Chapter 65: The Scout Strikes

Miruria had already changed Enoch's medicine, and the bandages were soaked in blood and pus, and they stenched. The constant pain exhausted the warrior, and even then he could not fall asleep, so he simply sat at the table and fought against the pain.

Fern walked out of the room, carrying two panniers with the pain in his hands. "I've thought about it, let's go now. ”

The scout's eyes lit up. "Really, Fern?"

"Yes, I shouldn't have been drowning in my thoughts of Quiai, I'm sorry. Fern placed the pannier on the table and walked into the room again.

Miruria saddled the trio's mounts, tied their luggage, and leaped lightly on their horses. The arrow was long gone, and Fern glanced at the empty corner, turned and rode onto the clouds.

Enoch reluctantly said goodbye to Fidel, who had come to see him off. "You see, I've always caused you trouble, but fortunately, after all these years, you haven't changed. ”

Fidel limped towards the warrior on crutches, his beard stubble, and it was evident that he rarely took care of it. "I'm just missing a leg, and if you don't get it this time, you might even lose your life. ”

"There will be a way. Enoch took a handful of things out of his clothes and shoved them into his comrades' hands. "Take care, Fidel. Then he stepped onto his horse without looking back.

Fidel looked into his hand and grew his mouth in surprise. "It's ...... Where did you get so much?"

"The passage fee given by Morris, I am doing things for him now. Enoch resisted the rush of pain and barely managed to squeeze out a smile. "Take it, Fidel, you need them. ”

It was past midnight, and the streets of Alphareta were quiet, and the three of them rode their horses, controlling their speed and trying not to make the sound of the horses' hooves too loud. Enoch was very familiar with the town, and took his companions to follow the dark paths as much as possible. "We had to try to avoid fighting them, and Fern and I were both wounded and couldn't even hold our swords. ”

Miruria held the bow in her left hand and the end of an arrow in her right hand, resting on it. "It's going to be difficult to go completely undetected by them, and I'm sure they've put people on guard at every exit. ”

"Yes, but we have no choice, and our injuries are in danger if they are not effectively healed. Fern struggled to grip the reins, and even such a simple movement made his face twitch.

"Miruria, we've been pushed to this point, and those mages don't leave any room for action, just to kill us, so we don't need to show mercy to our men, we can kill them if necessary, do you understand?" Enoch drew his sword with his free right hand, and the warrior held back the pain and clenched the hilt as hard as he could. "Otherwise, we will fall. ”

Fern didn't contradict the warriors, he knew that they had little hope of escaping without a ruthless attack, and the fact was that as the warriors had said, those fireballs nearly killed them when they were on the Sky Bridge. The mercenary was also very puzzled by the mage's cruelty, according to his thoughts, Etiyesh just wanted to capture him back, but now it seems that the great sage has changed his mind, and as he gets closer and closer to Valdosta, the mage tower may be afraid that he will meet with Adeline, since it is too difficult to capture him back, it is better to kill him and prevent her from meeting with Adeline. Thinking of this, Fern shivered and sweated for the safety of his companions and himself.

Enoch chose the east gate of the town as the direction of escape, fearing that the mage would lay a heavy army at the north gate, as that was where they would go next. The three stopped a hundred yards from the gate and hid in the shadows of the eaves. Miruria handed Enoch the reins and dismounted with ease, and the scout hung his bow and arrows in front of him, and silently approached the gate along the edge of the eaves.

Because the dark tide is concentrated in the northeast of Wallis, there is no sign of Altuna related to the dark tide, and as a transportation town, even at night, travelers will occasionally arrive in the town, so the gates of Alfarita are open all night, but in front of each gate in each of the four directions, there will be eight soldiers guarding the travelers who arrive or leave at night.

Miluria didn't want to hurt the innocent, none of the Altuna were her target, and the scout hid in the shadows and searched, until she finally spotted a figure leaning against the wall near a room about fifty yards ahead. It's not enough, there must be, the scout thought to himself, and instead of acting immediately, he continued to look around. Again, this time hiding in the gap between the two rooms, only one room away from the one just now. There must be more than two, patience. The scout thought, looking at the room on the other side. In the end, she found a total of five people, judging from the faintly visible figures, two of them were dressed loosely, and they looked like mages wearing mage robes, and the other three were all wearing tights, which should be just ordinary guards.

