Chapter 44: Endgame
At this moment, two black shadows quickly ran towards this place from a distance, and soon stopped in the midst of a group of mercenaries, who were the same ones who had gone to pursue the middle-aged man before.
I saw that the faces of the two were middle-aged men in their thirties and forties, their faces were stained with blood, and they couldn't see their faces, and their bodies were covered with wounds, and their tattered clothes had been stained bright red with blood, and they were also pale on the faces of the two of them full of fortitude, but despite this, the bright eyes were still bright.
Seeing that the two of them returned empty-handed, it was obvious that they did not catch up with the middle-aged man who had escaped.
"Alas, that man's strength is good, and his speed is quite fast, although the strength of the two of us is stronger than him, but with our state at this time, we can't catch up with him at all, and finally let him escape. One of them spoke, his tone full of helplessness.
"Forget it, let him escape if he escapes, I didn't expect them to be a reckless bandit group, no wonder the strength is so strong, if it weren't for the mysterious master who helped in the dark this time, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to come back, and it would be fortunate that we could pick up a life this time." It was a burly middle-aged man who spoke, and by the light of the fire, it could be vaguely seen that the skin on his face was darker.
After listening to what the middle-aged man said, the other few mercenaries who went to kill the masters of the reckless bandit group and returned were all slightly moved, and from their eyes, there was actually a look of happiness and fear.
"Captain Koslin, are you alright? At this time, a mercenary came up to the middle-aged man and asked in a concerned tone.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man known as the head of the Koslin regiment lowered his head slightly, looked at the wounds on his body, shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm fine, I can still hold on." Saying this, the middle-aged man swept his eyes to the few mercenaries who were resisted by them on his shoulders, let out a long sigh, a look of grief flashed in his eyes, and he said in a low tone: "It's a pity that the knife, the dragon and the leader of the desert mercenary group all died in the hands of the masters of the reckless bandit group." ”
Hearing this, many mercenaries were full of sadness on their expressions, especially the members of the desert mercenary group, all of them were in extremely heavy moods, but for the mercenaries who had been roaming the Tianxuan Continent all the year round and had a lot of food on the knife edge, such a thing had obviously been experienced many times, and they had long been accustomed to being there, so everyone quickly calmed down.
"Brothers, although we have successfully retreated from the reckless bandit group, but this time we have only met their small troops, if we encounter their large troops or elite troops, we will have no way to live, so it is not advisable to stay here for a long time now, everyone immediately count the casualties, bury the brothers who died in battle, and then hurry overnight and leave here immediately. Captain Koslin said loudly.
Hearing this, the mercenaries suddenly became busy, among them the mercenaries who were seriously injured were escorted down to treat their injuries with medicine, and as for those mercenaries who were strong and not seriously injured, they were all arranged to dig pits and carry corpses.
Everyone is silently busy, the whole camp presents an eerie quiet, at this moment, no one speaks, they are all silently doing their own things, and the atmosphere is very solemn.
Ling Zun glanced around, and sighed secretly in his heart, this time the confrontation with the reckless bandit group, although it was the final victory, but it was a tragic victory, after this battle, the combined strength of the three mercenary groups was also greatly weakened, the number of people from hundreds to less than 100 people, the strength was less than one-third of the original, and the dozen or so masters who rushed out before, only five people came back, and all of them were injured, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, among them, even the head of a mercenary group was killed in the battle with the master of the reckless bandit group。
"Ling Zun, are you okay, the injuries on your body are not serious. At this moment, a somewhat familiar voice sounded in Ling Zun's ears.
Hearing this, Ling Zun looked back, only to see that Nangong Hu and Nangong Yue didn't know when they had come behind him, and the person who spoke was Nangong Hu, and Nangong Yue was supporting him on the side.
Obviously, Nangong Hu's state is not very good now, his face is sickly pale, the previous confrontation with the middle-aged man, Nangong Hu is not as easy as it seems, although the combat skills are super strong to exert his strength, but with his current strength, the use of combat skills will also cause a very large load on himself.
Ling Zun shook his head lightly and said, "I'm fine. Speaking of this, Ling Zun paused, looked at Nangong Hu with a somewhat complicated gaze, and said in a low voice: "Nangong Hu, your use of combat skills has been discovered by many mercenaries, along the way, you better be careful, and when you reach a safe place, get out of this caravan as soon as possible, otherwise, I'm afraid that some of them will do something unfavorable to you." ”
Hearing Ling Zun's words, Nangong Hu glanced at the mercenaries who were busy around him, smiled, and said, "Ling Zun, thank you for your kind reminder, I will be careful." Having said that, Nangong Hu's expression did not show the slightest worry, as if he didn't pay attention to these mercenaries at all.
