Chapter 69: Into the Mountains

The distance between the two sides was very close, how could it be possible for Matheul's skill to dodge An'esha's throwing knife? With two pops, the flying knife hit him in the head and heart, and he was killed on the spot without even snorting.

Bell who rushed out had already fought with the two big men, and the fierce battles in the past few days had allowed him to accumulate combat experience rapidly, but he was now in a state of serious injury and was recovering from serious injuries, and he didn't dare to use all his strength to fight. Especially the opponent's move to attack his left arm, Bell didn't dare to deal with it in a grand manner.

Daciano's long sword slammed open the short axe that slashed at him, and a mist of blood was raised in his hand!

The moment the two sides made contact, the leader Marthell was killed under the mule cart, followed by Bell and Daciano. In the narrow secret passage, it was not possible to accommodate fifteen people to fight head-on, and the big man who followed behind was immediately dumbfounded when he saw the situation in front of him.

A miserable howl! The less timid turned around and ran, seeing that half of the people around him were killed in an instant, and the other party didn't even hurt a little skin, how could this battle be fought?

He hadn't run a few steps, and suddenly a knife flashed in front of him! This timid fellow will never have to be afraid of anything in the future. Susar flipped down from the last mule cart with a broadsword in hand, followed by three other big men.

"Stop! it's all Marshall's attention!Daciano!" shouted Susar.

Susar's shout completely shouted out the hearts of all the big men. These big men just fought a few moves, and they knew that these people were definitely not the opponents of those three guys, especially those two women, who killed Marthew and Rasht in just one face, and only three moves passed, and half of their own people were already dead......

One of the two who had wrestled with Bell had fallen, and the one who was still alive was struggling to hold on. With Susar shouting, Daciano waved his long sword, "Those who descend will not be killed!"

Hearing Daciano's response, the big men threw away the weapons in their hands and drooped their heads one by one. It is obvious that Susar is already Daciano's person, and the balance of numbers instantly tilts in favor of the other party, and he was worried that he would not be able to fight, so it is better not to fight now, and he can save his head if he surrenders.

After incorporating the remaining five members of the water transport team, Bell and his party finally had a means of transportation. There were six mule carts, five of which were responsible for carrying water and one for the supply of lamp oil.

After a brief cleaning of the corpse of the deceased, the men untied the mule from one end of the cart to the other. The mule cart cannot turn around in the secret passage, so the mule cart is designed to be tied to the mule on both sides for convenience.

"I think we have something we can use to hinder the pursuit of the soldiers. Bell looked at the six mule carts in front of him and had a plan in his mind.

There were twelve people in Bell, and as long as two mule carts were vacated, these twelve people could sit comfortably and leave here. It would be a bit wasteful to use the remaining four cars as roadblocks, and Bell wasn't going to take just two mule carts with him.

Together with the big men, the six mule carts were completely emptied, and the wheels of three more were removed. Place the wheels and two buckets of spring water and four barrels of lamp oil on the mule cart that is ready to be taken away. Then, the wheelless wheels were placed horizontally in the center of the tunnel, and the three layers of plates were stacked on top of each other, with a bucket of spring water in the front and a wooden barrel filled with oil in the back.

Fortunately, these strong men are responsible for carrying this kind of big bucket on weekdays, and they can do their work much faster than ordinary people. I don't want this kind of thing to completely block the path of the pursuers, or at least it can hold them back. Once you're in the mountains, it's not so easy to search.

The nine well-to-do mules were tied together and followed by three mule carts towards the exit of the secret passage. Annesha and Susar were on top of the first mule cart, followed by Daciano and five other big men, and Bell's mule cart was the last, and he was responsible for hauling the spring water and lamp oil.

The mule cart traveled much faster, and Daciano finally knew why the oil lamp in the secret passage had gone out so quickly. Under normal circumstances, every spring water transport would add oil to the oil lamps on the walls.

But since Marthew became the captain of the water transport, every time he went to transport spring water, he secretly withheld a part of the lamp oil. From one barrel at the beginning to five barrels later, his appetite grew. A third of the way to the exit of the secret passage is no longer filled with oil, and it is only temporarily filled up when someone is given a visit in advance.

The other part is divided into two sections, the closest to the passage is filled each time, and the farther part is halved. Always refuel on the way back, so that most of the passageway is bright on the next trip. In case the boss is interested in going to the spring one day, it is not easy to go.

After walking about three white candles, the convoy gradually approached the exit of the secret passage. And the outpost soldiers on the other end were completely depressed. When they entered the secret passage, no one told them how long the secret passage was, and they usually only knew that there was a secret passage under the hotel, but who would have thought that they had been walking for a day and had not yet reached the exit.

What is even more depressing is that there are more than 100 people, holding more than 30 torches. This torch is not like an oil lamp, which does not emit a lot of smoke when it burns, but when the torch burns, thick smoke and heat fill the surrounding space. It's good to walk forward, but once you stop and take a break, it quickly becomes as stuffy as an oven.

The water bladder soon bottomed out, and the stomach began to rumble, and two dozen people were sent to ask for help, water and food were urgently needed.

Outside the exit of the secret passage is a large open space, surrounded by countless piles of rubble, which were left behind when the cave was excavated. According to Darciano, the only use of these gravels is to close the exit of the secret passage, but now that there is a clear shortage of manpower, it is impossible to block the exit of the secret passage with gravel.

When Bell and the others drove out of the secret passage, it was already early. Looking up at the sky, the blue sky was not so clear, and the edges of the clouds were still glowing orange-red. After taking a deep breath, the air in this mountain forest was much, much better than in the secret passage.

From the open space at the entrance of the secret passage, a path winds ahead, also paved with solid stones. The sparse grass in the cracks of the stones, a few rut marks pressed from above. Look around at the endless mountains and see no horizon.

By the light of the setting sun, you can tell which places are covered with dense forests, where weeds are overgrown, where there seem to be a lot of rocks, and where there are no vegetation.

"If this was designed as a shelter, I think there would have been some houses to live in," Anesa said to herself.

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