Skipping verbal communication, information is conveyed in a simple glance.
【Being followed】
It's not the group of mourners. They should turn around and leave after placing the body. There is no need to stay here; even if they are new arrivals, there is no reason to go deep into the passage filled with bones.
Unless they are other extremely boring tourists, it would be too much of a coincidence to meet them on the same day.
The followers never seemed to think that they would be discovered, and still kept a deliberately light pace, following from a distance. The winding passages and surrounding stone chambers concealed the lighting, and the sound was absorbed into the bone walls.
For people who have extensive experience in operating in dark environments, hearing is sometimes even more important than vision. This kind of tracking with inconsistent pace is as obvious as the torches on the street at midnight.
This was not a bad thing. Kraft took the lantern from Coop, pretended that he was not being followed at all, walked out normally, stopped in a fairly spacious stone room, and hung the lantern on a protruding fibula.
The confusing light prompted someone to stop here. Kraft unsheathed his sword and stood on the other side with Coop against the wall, waiting silently.
The other party's reaction was not slow, and it was quite eager. After noticing that the tracking object's voice disappeared, it quickly slowed down its steps, but its pace became faster, and it quickly closed the distance to avoid losing track.
Kraft speculated on his psychological changes: he suspected that the target had discovered the tracking, or walked into some narrow and narrow path, disappearing like an insect into an unreachable slit, becoming a memory stain that made people toss and turn. He had to take a step forward,
Chase towards the last direction where the sound disappeared.
The repressed and rapid steps avoided the gravel and bone fragments, and suddenly slowed down as they passed the nearest corner, becoming lighter and lighter; the pursuer was pleasantly surprised to find that the worry was unfounded, as artificial light was shining from a stone room.
With the slightest sound of metal blades closing, the weak light from another lamp in the corridor disappeared.
Kraft turned his wrist to adjust the blade of the sword, preparing to take action when the opponent looked at the light and entered.
Regardless of whether this is the place Professor Kalman was hinting at, at least he won't return empty-handed this time.
As the distance increases, the footsteps inevitably become clearer, and what can be distinguished is at least one light and one heavy.
It's a bit complicated, and it's hard to decide whether to take action decisively when the first one enters, or whether to let two people enter together, which will create considerable instability factors for the originally sure sneak attack and give the opponent time to react.
But it's not impossible.
Kraft shrank and leaned closer to the wall. There were countless wrists and elbows pressing against his back, giving people the illusion that the walls were full of dead bodies, with their broken bodies leaning and falling down.
The stalker paused at the door for a moment, but his confidence prevented him from further hesitation. A figure jumped into the stone room with a sword, adjusted his momentum during the movement, and pointed directly at the light.
The second person followed closely behind, with a streamlined armor bulging under his robes. He followed with steady steps and took up the position at the door, looking behind the former.
The person who came here was not an amateur, and was more difficult to deal with than some guys who thought they were unafraid of swords because they had some special abilities. Kraft secretly said trouble, gave up the idea of holding back as much as possible, straightened his sword and stabbed straight at him.
A is between the neck.
Sure enough, when he saw the old oil lamp hanging on the bone, the visitor immediately realized what kind of simple but effective scam he had encountered. He turned away angrily, but did not defend himself with a horizontal sword, but decisively
The ground slashed downwards, making a desperate gesture.
The window of opportunity was much shorter than imagined, but the time Kraft needed was even shorter. The armor-wearer who noticed the abnormality had no time to dodge, and had only time to tilt his head and neck, and the sword edge had already penetrated the fabric.
As expected, it was so powerful that it was blocked by the bones or drilled into the seams of the bones. The sword blade rubbed against a piece of movable metal in series. It broke several sections with force and lightly slid open on the surface of the skin.
It is a piece of chainmail. The labor-intensive and time-consuming protective gear is not cheap, and the maintenance is even more cumbersome. It is mostly lined with gaps in the neck where the armor's protection is weak, which confirms the speculation about its professionalism.
At the same time, due to the disadvantage of the length of the weapon, Kupu was swept back by the long sword.
The time advantage brought by the small skill could not be converted into sufficient tactical advantage. Taking advantage of the opponent's slow movement, Kraft sheathed his sword and kicked hard at the crook of the leg, leaving the unbalanced armored enemy to Ku.
Pu dealt with it, and faced the other one who was slashing horizontally and waving the air, adjusting his posture.
This man's swordsmanship was no less than his ability to adapt to the situation. After gaining space, he reversed his previous stance, immediately retreated to create distance, and fended off the insidious provocation from the bottom lane. Then he fought Kraft head-on with his sword, and retreated with a slight disadvantage in strength.
Within a few seconds of going back and forth, the two of them got to know each other a lot through the exchange of moves without even seeing each other's faces - they were both people who couldn't be easily defeated.
The opponent noticed a gap in physical fitness, and Kraft was worried that Kupp might not be able to resist the opponent with elite equipment for too long.
【A surprising move】
Pretending to attack again, Kraft moved closer to the wall, and briefly exchanged swords with each other. He realized that the opponent was not using all his strength and seemed to be holding back to prepare some small moves.
This was exactly what he wanted. The sword blade retreated at the first touch and swept towards the lantern on the wall. No matter what operation was performed, it would be greatly compromised after losing vision, but some people were exceptions.
The opponent also drew his sword and thrust it in an unexpected direction.
【Lantern】
The lamp was attacked from two sides and its supporting bones were broken. The structure that had withstood years of use encountered a load that it should not have to bear. It fell to pieces on the spot and the flames were stamped out.
The environment was completely plunged into darkness, and the swordsman stepped forward, stabbing with the impression left by the last moment of light.
Skill and wisdom are the only things that are better than brute force. Those who are diligent in practice and talented are all proud of it and regard it as the key to reversing the situation. It is obvious that he believes that darkness is a weapon that amplifies the advantage of skills.
Kraft changed his position to dodge, but was surprised to find that the opponent could actually recognize the steps and movements through hearing in the chaotic situation, and then turned his stabbing into a chop to pursue.
Excellent sensory and movement coordination capabilities, coupled with the courage to abandon visual combat, are indeed extraordinary combat skills.
After being parried, the snake-like sword edge re-judged its position along the direction of the attack. The swordsman adjusted his direction and thrust his backhand towards Kraft's side. It is difficult to imagine what kind of mentality would make people delve into such a lightless battle.
Skill.
As long as you don't have special training and just rely on imagination to deal with it, I'm afraid it will be difficult for even the most experienced person to survive the continuous attacks in the darkness.
Unfortunately, Kraft's reason for extinguishing the lamp flame was completely different from his. Some people can see better when they are blind, and some people can see more clearly after going blind.
After a series of consecutive attacks, the swordsman's judgment of the position was finally completely blurred, and he stood quietly in the darkness, guarding against the attacks that would come from an unknown direction. And his companions, like Kupp, did not rely on external senses for accurate positioning.
Skill.
Kraft finally had time to examine the first normal opponent he encountered. What his mental senses could see was far more than what he could get from a quick glance under poor lighting.
For example, the decoration of the sword is very distinctive. The hilt of the sword is in a circle, and the wings spread out on both sides become the hand guards.
The other person's face looked a little familiar after seeing it clearly. After searching in the memory, I successfully found the corresponding one from the day I first arrived in Dunling. The two had met each other in the courtyard of the medical school, and they didn't even exchange names.
I never thought we would meet again in this kind of place.