433. The Hand of a Thief

It was dark.

A row of pine oil torches was lit at the head of the city, which could vaguely reflect the figures of the knights on duty at the head of the city.

Surdak pushed open the wooden door of the treatment room and saw off the last of the seriously wounded guards, and the first night in the city of Vožmara had been spent quietly, and several wounded soldiers waiting at the door expressed their gratitude to Surdak.

Under Karl's persuasion, the wounded city guards waiting in front of the treatment room finally agreed to leave with the number plate written by Carl himself.

By daybreak, it would be busy again, and Surdak only had two or three hours to squint for a while, but fortunately, he had the 'Divine Blessed Body', and his physical strength and energy recovered quickly enough, so he walked to the front of the 'Water Gathering Technique' magic rune board and took a glass of water and drank a sip of warm water.

The thin military blanket on the hospital bed was soaked with blood, and there was no way to lie on it.

He took out a red-eyed hyena skin sleeping bag from his magic waist bag, spread it on the floor of the warehouse, and then took off the heavy magic pattern armor he was wearing, carefully wiped it clean, and stored it in the space of the magic waist bag.

The two lanterns hanging on the wall emitted a soft light, and the room was not very bright.

Surdak was lying on the ground in a linen shirt, perhaps the day's fighting had made him a little too excited, lying in his sleeping bag a little unable to sleep, and he faintly regretted taking such a mess in his heart, obviously the casualties of the city guards were worse than expected, and most of the guards had no way to deal with the injuries on their bodies except for simple bandaging.

The teeth and claws of the hellhound contain a certain amount of toxins, especially saliva is also strongly corrosive, and after a long time, the wound will fester, and it is difficult to get better, unless you can endure the pain and carefully clean up the carrion, but many wounds involve organs, and some injured guards need to amputate their limbs, and the city guards of Vorzhmara have been fighting bloodily for seven days and nights in the city, and the casualty ratio is very large, and Surdak alone is simply not busy.

Listening to Karl, this time Bena Province has gathered a group of mages, among which there are several water magicians who are good at healing and detoxifying, and it is estimated that the wounded on the side of the city defense guards may be relieved to a certain extent after tomorrow.

As for the Healing City Guards this time, since the decision has been made, they should stick to it, Surdak said to himself in his heart.

The treatment room was filled with the smell of blood, and there was a sour smell of rotten flesh, in short, the smell in the room was not so good, he felt the signal from the magic note in the magic belt bag, so he took out the magic note and placed it in front of whoever brought it.

Cyrus. Hickok's black magician's magic notebook was windless, and the pages kept turning backwards until they reached the last page, and the face of a magical girl appeared on the page, but this time she looked at Surdak with some seriousness.

"How the hell did you find the demonic spirit bones on the hellhound?" Celia. Cooper asked Surdak curiously.

"I can see the magic fluctuations in Hellhound's body." Surdak said.

"What about you...... Can you also see the life pattern on the monster leather? "Celia. Cooper finally realized and asked in surprise.

When Surdak usually hunts magical beasts, he rarely wastes sacrifices to open the 'True Eye', so he doesn't know, he said uncertainly: "It should probably be possible, but I don't know if it can or not, I haven't seen many magical beasts, but I am on the battlefield of the Warsaw plane, and I am responsible for peeling the black devil skin from the evil ghost." ”

Celia. Cooper sneered, "Your skinning technique is really amateur!" ”

“……”

Surdak felt like he had nothing to say.

……

When the first rays of the morning sun shone through the door of the treatment room, Surdak climbed out of his sleeping bag and opened the room.

In order of last night, there was a long queue at the door of the treatment room again, and Surdak simply washed his face next to the clay pot full of water, and then motioned for the injured guards who were waiting outside early to enter the treatment room.

Facing the rising sun, Surdak saw a familiar figure appear on the stone steps of the city wall, the slender and tall half-elf archer wrapped it tightly, and slowly climbed up to the arrow tower at the head of the city again, and stood again among the archers on the arrow tower, he grabbed a forest bow like a pale green vine, and his eyes seemed to look towards Surdak consciously.

