Chapter 16: Challenge 2

At night, the canyon was filled with cold mountain winds, and everyone camped in a hollow in the canyon, and the night sky filled with stars could only faintly show his light through the thin cracks, and the flickering flames were faintly extinguished in the mountain wind, and the whole camp was silent except for the occasional beep of firewood burning. Roland stood quietly at the other end of the canyon, looking at the place he was about to step into tomorrow, not knowing what kind of challenges would meet everyone ahead. Although the cooperation of everyone became more and more tacit along the way, Roland knew that this was just a run-in opportunity given by Minister Cooper. After a day of fighting, none of the enemies reached the red halo, if the logistics are not combat-effective, the Prince of Ceylon and the generals will not rest assured that the logistics will be completely handed over to the logistics department, so today's challenge can only be regarded as a warm-up, and the real challenge is tomorrow.

"What are you doing, Your Highness?" A timid voice came from behind Roland, who else could it be but Yan Ophelier.

"Sister Yan'er, we don't have to call it that in private, you can just call me Roland. Roland said helplessly, since Yan O'Philier entered this team, in the communication with Roland unconsciously has a kind of life, which makes Roland feel extremely uncomfortable, he has always regarded Yan O'Felier as the young lady who once led him around, due to the previous heavy training, has not had the opportunity to be with Yan O'Feel, and now seeing her alone, he can finally bring it up.

"Oh, the son... Not Roland. I don't know what to think of, Yan O'Philier's originally weak expression was swept away, full of smiles, and looked at Roland happily.

"That's right, no, it's much prettier than before. Seeing Sister Yan'er's reaction, Roland also said happily.

"You haven't answered me yet, what are you doing here? โ€

"I think about tomorrow's challenge"

"Isn't it very successful today, rest assured, tomorrow will be easy. Yan Ophelier persuaded

"Yes, we can. Looking at the happy eyes of Jean O'Affelier, Roland seemed to be full of confidence for tomorrow.

"Assemble, inspect weapons and equipment, as well as supplies. Today we are about to set foot on the other side of the canyon, but I would like to tell you that today's challenge will not be easy. So far, the elite of the entire logistics department has barely moved, and you don't tell me that you believe that there are no fighters in the logistics department and above, so if anyone meets today's challenges with the mentality of yesterday, then I can tell you that we are doomed. Early in the morning, Roland and the others gathered and explained. Originally, I was worried that there would be an attack on the camp at night, but in the end I passed the night safely. Later, I asked Minister Cooper to find out that during the anti-bandit operation, small units operated during the day and returned to the forward base at night. At this time, the mountain bandits were not like regular troops, and they did not have the ability to attack the battalion, so there was no such thing in the test.

Walking out of the canyon, everyone is exposed to a more rugged road, and in many places people can only dismount and walk on foot. As soon as everyone turned a corner, a feathered arrow flew towards everyone at a high speed, and the strength and speed were definitely not something that the soldiers they had encountered before could give. At the front of the team, E. Ward subconsciously raised the shield in his hand, and then a dull crashing sound echoed through the mountains and forests.

"Enemy attack, each defends!" Due to the ruggedness of the road, everyone could not effectively form a formation, and from the attack situation just now, it seemed that the formation of a battle formation would expose the team more often, but fortunately, there were many strange rocks on the road, so there was no big problem in dodging.

"Sister Yan'er, you follow me. Roland turned to Jen Ophelier and said that since she was the only one in the team, she was relatively weak in defense. Moreover, the attack power is relatively poor among the squad, and in the absence of the protection of the formation, Yan O'Philier's self-protection ability has decreased a lot. As the rain of arrows fell, the whole road was filled with the sound of Suosuo, and groups of heavily armed soldiers slowly and methodically approached the location of Roland's team from all sides, and from time to time powerful feathered arrows flew from the sky. Through the gap between the enemy's attacks, Roland found that the attacking troops were completely a regular army with strong combat effectiveness, although it was not as good as those elite troops, but it was definitely in the forefront of the general troops, and the first arrow rain was shot by a lieutenant who had reached the lower level of the red halo, and there were also several soldiers who had reached the lower level of the red halo in the advancing squad, and not far away there was a lieutenant commander who had reached the middle level of the red halo. If there is no one in the heads-up ability squad who is worse than them, but now they are on the battlefield, and the troops dispatched this time have reached about 10 times the number of squad members, and there are nearly 10 people who have reached the level of redness.

"Ronalis Nice, are you sure you can kill that red-flushed archer first, he's too dangerous," Roland said, staring at the archer in the distance.

"It's hard to say, although I'm a little taller than him, but in this case I can't be sure of a hit, let Royde fill in for me, I can't make up for him again, so it's a little more certain. โ€

"Okay, Ro Ed, you fill in the position, if Ro Nice kills the enemy with one arrow, you will go in and look for a red-colored enemy, Inheim, Sola Occam, you and I will each choose a position, and kill the enemy in the middle who has reached the red-stun level first, and the rest of the team will need to find targets at will, and try to find some threatening ones. Preference is given to the opposite remote one. Roland didn't hesitate for long, and immediately arranged a battle plan.

