Chapter 32: The Eye of the Condor
In the eyes of the general Olopa people, humans are definitely inferior to the elves in the use of bows and arrows, because they have not seen the bow knights in the Sealand army, compared with the other eleven powers, the Sealand Kingdom, an island country, has two major advantages: unparalleled navigation technology and superb attainments in bow and arrow archery, the history of the Sealand people using bows and arrows, the history of the use of bows and arrows for a long time, in the ancient legendary king - the undefeated king Solomon, the annexation of the three islands, the unification of the kingdom of the war, the bow this weapon played a key role in determining the success or failure
Although the bow was once the main long-range weapon of the human team, after the invention of the crossbow, a new long-range attack weapon, it was found that the advantages of the crossbow over the bow were quite obvious, firstly, the soldiers had to be proficient in the use of the bow, and the training time and intensity were far greater than that of the crossbow, because the use of the crossbow was quite simple, even untrained ordinary people could pick up a crossbow to kill people; secondly, a finely made crossbow was by no means weaker than some ancient famous bows in terms of power and range; In addition, if the warrior draws the bow for a long time, the arm will be sore, which will affect the accuracy of the arrow after shooting, but the use of the crossbow has no such problem, and now the use of the bow only exists among individual adventurers among the people, and the crossbow has completely replaced the traditional archer and become the main long-range attack class of human teams, with the exception of one country
In the eyes of the Sealand soldiers, the power of the crossbow, a weapon that uses purely mechanical energy, has been determined when it is manufactured, and the strength of the user's ability has nothing to do with the power of the crossbow; the bow is the opposite, the stronger the ability of the bearer, the more powerful the arrow fired from the bow - so for the new recruit, the bow is far inferior to the crossbow, but in the hands of the experienced soldier, ten crossbows are not as good as a bow
At the same time, bow skills are also the national skills that the Sealand Kingdom is proud of, almost every household has at least one bow, in the school of noble children, bow skills are a compulsory course, the country's characteristic troops, the Cloud Piercing Longbowmen are known to be able to match the magic archers of the elven race, and the cost and harshness of training the Cloud Piercing Longbowmen in the special troops of the twelve great powers of the Holy Light Sect are second only to the ironclad chariots of the Rocard Empire, however, the Cloud Piercing Longbowmen are not the strongest marksmen of the Sealand Army, and above the Cloud Piercing Longbowmen, there is a special knight class called the Bow Knight
Not all knights who can draw a bow and shoot arrows can be called a knight of the bow; if you want to become a knight of the bow, you must first be a strong person who has already realized the spirit of war, a knight of the royal power and above, and at the same time, in the bow skills, there must be equivalent to or even higher attainments of ordinary cloud-piercing longbowmen, and the knight who fuses the knight's war spirit with super bow skills and takes this as an honor is worthy of the name of the knight of the bow, if the cloud-piercing longbowmen can only compete with the elven demon archers, then a bow knight is enough to overwhelm at least 4-6 elven demon archers
It is the lifelong pursuit and dream of every Sealand knight to be given the title of Knight of the Bow, and in the huge knight class of the Kingdom of Sealand today, there are less than ten Knight of the Bow in active service, and their leader and strongest person is a royal knight, nicknamed the eye of the Condor
A Sealand army of more than 40 men was slowly marching along the path between the woods towards Paris City, the capital of the Kingdom of Medin, and on the way, two soldiers chatted quietly
Hey, Terra, did you think we'd be dragged to that hell on earth in Paris City to fight?
Shut your crow's mouth, Simon, and we'll just send that old man to Paris City and go home
If that's the case, it's good to say, do you know where the old man came from?
Who knew he was a 'soldier of atonement'
It's just that much effort for an old prisoner
What is the meaning of 'an old prisoner', this old man's identity is certainly not simple
How to say this?
I saw that the captain was very respectful to him and called him 'General'
No, this decadent bad old man can be a general
If it was an ordinary person, how could he be so tired that the royal capital directly sent a special envoy to supervise the whole process
Don't mention the fat pig who only fights people all day long
It's troublesome to whisper and be heard......
A red-haired knight who was walking in front heard the whispered conversation between the two soldiers, and turned back and reprimanded sternly: "You two guys are nagging something, why don't you hurry up if you have time to chat."
