rune hunter

Chapter 96 The Truth About Death
Although the black knights under Prouss were also equipped with bows and arrows and crossbows, they were of no use in this ambush.Firstly, the incident happened in a hurry and the ambush was not arranged well, and secondly, the threat posed by ordinary bows and arrows to the silver rank powerhouse was almost negligible.

Night battles have never been the strong point of archers, and it is a blessing not to shoot arrows at their own people in the dim sight.Occasionally, a few of them flew towards the target, but were swept away by the vortex of airflow raised by the giant axe before they could get close.Every strong silver man is a monster that can defeat a hundred with one. An agile assassin like Pross can advance and retreat faster than the arrow itself, while a strong fighter like Leon, The skin is rough and the flesh is thick and the defense is strong. Even if it is shot, it will only be regarded as a mosquito bite.

Unless they are mountain hunters who are famous for being good at archery, they will be able to help the current situation with the advantage of clusters. However, Istaren's hunter troops have not yet returned from exploring the Black Forest, and the manpower that Pross can call is quite limited. , simply give up.

Pross has always relied on short weapons to fight, so he has some disapproval of long-range weapons in his heart. In his impression, bows and arrows can only exert their greatest power in real wars.

But this impression was completely reversed in tonight's arrest operation.

The towering tower slowly fell backward after the pillar broke, and a figure in a gray cloak suddenly appeared on the top of the tower, grabbing the panicked sentinel out of the watchtower, and rolling down against the outer wall of the sloping tower.He himself followed closely behind, but he slid down on his own initiative, and even drew the bow in his hand and shot an arrow towards the ground.

Leon's screams were suddenly heard in the darkness, and the arrow could be vaguely seen piercing his head in the firelight.It only took a few seconds to slide down from the outer wall of the tower, and the archer shot two more arrows in an instant.Then he grabbed the sentinel who fell beside him with his hand, and forcibly reversed the angle in mid-air. At the last moment, the two bodies jumped away from each other at the last moment when they were close to the ground, and rolled down onto the road in embarrassment.

Leon staggered out of the ruins, and his huge body crashed to the ground.The first arrow blinded his right eye, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover it. The strength of the other hand holding the giant ax inevitably weakened a bit, and the second arrow just hit his arm. , so that he lost the strength to lift the giant ax to resist, and the last arrow pierced directly through his chest.

El rolled on the ground several times before relieving the impact of the fall, only to feel pain in all his bones.If he jumped from a 20-meter-high tree, there was still a branch in the middle as a buffer, and there was no time for him to hesitate if the 20-meter-high tower collapsed directly.

Hearing the sound of mixed footsteps surrounding him, El raised his head, and saw the black-clothed knight with ponytail standing behind him, with a cold light in his eyes, and the sharp rapier pointed directly at his ass, ready to go. For a moment, the soul of the dead was frightened, and he hurriedly covered his lower body and shouted: "My own!"

The ponytailed black knight was just ready to go, but when he heard him shout, he couldn't help squinting his eyes and stabbing out with his sword.El gasped, ignoring the pain all over his body, jumped up and grabbed the blade of the rapier with one hand, and pushed back against her shoulder holding the sword with the other hand, tripped and caused the black knight to lose his balance and fell on the ground on the ground.

Unexpectedly, the knight in black was also very agile. After losing his balance, he rolled on the spot, turned around and kicked El on the hollow of his leg, kicking him staggeringly.

When Pross rushed over, he saw two people pinching each other's necks, rolling around and wrestling into a ball of embarrassment, and the black knights who surrounded them all had expressions that couldn't bear to look directly at them.

"What are you doing! Stand up for me!" Feeling the teasing eyes of his subordinates, Pross' face completely darkened.Under his murderous gaze, the black-clothed knight with ponytail finally let go, got up with his rapier, and gave a crooked military salute to Pross.

"Report sir, there are suspicious elements!"

"Shut up, Pallanti! Return to the team!" Pross said coldly with a dark face. After dealing with his disobedient subordinates, he turned his head to look at the "suspicious person".

"Which unit are you from? Take off your helmet!"

"It's a misunderstanding, my lord." El took off his helmet with a wry smile, thinking that he had suffered a disaster this time.

"Are you...El?" Pross couldn't help being stunned when he looked at the young man in front of him, he really had an impression of this person in his mind.

This young man was originally a reserve soldier recruited temporarily on the eve of the war, and was later selected into the reconnaissance unit because of his extraordinary skills. Later, he escaped his life under the hands of the land princess Langaria and sent back vital information in time.The military originally planned to recruit him into the regular army to focus on training, but unexpectedly, Master Stephen took a fancy to his talent and directly snatched him away as a disciple.

The above are all public information. The main reason why Pross has an impression of him is that he is a survivor who escaped from the northern plague with Tiana, and his relationship with the magician girl is quite ambiguous.In order to treat his serious injuries, Tiana actually owed a favor to Holy Sister Marivian. Given their identities, the value of this favor may be hard to measure with money.

When Tiana was investigated later, El had already entered Stephen's tower and could not be contacted at all, otherwise he would definitely become the target of key investigations.Before the disappearance of Sister Maple Leaf, Pross was still thinking about how to get in touch with this lucky guy, but he didn't expect him to fall from the sky in such a way.

"It's me, my lord, you see, this is all a misunderstanding." El said with a smile and nodded. "I just felt too bored staying in the teacher's tower, so I came out to relax. I didn't expect to meet you on official duties."

"Come out to relax? Run to the top of the tower to relax?" Pross laughed back angrily, "If you are in a bad mood, kill someone in the street? Do you know that is a felon we want to capture alive?"

"My lord, I didn't kill this man!" El looked back at the arrow stuck in Leon's head, his face was a little embarrassed, but he still couldn't help crying out.

"He was dead when I shot the first arrow!"

These words sounded like self-promotion, and the black knights standing beside couldn't help the impulse of contempt, but Pross understood the true meaning of the words.His face changed, and he walked quickly to Leon's body, and squatted down to examine it carefully.

Sure enough, next to the place where the arrow was inserted in the chest of the corpse, there was a torn wound that was gushing with blood.Judging from the shape, Leon was pierced by a sword from behind, piercing his heart precisely.Thinking of this, Pross couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.At the moment when the tower fell, he was still firmly locked on Leon's figure, but he didn't discover the truth of Leon's death at all.

Pross himself was proficient in assassination techniques, but he couldn't find any trace left by the murderer on Leon's body. This invisible method of killing was exactly the same as the murderous crimes that happened these days and nights.

The reason why he only mobilized part of the manpower tonight was because he was worried that the killer would appear again, but now that the killer was appearing and killing people openly, he had nothing to do.

"Did you see the killer?" Pross asked Al, looking back.

"I saw it, but..." El scratched his head helplessly, "Even if I saw it, what can you do with her?"

"That's my business." Pross said blankly, "Pallanti, take him to paint the killer."

The ponytailed black knight took a step forward, but El blocked it with his hand. He smiled and said to Pross: "My lord, I don't think there is any need to worry about the portrait for the time being. This person is hopeless. Is his accomplice more concerned?"

"Did you see his accomplice?" Pross's eyes flashed.

"I saw it, and I still know it." El rubbed his nose and said with a dry smile: "I saw him go out of the city, and there should be time to chase him now."

(End of this chapter)