I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Chapter 85
The English longbow weighs a lot and can easily penetrate plate and chain armor at close range.

At present, plate armor has not yet appeared, and only plate and chain armor are equipped with knights. Only when the French knights faced the English longbows did they appear so weak.

It was no joke that France lost so completely at the Battle of Crecy.

However, there are still not many soldiers in the kingdom who train in bow and arrow skills, and they mainly pursue crossbows.

On the one hand, it is easy to use, and it is very simple to aim at close range. Its power is not weaker than the English longbow at medium distances.

It's just that in long-distance head-on battles, the crossbow is indeed inferior to the English longbow.

At such a distance, it would be easy for a fully drawn longbow to pierce the opponent's head.

Kill three people in a row, all in one go, without any sloppiness.

Luo Shui and Vali were stunned behind the horses.

In their sight, Xu Siling pulled out his weapon and took action in the blink of an eye. Before taking a few breaths, the three of them were lying on the ground without moving.

Among the techniques for killing three people, inserting a dagger into the throat is the simplest and has no technical content.

But the 'water-adjusted head cutting' and the long arrow piercing the skull at the back really shocked the hearts of the two children.

No matter how sharp the sword is, it is not easy to easily cut off the opponent's head with one blow during a fight.

If it was a sharp two-handed sword, it would be easier to split the neck with force using strength.

However, Xu Siling just used a one-handed sword. He could cut off a person's head so easily with the power of one hand.

Vali thought that Xu Siling was superb in sword fighting, but Luo Shui felt that Xu Siling was worthy of being an executioner and knew too much about the human skeleton.

As for the English longbow that stood taller than them, they couldn't comment on it. They only knew that Xu Siling was awesome.

Xu Siling put the long bow back on the horse and turned to look at Luo Shui, who was still on the horse. The brown eyes met for a moment, and Luo Shui immediately understood and got off the horse.

When Vali saw Luo Shui dismounting, he belatedly followed him down.

Only after seeing Luo Shui go to clean up the battlefield and collect the corpse's property did he know what to do.

After all, Vali was a child who was born as a guard. He was not as skilled as Luo Shui in cleaning battlefields and collecting corpses and property.

The tavern owner held the horse, trembling on the spot, looking at Xu Siling's indifferent expression, as if he had just killed three pigs.

"Lord Knight, do you need me to do anything else?"

"These three people, following the orders of Lord Tamubao, wantonly arrested the people of Raya Town in Raya Town. They have been convicted by Miss Raya. You know how to tell everyone about this matter."

The tavern owner looked around. Many workers were afraid to hide, including some guests who were hiding in their rooms and did not dare to show their heads and eavesdrop.

"I know! I know! Everyone knows that they are arresting widows everywhere in Raya Town! Thanks to the Lord Knight, he came to kill them, otherwise Raya Town will be disrupted by these people sooner or later!"

The tavern owner pecked at the rice and nodded wildly.

Xu Siling nodded and asked if there were any other people coming from Tamubao recently.

After the tavern owner learned the news, he urged Luo Shui and Vali to clean up faster.

"Boss, help me collect the forest bandit camps around Raya Town. The information is useful and I will reward you."

The tavern owner was stunned, and then he was surprised: "Sir Knight, do you mean that Miss Raya wants to eliminate these forest bandits?"

"These people rob passers-by at will. Miss Raya naturally knows that and will not allow them to wreak havoc."

"If it's a bandit camp in the surrounding mountains and forests, I know one!"

Seeing how neatly Xu Siling killed people, he quickly told all the information he knew and marked it on Xu Siling's map.

If there were no forest bandits, his business would be much better than usual, and it wouldn't be so bleak.

Now that I know that Miss Raya has an idea to eliminate these forest bandits, she naturally cooperates.

Vali was searching for the belongings of the three corpses, while Luo Shui had already ran into the residence of these three people and started searching.

The tavern owner wanted to say something when he saw it, but glanced at Xu Siling, and finally gritted his teeth and said nothing.

After a while, the two children came out with many belongings and equipment. Luo Shui also wiped the dagger stuck in his throat clean and handed it to Xu Siling.

Xu Siling smiled and touched Luo Shui's head. He was much more sensible than Vali in this regard.

As for the long arrow stuck in his head, which was damaged and could not be recovered, let him leave it as a souvenir.

The tavern owner saw that a small part of the belongings Luo Shui brought were the tavern's own belongings. He felt a little distressed, but pretended not to see anything.

