Chapter 94, Attack From the Wind

After the Kendal army was organized, they guided the stone pillars along the trade routes distributed on the grassland.

Each stone pillar is built at a distance that can be seen from each other. As long as it doesn't rain or fog, you can clearly see without getting lost and taking the wrong path on the endless grassland.

Knight Rumi lengthened the duration of each section of the march, and at the same time shortened the rest time in between. Relying on this method of squeezing the militiamen's physical strength, they tried to walk an extra distance during this period when the strong wind did not blow again.

Kiel rode a horse and patrolled the outer edge of the army with his men, taking advantage of the height advantage of the horse to keep an eye out for monsters that might be hiding in the grass along the army's path.

Yesterday, I learned from Bloodyster next to me that there are two common attack methods of this kind of harpies. Either they use their exceptionally good sight to spot the movement route of people and horses from a distance, and then rush to the route in advance. In the tall grass nearby, after waiting for someone to approach, he jumped out of the grass, grabbed the person and flew up.

Or the harpies take advantage of the local strong winds to attack from the air, break into the crowds who are just avoiding the strong wind, grab the prey directly, and then fly away with big thorns.

At this time, the strong wind on the Strange Wind Grassland has not yet begun to blow, and Kiel and the others are on guard against the former.

Click, click, click, click——

The running horses, under the control of their riders, trampled straight towards any suspicious patch of grass next to the army.

After a while, although no harpies were found in the tall grass that were intent on attacking, there were quite a few large and small beasts with green fur. They were trampled by the horses and jumped out of the tall grass in a panic, heading straight towards them. Running deep into the grassland.

Naturally, there were also those who were in a panic and did not look at the direction. They just ran away and rushed towards the passing brigade of militiamen.

Well, if one person is facing a sharp-mouthed beast, the Kendall militiamen may be a little worried, but whether it is the militia teams on the left and right sides or the militia teams in the front, there are not hundreds of people gathered there. Together, a single beast could make the militiamen barely yawn.

At this time, facing the green-furred beast that was rushing towards them in a panic, the militiamen in the front row just put down their spears and pointed the spear tips in the direction of the beast from a few meters away.

Phew. Phew.

The beast was unable to retreat at this time. Facing the tips of several spears in front of it, it had no choice but to run into it and was stabbed through by the sharp spear points.

As for the beasts rushing towards the grassland, the men and horses in Kiel's team ignored them.

"Ste, it looks like there are no harpies hiding in the grass. Maybe they won't come?" Kil was a little relaxed. Although he hoped to deal with more monsters, he was the one who took the risk and fought with him alone. Responsibility, after all, he needs monster meat to supplement nutrition.

But there is no need for others in the team to bear this extra risk and casualties.

Bloody Fangster looked at Kil, who was wearing a suit that wrapped his whole body in solid metal. Worry and envy coexisted in his eyes. He said, "It's best this way, but I'm afraid those guys will all choose to do it when the wind blows." Dismount the attack team."

After hearing this, Kil was a little worried. The strong wind here was indeed strange. It blew up out of thin air. The wind was strong and lasted for a long time. This was a trouble for anyone and life, but those monsters that could fly were actually the wind. Like the favorite in the wind, not only is it not affected, but it has an advantage in strong winds.

As he spoke, the grassland that was originally just a gentle breeze began to ripple with grass waves from a distance.

Strong winds are invisible to the naked eye, but after the force of this movement envelops objects, they can be seen with the naked eye.

Broken blades of grass and delicate flowers of various colors were blown by the wind and flew up to the sky with a roar, twisting and entangled in the air. With the gradually increasing wind sound, they all rushed towards human beings.

The nose smells a strong scent of grass, mixed with the faint scent of various flowers. But the ears suffered at the same time. The mouths of other people around him opened and turned, but they could not hear clearly what was said.

Everything was suppressed by the roaring sound caused by the strong wind.

On the vast grassland, large tracts of green grass swayed with the strong wind. One moment, they were all blown down by the wind, like a blanket, and then they were like the most humble slaves. The next moment, they were swinging wildly from side to side, as if they were blown by the disorderly and violent wind. The weak woman was choked by this invisible thug.

Grass that is not healthy and tough enough will break its stems, and its long blades will be blown up by the wind and fly into the sky.