The two soldiers immediately shut up
In this group, the red-haired knight as the commander walked at the front, and the soldiers sandwiched an emaciated old man in a shabby leather jacket and his hands handcuffed by chains, and a fat man dressed as a nobleman walked at the back of the line
The fat nobleman exaggeratedly wiped his sweat with his handkerchief and shouted to the red-haired knight at the front of the line, Hey Hansen, let the team stop
All the red-haired knights on standby gave an order, and the team immediately stopped advancing, and the red-haired knight ran to the end of the line, and asked the fat nobleman, Lord Earl, what is the matter
Rest, rest for a while, the fat nobleman sat on a rock, panting
Can't rest anymore, I've rested 17 times today, and the red-haired knight said politely to the fat nobleman
Isn't it for your damn mission that I didn t come to this hellish place, and said that for what kind of concealment don t let the horse ride want to tire me to death the fat nobleman scolded and yelled
But if it goes on like this, it won't be able to reach its destination in time for the agreed time, the red-haired knight advised
Kadirupa Hansen, what do you think you are, you throw a handkerchief in the face of the red-haired knight, I am the envoy of His Majesty, do you dare to talk to me like this, I want to die
The red-haired knight's face was very ugly, and the humiliation of the fat nobleman made him very uncomfortable, but with a mission, Hansen could only swallow his anger
There was a faint rustling sound in the woods, but soon a calm was restored
The old prisoner, who could not rest, was guarded by all the soldiers, and shouted to the fat nobleman and the red-haired knight that there was an ambush in this place
You old thing, hearing the old prisoner's words, the fat nobleman walked up to him angrily, crossed his waist and looked down at the old man domineeringly, here you have to speak, so he stretched out his palm and slapped the old prisoner in the face
The old man suddenly grabbed the fat nobleman's hand and pulled him to the side, the fat nobleman lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground like a huge pumpkin, but before the fat nobleman wanted to rebel, he shouted angrily, an arrow had been nailed to the place where he was standing, and the fat nobleman who had picked up a life, palpitated, opened his mouth in surprise, and couldn't shout
Enemy attack...... The red-haired knight Kadilupa Hansen had just given the order, and a crossbow arrow had pierced his back—if it weren't for the armor protection, it would have pierced him to the core
The soldiers drew their weapons, but a dense rain of arrows came from the woods on either side, and the Sealand soldiers fell in half
Kadilupa, who was wounded in the defensive formation, ran to the center of the line and gave the order
The other half of the remaining soldiers quickly raised their wooden shields and lined up in a circular defensive formation, protecting the fat nobleman and the old man in the middle, and the crossbow arrows were nailed all over the wooden shield, and several arrows broke through the gaps in the defense, shooting several soldiers, but most of them were blocked
Kadilupa pulled out the arrow nailed to his back: Damn, we ran into Medin's guerrilla group
This was not an encounter, and the old man said that there were at least 80 people, at least 6 guerrilla groups acting together, and this was a premeditated ambush against us
It is impossible for the fat nobleman to have a look of disbelief on his face, our mission and the route of action this time are top secret, and it is impossible for the Medin people to know in advance
It's up to your higher-ups to explain, the old man said
The arrow attack lasted for about 10 minutes, and a shout of killing sounded in the woods, and then rushed out, more than 70 light infantry sneak attackers with swords in their hands threw away their crossbows to avoid accidental injury, picked up their melee weapons and rushed towards the lonely and weak dozen Sealand soldiers, and the surviving Sealand soldiers threw away their wooden shields and drew their swords to fight with the enemy army several times their size
Give me the key, and the old man said to the fat nobleman who was scared like chaff
W, what
Untie my handcuffs and let me command the army
You—You want to run away
The bastard old man grabbed the fat nobleman by the collar and wanted us all to die here
As one Sealand soldier fell, the shape became more and more dangerous, and Kadilupa was besieged by more than a dozen Medin soldiers, and was wounded in many places, surrounded by the fat nobles and the old man, and the already weak defense line collapsed at any time
What else is there Leng quickly handed over the key, and the old man looked at the fat nobleman with a stern gaze
The fat nobleman was still hesitating, and suddenly a Medine soldier who had broken through the defense line rushed up to him and raised his sword to slash at the fat nobleman's head
Help, the extremely frightened fat aristocrat instinctively raised his hands full of fat to block
When--the old man blocked the long sword that slashed at the fat nobleman with an iron chain, then turned around and kicked the Medin soldier in the chest, who was kicked wildly, spurting blood, flying backwards for more than ten meters, hitting several soldiers
