Chapter 172: Hunting the Royal Lackeys
Hmmm-
The four swords were drawn at the same time, but they were as neat as a single sound!
Time slowed down for a moment, the shattered flesh still flying in the air, and the Assassin's twisted face froze with surprise and bewilderment.
Shen Yan and Geralt's backs staggered, their bodies spinning like a dance, their swords swinging left and right. The clear sword light sliced through the air with rapid speed, leaving behind a transparent rippling trail.
Boom ——!!!
The blade of the sword cleaves the large blood vessels in the neck, cuts the peritoneum under the ribs, cuts the tendons at the base of the legs, and pierces the heart and left lung......
The splattered blood flowers spread beautifully in the air!
In the bright red flowers, there are two more depressed bodies rushing forward!
It's a stark contrast to the almost static crowd around you! Their bulging muscles held up their clothes and leather armor, no one wrestled with them, and it was time for them to try to break free. The speed was instantly exploded to the extreme, and the two people shuttled through the crowd one left and one right, and the telescopic sword light was like a poisonous snake, instantly harvesting those who pressed their hands on the hilt of the sword!
Geralt would look for tattoos on his target's body, the emblem on his clothes, and the spike on his belt in a split second to determine if it was a salamander gang or a witch hunter. These two types of evildoers are many, and since they have made a mistake in killing, they have not let go. The relationship between the Blue Guard and Geralt is somewhat complicated, they are the remnants of Temeria, and if it is impossible to judge that Geralt will be released temporarily;
But Shen Yan is different, he has lived in the north for countless years like Geralt, and he knows all the forces in the north well.
Shen Yan's bloodline from elves, demons, and dragons fused, and vertical pupils appeared, and the crowd faded into details such as color and physiognomy in his bloodline mapping, turning into a humanoid target. Normal people are white, kindness is blue, fear is black, and malice is red!
The two of them said without warning that they were in pain, and in order to speed up the attack, they all chose dual swords, and the besieging killers were cut down twenty or thirty people in an instant!
Geralt's sword light was skillful, and he chose almost all of the targets of the neck and heart, all of which were killed in one blow, and the corpse fell to the ground when he rushed past; And Shen Yan's sword light was full of power, and behind him, severed limbs flew sideways, blood spurted, and tendons were torn! He didn't kill any of them immediately, but he was several times more deterrent than Geralt.
Realizing that something is wrong, and at the same time the target is unclear and does not know who to attack, Ciri and Nikita can only protect Triss and retreat to the corner to defend.
The killers of hundreds of people were actually stunned by the sneak attack of the two at this moment. They subconsciously drew their weapons without receiving orders, stood in place and were identified as targets. Shen Yan and Geralt drove straight along the market for more than fifty meters like a violent wind, before they retreated back because they were worried that they would be too far away from the three of them.
"Didn't find it, where are you?"
"Neither!"
Shen Yan and Geralt didn't speak again.
There are more than three sources of the killers at the scene, indicating that these people are a rabble who have been hired temporarily. They are all outlaws, and it doesn't make much sense to kill them. If Shen Yan and the others can find the commander and solve it at the first time, the rest of the guys will collapse themselves.
It's a pity that that guy hid too deeply, and his luck was surprisingly good, Shen Yan and Geralt swept the small half of the bazaar, and cut dozens of people in a row but couldn't find him!
This is where the advantage of the rabble comes into play, despite the bloody and terrifying spectacle that pervades the entire market. But because the killers have nothing to do with each other, they are all here for money, and they are less affected by casualties than normal.
Just as Shen Yan and Geralt were scanning the surroundings, trying to continue to find the man's traces, a few children suddenly ran out of the corner and whistled through the market. As soon as the remaining killers received the signal, they drew their weapons and quickly surrounded Shen Yan and the others, and people with crossbows also stood up on the surrounding rooftops one after another.
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What are you most afraid of when you are under siege?
Arrows for sure.
Triss, a sorceress who had not been able to help, noticed the danger and was about to prop up the magic shield. Nikita interrupted her with a gentle nudge, then grabbed Ciri, who wanted to teleport to the roof, and said to them bluntly, "Don't worry, please trust my teacher, being a bird in front of him is the same thing as committing suicide."
Geralt took off the crossbow he was carrying and aimed at a killer standing on the roof, and he was about to launch it, when he suddenly heard a voice from the side - boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! - A few crunchs! The sound was in his ears, and it made his ear drum hurt!
The crossbow in his hand "swished" and the crossbow arrow was shot out, clearly off target. But he saw that a steel arrow suddenly appeared on the target's forehead, and the three-edged tip of the arrow pierced through the skull and pierced from under the back of the head, with blood stains and white pulp on it!
