Mercenaries and Adventurers

He took off his cold gloves and tried to sense the possible flow of surrounding air.

However, he didn't find anything for a while. Kiel looked at his fingers and found that the fingers were all covered with rough skin, and there was a thick layer of calluses on the inner side of the palm that often held weapons and tools.

Sighing, Keel was silent for a moment. Then he opened his mouth and tapped his fingers a few times with his tongue, and then let his saliva-stained fingers walk around the rock wall.

This trick worked well, and he quickly discovered the blocked wall gap through the changes in temperature and temperature of his fingers.

Pulling out the dagger, Kiel used the tip of the dagger to poke and scrape where there was cold wind blowing, widening the small gap that was originally there. Following the widening gap, Keel made a crack along the edge of the stone.

At this time, the dagger was useless, and these stones collapsed and piled up one after another, which could not be broken away with this thing. His longsword, though strong, was not the right tool either.

Although he couldn't get through by himself, he still put his head close to the gap he had opened, trying to see what it looked like on the other side of the gap.

He was disappointed, the inside was pitch black, although the cold wind blowing from the gap felt that the gap was straight and not blocked by stones, but he still couldn't see anything on the other side, and he didn't have a small enough torch at hand, Naturally, you can't see what it looks like inside.

After thinking about it, Keir gave up. He put away his things and resumed his previous work.

Compared to curiously exploring the interior of this rocky mountain, the immediate battle preparation is much more important. These things can be discussed after defeating the Northern Land Wolf and the Wolf King, if everything goes as he expected.

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The steepest part of the rocky mountain is the top platform. From there, there is no such a steep cliff that goes straight up and down. Although it is still very steep, it is at least a slope.

Keel, who came to the edge of this narrow platform again, chose a suitable downward path. They don't have many ropes, so it is impossible to take the possible route with the most landings. Instead, they can only take the route that is as steep as possible and requires few ropes.

After choosing the direction of the route, Keel used his long sword to split the rock at the right place and hung a rope of suitable length on it. Then he slanted down the rope and came to the next narrow platform where he could barely land.

Here, Kiel discovered two more rocky mountains not far away that were not composed of a whole, but looked like they were forcibly blocked with huge stones.

He rubbed his chin and observed, guessing that these two places must have been more conspicuous decades ago, but after many years, the places that were originally blocked by people, now if If you don't look for it specifically, you basically can't find it.

Keir shook his head, settled down, and ignored those suspicious places, but concentrated on his work.

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A short time later, when Keir tied the last length of rope to the opening cut in the edge of the rock, his specially designed escape route was finally completed.

After simply packing up the things at hand, Keel grabbed the rope, turned around and climbed down.

The last platform in this section is only about ten meters from the ground, which is not a long distance. When Keir was less than three meters away from the ground, he let go of the rope and jumped down.

Boom.

Keir landed on both feet, he bent his knees to absorb the impact of landing, and his strong body absorbed the impact of jumping off very well. I stomped my feet on the spot, feeling a little numbness on the soles of my feet, but it was nothing. Keir ignored it, but raised his head and looked down the mountain to the previous route all the way down.

On the snow-covered rocky mountain, the thick brown and strong hemp rope is still very conspicuous. But if he climbed up again in reverse and put the ropes on the platform, it would be impossible for anything to observe from the bottom to see the small cuts on the edge of the rock.

If you let him ignore the rope and find the original route down, it will be difficult for him to find.

I carefully checked the surrounding conditions at the bottom of the rocky mountain here, and found nothing bad. It is very far away from the rock passage of the rock mountain, basically on the other side of the mountain, and even here you can't see the situation there at all.

Thinking it was okay, Keel climbed up again with the rope from here.

It's easier to get down than it is to go up, this sentence is a bit appropriate here. Luckily Keir wasn't wearing his full suit of armor, otherwise it would have been even more difficult to climb up.

When the distance from the first platform from the ground was less than one meter away, Keel grasped the rope with one hand, and then stretched out one arm far away with his feet through the rough texture of the rock wall, grabbing the edge of the platform .

With a solid support point, his other arm also let go of the rope and climbed up. With a push of both feet, the whole person rolled up.

After collecting the rope and coiling it into a circle, Keel put the rope on the inner edge of the platform for easy access later.

Then turn around and continue climbing to the top of the mountain.

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"Huh, huh, huh, huh. Ha, it's really scary." Keel lay on his back on the top platform of the rocky mountain, ignoring the cold wind here on the top of the mountain, taking a big breath of fresh and cold air to use Soothe a pounding heart.

After resting for a while, Keel fiddled with his limp hands and feet until he felt chills, pulling up the rope on the edge of the platform and coiling it.

Returning to the stronghold, as time had passed for a while, everyone who was resting also got up and climbed out of their respective tents.

"Little Keel, where did you go? We searched everywhere but couldn't find you?" the old hunter asked while roasting a potato.