The three of them packed up and set off on horseback again.

Leaving a mess for the tavern owner to clean up.

After Xu Siling and others left, the tavern owner had no choice but to sigh and order the workers to collect the bodies, dig a hole and bury them. As long as the forest bandits could really be cleared, this loss would be a trivial matter.

On the way to the next destination, Vali held Luo Shui's shoulders on the horse and couldn't help but speak in a low voice.

"Luo Shui, Master Siling's sword skills are so amazing. I heard from other people in Raya Town that he and Anli won three duels in a row, and it was all because of Anli's betrayal."

"Who is Enri?"

"Oh, it's normal that you don't know who Enri is. She is Miss Raya's personal guard. Her sword skills are very strong! Not even the knights of John and Abner can defeat her!"

Luo Shui raised his nose and snorted: "I'm just kidding, Lord Siling is of course powerful, otherwise why do you think he would be canonized as a knight?"

"I thought Lord Siling was an executioner and was not proficient in sword fighting."

"You are too prejudiced against executioners. Our living conditions are not much worse than yours, the chief's child, and our educational conditions are better than yours. Not to mention that Lord Siling is omnipotent. Is it difficult to know this?"

"what?"

Vali discovered that Luo Shui had blind confidence in Xu Siling, and he didn't praise her like that, right?
"Wally, have you ever heard of executioners being knighted?"

"No."

"No, that's it. This further proves that Lord Siling is so powerful. Otherwise, how could he be canonized as a knight by Miss Raya? The difficulty of becoming a knight for an executioner is as high as climbing to the sky!"

In Luo Shui's eyes, Xu Siling is an idol, naturally capable of anything. Although Vali finds it difficult to accept this fan concept, he gradually trusts Xu Siling in becoming a knight.

It seems that he can learn a lot by following Xu Siling seriously!

Difficulty, did Sister Anli really let Xu Siling off on purpose?Have you really never fought before?

If Xu Siling's sword skills were really superior to sister Anli's, Vali would be more surprised the more he thought about it.

He looked sideways at Xu Siling who was riding a horse.

Xu Siling wore a mask and looked around with her brown-red eyes. She was sitting on the horse with extraordinary momentum. Under the chainmail robe and the burqa emblem, she looked solemn and majestic.

The more I look at it, the more handsome I find Xu Siling.

Luo Shui smiled and said, "In the future, I want to become a knight like Lord Siling!"

Wally followed closely: "I want it too!"

"You can't, little Wall-E."

"You're young!"

Xu Siling didn't pay attention to the discussion behind the two children on the way. He kept staring at his window.
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Name: Xu Siling
Age: 28
Identity: Executioner/Knight
talent:

[Trial] Execution of convicted prisoners gains part of their skill proficiency.

[Sadism] You like to abuse and torture others, and others are subconsciously afraid of you.

[Knight] Being in the territory belonging to the nobility, the people's obedience to you will increase, and the people's fear of you will increase.

Special Skills:
[Master Level] Sword Fighting (8658) [Master Level] Human Skeleton Medicine (6799)

[Master Level] Mace (5368)

[Master Level] Riding (5162)

[Elite Level] Bow and Arrow (3012)

【Elite】Long pole (3562)

[Senior Level] Rifle (2236)

[Senior Level] Stealth (2534)

【Senior Level】Investigation (2863)
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The three people we just killed all had increased skill proficiency, but the 'quality' of these people was obviously not as good as the soldiers from Raya Town who were killed earlier.

Sword fighting proficiency increased by more than 100 points.

He had tasted the benefits of killing the knights and soldiers of Johns and Abner before, but now that he was killing these guys who only bullied widows and single women, the gain was indeed not big.

Fortunately, if quality is not enough, quantity will make up for it.

He had to quickly kill the people in Tamubao he knew.

Otherwise, if he goes around killing people who come to Tamubao to hunt for witches, if this news spreads, these guys will definitely run away.

When the time comes, you won’t be able to kill them even if you want to, and you still have the chance to despise them as trash?

He believes that as long as the forest bandits in Raya Town are cleared out, it will be no problem for his sword fighting skills to advance to the next stage.

It's just that you can't rush to clear out the forest bandits. Kill the people in Tamubao first.

The people in Tamubao can run away, but the forest bandits may not.

Moreover, the safety of the witch in Raya Town must be ensured first, and the forest robber’s head will not escape.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

The three of Xu Siling returned to the Hebron Tavern again.

After asking the tavern owner to arrange two rooms, Xu Siling began to rest on the bed during the day.

