In the forest, the sounds of fighting continued. Although most of the mercenaries ran away in panic, a few chose to resist out of desperation.
For example, the group of about ten mercenaries in front of Heathcliff is a special case. These mercenaries seemed to be a small team. After converging, they planned to concentrate their efforts to break out, but they were killed by Heathcliff and Major Alex crashed. The first thing they met was that the major used alchemy to block the retreat of these mercenaries and then persuaded them to surrender in a military tone. Then, these mercenaries who were eager to escape ignored the muscular brothers in front of them and directly pulled out their weapons and began to resist.
For Heathcliff, since the other party wants to give him a chance to practice, he might as well play with them and see how strong he is after coming to a different world and getting the body he set for himself in the game.
Various skills in the game have been converted into memories and experiences, and character data has been materialized into various physical constitutions of the body. Heathcliff, the former Kayaba Akihiko, continues to adapt to his new body and enjoys the experience of real combat. The excitement brought by it, the combination of sword and shield, the offensive and defensive combat mode, and the memories and experiences gained from the game, the current Heathcliff can definitely be regarded as the top warrior in the continent in terms of swordsmanship and tactics.
During the battle, Heathcliff blocked the mercenary's battle ax with his cross shield, and the long sword penetrated directly into the opponent's lower abdomen from the gap below. With the blood coughed out from his mouth, the mercenary staggered back holding his abdomen. A few steps.
After severely injuring the opponent, Heathcliff immediately gave up the target in front of him and focused on another mercenary who was waving a flail and trying to avoid the tauren warrior. Heathcliff really enjoyed the battle just now. When it comes to the excitement called reality, no matter how good the game is compared with the real reality, there are always some flaws. When the blood in the mercenary's body splashed on Heathcliff's face, the warm and fishy smell became stronger. It stimulates Gong Neng's perception.
"Damn it~ Go to hell."
The mercenaries who were forced back by the minotaur saw Heathcliff rushing over. The flail in his hand struck like a whirlwind.
As long as Heathcliff uses the cross shield to resist no matter how strong the attack, even if he is facing a god, he can reduce the damage by 50%. This bug-like special ability made the mercenary's flail as powerful as a feather falling on a shield. Heathcliff then hit the mercenary in the face with his shield, causing the mercenary to lose his ability. The poor guy lost his two front teeth and passed out.
"You fought very bravely~ It seems that you must have had a lot of combat experience before." Major Alex, the powerful alchemist, said to Heathcliff with some admiration. Alex could tell that Heathcliff Leaf is not a new recruit entering the battlefield for the first time.
"Haha~ Actually speaking, this is my first time on the battlefield."
Heathcliff smiled helplessly and said about his combat experience. When he was designing the SAO game, as the chief designer, he would log into the game from time to time to test the attacks of various NPC monsters. After the sao game was running normally, he trapped tens of thousands of players in the game and lived with them for two years, during which he killed an unknown number of monsters. But it was all virtual, and this time I was actually on the battlefield.
After defeating several mercenaries, the remaining ones were either killed by tauren tactics and elven archers, or dropped their weapons in despair and chose to surrender. Heathcliff and Major Alex continued to move toward the town to search for any hiding mercenaries. Along the way, Heathcliff was still recalling the feeling of the battle just now.
Heathcliff felt that he had no problem with killing and fighting. He would not blame himself for a long time just because he killed someone like those who had lived a peaceful life for too long. After all, although indirectly in the game, Heathcliff killed more than 4,000 players. Since Heathcliff was able to play the entire game to the end under the torture of his conscience at that time, killing an enemy now is not considered a psychological burden for Heathcliff at all.
When I was a child, I dreamed of the scenery of another world, and I dreamed of becoming a brave man to defeat the devil. Now, when my childhood dream has become a reality, I have actually come to a different world. Not only that, I have become a part of the game I designed. An outstanding warrior, Heathcliff only had great joy in his heart. If he would eventually lead to death one day, then Heathcliff hoped that he could leave his own legend in this other world and be like countless heroes. Such a violent death!
This way, even if you die, you will have no regrets┉┉
The battle came to an end after half an hour. There was no more noise in the forest around the town, and the ground was littered with the corpses of mercenaries. Thirty or forty mercenaries who were lucky enough to survive were driven to the center of the set town and put under guard. Almost all of these mercenaries, who were injured, lowered their heads with frightened expressions, looking at Shuangxue holding weapons around them. Elves and tauren, some mercenaries who had captured many slaves in the past, now tasted what it was like to become prisoners. No one knew what kind of fate would be waiting for them.