After a full day of fierce fighting, Surdak also climbed to the top of the city three times in a row to participate in the battle.

The rhythm of the Hellhounds attacking the city is much tighter than yesterday, and in the absence of yesterday's sporadic climb to the top of the city, their actions appear to be more unified, and the will to fight is more determined, and the hellhounds who climb to the top of the city first almost always do not seek to bite the city defenders to death at the first time, but use their lives to buy precious time for the hellhounds behind.

They pounced on the knights of the guard battalion almost without any scruples, and the hellhounds behind them also rushed up one after another, that kind of attack was like a tidal wave, the waves in front were smashed on the reef, and the hellhounds in the back continued to form a wave and pounced on them desperately, if the knights at the head of the city could not deal with the first batch of hellhounds in time, they would be instantly overwhelmed by the vicious dogs that pounced on them next.

Carl and the squad leaders of the support squadron could not withstand this ferocious onslaught, even with the support of the archers on the arrow tower.

Surdak wore the 'Shield of the Earth' Demon Pattern Constructed Armor, standing in the center of the human wall with a dwarf chain shield in his hand, and the aura of power under his feet made his companions feel a steady stream of power, although he was a knight with a 'Aura of Strength', but the way of fighting still originated from the way of the shield warriors of the Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment, like a cornerstone standing on the head of the city.

Perhaps because of the two Constructed Knights in the support squadron, the line of the Hylantha Guard Battalion was one of the least casualty.

Every time the offensive eased slightly, Surdak would silently walk down the city wall and quickly devote himself to the work of treating the wounded guards, obviously every wounded soldier who came to Surdak for treatment would carry the head of a hellhound, but it was indeed much less useful than yesterday, and Surdak's reward was still the corpse of the hellhound.

However, I don't know if it's bad luck, or if the corpse of the hellhound has been left for too long, those demonic spirit bones have melted away with the flesh and blood of the hellhound, and I haven't met a dog corpse with demonic spirit bones all day.

After a day of hard fighting, the Hylantha Guard Battalion finally suffered casualties, and just when the knights held on to the city for a day and night, feeling physically and mentally exhausted, the Hylantha Guard Battalion Defense Section also ushered in a change of guard command from the city defense headquarters, and the Guards Battalion knights from Constantinople replaced the Hylantha Guard Battalion Knights who had been on the city wall for a day and night.

The Archer Battalion and the Hylanza Guard Battalion knights changed guards at the same time.

At the same time, two carriages transporting armaments and materials also arrived at the city, and the auxiliaries of the logistics department began to unload some arrows and materials from the carts and carried them to the arrow towers at the head of the city, but there were still no more important oil and rolling stones.

The knights of the Hylanza Guard Battalion silently withdrew from the city wall, and Surdak seemed to have been forgotten in the treatment room, and the Guard Battalion did not return with him to the temporary camp in the city when he withdrew, and the only proof that he was tacitly allowed to stay here was that the Hylanza Guard Battalion arranged for an assistant to him.

As the sky grew darker, the knights of Constantinople's guard battalion were slowly getting used to the role of city wall guards at the head of the city, and a tall figure carrying a green vine forest bow dragged his tired body down from the city, this time with three more hellhound heads hanging from his waist than yesterday.

He didn't line up either, he walked into the treatment room without a sound, and then Surdak saw that his bandaged arm was even more swollen than it was yesterday.

"You need a little time to recuperate, if you don't want to lose this arm, please do as I say, your arm is in a very bad condition now, my information can only help you recover quickly, but it can't strengthen the fragile meridians in your arm!" Surdak admonished the half-elven archers.

However, it was clear that he did not take Surdak's words to heart, and the half-elven archers left the treatment room without a word.

……

On the evening of the third day in the city of Vožmara, it was the turn of the Hylanza Guard Battalion, which had rested for a day, to climb the city wall again to change its defense.

Carl's squadron of reinforcements continued to guard this section of the wall, and Karl saw that the door of Surdak's treatment room was full of Cerberus corpses, and he had to lead someone to clean them up.