At this time, human beings must wrap themselves in a dense cloak, because the blades of grass are blown up and down by the wind, and the sharp edges of the blades are quite sharp, and can easily cut a gash on a cheek without a beard. The back of the gloveless hand showed a tear.

Yesterday, the Kendall people, who had experienced local strong winds for the first time, suffered a small loss, so the militiamen wrapped the cloth strips distributed around their palms to protect the backs of their hands. The militiamen's faces under their leather-wood helmets were simply wrapped with cloth strips, and then they put on their helmets to protect their faces from being scratched by flying blades of grass.

"The wind is blowing! Everyone, pay attention! Be careful of the sky!"

Kil shouted loudly in a bad tone, and the baron's guards and Bloodfangsters who heard his words all nodded in agreement.

Although they were still riding horses, everyone focused at least half of their energy on looking at the sky, wary of flying monsters that might take advantage of the situation.

Kil was still turning his head to look for possible attacks. Bloodfangster, who had had more dealings with harpies, used his experience to look upwind of the strong wind. He immediately saw something blowing. In mid-air among the debris, I saw a few gray dots sliding past with folded wings.

"Kiel! Kiel! Over there! Look over there! They're in that direction!"

Bloodfangster yelled a reminder, which immediately attracted the attention of others. Looking along the finger of the middle-aged caravan guard, what flashed past in that direction were several harpies.

Kil's eyesight was better, and the others hadn't yet been able to distinguish these harpies from the grass, stems, leaves and flowers mixed in the sky. He just stared at the cunning monsters gliding left and right in the wind.

It seems that they noticed that Kiel and the others had discovered them before the attack. These monsters with better vision actually adjusted their attack targets under the cry of the leading harpy monster, targeting good targets on the edge of the militia team. It was replaced by several people from Keir.

"呷-呷-呷-"

The strange scream was sharp and harsh, seemingly unaffected by the strong wind, and could be heard from a long distance away. It not only caused pain in the ears of Kiel and others, but also caused a lot of pain in the militia team on the left next to Kiel. Startled.

In the panic, someone fell down due to weak feet, but was quickly picked up by a group of companions.

Keir kept his eyes on those monsters, and found that when they screamed, several monsters would make sharp and piercing screams together, amplifying each other's momentum, making it even more frightening.

"Sure enough, they found us." Kil muttered to himself.

It seems very likely that in Thor Village, Knight Crow killed the harpy monster that attacked in the middle of the night, but was still targeted by these other monsters.

But this is not the time to complain. If you encounter a monster, of course you have to kill it. Is it difficult to keep the offspring?

Kil stared at the monsters flying left and right in the sky, and the monsters seemed to be eyeing a few of them. After thinking about it, Kil turned around and shouted: "Follow me!"

Then he hit his horse and ran towards the front of the army, and the others immediately followed.

When the militia troops were grouped just now, Kiel noticed that Knight Rumi transferred several more combat-effective militia teams to the front team. Kiel probably understood the profound meaning of this.

It is far better to concentrate the teams that are likely to fight back against the monster than to spread them out evenly. Together, even if the front team does not have the support of the knight command, they alone should be able to prevent the monsters from succeeding easily.

At the same time, the teams on the left and right sides can also receive quick support from the Rumi Knight on a war horse, so that the Rumi Knight will not be exhausted from running to the left and right.

In this way, after being targeted by these bold harpies, Kil took them and placed the battlefield in a place that was most beneficial to him.

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But Kiel thought very well, but when he and his companions left the militia team on the left, they had not yet entered the support range of the front militia team.

Several monsters flying in the sky seemed to have seen the opportunity and the flaw, and they immediately folded their wings and spread out to fly down the wind without even chirping.

While riding on horseback, Kiel took the time to stare at the sky. When he turned around and looked up, he shouted: "Here we come!"

He let go of the reins with his palm, grabbed the spear, turned around and stabbed.

The other baron guards were not mediocre either. Some of them also stared at the monster in the sky. When the monster folded its wings and pounced, they immediately raised their spears and pointed in the direction of the monster.

Others, after being alerted by Kiir, also turned around with guns drawn.

Bloodfangster was not far behind. After being reminded by Kil's shout, he suddenly panicked. He didn't know whether to grab the big leather shield on the side of the saddle or point the short-throwing gun on his back at the monster.

