direction Keel and the others were facing.

There were a lot of howling wolves in a mess, and they were approaching Kiel and the others along the route of the previously unknown monster at an unhurried speed.

Kiel kept the basic sword and shield fighting posture and didn't move much, but he heard an old hunter behind him asking what Tost, the commander, should do.

"There's another batch here, it's the Northern Wolves, and the Wolf King is probably with them too. What should we do?"

The old hunter Tost quickened his breathing slightly, his eyes slowly turning in the sunken eye sockets of aging. Soon, he saw the floating wolf fur tied to the old bark, and he made a judgment: "Our team moves sideways as a whole! Quick!"

Although I don't know what the purpose of doing this is, but everyone has always trusted him, so everyone immediately kept their distance, and they were facing different warning directions, and moved to the right of the original position as a whole.

"Keir! Destroy that wolf skin!" The old hunter Tost asked Kiel, who was facing the front of the team, with clear and clear words before he finally moved.

Although Keir didn't know why, and he felt a little reluctant, he still did it.

He stepped towards the big tree beside him, hooked the edge of the shield with his left hand to the damaged part of the wolf's fur, and then pulled it down with his left arm. Immediately afterwards, the long sword in the right hand slashed horizontally from the hollow waist of the wolf fur.

With a horizontal cut of the sword, half of the waist of the wolf skin was cut horizontally. Like a hot air balloon with a rotten hole, or a falling airship, the entire floating wolf skin can no longer float in mid-air, it snaps off and collapses to the ground.

Kiel flew up and kicked the wolf's fur, and then swung his sword from bottom to top, which cut the wolf's head in half. This time, this thing completely lost its magic, and fell to the ground in tatters.

Immediately afterwards, Kiel carried the long sword on his shoulder, hurriedly quickened his pace to catch up with his moving companions, and maintained a fighting state.

However, the monster that was quietly hiding did not attack the seven of them.

It wasn't until Keel and the others left the place and the pack of wolves approached that a high-pitched howl of wolves sounded from the height of the nearby big tree.

Keir raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound with everyone.

It turned out that the other party just climbed a tree and hid.

But why did he expose himself at this place and at this time?

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A moment ago, the wolf king lost the sound of the target he was chasing in his sensitive ears. At that time, it was still worried about what kind of conspiracy and tricks that guy was doing to get rid of it and its subordinates.

For so many years, it thought that it had lost its chance of revenge all these years.

But before the other party deliberately made a sound to expose himself, let it realize that the guy has been hiding in the dark all this time, and clearly remembers the enmity between them.

The chaotic magic power and the lost blood made it wake up a little bit. The beast side gradually fell into a disadvantage in the game between soul and consciousness, while the side nourished by hatred has slowly moved from the depths of soul, consciousness and body. quietly floated up.

"Ooh!"

It muttered.

"Ugh!"

But the wolf's mouth and tongue could only utter indistinct words.

These unexplained, sleep-like things made the wolf under his command a little strange.

The wolves followed behind the wolf king who was a bit staggering, and chased up following the footprints of the pursued.

The vague sound from the other party disappeared in the wolf king's ears for a moment, but soon, a wolf howl that could be called provocative or challenging came from the height of the big tree not far in front.

The clear and powerful provocative meaning in the wolf howl made the northern land wolves very annoyed, and immediately slowed down their steps and howled loudly.

Then, including the wolf king, they hurried two steps to the place where the voice came from.

There, the monster had been waiting on the tree for a long time.

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It didn't expect that the physical strength it was proud of was still not as good as the four-legged beast, and it was far from the endurance opponent of the four-legged beast when it walked on two legs.

Fortunately, it quickly realized this, so after discovering a human hunter team in advance, it stretched its arms and climbed to the tree, crouched on the tree to calm down its breathing and physical strength.

It has been a little tired of seeing each other killing each other in this forest for many years.

If it is appropriate, at this time, at this place, as the end of a long killing.

It squatted on the tallest branch of the big tree that could bear its weight, cleared its throat, and sang in a low voice from its long mouth full of sharp teeth:

"A wolf whose eyes are scorched by the fire of hatred."

"A person whose mind is dominated by the desire to kill."

"A beast of foolish loyalty."

"The hunter who lights the fire."

"Fight! Fight!"

"The silent forest is your battlefield and your grave."

"Don't worry about the opponent winning, please tear the opponent's throat at the moment of death."

"Don't worry about losing the battle, because the winner will swallow the body of the loser."

"And in the end, the winner will also be defeated by me."

"Into my stomach."

"Ho ho, **** ho **** ho, ha ha ha ha."

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Knight Lanisa heard the loud howling of wolves coming from the distance, and then the howling of wolves hit back.

She shook her head, genuinely thinking that the stupid howls of the beasts were useless. Beasts are beasts after all, even if they become numerous and powerful, the final result is still a beast after all.

