Chapter 743 Assassination (1)
Early morning, slightly cold and thick fog.
In the lingering white mist, a team of cavalry came out from the side gate east of Yongye City in an orderly queue. The two led by the Dark Night Divine Guards.
The two god guards were wearing exquisite black leather scale armor, and the two scimitars crossed together in the chest embroidery of the scale armor. Their weapons were also different. The one on the left held a spear and the one on the right held a scimitar.
Behind these two people was a team of thirty crossbow cavalry. Each cavalry held a steel crossbow in his hands and had already put on the string. If there was any accident, twenty people would react in an instant and pour arrow rain towards the target.
The crossbow launches an extremely fast attack and is powerful. It can penetrate heavy armor within thirty steps. With the advantage of numericality, even a master like the Martial Saint cannot get close to him and will definitely be shot and killed on the spot.
Behind the crossbow cavalry is Shandru.
Sandru is skilled in strategy, but his martial arts talent is average. Although he is very strong due to the nourishment of the Queen of the Night's divine body, his martial arts cultivation is not good. Now, his combat power is only comparable to that of ordinary overlord-level masters, and he is incomparable to the true gods.
He also knows his shortcomings. Since his martial arts are not good, he should pay attention to defense.
Therefore, Sandru wore a full set of divine iron armor, wrapped tightly from head to toe, leaving almost no gap. This armor was created by the Night Kingdom's forging experience of many gods and crafted with a large number of precious materials. It is extremely sturdy. Even if the overlord-level powerful man uses a rifle to pierce it, he can defend it, and at most it will be slightly deformed.
His war horse is not simple either. This horse is the king of the thunder horse unique to the north. Its quality is excellent. After being melted by the divine blood of the Queen of the Night, it is the world-famous divine horse, and it runs wildly, like wind and lightning. Because the hair of this war horse is as red as blood, it is called "blood shadow".
Blood Shadow Horse, Divine Iron Battle Armor, Eight Night Divine Guards, and a large number of powerful crossbow cavalry. Such a lineup cannot be forced even if the Night Queen comes. She can only kill in a roundabout way.
It is precisely because of such a strong defense that although Sandru is often attacked by assassins, he is always safe and sound.
However, for some reason, as soon as Sandru left the city today, he couldn't help but tremble and felt a little cold.
He turned around and looked around. The fog was shrouded in thick mist. The guards' figures were faintly covered. In the distance, there was a vast white area. A gust of cold wind was blowing over, and the white mist slowly flowed, revealing traces. Sandru felt a clearer chill.
‘A comfortable life is really disappointing. I have been in the palace for less than three days, and when I was blown by the cold wind, I actually caught a cold!’ Sandru sighed.
He, who has seen big scenes, will become lazy in a short period of time, not to mention those soldiers. Sandru feels that it is necessary for him to increase the frequency of patrolling the barracks in the future.
The cavalry team continued to walk outside the city, and the barracks were three miles outside the city. They walked over at this speed and could arrive in less than ten minutes.
Although it is very early, there are already many early pedestrians on the roads outside the city. Most of these people are farmers who go out of the city to sell vegetables to Yongye City. There are also travelers who sleep outside the city because they didn't have time to enter the city yesterday, and some are some messy guys, such as Rangers.
These people are not very powerful and have no threat to the cavalry. As long as they keep a certain distance from the cavalry, the soldiers will not meddle in other people's business. If they make a mistake, the patrol soldiers in the city will naturally peel them.
As he walked along the way, about halfway through, Sandru saw a ranger trotting in front of him. Because of the fog, he could only see a vague black shadow at first. When the ranger got closer, Sandru saw more details.
The weapon used by the ranger was a gun. The war horse under his crotch looked tall, but the fur was mixed and dirty, and the four hooves were covered with mud. The ranger was wearing an ordinary wolf fur coat, with a long spear behind his back, and the tip of the gun was wrapped with an anti-rust leather holster.
The ranger also saw the cavalry team. He reacted the same as the others on the road. He was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the horse, took the initiative to stand more than 30 meters away on the side of the road, waiting patiently for the cavalry team to pass by.
A very ordinary ranger still uses a spear, while Luo Lin uses a sword. If someone in this world can pose a threat to him at this time, then there will be only Luo Lin. This person cannot be Luo Lin, so he will feel relieved.
He withdrew his gaze and continued to look ahead of the road.
The soldiers around him just glanced at the roadside ranger casually, and then they all looked back. They had a lot of combat experience and were all veterans. They did not feel any hostility from this ranger, so they did not have too much vigilance in their hearts.
"Get out of the way~" The sound of the horse hooves of the cavalry team sounded regularly, and the team moved towards the barracks slowly, as if everything was normal.
