Chapter 5
The two rode horses and galloped side by side on the endless grassland. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Ethan still can't believe that he really has such a strong reinforcement. Kasha gave them a token and pointed them in the way, telling them that there would be an outpost of the guard on the border of the Blood Wasteland and the Icy Plains, and that if she gave her the token, she would provide a map to the Buried Bones.
Along the way, Ethan wondered why the man had changed his mind, but because the two had been galloping on horseback since they left the camp, they had never had a chance to ask, and now it seemed that they were close to the cold plain, and the two gradually slowed down to find the outpost of the Rog Guard, and under the instigation of curiosity, Ethan could no longer hold back.
"Don't ask anything." Almost as soon as he was about to speak, the man said something faintly, almost choking Ethan to death.
"How do you know I'm going to ask you?"
"If you bother it again, I'll go back."
This sentence made Ethan angry, as if he couldn't do it without you, and was about to go crazy, "whoosh", a cold arrow suddenly nailed to the road ahead.
The two horses were frightened and neighed and stood up, and the two hurriedly grabbed the horse's belly, leaned forward, and controlled their mounts.
"Who?" Ethan yelled.
A young woman jumped down from a tree in the distance, and Credlaw estimated the distance between the two sides, then looked at the arrow, which was already halfway to the ground, and nodded slightly.
"Two, I'm Flavi of the Roger Guard, I'm very sorry for what happened just now, because some monsters have often appeared in the cold plain in front of me recently, so I rashly intervened to stop the two."
"Oh, it's fine. You're an outpost of Kasha, aren't you? We're going to the Bones Place, this is a token from Kashya, please give us the map. ”
Flavi took the token, looked at it, and made sure that there was no problem, so he took out a roll of sheepskin from his body and handed it to Ethan.
"Two, thank you for helping us out of this trouble, but I still have to remind you two: Blood Crow's archery is unpredictable, please be careful!"
"If the Blood Raven were going to attack us just now, what chances would we have of surviving?" Credlaw struggled to speak.
"There can't be a chance! Raven is the title of the strongest of our Rog archers. Once a year, there is a special contest at the festival, and all Roges can participate. To receive this title, participants must stun more than five crows with only one arrow and one shot in one day. It is stunning, not killing, not even falling to death, which is extremely demanding for the archer's eyesight, arm strength, shooting skills and control of the bow and arrow. The winner will be awarded a black Order of the Raven by the bishop, and she has been awarded this title for ten consecutive years. Later, the bishop awarded her a red Order of the Raven in honor of her, so we called her 'Blood Raven' again, so much so that we forgot her real name. ”
Riding on the horse, Ethan felt a little uneasy in his heart, and the words "stun the crow" and "ten years in a row" kept ringing in his head.
"What? Scared? Credlaw asked, squinting at him.
Ethan didn't speak.
"No matter how accurate the Blood Crow's archery is, it still has her weaknesses and limitations." Credlaw seemed to know what Ethan was thinking.
"We Arrets never used bows and arrows, so I didn't know how powerful they were. Recently, I met an Amazonian woman, her archery skills were beyond my imagination, and after listening to their description of the blood crow, I realized that it was nothing at all. ”
"Have you ever fought?" Credlaw has a lot to say.
"Of course!" There was a pause for a moment, "However, I've also read some descriptions of wars on the Western Continent in books, compared to those, our Arret tribal wars can only be regarded as small fights, but our warriors are the best!" As if to cheer himself up, Ethan raised his voice in the last sentence.
Credlaw smiled and said, "I'll have to rely on you later, cheer up." ”
Ethan was a little puzzled, and was about to ask, but Credlaw had already urged the horse to speed forward.
This cemetery is so big! ”
The two men finally reached the place where the bones were buried, dismounted, tied their horses to a tree, and prepared to enter on foot.
Dealing with an opponent with accurate archery, riding in is simply looking for death.
Tethered his horse and packed his gear, Ethan found that Credlaw had no intention of going in, but found a pot of wine, lay down on a rock, and drank it leisurely.
"Aren't we going in?" Ethan asked.
Credlaw took a long sip of his head, and then looked up at the clouds in the sky.
"I'll go in later."
The clouds are getting closer, and the cool breeze is very comfortable.
Credlaw had also finished drinking a jug of wine, and he threw the jug casually and beckoned Ethan to come over.
"The north wind will start to blow later, and there may even be rain, so the accuracy of the blood crow will be greatly reduced, as long as you dodge in time, there will not be much danger, remember to dodge as far north as possible, this will increase the error of the arrow. Once you're in, you find a place to hide, I'll show up first, attract the blood crow's firepower, and you don't care what happens to me, your task is to get close to her slowly, and get closer to her until you're sure that the blow will kill you. Okay, let's go. ”
"Hey, blah, blah, blah." However, it is rare for Credlaw to say so many things at once, and Ethan is already embarrassed to ask the following words, so he has to mutter: Why don't you ask "I don't understand" like General Qualkek?
