Chapter 82: They and Their Generals (Second Watch, for the Alliance Leader Xiao Zhi Yo Gamore)
Tonight, under the dim moonlight, a dark shadow escaped the sight of all the guards on the watchtower, and quietly reached the corner of the outer wall of the Northern Crow D3 gathering place.
Hitomi was dressed in black, and she was facing the outer wall, her pupils reflecting a silver circle with complex patterns.
Hunter's Fourth-Order Skill "Secret Pupil": For a long time, it can ignore space and see things clearly through obstacles.
Through the exterior wall, the garrison in the D3 gathering place can be seen at a glance.
That's why she dared to take the lead alone, and under the watchful eye of the voyeur pupil, all the ambushes were hidden.
Peter's intelligence was correct, and now that the number of guards in the D3 gathering place had been greatly reduced, it was a good opportunity for a surprise attack.
Soon, she found the weakest point of the garrison, which happened to be in the blind spot of two nearby guards, and then a hook hooked the wall.
Hitomi stealthily and quickly climbed up the wall along the hook lock, as light as a black cat flying off the wall.
At this moment, the cold wind in the wilderness whined.
The sound of the wind could hide the traces of the killing, and her eyes swept away, and she had silently planned the route of assassination and escape in her heart.
"Damn, the winter in the wilderness is too hard."
On the outer wall, a Northern Crow mercenary finished drinking the wine in the pot, tightened his coat, and said scoldingly, "When will this kind of hard life come to an end?"
"I heard the head of the regiment say that when the black flag is laid, we will be rich, and the money everyone will get is enough for us to live a chic life in Shangcheng City!
"Sean, you say, what are you going to do when you're done with this ticket?
"I'm not going to stay in the wilderness anymore, there aren't even women here, and the only thing that interests me is the herd of wild goats on the plains of Area B......
"Hell! As I spoke, I reacted, this time I go back, I must find a woman in the dungeon to vent!
"Hey, Sean, why don't you speak, you can't be drunk, right?"
After not hearing a response for a long time, the mercenary turned his head and was slightly stunned.
The man is gone.
Enemy attack? Or are your teammates lazy and skipping work? If it was an enemy attack, why didn't the scouts on the watchtower raise a little alarm?
He subconsciously looked at the watchtower, and then his pupils contracted violently.
The scout on the watchtower was shot through the neck by a dark arrow at some point, and half of his body hung from the guardrail.
"Bad ......"
He was about to sound the alarm when Hitomi emerged from the brick wall and reached out to cover his mouth with lightning speed, slashing the dagger through his throat.
He was then pushed off the outer wall.
Hunter's second-order skill "Camouflage": Blends in with oneself and one's surroundings.
In actual combat applications, the Hunter's "camouflage" is very similar to the "stealth" of Moon Shadow, both of which can achieve the effect of concealing people's eyes.
But the principle is different, "stealth" is the application of the power of "illusion" in the dark law, which is a visual deception, in fact, the essence is still there.
And "camouflage" is the application of "blockade" in the law of space, and she temporarily seals her existence in the brick wall, which is a kind of physical deception.
Outwardly, it was as if she had melted into the brick wall and disappeared.
After clearing the watchtower and the outer wall of the guards, Hitomi went to the door, unlocked it, and pulled the gate open.
The Black Flag mercenaries, who had been waiting outside for a long time, swarmed in, and under the guidance of Hitomi, they rushed towards the center of the gathering place, where Harrison, the leader of the Northern Crows, was.
Harrison didn't follow the large army to attack the D7 Gathering Place, because there were no Inheritors there, and the Northern Crow's large army only needed to drink the burning blood to easily set foot on any ordinary Gathering Place.
And with the departure of the Northern Crow's army, after killing the scouts on the watchtower and the guards guarding the gate, except for Harrison, there were less than ten mercenaries left in the gathering place at this time.
Now, it's the best chance to kill Harrison, the leader of the Northern Crows.
The sound of footsteps outside finally disturbed the rest of the gathering place, and Harrison pushed the door open with the remaining mercenaries, who were already surrounded by Black Flag's troops.
"It's really a good means to get out the internal intelligence of our regiment, Captain Hitomi."
Harrison, about fifty years old, with a cane and slightly pale temples, looked gloomily at the woman in black at the head.
Black Flag can seize the empty garrison of their gathering place to carry out a surprise attack tonight, except for the internal ghost in the regiment, there is no other possibility.
