33. Reluctant
"Down?"
"Down!?"
"The boss is down?!"
Hearing the shouts from nowhere, all the pirates who were still fighting in the cave suddenly became afraid, they were indeed used to killing and plundering, and they did not know how much innocent blood was stained with their hands and feet, and they would even be so mad that they poured a fresh, warm red liquid into their glasses, calling it scarlet rum.
But, in the final analysis, they are only pirates, not a regular navy, they are good at bullying the weak, and once they encounter a fierce battle where both sides have to see blood, their disadvantages will suddenly be revealed-
There is no organization, they are fighting on their own, the defense is completely backward, most people only have warm clothing, and the quality of weapons is also uneven, and it is possible to pop up a gap if you touch it slightly.
What's more, in the past ten minutes, the merchant forces had repelled several of their attacks, and a dozen or so guys who were usually the most arrogant and arrogant on the ship, thinking that their abilities far surpassed those of other pirates, were already lying on the cold ground, and there was no doubt that there was absolutely no chance of survival.
This group of pirates, who did not have any will to fight, had long been terrified to the extreme, and they were eager to get out of this cave that could take their lives at any time, but because the extremely cruel pirate leader was still standing in the middle of the battlefield and did not move, they could only grit their teeth and stiffen.
And now......
The boss is down?!
The last restriction that could restrain them from escaping was gone, and they naturally had no reason not to slip away, as for what would happen after the rout, they didn't care, anyway, there were only a few merchant armies, and it was impossible to wipe them all out.
"your fart! Lao Tzu didn't fall! ”
However, the leader of the pirates, who was supposed to fall to the ground and sleep under the expectation of everyone, actually let out a cry of rage, and at the same time stretched out his hand to the left and right of the pirates who wanted to escape, and then slammed it to the ground, followed by two crisp cracking sounds.
Then, regardless of whether the two people who were caught by the leader were dead or not, two people quickly came out from behind the pirate leader, each holding a sharp steel knife, which opened the eyes of the two people on the ground.
Then, the rest of the pirates who were bent on escaping suddenly found that there was another group of people behind them, and their protection was not very good, but at least it was much better than their physical resistance to damage.
And these people ...... The eyes that looked at them were not very friendly.
"Slaughtered! Slaughtered! Something that didn't work! I should have thrown you into the sea to feed the fish! The pirate leader waved his hand, but the group of people who appeared behind did not respond, and directly completed the leader's instructions with actions, and the steel knife was raised and fell, strangling the group of fleeing pirates with greater efficiency than the merchant armament.
All of a sudden, the screams were incessant, the blood flowing all over the place, and even flooded the vamps of everyone's shoes, and the few remaining pirates were already stunned by the scene in front of them, and actually turned around and ran to the side of the merchant army, Hofho naturally could not show mercy to their men, and the private soldiers unknowingly united with the pirate leader to strangle those who were terrified.
This episode, no, to be precise, this farce with a strong black humor ended quickly, and the cacophony of voices in the cave faded away, leaving only the ticking of blood dripping.
Hofho and the pirate leader looked at each other from a distance of corpses, and for a moment fell into an eerie peace.
After completing the slaughter in front of him, the pirate leader's true trusted and relied on subordinates brought him bad news with an anxious expression.
"Boss, our location has been exposed, a group of people have killed many of our brothers, and they have already grabbed the beachhead, and I have let everyone else go up, what should I do next?"
"Do you know where those people come from, and what they are?" The pirate leader was still staring at the inside of the cave, his eyes passing over Hofho and the others, who were still ready to fight, and resting on the hundred or so boxes of heavy goods.
The pirate leader was really crazy and wanted to swallow all the "goods" in Hofho's hands, as if it were not a set of cold armor, but an invitation to his future entry and exit from the noble manor or even the palace banquet.
He had seen the performance of the most well-protected armor on the entire continent, which could only be described as indestructible. At this extremely short and close distance, two crossbow arrows were fiercely hit on the eyebrow bone in the eye socket, although the power was greatly reduced because it was a hand crossbow, but he did not die on the spot because of the terrifying defense of this armor.
He felt a pain in his head, and it hurt terribly, but he could still stand on the battlefield and fight and command with his spare strength.
What if all his own men could put on this equally indestructible armor? Then they will no longer be pirates who have to run around the turbulent and uncertain seas, but a great noble, and even the king must face up to the military power, maybe if they make a contribution in the future, they will be rewarded with a knighthood, so that they can truly enter the power class of the continent of Calradia!
The thought of this made the pirate leader's heart heat as if the dream was about to come true, but the anxious urges of his men were like a basin of ice water quenching his fanaticism.
"I can't tell, sir, but it's not a robber! The leaders were wearing the standard military uniforms of the Stegians, and the others were wearing leather armor! ”
Regular troops?!
Hearing the report of his subordinates, the pirate leader couldn't help but feel terrified. Yes, even if he already regarded himself as a superior person in his heart at this moment, in fact they were still nothing more than pirates and robbers, and bandits were naturally afraid of order, especially the armed forces under the command of order.
However, even in such an unfortunate situation, the pirate leader was accustomed to seeing the wind and waves on the sea, and soon calmed down again, restrained his desire for a suit of armor in the cave, and calmly ordered, "You leave half of the people to watch them, and then call me all the people who are still on the ship!" The rest of me come! ”
However, after walking a few steps, the leader still turned back in his mind, for fear that something would happen to the armor in the cave.
And at this moment, the situation can no longer be delayed, the sudden appearance of the Stegia troops is about to kill through the entire beachhead and come to them, the low-level pirates sent out to delay time have been completely killed, and they who can show off their might in front of ordinary people can't stop the advance of the Stegians at all!
"Boss! Can't hesitate any longer! Hofho and his cargo don't have wings, they won't fly out of thin air, and with our brothers who started with you watching, nothing will happen! The subordinate spoke earnestly and anxiously, "The most important thing to do now is to kill the new group of Sturgians!" ”
"That's the truth." The leader said this, but his eyes were still looking at the cave, and his steps refused to move for half a minute.