Chapter 0449: Zedi Demon
Newt, the barber, led the fleet eastward, the waterway was lined with tall reeds, the inside of which were the easiest to ambush, but the runaway guides had been gone for quite some time, and they had not encountered any ambushes.
This made everyone relax their vigilance, and if the guide was really a spy, their fleet should have been attacked when it turned around and lost in the waterway.
In fact, it doesn't.
Newt trusted Victalion's judgment, and the frog-eater guides were afraid that they would be killed by the Iron People before leading them to the Three Towers, and that the Reed family would know that they were the spies who led the Iron People into Carlin Bay.
The guides took the first step to protect themselves, and they were not spies sent by the Reed family.
Newt took off his helmet and rowed through the night, already too hot to go. The reeds on both sides are too high for the waterway to be impermeable.
However, this move was wrong, and Victarion did not dare to slack off in the reeds, and in addition to the names of frogeaters and clay people, the Zedi people also had a very feared name: Zedi Demon.
The devil's name is not called for nothing.
Just as Newt had just removed his helmet and felt a chill of comfort, an arrow shot out of the reeds beside him, and when he heard the sound of the bowstring, Newt had already been hit in the head.
Newt planted the onion upside down in the water, and heard a loud noise in the water, and several highly venomous lizards came out of the water and pounced on Newt, and the blood on Newt's forehead attracted them.
The knights and soldiers on the shell ship were in an uproar, and swords, spears, and axes were poked into the water. More knights and warriors raised their shields, and they heard the sound of bowstrings, the moment Newt fell to the surface.
The name of the Zedi Demon comes from the poison used by the Zedi people.
As long as the skin is scratched a little by the arrows of the Zedi people, without the antidote of the Zedi people, within half a day, the person will definitely die. Scratching the skin is a trivial injury, who doesn't scratch a little skin in battle? But being scratched by the arrows of the Zedi people, you will soon lose your strength, although it will take a few hours to die, but these hours are hellish torture for people, high fever, fatigue, pain, wound decay, incontinence, and so on.
Hit by the swords and arrows of the Zedi, he would rather die immediately.
This is also the origin of the name of the Zedi Demon.
Newt would have been killed by an arrow in his forehead, but the lizard's sudden appearance still made the knights and soldiers want to save him, but soon Newt was dragged into the water by the lizard.
"There is an enemy in the reeds. A knight shouted.
So, the news passed down one after another, and the iron seeds of the Second Legion were suddenly frightened.
Being ambushed by the Zedes in the swamp was nothing short of a disaster.
The spears were revealed, the swords and tomahawks were all revealed, and the shell boat continued to row eastward, however, the waterway ahead had turned a bend, and in order to continue eastward, it was necessary to abandon the ship and enter the reeds.
The ironmen did not dare to abandon the ship and go ashore.
The people of Zedi can walk through the reeds, they can't, not to mention the poisonous snakes and lionds, the swamp that devours people will eat people at any time, and there will be no scum left.
Strange to say, after Newt was shot dead, there was no more sound in the reeds, and the shell ships approached the reeds, and the spears, swords, and axes of the warriors poked into the reeds, but there was nothing unusual in the reeds.
After tossing and turning several times, the ironmen on the shell ship gave up this stupid move and accelerated forward, and since the waterway in front of them was bending, they had to turn in first.
The shell boat passed safely through one bend after another, and suddenly, the shell boat at the back seemed to be stuck in something and could not move, it turned out that there were several long bamboo poles stretched out of the reeds, and the bamboo poles were tied with barbs, and several barbs were put on the boat gang, and they worked hard together, and the shell boat was a light boat, and one person could carry it on the shoulder. Suddenly, someone pulled one side hard, and the shell boat immediately tilted, and the people on the boat gang suddenly fell into the water.
With a shout, several hooks were violently forced, and the shell boat flipped over with a bang, and the iron people on board fell into the water one after another, and were covered under the ship. Poisonous snakes, lions, and poisonous insects and leeches that don't know their names have popped up one after another, as if they had been in ambush for a long time and were ready to bite.
The armored iron people fell into the water and sank, and the iron people who were not wearing armor didn't have time to make life-saving actions, and their arms and thighs were bitten and entangled by something invisible, and they were not poisoned and bitten to death, but they were also frightened at that moment.
Although Viktarion's legions are extremely brave and have the habit of heavy armor, more than half of the brothers in the army of 2,000 people do not have heavy armor, and heavy armor costs money, and most of the iron people are not rich. They don't have their own land, relying on the sea to fish is the way of cowards and fishermen to make money, their rules of life are to win by force over hard work, most of the warriors, not rich, can not wear heavy armor, some cannon fodder level iron warriors, not even light armor on their bodies.
Several adjacent boats watched the scene, and some of the Iron People rowed to the rescue, and some brave Iron People warriors jumped up into the reeds to pursue the enemy, but soon after he jumped up, the cursing and begging ceased, and they were not seen returning from the reeds.
"There is an enemy attack, and there are demons in ambush in the reeds. A knight shouted.
"Everyone, be careful, shield the body, and row eastward. β
"We have fallen into the trap of the Zedi Demon, so be careful, don't go near the reeds, and walk in the middle of the waterway. β
"Speed up rowing and rush out. A knight shouted.
So the shell boat in front of it accelerated rowing.
The shell boat is light, the two ends are cocked, and the shape of the boat is like a willow leaf, because it is light, so the acceleration will be very fast when rowing, which can be described as the speed of the arrow.
With two booms, the shell boat in front of the accelerated rowing suddenly flew up from the water, it turned out that the iron chain was suddenly pulled up on the water, the bow of the light boat crossed the iron chain, but the bottom of the boat scraped on the iron chain, and in the case of acceleration, the shell boat flew up, broke away from the water, and subverted in the air.
The knights and soldiers on the ship fell βinto the water one after another, and the waterway in the swamp seemed calm as a mirror and no threat, but as soon as a person fell into the water, many nameless poisonous insects and water beasts were dispatched.
The boat behind immediately stopped moving, and a thick iron chain was pulled on the waterway. Without acceleration, you can't rush through. If the acceleration rushes over, the boat will capsize.
"Retreat, retreat!" the ironmen shouted in panic.
They folded several boats and dozens of men, but they did not see even the shadow of the enemy.
"When you go ashore, where there are chain piles, it's hard ground. There must be Zedi demons in the reeds, taking them hostage and forcing them to take us away. A brave knight shouted.
So several ships came ashore, and the knights and soldiers on board jumped ashore and killed them in the direction of the chains in the reeds.
After a few shouts and screams from the reeds, everything fell silent.
Obviously, the brothers who went ashore were more than lucky.
This series of events greatly hit the morale of the Second Legion, and the knights and soldiers on the Shell Ship were all uneasy, and the Legion that had lost its leader was leaderless, but it had not yet collapsed.
They still have hundreds of combat power, they can fight, the key is, where is the enemy?
Enemies are everywhere, but where exactly is the enemy?
"Paddle back. A knight shouted, his voice already full of panic.
Zedi Demon's name is really not called for nothing.
You must know that for thousands of years or tens of thousands of years, no one has conquered the neck by land and water.