"Don't just chat, start moving your hands and feet!" Edward reminded Andy and others to clean up the place quickly and collect the arrows from the shooting range.
Boys and girls in border villages will train in the arena in the morning and learn various self-defense fighting skills. In the afternoon, they will help work in villages and towns and learn survival skills to make a living.
When Zhou Xingyun and others collected the arrows from the shooting range and gathered at the exit of the arena to say goodbye to each other, saying things like 'see you tomorrow, see you another day', the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the distance.
Before Andy and the other boys and girls could react, a wisp of cold light broke through the wind from the forest and shot at Edward, who was standing in the crowd.
Zhou Xingyun had long noticed that a group of people were approaching the arena, but he didn't know who they were. At first, he thought they were patrols from border villages.
It wasn't until an arrow struck Edward that Zhou Xingyun realized that the attacker was evil.
Suddenly a sharp arrow flew out of the jungle, and its target was Edward...
Zhou Xingyun and others saw this and did not come to rescue.
After all, Edward was a veteran of many battles. As soon as the sound of horse hooves sounded, he was on alert. When arrows flew towards him, he reacted very quickly, pulled out the one-handed sword from his waist, and fired the arrows.
The arrow fell hard.
Zhou Xingyun realized that Edward had the ability to protect himself, so he didn't bother to do anything more.
To be honest, Zhou Xingyun hoped that Edward would not react, so that he could try his skills and let the young girls present see his ability to catch a sword with his bare hands.
Just imagine, when the arrow hit Edward's eyeball, Zhou Xingyun changed his position and came to his side, grabbing the incoming sharp arrow with one hand. This can only be described as "handsome".
"Everyone on alert! Arrange in a circular formation! Mary, take the children and hide behind us!" Edward shouted nervously...
Kane, Hisoka, Andy and other young men who were capable of fighting quickly raised their shields and swords and formed a circular formation according to Edward's instructions.
Mary took the children and gathered them in the center of the circle. She raised her long bow and guarded the surrounding area with swords drawn.
Edward and his party never expected that they would be attacked in the arena.
The arena is located in the center of several border villages and is considered a relatively safe area.
In the mountains and forests on the border of the Principality of Cheryl, there are several sentry posts. Not only the border guards of the Principality of Cheryl are stationed nearby, but also patrol formations organized by the villagers themselves.
Logically speaking, they cannot be attacked in the arena...
Now everyone is very confused. Where did the patrol formation go? Why did the enemy attack them in depth without any warning?
Sooner or later, as soon as the circular formation was arranged, a group of cavalry appeared in front of Zhou Xingyun and others.
The number of cavalry is not large. You can count them on ten fingers. It is just a small team of six cavalrymen.
It may be a bit inappropriate to say that they are a cavalry squad, because the formation of these six people is very chaotic, and there is no coordination at all. It feels like randomly finding six people to mount horses, and then carry out an assault.
However, even this would give Edward a headache, because their circular formation was very stretched and had almost no ability to withstand the collision of cavalry.
The most important thing is that the center of the circular formation is full of children who have no fighting ability. Once the horses break through the outer layer of the circular formation, there will be a group of children inside who are ready to be slaughtered.
If the people forming the circular formation were all battle-experienced soldiers, they might be able to skillfully block the horses charging straight at them. Unfortunately, Andy and others were all newcomers, and they had not even experienced any actual combat.
Dozens of boys and girls from villages and towns saw the six cavalry charging towards them, and they immediately fired their bows and arrows in panic.
When they were shooting at the target just now, they shot quite accurately, basically hitting nine out of ten arrows.
However, facing the enemy's charge at this time, their arrows lost their accuracy. Dozens of arrows were shot out, but none of them hit the target.
Seeing this, Mo Nianxi couldn't help but lamented that the archery she taught everyone this morning was really in vain.
Edward saw six powerful cavalry rushing towards him, and he panicked in his heart. He estimated that he could block two of them, and the other four would probably rush into the circle, disrupting their formation to facilitate the following.
Companions attack.
Behind the six-man cavalry squad were more than fifty soldiers.
After the cavalry team rushed out, more than fifty strong men wearing animal skin clothes rushed out of the forest.
Judging from the inconsistent clothing of the other party, they should be a gang of robbers.
Edward couldn't help but become more confused. There was no stronghold of a bandit group near their village, so why would a bandit group attack them?
Just when Edward was puzzled, the cavalry team had already rushed twenty meters in front of him, and the two sides were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
At this moment, Edward could only grit his teeth and clenched the weapon in his hand, preparing to fight the enemy in front.
It is his duty as an arena instructor to train and protect the young local children. Even if he died in battle today, he still had to protect the seedlings in the villages and towns.
Edward was panicking in his heart. After all... he probably knew that facing so many enemies, even if he died in battle, he probably wouldn't be able to protect Andy and the others.
