Xia Ruize killed four ordinary barbarians, four barbarian elites and two small barbarian leaders. The ordinary barbarians contributed three rolls of bandages, a bucket of mineral water and a bucket of sesame oil to him.
[Sesame oil: edible, easy to burn]
The barbarian elites dropped two bottles of recovery potion, and Xia Ruize handed a bottle to Cheng Huaiqian. The teammate next to him had personally proven the effect of this recovery potion. It was very powerful. They had better reserve this necessary resource in their space.
Cheng Huaiqian reached out to take over what his teammate handed him; he was already very proficient.
Finally, the two small barbarian leaders gave Xia Ruize a white medium-grade knife and an antidote.
[Antidote (white low grade): has a slight detoxification effect.]
After seeing Xia Ruize's harvest, Cheng Huaiqian was already numb. He killed twelve ordinary barbarians and obtained three rolls of bandages, a piece of barbecue, a bucket of mineral water and a bucket of sesame oil.
Compared with Xia Ruize, who killed only one-third of him, there was only one more barbecue.
The two small barbarian leaders gave him a white gem and a poison gem. There was no surprise, and only the bottle of recovery potion given to him by his teammate made him feel a little better.
After "dividing the spoils", the two left the courtyard. Outside the courtyard, there was a dark alley.
Cheng Huaiqian hid behind a pile of firewood in the alley near the gate of the small courtyard, Xia Ruize hid at the corner of the alley, and the two waited patiently.
In terms of time, the barbarian patrol should soon change teams.
Sure enough, more than ten minutes later, the patrolling team returned. A team of five barbarians, the leading, middle and last barbarians held torches in their hands to light up the road.
Several barbarians scolded and exchanged while walking towards the small courtyard. They may be complaining that they were unlucky for being scheduled to patrol tonight, so that they could not drink and eat meat.
After the leading barbarian walked beside him, Cheng Huaiqian stepped out suddenly and slashed at the barbarian with a knife. The unsuspecting barbarian had no time to react.
The torch in the hands of the leading barbarian fell weakly to the ground and quickly extinguished.
At the same time, Xia Ruize fired two arrows at the barbarian in the middle one after another. The firing speed of the top-grade crossbow was much faster than that of low-grade one. It was difficult to achieve continuous shooting before, but now it was possible.
Another torch fell on the ground and extinguished. More importantly, the small barbarian leader holding the torch at the end had already subconsciously turned and rushed towards Xia Ruize, so the two men who walked in front of him fell into darkness. Cheng Huaiqian, who didn't see the approach, was quickly solving them one after another.
Xia Ruize calmly stared at the small barbarian leader who rushed towards him, firing two arrows one after another without shaking his hand, and the last torch fell and extinguished.
Until the entire army was destroyed, the barbarians on this patrol didn't think about it clearly. They had already shouted loudly. Why didn't the comrades who slept close at hand made any movement?
After completely solving the entire patrol team, Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize cast their eyes on the northern city wall and the tower.
There, dozens of barbarians were celebrating noisily.
Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian took advantage of the darkness and unknowingly returned to the barbarian camp under the north city tower.
They weren´t sure if the Mongolian sweat medicine they put in the wine before had worked, or if the barbarians had drunk enough to want to rest. In short, the camp was much quieter. In the camp below, some barbarians had fallen asleep.
After checking the situation in the camp, the two went to the kitchen they had visited before.
The chef that was still cooking honestly, was shocked by the two that suddenly appeared, and asked eagerly:
"Two strong men, how is my son?"
"Don't worry, we will take him far away. In case of chaos here, we won't hurt him." Xia Ruize looked at Cheng Huaiqian, took the initiative to explain, and then asked the chef, "You said you are from Bianlu City, then Do you know which is the way to reach the tower?"
Compared with Cheng Huaiqian, who has always been cold-faced, Xia Ruize, who looked tender, was easier to talk to. The chef looked at Cheng Huaiqian, hesitated for a moment, and replied:
"There is only one stairway to the tower, but I know that there is a rope left in a place that is used to transport small items such as lunch boxes up and down. I don't know…"
"Where is it?"
Cheng Huaiqian asked directly.
Catch the thieves first. They planned to directly solve the barbarian leaders upstairs. However, they only found one staircase up to the tower, in the middle of the barbarian camp.
There was no need to consider the stairs, but the seven-to-eight-meter-high city wall was really difficult to climb without any external force.
The chef opened the door curtain and looked at it. He had already noticed the abnormality of the barbarian guarding him at the door. The barbarian who took the food from him had just left. He was bold enough and said to the two people behind him: "You come with me."
Then took the lead and walked stealthy into the darkness.
