Chapter 22, Chase! Conspiracy and Discovery

Kiel was not far from the farmhouse wall where the thugs were hiding from crossbows. It was basically the distance from the gate to the door of the first farmer's house near the gate.

The thugs no longer heard the fatal whoosh of crossbow arrows piercing the air, so they boldly stuck their heads out of the earthen wall to see what was going on.

As a result, they saw an armored warrior covered in blood striding towards them.

"Damn it!" The leading thug was startled. When he was far away just now, he didn't notice what happened to this enemy. But now when he faced this person head-on, he could feel the burning murderous intent.

He screamed and planted the weapon upside down on the ground, then picked up a half-large rock on top of the earth wall and threw it fiercely towards Kiel: "Fuck me!"

But Kil glanced at the size of the stone in the opponent's hand, then stood his shield diagonally in front of him, actively faced the path of the stone, and blocked the opponent diagonally.

After taking two quick steps, Keir came to the four people.

He kicked hard on the side of a stone on top of the earth wall, and then the stone he kicked hit the leg of the lead thug. The man immediately hugged his thigh and groaned in pain.

But the remaining three thugs did not watch. At the same time, they waved their weapons and greeted Kil.

But with a few jingling sounds, Kil just stood there and swayed slightly, not injured. His breathing didn't even quicken.

The long sword in his hand unfolded horizontally, knocking the short sword out of one person's hand, and scratched the arms of the remaining two people.

With just a simple blow, the long sword ripped open the clothes and crude leather wrist guards of the two men's arms, directly tearing out scars half the length of their palms.

Blood spurted from the wound and the two men screamed, clutching the injured area with their other hands. But then came Kiel's next blow.

The person closest to him had his sword penetrated directly in the middle of his chest, and the leather jacket he wore had no protective effect at all.

Then Kiel raised his left hand to block a vicious machete attack.

when!

Sparks flew from the shield, and the thug on the opposite side who wielded a thick machete almost lost his weapon due to the repulsive force from the machete.

Kil ignored this man, holding the shield in his left hand, and pulled out the sword in his right hand from the enemy's chest, and then quickly swung it sideways to block the tricky blow of the merchant guild man who picked up the short sword again.

Knight Crow, who was leading people slowly forward in the distance, squinted his eyes and looked at Kiel's battle: "Five."

Kil felt that the low earth wall between him and these enemies was very troublesome. It greatly restricted his movement and made it difficult for him to get close to the opponent to fight.

So after once again using his shield to block the chop of the thick machete, he flipped forward, climbed over the half-man-high earth wall, and then rolled again, widening the distance between him and the three people behind him.

Seeing Keir climb over the blocking earth wall, the thug whose arm was scratched by the sword nervously shouted to the leading thug: "Quickly retreat! We are not opponents!"

The thug holding a thick machete glanced at the blunt edge of his machete and nodded: "Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!"

But before the injured thug could get happy, he was pushed in the back by the machete thug and the chamber of commerce guy holding a short knife.

He couldn't help but staggered towards Kil, who was getting up, his face full of panic and disbelief.

Kil frowned and looked at the scene in front of him. Although he didn't like the behavior of these people, he accepted the heads that were offered to him.

The shield in his left hand pressed against the opponent's arm and torso, while the long sword scraped the edge of the shield and sliced ​​open the man's neck.

As if that wasn't enough, Geer cut through the opponent's neck with the blade of the long sword like a hot knife cutting through butter. He then pulled the long sword with his backhand and cut off half of the guy's neck from the front.

"sixth."

The two thugs and chamber of commerce guys who had betrayed their own people kept their bodies low and were wary of crossbow arrows in the distance. They did not dare to take the main road, and instead trotted towards the wooden door of the farmhouse's main house.

"Go and open the door!"

The thug holding a thick machete in his hand pushed the chamber of commerce man. Although the man was unwilling, he glanced at the weapon in his hand, compared it with his own, and went up.