The enemy looked very strong, especially the guy who was leading the charge. Just from his exposed chest muscles and arms, Edward could tell that he was a difficult guy to deal with.
Of course, Edward was panicking, but Zhou Xingyun looked calm.
Isn't it just six cavalry, plus about fifty minions? I just finished fighting a world-destroying boss like the Seven Destiny Warriors not long ago, and you guys, no matter how many soldiers and crab generals you have, it's not enough.
This is what Zhou Xingyun thinks in his heart. He is used to seeing strong winds and waves, but being drizzled in drizzle at this moment is already boring.
As long as the opponent's cavalry squad dares to rush into the circular formation, they will definitely die!
Zhou Xingyun didn't even need to take action, Wei Suyao and the beauties would make them miserable.
Zhou Xingyun is still thinking, come on, just let your horses come over! As long as you get closer to another fifteen meters, my little Suyao will be able to wave the chain whip and teach you how to behave. Come here quickly!
However, just as Zhou Xingyun was waiting for the enemy to enter Wei Suyao's attack range, the enemy cavalry unexpectedly stopped.
"Stop!"
The person at the front suddenly tightened the horse's rope and signaled his companions to stop charging.
The enemy's initial idea was probably to rush into the crowd with six cavalrymen, disrupting the opponent's team so that the infantrymen who came later could kill them randomly.
Therefore, the cavalry team rushed forward non-stop, giving people an aura of ambition to be trapped in the battle and a life-or-death attitude.
However, the person leading the charge suddenly changed his mind twenty meters away from the circular formation and stopped with a loud shout.
As a result, the other five cavalrymen who followed him stopped and rushed forward ten meters with inertia, before turning back and asking questions...
"What's wrong, brother?"
"Why stop?"
The thieves were all puzzled as to why the leader suddenly changed his mind and told them to stop the offensive.
You must know that the task given to them by the leader is to kill everyone in the arena without leaving any one behind. Anyway, the arena in the border village only has some broken swords and shields used for training, and there is no property worth plundering.
Therefore, the leader of the thieves took the lead in charging, hoping to use six cavalry to disrupt the opponent's line. Then everyone swarmed up and killed all the 'little seedlings' in the arena.
"Brothers, you're in luck! Look what that is." The gang leader licked his tongue greedily, staring at Xun Xuan, Wei Suyao and all the beauties.
He is the one who leads the charge. He is at the front of the team and has the broadest view.
When the leader of the gang approached the circle formation, he couldn't help but be amazed by the beauty of Xun Xuan and the other women...
The leader of the gang had been a bandit for several years. He knew very well that his brothers burned, killed, and plundered, and he was so greedy that he killed everyone he saw, without paying any attention to the situation around him.
In other words, everyone cuts indiscriminately without human nature. Even if there is a stunning beauty standing in front of them, they often only realize that they have destroyed the flower after the knife falls.
Therefore, when the leader of the gang saw Xun Xuan and the beautiful women, he immediately changed his mind and asked the brothers to stop first before starting to kill.
Anyway, according to the information provided by the leader, there is only one instructor in the arena, and he is an injured and retired knight. They only need to be careful about this person, and the other guys are not a problem.
"Oh! My God! That's so beautiful!"
"It's going to be a wonderful sleepless night tonight!"
"Not just tonight! They will become the property of our Alat Corps just like slaves! As long as you take them back, the leader will definitely reward you generously. From now on, brothers can indulge themselves at any time! Hahahaha..."
The leader of the thieves roared with laughter. He really didn't expect that his group would meet so many beauties with beautiful scenery in a small border village with poor mountains and rivers.
If you capture them today, you will be able to enjoy them endlessly and extremely sweetly in the future!
"What is the Alat Corps? The army of a neighboring country?" Zhou Xingyun was not familiar with the local situation, so he could only ask Edward with a smile.
"They are a vicious pirate group." Edward had heard of the Alat Corps when he was young.
Rather than saying that they are a military corps, it is better to say that they are a group of pirates who burn, kill, and plunder. Their evil deeds have long been spread throughout the Western Continent, and they are a group of crazy villains.
All villages and towns invaded by the Alat Bandits were destroyed, their property and food were all looted, all the men were killed, and the beautiful women were enslaved and sold to other places.
"Aren't the Arat Bandits operating in coastal areas? Why would they come to us!" Kane also heard about the evil deeds of the Arat Bandit from the bard's mouth and knew that they were a group of ruthless gangsters.
Although the border village of the Principality of Cheryl is close to the seaport, it is relatively far away from the villages and towns along the coast. Logically speaking, it should not be the target of the Alat Bandits.
In other words, even if the Arat Bandits want to attack the border village of Cheryl Principality, why would they send people to the arena?