Keir greeted everyone, and then told him that he had made an escape route.

The hunters were very interested in this, and they all got up and went to have a look. Knight Lanisa is not very interested in this, after all, for a knight of her skill, where and how to get down the mountain is not a problem. She was more worried about how she would deal with the ensuing battle.

While the hunters were looking at the escape route of the rope, the female knight talked to Kiel about the battle that would definitely happen later.

"Little Keir, can you tell me how you arranged for the next battle? You are not an ordinary person, and everyone can see that. Tell me quickly, after all, this is related to the success or failure of each of us. It is also related to this big opportunity, whether we can seize it." Knight Lanisa asked with her back against the rocky passage, putting her legs in thick armor by the fire.

Keir scratched his head, thought for a while, and then explained his predictions and arrangements for the subsequent battle. Basically, it is designed according to the information provided by Knight Lanisa before. In the case of facing a large group of wolves in the Northland, the female knight who is not affected by the terrain will act as a restraint for the wolf king of the same strength on the opposite side. Keep the opponent away from the battle between ordinary wolves and hunters without fighting.

After that, it was the hunters who relied on the rock passages as their positions to block the attacking pack of northern wolves layer by layer.

As far as Kiel judges the individual strength of the northern land wolf, if the weird northern land wolf with special abilities encountered before is very rare, basically in the first and second positions, it can give the attacking northern land wolf cause serious losses.

At this time, the wolf king of the Northern Wolf would definitely not just watch. He would definitely find a way to intervene in the battle, either directly attacking from the rock passage, or rushing over from the rocky mountain next to the rock passage to find a way to kill the hunters.

At this time, there are two possibilities. Or launch the falling rocks next to the rock passage to hinder the wolves, and then the knight himself and the hunters will attack the wolf king together.

There may be losses, but based on the battle situation in the past few years, the Cavaliers will definitely have the upper hand with the support of Hunter and Kiel.

Another possibility is that the wolf king led the pack of wolves to attack from the rock passage.

At this time, Knight Lanisa needs to contain the wolf king at close range and keep him on the ground of the rock passage as much as possible. At the right time, the knight sent out a signal to guide the hunter to shoot the stones, driving the big stones to fall from the side of the passage, causing as much damage as possible to the wolf king.

It would be best if it could hit the wolf king, but if it couldn't hit the wolf king, it could kill a large number of northern land wolves who were fighting with the wolf king. If the wolf king didn't want his northern wolves to be hit hard, it would be best to take the initiative to withstand the impact of the boulder falling.

In this way, the most critical thing in this battle - defeating the wolf king, will make great progress.

"At this time, Lord Knight, you can give it a go. This will be the best time to hunt and kill the wolf king. If it runs, you can chase it. Don't worry about us, our main role in this battle is to It's done," Keel said.

Adding a handful of firewood to the fire, Knight Lanisa frowned and said, "I'm going to kill the wolf king who will definitely escape, how about you?"

Kiel smiled and pointed to the hunters returning from the rock passage: "We have a way out. After you and the wolf king leave the battlefield, we will still resist the northern land wolf's attack layer by layer, if they will attack again. Those animals must have never imagined that the seemingly dead-end mountain top is actually our evacuation route."

"Cunning boy." Knight Lanisa smiled slightly: "The situation will probably be as you said, huh, you all don't want to die."

"Haha, Lord Knight, it's hard for us to die here. Little Keel made that thing look pretty good." Said an old hunter sitting by the fire.

"It's just too high. To be honest, it's too high, too dangerous. I feel dizzy looking at it." Another hunter muttered, he seemed a little afraid of heights.

"Then don't look down, just stare at the rock wall." Keel gave advice to hunters who were afraid of heights.

Although some people think that thing is a little dangerous, at least it is a way out. No one likes to have an extra way out after losing a battle, so even if they think it is dangerous, no one says that he can't use it.

Everyone ate something, and then they all got up and joined in the construction of the defense line of the position.

With the addition of Knight Lanisa, Kiel can hand over the work of designing and manufacturing the falling rocks of the rock passage to the female knight who is interested in it.

Everyone is busy building one line of defense after another.

Until the next night, the vanguard howl of the Northland wolves sounded in the forest beyond the rocky mountain.

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"They're here! Although it's night, go to the first line of defense!" Knight Lanisa said loudly. She herself hurried back to the stronghold camp, filling the pouch at her waist with dried meat that had already been roasted. Pull up the war horse, and hurry up to put on the metal vest on it.

Keir and the four young men quickened their pace, ran and jumped down from the last position, simply picked up their weapons, and continued to run down.

While running, Keir also shouted to the old hunters who were behind: "Masters, bring more lighting torches and food!"

"Understood! Let's go, don't delay!" The four old hunters shouted in unison.

