Chapter 11: The Captive
Joika's arrows were not aimed at the fleeing man, but at his mount
The horse, which had been hit by an arrow in the buttocks, threw the rider off the back in severe pain, and the savage got up from the ground and continued to escape, but the second arrow fired by Joicka pierced his calf directly, and Joika did not take his life, and he became a prisoner
Escape, why not escape, Joyka casually walked behind the barbarian who was crawling desperately on the ground and stepped on the back of his hand
Ahh......h The barbarian screamed, raised his head and looked at Joyka, his eyes were full of fear and anger, the eagle father and wolf mother who killed our people will not let you go, this place is full of our cavalry, and you will never escape
Oh, are you intimidating me, hey, tell you a secret, I'm the hardest at intimidation, Joeyka giggled at the threat of the barbarians
Aren't you afraid of the revenge of our people?
Of course, I'm afraid to die, but if I slaughter you, who knows that I killed your people
Well...... The barbarian was so frightened that his face was like earth, and the madness just now disappeared at once, and from the fate of those companions, it could be seen that this man with a grinning face would definitely do what he said, even if his own people killed him to take revenge, he was afraid that he would never see it
Don't, don't kill me...... At the moment of life and death, the barbarian finally put down his last dignity and waged his tail to his opponent and beg for mercy
It's really boring, why don't I kill you, Joyka tilted her head and shook her index finger, I originally had no grudge against you, but as soon as you met, you wanted to take my life, but you thought about letting me go, and now the person who wants to kill me begs me for mercy, this joke is too outrageous
This is the order of the head man, and we have to carry it out
Joyka, the head man, frowned
It's the Zhizhi Bone Lord
Zhizhi Bone Joy Ka is interested in this strange person's name
Yes, he is the head of our Anta, and the captive's voice trembled
At this time, Joyka remembered that before entering the plains of Syria, he had sharpened his spear and roughly read the information about the barbarians, and the barbarians, that is, the Xiongqi people, were composed of eight clans, and their common leader was called Shan Yu, and the leader of each clan was called the head man, and the Zhi Zhi bone in the mouth of the captive was one of the heads of the clan who was Anta
What did Zhi Zhigu give you, and Joika continued to ask
Hmph, the barbarian turned his head and was unwilling to answer Joyka's question, mentioning the name of his head gave him some invisible confidence, which shows that this guy named Zhi Zhigudu must have quite high prestige in the Anta clan
However, the man's pride in his head did not change the reality of the predicament, but only worsened it, and Jojka grabbed his left hand and twisted it back, and a scream resounded through the wilderness
My patience is not good, and within ten seconds I haven't gotten the answer I want, and the next thing to be broken is your neck, and Joika's eyes flashed with cruelty
Other...... Other...... I said, I said, holding the broken left hand, the barbarian knew that he could not resist any longer, and that the Lord knew that a magician had broken in, and he ordered us to find it and die on the spot
Execute the magician, why Joika grabbed the barbarian by the collar and shook it vigorously
I...... I...... The barbarian stammered, unable to speak clearly for a moment
Why did the barbarians kill the magician, haven't they always lived in peace with the Snowy Federation, and Joyka was puzzled
Okay, you speak slowly, and if the answer satisfies me, I can consider sparing your life, and Joika let go of the barbarian's collar to relieve him of the pressure a little and give him a chance to straighten out his words
Yes, that's right...... The barbarians did not dare to disobey, but they could only obey their orders, although we male people have always lived in peace with the magicians west of the silver wind taiga, but more than half a year ago, there was a disaster on the magician's side, this disaster spread to our Celestian plain, and made our male people hurt, so I was worried that someone would bring the disaster again, so I ordered the silver wind taiga to be sealed off, and no one was allowed to escape from the west, otherwise we would be killed, not to mention last night, we found a large-scale magic reaction about 40 kilometers to the southeast, and we knew that there was a magician over there, so the head of the Zhizhi bone ordered us to rush immediately......
