Knight and Wand

Chapter 36 Rescue
The Kantadar archer by the window was perhaps too relaxed. His head felt hot and itchy, so he took off his tight helmet, put it aside, and yawned while leaning on the window sill with his hands.

Listening to the noisy noises coming from below, he curled up a lewd smile, looking forward to the long-lost relaxation and release, but he was completely unaware that death had quietly arrived.

The soft leather-soled shoes rested lightly on the wooden beam. Leon, holding the long sword he had drawn in advance, turned around silently and touched the top of the soldier's head.

After finding the right position, he gripped the hilt of the sword in reverse, and supported the strong part of the sword with his left hand using the half-sword technique, with the tip of the sword pointing directly at the target's exposed neck, and then he took a deep breath.

Damn it! Justice from heaven!

Leon leaped forward.

Like an assassin descending from the shadows, the upside-down sword suddenly fell down due to gravity.

The archer was caught off guard and felt a sudden heavy pressure on his back. He was knocked off balance and fell to the ground by Leon's fall.

The two of them fell to the ground with a thud.

"Uh-huh--" The archer had just uttered half of his cry when the sharp blade in Leon's hand pierced his throat.

The tip of the sword even pierced through and nailed to the floor.

In agony, the archer's eyes widened in horror and he could only groan in pain, with large streams of blood spurting out from the wound pierced by the sword.

Perhaps because he had practiced with wild goblins and zombies from the cursed land, Leon did not feel uncomfortable when he actually killed someone for the first time.

Especially since the one he killed was such a heartless beast. Maybe it was the influence of the original owner's tragic memories, but he felt a sense of pleasure of revenge in his heart.

The sound of Lohak and Azerien falling to the ground followed closely, and they quickly stepped forward and pressed down the enemy's dying hands and feet.

Leon grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands and pressed it horizontally. The rotating dwarf steel blade easily cut through the flesh, and the sword tip severed the archer's head along the cervical vertebrae.

".?"

The pockmarked man who was trying to take off his leg armor on the second floor raised his head.

The continuous banging of the floor above him puzzled him, and he couldn't help but shout out: "Lauren? What's going on?"

The inquiry received no response from his men, so the pockmarked man put on his armor lining and leg guards again.

He lowered his head and slapped the girl's cheek, warning her: "Be good and don't run around, or I'll kill you."

After saying that, the pockmarked man turned around and walked up the wooden steps on the wall, yelling even louder: "Lao En! What are you doing up there?"

But just as he looked out from the stairs, he saw the headless body of his men lying on the ground, and his eyes froze instantly.

Next to the corpse, a clean-looking boy held a blood-stained dagger and pointed his finger at him, and challenged him in authentic Uriah:
"He went to hell first, and you'll be next, pig."

"Damn it! Where did this little bastard come from!"

The pockmarked man suddenly became furious. He immediately drew the long sword from his waist and rushed to the third floor.

But just as he half emerged from the stairs, he suddenly felt a chill on his waist.

A huge pain pierced his bones, and the pockmarked man looked down in disbelief.

A sharp sword blade had pierced through his waist from behind.

The backstab attack was successful. Leon, who was hiding in a blind spot at the entrance of the stairs, used both hands to twist the sword to strangle the internal organs.

"Ah——!" Ma Zi screamed like crazy in pain, tears welling up in his eyes. Unable to turn around, he tried desperately to fight back against the attacker behind him, but the wall next to the wooden steps completely blocked the movement of his right hand.

"Galuf!! Galuf!!! Are you fucking deaf! Come quickly!" In fear, he yelled the names of his men outside the tower, wanting to call for help, but he saw another tall young man on the left rushing towards him with an angry face.

"Die, bastard!"

Lohak took a quick step forward, raised a short-spear-like rune crossbow arrow in his left hand, and thrust it fiercely into the eye socket of the pockmarked man.

The sharp arrowhead that could penetrate the griffin's skin easily pierced the enemy's eyeball, and with the young man's hateful blow, it almost pierced into the opponent's brain.

Without stopping, Lohak's broken sword swung horizontally with precision. The notched iron blade tore off a large piece of flesh from the opponent's neck, and the huge wound tore the pockmarked man's neck and throat.

At the same time, Leon turned sideways and pulled out the sword with force, and blood splattered on the floor.

The pockmarked man's whole body twitched limply, he covered his cut neck, and tumbled down the stairs.

