Heart of the Castle

Chapter 74 Retreat and Death

The arrow shot by the black-armored knight did not target anyone, but the power displayed exceeded the imagination of the villagers.The distorted black arrow first penetrated into the tallest Juma in the center, followed by a loud noise, four or five logs that could barely be lifted with the joint efforts of several people exploded from the middle, and the whole Juma collapsed. The few villagers behind who couldn't escape were pressed down, and there was a tragic cry for help suddenly.

However, the villagers who were not crushed by the collapsed logs were too busy to take care of themselves. At the same time that the black-armored knight shot a terrifying arrow, the riders wandering around each pulled out a short throwing spear from their backs, and then charged a little. , cast out together.The strength of these people is astonishing, and the shrill sound of the short-throwing spears makes people have the urge to cover their ears.

Most of the villagers only felt that their eyes went dark, and before they could turn their thoughts away, they felt a sharp pain from somewhere in their bodies, and they were involuntarily being carried backwards and fell to the icy ground.

The power of the spears thrown by these riders was beyond the reach of human flesh. The villagers who were shot were pierced by the short spears, and fell to the ground, losing all their fighting power.Fortunately, the aim of the riders' spears was only average, and there were only three villagers who were shot in the body and died on the spot.

This round of spear-throwing attack severely wounded one-third of the villagers. In addition to the villagers who were crushed by the collapsed logs, Hua Lun had already lost more than half of his men. And the saw crackled and fell to the ground.

"I can't stop it!" Hua Lun closed his eyes in pain, and then yelled sharply: "Run! Run to the camp!"

His voice awakened the villagers who seemed to be sleepwalking, and the terrified screams filled the forest space in the next moment, and all the people who could still move rushed around like a nest of headless flies. He couldn't even find the direction of the camp, and ran into the dense forest without thinking.

Hua Lun was probably the calmest among the panicked crowd. He yelled to guide the villagers to flee out of the forest, while dragging Donna hard, staggering back.Tang Na seemed very reluctant, and struggled to cry out.

"Warren, let me go, my legs and feet are not good, I can't drag you down!"

"What are you talking about, Brother Donna! Your leg was injured like this because of me. Even if I die, I will drag you back!" Hua Lun dropped the spear in his hand and grabbed Donna with both hands. shoulders, putting most of his body weight on himself, and the two of them ran out of the dense forest together.

Just when Hua Lun was about to run out of the dense forest, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at the situation behind him, only to see that the black armored knight was not in a hurry to catch up, but raised an equally pitch-black long sword leisurely, slamming it fiercely. A sword slashed on the head of a villager who had just struggled to sit up.

Blood burst out.

The villager let out a half-cry, his head rolled off his shoulders, the headless corpse shook a few times, and fell down in a pool of blood.

The black-armored knight pointed the long sword in his hand at Warren, and the ranger felt a chill all over his body. Although separated by hundreds of meters, he still seemed to hear the words the black-armored knight didn't say.

"Flee as much as you want, I want you to die!"

Villagers in twos and threes escaped from the dense forest. At the same time, alarm bells rang in the refugee camp thousands of meters away.The villagers who were doing renovation work outside the wooden wall were stunned for a moment, and then ran towards the gate; Sir Grace ran out of his residence with a silver fir longbow in his hand, and glanced at the surrounding watchtowers , found that the archers under Li Wei had already boarded the tower, pointed their longbows in the direction of the dense forest, and drew their bows.

"This reaction speed is really amazing." Sir Grace couldn't help admiring, and then lightly jumped up the wooden ladder and climbed to a watchtower.

"Sir Grace, all eight members of the archer team are here and report to you." Unanimous voices came from the four corners of the camp, and Grace nodded in satisfaction and said loudly: "Continue to be on guard, any time Ready to shoot!"

Afterwards, the long-renowned sniper archer also opened his silver fir longbow, aiming at the swaying dense forest.

