James walked through the dense woods with three cadet knights, fifteen elite soldiers, four experienced hunters, and a dozen hounds, their swords unsheathed and crossbows wound, and the soaring murderous aura made the insects chirp, the birds frightened, the beasts crunched, and the whole forest became silent, except for the heavy footsteps and the wheezing of the hounds echoing in their ears.

The head of the hunting department of Baron Matthew's family stopped the hounds that were sniffing around, and said, "Young master, if we go on like this, we will not find a ferocious wolf." Those beasts are very alert, they hide far away at the slightest mistake, they are extremely fast, they move quietly, they are fierce and cunning, they will secretly observe us, choose the weak ones as targets, and when we are negligent to attack, they will attack, so that we can not rest, and when our physical strength and will are worn down, and we can no longer maintain a tight formation, that is when they start hunting. ”

James frowned slightly, he hadn't seen ferocious wolves, but he knew that they were extremely difficult beasts. Although the strength of the ferocious wolves is not very strong, they have an extremely keen intuition of danger, and even the great knight will not want to find them if they do not take the corresponding measures.

"Is there anything you can do, old Bard?" asked James, to the old retainer.

Hunting is an important entertainment and social activity in the life of the nobility, the hunting director who is responsible for organizing the hunting activities may not be the best hunter, but he must be the most knowledgeable hunter, Bard not only inherited the position of hunting director from his father, but also inherited a lot of knowledge about hunting, he knows that the best way to deal with the ferocious wolf is not to provoke it, anyway, the ferocious wolf will not leave his territory easily, but this is obviously not the advice James wants.

Bard sighed and said, "Young Master, if we want to drive away the ferocious wolf, we can gather the army to kill all the big and small prey in this forest, and if there is no food, the ferocious wolf can only leave." To hunt a ferocious wolf, you have to lurk near a water source for a long time. ”

James's face sank, and although Old Bard didn't say how long it was, it wouldn't be a day or two. James, however, had time to spend here with the Wolves.

"We're not here to hunt the wolves, we're here to find clues. I don't believe that a ferocious wolf can eat hundreds of people without even bones. Old Bard, find a way to find the remains of the victims. I'm going to see who's doing it!"

Bud grimaced, trying to find clues in the woods, and he couldn't do it without spreading the man. The problem is that there are fierce wolves here, and it is no less than sending everyone to search separately than to send them to death. But Young Master James's face was there, and if he didn't solve this problem, he was afraid that he would have a seizure on the spot.

"Young master, then I can only let Godzilla bear hounds search. Bard gritted his teeth.

The Godzilla Bear Retriever has a keen sense of smell, is tall and strong, has a fierce temperament, and is loyal and fearless, making it an excellent dog breed that dares to fight with fierce beasts. Godzilla Bear Dogs are scarce in number and worth a lot of money, and it is a decent thing for nobles to own Godzilla Spaniels. These bear hounds brought by James were given to his mother's family by his sister Lady Judy to save face, and Baron Matthew is usually very precious, if James didn't have to deal with the ferocious wolves himself, Baron Matthew would not let Bard bring them out.

James was also a little hesitant, no matter how powerful the Godzilla Bear Retriever was, it was just a hunting dog, and they were not enough to see in front of the ferocious wolf, but thinking that hundreds of people had disappeared so inexplicably, he decided to find out the matter, so as not to know about the catastrophe.

"Let the dogs go!"

A dozen sturdy bear hounds split into three groups and ran in three different directions, while James led his men to keep watch in place. As per the usual training, these bear hounds will search a range of 5 kilometers and will sound an alarm if they spot a predator.

Time passed minute by minute, and just as Bard was secretly relieved, the barking of even the Bear Hounds was heard from the south. James ordered, "Go!"

James' men, who were either elite soldiers or seasoned hunters, made their way through the woods at a rapid pace, and it wasn't long before they saw several bear hounds barking at a group of centaurs. When they saw James's team, they immediately raised their crossbows in their hands in a defensive motion, and James' men reacted in the same way. In an instant, the two sides were tense and the atmosphere was solemn.

