Empire: Invincible Valkyrie

Chapter 3 Father's Friend

On the vast ancient road, a carriage was driving slowly. Wuhong lay quietly on the furry leather. The thick cloth on the carriage well covered the sunlight. He slept soundly, after all, he had not rested for several days. up.

The scorching sun hangs high, and there are no birds in the sky, and even clouds are rare.

Surrounded by a piece of yellow and clear grassland, this place is already ten miles away from the holy mountain. The scorching hot wind is blowing, and the space looks a little curved.

The driver was called "Hulan Chuge". He was an authentic prairie man with a strong body and rough skin. There was a scar from his forehead to his chin on his left face.

Wohong remembered that Chuge was his father's brother, whom he met during the tribal conflict. When he was not very old, this uncle often came to their house.

The carriage drove towards the Hulan tribe at a constant speed. It was not a small tribe. On the edge of Baiyan Lake, Wo Hong had been there twice.

The water and grass are lush there, and there are often white wild geese looking for food there.

Although the grassland has experienced drought for several days, it must be much better there than other places. Before there is no other place to go, it is also a good choice to escape the drought there.

"This damn weather..." Zug wiped the sweat off his face. The sun's light even made him a little blind. After driving for half a day, he only felt that his mouth was extremely dry.

"It's best not to meet horse bandits." Zug untied the sheepskin water bag from his waist, took a swig, and looked around worriedly.

Not very far away, an antelope fell on the ground, and many flies were buzzing on it. The drought has reached the point where it can kill people with thirst. This is not a good omen.

Drought, snowstorm, on this grassland, no matter which one they encounter, they will cause battles among the various tribes.

Some nomads who can't survive are likely to transform into horse bandits, ambush some weak but seemingly good "fat sheep" on various traffic arteries.

If it was Zuge alone, it would be fine. With his ability, he would have no problem dealing with more than a dozen people. They were just horse bandits, and most of them were idiots who couldn't get along in their own clan.

However, Zug looked back and saw that the child who was sleeping soundly in the carriage was entrusted by a friend, and he must not be harmed!

Along the way, Zug never let down his vigilance. The closer he was to the main road, the more vigilant he was. The left and right bows and scimitars had already been prepared.

"Wild boar mountain..." Zug saw the two mountains shaped like wild boar heads a hundred meters away, and he was ready to fight.

This is the only dangerous place to go to their tribe. Eight times out of ten encounters with horse bandits are here. He thought about going around here, but he was driving a horse-drawn carriage. If he left the wide road, his driving speed would become slower. Very slow.

Moreover, when driving on the winding grassland, it is also easy to overturn the truck wheels.

"Xiao Hong! Wake up, I can't sleep anymore." Zug stopped the carriage, walked to the back of the carriage, and lifted the coarse cloth covering the carriage.

"Hmm..." The glaring sunlight directly hit Wo Hong's face, he quickly covered his eyes and sat up in a daze.

"Uncle, what's the matter." Wo Hong wiped his eyes, and relaxed after seeing that the strong man in front of him was Chu Ge.

"Come down and sit beside me." Zug beckoned to him.

"Okay, Uncle." Wo Hong jumped out from the back of the carriage and walked to the front of the carriage.

Since he was only ten years old, Zuge directly picked up Wohong and put him on the left side of the carriage driver. Without saying a word, he directly took a large wicker shield from the back of the carriage and stuffed it in front of Wohong.

"We're going to pass through a dangerous place later, you raise your shield and try to cover your upper body."

"If there are only a dozen or so horse bandits, then it will be easy to deal with. I hope there will not be many..." Chu Ge prayed silently.

Seeing Zuge's serious expression and the wild boar mountain they were about to cross, Wu Hong probably knew what was going on, and quickly shrank himself under the shield.

Although he has unlimited life, he doesn't have to worry about death at all, but he still listens to the adults.

Wo Hong also knew this place. When he and his father came to Uncle's place as guests, they had encountered horse bandits.

He still remembers that scene vividly, and it was also the first time he saw blood.

Wild boar mountain, on a mountain path halfway up the mountain, a few horse bandits sitting in the shadows waited impatiently. On the fire in front of them, half a sheep was still roasting, emitting a fragrant smell.

"Eh? A fat sheep is coming!!!"

Suddenly, the horse bandit standing guard exclaimed, and the rest of the horse bandits also shuddered instantly, and they all surrounded them.

"Boss, it seems that the harvest will not be too small."