"I didn't hear about it, it was someone from your regiment who came to tell me."
Hitomi pointed the crossbow in his hand at him, "No one has ever liked to kill each other, you should have taken your brothers to live a good life in the wilderness, instead of using them as pawns for your profit, as you do now."
"So you have to remember that it was not your brothers who betrayed you, but you who betrayed your brothers."
"It's you who will have a good life, and of course you're not in a hurry." Harrison hoarsely voiced, "It's useless to talk too much, you guys come to my territory with all fanfare, you don't want to negotiate with me, do you?" ”
"That's right." Hitomi's eyes also turned cold, "You have killed a lot of people, and I must use your death to honor our brothers in the regiment." ”
These words sounded the battle horn, and the eight Northern Crow mercenaries surrounding Harrison raised their machetes and charged at the Black Flag mercenaries.
Their eyes were scarlet, and they drank the burning blood early when they sensed something was wrong in the room.
And the Black Flag mercenaries had already prepared, raised their bows and crossbows and launched a volley.
When the first wave of arrows came, Harrison snorted coldly and stomped his cane heavily, and a faint light lit up on the bodies of the Northern Crow mercenaries.
Priest's fifth-order skill "Great Blessing Technique": Increases the mental strength and physical strength of group targets for a long time.
Under the effect of burning blood, the Northern Crow mercenaries have the strength of a third-order berserker body, and now they have added the "Great Blessing Technique" again, and they have become the "God of War".
They protected the key parts, and then rushed in front of the Black Flag mercenaries in the rain of arrows.
The crossbowmen quickly retreated, and the Black Flag mercenaries holding the arms and shields stepped forward, but the Northern Crow mercenaries were as large as oxen, and they all beat the shield-wielding Black Flag mercenaries with brute force alone.
At the critical moment, Bob stood up, he carried a two-meter-high tower shield pestle there, and with his two-meter-three height and natural strength, he was able to stabilize the battle line.
Hitomi pulls out a pitch-black powder bag from his pocket, lights the fuse, and throws it into the middle of the Northern Crow mercenaries.
With a loud bang, the explosive bag exploded, and dense iron edges shot out like a shotgun, deeply into the bodies of the Northern Crow mercenaries.
However, although there are many iron prismatic spines, they can only cause skin trauma to them, and they are far from incapacitating them.
It seemed like an ineffective blow, but Hitomi snapped her fingers.
In the next moment, those iron spikes embedded in the Northern Crow mercenaries, as well as scattered under their feet, actually exploded in unison!
This is not a gunpowder explosion, but a spiritual power explosion!
This is the Hunter's Inheritor's trick, and the Hunter's first-order inheritance skill is the "Spiritual Power Bomb": it leaves a spiritual imprint on an object, and can manipulate the imprint to cause a spiritual explosion.
And being able to mark a large number of objects in an instant like this and cause multiple explosions is the hunter's fifth-order skill "Grand Ceremony".
Just like for priests, their first-order skill is "Blessing", and the fifth-order skill "Great Blessing" is a group enhancement of "Blessing".
The same is true for the Hunter's first-order skill "Spirit Bomb" and the fifth-order skill "Grand Festival", which belong to the power enhancement version of the group.
The power of the spiritual explosion is far higher than the damage of ordinary explosives, not to mention that many iron spikes have been inserted into the bodies of the Northern Crow mercenaries.
With the explosion caused by the "Grand Ceremony", the Northern Crow mercenaries were blown to pieces, and although the burning blood was repairing the injuries on their bodies, it would also quickly consume the effects of the medicine.
There is a limit to repairing injuries, after all, they are only mortal bodies, if there is another round, even with the bonuses of burning blood and great blessing technique, the mercenaries of the Northern Crow may not be able to support it.
Harrison pointed his cane at Hitomi and shouted in a deep voice, "Forbidden! ”
Priest 4th Order Skill "Spiritual Seal": Temporarily seals the last spiritual skill used by the target.
"Grand Ceremony" is the hunter's strongest offensive skill, as long as it is sealed, Black Flag will temporarily take the strengthened Northern Crow mercenaries have no way.
The thought had only lingered in his mind for a split second when Harrison saw Hitomi snap his fingers again, as if remembering something, and his face changed suddenly.
"Do you think this will work?" She sneered.
