Xavier Mamores, this person's image once seemed very tall in Neo's mind
Until now, Neo can clearly remember the whole details of Xavier buying him from a gladiator merchant when he was 14 years old. At that time, Neo was not the best among the young gladiators.
He was injured and messed up during the gladiatorial performance. Later, Neo asked Xavier why he chose him at that time. Xavier said: "Seeing the look in your eyes, I knew you would win."
This short sentence had an unimaginable motivating effect on Neo. After all, given Neo's status at the time, even coaxing was a luxury for him.
When Neo was 18 years old, he learned from various inquiries that the gladiators who were once his companions, even the best ones, were stained with blood. Neo was grateful to Xavier, who gave him a chance.
A chance to be healthy or, and not just to know how to kill
However, as time goes by, in Neo's heart, Xavier inevitably steps down from the altar. No one is perfect, or in other words, everyone has more than one fault, and the same goes for Xavier.
During the days when he was detained in Solos Prison, Neo also conducted a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of Xavier. He felt that Xavier was restrained and self-disciplined, but lacked a pioneering spirit...
At that time, Neo already knew that what awaited him was a public trial and execution, but he did not become discouraged and despaired, but actively planned. Even if there was no surprise attack by the dark forces, he would stage a wolf transformation and rampage at the execution site.
Xavier seemed to Neo to be a good teaching material. Neo said to himself at that time: "It is true to squeeze yourself and be strict with yourself, but if you only do this, you will be the next Xavier. Under the pressure of the environment,
They unknowingly distorted their original intentions and compromised with external forces."
At this moment, when Neo heard Ebt say that Xavier was here, for a moment, what he thought in his mind was: "Xavier, don't let me despise your character!"
Xavier did not give Neo this chance. Although he was still alive, he only had one breath left. He is still seriously injured and unconscious. It was Ebt and another guard Zhijeff who took him to escape to Cropp, hiding in Gray before.
The wine cellar of the Puss family was used to avoid pursuit, and later returned to the surface for treatment needs. Then this morning, a group of bandit soldiers came. Ebut did not report the name of Lord Mammeris, but said:
as ordinary as possible
Neo can also understand what Ebut did. It is like a thief breaking into a house, and the owner of the room happens to be sick and weak. He pretends not to know. The thief takes what he wants and leaves.
It's possible that the theft turned into murder.
Xavier, who was lying on a mat made of patchwork clothes, looked lifeless. He was already thin, but now his eye sockets were sunken and he looked haggard.
The fleshy priest Nolind accompanied Xavier and nodded to him when he saw Neo coming over. Nolind is not only the only preacher of Cropp, but also the doctor in the village, but his abilities are limited.
It’s not easy to hang on to Xavier’s life
Guard Ri Jeff was also seriously injured. Four days ago, he fought with the minions of darkness. He blocked a blow from the Demonic Changer for Xavier. It was just a flesh wound. The key is the erosion of the dark evil power, which is very difficult to deal with. Nolin
De did not have the ability to cast the purification technique, so he could only use holy water to cleanse the injured, but this method was not very good. It forced the power of the dark evil to go deeper. Under its influence, Rijeev looked ashen and miserable, as if
Among the necromancers, he was usually quite active among the guards, especially his hearty laughter, but now he was as wilted as an eggplant beaten by frost. When he saw Neo, even his bared teeth and smile looked so embarrassed.
This was obviously not the time to cry and talk about separation. Neo simply understood the situation and then set his sights on the guarding sergeant who looked pitiful and was waiting for his resignation.
"Is there anything you want to say to me?" Neo was sharpening his nails with the green steel sword. It was really hard for him to use such a big sword as smartly and delicately as a small carving knife.
"Sir, I didn't do anything harmful to nature. The robbery and rape were all done by Zachary and his friends..." the sergeant said with a sad face.
Listening to the sergeant's tone of voice and looking at the sergeant's expressions and movements, Neo knew that he had hired the right person.
Entering the warehouse at that time, there were two targets on the opposite side, one was a young man with an ignorant face, and the other was an alert man with an unshaven beard. Neo directly chose to kill the man who asked the question, even though at that moment he had judged that the two men were related to each other.
That man is the master, we should be able to extract more useful information from him
Neo is not a good torture expert, but he is a good student. In Sols Prison, he witnessed the guards' methods of torturing prisoners including himself. In his later memories, many of them were confirmed from a theoretical perspective.
, Neo’s touchstone is to choose this young sergeant who is easier to attack, rather than the dead old man.
As it turned out, the young sergeant was really frightened by Neo's ruthlessness and obvious pretense, and he started talking, or rather pouring out his bitter words.
Zachary and some of the core members of his team were once members of the Black Fang Bandit Group active in the Erdrit Territory. They were recruited along with the group leader "Big Black Fang". Big Black Fang was placed in a relatively small position because he did not know how to restrain himself.
The charges were laid, but Zachary managed to do quite well by adapting to the changing circumstances and flattering others.
