Chapter 37: Killing
In the only huge stone house at Leaf Farm, Nicos and her men were making preparations.
Raphael pulled out the ropes on the hands and feet of the hooded apprentice's robe and tied it so as not to affect his actions, with his current strength, it was no problem to wear armor, but it had to be custom-made, and leather armor, the use is too small, it is better to wear an apprentice's robe, to get greater agility, and more importantly, the leather armor is soaked in water, it will be very heavy, after Raphael got it, he took a stabbing sword and was trying to feel it.
On one side, Nicos was wearing a well-fitting knight's half-length armor, the armor was concave and convex, completely outlining her wonderful figure, and she was holding the sword in silence, as if remembering something.
Twenty men, eighteen warriors, two mages.
The warriors were wiping their axes and swords, while the mages were quietly recuperating, and on the stone platform on one side, there was a row of hand crossbows and crossbow arrows.
There was a lot of dirt in the four corners of the house, and there were several huge water tanks.
The night was deep, a reddish full moon hung in the deep night sky, and several bonfires were lit around the stone houses of the farmstead, which slightly illuminated the surroundings, and the small fruit groves near the stone houses stretched their shadows in the light of the fire, showing their teeth and claws.
The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the night, and a group of about a dozen knights, fully armed, were slowly running towards the farmstead.
The cavalry stopped after entering the village, a knight looked into the distance, vaguely, saw a red light flashing on a big tree in the woods in the distance, he reported softly to Eric, Eric listened, the rickety body straightened slightly, waved his hand, and the cavalry ran towards the stone house in the village.
The cavalry came to the stone house, and Eric, supported by the knight, dismounted.
Feth and Fadini led the men in ambush around the farmstead, in the fields, in the woods, in the canals, on the slopes, in some places, and their wildebeest were tethered to the grove behind them, and the horses were chewed and bound in their feet, and their weapons were coated with black potions so as not to reflect the light, and they came fifty people, including Fatini.
When a few knights who had gone to investigate returned, they reported lightly, but they found no sentry or ambush on Nicos.
When Eric entered the farmstead, Faith signaled, and they looked inside.
As soon as Eric and his knights dismounted, Raphael and Nicos rushed out and surrounded them.
Eric's knights immediately looked nervous, drew their swords, and took up their shields.
Eric waved his hand and said loudly: "Nicos, it seems that this is your trap, in this case, if you win, my men will follow you in the future, don't kill them, they are all the force guarantee of Oro City." ”
Nicos also said loudly, "Yes, I accept their allegiance, and you let them all stand aside." ”
Eric signaled, and his knights gathered around in obedience. Then, he took the ring on his hand and threw it to Nicos and said, "This is a family space ring, the spiritual mark has been smoothed for me, and it will be yours in the future, so, dear daughter, are you going to kill me?"
Nicos put on the ring, gritted her teeth, and said with a pretty face: "Father, you must die, otherwise with your prestige, I will not be able to control your army, and besides, there are some things, you know that you and I have taken different paths. ”
Eric said to his knights: "You all heard, this is just a matter between our father and daughter, it has nothing to do with you, you will obey Nicos in the future, after all, she is my bloodline, the continuation of my family." As he spoke, he approached Nyx.
Nicos looked at Eric as he approached, her body trembling slightly, but her hand was steady, and she did not hesitate to stab her sword deep into Eric's chest.
Eric has a high-level glorious warrior level, only one step away from thorns, but he did not resist at all, he leaned on Nicos's body, and said softly: "My dear, I only have so much to help you, it is impossible to maneuver between the two forces, you must follow the Holy Light Church closely in the future." ”
Nikos hugged his body and said, "Father, you can go in peace, at worst, I will at least keep our family's bloodline extinct." ”
Eric nodded slightly, spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, and his head hung down, softening on Nicos's body.
These words were so light that no one else could hear them, except Raphael, who was beside Nicos, and when he heard them, he finally realized that things were not what he imagined, and he understood why Nicos's knights surrounded Eric, but their shields were vaguely facing the darkness.
Enoch hid quietly in a big tree, he saw a flash of red light on a nearby tree, and he faintly felt that things had changed, he wanted to get close to the farm, but now, he hesitated, after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.
Fez, who had a clear view of the scene in front of the stone house, glanced around and saw that his men were finally in place, so he shouted in a rage: "Nicos killed her father, tried to rebel, kill me." ”
He didn't actually have to take part in the attack himself, but he really wanted to kill Raphael with his own hands, and he felt that it was not too dangerous, so he came.
Fatini almost fainted in anger, can't he just kill him, where is the name of righteousness still needed at this time, and I don't want to think about it, who is it called?
Sure enough, this shout caused all the knights in front of the stone house to raise their shields, and they all immediately retreated towards the stone house, including Eric's knights.
Eric's knights would be so obedient, of course, because they were all Eric's henchmen, and they had long known Eric's real plans.