Warren dragged Tang Na's heavy body, and ran out of the dense forest. Behind him, the shadows of the trees shook, and the miserable screams of dying villagers could be heard from time to time.The screams were like death's spell, causing Hua Lun's heart to pound wildly. Panting heavily, he clenched his teeth and ran towards the refugee camp.

"Quick, quick, the devil is coming, close the gate!" A villager ran in from the outside out of breath, and shouted at several camp guards at the gate.

"No, Lord Li Wei has an order that as long as there is a villager outside, the gate cannot be closed." A camp guard shook his head and said.

"Whatever Li Wei's order is, if the devil comes in, we will all die!" The villager was obviously frightened, screaming, and rushed towards the closed winch, behind him , Two or three villagers who were also terrified rushed over together.

Several camp guards were not too resolute in blocking, and soon the leader of the villagers rushed to the side of the winch, holding the winch with both hands and was about to turn it vigorously, when a heavy and cold touch came from their shoulders.

The villager looked back, and saw a burly man wearing a full set of metal armor standing behind him, with a sharp and heavy sword resting on his shoulder, emitting a blue and cold light.

"Ji, Master Knight..." The villager let out a hoarse scream, his legs were shaking.

The hand of the big man holding the sword was steady and strong, without any trembling.The full-face helmet blocked his facial expressions, and the voice came from the helmet, which seemed muffled.

"Lord Li Wei has an order that as long as one villager is still outside, the gate cannot be closed."

"Master Knight, the demons are coming, if we don't close the gate, we will all die!"

Another villager let out a miserable cry like a drake whose neck was pinched, which immediately aroused the echo of several voices around.

"That's right, Master Knight, you can't ignore the safety of all of us for the sake of a few people outside!"

"The devil is coming soon, let's close the gate!"

"Let's go together, Lord Knight will not kill us!"

The last villager's words obviously reached everyone's heart, so several nearby villagers became agitated and wanted to rush up to turn the winch.

"Crack!"

With a flash of sword light, under the disbelieving eyes of everyone, the thick rope on the winch broke from it, and the broken section quickly circled the winch several times like a live snake, and then flew into the air.

The heavy wooden door slammed open with a loud bang.

In the middle of a group of stunned villagers, a crusader swordsman in full metal armor put his sword back into its sheath, and said a word in a muffled voice: "Master Li Wei has an order. As long as there is a villager who is still outside, the gate will be closed." Can't close it."

The wooden wall of the refugee camp was not far away. Warren felt like a fire was burning in his chest, his lungs contracted rapidly, hoping for more fresh air to enter, but his throat was burning with pain , there is simply no way to do this.

One of Donna's legs was unable to run due to an old injury. Normally he could walk with a cane, but now there is no good way.Being able to drag Tang Na, who is physically strong, to run here, Hua Lun's physical strength has been exhausted to the limit, and now he is supporting him tenaciously with a will.

Unfortunately, will is not omnipotent.Just over 100 meters away from the refugee camp, Hua Lun suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground together with Donna. There was a sharp tearing pain in his right leg.

Warren gritted his teeth and reached out to touch it, his face suddenly turned pale.

"Damn, dislocated ankle!"

As a ranger, he knew this kind of injury very well. A dislocated ankle is usually not too much trouble, as long as he finds a way to return the dislocated part and rest for a while, it will be fine.But to dislocate him when the enemy was about to catch up would be tantamount to pronouncing his death sentence.

Donna struggled to stand up and stood in front of Warren.

"Brother Donna, it's only 100 meters away, the gate is still open, there's still time! Hurry up, let's go!"

Warren's urgent voice came from behind, and Tang Na turned his head and smiled slightly.

"Brother Hua Lun, if it wasn't for my dragging you down, you might have returned to the camp, right? Now how can I leave you here and go back alone?"

The elderly former adventurer pulled out a logging ax from his waist, clapped it in his palm, and showed a vicious smile on his face.

"Hacking two kills is enough money, hacking three kills earns two! Devil boys, come on, let's see how much Grandpa Donna can earn!"

(End of this chapter)