Chapter 18: The Final Moment
85_85536 William then handed John the trumpet and the arrow. And he told him the rules and points of blowing and shooting.
John frowned, with a sad face, presumably a little unable to remember, and he couldn't help but say to William:
"Young master, I don't have a good memory, and I don't react very quickly. Can you look at something else, a different way?"
William cheered him up:
"I don't have the strength and strength to blow the horn or shoot the arrow into the air. Her Royal Highness the princess naturally can't either. Of the three of us, you are the only one who has the strength. If you can't, we're sure to be debunked.
Princess Elise and I, and yourself, the lives of the three of us are in your hands, John, my good friend, I have all entrusted you with it. ”
William pressed John's shoulder and said to him.
"I'm dead and nothing. But the lives of the young master and Her Royal Highness Princess Elise—" John muttered to himself, and then nodded firmly, "I know, young master." It's all wrapped around me!"
"That's fine. William was relieved to hear him say this, smiled and nodded, and continued to repeat these points and rules over and over again. In the end, this thing is not too cumbersome, although John is a little stupid, but after William taught it over and over again, he can barely grasp it. After watching the guy open his strong bow and shoot an arrow representing "nothing" into the air, William breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, let's hurry up. ”
After this, William and his party continued to move forward. Every once in a while, John would send out a different signal with a bullhorn or an arrow, making false contact with the other centaur search teams. No one saw that there was a fake. After a long time, Her Royal Highness Princess Elise and John were completely relieved. The three of them stepped up their speed and fled towards the outskirts of the forest, seeing that there was still some more distance, and they could really escape-
At the same time, in the forest, the other members of the hunting party were almost killed. As the time went on, the sun gradually turned westward, and it was now dusk, and it was almost night. And after dark, the difficulty of the search will also increase significantly.
In addition, now, it is getting closer and closer to the Barony of Hereford, the main area of human activity. If you don't pay attention and attract the attention of Baron Otto, then this operation can be regarded as a failure.
That said, time is running out for the centaurs. If you don't catch Princess William and Elise before sunset, the operation will be a failure.
Under such tremendous pressure, Sailei, who was originally full of confidence and felt that he would definitely win, became more and more anxious.
"Did he really get away with it? No, no. If it was that person, he might have escaped—but the princess wasn't a great person. Women's bodies are much worse than men's. Even if you try your best to escape, you can't get too far.
It makes sense that she should have been caught a few hours ago. But why is there still no news?!"
Selei's brain was running at high speed, desperately thinking about what was wrong with the whole thing. But after thinking about it, he still can't think of what he got wrong, what he didn't think of, what omissions, what fallacies, what things are so -
He forced himself to be calm, to think as coldly as a machine, not to mix the slightest personal emotion, arrogance, and discouragement:
"Is it good to hide? No, I believe that the other party does not have that ability, and I believe in my warriors, who will never be deceived by the slightest trick of a little girl—no, what if it is the other way of thinking? If it is the same person who deceived them, Wilhelm von Hereford, then the situation is different. ”
In this way, Seray came to the first conclusion: Princess Elise was acting with William.
In other words, if you find it, it's a win-win, and if you can't find it, you don't have anything...... It's really exciting. Sele smiled with ill intentions and excitement, and then said something to himself:
"In this way, that guy's footsteps will also be dragged down by Her Royal Highness the Princess. In other words, the possibility that the other party has fled to a safe area is very small......"
As a result, Sele came to a second conclusion: William and Princess Elise were still in the range of his search and had not left:
"So, how did they evade the search, and where did they hide, or, conversely, if I were them, what should I have done to escape the pursuit and hunting of the centaur warriors?"
Think, think, think, think...... But no matter how much you think about it, you can't think of it, there is no way, there is no reason, there is no idea. It was as if there was an invisible wall blocking Sailei's train of thought. This kind of depression, this kind of helplessness makes Sailei almost go crazy-
It was at this time that Sele heard the sound of a bull's horn. Immediately afterward, arrows representing "safe and sound" also rose into the air - this was the second time that all search teams had reported "safe and sound". This situation made Sai Lei even more unhappy.
"It's too slow—"
It was after this that Sele sensed that something was wrong. The southernmost squad was advancing at a pace that was not as fast as it could have been. From where they were when they fired the arrows, it was clear that the legs of these guys were not like centaurs galloping in the wind, but like ......
"It's like a human being. ”
Sele couldn't help but say something - and then, his eyes lit up, and he finally grasped the key to the matter - yes, like a human - or rather, human. Yes, it's humans! A grain of sand is hidden somewhere it will not be found, the standard answer before that is on the beach - but no, the insane madman will desperately spend a thousand years, ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years looking at every grain of sand on that beach. It's just a bastard plan in terms of time and manpower. He will put up a huge obstacle for those who are looking for him, but he will not be able to solve the problem completely.
"The real answer is to look for the sand in the body of the person there. For a moment, Sailei only felt that his spiritual cultivation had been sublimated again, and the spiritual power that had not been promoted for a long time boiled like lava in an instant.
"Yes, good, very good! Couldn't be better! Wilhelm von Hereford! You're such a good opponent, you couldn't be smarter!!Unfortunately, I'm not stupid!"
After a chilling burst of laughter, Seile's face turned grim and terrifying—he finally understood William's tactics. At the same time, he also understood the reason that had shackled his thinking before this - he never expected William to have the ability to kill three centaur warriors quietly.
The combat power of the centaur warriors far beyond the limits of human beings was originally the greatest guarantee for Sailei, and it was also the link that he thought was the least likely to fail.
Beneath the firmament, above the earth, Sele never felt that the strength and courage of any species could surpass that of his own people. He'd always believed that other races might be quicker, smarter, more cunning, better at making, inventing, smelting, better at magic, more beloved by the gods than they were—but, when it came to strength and bravery, centaurs were unparalleled.
Three centaur warriors work in a group to search in a dragnet style. The target is a group of underage human half-sized children, as well as a group of unsuccessful squires and slaves. Sai Lei felt that there was no better expression of the phrase "overkill" in this world than this matter.
The result was unexpected, and it made Seret feel that he had been greatly insulted, and at the same time shattered one of the creeds that supported him. At this moment, Seret's eyes were full of the brilliant light that erupted when William drew his sword with him. That kind of speed and skill made Sailei dazzled.
This was followed by a mouthful of blood, which was violently vomited. Startled the surrounding centaur warriors. However, it was only after this mouthful of blood was spit out that Sere's spiritual power, which was boiling like magma, stabilized again—at this point, his spiritual power was no longer under the Centaur Shaman who was shot by William.
"It's okay, it's okay. Seray viciously wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then said, "Let's go." ”
"Let's go, where are we going?" the centaur entourage beside him was inexplicable.
"Yes...... Let's meet a few friends. Seret replied.
He smiled heartily