Chapter 36: Encountering the Enemy
"There's blood!"
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She is very skillful in her vocalization, and she is very good at controlling the volume, so she doesn't let a third party hear it.
The traveling scholar who led the way at the front is still reminiscing about his past adventures and introducing this wild settlement that he met by chance last year.
It is said that the owner of the stockade was a retired military officer, and the people inside were friendly, although not an officially registered village, but also subordinate to the imperial camp.
It has deviated from the main road from the imperial capital to Collor, and the general direction is the same.
Fortunately, leaving the imperial capital for hundreds of miles, there are almost no roads to speak of, and the roads are completely deserted.
Walking along the ruins of the main road is certainly safer than taking a detour, but it is more dangerous for those who get into trouble.
"Are you sure?"
Ling Qi smiled and asked the mysterious girl beside her in a low voice.
The Wood Elf seemed to notice the two men's anomaly and rode closer.
From the moment the mysterious voice prompted him to reach a friendship level of 80, the archer paid more attention to Ling Qi.
Antoriel frowned, sniffed the air with a frown, and nodded cautiously.
Taking a deep breath, the air was filled with the fragrance of fragrant grass, even with the elegant blessing of the second-level wind, Ling Qi couldn't smell anything abnormal.
He is not a man who is blindly confident in himself, and the mystery of the girl is also impressive.
Rationally choosing to believe this girl, Ling Qi immediately stopped the traveling scholar who wanted to get close to the village.
"Wait, don't you think, it's too quiet inside. ā
In one sentence, it woke up the teammates who let down their guard because they had found a stronghold.
Ling Qi himself didn't think it was strange to be quiet, this world was sparsely populated, and the permanent staff of the imperial capital would not exceed 100,000, so it would be good to have more than a dozen families in such a mountain village.
But when he said this, he was stunned and felt that it made sense.
This is not his previous life, the wilderness is full of dangers, dare to establish a village in this kind of place, even if the population is not large, is there not even a guard and sentry in normal times?
The stockade is very ordinary, just like the legendary bandit cottage, with waist-thick log fences, connected together, which is a simple parapet.
Behind the wooden wall, there are several watchtowers of different heights, which stand on weekdays, and are monitored for several miles around.
Perhaps in the eyes of the archery master, standing on such an unobstructed sentry tower, all of them are live targets, and the beasts of the mountains and forests do not have that kind of courage.
The gate of the stockade was closed, the watchtower was empty, and the scene could not be seen clearly behind the gate. There is no children's frolicking, and there is no curling smoke, and the village is quiet and terrible.
"Uh~"
"Possibly~Maybethey~~"
The scholar tried to find a reasonable explanation, but his wealth of knowledge made it difficult for him to deceive himself.
"Moti!"
Ling Qi let out a low snort, his eyes becoming fierce.
"Roger!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone felt a gust of wind around them.
I saw a strong Nord man who was not like a human come out of the crowd, quickly unloaded his huge tower shield shaped like a door panel from behind, and quickly moved to a few dozen meters in front of the team, stopping about eighty meters away from the village.
The group dismounted, drove their mounts into the distance, and immediately set up a position with Moti as the vanguard.
The ten-day run-in has made them a little cooperative, and even Old Jack didn't drop the chain at this time, but his eyes have been flickering treacherously, which has not hidden the eyes of people with a heart.
There was a muffled sound, like a burst of dry thunder in the flat ground, and the ground was trembling slightly!
Mo Ti, who was standing at the front line of the team, made a loud noise, and directly inserted two or three hundred pounds of tower shields into the soil, smashing the grass roots and splashing, and then looked back at Ling Qi, waiting for his next instructions.
The whole formation is roughly a diamond shape, with a length of more than 30 meters, and the distance between the players is a little large, which is also to adapt to everyone's strengths.
Adventurers are no better than soldiers, it is meaningless to be densely packed together, and it is the king to advance and retreat.
In the middle of the team, it was Ling Qi, the commander, who was about a hundred meters away from the cottage at the moment, and this distance was just the limit that elite archers could reach.
Five meters to the left is the wood elf archer Leo, who is sweeping the ninety degree angle in front of him with his sharp eyes, taking in the entire front of the village.
On the right is the traveling scholar and his follower, Arnold, a small group, but fortunately, the traveling scholar is a good person and has a big picture.
After the Tiger Man Hank's Palace, he always hid at the end of everyone, but fortunately he didn't have the cheekiness to escape.
More than ten meters in front of Ling Qi, not far behind Moti, Kara, who was carrying a hammer in one hand, was hiding in the shadow of the giant tower shield, she was like a female tiger hunting, lurking minions, waiting for her prey!
The last two Agility Professionals were wandering around, one on the left and one on the right, like the two wings of the team and the two fangs of a viper.
At this time, Antorell hung behind Old Jack as if intentionally or unintentionally, making someone feel like a man on his back.
The old thief tried to shake her off several times, but without success, and struggled in vain.
