"Swish ~ Swish ~ Huh ~ Swish ~"
In the forest, a man and a woman ran forward quickly, one behind the other.
They were Canoxiu and Annie who had just left the fort not far away. The two had run at least 20 kilometers. At this time, they were gasping for breath, but they didn't dare to stop.
"Hurry up, Annie, they are about to catch up!" Kanoxiu urged from the front. He is a level 9 fighter, and his internal strength is much stronger than that of Annie, who is a level 7 assassin. At this time, his condition is also better than Annie's. Some.
But he was also panting heavily. Just now, he was in close combat with those MI3 scouts, and he blocked almost all the continuous crossbow arrows. At the last moment, he broke out with fighting spirit and led Annie out of the encirclement. It took a lot of his strength.
Annie didn't speak, but tried her best to maintain her breathing rhythm, and the speed also increased a little.
She looked very embarrassed, the leather armor on her body was cut open, showing many wounds. The deepest wound was on the side of the waist, cut by a dagger, and the blade cut into it by nearly half a centimeter. At this time, every step I took was a burning pain.
After running like this for about half an hour, the two rushed out of the forest and reached the road again. There were no soldiers here, and they ran wildly on the side of the road.
'Dededede~' There was the sound of horseshoes ahead, both of them were startled, and hurriedly hid behind the tree, listening to the movement with their ears up.
There are voices coming from the front.
"It's so miserable, the plague also appeared in Greenstone."
"It's over now, the bloody butcher is going to slaughter the city again."
"Oh, the world is getting more and more chaotic, how can people live like this."
"Okay, don't worry about these nosy things, we will go to the south after changing the bounty. I heard that Field in the south is doing well now, and there is a legendary magician there, so it must be safe."
"you are right."
As the voices got closer, Canoxiu said softly, "It's demon hunting mercenaries. There are two of them. Listen to the sound of horses' hoofs. Their horses are very good. You can rest here for a while. I will grab their horses."
Annie nodded, she couldn't run anymore, it would be much better if she had a horse.
Canoxiu rushed out, and after a while, Annie behind the tree heard a few muffled 'bang~pa~ah~', and then there was a whistle.
When she went out, she saw that Canoxiu had brought back two horses. Not far behind him, two mercenaries with bruised noses and faces were lying on the ground, writhing in pain.
"Go, get on the horse." Canoxiu greeted, and he led the stronger black horse to Anne.
Both got on their horses, and when they passed by the mercenary, Annie threw down a handful of gold coins: "Don't go to the north, the north is not safe, take the money and go to the south!"
The two mercenaries originally thought they had suffered a bloody misfortune and were about to cry, but when they saw the gold coin, their blue eyes immediately lit up after being beaten, and the two immediately turned over one by one, lay down on the ground and snatched up the gold coin. gold.
Afterwards, Canoxiu and Annie turned on their horses and rushed south along the avenue. After running for more than half an hour, the horse was already tired from running, so he slowed down and changed to a canter.
At this time, the powerful healing potion that Annie drank before had fully exerted its effect. The wound on her waist had closed and scabbed, and there was a slight itching, which was no longer painful.
"Why did the marshal want to arrest us again?" Canoxiu asked doubts in his heart.
Annie was drinking water with a water bag. Hearing this, she said coldly: "He has gone crazy... I can feel that living in that body is no longer my father, but a demon!"
"...Your Highness, this can't be true, can it?" Canoxiu was a little disbelieving, he thought Anne was speaking out of anger.
Anne sighed: "This is my suspicion. Before, he handed me the letter and told me to send it to the south. He also specifically said that even if he sent someone to recall it, he should ignore it. When he spoke , he seems very contradictory, as if there is another soul in his heart."
Kanoxiu was terrified when he heard this. He had been corroded by the venom of the Dark Serpent before, so he could feel this feeling. At that time, there was a consciousness in his heart that had been taking control of his body from him, and he would lose control from time to time. , When he lost control, he seemed to be asleep, completely unaware of what had happened to his body.