She didn't mean to speed up the horse's approach.

Because, she could already hear the battle in front of her. It is not appropriate to intervene in the battle at this time, let those guys kill each other, she can wait for the end later, and then enter the battlefield.

Completely end everything.

As long as the wolf king is dead.

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The angry howls and howls of the northern land wolves came from not far away one after another, and Keel and the others had to face the battle head-on.

Sure enough, a few strong adult northern land wolves approached with a group of cubs through the trunk of a big tree.

"Do you want to fight?" Everyone looked at the northern land wolf approaching cautiously with one eye, and at the old hunter Tost with the other.

"Take a look back a little bit," said the old hunter.

So, after shooting a few arrows to force the northern wolf back, everyone slowly moved back.

However, an old hunter suddenly turned around and looked at a place behind him: "No, there are also behind!" The old hunter immediately let everyone approach a big tree closest to them, and everyone moved closer together.

It seemed that the humans had spotted their small team behind them, and the northern land wolf that had originally attracted Kiel's attention also launched an attack.

Keel turned to look at the northern land wolves behind him, and found that they were still a little away from the hunters. So he focused his energy on the northern wolf in front of him.

With the long sword resting on his shoulder, Kiel slammed forward with the shield, and directly smashed the metal shield in his hand into the long face of the pounced northern land wolf.

Before the opponent could recover and scratch him with his claws, the long sword on his shoulder swung forward and fell against the right edge of the shield. With a dull stomp, the northern wolf's left front paw was chopped off.

Keir took another step back and followed up with another kick, kicking the three-legged northern land wolf to the ground.

Immediately there were wolf pups on the left and right.

The two of them were originally auxiliary combat forces following the adult wolf, but when the adult wolf was injured in an instant, the two of them immediately became fierce and opened their mouths to bite Kiel's two calves.

Naturally, Keir would not let these two little beasts succeed. He leaned down, put the shield in his left hand on the calf where the northern land wolf was biting, and then turned the long sword in his right hand at an angle and stabbed down.

The snow on the ground and the rotting matter on the frozen forest floor simply couldn't stop the piercing stabs of Kiel's long sword, and even the deeper soil couldn't stop it.

The northern land wolf on Kiel's right saw a sharp blade facing it suddenly where it opened its mouth to bite. It was so frightened that it wanted to straighten its two front legs and slow down, but its panicked movements were deformed due to tension. The speed still hasn't slowed down.

So its dark nose and half directly hit the sharp blade of the long sword.

The surface of the sharp blade is faintly entwined with traces of white light, but what is actually more dangerous is the strong and flexible metal blade underneath. The blade cut through the flesh and bones of the northern wolf, and cut half of the long face of the northern wolf that bumped into it.

And the other side.

The shield in Kirfu's lowered left hand came into close contact with the wolf cub that was biting towards him, followed by a loud crash.

Since Kiel held the shield in an awkward posture without physical support, the shield immediately hit his left leg with force.

Pain and numbness in his left leg, Kiel drew the dagger from his waist with his right hand without saying a word. The dagger was turned between the gloved fingers, quickly changing from being held downwards to being held upwards.

Then Kiel rewarded the pup with a bite from a man's steel dagger.

The long dagger penetrated directly from the cub's ear. The still dizzy wolf cub didn't even hum, and just fell to the ground with his body and limbs limp.

Keel had just stabbed the cub on the left and wanted to move on to the boreal wolf on the right. An arrow flew in and pierced the left eye of the northern land wolf whose face was embedded in the long sword.

Most of the arrows with speed and strength entered the wolf's head, immediately ending the life of the northern land wolf.

Keir didn't need to look at his companion behind him to guess that it was a support arrow shot by a young fellow hunter. "Thanks!" He responded in a low voice, and drew his long sword from the ground.

Originally, when the long sword was stuck on the ground, it didn't move at all when it was hit by the northern wolf pup, as if it was firmly cast on the ground. But Kiel held the hilt of the sword with one hand and pulled it out from the ground lightly and deftly.

He was about to step forward and thrust his sword to kill the northern land wolf whose foreleg he had cut off, but a new northern land wolf came immediately.

This Northern Land Wolf didn't foolishly pounce halfway like the previous Northern Land Wolf. It hit the ground directly with its own body.

Keel knew the opponent's plan in an instant.

After the opponent wanted to get close to him, he took advantage of the opportunity to pull or knock down Kiel directly, instead of confronting him head-on, but created opportunities for other northern land wolves who were rushing over.

But how did Keil do what it wanted.

Backing away slightly, Kiel turned his head slightly and shouted behind him: "Here!"

Immediately, the fellow hunters who heard his shout immediately shot three arrows at the northern land wolf who was close to Kiel.

The three shot arrows from different positions, and in different order.

So, this unlucky guy was hit by an arrow in the side, followed by two other arrows.