Time passed by second by second, Sandru and his guards advanced slowly, slowly approaching the ranger standing by the roadside. The ranger was still standing motionless, his eyes also looking at the ground, looking humbly and respectfully.
But as the distance approached, the barrier of fog became weaker and weaker, and Sandru also saw more things.
He suddenly felt that this ranger brought him an indescribable sense of familiarity. He seemed to have seen it before. So he looked carefully and saw that the other party's hair was loose, very dirty and messy, with condensed dewdrops and a few dead grass stems on it. He couldn't see his face clearly. In the blur, he could only see that it was stained with dust, which looked gray.
This is also normal. For anyone who travels for a long distance, it is absolutely normal to have a dusty face. In fact, the few rangers around him have similar virtues.
After careful observation, she was still just an ordinary ranger. Although Sandru's doubts did not completely disappear, there was only the last trace of them left.
The distance between the two sides continued to approach. After more than ten seconds, Sandru was less than forty meters away from the ranger. For Sandru, who was under the protection of the crossbow formation, this was a safe distance, so although he was confused, he did not rise up vigilance.
At this moment, an extremely rapid sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the white fog in front of us. The horse hooves were fast and heavy, and "bang bang bang bang bang bang" hit the earth like a war drum. The horse was running towards us. The closer the distance was, the more rapid the sound of horse hooves, and in the end it was connected. As soon as you heard this sound, you knew that this was a very rare good horse.
A few seconds later, a black shadow of a knight appeared in front of him. Through the fog, you can see the knight holding a weapon such as a sword or knife in his hand. He rushed over with great momentum, with an incredible speed and no time to think.
"Enemy attack! Defense!" The dark night guard at the front immediately roared.
"Ha~" the cavalry roared together. In an instant, swords and guns came out, and the crossbow turned, and the shields all surrounded Sandru and used heavy shields to forge a circle of steel fortresses, protecting Sandru in the middle.
In the shield formation, Sandru was safe, but at the same time, the line of shields and guards blocked his sight, making it impossible for him to get the information around him as soon as possible.
"Hao huh~" The war horse in front was still approaching quickly. In just a moment, it had reached fifty meters away. Although the figure of the knight on the horse's back was still blurry, it could be clearly seen that he had made an attacking posture.
When the opponent's distance reached the best attack distance of the steel crossbow, the Dark Night Divine Guard suddenly roared: "Prepare to shoot the arrow!"
"Benbangbangbangbangbangbangbang~" The string of the steel crossbow sounded, and thirty crossbow arrows rushed towards the approaching knight like locusts. After a moment, there was a scattered sound of "puff puff puff puff". It can be seen that most of the crossbow arrows hit the target, some of them shot the war horses, and some shot the knights on the horse.
According to common sense, if you were hit by such a terrible attack and most of them were hit, there should be no master in this world who can be safe and sound, even the Queen of Night can't do it.
But what happened in front of him was completely beyond the understanding of the cavalry. The black shadow not only did not stop, but rushed faster. He did not even block the crossbow arrows, but rushed forward with his weapon.
"What's going on?"
"Is it wearing strong armor?"
The cavalry all opened their eyes wide. At this time, the opponent's knight was about to rush in front of him. Although the divine guard with a spear at the front was full of doubts, he still urged the horse to meet him.
As a guard, he must block the guy's offensive.
In just one second, the divine guard arrived at the incoming knight. At this moment, he finally saw the truth clearly.
The horse's chest was covered with thick cowhide, and the cowhide was bulging. There should be a lot of cotton wool inside. The crossbow arrow shot the cowhide and shot it through, but the rushing momentum was gone and it did not cause any damage to the horse, so the horse could keep rushing forward.
What shocked the Divine Guard was the sword-holding knight on the horse's back. This was not a real person, it was simply a dummy. He was not holding a weapon, it was just a branch.
The dummy was deeply inserted with at least a dozen crossbow arrows, but for such a scarecrow, what would it be if he inserted ten thousand arrows?
"Not good! I've been hit by the opponent's vicious plan!"
In an instant, the divine guard reacted. He swept the dummy on the horse's back to the ground with a shot, then looked around, looking for the real assassin. While searching for it, he shouted, "Beware of the assassin!"
Time was too tight, and he shouted a little urgently and didn't have time to explain more, so there was an ambiguity.
The cavalry standing behind only saw him knocking the assassin down with one shot, but this guy clearly defeated his opponent, why did he still call the assassin? What does this mean? Didn’t the assassin be killed by him?
Sandru in the cavalry group was also strange. He was about to speak, but suddenly, he felt a sharp murderous intent appear from the side. When he turned around, he saw that the ranger who had been repeatedly looked at him was rushing towards him at an unimaginable speed.
In an instant, he recognized his opponent's true identity: 'God of War Luo Lin!'
His heart suddenly became cold, and he felt like he fell into an ice cave. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!