Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1517 1489. Advance
Not far away, the villagers' praises and sobs of relief for escaping death could be heard.

But when Lan En and A Xiu went over to take a look, they saw that the situation was not very good.

In the small open space in the middle of the village, there were many corpses stacked on top of each other.

Judging from their postures, when they were alive, they both wanted to take each other's lives, so they were entangled with each other, with ferocious and cruel faces like evil spirits.

Among the entangled corpses, most were militiamen and villagers, and a small number were bandits.

But apart from the corpses entangled with each other, all of them were the bodies of bandits.

The majestic body of Qilin stood among the corpses of the bandits.

The dim moonlight and the rising flames set off its elegant and majestic body, which is truly like a myth.

And Felynx stood on the Kirin's head, holding the ashen horn on its head with one hand.

From the villagers' perspective, although many people have died here, including their friends and relatives, they are heartbroken.

But at the same time, they knew deeply that if they were really captured by bandits, the tragic ending might be worse than dying here.

The anticipated suffering and the relatively good luck in reality actually made them feel grateful at this moment.

But after I realized how relieved I was, I saw the corpse on the ground, and my relief quickly turned into shame and regret.

Complex and changeable emotions become particularly serious during this time of great ups and downs and mental tension.

It was easy enough when they killed the bandits, as Qilin and Fluffy Ball were both quick and efficient. However, after killing the bandits, facing the noise of the villagers kneeling down, Ancient Dragon and Felynx were a little overwhelmed and hesitated to move forward.

Neither of them can speak Japanese, and the ability of guardian spirits to communicate with each other has little effect on these ordinary people.

Although Ancient Dragon and Elu Cat felt good about being admired by the people they rescued, they were just feeling elated for a moment in their hearts, and their outward expressions were still frozen.

It was not until Lan En and A Xiu walked over quickly that the two of them seemed to be saved and hid their huge bodies behind Lan En.

"Are you, Lord Lan En?"

A weak and painful voice was heard among the crowd of people crawling in panic.

Lan En walked straight towards the sound without stopping.

The villagers blocking the front quickly stood up and made way, revealing the people behind them.

Kikuchi Sadakichi.

The son of the old samurai was now wearing his family's heirloom armor and holding a broken samurai sword tightly in his hand, sitting on the mud ground next to a wooden house.

It was just that the wide pants under the armor were soaked with blood and stuck to his legs.

Lan En squatted down and took just one look, then pulled off the strap on Kikuchi Sadayoshi's forehead, reached his hands under his rudang (a simple skirt armor that protected his thighs on both sides), and tied his thighs tightly.

"This is a penetrating wound, stabbed from behind. A sneak attack?"

While tying the tourniquet, Lan En tried to divert the other party's attention with a brief conversation.

"Bandits don't have the moral integrity to fight head-on."

Kikuchi Sadakichi, the young man who was once talked about behind his back by the villagers as 'the idle Sadakichi', now smiled nonchalantly and even had a bit of heroism.

"However, Yojiro and Yoichiro are both great. They helped me hold back the sneak attacking bandits. I had to chop down two more before they fell. Haha!"

While speaking, Kikuchi Sadakichi stared intently at the pile of corpses tangled together not far away.

The voice was that of laughter, but the sadness mixed in with the laughter was impossible to ignore.

After laughing, his voice suddenly calmed down.

"Sir Lan, I think I've lost too much blood. I can't survive, right?"

"This should be the first time you've been injured so badly." Lan En looked up at him rationally, "Your panic will exaggerate your feelings about the injury. No, don't be ashamed, this is normal. This puncture wound didn't touch any major blood vessels, you'll be fine."

"Now, tell me what's going on in the village. Is this the total number of bandits attacking?"

Under Smaug's angular, thick and sturdy gauntlets, Lan's fingers were still pulling the tourniquet like a butterfly flying through flowers, performing medical operations.

"Ah!" Kikuchi Sadakichi groaned in pain, then gritted his teeth and responded to Lan En. "That should be all, but many monsters also took the opportunity to escape from the mountain."

"The bandits burned down a lot of houses. My father was supposed to lead another team to defend the village entrance, but after the defense was breached, the bandits rushed in. I didn't see how much blood was on their weapons, armor, or clothes."

"They, huh~ They should still be alive, but the village is in chaos now, and we can't contact each other."

A battle, even one between bandits and a village, could cause terrain isolation if it began to damage buildings.

Especially since Shisanzakura Village was not built on flat ground. Even after the fighting in the village became a mess, at least one could still go out of the village and make contact with the people on the other side.

