Chapter 51: Blackbeard's Hole Cards
The valley topography of the brownland hilly area is mostly sandwiched between two hills, and due to the erosion of wind and sand, the terrain here is not very different. It is said that in the war to destroy the demons, the aftermath of the battle between humans and the demons swept away all the mountain peaks, and the earth was shattered piece by piece, which is why this strange geographical phenomenon was formed.
Although the cavalry had not yet fully entered the encirclement at this time, Blackbeard expected that they would not give up on the little girl beside him, so he gave the order to attack early. The robbers who were lying in ambush on the mountain immediately attacked, and for a while arrows rained down, completely blocking the road into the mountain.
El couldn't help but pout when he saw the oncoming rain of arrows. The overall quality of the bandit group under Blackbeard's hands is indeed much stronger than that of ordinary horse thieves, and even from the perspective of their momentum, they can already compete with the notorious Sisiary bandits. But robbers are robbers after all, and they can never be banned like a regular army.
Although this wave of arrows looked imposing, it lacked the necessary calculation of the projectile angle. If El didn't keep rushing forward, they would have to return in vain this time. There may be robbers who are proficient in crossbow arrows, but that is limited to flat shooting, and long-range projectiles are a skill that can only be used by the army under unified command.
Although he was a little disdainful of the bandits' archery, El's mood became heavier and heavier. He had some confidence in Palanti's strength, thinking that she would be able to protect herself even if the sneak attack failed. But now looking at the other party's attitude, it is clear that he is waiting for his side to rush in to save people, I am afraid that the situation on Palanti's side is not very optimistic.
Just as he was thinking of this, he heard a deafening lion roar coming from the hill, and the sound waves that exceeded the limit of human hearing spread out like a substance, making the robbers shoot arrows at a halt. El looked up and saw some of the robbers rolling down from the hill with their ears covered, apparently shattered by the roar.
"That little girl is desperate! Is there a master on the other side? Everyone dismounts, the archers organize a counterattack, and we rush forward!" Due to the relatively long distance between them, and the psychological preparation in advance, the impact on the cavalry troops is not strong. El gave the order quickly, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
Although Palanti's strength has not yet reached the silver rank, with her excellent weapons and superb swordsmanship, as well as her own combat instincts, she is enough to stand up to ordinary silver masters. If you count the inheritance of the White Lion Family, even if you can't win, at least there is no problem with self-preservation, which is also where Eyre's confidence in her lies.
But from the amazing lion's roar just now, El could feel her determination. This roar comes from the power of the lionheart, which has been inherited by the White Lion family, and has always been used as a hidden hole card by Palanti, except when it is rarely used in an emergency. And the voice just now was obviously more tragic than the effect El had experienced before, so it was conceivable that she must have fallen into a life-threatening predicament.
Cavalry units must have to spend twice as much physical strength on their horses to climb the mountain, and it is impossible to spread their speed from the bottom up. The only remaining horses in the army were more expensive than the men, and El immediately ordered to abandon the horses and move forward. Fortunately, Palanti's lion roar shook the robbers on the top of the mountain into a daze, and they couldn't organize an effective attack for a while.
El's mountain hunters immediately stepped forward and returned with bows and arrows to suppress the robbers who shot arrows on the mountain, while the other warriors removed their shields from their horses, protected their heads and faces, and began to climb the mountain.
Seeing the cavalry troops abandoning their horses and rushing up the hill in a tight line, the robbers on the hill suddenly wavered. It is an obvious fact that no matter how brave a bandit is, in a frontal battle, it is an obvious fact that no matter how brave it is, it is an obvious fact.
According to the previous combat routines, at this time, it is necessary for the leader to stand up and gather everyone's morale, and push back with one blow to achieve victory. However, Blackbeard is acting in his own group of thieves, and his leader of the thieves does not dare to act rashly without his next order.
Seeing that the Isttalon warriors had already rushed up to meet the rain of arrows, and Blackbeard's side was slow to move, the bandit leader in charge of this defense area gritted his teeth and stood up, raised his weapon and shouted, "Brothers, follow me......"
A long arrow broke through the air, accurately **** his head, and the tip of the arrow pierced through the back of his head. Although the bandit leader was also a burly man, he clearly did not have the tenacious vitality of the devil, and this arrow was enough to take his life. He fell without saying a word, and the rest of the robbers were in an uproar.
The charging formation of the Isttalon warriors crashed into it, tearing a huge breach in the bandits' makeshift defensive line. The bandits' defenses were ineffective, and were completely broken by the Istalon warriors with a single impact, but they were outnumbered enough to hold the Isttalon warriors back in hand-to-hand combat.
Even though the Istaron warriors are experienced in combat, the bandits of the Blackbeard Bandits are also the fiercest bandits in the land, and once the two sides get into such a scuffle, it will be difficult to tell the winner in a short period of time. Time was what El was most scarce, and he didn't know how long Palanti would be able to hold on, so after killing the other party's leader, he immediately handed over the command to Timmy, and ran himself along the unobtrusive rock crevice to the back of the mountain.
