"It's nothing if there is no back door." After listening to Hanover's words, Arthur couldn't help but complain. Normally, whether it is a band of thieves or other evil organizations, no, it should be said that it is any decent armed organization, in their base
In addition to the main entrance, there should be back doors such as emergency escape exits. Otherwise, if they are directly besieged by hostile organizations, the people inside will become turtles in the urn and have to wait for death. The besieged people do not even need to actually take action, just use
Various blockades have blocked the main entrance, and the people inside will never be able to get out. Even if they don't suffocate to death, they will die of hunger and thirst.
There isn't even a backdoor------Such a ridiculous setup actually appears in the base of the Bone Scavengers Bandits? Is this a joke?
"Believe me, they really don't have a backdoor. Bordeaux has investigated it repeatedly before, and there is nothing wrong with this." Hanover emphasized: "I know this is unreasonable, but these guys can use necromancy."
We must have different tactics from normal thieves groups."
Arthur didn't answer. Those bandits were either very stupid, or they had extremely high confidence in their own strength. No matter which one they were, it was not a good thing. From the very beginning, he met these people who knew necromancy.
When I was a bandit, I felt that the situation was unusual, but this time the situation was so unusual that it was really unsettling.
No matter what, since there is no other way but to attack through the door, they have no other choice but to attack through the door.
"Bordeaux, you take the lead and send them two rounds*, and then Milan is responsible for releasing the first wave of arrows, and then I will clean up." Hanover commanded: "Then, Mr. Employer, do you want to observe here, or do you want to join me?"
stand up?"
Arthur drew his sword: "Leave two soldiers to warm up for me."
"Very good." Hannover winked at his companion, drew his sword, and began to take action.
The "scout" ran at the front, quickly approaching the main entrance of the cottage with an almost silent sprint and extremely agile footwork. Before the thieves could react, Bordeaux had already thrown out three irregular spherical objects in his hands.
, those spheres wrapped with cloth strips instantly emitted thick yellow smoke after hitting the ground, completely covering the sight of the thieves guarding the door. The other party fell into chaos for a while, not only unable to see each other, but also unable to take any
The guys with crossbows couldn't take aim yet. Arthur could hear a series of coughs in the distance. It was obvious that the smoke had ingredients similar to tear gas, causing the opponent to lose most of his breath while his face was filled with tears.
resistance.
Arthur subconsciously covered half of his face with a cloth. But what to do with his eyes? He didn't wear goggles or any other props. In this case, he could only delay a few steps and rush over, at least until the tear gas smoke dispersed a little.
While he was doing this, the ranger of the mercenary group had jumped to the tree where Arthur and the others were, and shot five or six arrows in a row. The opposite side was obviously still shrouded in smoke, and it stands to reason that the archers would not
She might be able to see the people in the smoke clearly, but she seemed to rely on the sound of people coughing in the smoke to judge the location and shoot accurately. Arthur heard the screams of the thieves, and at least four of them fell down with arrows.
The effectiveness of the gun actually did not last long. After all, it was used in an open area, and the smoke dissipated quickly. After the archers weakened part of the opponent's strength, the mercenary man also rushed forward with his sword, ready to clean up the rest.
The enemy, Arthur, was not to be outdone, and followed him to grab heads. According to the current situation, it would have been perfectly okay for all the enemies at the door to be dealt with by this group of mercenaries, but Arthur didn't want everything to be handled by the mercenaries.
Taking care of everything, I always feel like I have to do something.
Although the smoke had almost dissipated when they rushed up, the thieves were still quite confused because they had inhaled the tear-jerking smoke, and their tears and noses were still flowing. They could hardly pick up weapons to fight back. Hanover rushed over with two swords
Cutting down one of the thieves, kicking the other one, rushing over and stabbing the thieves in the chest with a sword, the movements were smooth and ruthless, this is what a mercenary who has experienced hundreds of battles should do.
Arthur also rushed in front of another thief. Before the other thief could counterattack, he ducked behind him and struck with his backhand with the unsheathed Seraph Holy Sword. The unopened sword blade (scabbard) struck the thief on the back of the head.
, one blow knocked the unfortunate guy unconscious.
"Huh?" After Arthur took care of the two thieves, Hanover let out a low groan. The thieves he chopped down fell forever and did not get up again, but the two thieves that Arthur chopped down were just unconscious.
After falling to the ground, there was a sudden explosion of corpses, and then just as Arthur described before, blood-red skeletons slowly rose up from the exploded corpses.
"Why didn't the thief you hacked to death turn into a corpse?" Arthur asked by the way, taking a few steps back and raising his sword on guard.
"The weapon in my hand has been blessed by the church. After killing the enemy, it can prevent the enemy from turning into an undead spirit." Hanover replied, and at the same time asked with a slightly reproachful tone: "Why didn't you kill those two people? Yes.
To prevent them from turning into corpses?"
"This is one of the reasons." Arthur replied ambiguously. In fact, as a time traveler, he must try not to kill people if he can, so as not to interfere with the flow of history in this world. He also knew how to use the scabbard to kill people.
After knocking the thieves unconscious, the same thing as what happened at noon might happen, but he still took a chance and ended up with two red skulls.