"First escort all the prisoners to the outpost, and then gather them together and send them to the Yanold Mountains together."
Ai Xi and others were still chasing down the escaping mercenaries on the front line. The disposal of the prisoners can only be coordinated by Major Alex for the time being.
"Sir Alex, what should we do with the mercenaries frozen in the icicles?" an elf scout asked.
Alex touched his chin and said: "First check if there are any survivors inside. If there are any, thaw them and escort them to the outpost."
This time, the power of the small composite frozen field array has been weakened a lot because it deals with humans. What Yalin requires is to capture as many people as possible as a reserve labor force to avoid future conflicts with giant dragons after the novice protection period ends. Confrontation between coalition forces. Rather, there will be a labor shortage after obtaining population resources from elsewhere.
Although the power has been reduced, there are still many mercenaries who were killed by the cold air immediately and failed to enter the state of suspended animation, but there are also some who are lucky. During the inspection, the Frost Elf discovered that in an open space in the barn, there were three people in the icicles who still had some aura, and one of them was Garant, the leader of the Soaring Eagle Mercenary Group.
The other two were young women dressed as warriors. They both looked to be in their early twenties. They had neat features and beautiful faces, and their well-trained figures were like those of a leopard, showing a strange allure. It's just that the situation around these three people is a little strange. The ground is covered with the corpses of mercenaries, and most of these corpses were beheaded rather than frozen to death. It was obvious that there had been internal strife here before.
"What is going on? Is there a civil war among these mercenaries?" Major Alex, who had been hiding in the tunnel since just now, didn't know what was going on, but soon an elf scout came Brought Kim Bradley's order, requiring the two female warriors to be thawed quickly and brought back to the outpost. It was obvious that the president, who had been manipulated by the two, was now very angry and was ready to take advantage of the two female warriors. Ask something out of your mouth.
Holding the magic weapon, when the elf scout stepped forward to thaw one of the female warriors, the icicle suddenly produced many cracks from the inside. Upon seeing this, the elf scout immediately retreated alertly and pulled out the dagger from his waist. Some busy elves and tauren around him also quickly took out their bows, arrows and weapons and aimed at the icicles with increasingly large cracks.
Heathcliff, who was still looking at the female warrior costume in the icicle, immediately raised his shield in front of him and stepped back while shouting: "Everyone, stay away, be careful!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the icicle exploded instantly, and the flying ice cubes shot out in all directions like bullets, causing considerable damage to the elves and tauren around him. When one of the ice cubes focused on the cross shield in Heathcliff's hand, Heathcliff took a few steps back before he stabilized his body. Only then did Heathcliff feel that even if the shield blocked his arm, It's a dull pain. It can be seen how terrifying the speed and force of the ice cube flying just now was!
The female warrior frozen in it came out with a low roar like a resurrected demon, and the next moment another female warrior in the icicle also broke free, carrying a huge two-handed sword that was almost as tall as herself. He walked toward everyone in one step. There were frostbite everywhere on her body and some ice fragments remained, but the female warrior seemed unaware and just stared at the people around her like a beast driven by primitive instinct.
"Archers in position!" This time Heathcliff directly led Major Alex, who was slightly injured after being hit by an ice block, to give the order.
The two female warriors in front of him did not look like human beings from any angle. The terrifying aura emanating from them made Heathcliff feel the hairs all over his body stand on end. The instinctive reaction of creatures to danger gave Heathcliff the idea of killing them instantly! !
Otherwise, one of you will die!
After the Ice Edge Archer put the arrow solidified by ice crystals on the bowstring, Heathcliff gave the order without going against his will: "Fire the arrow!!"
A hail of arrows flew out like a furious wave, but the two female warriors made an astonishing move. Not only did they not make any defensive moves, they even put down their two-handed swords and allowed the arrows to pierce their bodies. In an instant, Their bodies were covered with dense arrows, some of which even pierced their eye sockets. However, even so, the female warrior remained strangely calm and just stood there quietly without making any move.
What! ? What on earth is this┉┉
Heathcliff, who was preparing for defense for a while, didn't know what to do. (To be continued...)