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Chapter 103
The road gradually went south, with beautiful mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery. Rody had never been to the south. He was greedy for the scenery all the way, and the speed of the journey slowed down unknowingly.
Luo Di and others only took the main road, from one province to another, gradually heading southeast. Rody traveled all the way and gradually relaxed.
He is not in a hurry to go to the southeast. Anyway, there is no big deal in the southeast this time. When we set off to the northwest, we were faced with a major battle. The battle could not be delayed for a moment, so it naturally ran day and night. Now, it's just a short-term commander. This kind of job is extremely boring.
In the evening of this day, Roddy and his group did not reach the planned town ahead in the evening because they were walking slowly during the day and missed their accommodation. Rody looked at the sky and smiled faintly: "Why don't we spend the night in the wild? There are so many of us, are we still afraid of being eaten by wolves?"
A guard who was born in the south smiled and said, "Duke, are you kidding? There are so many wolves in the south? It's just that the climate here is humid, so you have to be careful about snakes and insects."
These guards were all soldiers, so they were very skilled at marching, fighting and camping in the wild. It didn't take long for them to light a bonfire and set up several tents.
Rody ate something, chatted and laughed with his guards until midnight, and then went into the tent to sleep.
Everyone else went to sleep, leaving only four guards to keep watch. The four people were talking, laughing and drinking in front of the bonfire, and it seemed that midnight had passed.
Roddy slept in a tent, listening to the chirping of insects from time to time in the wild. The humid climate in the south made him quite uncomfortable, especially since it was approaching winter. The humid coldness was like a knife cutting into the bone, which made people feel uncomfortable. The chill reached deep into my bones. Especially when sleeping in the wild, I felt stuffy and damp in the tent. I was in a daze for most of the night before I fell asleep.
Seeing that the night has passed, the end of the eastern sky in the distance has turned slightly white. Rody suddenly heard a cry of surprise while he was sleeping, and then there were screams of fright and anger, hurried footsteps, and the sound of weapons being unsheathed.
Rody immediately jumped up, raised the curtain and ran out. He saw that a bonfire had been extinguished and a guard was lying on the ground with a spiked arrow stuck in his shoulder. His eyes were closed tightly, and he seemed to have fainted.
The guard was hit by a sudden arrow while he was sitting by the campfire. Several other guards had already identified in a hurry that the arrow was shot from a big tree in the woods. They were well-trained and immediately pulled out their weapons and ran into the woods with their bodies low. Under the cover of dense woods, I rushed towards the big tree.
When Lant saw Roddy coming out of the tent, he immediately called a few guards to guard him firmly in the middle, while the other guards were on guard all around.
After a while, several guards came back from the woods with gloomy expressions. It was obvious that they had not caught the sneak attack. A guard handed over a piece of white cloth with a line of words written on it in the imperial language:
"I will follow you. If I get the chance, I will slit your throat with a knife and shoot you through the heart with an arrow!"
Rody looked at the words on it, his face darkened, and he gritted his teeth and tore the piece of cloth. The other guards all had angry looks on their faces. They are all warriors who regard honor as their life. The assassins are filled with anger when they are teased so wantonly by this enemy.
The men carefully checked the injury of the guard who was hit by the arrow. The guard was unconscious after being hit by the arrow. In desperation, I waited until daybreak and walked to a small town. After checking with a doctor, I found out that the doctor had smeared some anesthetic from the northwest on the arrowhead. This kind of anesthetic is extremely strong, and the guard was seriously injured. However, if he was hit by this kind of anesthetic, he might not be able to recover in two days. And if he was hit by that arrow, he might not be able to move around freely for a few days.
Rody sighed and could only leave the guard in the town for treatment, and gave the doctor a lot of gold coins.
Everyone stayed in this town for one night. This time, Lant ordered to step up their vigilance. Not only did they send two more night watchmen, but they also set up hidden sentries.
But after keeping watch all night, nothing happened. After dawn, Rody ordered to continue on the road.