Nangong Yue said on the side: "Don't worry, we won't have anything." The tone was very confident, and he didn't worry about their situation at all.
Although Ling Zun knew a little thing, he didn't say anything more and nodded.
An hour later, the entire caravan had been cleaned up, and the mercenaries who died in the battle were all buried in a big pit, as for the people of the reckless bandit group, none of them paid attention to them, their bodies were still lying there horizontally, and they hated the mercenaries of the reckless bandit group very much, and no one would collect their bodies for them at all.
And in this hour's time, Ling Zun also dealt with the wounds on his body so-so, and the coarse cloth clothes that had become tattered because of the fight with the middle-aged man had been changed by him, and before leaving, Ling Zun had prepared more than a dozen sets of clothes to put in the space ring, so he didn't have to worry about finding clothes to change at all.
"Let's go!"
When everything was ready, under the command of one of the leaders, the whole caravan set out again, ready to travel sleepless overnight, and after the attack of the reckless bandits, the caravan did not dare to stay here any longer, not even for a little longer.
After a battle with the Reckless Bandit Regiment, the caravan's defense force is greatly weakened, and there is no longer enough strength to deal with the next battle, after all, many members of the Reckless Bandit Regiment have escaped this time, if the caravan does not leave here, I believe that it will not be long before they will be surrounded by a large force of the Reckless Bandit Regiment, and at that time, they are really powerless.
Ling Zun climbed onto his mount, followed the caravan overnight in the dark, sat on horseback, Ling Zun took out the spirit juice, drank a big sip, and then closed his eyes slightly, silently running the chaotic power in his body to treat the injuries in his body, he had suffered several heavy blows from middle-aged men, Ling Zun was seriously injured, and the chaotic power in his body was also consumed too much, at this time, his physical state was a little difficult even for the most basic actions, not to mention combat effectiveness, and in this Tianxuan Continent, where danger would be encountered at any time, strength was the most important, so now Ling Zun did not dare to stop for a moment, and was working hard to restore his strength。
The caravan was moving fast on the official road, because everyone was worried that they would be caught up by reinforcements from the reckless bandit group, so the speed of advance was several times faster than before, but despite this, it was only a little faster than ordinary people walking, after all, there was a cart of goods there, and it couldn't be fast if it wanted to, even at the current speed, when passing through some uneven roads, there were several times when it almost overturned.
On horseback, Ling Zun still closed his eyes, running the chaotic power in his body to slowly recover his injuries, now because of the constraints of the environment, Ling Zun did not dare to devote himself to the state of treating his injuries at all, but even so, Ling Zun's recovery speed was not slow, because the chaos god body had a very strong recovery power.
The night passed in a hurry in the caravan, and throughout the night, no one in the caravan fell asleep, either hurrying to recover from his injuries, or he was highly concentrated, always paying attention to the movements around him, and everyone was afraid of meeting the reckless bandits again.
In the tense atmosphere of the mercenaries, the time of the night finally passed, but despite this, everyone still did not relax their vigilance, although after a night of hurrying they had stayed far away from the place where they had stayed, but they had not yet reached a safe place, in this area, there were still robbers and robbers at any time.
If this group of mercenaries are all in their heyday, they are naturally not afraid of ordinary robbers, but unfortunately after a battle with the reckless bandit group, not only are they all wounded, but also the personnel are greatly reduced, with their current strength, I am afraid that even if they meet ordinary robbers, there will be a bitter battle.
Although they can save their lives by throwing away some goods, the goods that can be sent to the dynasty are not cheap things, unless it is a last resort, whether it is those merchants or mercenaries, they are not willing to make such a choice.
When the fiery red sun slowly rose from the first line of heaven and earth, Ling Zun, who was sitting cross-legged on horseback and had not moved all night, finally opened his eyes slowly, and from his eyes, he could clearly find a strong joy and excitement.
After a night of treatment, Ling Zun's serious injuries had recovered as before, and even the depleted chaotic power in his body had reached a saturated state, so it could be said that Ling Zun's current state had completely reached its peak.
Moreover, at this time, Ling Zun could clearly feel that the chaotic power in his body now had increased a lot compared to before.