The archer who reaches the red halo on the opposite side is not a weak person, but all those who can achieve the red halo have a lot of talent and strong perseverance. At this time, the archers on the opposite side did not stay in one place all the time, but immediately changed places after shooting an arrow to continue the next attack, so the two brothers Ro Eide and Ro Nice did not immediately counterattack after receiving the order, but waited quietly, just like a hunter waiting for his prey to run. During this period, Roland and others continued to change their positions to attack the enemy back, during which there were also one or two officers who were blushing and stopped advancing, and the largest casualties were estimated to be the archery troops on the opposite side, and Roland instilled in everyone the importance of long-range attacks since the establishment of the small detachment, so everyone has always taken the elimination of the enemy's long-range troops as the primary task. At this time, due to the ruggedness of the road, the enemy could not attack quickly, so under the huge losses of the long-range troops, it didn't take long for a group of archers to be dispatched from a distance, and the pressure that had been relieved for everyone suddenly became much heavier. At this moment, with the sound of a breaking sound, the most threatening red-haloed archer looked at the white dot on his chest in disbelief, it turned out that after a burst of fire, when he saw the reinforcements coming, Roy Ed seized his momentary relaxation time and launched a fatal blow at him neatly. And the lieutenant in the distance saw all this with only deep helplessness.

Although the biggest threat has been removed, with the addition of a new team of archers on the other side, the entire battlefield has not improved significantly.

"The team slowly retreated relying on the boulder, don't be surrounded, Ro Ed, Ro Nice, Inheim, Sola O, you guys keep an eye on those few red halos for me, try to kill them, and the rest will follow me to clean up the enemies behind, and if you are surrounded by them, you will really die." Watching the enemy slowly approach, Roland finally decided to retreat the team, he vaguely remembered that there was an easy place on the way to defend and difficult to attack, if it continued like this, the whole team would only be annihilated. With Roland's order, the team slowly retreated towards the way they came, and the people of the Divine Arrow Battalion and the Light Cavalry Guard gave a cold counterattack to the incoming enemy from time to time, of course, the few officers who reached the red halo and the group of archers were the focus of care, and Roland and others launched a fierce attack on the enemy on the way, due to the suddenness of the team's tactics, the team members rushed out of the enemy's encirclement safely without encountering any danger, and also replenished the consumed feather arrows. The lieutenant commander in the distance looked at all this, hating his subordinates, and finally had no choice but to personally lead the team and start chasing Roland's team.

When the team pushed up a steep slope, Roland knew that the team had no way out, and the enemy would not give the team so much time to climb the steep slope. So the final decisive battle was under this steep slope. There are many boulders in front of the steep slope, and there are steep mountain walls on both sides, and only a rugged path connects the steep slope, so you don't have to worry about enemies attacking from both sides and behind, you just need to do your best to hold the boulder position in front of you. It was also the only decisive location Roland could think of.

When everyone entered the vicinity of the steep slope, the pursuing troops behind quickly caught up with Roland and the others, and the strong archers could already effectively attack Roland and them.

"Lean on the boulders, each attacking at will, Ro Ed, Ro Nice, your two brothers take good care of their archers, the brothers of the sword and shield battalion and the spear battalion are ready for melee combat at any time, well, it's time to have a good time with them, don't let them think that we are afraid of them. After a little rest, Roland then ordered.

With the flight of one feather arrow, Roland's team was extremely thrilling due to the obstruction of the boulder, but no one was injured and exited, and on the other hand, someone on the other side left the battlefield from time to time, and those few red-level officers and those archers suffered heavy losses under the special care of Roland and others, and there were not many red-halo officers, and it didn't take long for only two or three to be left.

"Draw your sword, raise your shield, and the team will kill with me!" Roland ordered as there were few enemies left and the feathered arrows were running out. Except for Yan Ophelier, I saw that everyone under the leadership of Roland, like a group of wolves pounced into the flock, and a gap was opened in an instant, and Roland's purpose was also very clear, that is, the lieutenant commander of the red halo middle rank who was in the distance in command, and the feather arrows that were not flying were all resisted by everyone with shields, and the team rushed straight to the command office like a sharp arrow, and the lieutenant commander also discovered the intentions of Roland and others, and mobilized the remaining troops to quickly close together Roland and others, and he himself drew out a wooden sword and led the guards to kill Rolandใ€‚

Hearing the crisp sound of wooden weapons colliding, Roland and the lieutenant commander finally fought together, and after the battle, Roland realized the difference between those who had been on the battlefield and those who had not been on the battlefield when they were about the same level. At this time, although the rank of the lieutenant was a little smaller than Roland's, the fierce aura brought by the war completely made up for the lack of strength. Roland's moves seem to be perfect, but they always lack that killing aura, although after a day of challenges, it is not a real fight, and the lieutenant's moves are simple, but each attack is full of danger. When Roland was distracted, one of the lieutenant's guards slashed at Roland without hesitation, and when he saw that he couldn't pass by, a crossbow arrow flew from a distance, hitting the guard's vital point, and he left the battlefield helplessly. It turned out that Yan Ophelier had been closely observing Roland, and when he saw that Roland was in danger, he suddenly put everything aside in Yan's heart, and subconsciously fired his own crossbow arrows at the guard. Roland Chaoyan cast an approving look, and then faced the lieutenant in front of him wholeheartedly, he knew that if he didn't give it his all, he might fall here. Under the control of Roland, the rest of the squad was a one-sided slaughter, after all, all of them were elites who had fought on the front line, so soon only the lieutenant officer was left on the entire battlefield, and in the end, the lieutenant officer had no choice but to surrender. The whole team suddenly erupted into a cheerful roar, and only Yan stood quietly beside Roland, happily watching all this. After that, the team searched for the lost horses to replenish their consumption, and when they were done with all this, it was past noon, and after resting for a while, everyone galloped towards the end of the road. The lieutenant commander finally told the team that there was one last challenge at the exit, which was a reward for the team for passing these challenges, but the lieutenant commander did not know exactly what the challenge was.