"quack!"
A few crows flew by and landed on a tall gallows beside the road, with several mummies hanging dangling on it. These were all hanged cultists, but there were very few bandits.
Because bandits can be caught and killed at any time, and they have no right to go to this kind of gallows. Only cultists who are feared by all the major kingdoms and forces, and who can be said to be beaten by everyone, can behave like this. qualifications.
There are many gallows like this on both sides of the kingdom's main road. You can see one or dozens of them every few hundred meters. Some of the gallows are just improvised, while others are well-made. The bodies hanging above were more numerous and fresher.
Occasionally, you can even see a burning stake, which was used to burn the more evil witches and snake cultists.
Zhang Yang led his mercenary group to escort a large car and walked slowly. Although this road is the most famous economic lifeline in the Kingdom of Sarion, it does not mean that it is easy to walk.
The messy weeds, floating dust, and perpetually bumpy roads make it an ordeal.
After only half a day, everyone including Zhang Yang became mortified, and this kind of suffering would take a whole day.
"Captain, a caravan is coming from ahead."
With the sound of hooves, Anderson returned from the front on a hunting horse.
Although he has not yet transferred to a ranger, he has level 2 riding skills, so from the beginning, Zhang Yang asked Carly and Anderson to take turns to spy on them, even though there was a possibility of encountering bandits on such an important trade road. Very small.
"Make half of the road, everyone on alert!"
Zhang Yang issued an order. In such troubled times, not all caravans are good people, and they have to be careful of being hacked.
But just as he gave the order, two more riders appeared further ahead. They were running very fast, and they didn't intend to slow down even if they saw Zhang Yang and his team.
Seeing this, Zhang Yang relaxed instead. This was not directed at them. It was obvious that the two riders had other important tasks, maybe delivering letters.
When the two riders passed by, one of them suddenly shouted, "Go back quickly, there is an army of cultists ahead, and they have already sacked the town of Ole."
Zhang Yang was stunned, Ole Town, wasn't this the place where he had just received the mission to eliminate the robbers.
But he couldn't think about whether things were true or false at this time. He couldn't deal with the army of cultists.
"Turn around!"
Zhang Yang shouted and looked ahead. At this time, he could already see the shadow of the caravan. They were obviously moving very fast, and the raging smoke and dust filled the air like clouds, dozens of meters high.
A very bad feeling emerged in his heart. Looking around, Zhang Yang saw a cliff hill about a hundred meters away on the right side of the road. It was not high, only about twenty meters, and the area was not large. There were growths on it. There are four or five big trees.
"Go over there and form an array!"
Zhang Yang gave the order. Of course he didn't want to meet the cultists, but it would be a disaster if he was overtaken by the cultists' cavalry on the road.
Soon, his 20 soldiers and a cart arrived at the hill. The veteran Robert began to direct the soldiers to form a dense formation relying on the hill and the cart.
At this time, more chaotic hoofbeats sounded, and there were shouts. The front group of the caravan was already in chaos. Five or six hired riders were running wildly without sacrificing their horsepower. The smoke and dust raised by their mounts covered the people behind them. situation.
But suddenly, a hired rider screamed and fell off his mount. Zhang Yang could clearly see that it was a spear flying out of the dust and smoke.
Just a few seconds later, a knight covered in black armor rushed out of the smoke. Even from two to three hundred meters away, Zhang Yang could feel the terrifying murderous aura.
Especially when the game player system gave the information about this tall black-armored knight, Zhang Yang was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat.
This is actually the most advanced unit of the cultists, the Heretic Black Knight.
This is a level up to level 55, strength 48 points, agility 24 points, with level 15 iron bones, level 12 strong attack, level 6 throwing, level 10 riding, level 7 mounted shooting, one-handed weapons, two-handed weapons, and long poles. A monster with a weapon proficiency of up to 500 points.
What's more, the luxurious equipment, even the war horses are extremely tall and majestic, and the whole body is covered with iron armor. This is clearly a humanoid tank.
Zhang Yang was already thinking about running away, because such a black knight could almost wipe out his entire team.
Fortunately, the black knight was chasing the four mercenary riders at this time.
When Zhang Yang was hesitating, seven or eight mercenary swordsmen who had escaped from the caravan rushed out of the smoke. They were also panicked and actually fled towards Zhang Yang and the others. Behind them, a caravan The driver of the big cart also tried his best to drive the two horses, panicking and not choosing the right path. As a result, the cart overturned and the goods loaded on it were scattered all over the ground.
The driver was pinned under the car and screamed desperately, but no one could pay attention to him.
