our family is gone

Chapter 18 Battle
Lance's eyes swept over those people, but everyone in sight hurriedly avoided them, for fear of being pulled.

Seeing the appearance of the civilians, the leader laughed even more, picked up the long sword and challenged everyone, but no one dared to respond.

This is the shackles of civilians. They are like a mess of sand, with no concept of unity and resistance at all. In order to survive in this world, they don't need dignity, they just need to live with patience.

They are a group of tamed sheep, and the shepherds are naturally the ruling class, and the shepherds are the mercenary leaders.

But Lance didn't pin his hopes on these people, he was already prepared.

"I come!"

A cry sounded in the quiet crowd, and the people around hurriedly avoided it, as if they were afraid that they would be misrecognized.

The crowd actively parted, revealing a man wearing armor and holding a mace and a strong shield came out. Although he had a gray beard and hair and an old face, his steps were firm, and his one eye was fixed on the leader in the middle of the crowd.

"It's him! He's still alive~"

"He was the one who saved me."

"He was the one who stopped the bandits."

"..."

Soon there was a lot of discussion, and those ordinary people finally remembered the veteran, the one who stayed behind to stop the bandits when everyone was running away, and the only one among the mercenaries who was willing to protect the civilians.

Wasn't that pair of armor and weapons the ones I snatched before?How did it get into his hands now?

Not to mention the townspeople, the boss was also shocked when he saw the veteran appear. Seeing that the mountain-like majesty was completely lacking in the arrogance just now, the arrogance alone had already lost.

"Your opponent is here."

Lance's words drew his attention back. The leader saw the smile on Lance's face before he realized why he was so easy to talk just now. It turned out to be a trap, and he became a stepping stone for demonstrations.

No, we must find a way!
When the bandits arrived, he didn't choose to fight but run away, which shows that his character is not the kind of person who dares to fight to the death.

If he could hijack this lord, he might be able to escape, or even...

It's just that when he saw the knight standing beside Lance, he immediately dismissed that idea. Leonard put too much pressure on him last night. Even if he had a weapon in his hand, he might have no chance of winning.

As for escaping, he was not confident that he could run faster than a horse, and judging by the knight's appearance, it was obvious that the older veteran was easy to bully.

After weighing the pros and cons, the leader knew that he had only one way to go, and that was to kill this old guy.

The veteran enters the arena, and the two face each other.

The leader looked very ferocious, looking at the veteran like a beast driven to death.

But the veteran is still as stable as Mount Tai, and there is no change due to the change of the leader.

Just because the veteran can hold back doesn't mean the leader can. When he charged up with a sword in his hand, his appearance immediately frightened the surrounding townspeople away, and subconsciously opened up a larger circle of people.

The leader has been a mercenary for many years, and if he survives, he will not only run away, but also has a lot of ruthless methods of killing people.

The leader relied on brute force to slash vigorously, while the veteran just raised his shield to defend and was forced to retreat.

Originally, in the eyes of the public, the veterans were old and frail, which was a disadvantage to the vigorous leader of the previous year. In addition, this one-sided situation made most people on the field feel desperate.

They hoped that the veterans would defeat the boss, but the balance of victory was tipped the other way.

Lance didn't react much.

They discussed the candidates for the battle leader last night. After he announced the plan, both Disma and Leonard were against it.

The veteran has been seriously injured for so long, and the wound has just healed, but his condition is still weak, and he cannot recover overnight.

What's more, neither of them knew the veteran's combat effectiveness, and they didn't think such a frail old man could defeat the boss.

Of course, Disma wants to play more because he wants to prove himself.

But in the end, Lance still tried his best to let the veteran play. What he wanted was to use the veteran to build momentum for himself, not to mention that he believed in the strength of the veteran.

The strength of his youth may no longer exist, but the experience of hundreds of battles is stored in his body.

The battle is still going on. From the perspective of ordinary townspeople, the boss has completely gained the advantage and is fighting against the veterans. Victory is only a matter of time.

But only the leader himself knows that he is now in decline.

The shield in the veteran's hand seemed to have some kind of magical power, no matter how tricky the attack was, it would be completely blocked, and it looked as if he had hacked it on his own initiative.

No matter how young and strong he is, when his strength is exhausted, the constant attacks have already made him a little powerless, not to mention the broken sword of some down-and-out mercenary in his hand. Know if the next sword will break.

no!I can only work hard, I must survive...

The leader suddenly yelled loudly, his whole body exerted force and his muscles tensed so that thick blood vessels appeared on his bare upper body, holding a sword in both hands and holding his whole body high like a black bear standing up, the body alone was extremely oppressive.

An unskilled downward slash directly increases the power of the sword's edge under the blessing of the burst of power, giving people a feeling of being able to split people in half.

The veteran was not intimidated by the power erupted by the leader, and still held the shield in front of him. When the sword edge fell, he could feel the power contained in it as soon as he touched it. However, holding a shield is not directly confronting the enemy head-on. Slightly deflecting the shield released the power, and even directed the momentum of the long sword to strike the ground.

"Boom!"

The long sword finally couldn't withstand multiple violent impacts and broke, but the leader gave up without hesitation, broke the sword and charged sideways, trying to knock the veteran away with his weight and strength, and then fight hand-to-hand.

But his actions were completely seen through by the veteran, and the mace suddenly extended from under the shield and hit the outside of his knee.

The spike pierced into the flesh without any armor, and the leader's screams were heard on the field, and the knees had been torn apart, bloody and bloody.

As soon as the veteran made a move, the boss saw blood. Seeing that he was almost unsteady, it was obvious that the pain had penetrated into the bones. This is the power of blunt weapons, and the real damage is in places that cannot be seen.

After succeeding, as soon as the veteran changed his previous defense, he bullied him that his legs and feet were inconvenient and began to circle around and approach the leader.

There was a huge hole behind him, and the back of the head could be hit at any time. Although the leader with the broken legs had difficulty in moving, he could only turn around, just like being teased by veterans like a cow and a horse being led by the rein.

At this time, he already felt the breath of death approaching him, and the fear made him start to cry and beg for mercy, and said various words in his mouth to win the sympathy of others.

(End of this chapter)