Chapter 007: Running
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"Nothing special, sir. Buck said deliberately in his throat, as if he was afraid that the man would recognize him.
"Very well, keep an eye on me. With that, the commander urged his horse forward.
"Whew... Finally gone..."Bob breathed a sigh of relief and tried to get up, but was pinned to the ground by Buck.
"Be careful! aren't you going to die, they're not far yet!" Buck whispered viciously.
"I'm sorry, Iā" Bob said, choked Buck's mouth again.
"Don't say it so loudly!"
"Oh..."
"Who that person was just now, it sounds familiar to me. I asked Buck.
"Don't you remember? That man is William! he's seen me!" Buck whispered.
"Ahh Whispered... Huh?" Buck seemed to find something, "Hey, that's my Lyman!"
"Who is Lyman?" I asked.
"My horses, your horses too!, quick, follow me!" Buckle got us up, jumped off the watchtower, said a few words to his men, and galloped with his men.
"Hey, wait for us!"
In the blink of an eye, they were already approaching the patrol, and Buck and his men fired a few arrows, and after a whoosh, seven people fell from their horses, and the horses they rode were the Vecchian horses that Buck's men had brought with them.
"Hey, what are you pigs doing?" William turned his head and found that several people had died, and immediately became shocked and angry. Quickly instigated the horses to rush towards Buck and the others.
"Hurry, hurry!" the three Bucks immediately climbed onto their horses, pulled up a few other horses, and charged at us. However, Vecchiama had more than enough cold and lack of speed, and was slowly approached by William's Swadiama. William's men also reacted, shouting and rushing over.
Damn, hurry, hurry! My heart was already in my throat, and I became even more nervous as I watched the churning hooves of William's horse get closer and closer.
Fortunately, Buck had already run to us because he had taken the lead, and the four of us also climbed on horseback and ran wildly to the northeast. I turned my head and saw William pull out his crossbow and shouted, "Bow down!"
One of Buck's men was stunned when he heard my shout, and he was pierced in the head by a crossbow arrow and fell to the ground. "Suri!" Buck called out his men's names, but to no avail.
William was getting closer, he was struggling to wind the crossbow, and the clumsy maneuver gave us a little respite. It's really inconvenient to operate the crossbow on a horse, I wonder what will happen to the Rhodoks who are good at crossbows?I was thinking when Thomson suddenly yelled, "Buck, knife!"
Buck didn't know what to do, and threw the knife at Thomson in a daze. I understood what he was trying to do, and waited quietly for Thomson's performance.
Sure enough, the moment Thomson received the single knife, he instantly swung his hand back flexibly like an ape. The single knife immediately dragged the arc towards William's horse.
Stunned, William immediately turned the horse's head, and cut the horse's throat with a single brush, blood gushed out, the horse fell to the ground, and William was also thrown off, looking at Thomson's back in horror. The cavalry chasing after him was also forced to stop because of Thomson's throw
"Well done!" Buck was pleasantly surprised, and the pain of losing his men was swept away. We were also relieved: "This time, we not only got rid of the threat, but also got the horse back, congratulations!" Bob sighed.
...... After escaping pursuit, we finally came to the vicinity of Rebach, northeast of the Zhivading Plain. When we got there it was daytime, and since it was winter, there was no one to plough the land, and we only saw a few children driving goats grazing on the still somewhat green hillside not far away, whistling and holding a leather whip in their hands, and they seemed to be quite happy.
I walked up to a tall kid and asked, "That's... How do you get to the village of Rebachi?"
"Our house, it's a short walk north, and you can still see the smoke from my mother's cooking!" the child stretched out his index finger and pointed to the north.
"Thank you. I followed his fingertips and looked north, and sure enough, there was a faint wisp of cooking smoke, and the village should be nearby. As a token of appreciation, I gave each of the children a glittering dinar, not to mention their joy.
Let's go, the village of Rebach is nearby. I said as I climbed onto the horse.
"Really, that's great, I don't have to worry about it. Erin said happily. She's obviously had enough of the past few days of life, no, the torment.