The thinnest of the several strong men said that his eyes were sharper, and he saw that the carriage was basically full of things, and the horses equipped with the carriage could be seen at a glance.

"Good horse! What a good horse." The one-eyed boss had a green light in his eyes, and licked his lips greedily.

So there is no such thing as robbery in grazing. Things that were impossible to see before can be easily obtained now.

"I have a child, what should I do?" A man as strong as an ox next to him frowned. It would be difficult to deal with a child.

"Idiot!!! You are like a stupid roe deer on the grassland, you don't know how to be flexible." The one-eyed boss slapped the strong man on the head.

"We are robbers! There is no need to abide by the rules among the herdsmen, aren't we just a child? Just kill him!" The eyes of the one-eyed boss were ruthless.

"Go and get the horse ready, don't let the fat sheep run away."

"Okay boss!!!" The rest of the horse bandits nodded quickly, got on their horses, took their bows and arrows, and arranged for horses to refuse on the road at the foot of the mountain.

the other side.

Zuge on the carriage felt that the atmosphere was not right, he felt a heavy and oppressive feeling, he couldn't help but said to Wo Hong beside him: "Boy, if there is a fight later, you just need to protect yourself."

"You take this small knife, maybe, when the horse bandits want to hurt you, you can use it to scratch them." Zug said half-jokingly.

"Okay, Uncle." Wo Hong took the knife as long as his arm, and put it in his arms, with a cherished look on his face, just like the big guy throwing a piece of equipment to a novice casually.

"drive!!!…………"

"Gululu..." The wheels of the car turned rapidly, and the carriage rushed into the road between the two mountains at an increasing speed.

"Uncle, are there really horse bandits???"

"We've all come in halfway, and we haven't seen a single figure." The carriage drove halfway through the gorge, and Wu Hong poked his head out of the shield and looked around.

"Don't talk!" Zug scolded in a low voice, with a very serious expression.

"When I first came in, I smelled the smell of mutton. There must be someone waiting in front of me. It is inevitable that there will be a battle."

"Ah? Then why did you come in?" Wu Hong asked suspiciously after hearing this.

"Silly boy, a carriage can't outrun a war horse. Instead of fleeing in embarrassment, it's better to compete with them!!" Zug looked serious and his eyes were full of fighting intent. He took out three arrows from his quiver and held them in his mouth. , holding the bow in the left hand and the rein in the right hand.

Wo Hong was shocked, he was worthy of being a grassland man, a pure fighting nation.

"Oh oh oh oh……"

"Oh... oh... oh..."

He only heard the sound of horseshoes not far behind the carriage, accompanied by strange screams, Wo Hong looked back.

I saw four horse bandits with bows in their hands, urging the sitting horses to come galloping.

"Uncle!!" Wo Hong exclaimed for a while.

"I know!!" Zug roared, and a totem of a golden eagle on his chest lit up, his eyes instantly became sharp, and he stood up and shot an arrow with his backhand.

"Whoosh!!!" The arrow shot out with the momentum of piercing through the air.

"Ah!!" There was only a scream, and a horse bandit fell down in response, falling directly from the horse's back to the ground, and his whole body was penetrated.

"Damn it!! Shoot him to death with an arrow!!!" The one-eyed boss was furious.

The three horse bandits also showed totems one after another.

"Whoosh!!"

"Whoosh!!"

However, only in this moment, two more horse bandits fell to the ground, and they didn't even have time to shoot back.

Wo Hong's eyes shined, this archery is too strong.

The Sirius totem behind him surged, as if smelling blood, with a bang, black smoke surged, and the black wolf flew out with a swish, and rushed straight at the fallen horse bandits, greedily absorbing the blood. The power of the totem, and the breath of life.

"Looking for death!!!" The one-eyed boss was startled and angry when he saw Zug's powerful archery skills. He drew his bow fully and shot an arrow. A looming poisonous snake wrapped around the bow and arrow and flew out with a swish.

"bass!"

Chu Ge threw away his bow and drew his sword, and cut off the flying arrows in a flash.

The one-eyed boss was startled immediately, he raised his bow and shot again, Chu Ge cut down again, and after cutting off the flying arrows, he abandoned the knife and held the bow, pulled out the full bow, and with a swoosh, the arrows turned into a streak White light flew out.

"Ah!!" The one-eyed boss screamed, covered the arrow piercing his chest, and fell directly from the horse's back.

At this time, the carriage had already driven to the end of the wild boar mountain road.