The thug hid himself behind the chicken coop in the front yard of the farmhouse. He turned around and saw with his own eyes the armored warrior slashing his companion's neck, then getting up and walking toward them.

He swallowed, and this time he held the thick machete tightly with both hands, preparing to sacrifice the boy who wielded the short sword and chop down the elite invading enemy.

The Chamber of Commerce has a lot of people. Compared with losing a few people who follow him, the record after killing the opponent's elite and the subsequent rewards are more important to him.

"I'm sorry, let me take the credit for this!" The thug grinned and stared closely at the armored warrior striding towards him.

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Kil wiped the sword with the corpse's clothes, stood up and walked towards the wooden door of the farmer's house next to him.

Outside the solid wooden door of this farmer's house, a trade union clerk holding a short knife was calling the door urgently, begging the farmer inside to let him in.

But no matter how much he yelled, begged, or cursed, the messy footsteps and the tone of rejection on the other side of the door drove him to a dead end.

But Keir felt something was wrong. This person was here, so where was the thug who led the gang?

He looked around and saw that the dark night had covered many places, not to mention that some fruit trees and raspberry-bearing shrubs were planted in the front yard of the farmer's house, and a well-made chicken coop also stood on the road in the middle of the yard.

Keir saw that the poultry raised in the chicken coop were sticking to the wooden fence at the door, sticking their heads out, flapping their wings, and not daring to go near the back of the chicken coop.

Kil stopped and stared straight in the direction of the chicken coop. After thinking for a moment, he struck the front of the shield with his long sword.

Clang, clang, clang.

The sound of metal tapping was like a prelude to an invitation to fight, and also like a cold warning.

Then, a tall man stood up angrily from behind the chicken coop. The man was holding a thick machete meant for two-handed use.

"Don't think that I'm afraid of you just because you're wearing iron armor! I'm the 'Severing Bones'. Remember my name, and don't forget who killed you after you die!"

After saying these arrogant words, the tall thug strode forward with a thick machete in the air. After being at a suitable distance, he struck hard at Kiel's head.

The corners of Kil's mouth curled up under his visor. Although the red-eyed mushroom candy pills he swallowed had not yet taken effect, Kil's stomach was already feeling warm. Between delaying time for the medicine to take effect and directly killing this person, Keir chose to kill this arrogant guy without any consideration.

Kil moved slightly with the soles of his feet, and with his eyes fixed on the opponent's body position and the length of the machete on his arm, he calculated the right moment, took half a step back, and let go of the heavy blow of the person in front of him with a gasp.

With a trembling sound, the thick machete struck the ground hard, but it did not hit the enemy as the thug expected or was barely blocked by the enemy's shield.

On Kiel's side, he took a step back and used the soles of his metal-wrapped feet to directly step on the back of the machete that had cut into the ground. The opponent wanted to pull the machete and attack again, but he pulled back and did not pull. When he was about to pull the machete for the second time, Kiel slashed down, directly cutting off the opponent's hands.

Bang, little bits of blood spattered, the poultry in the chicken coop screamed in shock, and some brown poultry had little blood stains on their bodies.

The thug's hands remained entirely on the handle of the machete on the ground, holding it tightly, and even though he lost control of his body and arms, he still didn't let go.

As for the thug, because he tried his strength when pulling him backwards, both his wrists were broken and he was thrown backwards.

He raised his handsless arms in front of his eyes and screamed something unknown.

The arrogance just now is gone at all.

Kiel raised his sword high and struck hard, smashing the man's head into pieces, thus finishing him.

"the seventh."

The Crow knight in the distance could barely see another result of Kiel's victory under the cover of the earth wall.

He waved his hand, and the militiamen moved on. He arranged the five militiamen with the most crossbows to the top of the guard tower next to the gate. The other militiamen were divided into groups of three or four, scattered on both sides of the road, using the walls of each house as cover to advance forward in sequence.

