Chapter 46 Passengers

On the northern edge of the "Conviction Terrace", frenzied escapes and chases are still unfolding.

The carriage jolted and creaked as if it were about to fall apart in the next moment. The bitter wind tore at Zhal's hooded cloak, shivering wildly in the air, turning into a flutter of shining wheels, and the smoke and dust roared backwards, but could not hide the figure of the pursuer. Nine horses smashed into the flying dust, sending a whirlpool of scars in the air, and they chased after each other. Further back, the cavalry of the Black Blade Guard whipped their horses, and they were getting faster and faster!

Zal in the driver's seat had already stood up, anxiously searching the "black line" in the distance, he knew that Cadius was not wrong, he also saw the "hidden gimbal", but the question was, where is the suspension bridge between the two gimbals? Is it going to fly over in the end? Of course it can't be, if you can't find the suspension bridge, the meaning of running here will be gone, and the result of being forced to stop at the edge of the gimbal is probably worse than shooting in the street.

Suddenly, the pier of the bridge made of two logs suddenly appeared on the edge of the stretched gimbal, and Zal's eyes suddenly lit up, and he tightened his grip on the reins to adjust the direction, and the galloping carriage threw an arc on the earthy earth, and rushed towards the direction of the suspension bridge.

The horse team following behind also sensed Zal's intentions, and in an instant, the originally stout "Earth Dragon" split into three clouds of smoke and dust, chasing each other, trying to shorten the distance between them. Taking advantage of this fleeting opportunity, the pursuers led by the mage nimbly changed direction at the back of the carriage, cutting a straight diagonal line, and instantly killed the rear of Zal's flank.

"Shoot him down for me!" the nine horses chased frantically, getting closer and closer, and the mage who rushed to the front roared wildly against the strong wind, and a puff of crossbow arrows flew towards the side wall of the carriage with the roar of wheels and horses' hooves. With the muffled sound of nails into the solid wood, the dark blue ice picks dragged the ice crystals and mist out of the mage's hands and slammed straight into the rear wheels of the carriage!

He tugged on the reins in his hand and shook twice, and the galloping carriage suddenly showed a slowing down, and the flight trajectory of the icicle staggered the wheels. It exploded on the pedals of the carriage with a bang, bursting out with a crystal white frost. The next moment, the speed of the carriage was raised again, but this time, the pursuers led by the mage finally stuck to Zhal's side, and after chasing and fleeing for a long time, they finally returned to the same running line, and the two puffs of smoke and dust rolled together!

A puff of arrow feathers flew towards Zhal. The "Sishua" rolled up in his hand made a clanging sound in the air. In the face of the seemingly never-ending offensive, not only did Zal feel more and more pressure, but one of the war horses pulling the cart had already been hit by several arrows, and gradually showed a situation of imminent collapse.

The drawbridge standing in front of him was getting closer and closer, and there was not much time left for both sides, and the mage seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem. "Cut his horse, cut his horse to death, never let him go to the drawbridge!" he ordered his men with a roar, and at once two skilled riders drew their scimitars at their waists and slew them.

Zal was also cornered. He must not watch the war horse being hacked to death with a knife and gritting his teeth. Pulling the reins, Zar suddenly leaped forward from the driver's seat, and under the stunned gaze of his pursuers, he pounced on his horse before the scimitar fell!

The gravity that pressed in an instant made the already very weak war horse sink in its footsteps, and the pursuers were in ecstasy. At the moment when Zal almost fell into despair, the war horse did not fall, but spewed hot air from its mouth and nose, followed the pace of the other war horse, and stubbornly supported its body. Keep going!

The scimitar fell, pulled the reins to the right, and Zal dragged the bridle of the war horse and slammed into the rider! The space of the swing arm was squeezed out in an instant, and at the moment when the rider wanted to withdraw, Zhal's fist had already arrived, and with the momentum of the impact, a burst of blood sprayed out of the rider's face! Stretching his fingers to clasp the opponent's neckline, Zal's purpose was not to kill him, but to use his body to block the feathered arrows from the side, and at the same time borrow the war horse under his crotch to run with the carriage again!

