Chapter 57: Encountering the Enemy

The unauthorised departure of the Young Reserve Army from the battlefield has since become more and more serious. King Auston was stunned when he received General Baird's "heartbroken" cipher, and then, in a sad mood, sent a message to the whole territory that wanted this fleeing army.

When Dean Kane learned of this result, he immediately broke into the command camp with Deves, and in front of more than a dozen regimental commanders and grand dukes, he denounced Baird for being stubborn and distorting the facts.

In a fit of rage, Baird relieved Kane and Deves of their military powers, nearly imprisoning them.

General Baird, who had assisted the former king George and defeated the Silver Bird Empire, had always been known in the army for his bravery, and no one dared to dispute his decision. Even Roger's father, the Archduke of Celtic, remained silent.

On the third day after Donner and Mino's army left the battlefield, Richard and Kelly, who were far away in the province of Tris, also heard the news that the king wanted Donner's young army.

With their knowledge of Donner, the two instinctively felt that there must be something wrong with the news. But when he went out that day, Richard, who was recognized as Donner's younger brother, was still besieged by the crowd and was slightly injured.

Since then, the two of them have been hiding in the dwarven laboratory, not going out.

At the same time, the families of other members of the Young People's Army were treated in the same way.

Under the tremendous pressure of the war, the emotions of the people who had nowhere to exert themselves were immediately poured out on the bodies of these "families of deserters".

During the day, the closed doors and windows could not be separated by the harsh denunciation. At night, the silent darkness makes the guilt in my heart nowhere to hide - why did my proud children and brothers become deserters spurned by everyone overnight.

At this time, these young people who were wanted had been trekking for three days on the dangerous mountain roads of the Four Wolves Mountain.

The hot weather of midsummer, the lush thorns, the poisonous snakes hidden in the shadows, the insects that are not afraid of people, the loose rocks, the slippery moss and weeds, these hidden dangers quickly consume everyone's energy and physical strength.

The magic apprentices in the team, by this time, were gritting their teeth and persevering with perseverance.

"Didn't you say you could reach the top of the mountain in three days?" asked the guide in a whisper as Paz climbed a steep slope with the help of his companions.

Considering the possible enemy, everyone tacitly agreed to try to be as quiet as possible.

"That's our footsteps, you walk slowly. The hunter replied softly.

At this time, the two strongest knights on the team, Mino and Quissar, walked in the front, several reserve knights led by Roger were in charge of the rear, and the magic apprentices such as Donner, Wesley, and Paz supported each other and walked in the middle of the team.

The team came to a gentle slope and then into a forest on the slope. The dense foliage overhead blocks out almost all the sunlight, and the rare shade makes you want to sit down and rest for a while.

Two hunter guides, one leading the way, and the other helping the strained apprentices.

"Are there monkeys in the mountains?" Since being promoted to a high-level magic apprentice, the total number of Shenyuan has surpassed that of an ordinary first-level magician, and his senses have become extremely sharp.

"There are no monkeys, I go up the mountain every year, and I haven't seen monkeys. The hunter replied.

"There's an enemy! Prepare for battle......" Donner's voice was still soft, but his face became extremely serious, "forward, backward." ”

Following Donner's command, the entire team pulled out their weapons from the middle to both ends, looking for cover to hide.

In the tense silence, someone couldn't help but ask. More than a dozen feathered arrows fell from the sky.

More than a dozen team members fell to the ground in response, and they didn't even have time to scream, and without exception, an arrow was stuck in their throats.

"The enemy is in the trees!"

Donner shouted, and the blazing meteor was already shooting towards the dark shadow that loomed between the branches.

The shadow let out a high-pitched scream and fell.

Dozens of magic apprentices cast attack spells on the top of their heads at almost the same time, and another dark shadow fell.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Oh my God, it's an elf!"

The two people who fell to the ground, one had been scorched by Donner's fireball, and the other was a slender figure and extremely handsome in appearance, and indeed did not look like a human.

In the constant ejection of magic, black shadows scurried between the dense branches.

Then another round of arrows was fired, and more than a dozen team members were hit by arrows at the same time.

Donner heard the sound of the bow and arrow breaking through the air, and immediately shrank his head and hid behind the rock, the bow and arrow grazed the top of his head, rubbing off a piece of his scalp, and it hurt fiercely.

Mino's voice came from the front: "Roger, you take twenty people down the mountain to report the news! The others, exit the woods to meet the enemy!"

After Roger responded loudly, without any hesitation, he turned around and ran wildly with dozens of people at the end of the team.

"Magic cover!" Donner shouted, daring to probe again, and the rain of frost and snow shot overhead. The enemy seemed to be jealous of his magic, and immediately left his magic range after firing arrows in a panic.

This time, an arrow struck Donner in the shoulder, piercing through it, and Donner fell to the ground on his back and fell into the grass.

He didn't dare to stay at all, and the moment he fell to the ground, he endured the severe pain and rolled and hid behind the rocks. Several arrows came one after the other where he had just fallen.

Under the cover of dozens of magic apprentices, regardless of consumption, the elves in the trees finally retreated temporarily after shooting another round of arrows. They don't seem to be outnumbered and can't stand up to attrition.