When he turned his head, he saw Shen Yan holding a pulley bow and arrows, and his hands almost turned into a phantom!
Shen Yan squinted his eyes as if he was not aiming carefully at all, but the arrows flying from the string were almost connected in a straight line! The assassins on the roof fell like dumplings, and no one was spared with an arrow stuck in their heads. The key is that the arrows are all in the middle of the eyebrows and piercing out of the back of the head, and the arrows are not missing, and the speed is even faster than the killer climbs up!
Later, Shen Yan stood upright with a bow, and all the roofs within a radius of a few hundred meters were empty!
That miraculous archery skill, both the enemy and the enemy can see the scalp tingle! The little notebook in Geralt's heart, which reads "Gwent is more powerful than me, he is stronger in magic than me, and he is temporarily backward in winemaking", silently added archery.
The person who was secretly organizing and commanding was about to stand up, but he hid back in the house after a while, and he didn't go out anymore after being killed......
The next five people formed a small circle, Ciri and Geralt blocked the front with swords, Triss magic support, Nikita walked around the crowd to assassinate, and Shen Yan held the audience with a bow! Hundreds of people besieged it, and in a moment half of them were killed! Before, Shen Yan and Geralt couldn't tell friend or foe a little, but now that they are directly holding their weapons forward, they naturally made a mistake and didn't let go!
Even in the face of the blue-clad guard, Geralt will not show mercy now.
They slaughtered the besiegers like they were chopping melons and vegetables, blood, severed limbs, and limbs spread out in a circle on the outside.
The planner hiding in the house is about to collapse, why can't you be so bullish? Why should I take this job? He was employed by the madman King Radovid V, who thought it would be an easy job, but now he ......
He suddenly took out a money bag and stuffed it to his assistant, "Go, do what we planned!" ”
The assistant gritted his teeth and squeezed his way through the cracks in the crowd hiding in the room, holding two shields. He hid behind the crowd and shouted in a shriek, not daring to show his head, "I swear in the name of the royal family of Temeria!" Whoever those five people are, kill one and you'll get fifty gold crowns! There's something for everyone! ”
The so-called Temerian royal family is, of course, a lie, but people now believe it! As for fifty gold crowns...... In the eyes of the poor of the Middle Ages, who did not see money for a year, that was almost equivalent to millions of riches!
Wealth is moving......
In fact, at the moment, Cowcastle is a large barracks. There was an assassination in the city, and the entire legion was surrounding this side, and several nearby street entrances had been sealed off. In addition to Shen Yan's group and the killers, there were thousands of civilians, traders, and people of all kinds who were trapped in this narrow area.
As soon as the bounty was offered, the woman took up the dagger, the child pulled out the knife, and the man raised his weapon, pitchfork, and all the other weapons he could find.
Geralt's face changed instantly, as did Triss and Ciri, who both remembered the bad memories of the "Livia Riots".
It seems that the killer was not ignorant of them - Geralt had died once in the "Livia Riots", which caused him severe amnesia and separated him from Yennefer...... And his death stemmed from being stabbed with a pitchfork after being mobbed by a mob to avoid women and children.
Geralt could slash monsters and take up arms against his men without hesitation, but he couldn't do anything to women and children...... It was then, and it still is.
"Catch me, I'll take you away!" Ciri shouted decisively.
"No!" Shen Yan waved his hand, casually took out a huge money bag from the dimensional bag, held it above his head and shook it! The sound of the magical gold coins striking instantly caused a moment of silence in the bloody market.
"Kill a killer and offer a reward of 500 gold crowns!" Shen Yan directly doubled the price tenfold! "In the name of the Touscent treasury and His Majesty Emperor Nhil Enrith of Nilfgaard!"
The streets are quiet...... Shen Yan frowned, it seems, it's not quite the same as he imagined? What are they waiting for?
Everyone hesitated because...... I can't believe it. Kill a person by hundreds of thousands, that can be believed; But you say kill a person for millions? No kidding! Human life is not valuable!
Shen Yan took money for too long and didn't turn the corner, but Geralt was the first to wake up.
He pointed at Shen Yan and added loudly, "Look at his face!" He's the demon merchant of Touscent! ”
Legend has it that the demon merchant of Touscent has an extremely handsome face and an infinite amount of gold coins turned from the brimstone of Hell! Look at Shen Yan, everyone immediately believed it, his hell has money!
"Huh!" The weapons, whether knives or pitchforks, were all aimed at the remaining assassins.
The Assassins wanted to cry without tears...... Don't talk about you, five hundred gold crowns...... I want to kill myself myself!