No one dared to sleep in the wild anymore. They were on the road one day and entered a town at night. Roddy didn't want to reveal his identity, so he just found a hotel at random and paid for a courtyard to stay.
This night it was even more heavily guarded. But in the middle of the night, when a guard was pushing the door out, he only heard a sound of piercing the air, and a sharp wolf-toothed arrow was firmly inserted into his thigh, and actually shot through his thigh.
Hearing the guard scream, several guards immediately drew their swords, and their sharp eyes immediately identified the direction of the arrow. Lant took a few people to touch it, but the people who came had already run away.
When Lant came back, he brought another piece of written cloth with a line of writing on it: Maybe it will be you next time!
Rody's teeth were itching with hatred. Fortunately, Dak seemed unwilling to hurt other innocent people. The two guards who were shot by arrows in the past two days were not seriously injured, but they only temporarily lost their ability to move.
Rody had no choice but to leave the injured guard in the town again and continue on his way.
Although everyone stepped up their defenses, Dak was elusive and his archery skills were extremely good. The arrows he shot had a range far beyond that of ordinary people. Even if Rody and others were on guard, they were still unable to prevent them. Every time someone is hit by an arrow, by the time everyone rushes away, Duck has already disappeared without a trace.
You must know that Dak is a prairie hunter. The cunning and greedy prairie wolf that hunts the most on weekdays has developed his alert and sharp skills. This time he used the wolf hunting method for sneak attacks, and it was indeed extremely powerful.
Rody and his party walked for two more days, and two more guards were injured in these two days.
Seeing that out of the fifteen guards who followed Rody south, only eleven were left. Rody gritted his teeth secretly. He knew that Dak was consuming his strength little by little. He was afraid that if he continued like this, no one around him would be left until he reached the southeast.
Rody was furious. He had never been teased like this before when he came here from the northwest.
Lant's face was also livid. He just wanted to find this assassin and kill him alive immediately!
That day, Rody ordered to walk slowly and deliberately slowed down. When it got dark, Rody ordered to camp and stay in the wild. Seeing that it was getting dark, Rody found Lant and whispered: "Lant, take a closer look at the surrounding terrain. Do you see that hillside?"
Lant nodded, then glanced at a short earthen mound outside Baibu, frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is there any problem?"
Rody raised his eyebrows and whispered: "There are low lands all around, and only the hillside terrain is the most advantageous. As long as we hide on that hillside, we can have a panoramic view of our situation... Hum, if I were an assassin, If you want to find a place to shoot cold arrows, that hillside is the best place!”
Lant's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty the Duke, what do you mean..."
Rody nodded and said: "The assassin will definitely attack again tonight. I guess he will most likely choose that place to shoot cold arrows... You take two people and hide on the top of the mountain first, and be careful to hide! If you see him, take action immediately! Otherwise If we do, we will always wait until he takes action before chasing him, but we will never catch him!"
Lant's eyes showed surprise and admiration, he nodded repeatedly, responded, and strode off with three people.
Rody made sufficient preparations. No one slept that night. Just to lure the assassin, they all pretended to have entered the tent and lay down with their weapons on their pillows. There was not a single night watchman left outside.
It was still early in the morning when a sharp whistle was heard from the distant hillside. A group of guards immediately rushed out of the tent and rushed towards the top of the mountain.
Rody ran the fastest and reached the hillside in a moment. He saw a person stepping on Lant's feet, and the big sword in his hand was pressed against the person's back. The man was trembling with fear at Lant's feet, begging for mercy. A pair of bows and arrows were thrown on the ground nearby.
Roddy was surprised when he saw that the man was not Dak, and wondered if he had thought wrong? Isn't the assassin Dak
After listening to Lant's report, I found out that this person had just gone up the mountain at night, and Lant and the others who had been ambushing him immediately rushed out, but before they could take action, this person was so frightened that he pounced upon seeing the long sword in the opponent's hand. When he was on the ground, he restrained him without any effort. When Lant put the sword against his body, he was so frightened that he couldn't help but beg.
The guards beside him all frowned, and Rody was also puzzled. He coldly asked someone to lift the guy up and interrogate him carefully.