Nobles can use things like Zackary that are not clean, but it is difficult to use them to great effect. At the same time, he is the main target of the dark forces. This kid is very cunning. He knows that the end of surrendering to the dark forces will definitely be cannon fodder, and
Keeping in mind the benefits promised by the dark power, he acted as a double-faced man, and through clever maneuvers, he gained a lot of benefits from the dark power and Viscount Erdrit.
Reluctant to enter the pond, it is naturally difficult to predict the depth of the water. Zachary played tricks and balance. As a result, he neither became a demon nor entered the core of the dark forces. However, he was still keenly aware of the wind direction.
The city of Ers was invaded by demons. He and his team had early taken action in the name of going on a mission to avert disasters and seek good fortune, and became one of the few pure witnesses of the incident who were not deeply involved and were able to sit back and watch.
The bad thing is that Zachary became arrogant, thinking that he was strategizing and had a clear understanding of the situation. When he saw the Zephyr Fury Group and the Sky Eagle Knights attacking Soles City, he thought that the devils were gone, so he became greedy and jumped out to show off.
Needless to say, the timing was quite good. It was the time when people were being hired. A complete squad of city guards (20 people) was very important in winning the favor of the nobles. Zachary and his squad were given important responsibilities.
As a result, just when Zachary was filled with joy, a series of dazzling things happened. The main forces of Xifeng and Tianying were insidiously stabbed in the Black Iron Square.
He arrived on a floating battleship, and blood spattered five steps. In the chaos and conflict, 5 people in his team were implicated, injured or killed. There are so many people in the Holy See. After finishing the work, they just slapped their butts and left. The remaining
The place is full of mess, chaos, a bunch of nobles, officers and soldiers can't find a place to cry.
Naturally, misfortunes never come singly. The bad news came that the West Wind Station was attacked by the barbaric alien coalition forces.
Zachary's fortune was shining brightly at that time, and he was once again a wise man. He considered two points:
First, with the devil's style and West Wind's idea, it is impossible for Skyhawk to give way to the east side. It will definitely be a two-pronged attack. Even considering that it is inland of the Fury Alliance, and given the characteristics of Skyhawk,
If it can be carried, the station will not be captured, and the losses will not be too small. Moreover, the east road has always been uneven, otherwise there will be no trouble for the Sky Eagle Knights to guard it. Anyway, that's good over there, and it's okay.
Absolutely good things are limited, and it would be strange if those guys who eat knife-headed food don't take the opportunity to come out and take advantage of it, not to mention the pursuers. In the words of one of his subordinates: "You can expect those guys with thin legs and big butts to outrun four legs (
alien)?”
Secondly, guarding Sowers City is a hard job. Because of the Zephyr Fighting Group, it is not easy to be stuck in the barren Monstoke wilderness these years! Now that I finally have the opportunity, how can I
Can they let go of this opportunity to spread their flowers? Especially when they know that the main forces of West Wind and Sky Eagle have suffered heavy losses in Sowers City, they will definitely risk their lives crying and shouting. Taking Sowers will be worth any investment.
It is conceivable that they will either surrender or fight bloody battles, and it is probably the latter, because even the 3-year-old child in the Erdrit tribe knows that the barbaric aliens have a famous dish called marinated meat and stir-fried yam strips, and the meat is human flesh.
So Zachary and his people fled again, and the troops were in chaos. In the process, two team members lost contact. As a result, including Zachary, there were a total of 14 people. It is worth mentioning that they actually
I got 15 riders, 9 military horses, and 6 wargs. It’s really a bit of shit luck. You know there is a shortage of riders at this time. Even some noble family members rely on walking.
What's even more fortunate is that Zachary simply didn't have the idea of Tulip Town. He didn't know that it had been captured by the minions of darkness. He just followed the simple principle of "doing what you can" and went to Baliland Village first to cause trouble.
Then he led his men to kill Cropp directly.
The clever Zachary lied and deceived the trust of the Cropp villagers. They took refuge in the wine cellar, and then 'click!' a lock solved the problem.
The sergeant named Yves became more and more verbose as he spoke. Neo had no time to listen to his story now. He focused on asking questions and then calculated in his mind that there were 2 people in the warehouse and 8 people in the village hall and the sentry in the small bell tower.
There are currently 4 people running outside, and 2 of them are sentries. In other words, there is only 1 person beside Zachary.
Where is Zachary?
This question soon came to an answer. Zachary arranged sentries in a triangle shape. One was in the southeast of the village, mainly monitoring the main road, which is where he shot Neo during the day. The other was in the north, at the bell tower of the village hall, and the third one was at the village hall bell tower.
The sentry post that Neo first discovered was to the west, near the woods, and there was a large, somewhat lonely house with a sentry post above it. Zachary and one of his confidants, Wiz, stayed there for the night.
With the information in hand, it's time to give this gang the final blow.
Ebut and two powerful villagers were responsible for capturing the sentry in the southeast of the village, while Neo went to deal with Zachary. The four of them met. When Neo whistled, Ebut took action.
take someone
It was the same infiltration, but this time something went wrong. Neo was discovered and betrayed by a warg tied under the eaves. A howl immediately woke up the three people in the house. Neo was trying to rush across the open space to approach the big house.