"Get out of the woods!"

Driven by orders or fear, the procession rushed out of the woods.

Donner, who had fallen injured and collapsed beside the rock, was grabbed by a stout hand, caught under his armpit, and also withdrew.

Donner was thrown on a raised rock, and Quissar's burly body lay down beside him, and he reached out to break the tail of the arrow on his thigh, and smiled back at Donner.

Mino's anxious shout remembered.

"Don't panic, don't run away, look for cover!"

Almost all the members of the team faced such a real and brutal battle for the first time, and in a short time in the woods, dozens of team members were killed by arrows, and once they escaped from the woods, even if Mino shouted loudly, many people still fled desperately.

After a few rounds of bows and arrows, the team members who tried to escape fell one by one.

Mino shouted hoarsely: "Hold your ground, buy Roger time to go down the mountain!"

Donner picked up his magic gun and tried to get down, the arrow from his shoulder, which pressed his side to the ground, tearing the wound even wider, blood gushing out, and the pain pierced his heart and lungs.

Behind him, the sound of a companion's arrow was constantly heard.

"!" Donner stiffened in pain, propped the tip of the arrow on the ground, gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, and slammed down, the rough shaft of the arrow rubbing through the gaps between the tightly wrapped muscles and bones, and the tip of the arrow re-pierced into the bleeding wound like a barb. Thankfully, I didn't faint in pain.

Donner gritted his teeth and crawled, his abdomen and legs rubbing a blur of blood from his shoulders.

From a narrow gap, the dark muzzle of the magic gun slowly stretched out. The wound was squeezed by the raised right arm, and the muscles clamped tightly around the edge of the arrow, but the hand holding the gun did not move.

With a "bang", an elf who was jumping in mid-air as if in a graceful dance posture was about to be released, suddenly as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, flew straight backwards, and the blood threw a graceful curve in the air in the direction he flew out. A bloody hole the size of a bowl pierced through her full chest.

"******!" there was still a thud, and the other elf was shot in the abdomen, and the body that had been knocked out of it bent backwards like the shape of the bow in her hand, and the blood splattered from her abdomen like an arrow on a bow.

"Your bow and arrows are powerful, and Lao Tzu's spear is still powerful!" shouted hoarsely, another gunshot rang out, and another elf flew up.

After witnessing the exaggerated deaths of their three companions, the elves finally stopped their pursuit and fled in panic.

Donner rushed out with his gun.

A dozen elves fled for their lives, and Donner alone pursued them to the death.

When the last elf collapsed at the edge of the woods, Donner finally gave off on his knees and collapsed, and the fiery barrel of the gun was propped up on the ground by him, and with a snort, the weeds were immediately blackened.

When he slowly turned around, everyone except Wesley and a few members of the team who were also from Tris Province looked at him in amazement, like they were looking at monsters.

"You're so powerful?!" Quisal rushed out first, holding Donner.

His mouth was wide enough to fit a full fist. Thinking that he had been pointed at by this stick at the Martial Demon Festival, a cold sweat suddenly flowed down his back, and he didn't feel this way about the elves' arrow rain in the woods just now.

"Be careful, these elves are supposed to be just scouts, and their main force is still behind. Donner reminded loudly.

"Yes, it won't be just these people! If you follow Donner's previous information, there will be 3,000 people on the other side. We need to find a piece of terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Minnow responded.

The hunter guide, who survived, said, "Remember the cliff we passed at noon, we could only pass through it alone, and we could hide behind it." ”

In order to retreat in time, the bodies of the fallen comrades were left in place, and even if some people had tears in their eyes, they did not dispute this decision.

Everyone knows that time means a chance to live, and it also determines whether or not they can hold the mountain road so that the news can be safely returned to the army. If this line of defense that they are guarding is breached, then these companions will die worthless.

It takes three days to descend the mountain, and no matter how fast the opponent's mountain soldiers or elves are, it will take at least one day. That is to say, as long as you can hold it for two days, you will be foolproof.

The elves were skilled in archery, and most of the young soldiers who were shot by them were killed instantly. The few wounded in the team, with the exception of Donner, were also lightly wounded.

After Donner drank the only small sip of the Far North Demon Orange, the wound began to slowly heal.

After more than an hour, the team retreated behind the cliff that the hunter had called, and the mountain path that clung to the cliff was hundreds of meters long, but only enough for one person to pass.

Donner tried to destroy the mountain road, but was unsuccessful, the rock was too hard.

After finding cover behind the passage, everyone rested while patiently waiting for the enemy to appear.

On the way back, Mino asked Donner how many more times he could cast his magic wand, and after hearing Donner's answer, everyone was relieved.

The twelve-yuan burst ice beads require six water and fire gods, and the bullets are three-yuan ice spears, which can also be replaced by three-element stone thorns. Even if half of it was used just now, there would be no problem with another fifty or sixty shots.

If the enemy doesn't charge continuously, as long as he recovers the Divine Element, his "magic wand" can be cast forever.

Donna estimated that in another hour or two, the Shen Yuan he consumed would be fully recovered.

However, the enemy appeared after ten minutes, and did not give Donner enough time.