"Then let us go quickly, lest the Swadians catch up again. Buck said. Our group walked slowly north.
......
"Hey, old fellow, do you guys here looking for a future in the war?"
Buck is always haunted by the death of his men, and when he arrives in the village of Rebachi, he has to find a few new subordinates here, but it is understandable.
"Young man, I'll show you it, and tomorrow I'll bring them to you. The village chief was not angry at the title of "old fellow", and still said kindly.
"Okay, thank you!" Buck shook hands with the village chief and began to talk about our food and housing.
"When is this day going to be the end?" Thomson stretched.
"Hehe, it's good to be alive. Bob clasped his hands around his chest and smiled.
"It's not like what you say. I interjected.
"Do you think I've been rude?" Bob turned his head.
"yes. ā
"Good boy!" Bob laughed and punched me.
I looked at the white clouds floating in the sky, ah, the world always seems so beautiful after the storm.
The next day
"I'm sorry, I only found a sturdy lad. The village chief found Buck, followed by a tall man with an apologetic face.
"What? just one?" Buck looked confused. "Forget it, just make up for it. How much do I have to pay?"
"Well, if you're willing to pay 10 dinars for his equipment, I think he'll gladly join your team. ā
"Well, the money is here. Buck took ten dinars out of his pocket and placed them in the young man's hand, his eyes lit up as he heard the tinkling sound. The young man also rubbed the smooth dinar in his hand for a long time, counting them and counting them, and his face was intoxicated. Has he never seen money in his life?
After a long time, the guy put the money in the red pocket and said respectfully to Buck, "Hello, I'm your man now, is there anything I need to do?"
"Don't be an adult, I don't like it. Go, put on these, bring your weapons. Buck said, pointing to his clothes and weapons on a rock.
Good. The money-eyed guy quickly put on his leather coat, put on his bow and arrow, pinned the quiver to his waist, picked up a single knife and tried it.
"Did you kill anyone?" Buck asked quietly.
"Killed! Why haven't you killed!" His loud voice startled us, how could there be a guy with such big nerves! I saw that the village chief's expression was a little unnatural when this guy said this.
"That's good," Buck wiped his sweat, "and you describe the situation. ā
"Oh," the guy scratched his head, "it seems like a year ago, when I was suddenly woken up while I was sleeping at home. I went out and looked, good fellow, a fat merchant had come to the village with a large handful of dinars, and approached the village chief and said that he would buy the nearby woods. His eyes lit up as he said this, and he pointed to a large forest to the west, probably the one the merchant had said he was going to buy, and he said the number!" he held out five fingers.
Buck asked, "Fifty?" he shook his head.
"Five hundred?" still shook his head.
"Five thousand dinars!!" the young man exclaimed. Buck gasped, five thousand, that's enough.
"And then?" asked Buck, wiping his sweat again.
"I was red-eyed, five thousand is enough for me to do nothing for the rest of my life!"
"So what?" Erin hated the guy, but she couldn't help but wonder.
So..."
"Say it!!" Bob was impatient.
"Oooh... So, the night before I paid the money, I took a butcher's knife and killed the gatekeeper, grabbed a handful of money, and ran, and I didn't count it, but it seemed that there were five hundred, but I had been at ease in Kulau for several days. It was as if the man had returned to the days when he was at ease in Kulau, and he could imagine what he was free about.
"......" Buck was devastated about spending 10 dinars to find such a person as a subordinate.
"Well, you're hired. What's your name?" Buck felt he couldn't get the dinars back, so he had to recruit him into the ranks. A few years later, he told me that he had wanted to take him back so that others could educate him well, but he didn't expect this person to be stubborn, so he had to give up.
"My name is George, my lord. "This is the city!" I exclaimed.
Soon after we left Ribache, we arrived at Kulau. Kurau is a prosperous city, the clamor of selling and striking iron is endless, the whole city is in full swing of production, and the people are beautifully dressed and full of energy. The house is brand new, and it's an exaggeration to say that there is no dust at all. It was an eye-opener for me who had never been to a city before.