"Ahhhhhh!--" the ragged mountain girl screamed in horror.

The last Kantadar soldier downstairs had already run up to the second floor, just in time to see the miserable appearance of the pockmarked man rolling down the stairs with a pool of blood on the ground.

"Damn it! What's going on?!" He was so frightened that he turned around and jumped down the stairs without even a moment's hesitation, leaped back to the first floor, and ran out the door. In his panic, he had no intention of rescuing his companions.

"No! He's trying to escape!"

Lohak jumped down the wooden steps in two steps, picked up the long sword dropped by the pockmarked man, and quickly chased after him.

Azerien also quickly pulled out the sword from the third-layer cavalry corpse and ran down the stairs.

Leon was secretly anxious and wanted to go together to hunt down the last fish that had escaped the net, but suddenly he caught sight of the bow next to the archer's corpse by the window and changed his mind in an instant.

He threw down his sword, stepped forward quickly, picked up the bow with his left hand, and drew an arrow from the quiver of the corpse with his right hand. While drawing the bow and putting the arrow on it, he leaned towards the window.

Sure enough, the Kantadar cavalryman who was fleeing for his life had already turned over and mounted his horse, and Lohak and Azerien had just chased him out the door.

Without waiting for the man to shout at his mount to move forward, Leon skillfully moved his body and strength and pulled the bow in his hand.

No matter in the previous life or in this life as the son of a hunter, he was well versed in the art of archery.

The bow in his hand had a high poundage and was very strenuous, but it was still within his reach. At such a close distance and with such a suitable bird's-eye view, there was no possibility of him missing the target.

The bow and arrow were released, and the whistling sharp arrow flew out of the air.

"what!"

The Kantardar cavalryman screamed and fell off his horse.

The arrow shot into his chest from above his back.

Seeing the enemy fall to the ground, Leon remembered something and hurriedly shouted to his companions under the tower: "Don't kill him, bring him back, I have questions for him."

Lohak and Azerien had to give up the idea of ​​finishing off the enemy, and each of them dragged the Kantadar cavalryman back to the windmill tower, pulling him by one of his legs.

Leon temporarily put down his bow, picked up his sword, turned around and ran down the stairs quickly.

Passing by the second floor, he stopped when he saw the poor girl shivering in the corner.

"Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you. If you want to escape, run away now." Wen Yan said soothingly, and without waiting for a reaction, he continued to run to the first floor.

Seeing the Kantadar soldier lying on the ground, half-breathing, Leon urged Azerien: "You know Uriah, help me interrogate him and see if he knows the whereabouts of Olivia."

But Azerien shook his head: "I want to ask, but I'm afraid this guy can't speak anymore."

As he said that, he stepped forward and kicked the man in the head.

Sure enough, the Kantadar soldier whose chest and lungs had been shot through no longer had the strength to speak except for his dying groans of pain, and was about to die.

"However, I did hear them mention a father and daughter during their conversation at the top of the tower. They were most likely Miss Olivia and the old blacksmith."

Azerien did not hide the previous conversation, after all, he was also worried about the blonde girl.

After listening to his friend's retelling, Leon sighed helplessly.

He had originally hoped that Olivia could escape death with her own skills, but now it seems that she is in great danger.

"Olivia fell into the hands of those bastards? This..." Lohak clenched his fists, his eyes full of anxiety.

Azerien said nothing, but just looked at Leon calmly.

To rescue people? Or
Leon's heart was in a conflict. He placed the sword on the ground and tapped the handle with his fingers.

If he were to ask himself, he certainly wanted to save her, and he didn't want the girl to fall into the hands of the beasts in Kantardar at all.

But right now, the best strategy for the three of them is undoubtedly to leave this place as soon as possible.

There was no reason for him to risk the lives of his two friends for a girl who was not related to him.

Besides, no matter whether he could save her or not, he didn’t even know where the Kantadars were holding her, so how could he save her?

Or what if something bad happened to her?
Should I go to the village and ask those Kantadar soldiers if they have seen a blonde girl who is good at fighting?
"You...are you talking about Sister Olivia?" A timid voice came from the stairs.

Leon and the other two turned their heads suddenly and looked, scaring the girl who was peeking out from the second floor.

"Little sister? Do you know where Miss Olivia is?" Azerien asked with a raised eyebrow.

The brown-haired girl nodded nervously, and then she asked carefully, "You are the three outsiders that Sister Olivia mentioned, right? Are you going to save her?"

(End of this chapter)