The next moment, a frenzied spiritual power explosion swept through the Northern Crow's mercenaries again, as if the grand ceremony had reappeared, and the location where the explosion had originally occurred actually triggered a spiritual power explosion again.
Hunter 4th Tier Skill "Resurgence": Mark all coordinates that have caused spiritual explosions and detonate them again.
It is usually used in conjunction with "Spirit Bomb" and "Grand Gala".
The priest's "spiritual seal" sealed the "grand ceremony", but it could not prevent the hunter's "resurrection", after this wave of spiritual power exploded, this area was blown clean, and all the Northern Crow mercenaries fell down in a blur of flesh and blood.
No one ever got up again.
Seeing that "General" Harrison had lost all of his men, Black Flag's morale was boosted, and he rushed towards Harrison with the bite of the wolf, vowing to kill him as soon as possible.
Harrison took two steps back, his staff pointing a little forward, and where the explosion had occurred, a strong and unstable wave of spiritual power surged again.
"Stand down!" Hitomi shouted.
The wolf's eyes were quick, and he rolled to the side with his head in his hands, and the violent explosion shook his ears to the ground.
This is the priest's fifth-order skill "Spiritual Replication", he copied Hitomi's "Resurgence", and then took advantage of the chaos caused by the explosion to turn around and flee.
Hitomi saw it from the sidelines, and raised his hand to shoot an arrow into Harrison's shoulder, and he staggered, clutching his shoulders and disappearing around the corner.
"You don't have to chase after you, first remove all the resources in the gathering place."
Hitomi didn't look at him again, but activated the skill "Voyeur's Eye", and soon found the location of the granary and weapon depot in the Northern Crow's gathering place, and instructed his men to start cleaning up the battlefield.
After giving the order, she slowly walked towards a hidden corner of the gathering place.
Hunters don't lose their prey.
When the bolt hit Harrison, Hitomi had already marked his body with the "Hunting Mark".
This is the Hunter's second-order skill, and she will continue to gain the location of the "Hunting Mark", and she will catch up with Harrison wherever he flees.
Then let him pay with blood.
Harrison secretly built a tunnel in the gathering area, which led to a wooded area two kilometers away, as a means of escape for himself in the past.
At this moment, she felt the location indicated by the "Hunting Mark" stop moving in the tunnel.
……
Tunnel.
Harrison clutched his shoulders, his face ugly.
In front of him was a tall man, dressed as a Northern Crow mercenary, and his eyes were full of complexity when he looked at Harrison.
"Peter, it turns out that you betrayed me, and I still value you so much that I cultivate you as my confidant!"
Harrison's words came from between his teeth, "Now, you dare to appear in front of me, do you think you can stop me?" I'm the heir! ”
"Commander, you told us that."
The man took out a tube of red potion from his bosom and said in a calm tone, "You said, this is the latest stimulant, it can make the warrior forget the pain, refresh the mind, and be extremely powerful, extremely precious and magical.
"As for the side effects, it's nothing more than physical weakness for a period of time, just endure it.
"Brothers, I believe in your words, and I believe in your instructions, for you are our leader, and you have saved our lives countless times with the power of your inheritor in the face of natural disasters and beasts in the wilderness.
"Yes, we always believed that you would lead us to a better tomorrow until we drank this medicine and became monsters who are not human or ghost.
"Kate, Erie, Candace ...... The brothers who once fought side by side with us died one by one after drinking this pill, and they could not wait for the future you promised them.
"Tell me, Commander, did you deceive us, or did we betray you?"
As these words were spoken, flames lit up behind the man.
The firelight illuminated the dark tunnel, and Harrison was horrified to find that there were people standing behind him.
They were supposed to set out from the gathering place tonight to attack the large army of northern crows in the D7 gathering place, but now they appeared here for some reason.
After the large army left the gathering place, the "main peace faction" led by him attacked and exterminated the "main battle faction" in the ranks, and then blocked the exit of the tunnel with the remaining brothers.
As Harrison's henchman, he knew that this tunnel existed
"I see." Harrison took a step back, dejected, "Haha, you white-eyed wolves, you have all betrayed me!" ”
"All those who believed in you drank the potion and ended up being killed by your own hands."
The man said quietly, "We were loyal to you, but you no longer regard us as brothers. What good do the lords of Uptown promise you to make you go crazy? ”
At this moment, the footsteps of "Da Da" sounded at the other end of the tunnel.
