Mercenary Wars

Chapter 42 Attacked
The forest was very large, and even though the mercenaries had sped up, they still couldn't get out before dark, so they had to set up camp and rest.

Tents were erected one after another, and fires were lit. The mercenaries sat around the fire and chewed their dry food.

"Ryan, this seems to be your first time as captain?" asked Gao Jianuo.

"About the same. I rarely serve as captain," Ryan said. "After all, a captain usually needs to stand firmly in front of everyone, and as a thief, I'm best at hiding in corners and running fast."

After a pause, he continued, "So, after we arrive at Prestor Castle, I will probably continue my intelligence work. As for the captain of this team, the mercenary group will most likely assign a soldier to take on the role."

John said, "What do you think of me?"

Ryan laughed and said, "You're too young. The captain of a mercenary group's combat team is usually a fourth or even fifth level warrior. But you have the vigilance of Saint Michael. As long as you can reach level four, you will definitely have no problem becoming the captain."

John suddenly sighed. "Actually, I could have been selected as a Paladin reserve, but unfortunately, I still have an elemental holy name, and the church doesn't think I'm pure enough."

Marcus had a strange expression on his face. "Why don't you just not tell them? The Church won't hold a 'Purity Ceremony' for you, right?"

John: "How could I have known this at the time? I thought they would really conduct a purity test on me... There was nothing I could do. After all, I was a fisherman's son. The priest in the fishing village and my father only told me to be honest."

There was a brief pause in the conversation.

John changed the subject: "Captain Ryan, who was responsible for the two attacks you encountered here? That Viscount Yuris?"

Ryan shook his head: "The first time was the Wolf Hunter Mercenaries, and the second time was a tall troll."

"There are tall trolls here?"

"You mean you escaped from the tall trolls?" Several surprised voices rang out.

Ryan: "Tall trolls aren't as powerful as you think. They're much stronger than regular trolls, but their brains aren't very good. They're only slightly smarter than goblins."

"Will we encounter tall trolls too?"

"It's not completely impossible. That guy came from nowhere and has been wandering around this forest. I heard he was a highwayman for a while near a bridge north of Driftwood Town, tearing apart several travelers heading north." Ryan added, "But we have hundreds of people, at least, and Deputy Captain Cassandra is here. There's no need to worry."

"How long will it take to get to the castle?"

"It's almost there, and if nothing unexpected happens, the castle will soon send someone to pick us up."

The night is getting darker.

The mercenaries fell asleep one after another, and Gao Jianuo's team was assigned to be one of the night watch teams, responsible for safety at night.

This is mainly thanks to Ryan, as he is most familiar with this area.

Gao Jianuo was not a formal combatant, but he did not fall asleep. Instead, he sat in front of the fire and modified his arrows.

The arrows he bought from Barto's blacksmith shop all had normal feathers. In order to better exert the effect of Swift Breeze, he needed to modify them all into long-feather arrows.

It was not until the second half of the night that Gao Jianuo, who had completed the modification work, decided to go to sleep.

However, just as he was about to get into the tent, an accident suddenly happened.

"call--"

"call out--"

Several sounds of breaking air were heard in the dark forest.

At the same time, John turned sideways with his shield and protected Pastor Shelton behind him in time.

Immediately afterwards, a faintly glowing short spear came whizzing with astonishing momentum, directly piercing through the shield and John's chest!

Other arrows were shot in various directions.

"Enemy attack!"

The mercenaries woke up one after another, and the battle was about to begin.

Pastor Sheldon, clearly inexperienced in combat, watched helplessly as John was pierced by the spear. He froze in his tracks, unable to react for a full second. Fortunately, Gao Jianuo swiftly approached, dragging both him and John into a corner while shouting, "Use your magic! He's about to die!"

John, who was pierced through the chest by a short spear, coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood and lost consciousness. Large amounts of blood flowed out from his chest, staining his shirt red in an instant.

Gao Jianuo quickly took out a few healing stones, ground them into powder, and sprinkled them on John's wound.

Pastor Shelton also reacted, his face pale as he began to chant spells, his hands lit up with holy light, and he placed them in front of John's chest.

With the effectiveness of the healing stone and holy light spell, the bleeding finally stopped gradually, but John still looked as if his life or death was uncertain. He lay motionless with his eyes closed, and his face was not a trace of blood.

"Clang!" A stray arrow flew over and was blocked by the fine steel mail armor on Gao Jianuo's body.

Gao Jianuo was secretly shocked and had no time to pay attention to John. He looked towards the direction where the arrow came from while drawing his bow and drawing the arrow.

It was late at night and the enemy was hiding in the dark. He could only see a vague outline.

But Gao Jianuo was not panicked.

After reaching level three, the number of Swift Breeze he could control at the same time reached six clusters, and the control distance was extended to six hundred meters.

The increase from four clusters to six clusters may seem small, but it actually brings about a qualitative change.

Gao Jianuo attached six clusters of swift breeze to the arrow.

Pull open the wolf tendon bow.

"call out--"

The bowstring was pulled and the arrow shot towards the figure in the dark.

The arrow was not flying fast, and the figure in the dark was prepared. He just leaned sideways slightly and the arrow missed.

The figure seemed to sneer contemptuously.

But what the figure didn't know was that the arrow that had just flown past him did not fall to the ground, but slowly turned around and aimed at him again from behind!

Gao Jianuo has always wanted to use the swift breeze to make a "turn back arrow", but before he reached level three, no matter how he tried, he just couldn't make a turn back arrow.

It was not until he reached level three and could control six clusters of Swift Breeze at the same time that he realized the problem.

At least five Swift Breezes are needed to fully control an arrow.

Of course, five Swift Breeze clusters were still a bit difficult to hit back. Therefore, to be safe, Gao Jianuo directly attached six Swift Breeze clusters at once.

With the help of these six swift breezes, the idea of ​​turning back finally became a reality.

"call out--"

An arrow aimed from behind shot out.

"Ah!" The defenseless figure immediately became the first victim of the arrow, screaming and falling to the ground.

At this time, Cassandra had also taken action.

Flames ignited on the giant sword in her hand, and then she roared angrily, and her huge body leaped up and charged towards the figures gathering in the forest.

"boom!"

An attacker standing in the front was immediately chopped into pieces by the giant sword. His body parts were ignited by the flames and flew everywhere, and the forest was immediately filled with flames.

"Wolf hunter cubs, your dark vision is not working!" Cassandra brandished her greatsword and chopped another attacker to pieces while shouting.

One update today.

In addition, the title of the book was changed to "Mercenary War Chronicles".

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