After hesitating, he relied on experience and gave up the short-throwing gun carried behind him. Instead, he grabbed the large leather shield, grabbed the handle behind the shield tightly with both hands, and turned around to protect his body with the shield.

But Harpies, as monsters raging on the strange wind grassland, are not brainless beasts. After countless hunting battles, these monsters have their own way of fighting.

Several harpies that were about to pounce down, I don't know if they had made an appointment in advance, or they had a tacit understanding, but just twenty or thirty meters away from Kiel and the others, they opened their sharp mouths and screamed in unison. Fan.

"呷-"

Previously, when they were far away in the sky, the screams emitted by these monsters made Kiel and the others uncomfortable. Now that they were so close and targeted head-on, the sharp screams were not like needles pricking their ears, but simply... Someone took a dagger and pricked both ears hard.

"Ah!" Kil screamed in pain, not only him, but also several other people around him. The sharp screams made everyone's eyes darken, and they almost couldn't hold the weapons in their hands.

At the same time, the horses everyone was riding on were also frightened. Even though horses are far stronger than humans, their hearing, which is sharper than humans, makes them even more miserable at this time.

But fortunately, beasts are far more tolerant of pain than humans. Although they were panicked, the Kendall horses held their ground and still flew with hooves without falling.

But Bloodfangster couldn't. Although he screamed in pain, his eyes were black and he still held the shield in his hand. But the same cannot be said for his horse. This strong horse native to the Western Province performed far worse than the horses ridden by Kiel and others.

The fear coming from the depths of his blood and the screams of monsters made this sturdy guy extremely frightened. He panicked, and the hooves under his feet became soft. When running at high speed, one hoof failed to keep up, and he immediately fell to the ground. Its owner also took it and turned it on the grass.

The cunning eyes of several harpies in mid-air lit up. Although they were a little confused and only one of the tried-and-tested methods succeeded, they didn't care much. They spread their wings in an instant, slowed down and turned towards the group that fell to the ground. The men and horses ran into each other.

The harpies pounced from mid-air at this time, spreading their wings and slowing down to adjust their positions, striving to find the best position at the last moment of pounce.

At the same time, the humanoid legs are spread apart and raised forward, and the sharp claws serve as the front end of the body to face the prey.

"Oops!" Kil and several other baron guards saw the scene where Bloodfangster's horse fell over when he was running at the end. Unexpectedly, those monsters were not fools. Knowing that Persimmon specializes in picking the soft ones, they pounced on them one after another. Overturned humans.

That's right, humans all look the same in the eyes of monsters. Although Bloodfangster is not from Kendall, but in the eyes of monsters, they are naturally the same group of humans who killed their companions last night. .

Gere grabbed the flailing reins with his left hand and pulled the horse to slow down and turn.

If it were done in other places, it would be very easy for the horses to tip over. Fortunately, the ground on the grassland is soft. As long as it doesn't rain, the horses' hooves have good grip and steering ability here.

But Kiel turned to save people, but the other baron guards who were traveling with him had no intention of taking risks to save people. Everyone's ears were particularly painful, and they were unable to communicate at the moment. They just followed Kiel's previous intention and rushed to the front line of Knight Rumi. and the militia there.

Plop, plop, plop, plop.

After several consecutive sounds, the harpy's deadly sharp claws grabbed hold of the man and horse that fell to the ground.

It mainly attacks horses and secondarily attacks humans.

The leading harpy had the best angle and the highest skill, and aimed directly at the head and neck of the overturned horse. With the impact force falling from the sky, the sharp claws easily smashed into the horse's fur and bones like a sharp cone breaking a drum. The horse's ears were scratched and its eyeballs were squeezed. The tough horse hide had no effect, and the strong horse skull could not stop it. The monster's claws had great impact, and the horse's brain was instantly smashed by the claws inserted into the skull.

Even the stronger cervical spine of the horse was broken and torn out like a fragile wooden stick under such impact.

The other harpy monsters were equally powerful. One monster screamed and grabbed the belly of the overturned horse with its claws. With just one collision, its sharp and strong claws were inserted into the horse's belly, directly smashing all the internal organs in contact with it.

Another one fell on the horse's butt, specifically picking up the thick part of the horse's hind butt and tearing it off. It passed by, directly took most of the hind leg with its paws, and directly pulled out most of the tough and strong horse's leg. break.