Shoot from a distance towards the center of the village where the road is connected to prevent the people on the other side from pressing over.

The knight himself was walking in the middle of the road with his horse riding a big thorn. However, this seemingly dangerous place is actually very safe, because there are militiamen covering both sides, and no one can rush here.

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After Killing the thug wielding a thick machete, Kil strode toward the last of the group.

At this time, the chamber of commerce guy was frightened, and he banged his body against the wooden door of the farmer's house crazily, hitting it with his shoulder.

If it was normal, the door would be broken down if it was done like this. But at this time, inside the wooden door, the farmer's family was also blocking the wooden door with all their strength, not daring to let the Ska Chamber of Commerce guys outside enter their home.

Even if I usually want to curry favor with the other party, it is too late.

At this time, it is absolutely impossible. After letting this person in, will the man in armor who killed people behind him also come in and kill people? The whole family in the house cannot just get involved in something that may lead to the death of the whole family.

"Don't come in, run away, we can't open the door. Go away, go away."

From the opposite side of the wooden door came the voice of a middle-aged farmer who was usually honest and humble, bending down and kowtowing when he saw anyone. The clerk from the Chamber of Commerce sat down on the ground and looked at the armored warrior who walked in. He tremblingly held the short knife with several broken parts in his hand.

"Don't come here, don't come here!"

His teeth chattered, and he even closed his eyes in nervousness.

Kil was speechless. When begging for mercy, he had to look like he was begging for mercy. He closed his eyes and held the weapon in his hand. What did this mean?

Of course, just because Keir thinks this way doesn't mean that he will really accept this man's surrender. Knight Crow has said before that in tonight's battle in Dead Leaf Village, except for the last stage, surrendered enemies cannot be accepted in other stages of the battle.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s simply that I can’t.

After all, including Kil, Knight Crow, and Mr. Huberock, there are only thirty-three people on their side.

The Ska Chamber of Commerce's permanent manpower here is at least fifty people, and counting the village manpower that will be mobilized later, there will be at least a hundred enemies waiting for them to defeat.

There were simply no manpower to control the surrendering enemy.

This is not like being in Pine Needles. At Pine Needles, the number of men Mr. Plant could muster gradually increased as they fought.

People from other chambers of commerce in the town will watch the battle between the two parties to provide assistance. They will help whoever wins.

Then take advantage of the situation to take advantage of the losing side.

But Dry Leaf Village is different. There is no support here in the middle of the night.

The opponent has more men, and Knight Crow plans to defeat all the enemies in the village who dare to resist.

This caused Kiel to look at the boy from the chamber of commerce in front of him begging for mercy. He didn't say much, but shouted loudly to the farmers behind the tightly closed wooden door: "Don't go out tonight, no matter what happens, Just stay at home. This is what will happen if you come out!"

Keir slashed the merchant boy who begged for mercy to death with a sword, and blood spattered to a large area around him. On the other side of the wooden door, they also guessed what Keel had done, and some timid children immediately began to cry.

But Kil still asked: "Remember? No matter what happens tonight, you are not allowed to come out!"

"My lord, my lord. We get it. Got it."

The middle-aged farmer's trembling voice sounded.

Kil paused, turned and left.

He searched the weapons of the dead people and found them still on the open dirt road in the village. These are trophies, and you can take them with you when you return.

He came to Knight Crow, and the knight nodded to Kil: "Very good, there are already eight. However, the militia's results are not small, you have to work hard."

Kil looked towards the center of the village, where the lights were gradually brightening, and found that some people from the Ska Chamber of Commerce had been shot to the ground on the far side of the road. Some people were dead and lying motionless on the ground. Others were still breathing heavily, even if they were bleeding, they moved their hands and feet and crawled to the side of the road.

"My lord, I follow your orders."

Although there was some urgency in his heart, Kil still felt that his test was more important than tonight's battle.

