Heart of the Castle

Chapter 52 Li Wei's Choice

Five against five, the rabble composed of homeless men against the elite division that even the regular army can't match, the battle was over almost at the moment it happened.Although the big leader looks fierce, he is not even as strong as a little devil. He yelled without thinking and rushed towards Li Wei, trying to overwhelm Li Wei with his fierce aura. Levi as a child.

Not to mention the horned demon warlord who had just personally killed the great demon, even during the time he was serving as an apprentice servant in the castle, Li Wei would not be afraid of this guy who was strong on the outside but capable on the inside.The ax in the big leader's hand hadn't been raised to the position where he could launch an attack, when the sword flashed, Li Wei's saber had already been deeply cut into his face.

There was a disgusting sound, blood splashed everywhere, and the big leader screamed wildly, covered his face with his hands, fell to the ground and rolled over.Almost at the same time, the other two homeless men were also pierced by spears one after another and fell to the ground.

Only the deserter's skill was not bad, he used the simple spear like a vicious snake, the spear and the spear blocked each other in the air, the deserter took a step back, and took another step, but finally blocked the pikemen for several consecutive times A lightning strike.

The woman among the vagrants was lucky. Under Li Wei's hint, the pikeman who was fighting her was merciful. The pike shook in the air, and the woman's wrists and knees heard harsh bone cracking sounds, and she collapsed immediately. land.

Now the only opponent left was the deserter. Perhaps because he was cornered, the deserter's parry was extremely crazy, and the pikeman's thrust was once again blocked by him.However, this was also the limit of the simple spear used by the deserter. There was a sound of cracking, and the wooden shaft of the spear could not withstand the fierce collision, and broke on the spot.

"Wait a moment."

Li Wei opened his mouth suddenly, and the pikeman who launched the stab again immediately deviated from the point of the spear as much as possible, wiped a bloody light from the deserter's shoulder, and then stopped in the air.

The deserter who escaped from death was panting heavily, sweat dripping from his forehead, but looking at Li Wei's cold gaze, the deserter didn't even dare to raise his hand to wipe his sweat.

"Master, Lord Knight, please forgive us, we are willing to serve you!"

The hoarse voice sounded, and Li Wei turned his eyes, and found that the woman who had been knocked down by the pikemen just now struggled to sit up.

"Allegiance, what do I want a deserter and a robber?" Li Wei's voice still had no warmth, but the woman seemed to be grabbing a life-saving straw, and took out a shining silver badge from her arms and said: "Master Knight, we are not deserters, we are adventurers!"

Li Wei's eyes flickered for a moment. In fact, the young man didn't know whether the little silver thing was a proof of his identity as an adventurer, but he obviously didn't want to reveal this, so he nodded and said, "Don't call me Lord Knight, I haven't been able to possess that identity yet. Since you are not deserters, there is no capital punishment, come to the house, I have something to ask you."

The woman let out a long breath. Regardless of the fractures in her wrists and knees, she limped along with the deserter called Hua Lun and followed Li Wei to the room of the Heihe sentry post.

"Master Knight, Warren and I are from the same team of adventurers. When this disaster started, we were recruited by Sir Rothar to join the army against the demons." After drinking a glass of water in the room, The woman's emotions stabilized a bit, and while letting the man named Hua Lun bandage her wound, she narrated her experience in a low voice.

"At first, Sir Rosha didn't tell us the enemy we were going to face, so we weren't fully prepared. Then the enemy appeared, a team of goblins and half-orcs, and there were not many of them. We charged Going up, the enemy is fleeing, and messy things are scattered all over the ground. Sir Luoxia is a very powerful knight master, and he led the cavalry to the forefront..." The woman suddenly hit There was a shiver, her teeth were knocking against each other, and the horrible scene in her memory seemed to still shock her soul.

"Let me talk about it next." Warren said with a wry smile, "The demon's regular army appeared, and the first wave of fireball spells defeated Sir Lorshaw's cavalry. The trauma was much more serious than the physical body. After turning the horse's head, Sir Rothar fled the battlefield, and took away the remaining few cavalry at the same time. Then there was a complete massacre, and the adventure that Martha and I were in The strength of the hunter team is not bad, and the captain is a quasi-knight who has reached the fifth level, that is, he has not yet comprehended the seeds of fighting spirit. Under the impact of the demon army, he was the group that persisted the longest, but finally collapsed. The captain was torn to pieces by a very tall horned demon, and Martha and I escaped only under the desperate protection of our teammates."