The scout raised her bow and arrows and aimed at the nearest mage, she was not worried about the guards, as Doyle's soldiers, she didn't pay attention to the guards of these mage towers at all, she was the first to deal with the mage. To hell, you haunted mages, let you hurt Enoch again!A very short scream that pierced the air rang out, so soft that the warriors and mercenaries waiting for the scout behind didn't hear it at all, and the bow and arrow were nailed to the throat of the man leaning against the wall, and before the figure could scream, it slowly slid against the wall to the ground.

The figure in the crack of the next room noticed the anomaly and hurriedly ran over to check, Miruria pouted, she didn't want to kill someone who could have not killed, but this man in a leotard pushed herself to death. There was another soft scream, and the second figure also had a bow and arrow in its throat, and the figure stopped in place, fell to its knees, and fell.

The two figures in the distance did not notice the situation here, but another mage in the same row of rooms as the scout noticed the anomaly on the opposite side, he saw two shadows lying on the ground, and wanted to run over to confirm, but he was afraid that crossing the street would alarm the guards of the city gate dozens of yards away, although the soldiers of Altuna would not do anything to the mage for no reason, but if they found that someone was killed, they would also arrest him and throw him into the dungeon. The mage hesitated, then decided to make a sound to inform his companion a little farther away, and ask the other guard on the other side to confirm the situation. But after only a brief moment's hesitation, he never had a chance to make a sound, and the scout had silently walked behind him, his dagger around his body and reaching out to his neck. The mage suddenly felt a stream of heat erupt from his neck, and before he could feel the pain, he fell limply to the ground.

The scout neatly dragged the corpse into the gap between the two rooms, wiped the blood from the dagger on the mage's robe, and quickly returned to his companion. "Three of them were solved, and the other two seemed to be just guards, so we walked over like this, believing that without the mage's action, they wouldn't dare to act rashly. ”

"Very well, if we are fast enough, we can get out of here before they notify the mages of the other gates. Enoch nodded to the scout, his eyes full of approval.

Fern sighed helplessly. "We've annoyed Etiyes completely, so we'll have to be careful. ”

"Even if it's a great sage, we'll let him know not to annoy the people of the Frontier Country. Enoch and the scout climbed onto their horses and gave her the reins. "Follow me, and I'll negotiate with the gate guards, and we'll get out of here as fast as we can. ”

The three rode out of the shadows and made steady progress towards the gate in the middle of the street, where Fern noticed two shadows lying on the ground under the eaves on the right, and smelled the faint smell of blood. After walking about twenty yards further, the mercenaries noticed a figure on the left and right of the street, as if waiting for something, but they finally did not move, and just watched as the three of them rode slowly in front of them.

"Good evening, Guardian of Artuna. Enoch greeted the guards in the Altuna dialect. "It's hard for you to have such a cold night. ”

"Good evening. One of the guards returned the salute to Enoch. "Looks like you're a soldier too, are you going out of town so late?"

"Yes, I have the task of escorting this young lady to Arturas. Enoch hid his hand in his cloak, and just lifted his chin towards Miruria.

The guard walked around Miruria's horse before returning to the warrior. "Wolves have been infesting the plains at night lately, and they seem to be starving, so you'd better not leave the avenue, for it's not safe, but there may be patrols or other travelers. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, this ghost weather has not only driven people crazy, but even the wolves have been cornered, may the seven gods bless Wallis. Enoch said slowly, with no anxious look on his face.

Miruria shifted uneasily on her horse, and she had caught a glimpse of a dark figure running back quickly from under the eaves, apparently to inform the other mages. The scout tried to rush the warrior, but Fern stood in front of her, shaking his head slightly at him.

"Alright, you can get through, be careful along the way. The guards stepped back and made way.

"Thank you, and may Botarus be with you. Enoch nodded to the guard, then clasped his legs and walked out of the gate, followed by Fern and Miruria, nervous.

Alfarita grew smaller and smaller behind them, and in order not to discourage the guards, they had to trot their mounts forward as far as they could see them. Just when they thought they were safe, Fern suddenly noticed that behind them, four figures were speeding towards them, faster than the horses trotted.

"It's flying, run!" shouted Fern as he turned his head.