"Shoot me! shoot him, damn it!" the mage's angry curse led the arrow feathers to Zar lying on his horse, and the rider standing in his way didn't even make a sound before he turned into a corpse full of crossbow arrows. Looking at the drawbridge in front of him, the mage felt that he was going crazy, in the face of such speed, the ice pick could not make the carriage stop immediately, and the "ice wall" and "solidification" that needed to release time could not catch up with the crazy carriage.

"My lord, ahead, ...... ahead" The subordinates who followed him reminded the mage loudly that the drawbridge in front of him was not enough for both sides to rush over at the same time, and if they wanted to jam the position of the carriage, it would be a fool's dream to rely on the war horse under their crotch alone!

At the same time, Zar, who was lying on horseback, finally saw what was behind the bridgehead pier, and saw two thick logs dug deep into the ground on the edge of the cliff, and several iron cables were wound around them, creating a suspension bridge paved with wooden planks between the two gimbals at a great distance. The fierce cross wind swept through the moat between the gimbal platforms, whimpering, and blowing the suspension bridge in the air slightly shaking!

Under the drawbridge? For the sake of the main god, Zar can't even see what looks underneath the drawbridge! Zar is also driven crazy, what if the hardwood on the drawbridge can't withstand the carriage at all? What if the iron cable breaks in the high-speed rush? What if the crosswind lifts the carriage off the bridge? Death! All the results are death! Death is also death if it stops!

The anger in his heart ignited the blood in Zal's whole body like a flame, surging, boiling, driving everything related to reason out of Zal's mind, not to mention this suspension bridge, even if it was a burning hell in front of him, he would rush to it!

Come with me, come with me if you don't fear death! He roared in his heart, aimed at the entrance of the drawbridge, accelerated, accelerated, accelerated, regardless of life and death, and rushed forward!

Closer, closer! The two logs grew bigger and bigger in the line of sight, and the "black line" at the beginning. Some people went crazy, some people flinched, and at the last moment, the mage finally couldn't hold on. "Slow down, merge! Slow down!" as he commanded, the entire team of horses quickly dragged back. Look at the cliff and go to the back of the carriage!

And Zhal, who got rid of the entanglement, finally pushed the speed of the car to the limit! However, the width of the bridgehead pier is not large, it is really not big! At the moment when he staggered by, Zal subconsciously withdrew the palm that was buckled on the corpse and shrank tightly on the horse's back!

"Boom!"

The terrifying crash burst out of the corner of the log's eyes, and the rider's body slammed into the thick pier of the bridgehead, instantly crushed into a splatter of flesh and blood, and was thrown out. The side wall of the carriage was sprayed with a dazzling scarlet! And the war horse under his crotch smashed one of the sternums into the air and rose into the air, tumbling and falling into the abyss, leaving only a string of sorrowful screams that were getting farther and farther out of sight!

The next moment, Zar, who was lying on the horse's back, suddenly felt his body sink down with the horse, and the weightlessness of his body instantly hit his brain, but faster, the horse's hooves on the suspension bridge pulled him back again. Dark-colored planks stretched downward in front of you, and several iron cables on either side of the line galloped backwards. The suspension bridge formed by them hangs down to the lowest point between the two heads and rises again, connecting the two ends of the canyon like a well-proportioned parabola.

The wheels rolled on the bridge deck, bringing out a series of heart-pounding sounds. Countless sawdust and dust fluttered down from the sky, and the fierce crosswind swept over Zhal's body, and he felt as if he and the carriage were shaking at the same time, floating in the air!

Behind him, the pursuers led by the mage also killed the drawbridge, and in an instant. The whole drawbridge shook and creaked like a rope in the air, and it was about to break at any moment! The outlaws were forced to slow down their horses, and their situation was even more dangerous than that of the extremely heavy wagons.

But will the fleeing person stop? Not at all! Will the pursuer turn back? Not at all!

The galloping carriage led Zar forward with him. The long, maddening distance finally narrowed in sight, and finally, with the sound of the wheels crashing against the rock, the horse's hooves once again stepped on the solid ground, and the carriage also took off on all four wheels in the crash, and fell back to the ground with a thud, shaking a thick cloud of dust.

Without stopping for a moment, Zar glanced back on his horse, and saw that the distance between him and his pursuers had been lengthened again, so he tightened his grip on the reins, drove the carriage, and rushed through the vast meadows, and rushed into the dark green forest far ahead.

