By the creek in the forest, a troll wolf cavalry was fetching water.
Around him, four companions were on guard.
People with rich experience in wild survival know the importance of water source, but it is also because it is extremely important that it becomes a natural trap.
After a wolf cavalryman finished fetching water, he signaled to his companions to take turns.
But at this moment, he suddenly smelled a trace of uneasiness, and immediately drew out the scimitar from his waist.
The other four wolf cavalry were also startled by their companions' actions, and immediately began to look around nervously.
However, nothing happens.
There was silence in the forest, only the rustling of the treetops being gently brushed by the breeze.
The wolf cavalry did not relax their vigilance, but became more nervous.
Because, it's too quiet!
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
The sound of howling arrows suddenly broke the suffocating silence.
Then there were two screams.
The remaining three trolls didn't even have time to check whether the two companions who had been shot were alive or dead, so they quickly turned over and climbed up the direwolf, turned around and ran away.
"Chase!"
Knight Bliss shouted and rushed out first.
Behind him, hundreds of human cavalry galloped out.
The quiet morning was completely broken, and the prelude to the bloody killing was played again.
Generally speaking, direwolves are better than horses in short-distance sprints, but they have relatively poor endurance for long-distance sprints.
Therefore, after the three troll wolf cavalry rushed a certain distance, instead of throwing off their tails, they were chased closer and closer.
Moreover, after closing the distance, human arrows struck again.
After a while, two more wolf riders were killed by arrows.
Seeing this, the last remaining wolf rider pierced the direwolf's ass with red eyes.
"Aww!!!"
Under the pain, the direwolf immediately accelerated, and opened some distance from the pursuers behind him.
However, the acceleration buff obtained by self-mutilation did not last long.
The direwolf, which lost too much blood, was gradually exhausted, and finally was overtaken by the human cavalry, shot by an arrow, and fell to the ground.
The troll rolled a few times on the ground, then got up in a panic, and wanted to continue running.
"Hey!"
Bliss chased after him and cut off the troll's head.
Before he could catch his breath, there was a commotion in the woods ahead, and then even more troll wolf cavalry jumped out!
Still a step behind!
Bliss sighed secretly, knowing that he was not fast enough to deal with these troll sentry cavalry, and attracted more enemies.
"Line up!"
After visually measuring the distance of the wolf cavalry on the opposite side, Bliss knew that this battle could not be avoided, so he ordered loudly.
"go ahead!"
The human cavalry who had just rushed for a while took a breath, then pulled down their helmets again under Bliss's order, ready to meet the enemy.
"accelerate!"
Fortunately, the number of attacking wolf cavalry is not too many, and they can fight.
"charge!"
As the distance narrowed, the two sides entered the sprint stage almost at the same time.
There was no backing down, no dodging, and no mercy.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
"kill!"
"kill!"
"Ah-"
"Boom!!!!"
Amidst the huge impact, blood and broken bones splashed everywhere.
Bloody, barbaric, tragic.
Life becomes a sacrifice, and blood is an embellishment.
The peaceful jungle instantly turned into a terrifying altar.
After a fierce battle, humans finally prevailed.
This team of cavalry from the St. Hilde family is indeed elite.
Moreover, Colin's guess was correct. In the direction of turning north, the trolls did not deploy heavy troops.
Obviously, the other party did not expect that this group of human deserters dared to return to the direction of the main battlefield.
"Chase!"
Seeing that the remaining dozen or so trolls wanted to run away, Bliss immediately ordered to pursue them.
Can't let these guys run away, otherwise it will definitely attract more pursuers.
At this moment, a cloud of blue light suddenly bloomed in the forest.
In the direction in which the trolls were retreating, as if the season had changed suddenly, a layer of frost covered the ground and treetops at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then enveloped the direwolves in an instant, making it difficult for them to move forward.
"It's magic!"
The leader of the wolf cavalry screamed, and despair appeared in his eyes.
Yes, the female mage hiding behind finally finished singing, and a third-order spell [Frost Nova] was cast just right, slowing down the speed of the wolf cavalry's escape.
"Kill them all!"
Bliss took the opportunity to lead the army to rush up, beheading the trolls who seemed to have been pressed in slow motion.
Colin rushed up to the leader of the wolf cavalry, cut off the opponent's right hand holding the weapon, but did not kill him again.
"I'll see if I can get some information." Colin dragged the leader of the half-dead wolf cavalry and shouted at Bliss.
"Okay. But you'd better hurry up, we can't stay here for long." Bliss nodded, and then ordered loudly to his subordinates, "Hurry up, hurry up! I'll give you ten minutes to clean up the battlefield!"
"yes!"
"Master Colin, do you need help?" Knight Raymond came over.
"No, I'll do it myself." Colin rejected Raymond's offer, dragged the wolf cavalry leader behind a big tree, and asked, "Tell me, are there any other troll troops nearby?"
"Pooh!"
The leader of the wolf cavalry spit out a mouthful of bloody spittle, and angrily said, "I won't tell you even if I die!"
Ke Lin tilted his head, quickly dodged the saliva, then pulled out the dagger, and cut the opponent's throat neatly: "Okay, then go to hell."
"Ho... ho..." The leader of the wolf cavalry widened his eyes, as if he was asking—why didn't you play your cards according to the routine!
When the other party was completely out of breath, Colin raised his head and looked around. Seeing that no one noticed his side, he quietly took out the water bag.
"Gudu... Gudu..."
That's right, Colin's real purpose was not interrogation.
He had noticed in the previous battle that the leader of the wolf cavalry was a warrior.
Similar to human knights, warriors are a unique profession of trolls, serving the god of war, and therefore have the potential to be promoted to the sanctuary.
After discovering that the blood of warriors had no special effects, Colin felt that he should try whether the blood of troll warriors could help him improve his strength just like human knights.
Moreover, the strength of the wolf cavalry leader should be between the second and third ranks, which is higher than Ke Lin's current rank.
So, if the blood of the samurai really has an effect, he should know soon...
Ten minutes passed by, and Colin hid the full water bag next to his body and returned to the team.
The field had been swept clean, and all the trolls and their mounts had been slain, and the corpses were strewn haphazardly in the woods.
The war dead on the human side were hastily buried.
After this battle, the number of this fleeing team was less than one hundred.
Colin roughly counted, and there are only seventy or eighty people left.
With a sigh, Colin got on his horse and was ready to go.
At this moment, Bliss led the female mage's war horse to Colin's side.
"Knight Colin."
"Ma'am, what are your orders?"
The female mage lowered her head slightly, as if she was avoiding Ke Lin's gaze, but there was a hint of shyness in her words:
"Excuse me, can I... ride the same horse with you?"
(end of this chapter)