Section II
Alice is distressed right now.
Quite distressed.
After the end of a snowstorm that lasted two days and two nights. Finally, Alice, who can't stand the caveman's life, meets a team of three people who come out to search for food by cold robbers on the mountain road.
Two rookies, one ...... Barely like that. Alice beat him half to death in three or two strokes. By the way, the crossbow taught the two rookie robbers the importance of their knees for escape.
In the face of this source of intelligence for home delivery. If you don't make good use of it, it's just a tyrannical thing. Alice doesn't know how to torture, though. But she naturally has her own way. The girl picked up her sword and shaved off the head of the man who was clearly the leader. Then the remaining two were interrogated separately, who were clearly frightened.
The information obtained made the girl very entangled. She couldn't wait to turn around and leave, and then went back to Ximu and pulled Alvor's beard and asked what [two or three little thieves] was?
What are you kidding, hundreds of robbers with equipment, strongholds, and organizations have actually become [two or three little thieves] in the mouth of the foundry? So what is a big bandit? Tens of thousands of elite legions? There is also a limit to teasing! If Alice just rushed into it so rashly, she didn't know how she would die.
It's more likely that you can't even die if you want to.
Before he died, the robber captain was clamoring for Alice's limbs to be cut off and used as public equipment. And listening to what he said, there are not one or two beautiful girls who are treated like this on the cold fall.
Alice's anger was almost substantial, and the angry maiden, after figuring out the terrain around the Frostfall Temple, happily rewarded the two robbers named Tom and John with a flaming arrow, and Alice asked their names.
The effect is good, and the power of the two-handed spell is beyond Alice's expectations.
These two guys are almost fried into meat sauce, the half-cooked kind. The white snow is full of red and black colors.
"So, what should I do now?"
Alice wanted to just turn around and go down the mountain. Ask Alvo why he is pointing himself to a dead end. But when she calmed down, she gave up on that idea.
If this is an unintentional mistake, then going down the mountain and returning to the river will not help. If he did it on purpose, though I don't know why. It's better to have a threat on the surface than a dagger to poke out in the dark. What's more, Alice doesn't want to admit her defeat.
Although there are many dangers in the cold fall, it is not without loopholes. If you can't even handle these robbers, how can you survive the threats of the future journey? It's much better than being trapped beneath Heergen. Moreover, the information she gets from Tom and John can also give her a huge advantage.
Probably because of the heavy snow blocking the mountain, it leads to the depression of zhì. The leader of this gang of bandits decided to go into the depths of the Frostfall Temple with their best men with the best weapons, which also seems to have something to do with the shipment they had grabbed the other day. It is said that there is a key to the Hidden Treasure of Coldfall.
But for some unknown reason, the outer temple of the Hanluo Temple, which was originally extremely safe and stable, and was even used as a lair by the robbers, suddenly became dangerous not long after the bandit leader penetrated into the inner hall. Countless ancient fire traps and shooting traps were activated one by one. As a result, the robbers who were originally guarding the outer temple had to retreat outside the temple after losing a lot of manpower. Scattered around the cold stronghold that has been destroyed by heavy snow.
This gave Alice an opportunity.
"I will defeat them, expel them, kill them."
The veins of the girl were filled with pride. Since the odds are not lost, she will not bow her head.
Her first target was a dilapidated watchtower outside the stronghold.
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The watchtower is located to the southwest of the Hanluo Temple, and is separated by several tall stone mountains. The watchtower has not been useful since it fell into the hands of the bandits. Generally speaking, bandits who are incompetent or have made mistakes are punished there as sentries.
If a possible threat is detected. The sentry sitting at the top will ring the alarm bell on the third floor of the watchtower.
"There are six people in total, four sword and axe men at the bottom of the tower, one archer on the second floor, and only one sentry on the third floor."
With the help of rocks and shadows in the mountains. Alice sneaked silently behind a boulder about thirty paces away from the watchtower. The rock was originally on a higher mountain wall, but a blizzard swept it down.
This is a godsend.
Through the cracks in the rocks, she could see several fierce robbers leisurely walking around the base of the tower. They carry long swords or axes on their backs. Wears fur armor that is extremely resistant to cold but has little defense.
The archers on the second floor of the watchtower were chatting with the sentries on the third floor. But she seemed to be wary—the archer was clutching an oak longbow, and five or six iron arrows were gently stuck on the table in front of her. The cold wind pierced through the battered tower, and the tail feathers at the end of the iron arrows swayed slightly.