However, when he was controlled, his body exuded a very strong dark power, but the marshal did not, and the priests in the fortress also said that the marshal was normal.
How is this going? Kano Xiu couldn't figure it out.
Afterwards, on the road, both of them were silent, and their minds were very heavy.
After walking like this for about half an hour, the two of them came to a forest under the shade, with dense forests on both sides. Here, Kanoxiu suddenly moved his ears, and he immediately pulled the rein: "Woo~~"
"What's wrong?" A repeating crossbow appeared in Annie's hand, with a vigilant look on her face.
Canoxiu held the hilt of his lightning magic sword with his hand, and said softly: "This road is a bit abnormal, I seem to have heard some unusual movements."
The two looked around warily.
'Cuckoo~Cuckoo~' There was a loud bird song in the woods, and then a few birds flapped their wings and flew into the sky, 'Swish, rustle~' On the branches, a few brown-haired squirrels jumped back and forth,' Squeaking and arguing, it all seemed quite normal.
After listening for a while, Annie shook her head slightly, but she didn't find anything unusual.
Canoxiu also showed doubts on his face. He did feel that something was wrong just now, but he couldn't tell exactly what went wrong.
Helpless, he could only maintain his vigilance, and said at the same time: "Maybe I misheard, let's go."
Annie has also been holding the repeating crossbow tightly. Her crossbow is specially made and very powerful. Link personally modified it for her when he was in the north. The crossbow arrows fired have level 8 penetration.
She looked left and right with a pair of eyes, always on guard.
After walking for more than a hundred meters, a dense white mist suddenly appeared in the woods ahead. It was already evening, and the temperature began to drop. It is not surprising that such mist appeared in the northern woods, but The two were being hunted down, and the vision was severely restricted in the white mist. Walking in like this was always frightening.
"How?" Annie asked.
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a 'swirling' sound in the bushes, and something could be seen moving around in the bushes with the naked eye.
Annie was in a state of high tension. Upon hearing this movement, she turned the repeating crossbow in her hand, and then pulled the trigger. There were several beeps of "Beng Beng Beng ~", and the arrows flew over at high speed.
'Howl~~' A sharp cry appeared, and then a wild boar rushed out from the bushes, and a big hole was shot in its stomach, but this guy didn't die, and ran away like crazy.
Seeing this, Canoxiu breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh, it's a wild boar... Be careful!"
He saw a black figure suddenly appear behind the horse Anne was riding on. This guy's position was chosen very well, just in Annie's blind spot!
Seeing that this person was about to launch an attack, Kanoxiu immediately drew his sword, and with a 'clang' sound from the sword, power poured into it at the same time, and with a 'crack' sound, a bright lightning flashed towards the black figure.
His current strength is as high as level 9, and the attack triggered by this lightning has also reached level 9. When Kanoxiu is fighting an opponent, as long as a lightning strikes, opponents below level 9 will be hit without exception, and basically they will lose fighting power.
However, this black shadow is not there now!
Suddenly a dark red light appeared on his body. When the lightning hit him, the white lightning was like a silver light net, covering the periphery of the opponent's body. The red light was isolated, and did not cause any damage to the opponent, let alone hinder the opponent's actions.
However, Kanoxiu's blow still worked. Annie realized that she didn't see where her opponent was, so she didn't choose to fight back, but directly launched the assassin's combat technique: Shunpo.
The gray mist on her body flashed, and the whole person moved 10 meters laterally in an instant, and appeared behind a big tree. Then she stretched out her hand, heard the sound to identify the position, and on the repeating crossbow in her hand, there was a magic tracing crossbow. They kept rushing out, all shooting towards the shadow.
The red light on Sombra's body is very effective against pure magic attacks, such as lightning, flame, and wind knives, but it is basically useless against physical attacks such as crossbow bolts.
This kind of attack must be defended with armor or magic that is specially used to defend against physical attacks, and he has neither.