It was only at this time that he intuitively felt how difficult this girl who had been ignored by him before was!
More than one person saw this scene, but no one, including Ling Qi, questioned the girl's self-assertive behavior at all.
Even when Old Jack cast an annoyed and angry gaze at Ling Qi, the man's eyes looking at the girl were not reproach and jealousy, but surprise and appreciation!
Instantly realizing that his position in the team was already in jeopardy, Old Jack dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so he simply stopped on the right side of the team, about twenty meters away from Arnold, snorted, and refused to move again.
Ling Qi looked at him and tugged at the corners of his mouth, not knowing what he meant.
The girl had disappeared from everyone's sight without a sound.
"Mr. Nikolai, please say hello to my friends in the stockade, I hope this is a misunderstanding. ā
Ignoring someone's centrifugal detachment, Antorell exposed the terrifying strength of the tip of the iceberg, giving Ling Qi great confidence. No matter what her purpose is, at this moment, she is the team's greatest safeguard.
The commander said calmly with his hands behind his back, secretly holding the silver short bow behind his back. Except for himself, he never trusts anyone easily, including those who are ostensibly firm in the camp of order and goodness!
There was anxiety on the slightly vicissitudes of life on the face of the traveling scholar, it seems that this place he met by chance a few years ago was not just a passing scenery as he said.
The man nodded at Ling Qi and motioned for Arnold not to follow, and then walked forward and came to Moti's side, where the other party could help.
"Friend of Atima, I am the same traveler from Odile Farm last year! If you remember me, please open the door! I bring more new stories and blessings from afar!"
The scholar shouted loudly, his voice was strong and powerful, and contained a unique sense of rhythm. It seems that when he joked with Ling Qi, he said that he had joined the Bard Association, and it was not completely nonsense.
"Attiman's friends, why do you treat your former friends with a cold gate! I brought some friends! They are brilliant adventurers, but they have no ill will either!"
You Scholar was still working hard, but his face had begun to turn pale, obviously he also guessed that something bad must have happened inside!
"Ruina, Cindy, little Cindy, Rena, did you hear that!"
No matter how calm the scholar's voice was, he even subconsciously stepped out of the range that the tower shield could cover!
Shout!
In an instant, a cold arrow struck from the side, almost grazing the wanderer's shoulder.
He was at least seventy or eighty meters away from the gate at this time, and such a distance was safe enough!
"Be careful!"
"Roar!"
"Moti!
"Kara!
The tiger man exclaimed, Arnold began to go berserk, Ling Qi gave orders one after another, and one person reacted faster, that was the wood elf archer!
Shout!
The same arrow response, faster and more accurate than the previous sneak attacker!
"Ahh
"Bang!"
The screams and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground sounded one after another, and Ling Qi didn't even notice where the person was hiding!
There!
Following the sound, he saw that it was an ordinary wooden fence, with its back against the watchtower, and by the sunlight at this time, it was just right to form an inconspicuous shadow at the top of the fence!
"Arnold! Don't be impulsive!
Arnold, who had fallen into a frenzy, was obviously a little crazy, and he was about to rush to charge.
Before Ling Qi could scold, the undangerous scholar had already retreated and shouted at the red-eyed Nord kid!
The muscles of this young Nord man were abnormally swollen, his skin was flushed, and he was emitting a faint mist, and his body was at least half a foot taller, looking no shorter than Moti.
Madness!
Ling Qi was a little jealous, he had already learned about this skill from the traveling scholar, his strength had increased significantly year-on-year, and his defense and endurance had increased slightly, which was simply a simplified version of the Fishy Wind Howl.
And the price of it was only the weakness that occurred within a few hours of the frenzy, and the side effects of activating the frenzied power were insignificant compared to the Crimson Power.
"Arnold, throw the axe!"
Since he had already gone crazy in advance, although the timing was not right, Ling Qi still decided to make the best use of it!
Moti had already rushed towards the gate of the cottage with a roar against the tower shield, all the way dusty, the ground was plowed out of a deep ravine, and he was about to use his perverted strange power to force open this five-meter-high log gate!
Kara followed, most of her body huddled behind the large, terrifying tower shield, with iron armor and a later arm shield for extra protection, and it was almost impossible to be seriously injured by the cold arrows.
Bang!
Before the locomotive-like Moti crashed into the gate, the two-handed giant axe that had been behind Arnold hit the target first!
It's like a home-made missile, and a one-and-a-half-meter-long two-handed giant axe directly smashed down the small half of the door, blasting a big hole in it!
Only then did the air feel the roar of an iron axe, and the ghostly cry made your feet weak!
Arnold's axe-throwing skill after madness, it is claimed that as long as it hits, even the heavily armed knight can directly cut it down!
When Ling Qi saw it for the first time, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
Rumble!!!
There was another loud bang, and the crumbling gate was directly knocked to the ground, stirring up a large splash of earth and stones!
Almost at the same time, the sound of clanging accompanied by a little spark came from the front of the tower shield, and Moti was already attacked!