The five of Keir quickly quickened their pace. Although it is considered that the northern land wolf may come here at night, the possible preparations for night battles are considered on the position. But Keir hoped that the other party would come during the daytime tomorrow. After all, considering the distance from the northern land wolf's assembly point to the rocky mountain, he judged that the other party was more likely to come during the daytime the next day.

Unexpectedly, the other party was faster than the time he calculated all night.

Keir ran and cursed, feeling a little anxious and worried.

"Hoohoo, Kiel, don't worry, you've done a good job! At least this time, we're better than the previous few times!" A young hunter beside him said with a smile.

"Hoohoo, that is, in every crusade in the past, there were not many casualties. To be honest, up to now, none of us have been injured. It is already the best situation I expected."

"Hey, didn't it happen this time, Kiel's joining. It's really great that Sir Knight has pulled you into the team this time! Hehe."

"It's best to get rid of the wolves this year, I don't want to come again next winter! Hehe."

The young hunters who followed him expressed their views while running. After hearing that, Keir relaxed: "Ha, yes. In this case, let's all cheer up! Beat them!"

"Good!" X4

Everyone climbed over one wooden wall after another, and they didn't forget to ask someone to build a wooden ladder for walking back and forth, so that other people could come and go later. Especially the old hunters, they are not as strong as the young people, and they have to bring enough things to support the front.

Kiel first ran behind the wooden wall of the first position at the entrance of the rock passage, only hearing the rustling sound in the distance ahead, he knew that the northern land wolf was coming to attack them in the darkness of night.

Keel wasn't surprised at all that these northern land wolves knew that they, the humans, were here so quickly. Although he had killed several northern land wolf scouts before, those couldn't be all of them.

There must be the most cautious northern wolf who did not rashly attack Kiel himself, who was deliberately alone. Therefore, after the arrival of the pioneers of the northern wolves, it is only natural to attack them immediately.

Kiel raised the torch high and stood on the top of the wooden wall of the position. He first instructed the young hunter to light up the fire next to the wooden wall. The decapitated arrows tied with thin ropes are ready, and immediately shoot the logs piled up in the grooves of the rock walls on both sides of the rock passage.

Once the wood in those places was ignited, it could provide lighting for the entire defense line. Much better lighting than a fire behind a wooden wall.

Huh, crackle.

The young hunter lit the fires on the left and right behind the wooden wall with torches, and the dry wood that had been prepared was quickly ignited, followed by slender branches, and then thick, strong, burnable wood blocks.

After the fire behind was lit, the shadow of Kiel's body standing on the wooden wall extended far from the rock passage.

Then, swish two arrows.

A young hunter who had been prepared for a long time shot out the ignited rocket, and accurately following the lighting brought by the fire behind him, it hit the wood in the groove of the rock wall in the dark night.

There is a layer of wolf fat on these woods, which is animal fat after all, and it will ignite when it encounters an open flame.

The hunter quickly pulled the arrow back along the rope, stepped on the flame with his foot, and carefully put the arrow away. It is difficult to get arrow supplies here, if you can save as much as possible, it is better to use sparingly.

With the lighting on both sides of the front end, although the flames were not big, it still showed the sneaky figure of the northern land wolf crawling forward.

"I saw you!" Kiel smiled slightly, and then he yelled, "Ah! Come on!"

come!

come!

come!

The young hunters also roared ~www.readwn.com~ In the quiet winter night forest, the false calm was broken, and the night became agitated.

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Seeing that the humans who were driven by the sneak attack found out, those northern wolf pioneers stopped hiding, and jumped up from the ground, not to be outdone, howling in unison.

"Woooooo!!"

The number of northern land wolves far exceeds that of Kiel and the five of them, so the shouts of the human beings are suppressed all at once.

The vanguard of the wolves roared one after another without interruption, shaking off the snow on the big trees in the nearby forest, and also shaking off some unstable snow on the rocky mountain.

The two young hunters who hadn't followed up before even took two steps back in awe of the roar of the large number of ferocious animals.

Everyone became nervous and swallowed, only then did they realize that there was a huge disparity in the number of humans and northern land wolves.

"Hold on, don't be afraid! They won't be able to get through. Ahem, we have a plan to deal with it." Keel was also a little nervous. Can the arrangement he envisioned really deal with so many northern land wolves? There are so many wolves, but not all of them.

Taking a deep breath, Kiel jumped off the wooden wall and stood behind it. While inserting the torch in his hand into the small hole specially reserved at the top of the wooden wall to fix it, he drew out his long sword.

Afterwards, he thought about it, took back the long sword, turned around and pulled out the ax from behind. He also touched a small leather pouch at his waist, but gave up using the contents.

In the bag was a sugar pill made of red-eyed mushroom powder, which was a key combat prop that he carried with him and was specially used at critical moments.

The battle hasn't started yet, so I'm not in a hurry to take this thing at this time.

Afterwards, the northern land wolves, who gained momentum, rushed towards the rock passage together.