Chapter Twenty-Three: The Black Hand Strikes
"Awesome!"
Thea looked at Gray in surprise, she also wanted to make a move just now, but after all, she didn't practice the blood method, so her reaction was naturally inferior to Gray, so she was preempted by Gray.
"Ahem, ahem, it's okay!"
Facing the girl's praise, Gray's face turned slightly red, this arrow should be mostly lucky, because before this, neither he nor the original owner of the body had ever used a bow and arrow.
However, there was a kind of excitement in his heart, not because he was praised by the girl, but because in his previous life and this life, he hunted "prey" for the first time.
In the previous life, firearms, bows and arrows were very strictly controlled, and there were many wildlife protection regulations, and once a college student was sentenced for digging a nest of bird eggs, he naturally did not dare to hunt, and he was not sure what kind of national protected animals he was shooting.
I've heard of some artificially bred hunting grounds, with all kinds of wild animals for people to hunt, and even wild boars, but that's something that only rich people can afford, and office workers like Gray are naturally impossible.
Laugh at!
Walking over, pulling out the arrow, the pheasant lifted it, weighed the weight, I am afraid that it is three or four catties, it is really very fat.
Hand the pheasant to one of the guards next to him, the arrow was directly discarded by Gray, the bloodstained arrow, Gray didn't want his own hands to be stained with blood.
Tell me about it!
The group set off again, groping in the mountains and forests, looking for wild things.
Sou!
Soon after, the bushes scurried ahead, and a gray-haired hare leaped out and fled, significantly faster than the pheasant before it.
Gray, Caroline, and Thea all pulled out arrows from their backs, pulled them out, and shot them.
Laugh at!
Gray's arrow stuck in the ground next to the hare, and it was two-thirds of the way in, with a slight trembling.
The strength was full, but it failed to hit, obviously, the previous arrow was indeed a lot of luck, and now it has returned to his true level.
Burst!
Gray was about to take out the arrow again and continue the pursuit, but he saw an arrow accurately hit the hare.
Piercing through the hare's back and peeking out of its abdomen, it pierced through the prey and into the earth like the arrow Gray had shot at the pheasant before, and it was clear that the arrow was very powerful.
"I didn't shoot it, it was Miss Caroline!"
Thea walked over briskly and glanced at the sign on the arrow, and was slightly disappointed, like Gray, she also missed, and she thought she had shot herself.
"Hehe, next time it's your turn......"
Caroline walked over, pulled the arrow out, lifted the hare, and weighed it like Gray before handing it to the guard.
Apparently she also enjoys hunting.
As the group proceeded again, they encountered other wild creatures, including hares, pheasants, and even ducks, as well as birds with green plumage and large bodies.
The three of them had a harvest again, Thea finally had a harvest, and Gray had a score again.
Thea has practiced archery and has a certain foundation in archery, while Gray has no foundation in archery, but he has the observation and insight of a low-ranking blood warrior, and can barely hunt prey.
However, the one who gained the most among the three was Caroline, the observation and insight of the lower blood warrior, coupled with a certain foundation of archery, Gray and Thea were naturally inferior to her.
Shooting so many prey, it was obvious that she could be seen showing a smile that could not be concealed.
This girl, who usually likes to read quietly, also has a strong interest in the "elegant" activity of hunting.
Glancing at the prey held by the other four guards except Lord Linde, most of which she had hunted, Caroline said with a smile on the corner of her mouth again.
"Let's go back!"
"Okay."
Gray and Thea both responded to each other, and I don't know what the other groups have gained, but the gains of their group are quite large, and of course most of them belong to Caroline.
"What kind of books does Sister Caroline like to read?"
"I read all kinds of books, but I prefer biographical books like 'Count Christ.'"
"Count Christ? I have a library in my house, and I have seen it, and the love between the Earl and that commoner woman is really poignant. ”
"It's so poignant indeed......"
……
Because of the harvest, several people were in a good mood, chatting while returning, especially Thea and Caroline, who chatted happily, and after a while, the title had become "Sister Caroline".
Gray listened quietly to the conversation between the two, occasionally interjecting a few words, but most of the time he was paying attention to his surroundings.
In his heart, there was a secret intuition that he always felt that this hunt would not be peaceful, so he was extra vigilant.
Crossing a bush, you came to a place surrounded by tall trees.
Suddenly.
Swish!
A black shadow shot out of the dense foliage of the tall forest at an unimaginably terrifying speed, and shot towards Gray.
Because he had been on guard and had never let his guard down, Gray noticed the black shadow shooting at him, but because it was too fast, he didn't see what it was.
"There are assassins!!
He reflexively ducked to the side.
"Gray, be careful!"
Caroline exclaimed.