He had been watching with his true eye in the direction of Palanti's roar, and there had been several unusual energy fluctuations in a row, and it seemed that the enemy was far from being as simple as he thought. And at that moment just now, a familiar energy fluctuation suddenly appeared, it was the lion's tooth horn in Palanti's hand, an auxiliary treasure that could improve the overall morale of the army. Since even this thing has been used, it also means that Palanti is close to the point of exhaustion.
When Ell climbed the cliff, the first thing he saw was corpses strewn all over the ground. Blackbeard didn't want to give orders, but almost all of his cronies who stayed with him were killed by a lion's roar from Palanti, and the rest were basically deaf, and the group was leaderless for a while.
Palanti had never seen such a bad thing as lime powder, and he suffered a big loss by surprise. When she felt the stinging pain in her eyes and couldn't open them, she knew that something was wrong, and immediately launched a lion's roar. Her perception has not yet reached the point where she can replace her eyes, and it is impossible to achieve more results, so she naturally has to consider retreating. But at this time, how could Blackbeard let her leave so easily?
By the time El arrived, Palanti had already broken through three times, all of which had been forced back by Blackbeard's scimitar. As a price for the block, Blackbeard's chest was scratched open with five bone-deep blood marks, and Palanti's arms were completely broken.
"Little bitch, you're killing yourself!" Blackbeard grabbed Palanti's head with a cold face and pinned her to the ground. The hard rock cut through the delicate skin on Palanti's face, and the blood mixed with lime powder brought unbearable irritation to the wound. Palanti's hands dragged weakly at his sides, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to make a sound.
"It's tough enough, I like you like this, and I'll slowly adjust your little pepper after I go back." Blackbeard stepped on Palanti's body, stood up and looked up at the battle outside, and his face suddenly became as ugly as eating stool. In the midst of his preoccupation with Palanti for a few moments, the flank of his ambush circle was turned upside down by the group of cavalry.
The angry Blackbeard was about to ask what his men were up to, when he suddenly felt a bad wind blowing behind his head. Years of experience in life and death made his body react directly, leaning desperately to the side between the lightning and stone fire, and brushing shoulders with the long arrows that broke through the air.
Dodging the first arrow didn't soften Blackbeard's face. He flew back, sliding an afterimage on the ground, and the second and third arrows flew close to his afterimage. As long as he is half a minute slower, I'm afraid he will be hit in the back.
Even in the fight with Palanti just now, Blackbeard had never been forced to such an embarrassment. In just this moment, the murderous aura behind him made a layer of cold sweat ooze from his head. However, Blackbeard has killed countless people, has a stable mentality, and quickly calms down. He retreated again and again, until he vaguely grasped the source of the murderous aura, shouted, turned around and slashed out with a backhand.
The rusty black iron scimitar turned into a black poisonous snake more than ten meters long in midair, swallowed the fourth arrow into its mouth, and pounced on the archer as if dissatisfied. Blackbeard's arm shuddered involuntarily after the slash, and he had to stop and take a breath.
However, to his horror, the trick he was hiding was easily dodged by the other party. El's fingertips wrapped around the blue runes, and with a slight hook, the power of the waltz burst out, and the speed of his movement suddenly increased, and he used the dragon teeth inlaid on the dragon's tooth bow to push away the head of the black viper, and he took the opportunity to rush forward close to the snake's body.
"Hahaha, you dare to rush over as an archer, I think you're tired of being alive, aren't you?" Blackbeard couldn't help but laugh wildly when he saw El rushing over regardless of him.
The black iron scimitar and the steel axe collided with each other, rubbing sparks together. Blackbeard intentionally or unintentionally lured El to Palanti's tragic situation, but El didn't take his eyes off at all, just slashed at him with red eyes and axe after axe, pressing Blackbeard back step by step.
This guy is a stubble! The two fought only a few moves, and Blackbeard's heart sank. When he saw El give up the long-range advantage of the bow and arrow, he thought he was eager to save people, but he didn't expect this guy to be a complete madman. The ability to fight hand-to-hand combat is not very good, but it is used to fight with injuries for injuries.
Although Blackbeard's knife skills are tricky and spicy, if people don't care about the injury at all, no matter how many knives you cut, it will be in vain. When Blackbeard stabbed El in the chest, and he grabbed the weapon and almost cut off his arm, he immediately had the idea of retreating.
The enemy is not scary, the scary thing is that you simply don't know what you are facing. The cunning Blackbeard naturally doesn't joke with his precious life. As El pulled out his scimitar, he slipped and flew out more than a dozen meters away, and at the same time took out a hay-woven head doll from his pocket and twisted it into two pieces with a click.
Nothing happened......
El threw away the cutlass and stared at Blackbeard's movements with a cold face, not knowing what tricks he was doing.
"Roger, you son of a bitch?!" Blackbeard looked at the straw man in his hand dumbfounded, and his face finally turned pale. (Go read OM) (Jiangsu.com)