Give, give you...... The fat nobleman who picked up his life for the second time did not dare to slack off and hurriedly handed over the key
The old man untied the chains that were cuffing his hands as quickly as he could, then grabbed one end of the chains and shook them vigorously - the chains turned into a powerful weapon in the old man's hands, and six Medin soldiers had been killed by the chains in just one shot
If you don't want to die, stay by my side, and the old man turned around and shouted to the fat nobleman who was slumped to the ground and trembling
Oh...... The fat aristocrat nodded resignedly
Under the opening of the chain, the old man rushed to his luggage, he danced the chain with one hand to resist the besieging enemy, and with the other hand quickly hit the package of the luggage in the old man's luggage, in addition to the wooden box full of parchment rolls, there was also a long object wrapped in linen, the old man tore open the linen cloth, and the fat nobleman who hid behind the old man clearly saw that it was a longbow made of stainless steel
After slashing to death a Medin soldier in front of him, Kadilupa was stabbed with two more swords, his steel plate armor had been cut to shreds and lost his ability to protect himself, and he was surrounded by a circle of corpses of the Medin soldiers, which showed the fierceness of the battle, and now the knight of the Legion had reached his limit...... Suddenly, Kadilupa heard a screech of arrows, and several of his besieging enemies fell to the ground, and several arrows with feathers were still shaking on them, and Kadilupa looked in the direction where the arrows were fired, and saw the old man holding a steel longbow in one hand and a long sword in the other, standing like a god of war in the midst of the chaos
General Kadilupa shouted excitedly
Kadilupa immediately shrank the defence
As ordered, Kadilupa gathered the remaining seven Sealand soldiers and ran to the old man's side, forming a circle with his sword facing the periphery
The old man raised his sword and shouted at the command of the royal knights, and the 8 soldiers and soldiers were encouraged by him to become more determined, and the defense became more and more stable
The old man put his sword on the bowstring of the longbow and aimed at a legionary knight standing behind the Medin's army, who seemed to be the commander of this ambush force, he knew the power of Sealand's bow and arrows, and did not charge at the front line, but stood behind the troops to command, and the Sealand army wanted to use the strategy of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, and it was probably difficult to reverse the defeat, but for the knight of the bow, the distance barrier did not exist at all
In the protection of the soldiers' lives, the old man pulled the bowstring tighter and tighter, and the bow body made of stainless steel was also pressed backwards, although the resistance of the soldiers was very tenacious, but in front of the enemy who occupied the absolute numerical superiority, two soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and died; the remaining six soldiers were all wounded, and the shape was dangerous, but the sacrifice of the soldiers was not in vain, they bought enough time for the old man, and at this time the old man's body had been burned with the spirit of war, and he was constantly pouring the power of the spirit of war into the steel longbow and long sword
The enemy commander, realizing that he had become the target of the longbow, raised an iron tower shield in front of him, and ten Medin soldiers in front of him spread out the shield array
The horrified old man roared, let go of the bowstring, and the long sword that focused on the power of the battle soul was catapulted, and rushed towards the intended target, and the multiple shield formations unfolded by the Medidin army were useless, and the long sword hit the iron tower shield of the commander of Medin after shooting through several Messi soldiers and their shields in a row, and there was a loud bang - the tower shield was pierced by the long sword, and the battle armor thinner than the tower shield could not resist the power of the long sword, and the long sword pierced into the heart of the legion knight, piercing from behind
The knight of the Legion spurted blood from his mouth, and fell to the ground with an expression of disbelief on his face - dead
Their commander was dead, and the morale of the Sealand army was greatly boosted, and they slaughtered the enemy troops around them under the leadership of Kadilupa, and the old man pulled out several crossbow arrows from the wooden shield on the ground and placed them on the longbow to provide accurate long-range cover for Kadilupa and his men......
A few minutes later, the battle was over, although the Medin ambush troops still had a numerical advantage, but they lost their commander, the group was leaderless, and their morale plummeted, and finally they were defeated by the fierce and deadly rush of the Sealand soldiers, and the remaining 20 or so fled into the woods, and the Sealand army was too small in number to pursue
Terra and Simon were fortunate enough to be among the two survivors, and they were already impressed by the old prisoner's display of power
'Eye of the Condor' That's right, he's definitely the strongest knight of the bow known as the 'Eye of the Condor' - Marquis Aiden Finger.