The last one folded its wings in the air and turned around, lagging behind a few other companions. After they started, they lowered their claws as they flew over the horse's back, and each claw as long as a dagger knocked down the saddle and the side of the saddle. Bloodfangster caught it.

With the inertia of the pounce, the horse's saddle and Sturt himself were tightly grasped by the harpy's claws and brought up.

With a flap of its wings, the harpy lifted up a man and a whole set of saddles and flew up.

On Bloodfangster's side, one of his legs was penetrated by a harpy monster with both legs and saddles attached, and his flesh and blood were twisted together.

He was still a little dazed, but his instinctive sense of crisis made him subconsciously slap the monster with the shield he was holding tightly in his hand.

The monster's hard and powerful fur and muscles cannot be injured by the shield with just two slaps. Even the Bloody Fangster can't even hit the opponent when he is injured.

However, Bloodfangster's instinctive counterattack greatly affected the monster's flying movements. After flapping its wings a few times, one side of the wing was affected by the shield and could not be fully flapped to use force.

Therefore, in a fool's errand, the harpy monster that had captured a human was flying three or four meters above the ground, dangling so hard that it could neither fly up nor fall down.

"Let go!" A changed human roar came, but it was Kil who turned the horse's head and rushed over.

The horse's hooves were flying, and it bravely rushed towards the monster that was grabbing people.

"呷-"

The monster didn't just wait around, it immediately screamed at the charging Kil.

Kil was in a trance for a while, but he clenched his teeth and became more determined. His ears were buzzing at this time. Even if he was hit at close range again, he couldn't hear anything else. Even if he was actually injured, he couldn't. After hurting the ear, hurt the ear again, right?

The same goes for his horse. Although it is in pain, it seems to know that it cannot let its owner loose its chain at this moment. It opens its eyes wide and rushes towards the monster.

He grasped the spear in his hand and raised it, pointing it directly at the middle of the body of the monster that could not fly high.

‘At least save people. ’

At this moment, Kil thought of the harpy attack he saw from a distance yesterday, and knew that if the monster was allowed to take Bloodfang Steer up, after flying to a certain height, no matter what, unless Bloodfang Steer flew He could fly on his own, otherwise he would definitely be dead.

Even if the harpy monster is shot in the wing and the captured person is released, the person will definitely be killed if he falls from a certain height.

"Ha!" Half a second later, even though the harpy flapped its wings and twisted its body at the last moment, trying to avoid it, Kil also adjusted the direction of the gun head at this moment.

With a pop, the tip of the gun smoothly penetrated the monster's waist, and it went in most of the way. But at this moment, the force felt from the gun body to Kil's hand, and he could clearly feel what Knight Crow said before. That's right.

This monster's body is surprisingly strong, probably because it has to flap its wings to fly, so under its seemingly sparse fur wings, it is actually full of elastic and powerful muscles.

The tip of the spear penetrated with most of the force of the man and horse's impact, but it did not penetrate the monster. Even in an instant, the monster instinctively tightened the muscles in its waist and abdomen. After fixing the spear head, it also killed the spear head. Deadly stuck in its body.

Click.

Keir rode his horse and crossed paths with the monster. The wooden thorns on the spear head in his hand were flying, but the monster hung the spear head on the opponent's body.

"Ouch!"

The monster screamed in pain. Although its wings were intact, its abdomen was severely injured. After flapping its wings twice, it gradually fell to the ground.

Not far away, three other harpies who were tearing apart the horse carcass with their claws heard the wails of their companions, and immediately raised their heads with mouths full of flesh and blood, making Kil directly feel three fierce eyes staring at the prey. Own.

But Kil's expression was strange, not because he was afraid or anything else, but because he was grinning and screaming silently.

"You want my life, haha, who is the hunter and who is the prey? Hahahaha."

He directly pulled it out with his backhand and took the two-handed ax stuck behind him in his hand.

Sensing the burning fighting spirit of the man holding the axe, the blue light on the ax surface of this spiritual weapon vibrated.

It has not been used much since the Angry North and South Passes that entered the Western Province a few days ago, and it is quite hungry at the moment.

The broken souls of several monsters sealed inside the ax are all looking for new 'tenants' who can fill their broken souls.

Oh, by the way, whether you can become a new tenant depends on how many broken souls the new tenant has left after feeding the old 'tenant'.