Hearing the captives say this, Joyka also probably understood the cause of the incident, and last night, in order to deal with the snow wolf pack, Cassius cast a large lighting magic thunder, and also sent out a simulated dragon roar, so he attracted the barbarians, and his ominous premonition was not superfluous
However, he was even more puzzled, with the relationship between the Snowy Federation and the Barbarians completely falling out because of a disaster, people with a little knowledge of history know that since the Barbarians came to settle in the Plain of Celestia, although they have also plundered their neighbors Snowy Federation, but the Federation's elemental magic and magic dolls happen to be the nemesis of the barbarian cavalry, and the price paid by the barbarians after plundering the Federation is far more than the reward they get, compared to the Holy Light Cult countries in the south, it seems that it is easier to plunder and more effective, and after weighing the pros and cons, the barbarians gradually changed the direction of diplomacy, they stopped their hostile behavior with the Snow Federation, and went all out to fight against the common enemy-the Holy Light Cult countries
It has been rumored in history that before the outbreak of the barbarian war, the reason why the barbarians were so powerful was because the Snowy Federation secretly supported and fueled the flames behind the scenes. That is, the Snow Federation and the barbarians have used each other to fight against the power of the Holy Light Sect, and there is actually a secret strategic alliance between the Snow Federation and the barbarians, and in a certain way, this alliance with interests as a bond is more stable than the verbal good-neighborly and friendly countries, but it only takes a disaster for the barbarians to destroy this alliance, which shows that this disaster is by no means an ordinary natural disaster
What the hell is going on in the Snowy Federation?
As Joyka fell into deep thought, she didn't notice that the captive was quietly putting her right hand behind her sheepskin coat
What exactly happened on the mage's side and what effect it had on you, and to learn more about it, Joyka could only continue to ask the captive
I don't know exactly what the catastrophe was, but our people died in two months, hundreds of people, even the former First Warrior
Hundreds of people died, and what caused them were diseases, storms, military disasters, or other causes of death
I do not know
Fart, are you a fool of me, this answer from the barbarian annoyed Joika exceedingly
The eagle father is on the wolf mother, as evidence, I really don't know that our Anda tribe has been active in the south for a long time, and the northwest near the silver wind taiga is the territory controlled by the Da Meng clan of Shan Yu Majesty, and we also heard from people from other clans to know that something happened to the Da Meng clan, and the barbarian replied in a panic
Calamity, Snowy Federation, Sealing Borders, Hunting Mages...... Connecting the series of events, Joyka's mind began to evolve into a corridor, when suddenly he reached out his right hand and slapped the captive
You fucking bastard, we're from the south, not west of the silverwind taiga, even if there is a magician, it won't bring disaster, don't you understand this common sense, Joyka angrily scolded, inexplicably being attacked, it was this bullshit that made him extremely angry
I am...... The barbarian muttered quietly
What you say, Joyka couldn't hear clearly, and leaned her ear a little closer
Die, the captive suddenly roared, grabbed a short knife with the four fingers of his right hand, and stabbed it into Joika's heart
Unexpectedly, Joyka reacted quickly, and just now he had noticed that the barbarian was showing a fleeting murderous aura, and he had already taken precautions, and Joyka grabbed the captive's hand, twisted the head of the knife, and plunged the knife into his own heart
Belch...... Belch...... With a look of remorse and pleading, the captive fell backwards as he reached out to Joika for help
But even Joyka's mercy now can't save the man who has been completely shot through the heart
Hmph, Joika sneered as she looked at the lifeless corpse
Suddenly, Joika's smile froze, no, Sophia and the fat man, they didn't know about it yet, if there were other barbarian troops nearby...... The bounty hunter immediately thought of a stern question, and he mounted a horse left behind by the barbarians and galloped at full speed in the direction of his companions' camp
However, Joyka was finally late, and when he arrived at the devastated camp, he saw that the caravan had fallen apart, and his companions' luggage was scattered all over the ground, and the surrounding snow was littered with arrows, as well as a number of broken iron swords and sabers, and there were many traces of blood on the ground that had not yet dried, and countless stumbling human and horse footprints, and there was no living or dead human or animal to be seen
This qiē revealed one thing to Joyka: the camp was attacked while he was leaving, and the fate of his companions was unknown
Bastard Joika punched the ground
At this time, a few kilometers northeast of the camp, a strong cavalry force of several thousand men was advancing mightily
Sophia and six other companions were tied to their horses and unable to move, their faces covered in blood and all suffering serious internal injuries
With the exception of Joyka, the rest of the companions unfortunately became captives of the Barbarians.