In the night, one after another crossbow arrows flew out, but Nikos and they had already prepared, they set up shields to resist the crossbow arrows, and retreated into the stone house in an orderly manner.
Immediately crossbow bolts began to shoot from the stone house.
Fadini was furious, cursed fiercely in his heart, and shouted: "No need to hide, form a formation, and storm the stone house." ”
She rushed to the vicinity of the stone house, carefully guarding against the attacks from the stone house, and slyly gathered her horse together and pulled away from it.
Raphael looked through the doors and windows and saw three enemies in a row, holding shields and axe guns, besieging the stone house, the main entrance was the most crowded, and the melee enemies were followed by two enemies with crossbow arrows, this is because the nobles generally do not train archers full-time, their knights are all-rounders, and use crossbow arrows.
The enemy facing the door of the stone house was already attacking, their axes and guns flashing with a furious fighting spirit, smashing the gate, each attack with the sound of whistling wind, and the crossbow arrows also pumped cold, shooting into the stone house.
The enemy who attacked the window of the stone house was still throwing torches into the stone house.
The enemy mages also chanted incantations at the outermost periphery, and several warriors were guarded by them.
Raphael looked to his side, Nicos's people were obviously also very powerful, they did not flinch, spears, axes, axes, and spears pierced out of the stone house from time to time, leaving the enemies outside the door without an inch, and their crossbow arrows were also fired, and Lynn and they began to release magic.
Raphael also raised his crossbow arrow and shot it at an enemy, regardless of whether it hit or not, he pulled the crossbow again, and then he saw a knight in the stone house pull out an arrow from a wounded man and release a light recovery spell, but this guy didn't use a support spell to help the knight guarding the door, and it seemed that he didn't want Faith to find out anything.
Raphael was no longer surprised, and Eric's words, and the letter he had sent himself, spoke for themselves, although he had not read the contents of the letter.
The battle became more intense, and from time to time someone fell screaming from an arrow, and the battle became even more terrifying as the terrifying magical energy in the air gathered.
After the powerful magic blasted into the stone house, even if the knights inside formed a formation and ran the fighting spirit to resist, they were not lightly shocked, and the aftermath of the magic that was not completely blocked blasted the unlucky knights into blood, and the worse luck was of course directly killed, and the magic flame was not easy to extinguish, and immediately a knight shoveled the soil on the flame and crushed it.
In the battle for the gate of the stone house, several people have died, and the attacking and defending ones have been replaced.
Raphael fired another arrow, and saw a fireball light up from a distance, and he immediately hid in the corner of the window.
After the fireball entered the room, several knights fought together with fighting energy, setting off a scorching wave of air, but fortunately, Raphael and the knights were drenched in water, and the air wave was very short, but it did not burn.
That's why windows don't dare to close, and air circulation must be maintained.
As soon as Raphael breathed a sigh of relief, a figure was about to flash in the window, and before the person arrived, a ray of lightning had already attacked, but it was Fatini who was bold and bold, relying on the strength of the Holy Blood, and wanted to break through, and several of her subordinates behind her were ready to follow and want to break through.
A knight with good strength in the room didn't have time to dodge, and he caught the lightning with all his fighting spirit, but it flew to the stone wall on the side, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.
Raphael was shocked, he reacted so quickly that he immediately triggered a swirling ice wind, and the stone house suddenly cooled down.
Fatini felt a violent energy fluctuation, kicked his foot on the windowsill, and flipped out again, three rapidly rotating ice spikes burst out of the ice whirlwind, and Fatini used his fighting energy to block one, and the ice spikes exploded, bursting out into an extremely cold air.
Instantaneous mid-level magic!Her heart tightened, and she immediately flashed away, no longer trying to attack, if she fought in the open, she was not afraid at all, but in the melee of the small space, she had to worry, she didn't plan to take any more risks.
The other two ice spikes in the swirling ice wind struck the two enemy warriors and exploded, shattering not only the shields on their hands, but also the freezing air quickly spread along their broken arms and onto their bodies.
After they were shocked back a few steps, they didn't dare to move, the freezing gas almost immediately exerted its power, their muscles were frostbitten, crispy, and extremely painful, and when they moved, their frozen bodies would be shattered, and God could not save them.
They endured the pain, and their fate turned to a vindictive spirit, wanting to weaken the magic damage as soon as possible.
Raphael drew his own bayonet and ripped off the scabbard, not to stab, but with all his might, smashing the sword and scabbard at them.
The two enemy fighters looked at the flying sword suits with distorted faces, and with a "bang", the arms on their chests and arms were cracked, and they fell to the ground and rolled and howled, and blood gushed out in large areas, and after a while, there was no more sound.
Nicos has good strength, and they are also defending together, she is a little embarrassed, looking at the four subordinates who have died, she said softly: "Why don't you come yet? We are hiding in the stone house too much, won't we come?"
Her big pale blue apricot eyes glanced at Raphael a little dimly, very lonely and lonely.