When Nalant's long sword was inserted into Anthony's body, there was a brief silence in the field. Only blood continued to flow out of Anthony's mouth, and he made a loud gasping sound like an old bellows.
In addition to being shocked that Nalant killed Anthony, everyone was also surprised that he had become a titled knight.
"Protect your lord!" After a moment, Quirk and others drew their long swords and came to Nalant's side, while Vivian pointed her long bow at Anthony's five guards.
Although these five guards are no match for Nalant when they work together, Quick and others reported that Nalant was very satisfied, and even Vivian's performance at this time was also very good.
After waving his hand to indicate that Quick and others should not be nervous, Nalant looked at the five guards and said, "Now I give you a chance to choose. Either die or be loyal to me in the future!"
At such a critical juncture, Narant didn't have much time to waste. He needed to resolve the matter quickly.
"Sir, this is inappropriate! After all, Anthony is a nobleman. If he is allowed to survive..." Hearing this, Quick reminded him immediately.
In this world, nobles can kill civilians and serfs, but they must not kill nobles.
Because killing a nobleman for no reason is a serious crime, even if the nobleman is guilty, only the noble assembly is qualified to judge.
Now that Nalant has killed Anthony, if the noble council finds out, at the very least, he will lose his title, or at the most, one life will be worth another life.
"Quick, I know!" Nalant motioned Quirk to stop talking.
He naturally knows the consequences of killing the nobles, but these are extraordinary times. Keeping these five guards will give you a greater chance of winning against the dark creatures tonight.
"I...we are willing to be loyal to you, Lord Nalant!" The five Anthony guards were already frightened. Facing the choice given by Nalant, they looked at each other and knelt down without hesitation.
On the ground.
They were only sent by Aldin to protect Anthony and did not swear allegiance to Anthony, so they would not have any grudge against Nalant even after Anthony died.
What's more, under the current circumstances, if they dare to say no, they will only become corpses.
"Very good. Now if each of you stabs Anthony, I will accept your allegiance, and I will find a way to bring your family back from Tulip City!"
"Thank you, sir!" Several guards stood up after hearing this and looked at Anthony who was lying on the ground dying.
"Na...Narant, you are...dead today. Even if you don't die...Aldin will...will avenge me..." Anthony's eyes were full of bloodshot eyes and he looked at Narant with a malicious look.
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"Why don't you take action yet?"
Puff puff!
Several guards were heartbroken when they heard the urging, and at the same time stabbed Anthony with their swords.
"Uh..." Anthony finally exhausted his last bit of strength and fell limp in a pool of blood.
It wasn't until Anthony died that Nalant looked back.
Originally, Nalant had no intention of killing him. After all, the consequences of doing so were difficult to predict, but this guy was seeking his own death. I really couldn't blame him.
"Guard team, obey the order!" Putting aside his thoughts, Nalant looked at the dark creatures that were slowly surrounding him. The biggest crisis tonight has not been resolved yet.
Following Nalant's order, the guards formed two columns and began to walk slowly down the gentle slope.
The five guards who had just sworn allegiance to Nalant also joined the team and stood beside Quick and others.
Soon, the guard team arrived at the bottom of the gentle slope, and the dark creatures were already surrounding them.
"It should be too late!" Nalant silently counted the time in his heart.
"Vivian! Archers aim freely! Ten breaths ready!" Seeing the skeleton soldiers with strange green soul fire shining in their eyes approaching, Nalant began to give the order.
"Second team, prepare your bows and arrows!" Upon hearing this, Vivian immediately conveyed the order to the guards, and then the eleven long archers took aim and waited.
"Shoot!" Nalant ordered when the first skeleton soldier approached a distance of thirty meters.
Buzz buzz!
Whoosh whoosh!
With the sound of the bowstring undulating, eleven arrows instantly turned into a black light and shot out at the same time.
boom!
The first one to achieve success was Vivian's arrow. With her talent for critical strikes, she immediately blew the skull soldier's head into powder.
Tuk-tuk-tuk!
Among the other long archers, only one of them actually shot the skeleton soldier to death.
Of course, it wasn't that they didn't hit the skeleton soldiers, but that everyone's arrows hit the skeleton soldiers accurately.
It's just that dark creatures like skeleton soldiers, as long as they are not shot in the head and injured by soul fire, even if they are missing arms and legs, they cannot be truly eliminated.
"The longbowmen are free to shoot! The swordsmen team draws out their long swords!" The longbowmen have already taken action, and the swordsman guards naturally cannot watch. Nalant immediately gave an order to Quick and others.
Clang Clang Clang!
The guards drew their swords from their waists one after another, and then held the small round shields on their left wrists in front of them, ready to charge at any time.
"Fight with me and attack the archers of the skeleton soldiers first!"
"Kill for glory!"
"For glory! Kill!"
The next moment, a total of sixteen swordsmen, led by Nalant, rushed towards the group of skeletons.
boom!
Wow!
Nalant took the lead and rushed to the group of skeletons. He directly picked up the small buckler in his left hand and smashed it hard at a skeleton soldier.
The skull soldier's head shattered in response, and then all the bones in his body fell to the ground into a pile of broken bones as if they had lost their rope restraints.
"My lord, you are mighty! Kill!" Seeing Nalant taking the lead and easily killing a skeleton soldier, the guards who were still a little scared were greatly shaken in morale. After shouting violently, they also collided with the skeleton soldier.
Don't think it's easy to smash the bones of skeleton soldiers with a shield. After being strengthened with death energy, the bones of skeleton soldiers are much harder than ordinary people. Without enough explosive power, it is difficult for ordinary people to achieve Nalant's blow.
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On weekdays, it basically takes two well-trained guards to deal with one skeleton soldier!
"This is extraordinary power. If I were in the previous life, I should be able to wear my underwear inside out!" Nalant enjoyed the unprecedented power brought to him by his fighting spirit.
"Roar!"
"Ah, it's the Hell Hound!"
Bang bang!
Just when Nalant was looking beautiful, a loud roar suddenly came from his left side, followed by two muffled sounds.
"Hell dogs?" Nalant was startled and looked along the sound.
The one that roared was none other than one of the most difficult dark creatures tonight, the Hell Hound!
Dark creatures are divided into high and low levels.
The first to third levels are low-level dark creatures. Skeleton soldiers are the lowest level one, while hell dogs are the second level.
The muffled sound just now was caused by two guards being beaten away by the hell dog.
At this time, the round shields in the hands of the two men were already smashed to pieces. Fortunately, because of the protection of the round shields, the two of them were now able to get up staggeringly.
"You all get out of the way, I'll deal with this hell dog!" Nalant roared upon seeing this, and then quickly moved towards the hell dog.
The current hellhound has not yet fully recovered its mobility. Nalant must deal with it as soon as possible, otherwise when it recovers, it will be able to fight evenly with a junior bronze knight.
"Roar!" The hell dog was the size of a calf, and its body was covered with dark red bloodshot eyes. It was extremely ferocious and terrifying. When it saw Nalant rushing toward it, it immediately bared its teeth and revealed its sharp fangs.