Chapter 22: The Might of the Lion
The furious thunder surprised the Chaos Beasts, who stared suspiciously at their opponents. For the thunderous voice was not like a human voice, but like the roar of a beast. This caused these sheep-headed ambushers to have a small natural fear, after all, it was the instinctive expression of the beast against its natural predators.
After a brief moment of hesitation, Hyde's charge was already launched, and the young knight raised his spear and sword, and charged at the beast in front of him with both weapons in his hand. The beasts came to their senses and threw their javelins and axes, and he felt the sound of murderous wind fly past his ears, but it only made his anger boil even more!
The Shining Divine Seal unfurled from Hyde's back, untold power surging through his arms, his horses galloping like the wind, javelins and axes falling behind him. He burst into the crowd with the three-colored light, and the sword and spear spread death among them! The first to die was a dwarf sheep-headed half-beast, who tried to block the knight's sword with a wooden shield, but was struck head-on and split half of his body with the shield, and blood sprayed along with the scream!
Another tall beast man roared and rushed towards him with a battle axe, and Hyde directly lifted it into the air with a spear, and the surging endless holy power fused this blow, combined with the power of the war horse's impact, and sent the little beast leader in leather armor seven or eight steps away, crashed headlong into a dead tree, and slid down with a wail, completely losing his breath. At this time, two sheep-headed half-beasts with spears came from the flanks and planned to sneak attack, but they were also stabbed by old Loren, who followed Hyde from the Prancing Horse, and died without even calling out, which made the whole herd frightened.
"Lord Hyde, pay attention to the side. ”
"Thank you, my Grandpa Loren. ”
There is no need to talk too much nonsense in battle, Hyde understands the heart of old Loren, and old Loren understands Hyde's heart. The white-bearded old knight and the blond-haired young warrior each struck their horses and slaughtered the stunned beasts in front of them side by side, giving the hateful greatsword and spear to the creatures of chaos!
The young blonde knight was like a furious lion, repeatedly slashing through the chaos of beasts, like a sharp scythe dancing among the ears of wheat. With his spear and sword, he slashed his foes with great force, splitting and piercing them, sending every sheep-headed beast that dared to stand in his way to hell! His heart swelled with an endless fire of vengeance, slaying his enemies like a burning lion. Every time a chaotic beast cries and falls to the ground, every time an ugly sheep's head is split or shattered, his heart is filled with joy!
"Mother, let me avenge you! let me use the noble power you left me to make this beast of chaos pay!"
Hyde pondered excitedly in his heart, the incomparable resentment and incomparable depression in the memories of sixteen years ago were all scattered in this moment! He was no longer a powerless child, he was no longer an ignorant waste! His own spear pierced the body of the beast, and his sword split the head of the beast! He was already the glorious god and would avenge his mother! This achievement really made the young warrior's heart stir and boil.
The pace of the battle was rapid, and in a matter of moments, the half-beast of the nine-horned beast had whined and fallen into the hell of the Chaos Gods, and more wounded had abandoned their weapons and scurried with their heads, like a goat fleeing the pursuit of a lion and tiger. Their wails echoed through the trees.
In this way, this group of Chaos beasts, who had been hiding in the forest for a long time, numbered more than twenty, were completely defeated by two human warriors in a few minutes, nearly half of them died, and the rest fled with their wounds crying. If the Chaos Gods could really see their performance, they would be furious and complain about these incompetent and weak Chaos believers.
Hyde was killed, and he clamped his horse's belly to chase the fleeing beast man into the woods. But his horse's reins were held by a strong hand, which was the bronze hand of old Loren. He solemnly told Hyde that the beast-man ambush would never be as few as twenty or so, but at most only one of their scouts. In the depths of the forest, there must be a large army of Chaos Beasts in ambush, and it is absolutely irrational to pursue. Moreover, it is more important to quickly return to the military station and inform the person in charge of the military station and his comrades-in-arms of the enemy's vain attempt to attack the military station. Therefore, it is necessary to hurry back to the military station now, and stop thinking about pursuit.
"My young master...... No, Your Excellency Hyde, you should understand our responsibilities. There are still many opportunities to slay the Chaos Beasts, and now we have to do our duty as soldiers. Old Loren ended his detailed argument with these words, and let go of Hyde's reins.
"Grandpa Loren, what you said makes a lot of sense, then let's go back quickly and tell everyone the news. ”
After the fierce battle just now, Hyde's heart had calmed down. Old Loren had a very good point, how could he not accept it? Although his surname was fierce, he was a reasonable man, and he was not awkward. He will not argue about the correct opinion.
"Your Excellency, you are doing the right thing. ”
Old Loren smiled approvingly at Hyde, and together he and Hyde turned their horses' heads, and the two horses ran side by side toward the military station on the high ground outside the aspen forest, and the horses' hooves raised bustling with the dead grass and fallen leaves, striking at the northern land in late autumn.
This poplar forest is not far from the military station on the high ground, that is, a distance of a thousand paces, and it is a matter of a few minutes for a man on horseback. In order to inform the military station as soon as possible, the two of them also let go of the pace of their war horses, so they quickly approached the wooden wall of the military station camp. Looking around, Hyde was surprised to find that behind the wooden battlements that had been empty with only a few flags, there were now many soldiers armed with crossbows, muskets, and spears, and the muzzles of light cannons were also aimed at the distance, and the efficiency was unexpectedly high.
The door of the military station has been ajar, the original horse rejection wood has been reset, and several new rows of horse rejection have been added to the front. A dozen soldiers armed with crossbows and halberds were closely guarded behind, as if they were ready to fire a salvo of bows and crossbows whenever there was a situation, and then immediately seal the door and defend it, much to Hyde's surprise.
"This?" he looked at old Loren, a little confused.
"Your Excellency, your roar just now was loud enough to make the brothers at the station feel strange. Although this is still the border between the Empire and Kislev, hundreds of miles away from the Chaos Army, our Empire's soldiers will not let their guard down. Don't look at it as a small soldier station, and there are very few people, but what should we do!Otherwise, what do we expect to fight those chaotic devils?"
Old Loren withdrew his greatsword behind his back and answered Hyde's question in a gentle, smug voice.
"The old bones of the blood sword, your voice is still as loud as when you were young!"
A pleasant voice suddenly flew towards him, and the owner of this voice was a fat man with a smile. Dressed in a bulging breastplate with silver trim and gold trim, a thick leather robe embroidered with leaves and yellow garlands, and a wide-brimmed fur hat with two feathers of gray feathers, he rode slowly towards old Loren on a sturdy green mule. More than a dozen horsemen dressed in breastplates and armed with muskets guarded around him, vigilantly watching his surroundings.
"The old potato of the copper cannon, your movements are actually not slow, but you are always one step late, the same as thirty years ago. ”
Old Loren smiled too, and galloped towards the fat man, and slapped him lightly. This made the fat man tilt his mule's back and laugh out loud.
"Although your beard is white, I didn't expect your body to be so strong, and your strength is not much worse than it was twenty years ago, my brave Knight of Loren. ”
The fat man, known as Old Potato, laughed and greeted Old Loren, who looked to be about 50 years old, with a round face full of red light, and two curly dark yellow mustaches that looked very upturned from his lips. Who is he?
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For the sake of everyone's understanding, here one "league" is equal to one kilometer, and one step is equal to one meter
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