"Well, there is a small hotel along the road ahead. There are more than a dozen men from the Chamber of Commerce inside who rushed in just now. There are enemies with bows inside. Take that hotel and clear out the enemies inside. Can you do it? "

Knight Crow pointed to a hotel along the road ahead on the right. Many chaotic sounds were coming from the second-floor hotel. Then a wooden window on the second floor of the hotel opened, and an archer leaned out half of his body and began to move toward them. Shoot arrows.

"Be careful to avoid enemy arrows."

Knight Crow told everyone, and then on the gate tower behind them, five militiamen took advantage of the good view from a high place and shot a few arrows towards the second floor of the hotel, immediately scaring the archer back.

But soon, the other party opened several other wooden windows on the same floor, and instead of lighting up the room with oil lamps, he shot directly at the militiamen outside.

Now the militiamen standing on the guard tower could not see from which house the enemy fired arrows, and naturally they could not suppress them.

Fortunately, it was probably the first time for the enemy to encounter such a situation, and they were obviously very nervous. Although they kept shooting from house to house, they did not hit the militiamen hiding in the courtyards of houses on both sides of the road.

But this also blocked the possibility of the militiamen continuing to advance.

Kiel saw the situation clearly and immediately took the order and rushed forward.

Target - a village inn occupied by the enemy.

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Kil lowered his body slightly and used the earthen wall beside the road in the village as a bunker to cover himself as he moved forward.

But both sides were lighting up with a lot of torches, and there were many people from both sides watching the warring streets.

Seeing armored warriors like Kiel advancing, people from the Ska Chamber of Commerce immediately shouted loudly to give directions to the archers in the hotel.

Whizzing.

Two bows and arrows, one behind the other, shot towards Kiel. One of them was a little too high and went past Kiel's back, but the other one hit Kiel's right arm.

However, Kil only felt his arm shake, and the steel armor on the upper right arm made a loud impact.

The metal arrowhead was installed on the outside of the joint between the shoulder armor and the arm armor, which was the most heavily protected part of the entire arm. Sparks flew everywhere. The arrow was flattened and then hit the shoulder armor and then hit Kiel's neck armor.

"Uh." Kil was stunned for a moment. Apart from feeling the impact from the right side, he didn't feel anything else.

"Um?"

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the arrow shot he had been worried about before seemed to be unable to hurt him wearing iron armor?

Thinking of this, Kil stood up straight, put his shield in front of his visor, covering his helmet and visor, which was the weakest part of his body, and then walked towards the hotel in a grand manner.

Immediately afterwards, the arrow shot by the archer on the second floor of the hotel came again.

Whoosh!

clang!

The arrow hit Kil's helmet and burst out a cluster of sparks.

The militiamen behind Kiel were startled, but then they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Kiel just tilted his neck and then continued to move forward.

"This desperate brat!" Knight Crow cursed angrily, and then arranged for five people to retreat to the fields outside the village, preparing to ambush enemies who might come to outflank them from outside the village.

Kil shook his head and smiled proudly.

The armor that cost a lot of money and put a lot of effort into did not disappoint him.

The ordinary bow and arrow arrows that he had worried about when he was wearing hard cowhide armor no longer worried him this time.

He touched the place where the bow and arrow had hit with his fingers, and he could feel the arrow leaving a shallow scratch on the helmet from the steel armor gloves.

In the entire armor, he asked Ganner craftsmen to use the best steel for the helmet. Moreover, the internal design of the helmet is also very complex, which is to prevent impact, and the weight of the thick helmet can fall from the neck armor to the chest armor, relieving the weight and fatigue of the neck.

Looking at it now, it really works.

Kil took two more steps, passed the shooting sight of the archers on the second floor of the hotel, and then rushed straight to the hotel.

Using the torches lit by the enemies at the Ska Chamber of Commerce, he saw that the sign of the hotel was a wine glass sleeping on a wooden bed, and the name of the hotel was written underneath the sign.

‘Good wine and good dreams’