The emergency three arrows were not fully drawn because the bowstring was not fully drawn, so the damage caused was not fatal to the Northern Land Wolf.

But Keir is not just a big wooden tree standing there.

After the northern land wolf hit three arrows in a row, he immediately followed up with a bottom-up thrust. For a beast like the northern wolf, its back has the strongest spine and rib protection, and their back muscles are also quite strong. So it is not necessary, Keir will not cut the whole back of the northern land wolf from top to bottom.

If it is the head, there is also a guarantee of vertigo that will bring a heavy blow even if the head is not broken. But if the body is cut from the top down, even if the northern wolf is injured, it still has enough fighting and enough to hurt people.

But Gere's flick from the bottom up is quite different. This blow avoided the solid protection of the back and directly injured the soft belly that is common to canines.

Although the long hair and outer skin of the abdomen here are soft and tough enough, it is too easy to tear in the face of Kiel's recast hunting sword.

Inside the abdomen are the important internal organs of the northern land wolf. No matter which one is injured, it will lose the ability to fight due to severe pain and rapid blood loss.

So does this one.

The raised sword severed multiple ribs on one side of the Northern Wolf's body, and cut off the internal organs wrapped inside.

Soon, there was no need for Kiel to mend his sword again, the northern land wolf fell on its side on the ground, blood gurgling from the wound on one side of its abdomen, and bright red and powdery fresh blood gushed out of its nose and mouth on the other side.

It's not dead yet, but its physical strength is far away from it. The tough body that could have been running for a long time is now roughly the same as the herbivores that bit their butts and pulled out their intestines in the past, and it is only left to lie on the grass and whine.

After killing the northern land wolf, Keir immediately turned to support the other side of the team.

There are also northern land wolves approaching over there.

It's time for him to show his talents.

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Lanisa Knight frowned, she seemed to have heard the roar of humans.

The voice was clear and a little immature. After thinking about it for a while, she recognized that it was the shout of the youngest Kiel in the team.

But it's strange, they shouldn't be around, right?

After all, although she didn't know where she was or where she was. But she can still judge that there is a certain distance from the rocky mountain here.

The hunters should have held down most of the pack of northern wolves on the rocky hills. Even if you evacuate there, you should wait for her at the place they agreed on before.

Shouldn't be here and now, and still in combat.

Although the female knight was puzzled, she still tapped the horse's belly with her boots, urging the horse to trot in the snow in the forest.

The recent snowfall on the ground could not hinder this powerful war horse under his crotch. It only needs to accelerate slightly with its owner on its back to wade through the snow on the ground and the fluffy decay under the snow.

Knight Lanisa pulled the rein to avoid the battle area with the twisted magic power of the wolf king and the magic power of another unknown monster, and gradually approached the place where the human voice came from.

"Careful to the left!"

It was an old but powerful voice. Knight Lanisa immediately recognized that it was the old hunter Tost's shout.

Sure enough, her hunters came over.

In this way, Knight Lanisa patted the horse's neck, and the steel on her fingers and the steel armor on the horse's neck made a clear and loud collision sound: "Quicken your pace."

The war horse neighed excitedly after being instructed by its master, and then stepped forward with four hooves. While speeding up, it accurately avoided the roots of the big trees.

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The hunters in battle heard the heavy pounding of horses' hoofs on the ground.

Not even the snow and the thick rot underneath could stop the reverberation of the horseshoe hitting the ground~www.readwn.com~ Everyone who heard this sound immediately became emotional.

"It's the adults who are here!"

"Lord Lanisa! Here!"

The young hunters shouted loudly, guiding the female knight who was fast approaching.

Riding on the horse, Lanisa Knight crossed the barriers of layers of trees and saw her men in battle. With just one glance, it can be judged that they have not lost their staff during the time since the Rock Mountain camp was separated.

That's good.

She doesn't care much about the pension after the death of her subordinates. Those hunters who dare to fight with her in the huge forest are what she really values.

However, although she valued them, she had always been mentally prepared for casualties in harsh battles.

Compared with this winter's crusade, in previous years' crusade, all the hunters died in the first year of the crusade, and she was the only one who escaped from the forest.

She was riding on a horse, and when she saw the people who were responding to the Northern Land Wolf's attack, she put away the drawn armor-piercing rapier instead.

Because she saw Kiel in battle, and Kiel was carrying a long gun on his back. Little Kiel didn't use a spear in the battle, probably because the distance of the battle was too close.

But she's good for polearms on horseback.

"Keel, throw me the spear!"

As soon as the words came out, she remembered the spear that Kiel had lent her before, which made Knight Lanisa blush under the helmet and visor, because the wolf king snatched the weapon that was not inferior to her.

But her commonly used family spear was taken away by the northern land wolves many days ago.

‘Hey, am I at odds with the spear? '

She couldn't help but think so.