The girl gently arranged the firing slot of the crossbow. The icy wind swept through the protrusions of the rocks, and the meerkat's whining sounded in the girl's ears.
With no external forces to borrow, Alice didn't think that she could go head-to-head with dozens of well-equipped and well-coordinated bandits on her own. It's not her style to challenge goals that are not necessary even when you are beyond your own capabilities.
If you don't kill the robbers before they sound the alarm, then retreat. The terrain here is not suitable for pursuits. Escaping down the mountain should be easy. Alice thought to herself.
Well, there are about seven breaths of time to complete this qiē.
If her plans go according to their plan.
"Hey! What is that! The sentry standing at the top of the tower suddenly saw a snow-white mass wriggling not far away. This made him shout loudly.
The archer immediately drew the iron arrows from the table, pointing them in the direction pointed by the sentry. She shouted, "Who's where!" If you don't come out, you will release the arrows! ”
No response. But the mass of 'things' moved in the direction of the watchtower.
At this time, several sword and axe men under the tower also took off their weapons one after another. They stared at the 'thing' with wary expressions.
"No matter, shoot an arrow first." The archer muttered to himself. She calibrated slightly, and raised her hand to shoot an arrow.
'Whoosh! ’
The arrow hit the target accurately. The mass of 'thing' let out a small wail, and then stopped moving.
The robbers winked at each other, and then a quick-witted-looking swordsman hunched over to inspect it. In the past, he was still cautious, but as soon as he got closer, the whole person instantly relaxed.
"It's just a snow hare!" He shouted, showing his poor prey with an arrow to the head to his companions. The poor little creature had a wound on his foot, and he could only squirm outwards with difficulty.
The robbers breathed a sigh of relief. But their interest was immediately raised.
"I think we can use it in soup. Cini, you didn't quench the poison in the arrows! ”
"Thomas! Do you know how expensive a bottle of Frost Poison is? I shot you to death, don't you want to fool you! The tenderloin should be mine! The archer shouted disgruntled at the sentry. She then put away her bow and looked at the bottom of the watchtower. But his voice softened a lot: "Sam, did you bring salt?" I haven't seen meat in days, and my throat is going to smoke from the point of faintness! ”
Just when the robbers let their guard down, their attention almost focused on the snow hare, which seemed to be quite strong. Alice exhaled softly.
"It's time."
She held the crossbow machine and jumped out from behind the rocks!
[Judgment ......]
"Little—" Sentinel Thomas shouted a word, and a bolt of crossbow suffocated the rest of his words in his chest!
One!
As soon as the robber with the snow hare turned around, he saw a thin figure shrouded in steel armor rushing towards him. But faster than that was a spiraling axe.
No sooner had the thought of 'I know this axe...... than the thought of him had been sliced off half of his skull with a powerful kinetic energy.
Two!
Alice crossed the limp half-corpse and drew a broken line in the air with her sword, severing the right hand and neck of one of the swordsmen.
Three!
Short, scurrying, the iron arrow shot by the archer Sini was deftly dodged by Alice, and then held out in her hand. The refined steel sword stabs into the chest of another axeman.
Four!
The remaining swordsmen shouted, raised their swords and slashed at Alice's head. The girl slid a step, and the axe hand pierced by the long sword in her hand became her best shield. With the violent momentum brought by the swordsman, a dagger stabbed into his right eye very lightly!
Five!
The magic energy gathered in the palms of both hands and turned into scorching flames. When the archer Sini saw that the situation was not right, he threw away his bow and was about to ring the alarm bell, and a fist-sized flame bolt passed through the rift between the wooden planks. The explosion in the archer's chest turned her into a thick layer of plasma that was unevenly distributed within the watchtower.
Six!
Six breaths, six people. There was no other immobile creature within a few hundred meters of her, except for Alice.
Only then did she lean down and gasp softly. The vertical pupils in the eyes gradually recovered.
"It's not as hard as I thought it would be."
She patted the dust and blood on her body. Go back and pick up the crossbow that fell to the ground.
The second step is the Hanluo Temple Square.
"Like...... What's wrong? Alice shook her head, not giving it another thought.
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When lying on the ground the corpse turned pale.
When the crimson snow fades.
When the plasma inside the walls of the watchtower solidifies and withers under the cold wind.
Sentinel Thomas's fingers twitched slightly.