Chapter 9: The Bloody Cliffs

"I have to say, you are an opponent worthy of my respect." The swordsman followed first, speaking to Higg.

Higg said, "Then I'm honored that you won." ”

The swordsman continued, "Out of respect for the people I respect, I have decided not to go it alone with you, although this is not my style. ”

"Don't talk so much nonsense, your heavenly partners can't wait."

"Boom......" The griffon's cry was heard again in the sky.

No, it's screaming. A few people responded to the prestige, and the sky didn't know that there was a big bird, which was bigger than the two griffins combined, and directly pounced on a griffin into the deep valley. Another griffin was about to fly to the rescue, but the swordsman blew his whistle.

The griffon was hesitating whether to rescue or obey the order to attack Higg, only to see that the swordsman gave the order to attack four of his men at the same time, and the unexpected event did not obscure the cold-blooded swordsman's mission.

Higg was trying to take advantage of the chaos to strike first, but the traces of the battle he left at the mouth of the pit kept his opponent from taking it lightly. He does not underestimate the enemy, his strength is strong, he gives orders calmly, and he kills decisively.

The swordsman himself did not move, his main task was to prevent Higg from jumping off the cliff, so that he would not see anyone alive or dead, and the mission would also fail. Originally, there were two griffons, and even if Higg jumped off the cliff, he would not succeed, but would be caught alive by the griffin, but now, the big bird seemed to be friend and foe, and if Higg broke the jar, then he really failed his mission, so the swordsman guarded the edge of the cliff.

"Hahaha......" Hig seemed to see through the swordsman's thoughts, and watched the two spearmen bully close, the two bows were already full, and laughed: "Lao Tzu also has reinforcements." ”

Before the other could attack, the big bird flew back, but instead of running to the other griffin as he had imagined, it flew to the opposite cliff, which seemed to be his old nest. It seems that it is entirely because it is not pleasing to the eye, and it is not pleasing to the eyes of the griffon who is close to his lair, but he ignores the other side a little farther away.

Seeing that everyone was nervously stunned for a moment, Higg did not hesitate, bent his bow and arrows, and shot an arrow at the griffin, and the first and last serious task after getting the bow of the tree elves - shooting, the bow of the tree elves finally returned to his own work.

With a snort, the sound of arrows pierced the sky and was deafening.

I didn't have time to see the result, there was a sharp pain in my right leg, I received an arrow on each leg on my body, and I was protected by a battle armor on my body, and ordinary bows and arrows had no possibility of hurting myself at all, and there was no protection on my legs, but I was hit by an arrow, and the arrow was shot and touched the bone, and the heart-wrenching pain made Higg fall to the ground and roll, just avoiding the attack of the two spearmen.

The front row of spearmen, the back row of archers, this is a standard combined battle formation, simple and effective, when the own spearmen are superior, the crossbowmen can supplement the shooting, when they are inferior, the crossbowmen mainly carry out suppressive attacks. Even if the crossbowmen do nothing, it is a tactical suppression for the enemy.

What's more, there is also a swordsman watching from the sidelines and controlling the overall situation.

This simple combination of tactics allowed the Erathians to build the most powerful empire despite their complete physical inferiority to the various races.

It was this simple formation that Higg was completely unable to perform any tactical moves, and he did not have a melee attack weapon in his hand, so he could only passively retreat.

There was a loud bang, and I saw that the griffin that had just dived and attacked him rushed down to the original Higg with inertia, and now where the two spearmen were, the two spearmen were hit by the griffin's huge body at high speed, and flew out more than twenty meters before they were blocked by the big tree at the edge of the forest.

Higg and the other three were also taken aback, and the most excited was Higg, the griffin he shot actually saved his life very accidentally before he died.

The two crossbowmen were frightened and began to reassess their own combat strength, losing two griffons and two spearmen in an instant, losing more than half of their men and more than half of their combat power, and although Higg was also wounded, he still had the ability to fight.

The swordsman was surprisingly calm, even if he was the only one left, Higg was in a catastrophe, just now his own over-cautiousness and Big Bird's accident were out of his own medical treatment, and now he had to take action himself.

Higg quickly applied a slowing spell to the swordsman and added an acceleration spell to himself, which was his last mana. The other party doesn't have a magician, and he can do magic, and Higg also has his own advantages.

The effect of slowing down magic on swordsmen is not obvious, and accelerating is not obvious to themselves, after all, they are injured and their physical strength is at their limit.

Instead of fighting the swordsman, Higg rushed to the crossbowmen at the edge of the forest with a short sword, much to the surprise of the three of them.

If you usually go into the forest, there is still hope of escaping, but now that your right leg is injured again, the fool ran into the forest.

The swordsman immediately turned and lunged after Higg, the sword in his hand pointed straight at him. Who knew that Higg's attack on the crossbowman was fake, and the plot against the swordsman was true, and suddenly turned around and killed the swordsman. Higg didn't expect that the swordsman's sword had blocked all the ways he pounced on him, there was no flaw, and it was too late to dodge, and with a bang, although the magical armor removed most of the sword strength, it still pierced Higg's armor, and the tip of the sword left shoulder, although the damage was not deep, but it also made Higg's blood surge. Higg's short knife was also stuck in the opponent's body, and both sides lost.