James's pupils contracted, and there were more than thirty well-armed soldiers on the opposite side, led by two murderous one-handed battle axes, whose whole body was wrapped in blue-black armor. James didn't recognize the metal of the armor, but he was certain that neither the tomahawk nor the armor had been mixed with the purple-gold hue that was unique to adamantite. This shows that the person on the opposite side should not be the Great Knight, because even if the Great Knight does not have Mithril equipment, he will not lack Adamantite equipment.

James, who made a judgment, drew out his adamantite long sword, but before he could ask, the black-armored warrior on the opposite side spoke first.

"Who are you, and why are you in our territory?"

The voice of the black-armored warrior was strong and penetrating, James only felt a buzzing in his ears, and his heart suddenly sank, and he spoke: "I am Lord James of the Buryat family, who are you?"

"I'm Lord Nelson of House Randall, Lord James, what are you doing with so many soldiers in the forest of our House Randall?" the Black Armor Samurai pushed away his face armor and asked in a deep voice.

"House Randall, Lord Nelson?" James was a little confused, he had never heard of the Randall family, he did know that Nelson was the right-hand man of Baron Victor Wimbledon, the lord next door, and that he was not a knight, but a fierce warrior. However, Baron Victor has the status of a pioneer lord and is qualified to start a new family, and it is understandable to canonize his subordinates as lords.

James doesn't need to dwell on these questions, the key is to find out if the missing villagers are related to these people.

"Lord Nelson, we have more than 300 villagers missing in this forest, and I have come to investigate this matter. Does your Randall family know about this?"

Nelson nodded, "There are indeed many freedmen who come to this forest to hunt these days, and it just so happens that there are fierce wolf activities here, and under our persuasion, those people have already gone to the estuary village to beg for a living." ”

"Most of those people are the villagers of our Barony Matthew, and there are many of them and vassals, how dare you detain our Buryat people?!" James asked angrily.

Nelson responded: "Detainment? The movement of free people is normal, they will stay if they want to stay, and those who are willing to leave have already left, and our Randall family will not detain the children of other families, and we will not have so much food to feed the children of other families." ”

"None of the more than 300 people have returned!, how do you explain?" asked James, grim in his face.

"You said you didn't go back, you didn't go back, no one went back, how do you know to come to this forest to find someone?" Nelson glared at him, and sneered: "After all, it's not to grab territory with us?" Nelson put down his face armor, raised his axe and shouted: "It's useless to talk too much, it's better to go head-to-head or one piece, choose one!"

When meeting in the wild, both humans and monsters adhere to one principle, and the big fist speaks, and knights are no exception. James didn't come to occupy the land, there were fierce wolf activities, and there was no need to occupy this forest, but since he had encountered an evenly matched opponent, he had to divide the strength and weakness to have a good conversation.

"Lord Nelson, remember, we nobles only speak of duels and decisive battles. Heads-up and a piece on that is the tone of the inferior. James pulled down his armor, intersected his sword and shield, and shouted, "Duel!"

For the Knights, field encounters are either decisive battles or duels. The difference between the two is that the decisive battle is when the knights of both sides kill all the elite soldiers of the other side and then divide life and death, while the duel is when the strongest combat power of the two sides directly determines the victory. Generally speaking, as long as they are not enemies of life and death, knights will often choose to duel and allow the other side to surrender.

James is confident of defeating Nelson, of course he is not willing to sacrifice his elite soldiers, on the other hand, he also has to consider the York family behind Randall's family, and at the same time, defeating Nelson can also demand a lot of ransom from Baron Victor. James has already thought about it, this time the ransom does not want Kinsor, only food.

"Not a meaning yet. ”

Nelson pursed his lips, the muscles of his legs shrank sharply, and the whole person rushed in front of James without warning, the power was transmitted along the layers of bones and muscles to his hands, and the one-handed axe made of fine iron tore through the air, and with a terrifying roar, it slashed at the opponent.

James was surprised by the terrifying blow, Nelson's strength was close to the peak of the Bronze Horseman, and James knew that he would never be able to take the axe hard.

If you can't hard-connect, then don't! Under the agitation of the fighting spirit, the four elements pushed James's spirit, perception, and strength to increase dramatically and become round, he raised his sword and slapped it heavily on the side of the battle axe, and stepped forward in a staggered step, "hissing" The sharp pure gold long sword turned into a streamer, shooting directly at Nelson's throat.

