Chapter Twenty-Four: The Knight's Persistence
The young vampire raised his hand again, and a dark light flew out of his palm, circling around the target's body and disappearing without a trace, while the bodies of the two mercenaries quickly dried up and shrank, as if all the water was instantly sucked away by the black light.
"Withered hand!" Pomma landed on the ground, a look of disbelief in her eyes.
This kind of high-level dark skill has only been heard of in a tavern in a big city before, but I didn't expect it to finally appear in front of my eyes one day, does this indicate some kind of ending, Poma's mouth is a little bitter.
"Courage is commendable," the vampire shook his head, as if he couldn't bear the fate of the mercenary.
His gaze swept over everyone's faces, and the remaining four bandits seemed to have regained their senses after he entered, and no longer frantically continued to fight, but stood in place sweating profusely.
They looked at the corpses all around them, the blood that had begun to turn black deep in the dirt, and the deep and shallow scars on their bodies, and their confused eyes slowly turned to fear, and then they began to retreat in a vague manner, a little further away from the vampire.
But the latter froze them in place with a single look, and never dared to take a step again.
The vampire smiled and said, "It's a testament to your ability to survive until now, and soon you'll no longer be afraid of me, Bernie, and take them out of here." ”
The tall strong man with his hands and his wounded hands came to the side, and under the signal of his eyes, the four bandits followed behind without saying a word, and walked in the direction of the rider.
"Who allowed you to leave?"
The abrupt words broke the silence suppressed by the vampire's might, and it was the knight girl who spoke, she took two steps forward with her long sword, and the tip of the sword pointed in the direction of the vampire, "Committing such a crime and just thinking about leaving?"
The strange man raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh, do you really want to keep fighting?"
"Yes," Caterina said, standing up straight, showing a firm will.
The rest of the mercenaries panicked.
"Let's go, if they want to go, she doesn't mean we all want to die here......
"I've had enough...... I don't want to be in the ...... I want to live......"
People are like this, they are full of conviction at the beginning, and if they are allowed to fight until death, they may not think much about anything else, but once they stop and find that they are still alive, they may lose the courage to continue fighting, and this cannot be blamed on them, who has experienced such a battle, and their courage will be exhausted by the cruel reality.
However, after losing confidence and courage, judgment will also decline, so it is difficult to understand the "crazy" behavior of female knights.
Leon was also taken aback at first, but after a little thought, he probably guessed Katerina's intentions - at the end of the battle, a powerful enemy finally appeared, was it just to say a few nonsense words on the field, not to mention the bloodthirsty expression of the bandits in the battle, which proved that there were hidden secrets in this unusual battle, and how could they let go of the living of the opposing camp.
The vampire clearly only treats the humans who survive as playthings, and plays with them with some kind of psychological cue, so that the poor people mistakenly think that the battle seems to be over and that they can still live.
How can it be?
Countless novels, movies, and games from his previous life vividly express the personalities of good guys, bad guys, traitors, rotten people, etc., and how vampires' psychological tricks can be compared to those who come with thousands of years of knowledge, although Leon may not think of using these methods, but he will compare them, and he can see through the sinister intentions of young vampires by picking out a few from his memory - nothing more than trying to play tricks on these humans before killing them.
The vampire was completely unaware that his thoughts had been recognized, and he smiled to himself and asked indifferently, "How many people can you represent?"
"You can represent me," Li Ang picked up the conversation as soon as possible.
"Oh, first-order professionals, you ...... like this."
Before the vampire finished laughing, the priest girl who quietly came behind Li Ang also poked her head out, and continued, "Sister Caterina can completely represent me. ”
Pomma hesitated for a moment and chimed in, "Me too." ”
In addition to them, there were a few mercenaries left looking at each other, their eyes full of panic.
The militia was wiped out except for Santan, and his heart was struggling at the moment, he looked at Katarina, then at Leon, and finally said, "Count me in!"
The echo of the next few people did not attract the attention of the other party at all, he had been attracted by the priest girl who had just poked her head out, and her eyes as if she had discovered something new startled Sophia, and she hurriedly retracted behind Li Ang.
The red glow in the vampire's eyes flickered and dimmed, as if he had fallen into a strange mood, but he quickly came to his senses.
"Interesting...... Interesting!" he laughed abruptly, "a...... A priest?
Friend or foe, they were a little confused by the young vampire's crazy changes, and didn't know what he was laughing at.
Suddenly, a man appeared beside him, it was one of the four riders not far away, he couldn't see it when he was riding a horse, and now he noticed that his body was unusually tall.
