Chapter Twenty-Nine: In the Name of My Knight
Under the reflection of the raging flames of the wooden house, Ma Shen carefully looked at the surrounding environment, where did they go with little Nasha? These murderers have not been away for a long time, so they will definitely be nearby, they can't go far, they can still be chased, Ma Shen thought with some joy.
But you must find the right direction, otherwise those murderers will leave from the southwest, and they will chase after them to the southeast, and they will miss a millimeter, and they will be thousands of miles away, and it will be too late by then.
It's just that Ma Shen has never been a hunter or detective before, and he can't see any obvious clues at all, so he hurriedly opened the data page to exchange for a basic tracking, and some details that Ma Shen didn't notice just now suddenly appeared in Ma Shen's eyes, there were dense horseshoe prints on the road, and the villagers of this village couldn't afford so many horses, Ma Shen had lived here for so long before and didn't see a few villagers riding horses, which showed that these horseshoe prints were left by the murderer.
According to the number of horseshoe prints, it is about 15 to 20 people, excluding the number of people who will inevitably be injured in the slaughter of these dozens of villagers, after all, on Uncle Karl alone, Ma Shen found a few bloodstains that were obviously not Uncle Karl, and the number of combatants was reduced by a few, then it means that the attackers were able to retain their combat effectiveness between 12 and 17 people.
As for their whereabouts, judging from the direction of the horses' hooves and the direction in which the fire in the village had spread, Ma Shen groaned and looked up in the southwest direction, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and they left in the direction of the southwest.
Ma Shen quickly ran back to the village gate, jumped onto the horse, and drove Ma Shen flung the reins of the horse and hurried with all his strength in the direction the murderer had left.
The surrounding scenery was shaking rapidly, and a tree in front of him was thrown behind by Ma Shen in the blink of an eye, although the speed was fast, but Ma Shen was still anxious, and it was about to get dark, and when the time came, Ma Shen didn't have to think about it to know what tragic things would happen.
As the distance from the village widened, Ma Shen, who had been staring closely at the horseshoe prints on the ground, found that the horseshoe prints on the ground gradually began to fade, because it was gradually getting closer to the dirt land away from the village, and the soil here was relatively hard, which caused Ma Shen to almost chase the wrong direction several times.
The sun is setting, the night is about to fall, "call" Ma Shen pulled the reins of the horse violently, the two front hooves of the horse under Ma Shen's ass were pouted high, and finally I chased it, Ma Shen squinted his eyes and thought, only to see a dozen horses appear on the edge of a small forest in front of him, and a man was feeding forage.
Fortunately, he didn't seem to be noticed by the man who fed the horse, Ma Shen's heart was relieved, he gently turned off the horse, and the man who fed the horse with a sword in his hand approached, and through the dexterous pace and the obscuration of the dozen horses through the man's blind spot, Ma Shen unknowingly saw behind the man, but the man was still unaware, and glanced into the woods from time to time.
When the man looked into the woods again, Ma Shen suddenly came out from behind and covered the man's mouth to prevent him from making any sound, and gently put the sword on his neck with his other hand, and Ma Shen could clearly see the goosebumps that rose from the cold sword on his neck.
"Now I ask whatever you ask, you answer, and then I'll let you go, I swear by my honor, otherwise. Ma Shen said as he gently cut the man's neck with his sword, feeling the stinging sensation coming from his neck and the cold air of the blade, the man whimpered and nodded desperately.
Seeing that this man had a good attitude, Ma Shen asked in the man's ear: "Okay, let me ask the first question first, how many of you are there?"
"Who are you?" When Ma Shen moved the hand that was tightly pressed against the man's mouth slightly, if the man screamed, he might have alerted his companion, but Ma Shen didn't look like he could sacrifice himself for his companion.
"Looks like you're reluctant to say goodbye. Ma Shen said with a look of regret, and gently pressed the sword on the man's neck.
"Wait, I'll tell you, there are 13 of us and a noble child. The man said in horror, for fear that Ma Shen would cut off his head if he couldn't think about it for a while.
"Then what did you just do, there are so many blood stains on your body. Ma Shen asked as he swept the blood stains from the man's body.
The man hesitated for a moment, and finally said under Ma Shen's silent persecution: "The nobleman who hired us fell in love with a girl in a village and wanted to take her as a concubine, but her father was simply an old stubborn and refused without thinking about it, and then the nobleman asked us to pretend to be his guards and hire us... “
"Hire you to slaughter that village. Ma Shen nodded, now that he has understood the reason for the matter, he no longer needs this guy in front of him, the sword on his neck is forcefully wiped, and Ma Shen can feel that the other party's throat has been cut like a sackcloth through the blade.