Moments later, the mage and his men finally crossed the drawbridge and stepped onto the land of the "Hidden Terrace". The horse was stopped slightly, and the mage's angry eyes could only see a speck of smoke and dust pulled by the cart over the meadow. Like a prey in his hands suddenly fleeing, his face was gloomy and full of unwilling resentment.

Turning his gaze back, he was on the other side of the drawbridge, and saw the Blackebon Guard cavalry who had just stepped onto the drawbridge. "Waste ...... in the way," he said, manipulating his horse to a bridgehead pier, and the moment he raised his palm, a swirling ice mist rose from his palm. With a flick of his hand, the ice mist blew violently onto the log where the iron rope was attached, like a breath mixed with ice crystals.

As if they had discovered something strange on the other side, the cavalry on the drawbridge stopped their horses one after another, and one by one the voices of confusion and some fear came out.

"So, what is that guy doing?......

"Damn, mage, that's a battle mage......"

“......”

The mage's face became paler and paler, as if frozen, losing all the color of blood, and his palms, which continued to breathe, were covered with a layer of white frost, but his eyes that looked at the cavalry showed a thick disdain. It didn't take long for him to snap the spell to a halt, and the log was no longer recognizable in its original color, except for a layer of ice crystals wrapped around it, reflecting a multicolored luster in the sunlight.

"Smash it!" the mage ordered.

"Yes, sir......" A dark-skinned Rogkan man jumped off his horse, pulled a two-handed hammer from his back, and walked towards the log with a sinister smile.

The movements of the Rogkan quickly caught the attention of the cavalry, and their faces changed all when they heard a bang!" they ...... They're going to tear down the bridge! They're going to pull it back! they're going to tear it down!"

"Fuck it, get out of the bridge!"

“......”

With the sound of a hammer blow, the cavalrymen who had just stepped onto the drawbridge crowded and retreated one after another, while the mage and others standing at the other end looked at them with mockery on their faces. Soon, when the last cavalry retreated to the end of the "Conviction Platform" in a rolling manner, the Rogkan man also delivered the final blow with understanding.

With a loud bang, the thick log exploded into a flurry of wooden blocks, and several iron cables tied to it flew out and quickly fell to the bottom! The hardwood planks on both sides of the iron cable were torn apart by the force of the falling, and in a series of piercing sounds, the entire suspension bridge was split in two, only on the side of the "conviction platform", and it was barely connected, but it was basically impossible to use it for companionship.

The mage withdrew his gaze in satisfaction and turned his head to look in the direction where Zal had disappeared. "Now, it's up to you, Lanier......" he whispered.

"No problem, my lord......" The moon demon rode on horseback and pulled the linen that shielded him from the wind and sand from his face, revealing a small red beard on the lower bar. "Tracking, my favorite tracking...... I hope this kid can let me play a little longer......"

"Hahaha......" The riders laughed, even the mage, but his gaze was a little distracted. "Run, see how far you can run...... Zal, huh?"

At the same time, in the dense forest of the "Hidden Yuntai", Zhar, who was driving a carriage, was also forced to stop. Because the two horses that had been pulling the cart had also reached their limit, and even fell directly to the ground without warning, and after lifting Zar out of the driver's seat, they could no longer stand up.

The moment he landed on the ground, he immediately pulled out "Sishua", and after watching behind the tree for a long time, and found that there were no pursuers, he came to the carriage that was on the ground exhausted.

Strictly speaking, the carriage in front of him was completely scrapped, the two front wheels were completely shattered, and the whole body was in tatters, nailed with crossbow arrows and mixed with dirt, and looked a little blackened with blood. Zal sighed, he couldn't imagine the fate of the passengers inside, he remembered vaguely seeing a figure.

Pulling down the handle hard, after finding that it was useless, Zal directly climbed the window frame on the car door, pulled hard, and with a bang, the entire car door was directly removed by him.

Throwing it aside, when Zal looked into the car, he was instantly stunned and stood firmly on the spot. I saw a veiled girl leaning against the wall panel in the messy carriage, her tightly closed eyes trembling, as if she had fainted. Red blood stained her clothes, and on her left shoulder, a pitch-black crossbow bolt was inserted. (To be continued......)