Facing this powerful crossbow arrow, the black shadow retreated and dodged quickly.
This is the perfect opportunity to attack.
Canoxiu immediately jumped off his horse and rushed towards the black shadow, but when he was in mid-air, he suddenly heard the sound of the 'Beng Beng Beng' crossbow, and at the same time he heard it. To a lot of whistle.
"There's another assassin!" Canoxiu was shocked, and quickly blocked with the lightning sword in his hand. The "Dangdangdang" crossbow bolts were continuously knocked away by him. In one second, he blocked 9 crossbow bolts, and his body fell to the ground at the same time .
As soon as he landed, he launched a combat charge towards the shadow that had sneaked up on Annie before, and shouted at the same time: "Your Highness, be careful, there are two people on the other side!"
Behind the tree, Annie had already shot an arrow box empty, she took out a new arrow box and put it in, then stretched out her hand from the other side of the big tree, and shot at the place where the opponent's crossbow arrow flew out without hesitation.
Kanoxiu dealt with the sneak attacking shadow. She believed that in a one-on-one situation, Kanoxiu would definitely be able to defeat the opponent. What she had to do was to create such an environment for Kanoxiu, even if it was only for a second.
"咻咻咻~" The crossbow arrows were flying in the woods, and Annie heard the crisp sound of 'ding ding ding', which was the sound made when the opponent blocked the crossbow arrows. very easy.
"So strong, so fast!" Annie was startled when she heard that. Her crossbow bolts had a penetrating power of level 8 and could penetrate level 8 materials. The opponent's blocking was so casual, which was enough to show that the opponent was a level 9 powerhouse.
The black shadow before could block Kanoxiu's lightning, so he must be a level 9 powerhouse.
Two level 9 powerhouses appeared at once, and the opponent was still using a special military weapon such as a repeating crossbow. Who were these two? Could it be the eagle dog that his father secretly domesticated
These thoughts flashed through her mind, and at the same time, she shot a crossbow arrow in a quiver box, and she was about to take it back and replace it with a new quiver box, but at this moment, she heard Canoxiu shout: "Your Highness! Get out of the way!"
Along with the sound, there was a violent whistling sound in the air.
Annie immediately knew that it was not good, this was a level 9 attack!
At the critical juncture, she launched her combat technique again without hesitation: Shunpo, with a short body, quickly jumped out from behind the tree. Almost at the same time as she jumped out, the big tree she was hiding was covered by a dark red light. The spear gun was pierced.
The power of the spear gun was extremely terrifying. It didn't hit Annie directly, but when it flew through the big tree, the air waves and splinters hit Annie's body.
When Annie was in mid-air, she felt her body shake violently. It seemed that something had penetrated into her back. Then, her body lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground.
'Bang~' She fell more than 20 meters and landed in the bushes. Immediately afterwards, she quickly got up and hid behind another big tree, but she felt her footsteps weaken after just a few steps. The body rolled uncontrollably to the ground.
At this time, Annie felt a sharp pain coming from her back. She stretched out her hand to touch her back. The leather armor was completely broken, warm, greasy, and full of blood. It seemed that she could vaguely feel a few blood holes. .
Then, she found that she couldn't move, as if all the bones in her body were broken.
"Your Highness!" Kanoxiu yelled, stabbing out with the sword in his hand, using a life-for-life style of play, and a second later, he was stabbed in the side by the opponent's spear, and he cut off the opponent head.
Pulling out the spear gun from his waist, without thinking, he threw it at the other assassin with all his strength, and then, without looking at the result, he quickly ran into the woods and picked up the seriously injured Princess Anne who had fallen in the bushes , broke out with all his fighting spirit, and rushed into the dense forest frantically.
Canoxiu could feel the blood flowing from his waist, and his strength was draining rapidly, and the breathing of Princess Anne in his arms became weaker and weaker. After running for a while, he heard a voice behind him, and the assassin was catching up.
It seems that they have reached a desperate situation.