Chapter 285: Troubled Waters III
Chapters 285 and 286 will be refreshed tomorrow and updated with 287 and 288.
This month will usher in a wave of outbreaks, of course, after the Qingming Festival, these days are a little busy~
There is an end to the continent, and the endless is the blue sea and blue sky.
Piercing through a cloud under the blue sky, you just happen to see the beautiful Heidel Plains.
But for humans who need a lot of food to survive, it's a barren place.
Located in the southern part of the plains, the ancient fortress that governs the entire Dominion of Haidel, Arctic City is home to Count Ferl Fraser, one of the "Golden Families".
On this day, a very old and interesting game of nobility is going on in the castle of the lord of Bone City.
"Hans, Hans, hold your spear, you can't go back, if you take another step back, you'll lose the game immediately, you have to defend the glory of being a midshipman!"
A more powerful voice with vicissitudes of life in it sounded in the castle's training ground, and it sounded a little anxious—
"Charlotte over there, don't keep staring at the grinning boot on your right foot, concentrate and keep your eyes straight ahead, even if your wooden shield is smashed, you can't blink an eye!"
As soon as the words fell.
Bang!
Bang!
Charlotte suffered two heavy blows on his wooden shield, which frightened Charlotte and quickly lowered his head again, but fortunately he could still hold the posture of raising the shield to block. But he could already see his legs shivering.
There were more than a dozen young boys in the training ground in the castle, and the two phalanxes formed by them, one red and one blue, were attacking each other.
In the front rows of the two phalanxes, there were people with wooden spears to attack, and people with wooden swords and shields to defend.
The latter platoon was tasked with long-range support, and someone was trembling and finally pulling the bowstring, his eyes aiming at the tail of the arrow and aiming his best at the opposite side, and the bowstring was tied to a wooden arrow without a cluster of arrows.
Hans held the wooden gun in his hand and the same person who used the gun on the other side, although they both used the same standard of training wooden guns, but Hans always felt that the other party's gun was much longer than the one in his hand.
The backward left foot was already close to a red line, and Hans knew that he could not retreat, and once his foot crossed that red line, he would be immediately out of the game.
Hans is the strongest of the phalanx, and if he goes out first, the game will be decided immediately.
The opponent's wooden spear had stabbed him in the chest several times, and even though he was wearing light iron armor, Hans felt a little pain.
"Damn, what about our support, magic, arrows, how can I see everything!"
Whoosh –
Hans had barely finished grumbling inwardly when a wooden arrow flew almost against the top of his helmet, then staggered and limply hung into the red array.
Burst.
The wooden arrow was casually blocked by the opponent's path of flight, and after slamming lightly into the shield with a soft sound, it slowly rolled down to the marble floor of the training ground.
"Alas......"
A middle-aged man in his forties, standing straight next to the training ground, saw that the blue phalanx was in an extremely passive situation, and let out a sigh helplessly in his heart.
Joyce has done everything he can in the past six months, but his students are as consistent as ever - they have never won!
"Reiner, you're going to have to fill up your bowstring before you shoot it!
Joyce was obviously very dissatisfied with Reiner's soft arrow, and he didn't even have enough strength to draw his bow, let alone aim more accurately.
Bang Dang!
The sound of a wooden plank falling to the ground made Joyce let out a "pop" in his heart.
This time, the rout of his students was even earlier than the last time!
It was Charlotte who could no longer withstand the constant blows from the wooden shield, and the hand he was holding the shield became a little numb and then couldn't help but let go, and the wooden shield fell to the ground, making a noise and lifting a puff of smoke.
Without the protection of the wooden shield, Charlotte's body was completely exposed to the opposite spear and sword, although they were all wooden weapons, but in the face of the spear-tipped blade that was constantly approaching him, Charlotte was still very afraid.
In a panic, Charlotte stepped back from the red line behind him, and he was out.
"Hans, you're going to hold on a little longer!"
Seeing Charlotte take the lead, Joyce knew that the odds of pursuing victory in this game had gone from 1 in 10,000 to impossible.
But even if he fails, he needs to lose with some dignity, at least he can eliminate one of his opponents, right?
"Xiuyin!"
Joyce called out a person's name, if Xiu Yin can interfere with the other party, with the level of Hans as a cadet knight, if he takes the opportunity to hit with all his strength, there is a great possibility that the opponent will also be out, and this result is at least the same as last time.
Xiu Yin is a mage, uh... No, a teenager studying magic to be exact, and Xiune was standing in the last row of the array, with Reiner beside him.
"Hurry up and show the results of your month's practice, support Hans, hurry!" Joyce no longer longed for the miracle of victory, he wanted a "feat" that could at least eliminate one of the opponents.
Xiu Yin was originally lowering his head, relying on his very weak spiritual power to slowly gather the fire element in the palm of his hand, preparing to release a fireball technique.
But Xiu Yin suddenly felt as if something was descending rapidly in the sky, and he raised his head and blinked an eye to look at the blue sky of the Hydel Plains, a few slowly drifting white clouds, and a white sun that was releasing the afternoon sun.
Xiu Yin stared at a cloud above him, and it was clear that a light and shadow had pierced through the clouds and was rapidly falling towards him.
"Hmph, I still have the heart to look up at the sky, it seems that I can also get a reward for eliminating one of my opponents!"
One of the men in the back row of the red camp slowly pulled out his longbow, and he aimed at Xiuyin's head, although this kind of wooden arrow did not have a cluster of arrows, but if it was shot in the head, especially for a weak "mage", it would undoubtedly cause heavy damage.
Sou!
The bowstring slammed, and the arrows came out of the string.
Hans, who was grappling with his opponent, suddenly saw an arrow shoot out from the opponent's back row, shooting at their blue row with a violent sound of breaking through the air.
Charlotte was out, and now the back row was in a state of complete unprotection, Hans knew that the situation was urgent, he quickly turned his head and shouted to the back, "Reiner, Xiuin, be careful!"
However, just as Hans was distracted to warn his teammates behind him to be careful, the head of a wooden gun stabbed Hans in the chest