Because she was chatting with Thea, she found that the time of the black shadow was later than Gray, and when she saw it, the black shadow was even a meter away from Gray.
"It's not good, I can't hide!"
Gray, who had been dodging for a long time, turned pale.
It happened too suddenly, he didn't have time to mobilize the blood power at all, for him who had just reached the lower blood warrior, he couldn't quickly mobilize the blood power, which was a common disadvantage of the lower blood warriors.
Clang!
At that moment, just as the shadow was about to hit Gray, a bright light appeared, and a crisp metal crash sounded.
The black shadow was ejected and shot to the ground next to it, and it was a pitch-black arrow.
After being ejected, almost all the arrows were submerged in the ground, only the feathers were still outside, you can imagine how fast the speed of this arrow was, how strong the power was.
And the figure of the bright light has also been seen, it is the body of a sword, and the hilt of the sword is held in the hand of a black mustachioed man, the black mustache man is none other than Lord Linde.
At the critical moment, he knocked the arrow that was shot at Gray with the sword in his hand.
"Protect all young masters and young ladies!"
Knocking the arrows that flew at Gray, he said loudly with a serious face.
The other four guards hurriedly discarded the prey in their hands, pulled out the weapons on their waists, and protected Gray, Caroline, and Thea in the middle.
And at this moment, in the direction where the arrow was shot, a figure had already jumped down from the dense branches and leaves of the forest, and rushed straight towards this side.
It was a man with a bow on his back, and he was supposed to be the one who shot the arrow.
He was wearing a green battle uniform, his face was covered with a black cloth, and only a pair of brown and yellow eyes were exposed, and his eyes were full of cold murderous intent.
Click!
Two short knives were drawn from his left and right legs, one in each hand, and they pounced on him.
Swish!
With his sword in hand, Lord Lind slashed at the man.
Clang!
The man's twin swords that suddenly struck out were in front of him, blocking Lord Linde's sword.
The two quickly exchanged hands together, and Lord Linde moved extremely fast, appearing to the left of the opponent for a while, and to the right of the opponent for a while, and the long sword in his hand stabbed at the opponent sharply.
And the man who suddenly came out, although not as fast as Lord Linde, was as agile as a monkey, jumping up and down.
Either the two swords blocked Lord Linde's sword, or one twisted to dodge Lord Linde's sword.
For a while, Lord Linde couldn't take down the other party immediately, but was entangled by the other party.
can entangle Lord Linde, this person's strength is likely to be a high-ranking blood warrior.
At this time, on the other side of the forest, a person rushed out again, attacking Gray and them.
He was also wearing a green battle uniform and covered with a black cloth on his face, but his body was much burder than the former, and according to Gray's eyes, this person was at least two meters tall.
Knock, knock, knock!
When the opponent runs, it is like a heavy tank moving, and every time it falls, a clear footprint will appear on the ground.
The four guards who were guarding the three of Gray immediately greeted this person, and the standard long knife in their hands slashed towards this person.
In the face of the long knives slashed by these two guards, the burly man did not dodge or dodge, and smashed his two hands into fists.
Clang!
Two fists collided with two knives, emitting a piercing metallic sound.
On each of his hands, there was a metal fist.
Boom!
Unleashing the attacking weapon, the two fists wearing metal gloves continued to gain momentum, and slammed into the two guards.
The two guards immediately flew out upside down and fell to the ground, churning in pain, bleeding from the corners of their mouths, and they didn't know how many ribs were broken.
The soldiers who can be selected by the castle as guards are obviously the best among the soldiers, but after all, they are just ordinary people who have been trained, and the burly blood warrior in front of him is obviously not an ordinary lower blood warrior, so as soon as they first met, they had already been defeated.
"Master Gray, Miss Caroline, run!"
Seeing that the two companions were defeated in an instant, the other two guards hesitated slightly, and then rushed out to the burly man without hesitation.
Although he knew that he was not an opponent, he was an elite soldier after all, and he did not back down because of this.
"Flee separately, his target is me!"
With such a sentence, Gray turned and fled.
The strength of the burly strong man is obviously not that of an ordinary low-rank blood warrior, and he has no intention of fighting the burly strong man at all.
However, after running a few steps, he found that there was a person behind him, it was Caroline, and the other party did not flee separately, but planned to join Gray.
"Let's take care of it!"
Faced with Gray's strange glance back, she spoke.
The two of them didn't say much, and quickly ran in the direction of the jungle, there should have been many groups returning outside the jungle, with many guards, as long as they could escape there, the burly man should not be able to help them, after all, there are many ants that can even kill elephants.
Knock, knock, knock!
However, the two had just run less than 100 meters when there was already a rumbling voice chasing after them.
It was the burly man who chased after him, and the two guards apparently failed to stop him.