The sound of hoofbeats sounded again, and two more cultist cavalry chased out of the smoke, but they were no longer black knights, but heretic giant warriors. This was also a high-level unit with level 42. They rushed out as soon as As soon as he saw the formation that Zhang Yang and the others had set up on the hill, he burst into bloodthirsty laughter and stopped caring about the seven or eight mercenary swordsmen who were escaping. They rushed up to the hill one on the left and the other on the right. .
"It's true that a talented artist is brave, I admire him."
Zhang Yang, who was originally hesitating whether to run away, spat. He really didn't have the confidence to fight against the Black Knight, who was already close to a B-level existence.
But this giant warrior is C-level at best and can still fight.
"Array up! Set up spears!"
"Come closer and hold still!"
Veteran Robert shouted at the top of his lungs. At the same time, six armed infantrymen stood in the front row to maintain the soldiers' line. Even though they occupied a favorable location and had ten times the number of enemies, the invisible murderous pressure still made a group of soldiers who had not yet seen the The bloody recruits were trembling with fear.
Zhang Yang, Carly, and Anderson have all dismounted at this time. They are our own long-range force. However, the hunting bow in Anderson's hand is not even a scratch for the giant warrior who is wrapped in iron armor and helmet from head to toe. Neither can be done.
Carly's hunting crossbow probably did very little damage.
The only thing that can cause damage is Zhang Yang's heavy javelin, which is a throwing weapon with a solid iron head installed on the front end, which can cause a lot of damage to iron armor.
As for the assassin's flying knife, you basically don't have to think about it.
The horses of the two giant warriors were equally powerful. Even though it was a 40-degree hillside, they still rushed up at a very fast speed and always used shields to protect the vital parts of their upper bodies.
Anderson and Carly had started shooting, but they were mostly blocked by each other's shields.
Zhang Yang stood behind the soldiers, using his war horse as a shield, and waited patiently.
Finally, a giant warrior on the left rushed up, and the armored horse knocked down an armed infantryman. At the same time, the heavy mace in his hand was knocked down lightly. The other armed infantryman groaned, and the shield in his hand was deformed and shattered. The whole person even vomited blood and flew backwards, knocking down seven or eight recruits behind him.
What a terrifying power this is.
But this was the moment that Zhang Yang was waiting for. Taking advantage of the moment when the giant warrior's middle door opened wide, the heavy javelin in his hand was thrown out violently, causing a scream in the air. In an instant, the giant warrior's water bucket It blasted into the gap between the helmet's eye sockets.
"ah!"
The giant warrior let out an earth-shattering cry and fell off his horse. This blow could be regarded as a precise headshot, because the distance was less than fifteen meters, and this was Zhang Yang's home court.
The moment the giant warrior fell off his horse, an armed infantryman seized the opportunity, held the long sword with both hands and made a lunge thrust. He stabbed it hard through the gap in the guy's helmet and directly snatched Zhang Yang's head.
But Zhang Yang didn't care about this at this time. He succeeded in one blow, turned around, pulled out a second heavy javelin, and threw it at the second giant warrior.
This time the effect was not so good.
The main reason was that the opponent was too alert and had rich combat experience. He quickly blocked Zhang Yang's javelin with his shield, then dismounted decisively, raised his shield and knocked the veteran Robert away. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Then he waved his shield again and knocked the enemy away. Stunning an armed infantryman, and at the same time smashing the mace, Thor standing in the second row was stunned by the shield.
So fierce!
Of course, this is because the soldiers on Zhang Yang's side are too good.
At the critical moment, Zhang Yang was calm, got on his horse, and using this height, the third heavy javelin roared out, forcing the giant warrior to put away his shield and defend.
"ah!"
Bob suddenly rushed out from the right side with a sledgehammer in both hands, and hit the giant warrior's shoulder with a hammer. With a bang, the giant warrior staggered.
Then one of the recruits screamed and thrust his spear, but it didn't penetrate the opponent's armor at all.
Another armed infantryman rushed over and slashed with his sword several times from behind. Sparks were seen flying around, but the effect was still minimal.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yang threw the fourth heavy javelin and hit the giant warrior on the left shoulder. The heavy javelin shattered and the opponent was forced to drop his shield.
"Ah!"
Bob, who was holding a sledgehammer, smashed down again, this time finally knocking the giant warrior who had been attacked repeatedly to the ground. Then the guy smashed wildly, and after several hammerings, he actually grabbed the second head.
Zhang Yang had no time to sigh at this time and immediately started rescue treatment. His level 2 surgery and level 2 healing skills were still good, and they could at least ensure the stability of several injured people.
But a few minutes later, Zhang Yang's heart became bad, because another seven or eight heretic worshipers rushed over with more than 20 heretic infantry chasing the remaining caravan guards, including five heretic crossbowmen.
To make matters worse, the black knight had circled back from the front, forcing the seven or eight hired swordsmen who wanted to escape to stay on the hill with Zhang Yang and the others.