"Tsk." Hanover didn't continue to say anything. He rushed over and scattered the red skulls with two swords. The long sword in his hand indeed had something similar to sacred enchantment. It was not difficult at all to kill the skeletons, and after cutting the red skulls into pieces,
, they have not been resurrected again.
It always felt like it was adding more work to Hanover, and Arthur couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. If he had done nothing and let Hanover kill these thieves, there would have been no chance for the Red Skull to show up, right?
"Everything is packed, let's gather." The mercenary man waved to his companions on the other side of the bush from a distance, asking them to come and join him. This battle was fought quietly and quickly. It is estimated that the alarm in the base was not even raised in time.
Noise. But the strength of the enemy guarding the gate is too low, which makes it feel suspicious.
"Just rush in like this?" Arthur then asked, "Maybe there's a trap inside?"
"Even if it's a trap, you have to go in. If it's like this, it's impossible for the bandits to rush out and die." Hanover said again. His companions also came to join him, including of course Arthur's companion, Bedi.
Verne and Verne.
"The sword in your hand also carries the blessing of the church," Nant looked at the holy sword in Arthur's hand and said, "but just use it to knock out the enemy. If the blade does not come into contact with the enemy's blood, the blessing is impossible.
Effective. Do you really plan to use this unopened sword to deal with these thieves, or even the undead they later turn into?"
"Well, there will always be a way." Arthur did not answer Nante's question directly, but made a fool of himself. Nante is a woman with great insight, and Arthur is even a little afraid of talking to her too much, fearing that she will go further.
See through Arthur's true nature.
Hanover didn't say anything. After all, Arthur was the employer. Normally, it was their group of mercenaries who should do the work in this bandit suppression operation. It was understandable that Arthur would stand in the distance and watch the battle without killing any enemy.
Don't force things.
"Then, Bordeaux, I'll help you." Hanover said again.
As a scout, Bordeaux nodded, leaned down and made a sneaking gesture, then walked at the front to explore the path. Not sure if it was an illusion or something, but Arthur seemed to feel that the moment Bordeaux squatted down, his whole figure changed.
Disappeared. Could it be some kind of illusion or invisibility spell?
There was a reason why Bordeaux was at the forefront to explore the way. After all, the terrain in the cave was complex, and there were likely to be a large number of murder traps. It was very dangerous for a large group to enter the cave like this. Even if a few of the people behind them could dodge the traps quickly, the team would still be able to escape.
There will inevitably be casualties. As a thief (scout), Bordeaux is at the forefront, and has clearly identified the locations of the traps, and even manually cleared a few traps, which will bring a lot of convenience to the team's progress.
The corridor in front, which is neither wide nor narrow, leads directly to the depths of the base of the [Bone Scavengers] bandits. Arthur originally expected that there would be a lot of dangers. But after Bordeaux walked in, Arthur could hear thunderclaps in the distance.
There was a series of trap trigger sounds, and the guy seemed to be very active in dismantling the traps and clearing the way for the team. Arthur had heard that a skilled scout could see through and dismantle the traps on the road one by one as quickly as solving a maze, even if there were no
It cannot be dismantled directly, but you can also throw a small stone to trigger the trap first, and the triggered trap will no longer be a threat. From the current situation, it seems that this is what Bordeaux did, and this person's pathfinding ability is still good.
It's really not bad, Arthur can figure it out just by listening to the sounds of frequently triggered traps.
After about ten minutes, the skinny scout came back to join the team: "It's all done. There shouldn't be any more traps to deal with for the time being. But it's quite strange that there aren't even any bandits patrolling along the way."
"After all, it is a [welcoming] front porch full of traps. It is understandable if there are fewer patrols." Hanover replied: "Then let's go, but we still have to be careful. This guy Bordeaux may not be able to dismantle the trap."
Quan, he has always been unreliable."
"That's too much, captain." The scout shouted pretending to be angry.
A group of people continued to go deep into the enemy's position while laughing softly. Arthur's guess was not wrong. Bordeaux was indeed very capable. Arthur could see countless mechanisms that had been triggered along the way, including spears coming out of the wall.
There are rolling stones falling from the ceiling, and spikes emerging from the floor. The road is full of such shocking sights, and there are hundreds of traps. Fortunately, these traps are triggered once.
People can safely bypass things that have lost their effectiveness as long as the mechanism is not manually reset. Having a scout in the team can save the troops a lot of effort in dismantling mechanisms and avoiding traps. It is self-evident.
Then, with almost no risk, they bypassed the front porch full of traps and came to a large door. Hanover winked at everyone, walked to the door with his sword in hand, and was ready to push the door open.
As soon as they push the door open, there may be a dozen enemies waiting for them inside. It is estimated that it will be an inevitable tough battle.
So------
Hannover pushed hard, and the heavy iron door opened with a creak.
However, what greeted everyone was not a lively fighting scene, but a deathly silence. It was not because there was no one in the hall behind the door - on the contrary, there were many people in the hall, and all the thieves were there.
But the thieves turned a deaf ear to what was going on at the door, and were kneeling in fascination at a blood-red pool in the center of the hall.
This is almost like some kind of cult gathering. (To be continued)