"I need to improve my shooting accuracy."
Bai Xiaowen crouched down and began to reflect on his actions.
"The first arrow was aimed at his heart, but it hit his stomach. The second arrow hit his heart purely by chance. I didn't have time to aim properly!"
Bai Xiaowen's Advanced Machinery (Shooting) was at Level 1, which meant that he was slightly more proficient in using long-range weapons. However, he was still far from being able to shoot accurately.
Bai Xiaowen was not angry that Ralph sent him to be the bait. On the contrary, after knowing that there was a female Elf sword dancer who was comparable to Ralph or even stronger in the enemy's camp, Bai Xiaowen was eagerly looking forward to being the bait.
"Ralph, I'm afraid it won't be that easy for you to take most of the credit for this," he said aloud.
Bai Xiaowen only ran for about 30 meters before coming to a stop under a large tree.
Bai Xiaowen grabbed onto a vine that was hanging down from the branch of the tree and began to climb up the tree. In no time at all, he successfully climbed up the tree and quickly pulled up the vine.
It took Bai Xiaowen nearly an hour to prepare the vine.
After a short while, two soldiers led a few auxiliary soldiers and came to below the tree. Without stopping, they spread out in the forest in front of them and searched for Bai Xiaowen.
After these people left, Bai Xiaowen slid down the tree by holding on to that long vine and silently landed on the ground.
At this moment, in the camp, the imperial envoy Elliot's guards were already engaged in a huge battle with Ralph and Loga.
The strength of the two Vikings was abnormally strong. Ralph waved his two-handed large sword in the crowd and attacked the soldiers indiscriminately. Loga's sword and shield filled his gap, and the corpses of the auxiliary soldiers of the imperial army fell around them.
However, the imperial envoy's guards were not to be trifled with.
Although they realized that their soldiers had been tricked into leaving their vantage ground, the remaining two regular soldiers of the empire did not panic. As they rushed to meet the Vikings head-on, they shouted for the auxiliary soldiers to fight back. Beside Elliot, the female Elf in a cloak—Leila Red Leaf—rotated her wrists and pulled out two exquisitely crafted short swords. She took one step forward and arrived beside Loga.
She swung the short sword horizontally and vertically!
With a cross slash, a bloody cross wound appeared on Loga's chest, and his HP decreased by more than 20 points!
"Sh*t!" Loga roared in pain.
Ralph also realized that something was wrong. He did not expect that other than the four soldiers of the empire's regular army, this escort team had such a strong fighter.
However, in the current situation, there was no turning back.
"For the north!"
"For freedom!"
The Vikings roared their slogans, and Ralph even unleashed a heavy strike with his sword, killing an Empire's strong archer! The other Empire's soldiers retreated one after another, and the two Vikings attacked the Elf Sword Dancer.
Even though she had an elite class, Leila Red Leaf still felt immense pressure under the tacit cooperation of this pair of good friends.
The imperial envoy—Elliot—whose face had turned pale from fright, quickly gave an order when he saw that they were in a dire situation.
Retreat!
This camp was only 30 miles away from Elu City. As long as they entered the patrol area of the city guards, they would be safe. The lord of Elu City would definitely not dare to risk angering the empire by letting the envoy die in Elu City's territory.
Wave after wave of attacks frightened Elliot. He instinctively wanted to find a safe haven.
"Coward!" Leila Red Leaf scolded angrily. Under the joint attack of Ralph and his companion, she could only rely on her agile footsteps to dodge and could not unleash her combat strength at all. If Elliot had been fearless and sent out his shield warriors to assist her, they could have been in a stalemate. When the search team returned, these two ambushers would have been the ones to run!
Seeing that his target wanted to escape, Ralph refused to allow that to happen. He abandoned the female Elf and pounced over. With a slash of his sword, he killed an auxiliary soldier beside Elliot. His head flew more than two meters high and rolled to Elliot's feet.
Such a gory scene dispelled Elliot's last bit of hesitation. He ordered loudly, "Laila Red Leaf, stall these two rebels. I will go to Elu City to mobilize reinforcements!"
Leila Red Leaf exhaled and took two consecutive steps on the rock wall. She jumped over Ralph's head like an acrobat and blocked him from getting closer to Elliot. Her two swords were like a whirlwind, leaving two deep wounds on Ralph's body.
Ralph, who was at a disadvantage in Agility, could not disregard the female Elf and chase after the imperial envoy. He could only turn around and engage in a battle with her.
Loga rushed over to help. The two of them planned to deal with this Elf first before chasing after Elliot.
Elliot and the other remaining shield-bearer mounted their horses under the cover of a few auxiliary soldiers and quickly galloped toward Elu City.
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After Bai Xiaowen evaded the search team, he did not go and spectate the battle. Instead, he walked straight back. On the small path between the camp and Elu City that everyone would inevitably have to cross in order to go to Elu City, he used a tree vine to pull up a trip wire and happily prepared to wait for them to fall from their horses.
He thought to himself, "After I took the initiative to act as bait and lured away half of the imperial army's forces, Ralph and Loga suddenly launched a surprise attack. Their strength is basically equivalent to the remaining forces of the imperial army, provided that the sword dancer, Leila Red Leaf, takes action."
"The imperial envoy Elliot is worried about his situation. He's worried that a third wave of ambushers will appear. He will definitely think that the camp is no longer safe and want to escape back to Elu City!"
"Of course, the fastest way is to ride a horse. Moreover, that powerful sword dancer will definitely stay behind to hold back the champion swordsman, Ralph. This way, what will happen next is very clear… There are no more than three people coming from the camp. One of them will be the imperial envoy, Elliot, and he will be with one or two regular soldiers of the imperial army!"
Bai Xiaowen's brain worked extremely fast, almost comparable to a supercomputer. In fact, he had already thought of a plan when luring the enemy earlier. During the boring wait, he even predicted the horses' speed, route, and other parameters and calculated the few times that Elliot might appear.
"Oh, he's here." Bai Xiaowen crouched down in the shadows and retrieved the White Birch Bow.
Thud, thud, thud.
The sound of horses galloping could be heard. The two riders collided with the trip wire almost at the same time! The large rocks used to secure the tree vines were pushed a few meters away by the strong impact.
The riders on the horse were thrown more than ten meters away and rolled on the ground.
If this kind of traffic accident happened to an ordinary person, they would probably be paralyzed. Even if Elliot and the imperial army's Physique was stronger than ordinary people, they would still faint from such an impact.
Bai Xiaowen did not go forward. Instead, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow.
"Antagonists die from talking too much," Bai Xiaowen murmured.
With that, he fired arrows at the people on the ground. They looked like porcupines with so many arrows sticking out of them. Bai Xiaowen was quite accurate with his shots when it came to shooting fixed targets at close range.
Prompt information:
"You killed the Imperial Fighter Scola."
"You killed the imperial envoy, Baron Elliot Olsif."
"Subquest: Assassinate the imperial envoy completed. Completion evaluation: C (Qualified)."
"Your Reputation in the Northern Resistance Army has increased greatly. Current Reputation Level: Reverence."
"Your Reputation in the Empire's Expeditionary Army has decreased greatly. Current Reputation Level: Hatred."
"Special prompt: Lord Gladys's Affinity toward you has decreased greatly. Current Affinity Level: Hatred."
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