"I'm the cook of the Jixiang restaurant in the city. Before, the soldiers who guarded the city wanted to eat something good, they would let us carry things up from here, so I knew there was a rope here."
The chef could not see anything in the dark, and tremblingly walked forward while groping and explaining to the two of them.
Cheng Huaiqian couldn't stand him walking so slowly. He reached out his hand and pulled the chef's back collar to lift him up easily.
Xia Ruize knew that Cheng Huaiqian's strength value was already close to 8, a chef alone was a piece of cake for him.
The chef was stunned, his whole body was stiff and Cheng Huaiqian strode forward. Realizing that Cheng Huaiqian was more powerful than he thought, he was even more afraid.
With Cheng Huaiqian as a human-shaped walking tool, the three of them immediately moved quickly. Following the directions indicated by the chef, Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize found a hidden corner on the edge of the city wall, where a rope was indeed hanging.
"I wonder if this rope is under stress?"
Xia Ruize tugged on the hemp rope, the rope was usually used to transport lunch boxes, He really didn't know if it could withstand their weight.
"Try it." Cheng Huaiqian also tugged, feeling that the tie was still secure, so he coldly ordered the chef, "You can go, be smart, and hide when you need to hide."
The middle-aged chef was really terrified of Cheng Huaiqian, so he hurriedly agreed to come down, and left.
"I will try first."
Turning his head, Cheng Huaiqian's tone was visibly softened when he spoke to Xia Ruize. After a word of exhortation, he grabbed the rope and climbed up.
This city wall was not completely flat, and the raised brick corners provided Cheng Huaiqian with a foothold.
Cheng Huaiqian grabbed the rope with one hand and the city wall with the other. After climbing a few times, he climbed the seven-eight-meter-high city wall with agility.
Xia Ruize, who was staying below, looked at Cheng Huaiqian's movements and then at his own hands, suddenly gaining two points of confidence in himself.
So, next, Xia Ruize learned Cheng Huaiqian's movements, holding the hemp rope in one hand, and climbing up the city wall with the other hand. Not to mention that Cheng Huaiqian above also helped to pull the rope up, and Xia Ruize's climbing speed was not slow.
During this process, Xia Ruize clearly felt that his strength was greater than he had imagined.
The strength of his arms to support his entire body had become a breeze, so the process of climbing up the city wall was far easier than he had imagined before.
After shaking hands, Xia Ruize secretly decided that after having time, he must do a comprehensive test of his physical fitness in order to have a clearer and true understanding.
After standing on the city wall, the two of them stepped lightly in the direction of the tower together and slowly approached.
Outside the gate of the hall of the tower, there were four barbarian elites guarding.
Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize walked around to the north side of the tower first, scratched the paper window, and checked the situation inside.
Inside the tower was a hall, with candles burning all around, illuminating the entire hall, with tables and chairs in the middle, and a group of barbarians were having fun.
They saw a barbarian sitting in the top position. At this time, he was already drunk in confusion. Before him, there were nearly ten big barbarian leaders and a dozen small barbarian leaders. Many barbarians were already falling on the table, and there were still some barbarians forcibly holding a toast with the barbarian leader above them.
Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize saw that the two jars of wine they had added were already empty.
Thinking about it, nearly half of the barbarians who fell down in the hall had nothing to do with their Mongolian sweat medicine, but because they had drunk most of the night, the other barbarians only thought that they had passed out drunk and did not think much.
Cheng Huaiqian pulled Xia Ruize and was about to take action. At this moment, Xia Ruize's eyes saw an unexpected scene.
Among the barbarians, there were some women who had suffered humiliation. What Xia Ruize noticed was one of the women who was held in the arms of the barbarian leader. She had long curly hair…
Cheng Huaiqian was about to leave, but found that Xia Ruize was standing there, and immediately turned back and noticed that Xia Ruize's expression was wrong. He touched the back of Xia Ruize's head with his clean hand, and asked softly in Xia Ruize's ear:
"What happen?"
"That girl… the girl I saw in the morning… the one in the white dress…"
Xia Ruize's voice was astringent, and his expression was a bit sluggish.
Cheng Huaiqian stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and turned Xia Ruize's body in a different direction, "Let's go, hurry up, we can still try to save her."
These words shocked Xia Ruize's spirit, and immediately left obediently.
The two turned to the side of the tower, Xia Ruize hid in the shadow facing the guard, the crossbow in his hand aimed at the guard.
Cheng Huaiqian pressed his shoulder comfortably, and then walked to the corner of the tower by himself. In the dark, the two could still see each other, but the barbarians might not be able to see them.
A stone appeared in Cheng Huaiqian's hands, and he threw the stone out of the open space on the side.