Two rows of refusing horses directly locked the road tightly, and after refusing the horses, the six horse bandits were equal to immediately, and had already aimed their bows.

"Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!..."

With such a distance and such a short reaction time, Zug had no time to do anything. The speed of the carriage was very fast, so he could only hold the carriage steady.

These horse bandits have updated their equipment, and they all refuse horses. This is something he didn't expect. At this moment, he is a little helpless.

Wo Hong really reacted, and blocked the shield in his hand in front of Chuge, and shot the arrow directly on the shield. Although the wicker shield was shot through directly, Chuge was not seriously injured.

The arrow just pierced the surface without any serious damage.

After the speed of the carriage slowed down, while the bandit was about to take another shot, Zug turned the carriage to the left, a very sharp turn.

The wheels of the carriage even stuck to the mountain wall, but fortunately Zug was driving on the right just now, leaving enough room for the carriage to turn.

"Old man!!!" Zug yelled at the horse.

"Woo~" the war horse neighed, and in cooperation with Zug, he successfully turned the carriage back and drove towards the entrance of Wild Boar Mountain.

"Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!!" At this moment, the arrow came again.

There are various totem powers on the arrow, and if it hits again this time, it will be life-threatening.

At a critical moment, Sirius, who had absorbed the energy of life and the power of the totem, came back. Sirius roared angrily, protecting his food extremely, and the surging black energy on his body also turned into the same number of arrows, hitting straight up.

"Bang bang bang!!" The collision brought the sound of arrow destruction.

At this time, the carriage took Chu Ge and Wu Hong out of sight of the horse bandits.

"Uncle, didn't you say that there is no problem in dealing with a dozen horse bandits?" Wu Hong asked a little out of place when he was about to leave the entrance.

Chu Ge glared at him: "If it wasn't for you, would those bastards still want to hurt me?"

"Even if I can't beat them, won't I run away? It's just a matter of taking a short detour. If I really want to deal with these idiots, I have hundreds of ways."

Zug tore off the shield on his body, and the arrow brought out a little blood, but his face did not change at all, looking like a tough guy.

"Chasing!!" Seeing that "Fat Sheep" not only killed the boss, but also injured many brothers, the remaining horse bandits immediately became angry.

They dismounted and moved the rejected horse away, then got on their horses and chased him.

"Hmph." Zug's hearing was excellent, and when he heard the sound of a horse's hooves not far behind him, he immediately understood that the horse bandit had opened the door.

He quickly observed the environment at the entrance and found that the hillside was a good place.

"Xiao Hong, hold on to the rein and keep going." Chu Ge handed the rein to Wo Hong, and before he could react, he grabbed the bow and arrow, quiver, and jumped off the carriage.

"Uncle?" Wo Hong was startled, and quickly grabbed the reins.

Looking back, Zug rolled twice on the ground, then quickly stood up, ran to the grass beside the hillside, and then lay down tightly on the ground.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh~"

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh~"

About five or six seconds later, those horse bandits also came out after them. Their target had been on the carriage. Although they didn't see Chug, they still chased at full speed immediately.

Zug knew he had succeeded when he saw that the horse bandits hadn't noticed him.

The golden eagle totem on his chest emitted a strong light, he stood up straight, drew his bow, and shot six arrows in salvo.

On the arrow feathers, the figures of golden eagles appeared.

These arrows seemed to have consciousness, and they automatically searched for the horse bandits.

"What????" When the horse bandits heard the sound of arrows piercing the air behind them, they all fell off their horses in just a moment of turning their heads.

After a while, because Wo Hong just stabilized the direction of the carriage and did not drive it, the carriage stopped slowly.

"Hush~~" Only a sharp whistle was heard.

"Woo~" The war horse neighed, and the carriage heard the call, turned around slowly, and drove towards Zuge with Wo Hong's surprised expression on his face.

"Roar..." Sirius was very excited to absorb the life energy and totem power of these horse bandits, perhaps because he absorbed enough, his appearance became more and more real, not only his body became stable, but even his hair became clear Not a lot.

But it still looked dissatisfied, the wolf's eyes were full of greed, turned to look at Wo Hong, and rushed straight at him.

"No way! Come again???" Wohong smiled helplessly.

"Ho Ho Ho!!!" Sirius bit Wo Hong's neck again, frantically sucking a lot of life energy, this time lasted longer than any other time.

It wasn't until the carriage drove to Chuge's side that Sirius hiccupped unsatisfactorily and returned to Wo Hong's body.

(End of this chapter)