Luoshui and Vali were sorting through the belongings left by the 'good Samaritans' in the past three days.

They sold everything they could on the road, but there were some pieces of equipment that were difficult to sell, so they kept them and planned to take them home.

In the past three days, they traveled to various places in Raya Town, searching for people from Tamubao who came to Raya Town to hunt witches.

This matter spread quickly, and soon the people of Tamubao could no longer stand in Raya Town.

Because whoever has information about Tamubao’s people coming to Raya Town to participate in the witch hunt will be rewarded as long as they find someone to inform Xu Siling. If the information is correct and accurate, they will be rewarded.

Everyone rushes to report this kind of thing, so Xu Siling naturally catches and kills these people.

But after two days passed, by the third day it was almost impossible to catch anyone.

The main people in Tamubao were not stupid either. After learning that Miss Raya no longer liked their behavior of arresting people in Raya Town, and even sent knights to kill them, they naturally wanted to hide back in Tamubao.

I am also going to tell Lord Khamis of Tamubao about this matter.

Everyone believed that there would definitely be friction between the two nobles.

In three days, they could kill all the guys who came to Raya Town to participate in the witch hunt.

The skill increase is still not enough. These people are not combatants after all, and their sword fighting proficiency is not high.

During the three days on the road, he still thought about encountering some blind bandits in the forest and asking them to jump out and chop him down.

Unexpectedly, the fact that he was hunting down people everywhere as a knight would also reach the ears of these forest bandits. No one without good eyesight would dare to rob him.

That's a pity.

The witch hunt in Tamubao has come to an end for now, now it's time to take action against these forest bandits!

When the time came in the evening, Xu Siling got up and put on his equipment.

This time he did not wear a chainmail robe, but a leather armor suit that he had prepared in advance.

Leather armor is not soft, rotten, and broken in one blow in the traditional concept.

These leather armors are hardened after being soaked in special oil, and their protective power is not weak.

If these specially treated leather armors are stacked to three layers of thickness, the English longbow cannot penetrate the three layers of leather armor at a distance of 20 meters.

An ordinary person could raise a one-handed sword and scratch the leather armor's chest, but it might not be able to break the opening.

Therefore, leather armor is very practical.

Xu Siling was planning to attack the bandit camp in the forest where the location had been confirmed at night. He did not plan to bring Luoshui and Vali with him, as they would not be able to help with this kind of thing.

As long as he returns from clearing the mountain bandit camp, he can take the two of them to clean up the loot tomorrow.

After preparing everything she should bring, Xu Siling pushed the door open and walked out.

After telling the two children not to run around, he went to the stable to lead the horses and set off.

In the evening, the sky is deep red.

Xu Siling raised the torch he had prepared in advance and headed towards the nearest forest bandit camp.

Not long after, he arrived near his destination. He hid the horse in the forest and looked for the approximate location.

The camps of these forest bandits will not be too far away from water sources and main roads. After all, main roads are the main places where they eat, drink and plunder.

Therefore, these camp information are extremely easy to be collected by others.

The sky began to darken, and Xu Siling held a torch and walked through the forest. The light of the fire was eye-catching in the dark forest.

After walking for a while, Xu Siling suddenly stopped. He noticed something and quickly put out the torch and threw it on the ground.

He bent down and sneaked, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and groped in a certain direction.

Senior-level investigation allowed Xu Siling to sense part of the information in advance.

He just smelled the smell of cooking in this direction.

The smell spreads far and wide.

Not long after sneaking towards the direction of the smell, little bits of fire began to appear in the forest.

It was completely dark, and these firelights were particularly eye-catching.

Xu Siling explored the entire camp to investigate. He needed to know how many people there were in the camp and where the bandits on sentry duty were.

He didn't want to take action when the time came and run away one or two robbers.

If you want to kill, you have to catch them all.

If someone runs away, then he will spread the news about clearing the bandit camp. These forest bandits are afraid of running away and moving away if they are not safe.

This is different from hunting down people who came from Tamubao. The purpose of hunting down these people is to protect the witches in Raya Town, and they just run away.

But the forest robbers are all his skills and experience packages!

Can't let them get away!
After quietly walking around the entire camp, Xu Siling found that there were no bandits standing guard. He couldn't help but shook his head in shock. These bandits were too unwary.

With his advanced level of stealth, he walked almost silently, and when it got dark, he was hidden in the darkness of the forest so that no one could detect him.

(End of this chapter)