He saw that Surdak still couldn't see his fatigue, so he could only sigh:

I know now...... You are indeed qualified to return alive from the Battle of Moyunling, and you have an ice bear hidden in your body that can walk tirelessly in a snowstorm for a month. ’

Surdak took the roast meat handed over to Carl, swallowed it in two bites, and then wiped his hands and continued to treat him.

For two days in a row, the wounded of the defenders of the city of Vozhmara did not decrease, but some wounded knights of the guard battalion also joined the team to treat the wounded.

During this period, there were also two water magicians who made a special trip to find Surdak, and seeing that he had awakened the perception of the divine attribute magic elements, and had initially mastered the holy light technique, and indeed had some healing methods, a beautiful female magician took the initiative to invite him to join the healing team composed of seven water magicians.

This kind of healing team, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the War Command, enjoys the generous resource tilt of the Maca Plane War Command, not only has a special guard to protect the safety of the healing magicians, but also a special field hospital.

However, Surdak's affectionate invitation did not impress Surdak, who decisively rejected the good-looking magician on the grounds that the warrior had no intention of leaving the Hylantha guard camp.

For several days in a row, the half-elf archers would appear in front of Surdak on time in the evening to receive Surdak's special treatment, but the injury on his arm was getting worse and worse, according to Surdak, his right arm looked like a rotten melon with an upside-down pulp, the skin on the outside still looked intact, and the veins that were constantly bursting inside were about to erode, and I don't know how he used this arm to pull the forest bow.

However, every time Surdak is on duty in the city, this half-elf archer will give the most effective support, his archery skills are very accurate, almost every arrow can hit the eyes of the hellhound, this is the most vulnerable place in the hellhound's body, I have to say that the elf's archery talent is really unique.

It only took two days for Karl's side to successfully investigate the details of this half-elf archer, after all, investigating unknown incidents is the old job of the knights of the guard battalion.

In fact, this half-elf archer is still somewhat famous in a certain circle of mercenaries and regimental insurance groups in the city of Warzmara, and compared to excellent archery, the mercenary guild and the adventure guild give a terrible evaluation, and the two guilds give the half-elf archer the lowest rating to the union.

And the mercenary guild also wrote very bluntly in the comments: Don't be blinded by his excellent archery skills, stay away from him, he is a thief!

The Adventure Guild's comments were similar, but in a slightly more tactful tone: he was an excellent archer and guide, and when working with him, keep your money bag tight.

Surdak didn't expect that he would pay attention to a thief, and he was a little stunned for a while.

With conclusive evidence in his hand, Carl asked him curiously, "What do you want to do with such a painstaking investigation of a thief?" And you seem to take special care of him, don't you like it...... Genie? ”

Seeing Karl's eyes flickering with gossip fire, Surdak was eager to smash him into a panda's eye with a single punch.

"It's just that I'm a little curious about him, what kind of belief will make his arm hurt like that, and he still insists on participating in the war! It is said that with his ability, life should not have to be so embarrassing! Surdak sighed softly and said, "If he fights again, that arm will be completely destroyed, and I want to find a reason for him to do so." ”

Karl pursed his lips in disdain, and said indifferently, "What if you find the answer?" Do you want to help a thief and heal the dark wounds on his arm? So that he can continue to steal with this hand in the future? ”

“……”

Surdak was speechless by Karl's intimidation, but he always felt that this matter did not seem so simple.

……

The demon low-level hellhounds and the human defenders are in a stalemate in the city of Warjmara, and they have to consume a lot of supplies every day.

War-Command in War-Žimalla is planning a counter-offensive, and almost every day a number of mages on their magic handles fly out of the city, trying to follow the Hellhounds out of the jungle and trace them back to the secret Helllink.

The demons of Hell are delaying time in the maca plane so that the sons of demons and succubi can grow. When the knights of the Haylantha Guard Battalion climbed the city wall for the third time, they saw a three-headed hellhound standing on a boulder on a hill far outside the city, with several large hellhounds around it.

It was like the king of the Hellhounds, staring at the city of Voljmara in the twilight......