"My lord, she is a priest, even if you like it, you can't bring it back, otherwise the Marquis will ......"
The vampire was stunned, he seemed to have just come to his senses, looked at this "smart" subordinate, hesitated for a moment before saying, "You're right, haha, shouldn't she go back......"
It seemed that he still couldn't help but laugh at himself. But then the smile immediately dissipated, and his body shook, and there was an extremely seriously injured person in his hand, it was the bandit who was lying on the ground and swallowing blood before.
"Alright...... Today I am satisfied," he said, with a very formal aristocratic etiquette, placing his right hand near his heart, bowing slightly, "In gratitude for your hospitality, I, Viscount Leonardo Burtreme, will reward you with a dignified death." ”
There was another burst of maniacal laughter, and he suddenly disappeared in place, appeared on his horseback, and casually threw the bandit he was carrying to one of his subordinates, "Barlow, except for that priest, kill the rest of the people, and then it's your time!"
Barlow stood and bowed slightly in the direction of the vampire Leonardo, and then threw his cloak into the sky with a "swish", showing a burly figure that surpassed the sum of the two warriors on the field.
"Poma, let's go, the rest of you watch out!"
Dropping a word, the knight girl immediately launched a surprise attack, slamming into Barlow's body with a sword.
Poma gritted his teeth, snatched the long sword in the hands of the mercenaries next to him and also launched a charge, forming a corner with Caterina, so that the other party could not take care of the left and right at the same time, as an experienced mercenary captain, the angle he chose was perfect.
And Sophia prayed the blessing of "Divine Magic: Blessing" on the body of the knight girl and the mercenary leader at an astonishing speed, and a hint of mockery flashed in Barlow's eyes, he had no weapon, and opened his arms to meet him in both directions at the same time.
Two dull crashing sounds sounded one after the other, and the impact of the power formed two whirlwinds that rolled up countless sandstorms, blinding everyone's eyes for a while, only to feel that a black shadow flew out of the sandstorm at a faster speed, and then fell down and tumbled and fell to the ground more than ten meters away.
"Katarina!"
"Sister Katerina!"
Leon and Sophia exclaimed at the same time, and they immediately chased after them, and Leon took the first step and immediately held the knight girl who was lying on the ground coughing up blood in his arms.
People were stunned, and at first they thought that the enemy was knocked out by the power of two second-order professions attacking at the same time, but they didn't expect the result to be completely opposite.
"Ahem...... He is a third-order ...... Dark Seeker," Caterina struggled as she coughed up blood.
Cold sweat immediately ran down the back of Leon's ears, "It's over...... This perverted vampire turned out to be a third-order professional with any of his guards, could it really be that he would be in a catastrophe this time?"
The dust cleared, revealing the tall Barlow, who held Caterina's sword in one hand and crumpled it lightly, while the other hand tightly choked the mercenary leader's neck.
He didn't care about the person in his hand at all, his bloodthirsty eyes kept staring at the other mercenaries, and then with a force of his palm, with the sound of bones shattering, Poma's corpse slid weakly to the ground.
Barlow casually threw away the scrap of brass and iron, and with a burst of unparalleled power from his legs, he rushed to the stunned mercenaries like lightning, and kicked one of them in the chest with a casual kick.
How long does it take for a 3rd Tier Profession to kill 5 1st Tier 1 Professionals?
It only took 5 kicks, and in less than 2 seconds, Barlow ended the battle, and all 5 mercenaries, including Santan, were turned into corpses.
Leon's lips were pale, and the number of people in front of Barlow could not be hindered at all, this is the power of the strong, he was not afraid of death, but he hated this feeling of powerlessness.
"You guys get out of here...... I can still stop him...... Hurry up," I don't know what force supported the knight girl, she held on to Leon's chest, trying to stand up.
Leon hugged her tightly and let her lie down in his arms again, but Caterina's words caught the attention of the enemy, and Barlow looked at the girl in Leon's arms with a cruel and fierce gleam in his eyes, and disappeared in place again.
Almost without thinking, Leon pushed Caterina behind him and shouted to Sophia, "Protect her!"
Then he was struck by a force, and he could no longer describe how strong it was, except that countless scenes were tumbling in front of him, and each time he spurted a large amount of blood from his mouth, and then fell heavily on the hard ground.
Barlow shook his hand, he tilted his head to look at Leon dozens of feet away, and smiled wordlessly, as if mocking the young man's senseless sacrifice.
Then he stared at Caterina again.