The root of the knight's strength lies in the unity of spirit and body, and even the more powerful ferocious monsters often fall under the knight's sword, and the fierce warrior is no exception. If it was a few months ago, Nelson would have been in a hurry in the face of this fierce counterattack and fell into passivity, but he not only practiced the Barberry Secret Form to increase his strength but also the Spirit Monkey Secret Form to improve his perception, and the combination of the two greatly improved Nelson's combat effectiveness.

The secret form of the spirit monkey pays attention to the exercise of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body, and the pursuit is the unity of body and mind. Nelson had only been practicing the Spirit Monkey Secret Form for a short time, far from reaching the level of a knight. However, the secret form of the spirit monkey is different, it also pursues prediction, and the highest level is the autumn wind before the cicada is moved, which is a combat skill that ordinary knights do not have. As soon as the fight began, Nelson stared at his opponent's shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees, and James shook his shoulders, raised his elbows, bent his knees, and twisted his hips, already revealing his next move.

Nelson dodged James's thrust sideways, kicked down hard with his right leg, and the dirt under his feet immediately became torn apart, and the whole person hit James like a cannonball. The Barberry Secret Form made Nelson's power coherent, showing the power of an explosion, and the impact was almost like a giant beast charge, unstoppable.

James lifted his iris shield to block Nelson's charge and retreated. Nelson pressed on and was in full swing, and he wanted to extend his advantage until he was crushed.

James struggled left and right, but could not always gain the upper hand, and he finally realized that Nelson's strength was not inferior to his own in the slightest, and it was impossible to retain his strength and capture his opponent. James's eyes flashed sharply, and he used the fine iron kite shield to block a fierce slash, and with this huge force, he rotated sideways, threw away the deformed iris shield with his hand, and held the hilt of the sword with both hands to slash Nelson's waist, and slashed with the trend!

Homeopathic slash is a knight's combat skill that uses strength to counterattack after parrying, and this blow is equivalent to the combined force of the two. James didn't spare his hand at all, and the sharp gold sword turned into a stream of gold and swept towards Nelson's waist, threatening to cut it in two. As for the trouble after killing Lord Nelson, as long as you kill all the rest of the people, you will be fine, and the wild encounter does not look at the identity, only the strength.

James didn't keep his hand, but Nelson did. A knight captured alive is worth more than a dead knight, but if you want to defeat your opponent without killing it, you have to be stronger than your opponent. However, in the face of the knight's ferocious counterattack, Nelson finally showed all his strength, and the muscles under the armor turned blue-black, like a giant python swimming under the skin, and at this moment his body was as solid as iron stone, and his strength reached an incredible level.

Nelson didn't retreat, one axe slashed at James's head, and the other went straight to the Adamantite longsword. Even if it was James' homeopathic slash, Nelson was confident of blocking the sword.

James sneered secretly, if the fine iron weapon can compete with the pure gold weapon, being cut in two pieces by the person with the axe is Nelson's only ending. Sure enough, the sword and axe intersected, and the iron battle axe broke in response, and the long sword slashed straight at Nelson's waist. However, the situation that James expected did not come true, and the Adamantite longsword slashed at Nelson's armor, stirring up a series of sparks, leaving a sword mark, but it failed to break through the armor after all.

James couldn't believe his eyes, but how could he have known that Nelson's armor was a Thursilver gear made from the carapace of Thorsilver and the Ant-Man leader. At the beginning, the eldest lady of the Chebman family, the silver knight Gilly's security power failed to break the leader of the Ant-Man with a sword, which shows the tenacity of the Ant-Man carapace, and the Ant-Man armor after joining the silver has greatly improved the defense power, not to mention that James is just an ordinary knight, even if he is a silver knight, it is impossible to split this set of armor, at most it is just to split the opponent to death.

Nelson, of course, won't get chopped, so the winner is decided. Nelson's axe was pointed at James's forehead and said coldly, "You lost!"

James's face was uncertain, regardless of the perverted armor, Nelson's ability to withstand the sword without moving, and the axe that he retracted freely was enough to show that his strength surpassed his own. Thinking of this, James let out a long sigh and threw away the pure gold sword in his hand.

"I demand treatment that is worthy of my status. ”

"Of course!"

Nelson couldn't help but laugh, it was the first time he had defeated a noble and powerful knight head-on, and he knew it was just the beginning.

"I haven't practiced the secret form to the highest level!"