The village is backed by a mountain wall, and a river runs through the village.

I wanted to get out of the village but I didn't know how to go around.

Lan En turned his face away, and his ears twitched slightly.

At the entrance of Shisanzakura Village, there was indeed no more shouting or killing.

The only sound was the crackling of burning wood and bamboo.

It doesn't matter whether there are people there or not now.

If Daisuke Kikuchi and his team managed to survive, they could look for them later when things calmed down.

And if they were already dead, there was no point in taking a look now.

Lan En turned around and looked at Kikuchi Sadakichi.

He said nothing, but after this glance, the young warrior's face first turned pale, and then suddenly became more resolute. It was as if in just this moment, some invisible responsibilities were automatically shouldered on his shoulders.

The pressure of responsibility was suffocating him, but he still stood up with all his strength.

"Behind, the village chief's house and the temple!"

Kikuchi Sadakichi suddenly grabbed Lan's arm and even supported his own leg that was stabbed.

"I vaguely heard some weird howling in there before. Please! The village chief is still in there!"

"Understood." Lan stood up without hesitation. "We'll be done quickly."

"Qilin, stay here and watch over them."

Finally, Lan En turned and said to the ancient dragon of the New World.

The other party also snorted, indicating that he understood.

The ball of fluff jumped a little and landed back on Lan's shoulder.

The surrounding villagers became even more respectful upon seeing this.

They hurriedly made way for Lan En and his companions to pass quickly.

From the village, return along the road that Lan En and the others took when they first came into this world.

The originally quiet and leisurely stone steps and moss now seemed eerie, dark and dangerous in this night when bandits and monsters swarmed in.

"I'm going to speed up."

Lan En was walking in the front. He spoke softly without looking back, and his originally steady pace was becoming heavier and more explosive.

The ball of lint on his shoulder needs no introduction.

And A Xiu following behind him.

"Ugh~"

She drew out two long swords and placed them on both sides of her body. Her blue eyes looked at the tall man leading the way.

The speechless half-demon showed her attitude through her actions: she was confident that she could keep up.

A heavy and huge figure rushed up the stone steps with an incomparable speed!

The wind blew the fallen leaves into disarray.

"Hmm? What?"

A bandit who was squatting on the ground and searching for valuables on a corpse in front of him immediately turned around after hearing the loud noise.

But before he could finish saying the word "who".

A large, soft and flexible ball of fur pounced on his face with a 'meow', causing him to stumble backward uncontrollably.

The tall figure didn't pause at all, and the big hairy ball stepped on the bandit's face and bounced back.

Following closely behind, a shadow with eyes flashing blue light appeared, holding a long sword at his side. As he passed by the bandit, the blade had already rested on the skin of his neck in a rapid movement.

As the figure flashed, there was a "hiss" sound, and blood spurted out from the artery and shot nearly two meters away.

When the two men and the cat had suddenly run far away, the bandit, who had just stood up, covered his throat and collapsed back beside the body he had killed.

After breaking through the village gate, the bandits basically scattered and went about robbing, killing, and enjoying themselves. One could not expect any organization from these people.

But because of this, they appear to be somewhat scattered in the village.

But the deeper you go into the village temple, the fewer bandits there are.

It was as if this group of experienced robbers had reached an unspoken understanding with something during the invasion.

"call out!"

An arrow shot towards Lan En head-on. The arrow was already swift, and coupled with the relative speed of Lan En's head-on collision, its penetrating power should not be underestimated.

But the demon hunter didn't even bother to hide.

With a sound of "crack", the arrow that hit Smaug broke into two pieces immediately under the huge impact force.

After the arrow flew out, Lan En easily caught the feathered arrow shaft that was also blown away while running, and then waved his hand without even raising his head.

"Bah!"

The broken wooden spike on the arrow shaft pierced through the archer's throat from high up and came out from the back of his neck.

The blood and flesh from the neck hung on the jagged wooden thorns.

The falling corpse made the bandit, who had suddenly become alert, stagger.

This must be a bandit with martial arts skills. The axe in his hand is almost the same size as the one used by the monks in the temple.

The thick and large axe blade is as big as a washbasin!
But it still didn't have the ability to stop it for even a moment.

Lan rushed right past him.

Ah Xiu, who was behind him, took advantage of the moment when he staggered and used the technique he had used to instantly drain the spear-wielding bandit's energy.

After swinging the knife once, a seemingly ordinary spinning kick directly kicked the already unstable axe bandit backwards onto the steps.

[Wind God]!
(End of this chapter)