Ao was shot from the direction of the skylight of the attic. Unprepared, the arrow flew past his left arm. The cluster of sharp arrows like shark teeth opened a thumb-long hole in his upper arm, and the flesh rolled up like a baby.
Lips, and through the feeling of the injury, Neo realized that the arrow clusters were poisonous!
"Enemies meet on a narrow road!" The opponent's shooting style made Neo immediately recognize that it was the guy who shot him two arrows during the day. He rolled over and leaned against the wall of a private house. Neo had already drawn the dagger,
The blade curled around the injured area, and a piece of flesh and blood was cut off by Neo.
Tsk! Boom! Bang!
An arrow hit the side of the wall less than ten centimeters away from Neo. When it hit the target, the arrow shaft shook and shards flew!
Neo was unmoved at all. He flipped his wrist and threw the dagger against the wooden wall. He took out a small wooden jar from his waist, opened the stopper with his thumb, and poured it on the gauze prepared in his left hand.
The thick, black paste with the scent of medicine was applied quickly, and the gauze piece was patted and pressed onto the injured area.
"Hiss!" Neo shivered in pain, but he didn't waste time putting away the small wooden jar with his left hand, pulling out the bandage from the pouch on his lower back, folding it in two, and tying it tightly. He used his hands and mouth simultaneously to wrap and pull the bandage.
Even if it’s a simple matter
At the same time, I heard a slightly shrill voice in the big room shouting: "If you want to play a sneak attack, the enemy must not have many people. Wiz, go to the village hall and ask the brothers to fight against Luo and shoot that gun down!"
The door of the house was kicked forward with a bang, and a strong figure rushed out of the house. He was dressed in random clothes and half of his arms were bare. He rushed out with a long sword in his hand.
Then he ran straight towards the village hall.
Neo jumped out from behind the cover at the right time and blew the whistle at the same time.
Tsk! Tsk!
The sergeant named Luo in the attic was waiting for this moment, and fired twice. But this time he was not lucky. Only one of the two arrows posed some threat to Neo, and it caused a spark on the greaves.
The Neos were in the air, shooting with arrows, two arrows in one string, aiming at Wiz, who was rushing towards the village hall.
Wiz was aware of it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Neo releasing an arrow. He twisted his long sword and the arrow that hit his upper body was blown away, but the other one burrowed into his right hand.
Calf
The yew bow tires and homemade bow strings used by Neo are both of the highest quality, full of toughness, but also as fast as a crossbow arrow. It is so powerful that it shot straight through Wiz's calf, and the arrows were clustered in front of his head.
Jian'er
"Ah!" Amidst the screams, Wiz, who was running forward, fell forward.
Plop! Neo, who flew out, also fell into the snow. As soon as his body touched the ground, he rolled quickly, boom! Boom! The two arrows followed his rolling body into the snow with just a hair's breadth.
Like Neo, Luo is best at shooting one string with two arrows or two consecutive arrows. Moving up to three consecutive arrows is not impossible, but his level has dropped sharply. This is the reflection of his archery level.
After rolling continuously, Neo had already turned over. At this time, a new arrow arrived. Neo jumped out again. While he was in the air, he fired back with two arrows, and when his body landed on the ground, the third arrow hit the string.
"Give it back to you!"
Boom! The shark-tooth carved feather arrow went straight into the attic skylight.
When archers shoot against each other, they compete in terms of speed, aim, strength, and scheming. Neo's previous arrow shots had some reservations in terms of strength and speed. However, Luo was guarding against Neo's two arrows flying together or in succession.
Shoot, so Neo shoots in the air, Luo has something in mind
On the other hand, although flying is more suitable for dodging arrows, this dodge method that does not consider the landing posture is actually equivalent to sacrificing the safety of the landing in exchange for the speed of dodge. The short period when the body lands on the ground can be said to be more dangerous. Before
Neo shot Witz, and Luo missed an opportunity. This time, he was a little impatient and greedy, so he wanted to take advantage of the moment when Neo landed on the ground and before he could roll over, to make a killing blow, but the result was another dangerous one.
He narrowly dodged Neo's two arrows, quickly nocked the arrow, and pulled the bow halfway. When Neo's third arrow arrived, how could he dodge again? It hit his chest! For a moment, all his strength seemed to follow this arrow.
The place where the arrow was shot was gone, the arm was drooped, the string was loose, and the person fell to the ground.
After being shot by an arrow, Witz reluctantly climbed up, used his long sword as a cane, and continued to limp toward the village hall. As he ran, he shouted: "Edward, ring the bell, enemy attack, enemy attack."
!”
Edward on the small bell tower was unable to see or speak at this moment, and he felt like there was an extra head on his head. His brain hurt and he was dizzy. Witz's scream sounded as if it was coming from across the mountain.
Across the water, so distant and hazy
Neo was also running. After he threw himself into the snow for the second time, he stood up faster than the first time. He turned over on the spot and stood up. He did not run towards the direction of Wiz, but towards the big house.
direction
Running, Wiz, who had already disappeared from sight