Mercenary Wars

Chapter 52 Spell Scroll
A seemingly clean kill, but the cruelty of war never satisfies anyone.

While shooting the soldiers, a faint but familiar strange feeling suddenly surged into Gao Jianuo's heart.

[Achieved Status: Hunter's Mark (Level 3)]

There was no doubt that it was the hunter's mark cast by the gray-haired archer. His teammates died under Gao Jianuo's arrow to protect him. It can be imagined that he would never let Gao Jianuo go easily.

Therefore, as soon as the mark was added, he bent his bow and drew his arrow as quickly as possible, trying to take advantage of the gap when Gao Jianuo had just shot an arrow to counterattack.

But he was still a step slow.

"call out--"

When his arrow reached the city wall, Gao Jianuo just retreated to the battlement and did not show up for a long time.

"Damn, it was so close!" The gray-haired archer felt extremely annoyed, but soon regained his composure.

No matter what, at least the hunter's mark has been added, and no matter where the opponent moves from now on, it will not be able to escape my perception.

As long as you wait patiently, you will definitely find another opportunity to shoot!
With such persistence, the gray-haired archer tried his best to stay away from other battles, while concentrating on the position where Gao Jianuo was, with the bow and arrow in his hand ready to shoot at any time.

On the other side, Gao Jianuo, who was hiding behind the parapet, was also having a headache at this time.

Wearing the hunter's mark, he absolutely dared not show his head, and he believed that the gray-haired archer was probably staring at him.

As long as you dare to show your head, you will most likely be shot in the head.

How to do?
The simplest way is to avoid the fight and get away with it, but Gao Jianuo doesn't want to do that. He can level up if he kills a few more enemies.

Or use the "Restore to Normal" spell scroll to remove the Hunter's Mark. Then... compete with the gray-haired archer to see who can find and aim at the other faster?

This doesn't seem to be a safe approach either.

Or find a shield and try to counterattack by blocking the opponent's arrows?

Not to mention whether he, a person who has rarely used a shield, has the skill, even if he has the skill, he doesn't have a suitable shield.

The only thing in his storage ring was a practice shield prepared for the Warrior Guild's first-level assessment. It was a very common small iron-clad shield that could barely block the arrows of the gray-haired archer.

Just as he was thinking about the solution to the Hunter's Mark, several roars suddenly came in unison from under the city wall.

"Stop him!"

"Don't let him get near the city walls!"

Gao Jianuo subconsciously took a look through the observation hole, but then realized the danger and quickly shrank back.

As expected, an arrow immediately shot through the observation hole and passed by him. The sharp sound of breaking through the air made his scalp tingle.

Hey!
Gao Jianuo was now completely certain that the gray-haired archer was staring at him without any relaxation, and if he showed his head even slightly, an arrow would be shot at him.

At the same time, the situation below the city walls was changing rapidly.

Just as the fight between the attackers and defenders was approaching a climax, a thin wolf-hunting mercenary successfully broke through the melee defenders under the cover of his teammates and ran towards the city wall at an astonishing speed.

The guards along the way tried to stop him, but he either avoided them with his agile and swift movements, or was restrained by other wolf hunting mercenaries.

All attempts to stop him failed. Seconds later, the thin wolf-hunting mercenary approached the city wall and unfurled a spell scroll. He then placed the scroll against the wall with one hand and, with the other, grasped a dagger and fiercely stabbed it!
The spell scroll was immediately nailed to the city wall!

Immediately, dazzling light burst out from the spell scroll and surged towards the city wall!

"Rumble--"

Accompanied by a loud earth-shaking noise, the towering city wall quickly cracked from the location of the spell scroll, and in the blink of an eye, a huge gap appeared!

At the same time, the light curtain of the magic rejection circle flickered, and the light dimmed slightly, and the coverage area shrank a little.

Then, before people could react, the rejection light curtain suddenly flashed violently again for some reason, and the coverage area was obviously reduced.

"Victory is at hand!" the attackers cheered excitedly. "Moza is protecting us!"

Gao Jianuo had no time to care about the changes in the battle situation.

The place where the city wall was shaking and cracking was not far from him, causing him to lose his balance and almost slip into the crack.

He had just managed to steady himself when his arm accidentally exposed itself to the parapet. Then he heard a sound of breaking air and the gray-haired archer's arrow arrived as expected.

This time he was not so lucky. Despite the blockage of the mail, the arrow still hit his arm and blood gushed out.

He quickly pulled out the arrow, took out a Yemen healing spell scroll, wrapped it around the wound and then tore the scroll with his finger.

Bright holy light immediately poured into the wound from the scroll, and the wound healed almost immediately.

Of course, the Yemen spell scroll should not be shown to others, but it didn't matter at the moment. On the one hand, the battle was at its most intense, and no one would care whether the scroll belonged to Moza or Yemen.

On the other hand, perhaps due to Togaino's good record, this area received some extra attention. Almost all the people have died, and someone just fell into the crack and his life or death is unknown.

While healing the wound, he did not waste the blood that flowed out. He collected it all and put it into a bottle.

Other people's blood doesn't matter, but your own blood is still very precious. At least the material for casting the "Blood Arrow" can only be your own blood, and there is no substitute.

After doing all this, the method to deal with the gray-haired archer also took shape in Gao Jiano's mind.

He first took out the "return to normal" spell scroll and held it in his hand, while moving back and forth along the city wall.

Although he couldn't see it, Gao Jiano was sure that the gray-haired archer must be moving in sync with him to ensure that he could be aimed at as soon as he showed his head.

In this way, combined with the terrain and some judgments on archery, he can guess the opponent's approximate location.

At some point, Gao Jianuo moved to the left and assumed a posture ready to accelerate - the Hunter's Mark could also vaguely sense the target's posture.

Then he tore open the "Return to Normal" spell scroll, removed the hunter's mark on his body, and moved suddenly to the right in the opposite direction.

Half a second later, Gao Jianuo quickly stood up, drew his bow and arrow, and looked in the guessed direction.

found it!
As he expected, the gray-haired archer made a brief misjudgment because of the sudden disappearance of the hunter's mark and Gao Jianuo's feint before the mark disappeared, and was searching for the target in the wrong direction.

The misjudgment lasted only about a second, but it was fatal.

By the time the gray-haired archer realized something was wrong, Gao Jianuo on the city wall had already completed his aim.

(End of this chapter)