Warren's narration is not very detailed, but Li Wei can already hear the tragic scene from his words.The strategy of the demon army was similar to that of the battle under the Viscount's castle. They used cannon fodder troops to attract attention, and then the regular army rushed into the battlefield under the magic bombardment, winning the battle in one fell swoop.Humans fell again at the same place, but the difference was that under the viscount's castle, the knights did not flee their horses, but chose to launch a desperate assault on the demon army; and in the battle that Warren participated in, as the leader of the knights, Sir Lorshaw Run away first, completely forgetting the responsibility of being a knight.

The result is already obvious, the Viscount's castle still stands tall, and Sir Lorshaw and his army are wiped out.

A strange light flashed in Li Wei's eyes, and a yellow light curtain appeared on Warren and Martha's bodies. The former showed an average level of danger, while the latter was relatively weak, just in line with their self-proclaimed level 3 ranger and Level 2 thieves.In terms of the average strength of an adventurer, it is considered a good ability. At least from this point, neither of these two people is lying.

"Well, let me believe what you say." Li Wei nodded and said, "Then how did you become robbers?"

Warren's cheeks trembled, "We have no choice. There are not many villages still standing on the territory now. Most of the villages have been breached by the demon army, burned, killed and looted. The survivors gathered together and formed a large scale. The larger refugee camp barely resisted the invasion of a small group of demons. But new problems appeared. When many people escaped, they did not bring much rations. Under the dense fog, the animals disappeared and the plants also disappeared. The mutation is very severe, and many edible plants are poisonous. Most people can only hide in the camp and wait to die. Those with a little strength like us choose to be robbers, and rob some unlucky guys who can eat food. thing."

Hua Lun's voice became lower and lower, and a shameful expression appeared on his face covered with small scars. The ranger's two hands were clasped between his legs, and the blue veins on the back of his hands were exposed.

The female thief Martha embraced Warren's shoulders in her arms as if comforting, then looked at Levi with pleading eyes and said, "Master Knight, this is what happened to us, please forgive us."

Li Wei pondered for a while. These two former adventurers did not have any serious sins. When the disaster came, they also fought with swords. The responsibility for the final failure should not be borne by them, but to condemn those who did not A nobleman of brains and courage.

On the other hand, although the Heihe outpost has strong walls and houses, it is definitely not a good place when the evil disaster is raging.It is close to the border of the territory, and not far away is the raging Black River meandering by, and there are not many people in the vicinity.This is also the reason why this place was immediately breached together with the evil disaster.

Need to get out of here ASAP.

This idea flashed in Li Wei's mind. The strength of the Heihe outpost once gave him an illusion that he could hold on to it with the courtyard walls and houses. The problem of food is easy to solve. The heart of the castle can supply limited supplies every day. This limitation is relative. In fact, not to mention Li Wei alone, there are no problems in the lives of dozens of people.

The problem lies in the strength of the demon army.

Li Wei has indeed cleaned up the demon troops stationed in the outpost, but this is obviously an important military location. If new demons come to investigate the situation, the situation will be completely exposed.With the strength of Li Wei and the spearman squad, it is okay to deal with more than a dozen little devils. If there are more than two big devils, one can imagine the consequences.

Li Wei didn't want to be found out about his secrets. If he walked with two former adventurers, it would inevitably bring a lot of trouble, but letting them go like this seemed to be a very troublesome thing.These vagrants must have colluded with the nearby bandit gang, and even belonged to a bandit gang. Li Wei didn't want to be killed by a group of bandits from behind after showing kindness.

Perhaps cutting the weeds and exterminating the roots is the best choice.

They were all guilty of robbery anyway.

Thinking of this, the apprentice attendant looked at the two former adventurers with a murderous look.The female thief Martha was keenly aware of this, she screamed, and knelt on the ground enduring the pain.

"Master Knight, don't kill us, we are willing to pledge our allegiance to you!"

This is the second time the female thief has said this, and Li Wei hesitated.In all fairness, he really didn't want to have a few more followers with robbery convictions around him, but it might be a better choice than killing two people who were less guilty than death.

The murderous look in the young man's eyes gradually faded, looking at the two people who felt relieved, he said in a solemn tone: "That's it, you two can follow me first, if time proves that what you said is true , I will formally accept your allegiance."

(End of this chapter)