Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Duel on the Ice Bridge (Part I)
10th Floor of Walthas Prison, Ice Bridge.
A cold blue glow shone down from the dome, and the entire ice bridge seemed to be plated with a faint blue halo, and in the dim underground prison, it looked like a crystal clear sapphire. But when there is a person standing on this artwork-like existence, and there is still an abyss under her feet, the artwork looks quite terrifying.
Maylis's footsteps subconsciously moved two steps forward, her feet were a little numb due to standing on the ice for a long time, in this case, it was impossible to retreat, only to rush to the other side of the ice bridge, the only chance was now.
Although she was on top of the dangerous ice bridge, Maylis had begun to slowly move up, and the cold wind below her kept blowing up from the abyss, and her body began to appear numb and stiff.
Footsteps rang from across the empty corridor, and soon two uniformed jailers appeared in the dome's light.
Maylis's pupils shrank, and in the hands of the two soldiers, they were both holding the standard crossbows that were regularly configured in the army, in this case, they were limited in their range of motion on the ice bridge, which was equivalent to the target of the other party. However, what Maylis saw was not this, but the military uniform on the other party's body. Maylis, who has fought many times on the frontline, is certainly no stranger.
"Kelniro?" Maylis sneered, "since you've seen me a long time ago, why sneak around?" ”
"Haha, you say it casually at this time, I didn't expect the Westhal Empire to send the Purple Star Dragon Knight with the title of Imperial Star here, Miss Maylis, after a while, your deeds may only be regarded as a legend of the past. The two Kelnilo soldiers both had playful smiles on their faces, like hunters looking at their dying prey in a trap: "After all, you are also a former Purple Star Dragon Knight, we still have to be careful." Now on this ice bridge, do you have any vindictiveness, we want to see how you still run?"
Maylis glanced at the crossbow machine in the other party's hand, the attack power of this weapon, for the knights with vindictive spirit, is at most some skin trauma, but for ordinary people who do not have vindictive spirit, as long as they are shot, they are either killed or injured, and some crossbow arrows in order to enhance the lethality of the arrow, even carved a blood groove at the front end of the arrow, and it is common to bleed to death if they do not get inaugurated in time.
"Squeak squeak!" The crossbow bolt was loaded, and the sound of pulling the bracket clearly crossed the empty space and reached everyone's ears, the three people on the other side of the ice bridge, their eyes were red from congestion at this time, but they didn't have any way, it was still difficult to walk smoothly on the ice bridge, how could Maylis dodge the enemy's attack?
The two jailers raised the crossbow machine in their hands and aimed at Maylis, and the crossbow arrows on the crossbow machine were coated with a layer of dark blue halo: "In this way, even if we return to Kylnilo in the future, we two brothers can say that the Star of Hope of Wishal, the youngest Purple Star Dragon Knight in the mainland, died in our hands!"
"Jump!"
There was a crisp buzzing sound on the crossbow machine at the same time, but Maylis did not fall down as they expected, Maylis's body seemed to stumble, and fell in the direction in front of her, the whole person lay prone on the ice, and the crossbow arrow lost power in the air, and fell directly into the abyss under the ice bridge.
The two Kelnilo soldiers were not unintelligent, and when they were shooting, they had already consciously shot to the lower position, just to prevent Merris from making dodging maneuvers similar to the iron bridge. But unexpectedly, Maylis apparently guessed their thoughts.
This kind of crossbow machine is generally used to carry out a salvo attack on the battlefield, although it can be loaded with multiple rounds, but after shooting, it needs to be re-pulled before it can be fired again.
On the battlefield, it was common to shoot in echelons, and while the soldiers in the front row were loading, the crossbowmen in the back row would continue to follow the shot, but now, the two jailers missed a single shot, giving Maylis time to react.
There wasn't much space on the ice bridge that could be used to exert power, but this didn't bother Maylis a lot, and without her fighting spirit, her combat experience and combat awareness would not be sealed by this armband.
Maylis's arms grabbed the left and right sides of the ice bridge, and with a sharp force, the whole person made a leap and pounced forward.
In such a narrow space on the ice bridge, it was undoubtedly quite dangerous to make such a move, but Maylis landed on the ice bridge lightly and accurately, and her body rolled forward, quickly closing the distance between the two.
The two Kelnilo soldiers were suddenly a little flustered, although Maylis did not have a fighting spirit, but after all, she was famous before, the shadow of the famous tree of people, the prestige of the Purple Star Dragon Knight, in the eyes of ordinary people, it was really terrifying.
In this panic, they didn't realize that their movements had begun to deform, and the originally skillful and smooth movements of pulling the machine bracket had made mistakes. By the time they raised their crossbows again, Merris was less than ten meters away from the edge of the ice bridge.
At a distance of ten meters, as long as Maylis dodged another attack, the crossbow arrows in the hands of the two Kelnilo soldiers would become ornaments, but again, at such a close distance, unless there was a pre-judgment to make a move, it would not be possible to dodge the crossbow arrow attack.
When Maylis saw the action of these two soldiers lifting the crossbow machine, her body had already reacted instinctively, as a former Purple Star Knight, the duel between the masters, the cultivated muscle memory was far beyond ordinary people.
But this time, Maylis didn't pounce forward, while leaning back, one hand had already touched the handle of the knife hanging from her waist, and with a slight flip of her wrist, the blade flipped over, and the back of the knife swept outward.
There was a crossbow arrow directly nailed to the ice of the ice bridge, ice chips splashed everywhere, and another crossbow arrow, Maylis clearly felt the huge shock force coming from the back of the knife, and the knife in her right hand almost flew out upside down, and her body shook slightly when she landed.
Two arrows in a row failed to kill Maylis, and the initial calmness in the eyes of the two Kelnilo soldiers had vanished, replaced by panicked eyes, and they had even forgotten that they were standing in a safe position, and Maylis was the one standing on the ice bridge.
Maylis clenched her weapon and approached the two enemies step by step, the mental pressure was already overwhelming the opponent, and the tip of the Kernillo soldier's nose was even sweating.
"Smack!"
The crossbow machine was thrown into the abyss, and the two Kelnilo soldiers drew their weapons from their waists, and the only thing they could psychologically comfort themselves with now was the numerical superiority.