Harrison's face changed, he knew that Hitomi was here, and if he didn't have the help of others, he wouldn't be the opponent of that woman alone.
"Listen, you still have a chance to turn back."
He took a deep breath, "Follow me back and slaughter that woman Hitomi, the C4 gathering place of the Black Flag is ours, and when the time comes, I will give you countless glory and wealth, I dare to guarantee that I am not lying."
"And if you dare to stop me......"
Harrison's cane emitted strong spiritual power fluctuations, and his tone became indifferent, "Don't think about living until I leave here!" ”
In the face of his explicit threat, the Northern Crow's mercenaries just watched him in silence, until Hitomi's footsteps got closer and closer, and Harrison roared in a bit of a broken heart:
"Say, what do you want!"
In the middle of the night, Peter Bhutto, the man at the head, was the first to pour the burning blood in his hand into his mouth.
Behind him, the rest of the Northern Crow mercenaries also drank the potions they were carrying.
Harrison's expression relaxed, and his tone carried the joy of the rest of his life: "That's right, listen to me, kill Hitomi, I can ignore your mistakes today!" ……”
"Captain, in fact, we have always had an idea."
The man interrupted him, his eyes scarlet, "Since you think that we who drank the burning blood can kill the inheritor, does that mean......
"Can we kill you too?"
Looking at the approaching Northern Crows, a chill rose in Harrison's heart.
"No, you can't do that, I'm your leader! I'm your 'General' Harrison! ”
"You'll regret being my enemy! I'm going to kill you! ”
"Uhhh!!hh
Harrison's screams and screams echoed through the tunnels, and it wasn't long before the movement died down and Hitomi walked slowly.
In the tunnels, lying on the ground were the Northern Crow mercenaries who had been killed by Harrison's deathly counterattack, as well as Harrison's corpse, which had been ravaged by everyone and made it inhuman.
"Why drink this medicine again?"
Hitomi sighed, "I can help you kill him." ”
"It's useless."
The man sat on the ground in a daze, the scarlet in his eyes flashing from bright to dark, "It's not the first time we've drunk this medicine, and our bodies are already full of holes."
"Our only wish is to put an end to this tragedy, and now, the tragedy is over.
"Kill us, Hitomi, and give us a good time."
Hitomi clenched her fists, "But you shouldn't just die...... The construction of the satellite city is about to begin, and the good days in the wilderness are just beginning! ”
"Hitomi!"
The man jumped up, grabbed her by the neck, pressed her against the wall of the tunnel, and gasped, "Our sanity won't last long, kill us!" We don't want to be an unconscious beast before we die! ”
He opened his eyes in anger, leaving a line of bloody tears: "We are...... Person! Hitomi, don't let down those brothers who believe in you. This wilderness...... It's up to you! ”
Hitomi closed her eyes, and she raised the bow in her hand and pressed it against the man's forehead.
"I will."
With a flurry of arrows, she was the only one left standing in the tunnel.
The smell of blood filled the small space, and the falling torches slammed Hitomi's back against the wall, the dancing light shaking her shadow like a ghost with teeth and claws.
After a moment of silence, she leaned down and searched Harrison's body carefully.
A letter was found, along with a tube of burning blood.
"Yourself, but you never want to drink?"
Hitomi put away the letter and potions, spat on Harrison's body, and left the tunnel.
Back on the surface, she asked, "How's the resource going?" ”
"Almost!" Bob raised his voice.
"That, Commander......" On the watchtower, a mercenary with a black flag waved at Hitomi, "There seems to be movement in the north!" ”
"There's movement?"
Hitomi was slightly stunned, she climbed the watchtower and looked in the direction pointed by the mercenary.
In the distance, a faint firelight illuminates the night sky.
"That's the direction of the D7 cluster...... Could it be that the large army of northern crows burned down the gathering place? The mercenary made his own guess.
"No......" Hitomi shook her head.
Only she knew that the Crow's army had not gone to the D7 Gathering Ground at all, and that they, along with their General Harrison, had been buried forever in the underground of the Crow D3 Gathering Area.
Hitomi looked at the firelight in the night sky, and although she was still some distance away, a wave of unease suddenly appeared in her heart.
Immediately after, her face changed.
She heard it.
Not far from here, the beasts that lurked in the darkness let out a continuous roar.
It's like a chorus of death and despair.