Chapter 278: Two Against Six (I)
You're left and I'm right. The chief knight gestured to his servants, a code popular among the lion armies that Leon was one of the few things Leon could teach to the elves during these days. Bakham nodded, though there were three times as many nezumi in the pits, the elf was confident in his skills, at least he thought so. What's more, at the thought of his right eye being snatched by the nezumi, the elf's hand holding the double knife became even harder.
Three. The Blood Lion gestured silently as they rushed out, his eyes roaming over the three ratmen on his right, trying to find a way to kill the enemy as quickly as possible. In contrast, a flame of hatred and anger had ignited in Bakham's eyes, and he was desperate to avenge himself with the blood of the nezumi and prove to his new mentor that he was not a weakling.
Two. Leon's breathing intensified, and he was sure that he could surprise the beasts, and while the hunting knives were nowhere near as sharp as his previous saber, it should be easy to cut through the nezumi-men's hairy skin. But perhaps because the Knight Chief was so focused on the battle that was about to break out, he didn't notice that his servants could no longer suppress their thirst for blood.
Before the gesture of one could be compared, Bakham's figure had already galloped out of the two's hiding place like an arrow off the string!
"Die, you damned monsters!" shouted the elf, the silver knife flying in his hand so dazzling that it split the head of the wounded rat in the leg. Blood spurted out of the nezumi neck like a fountain, and the warm liquid splashed onto each nezumi in the cave.
"Damn!" Leon cursed under his breath at the sight in front of him, he didn't expect Bakham to wait even a second longer. And the elf's actions made the clear offensive line in his eyes collapse in an instant. But that wasn't the only effect, as the rat people in the hollow let out a chilling, shrill cry when they realized that their companion had been killed, and with a simple bounce on their powerful hind legs, they leaped out of the pit and headed straight for the elves.
The elf, immersed in the thrill of killing, had no idea what disadvantage he had found himself in, and he stopped on the other side of the hollow, his twin blades slashing through the air in two graceful arcs, but before Buckham could fully turn around, the nezumi closest to him had already slammed into his body. The elf's slender body was hit by the nezumi, and it suddenly lost its balance and fell in the opposite direction.
"Buckham!" Leon rushed out of hiding under the name of the servant, his hasty action prevented him from making a perfect raid, but luckily the nezumi were focused on the elf, and the hunting knife with a small crack slashed into the waist of the nezumi closest to the knight from right to left.
The knight's voice saved the elf's life, and before the elf who had been knocked to the ground could figure out what was happening, three nezumi had already surrounded him from the same direction. The one closest to Bakham had even raised its paws. But the roar of the blood lion stunned the rats for a moment, and this was enough for the elves to roll away from the enemies that were too close and return to their standing stance.
However, although the retinue was out of danger, the knight paid the price for this reckless attack. The hunting knife was not the best choice for a weapon after all, and the crude blade was stuck in the flesh of the nezumi, and Leon could not pull it out no matter how hard he tried. But the enemy standing next to the nezumi had already reacted, and it roared, and its two sharp claws went straight to the knight's fragile neck, as if it wanted to crush the blood lion's neck entirely.
In desperation, Leon could only throw the hunting knife that was still stuck in the nezumi corpse along with the corpse on it at the monster that pounced on him. The bodies of the two nezumi collided in the air and quickly rolled together. Seeing that the nezumi with the hunting knife was holding down the still living fellow, the chief knight ran forward two steps quickly, stomping on the nezumi corpse with one foot, and trampling the monster's living companions under his feet.
Buckham on the other side was not as lucky as the knights he served. Although the nezumi have a certain fear of the long knives in the elves' hands, the smell of blood makes it easy for them to lose their minds. What's more, the fact that they were three times superior in numbers to the elves also gave the rats courage, and they scattered and surrounded Bakm. Buckham's lack of vision in his right eye meant that he was destined to miss the movements of one or two ratmen.
The Blood Lion finally pulled out the jammed hunting knife, and the Knight Chief took out the enemy who was still struggling at his feet, turning his gaze to his servant. At this time, the elf had already shown obvious inadequacy, and if it weren't for the fact that the rats didn't want to pay a heavy price for the food in front of them, perhaps he would have died by this time. But even so, every time Buckham responded to the feint attack of the nezumi in front of him, he would be attacked by another nezumi in the back, and his sharp claws tore through the elf's robe, revealing open flesh and hideous wounds.
Leon sighed lightly, he was very helpless about Bakham's situation. This elf obviously has no experience in dealing with such a situation, and when faced with more enemies than himself, he still stands in place and fights to the death?
"Shhhh He couldn't afford to take the risk. The wielded twin knives forced back the enemy in front of them, but the imaginary pain from the back did not strike.
"Keep an eye on your opponent, boy. Leon leaned his back against the elf, his hunting knife crossed his chest to block the nezumi's attack. However, at this time, the third nezumi moved, and the tailless nezumi carefully selected Buckham's visual blind spot and launched a surprise attack along the elf's right.
Bakham was naturally unaware of this deadly attack, but the blood lion didn't need to see it, and hearing alone was enough to make the battle-hardened knight react, and he grabbed the elf's right hand with his free hand and made a stabbing motion in the direction of the nezumi attack. The elf's long knife stopped an inch in front of the tip of the nezumi's nose, and the monster picked up a life with its sharp reflexes.
"Use your ears and nose to feel your opponent, and don't let what's in front of you hold you back. The knight said. At the same time, Leon also knows that this is not something that can be done overnight. If a warrior can use all his senses to complete the battle on the battlefield, then he is qualified. As for the current elves, at least not yet.