The man fell to the ground in pain, clutching his neck desperately, but he couldn't stop the blood from pouring out of his neck.
Glancing at the man's somewhat incredulous eyes, Ma Shen said lightly: "For you, I never speak and count. ”
Although in the real sense, this is Ma Shen's first time killing people, Ma Shen strangely found that he didn't feel anything else, it felt like killing a beast, cold-blooded and ruthless.
However, just as I thought, Ma Shen thought a little bloodthirsty, those who should be killed still have to be killed, and those who should be protected still have to be protected.
After killing the man who was watching the horse, Ma Shen then cut the rope holding the horse with a knife, and cut a bloody wound with a sword on the buttocks of a horse, and the horses were frightened and ran away in all directions.
After driving the horses, Ma Shen looked at the grove and whispered to himself, "There are no horses, you can't run away." ”
Without further delay, Ma Shen took his sword and ran quickly towards the grove, when the people in the woods heard the neighing of the horses and felt that something was wrong.
I saw a man in cloth armor complaining loudly, and walked out of the forest with a reluctant face: "Aika, what the hell are you doing, you can't feed the horses no matter how you feed them, the leader asked me to come out... Chattered.. As the man was talking, suddenly a figure suddenly appeared from behind the tree in front of him, and he just wanted to shout, but unfortunately he could never shout again, and the man only felt a cold neck, and could only make a slight "Gege" sound.
"So, let's start the slaughter. Seeing the enemy in front of him fall to the ground in despair, Ma Shen licked the blood splashed on his face, and smiled in the direction of the fire.
At the same time, the people sitting around the fire were unaware and frolicking loudly, and from time to time they glanced with lustful glances at the two girls who were tied together, and their leader was discussing something with the stupid nobleman.
"No!" I heard the freckled noble boy yell, "we said okay, I'll pay you 30 gold dragons, and you can help me snatch this girl." ”
"Yes, we said yes, but if it weren't for your willfulness, you must slaughter all the people in that village, maybe my three brothers would not have left us. The mercenary leader said viciously.
"Who called that stupid and dirty shit to dare to mock me, saying that death would not let Nasha be my concubine, and there is one who is not you... The young nobleman muttered.
"That's right, I helped my brother relieve his pain, and it is better to die than to live in this world as a cripple, so our original price is obviously unreasonable. The mercenary leader said with a look of reason.
"And what are you going to do?"
"Double, and let those two girls have fun with our brothers. When the leader said his conditions, the surrounding mercenaries immediately let out a lewd laugh.
"Impossible!" The noble child was about to refuse solemnly, but suddenly saw the mercenaries around him who had become a little ill-intentioned, and his tone gradually weakened, and he regretted a little in his heart because he was afraid that his father would know, so he didn't bring the family guard, "Don't touch Nasha, there is another one for you, okay?"
"Don't worry, we won't spoil them, these two girls will still be yours after this night. The leader looked at his eager subordinates around him and waved his hand nonchalantly.
"Hahahahahaha!!" The surrounding mercenaries all laughed wildly when they heard this, both the joy of seeing this noble kid suffer, and the desire to enjoy it.
Xiao Nasha desperately snuggled up with her friend Dori, who was still in a coma, struggling desperately, but couldn't break free from the rope on her body, she knew that she would have cut herself earlier, and it was better than being insulted by them, but unfortunately the only dagger on her body was also taken away, and now there is no way to even commit suicide, who can save me, Xiao Nasha cried in despair.
"Not necessarily. The mercenaries were laughing, and suddenly inserted the voice of a strange man, and at the same time a spherical object was attacked, and the mercenary leader was shocked, and quickly kicked the spherical object away, and looked closely, but found that it was the head of his own men.
"Who is it!" The mercenaries drew their swords and looked in the direction where the voice came from, only to see that under the fluctuating light of the fire, the figure of a man dressed in black was gradually revealed, his facial features were as vivid as a knife, black hair, black eyes, and a smile that seemed to be a smile at the corner of his mouth, full of a mysterious feeling.
Looking at the mercenaries in front of him, the mysterious man whispered word by word: "Your sins are serious, and I will give you the death penalty in the name of my knight." ”