Credlaw turned out his shield and long sword (author's note: I really don't like the appearance of the redemption staff, so I replaced it with a sword without authorization), pulled out the long sword, looked at the blade carefully, then returned the sheath to my waist, put the shield in my hand again, moved my wrist, tried flexibility, confirmed that there was no problem, glanced at Ethan, and the two entered the cemetery together.
Within a few steps of entering the cemetery, Credlaw motioned for Ethan to begin lurking on the periphery, which Ethan did.
For some reason, he had a blind trust in Credlaw.
At this time, the wind really began to rise.
With both feet on the thick meadow, there was hardly any sound.
But the absence of any sound does not mean that they will not be discovered, and for resurrected zombies or skeletons, the smell of people is the most irritating to them, and a pair of rotten, longing hands reach out from the underground catacombs.
"There are still people who dare to come to me. I appreciate your courage, however, your courage is meaningless. Join my army of death! "In the center of the cemetery, on a tree full of corpses, there is a woman with a bow and arrows hanging upside down, and that is the Blood Crow.
Credlaw ignored her, and instead swung his shield to smash a skeleton close to him, then looked at her defiantly.
"No wonder you dare to come to me." The Blood Raven began to pay attention to the opponent in front of him.
Kick down, take the bow, land, jump, shoot arrows, take off, shoot in bursts, all in one go.
At the same time, Credlaw raised his shield and made several leaps to the north in succession, avoiding the first round of attacks.
He then crouched down on the ground and nodded slightly to where Ethan was hiding.
Now is the time!
Ethan began to move slowly.
Since all the monsters and the Blood Raven's attention had been largely drawn to Credlaw, and Ethan was hiding downwind, the monsters could barely smell him. So despite the slow sneak speed, it was very smooth and undisturbed.
Credlaw was in danger, but every time he could avoid it, he was trying to get close to the blood crow, but there were too many undead creatures around him, and every step he took required great effort.
"Give up, you're no match for my endless army of the undead!" The Blood Raven wanted to use words to break Credlaw's will, as she seemed to find that the windy weather had a great impact on accuracy, so she had no intention of shooting again.
Credlaw remained silent, waving his sword and shield at the undead around him.
Ethan finally got closer.
"That's not right! He could have moved forward just now, but he didn't go any further, and if he took a step further, with the strength of my arm, the error of the arrow could be controlled within a very small range, and he could be shot. However, he seemed to see through this, and did not come any closer, as if he was stalling for time, and if so, then ......" Thinking of this, the blood crow looked around warily.
Suddenly, there was a tingling sensation in my spine, an instinct for danger that had been in place for a long time. Pounced, rolled, turned, and shot arrows, and the arrows went straight to Ethan's door with a flash of fire.
Ethan never thought that the blood crow, who had been defenseless, would dodge the fatal blow at the last moment, and be able to fight back in such a quick time, his brain couldn't turn at all, so he could only subconsciously use his weapon to block.
Fortunately, Chasi gave Ethan a short axe, and the wide axe surface provided him with good protection.
The "bell" arrow drove a string of sparks on the axe's surface, and the powerful impact caused Ethan to retreat again and again, and the tiger's mouth was also shattered.
The blood crow didn't expect that his arrow would be blocked, and fired a few arrows in a row, but unfortunately Ethan had already reacted at this time and rushed behind the big tree in advance.
The Blood Crow was about to pursue, when a fierce wind hit behind her, and she was startled and immediately jumped to the side. I thought to myself: such a speed! This person really still hides his strength!
It turned out that Credlaw saw that Ethan's sneak attack was unsuccessful, so he wanted to make another sneak attack while her attention was focused on Ethan, but he didn't expect Blood Crow to maintain such a high level of vigilance in such a situation.
Ethan quietly poked his head out and glanced at the few arrows that had almost sunk into the tree, leaving only the tail feathers still trembling, and he couldn't help but smack his tongue: My aunt!
Shocked to shocked, Ethan picked up his axe and rushed towards the Blood Raven.
The Blood Raven was busy dodging Credlaw's fierce attack, when he suddenly heard someone rushing towards him from behind, and his heart sank: he must leave the battlefield now, otherwise he will be extremely passive by the enemy.
She took out an arrow, then raised her hand to summon several skeletons from the tomb, wrapped them around Credlaw, and then turned around and followed the path of her hand to mount her bow and prepare to shoot.
At such a close distance, if this arrow were shot, Ethan would surely die!