The man was kneeling on the ground, already frightened to the point of tears and nose. He hesitated and said: "The villain is a nearby villager. A stranger gave me a gold coin during the day. He doesn't want me to do anything else, as long as I am willing tonight." The villain thought it was strange to come here in the middle of the night with a bow and arrow on his back, and he didn't dare to agree, but he said... As long as I come, he will give me another gold coin tomorrow morning... "
Roddy was so angry that his nose almost crooked, and he stamped his feet fiercely. Seeing that the man's voice was trembling with fear, and his face was ashen, and seeing that he was indeed wearing ordinary farmer's clothes, he waved his hand and asked Lant to let him go. opened.
Suddenly, only two "whoosh" sounds were heard in the air. Before the sound was over, a strong wind was blowing towards his face. Rody reacted very quickly and raised the sword in his hand. With a "clang" sound, the sword in Roddy's hand was already in his hand. Swing something away. Then there was a "ding" sound, and a wolf-fang arrow was firmly inserted into the mountain wall beside him.
A low cry was heard in his ears, but it was a guard next to him who was hit by an arrow.
The crowd immediately formed a group and guarded Rody firmly, holding the sword tightly in their hands and looking around with vigilant eyes.
Far below the hillside, a figure stood. The man was holding a strange-shaped long bow in his hand. He looked at the people of Rodi on the hillside and suddenly shouted loudly: "Duke Tulip! With your arrangement tonight, do you think you can deceive me!"
Rody's heart moved, and he heard that it was Dak's voice. He gently pushed away Lant who was blocking him, stood up slowly, and shouted: "Dak! You are so sneaky, don't you just want to kill me! Why be so secretive! Come and fight me openly! If you can beat me, my life will be yours!"
Dak let out a long laugh in the distance, and then a cold voice came: "Do you think I'm a fool? Duke Tulip! Although I hate you, I know that I am definitely not your opponent! Anyway, I am here for revenge this time. It’s not a competition! As long as I can kill you, I don’t care how sneaky you are! Just wait for me to take your life!”
Rody was so angry that he suddenly bent down to pick up the bow and arrow on the ground, opened the bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at Dak in the distance.
It's just that the two of them were very far apart at the moment, and the bow and arrow in Rody's hand was just an ordinary wooden hunting bow. The arrow only flew dozens of steps away from Dak before it fell with all its strength.
Dark laughed, his laughter full of triumph and mockery. Rody was furious and drew his bow again. He exerted all his strength, only to hear a click. He used too much force in his anger and the inferior bow in his hand was broken.
Dak's laughter gradually stopped and he shouted coldly: "Rody! I don't want to kill people indiscriminately! Otherwise, several of your men would have died long ago! Even tonight! You guys are standing on that hilltop, It’s just a living target!”
After saying this, Dak left a long smile and walked away.
His speed was extremely fast, and his body rose and fell several times in the darkness before disappearing into the distance.
Rody was extremely angry. When he was in the northwest, he never frowned even when he faced thousands of troops with swords and swords. This time, he was confused by Dak, an assassin, and felt ashamed and angry.
All the guards were also holding their breath in their hearts. When we set out on the road at dawn, everyone felt that their faces were dull. They felt that as warriors under the glorious tulip banner, they were being fooled around by assassins. No one spoke a word along the way.
Arriving at a town in the morning, Rody asked someone to take the guard who was injured last night for treatment. He stayed in his room and meditated.
Andy was also silent in his mind. This time he came out without Andy's body. Otherwise, with Andy's supreme magic, it would probably be easy to deal with this Dark. It's just that Roddy and Andy had talked in detail and knew that Andy's energy was limited, and every time he used it, he lost one point. One day in the future, Andy's energy will run out, and he will be completely devastated. Therefore, Andy has spent most of the past two hundred years sleeping. Even after meeting Rody, he would try to reduce his body movements as much as possible. Just contact through the "God's Smile" to save energy consumption to the maximum extent.
Roddy was feeling depressed, and suddenly Andy shouted: "There is a way, it might work..."