Higg found that his dagger had failed to cut through the swordsman's armor. "What kind of bargain did my dad give me, and I was cheated by my dad again."

Knife against sword, armor against armor, Higg did not take any advantage.

The swordsman was also surprised to find that the sword did not inflict fatal wounds on Higg, but the calm killer did not think much of it, pointed his sword at the neck of the fallen Higg, and ordered the two crossbowmen who had not yet reacted: "Tie up!" ”

"Wait!" "I can go with you," said Higg, "but you must answer me a question, or you will get a dead body." ”

"Say it!" The swordsman is not afraid of Higg's tricks, the way to jump off the cliff has been completely blocked by him, and Higg has no ability to jump off the cliff around him.

"I want to know, who wants my life at all costs?" Higg asked.

"I don't know!" The swordsman replied coldly, adding, "I just accepted the orders of my superiors. ”

"Who is your superior?" Higg asked.

"You only ask one question, and I'll answer it, and as for you being dissatisfied, it's none of my business."

Higg suddenly laughed: "You colluded with foreign tribes and killed your fellow clansmen, but you answered me even if you carried out the order, of course I am not satisfied. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who colludes with foreigners? ”

"Okay, I'm not going to ask you questions, I'll say a few things, you just say yes or no, if you hate talking to me, nod or shake your head!" Higg continued.

The swordsman was noncommittal, and Higg continued: "You should know about the fact that you were in the fortress the night before yesterday when the hordes of werewolves went berserk and sacked and slaughtered the town of Savo. ”

The swordsman nodded.

"There was a mudslide the night before and the valley was buried, wasn't it?"

The swordsman nodded.

"Early yesterday morning, most of you received orders to search and rescue mudslides, right?"

The swordsman continued to nod.

"There was a massacre in the town, and a mudslide in the field at night, but your superiors used the main search and rescue force for the valley search and rescue, not the rescue and pacification of the town, right?"

The swordsman's dark color changed slightly, and then he nodded.

"Although you say that you only know how to carry out orders, I believe you still have a brain, and it is of course clear which is more important than the massacre in this town and the mudslide in the wild. Besides, when you arrive in the valley, some of you are arranged to find a hunter who looks like me, to capture or assassinate, right? ”

The swordsman still nodded, recovering his face.

"So, you know that there are hundreds of werewolves buried under the mudslide, right?"

The swordsman was about to nod, but suddenly shook his head: "What did you say?" ”

"Okay, I'm sure for the time being you don't know about this, but do you know why hundreds of werewolves are buried where?"

The swordsman shook his head.

"That's because I led them to a mudslide somewhere."

Higg paused, allowing the swordsman to figure out his thoughts, and then said, "You must have discovered the pit near the campfire last night, and the important stronghold at the exit of Pit No. 4, your fortress must be displayed as an important icon, and you must know where he is, now under the mudslide, so you can know how I survived."

Higg paused and continued to let the swordsman process the information.

"You go on."

Higg continued, "The people of your fortress think that the werewolf full moon change is accidental, right? ”

The swordsman nodded.

"So, hundreds of werewolves were led to the valley by me because they chased and killed me, do you think the collective behavior of the werewolves is also accidental?"

The swordsman shook his head and began to change his face slightly.

"Then since you think that the hunt for me was not accidental, how can you assume that the werewolf slaughter of the inhabitants was an accidental act of the werewolf madness on a full moon night?"

The swordsman's face finally changed drastically, and the sword holder began to shake slightly.

"Your squad and werewolf army are all targeting me, do you think it's also a coincidence?"

The swordsman forced himself to calm down: "I can't confirm what you said, I'm just carrying out orders, I can not tie you up, but you don't want to run away." ”

"Sacrificing the lives of thousands of townspeople to convince people that the werewolf mutation caused my death is a clever trick to deceive. But I can hide the sky, but I can't hide the eyes of the world, and I can't hide the history like a knife, I'm really lucky, hehe! Your superiors did dirty things, and as an accomplice yourself, you simply said that you just wanted to be at ease just by carrying out orders, and you were simply deceiving yourself! ”

Higg smiled and continued, "Also, now that you know too much, have you thought about your fate?" ”

After speaking, while the swordsman was thinking, Higg pulled away the sword in front of his neck, stepped forward, hugged the swordsman with both hands, and moved quickly to the edge of the cliff. It was too late for the two crossbowmen to come to the rescue.

There was a mental calculation or not, and by the time the swordsman reacted, he was only two meters away from the edge of the cliff. Higg didn't give the other party a chance, nor did he give himself another chance, he rolled to the end of the trend and fell off the edge of the cliff.

This swordsman Higg can't even carry a move, so it's worth it to pull it on as a cushion.

The crossbowmen could only watch as the two rolled off the cliff in their arms and each other, helpless.

The sun had long since set, night had fallen, and the story seemed to end in darkness at all.