"It's better here than our Suno," Thomson squeezed his eyes at Bob, "it's just a little colder." ā
"It's true... Hiss... I'm cold. Bob hugged his arms and shivered.
"Go to the tavern, it's much warmer there. George said as he walked ahead. Just as George led the way, a commotion caught our attention.
"Hey, hey!!Residents of Kulau, the tournament is about to begin!Come and place your bets with me!The ratio of the first round is 1 to 3!!If you win, you can get three times the amount of your bet!!The maximum limit is 100 dinars!!If you participate in the tournament, please sign up to the bearded man on the right-hand side, and you can also bet on yourself!!You can get up to 3,000 dinars!!Don't miss the chance!!
"I'm going to buy it!" "Me too!"......
"Hey, did you hear that?3000 dinars!" George's eyes immediately glowed with gold.
"But we don't have that many hundred dinars, I think it's more reliable to participate in the competition, we can't make money, we can still fight. Buck was clearly salivating too.
"Then let's go check it out. I walked over to the bearded man who had signed up.
Are you going to sign up?" the bearded man looked at us with disdain.
"No... I want to see what competitions I can participate in. I said.
"Don't bother me if you don't sign up, I'm busy. Next next!" The bearded man looked angry and prepared to chase people away.
"Don't... Let's see, we'll sign up for a tournament we want, right?" George winked at me, and I punched him in the stomach.
"Well, well. There's a bow and arrow shooting competition, and it's also the most difficult and lucrative game on Vekia, and you can't win any of them if you don't have them. The bearded man's expression softened a little and said. It seems that he is confident in the level of archery in Vicchia.
"What else to play. Buck asked.
"Hmm... I'll take a look, there are also horse fighting, walking real sword fighting, these bonuses are quite a lot. and an unpopular throwing competition, no one has signed up yet, and the prize money is not much. The bearded man picked up the registration form and said. That's all?" The bearded man looked at us with contempt again.
"How?" I said to Thomson, "are you going to sign up for a horse fight or a throwing race?"
"I'm the best at throwing, and I'm okay with a two-handed sword right away, and I think the odds of winning with a two-handed sword on foot will be a little smaller. Thomson said, too, was struggling. The odds of winning by participating in the toss are great, but the prize money is not much. He wasn't very good at the rest of the games, especially foot combat, and there was no guarantee that there would be powerful Nord warriors here, which was not fun.
"What about you?" I asked Buck.
"Me, it's better to fight right away. Well, Thomson, you go and take part in the throw, so we'll all have a prize anyway. I'll ride a horse, Buck will take part in a bow and arrow competition, and you'll fight on foot. Bob began to give advice.
"What?" I was terrified of the Nords, and I wanted to fight on foot? God, "I want to ride a horse!"
"Well, you've always been the captain of the cavalry, so you can ride a horse. ā
"What about me?" asked George as well.
I signed up for the horse battle according to Bob's plan. I received a heavy suit of plate gold armor, a brittle and fragile riding spear, and a horse with an unfamiliar character, the back half of the saddle was missing, and the horse's eyes were blindfolded, which made me feel very unsure, but fortunately everyone was.
"The first round! The horse battle is ready to begin! Please arrive at the designated venue for a one-on-one match!"
I was assigned to Field 2, and I was faced by a not very tall Wikibian. Hmph, the Vycians and the Swadians are fighting for their guns, looking for death.
I climbed on my horse, cocked my riding spear, and prepared to sprint.
"Stay in the back. The boy on the other side rushed first, his hand was not well controlled, he rode the gun, swayed from side to side, and almost poked his own horse. "Haha, let's die!" I kicked the horse's belly, and the horse immediately rushed forward. Since it can't see anything, it rushes very hard.
The wind whistled in my ears, and I slowly lowered my rifle and carefully aimed it at my opponent's chest. Ten meters, five meters......
"Whew!" my lance slammed into his breastplate, the fragile spear tearing open like glass. The tremendous force of the force stabbed him off the back of his horse, which had no back saddle, but he was unscathed.
"Player 5 wins!