A fire was seen coming from the lieutenant and three others (they didn't see what they were holding because their backs were turned to Rodman), followed by a series of loud bangs.
The fog in the woods also seemed to be dispersed by this fire, 50 meters away, a large gathering of people fell down like cut straw. The fire kept flashing, the huge sound filled the whole woods, not only Rodman they stunned, even the other side of the people were stunned, dumbfounded, standing there, the fire flickered in between also did not think of hiding or escape.
It all happened so suddenly.
In less than two minutes, there was no longer any creature standing in the entire wood except for the seven of them and the two horses. The whole process had been so quick that even the healing spell that the girl in the middle of the group had intended to use to restore her wounded companion was still flashing in her hand, but of course there was no need to use it now.
Once again the lieutenant was heard to say, "Stop firing, cover each other in a 100 metre ring search, make sure there are no escapees and gather up the horses."
The other three heard and immediately began to search out along where they were standing, and in Rodman's view of them, the posture of the four men never changed. In a short while there was a sporadic noise in the woods. 20 minutes or so later the lieutenant and the three of them came back without bringing back the horses.
Rodman quietly looked at the four men's hands and there was nothing. In fact one of the reasons the lieutenant told everyone to search outward was so that they could bury the guns that had run out of ammunition.
When they returned, the four men exchanged views with each other; none of them had found the horses, which the other side had not left nearby, seemingly for fear that the horses would make a noise and expose them, but this also meant that the other side must have left a small number of men at a distance to guard the horses. This was not a good omen.
Afraid that Rodman would be worried, Yas walked up to him and said, "There are 120 people in total, none of the ones on the scene have escaped, the other side shouldn't have found out what's going on here yet."
Rodman also knew that the place made such a loud noise, the other side did not find it almost impossible. But knowing that Yas was reassuring himself, he said nothing more.
On the contrary, Rodman was still a bit unbelievable about the condition of the scene, walked into the woods inside, and as a result saw many corpses, falling dead in almost the same position and posture as when they were standing.In their hands they were still holding their respective weapons. The trees, the ground, and the bodies around them were covered with many small holes.
Seeing that at least half of these people were archers, and even 20 or so were crossbowmen, half in surprise, half in anger, finally could not help but break out in curses: "Too despicable, even the basic chivalry is not wanted, even the crossbowmen are used. " It seems he knew very well what kind of people were ambushing them, at least not bandits as he himself said.
Behind Rodman, the boy and the girl also followed close to see the tragic situation on the ground, recalling what the lieutenant had just said to ensure that there were no escapees, the girl could not hold back her vomit any longer.
Rodman and the boy, on the other hand, exchanged a look of horror. Each was thinking about his own business in his mind, and did not speak. Even forgot to take care of the girl on the ground.
Rodman thought is what kind of four people ah, even the sword did not draw, will be more than 100 people all killed, look at the dress of these dead people, absolutely not mediocre hands. He himself actually knows very well what kind of people are after him, if it is himself, I am afraid it is impossible to get out of these woods alive. And now in less than 3 minutes, it has become this result, these four people are afraid that the force has reached the level of the legendary Holy Knight.
Continue to think, then think of the quality and the kind of cooperation they just showed before the action tacitly, is definitely received special military training.
Thinking about it further, he really did not dare to think about it, and this is not the place to think about these problems.
In short, Rodman is the more you think about the more terrible, the more you think there is a conspiracy, if not hurry to collect their thoughts, it almost thought 10,000 years ago, the war between God and the devil.
The boy is thinking much simpler and more noble, nothing more than how to find a way to ask these four people to help them seize power, and then claim the empire, and then unify the country.
Yas, on the other hand, and the lieutenant collected bows and crossbows from the corpses, as they had run out of ammunition and had to rely on these primitive equipment for long-range attacks.
After a while, the girl also recovered and looked at Yas and their behavior and said, "Excuse me, can you give me some time, I want to do a purification ritual for them."
Teenager: "Sylia (the girl), it's better not to waste your magic, we still have a long way to go."
Sylia: "Ronald, I can't bear to see them lying in the wilderness like this and then being carried away by wild animals, even if they wanted to kill us, they should be forgiven now that they are dead."
When the chief and Hahn heard Sylia's speech, they both gathered around and smiled curtly to, "Miss Sylia, your kindness makes us murderers feel very frightened, and I would like to confess to you alone for the sins we have committed." To put it bluntly, they want to talk to Sylia alone.
Sylia was not interested in listening to these two at this time. Ronald rushed over to rescue Hialeah from these two scoundrels.
The lieutenant was about to stop Hylia from doing something that consumes a lot of magic and energy, but she was gently pulled by Yas, so she didn't speak up.
Sylia began to chant a purification spell beside Ronald, this spell is not the kind used to purify human souls alone, but a spell that can purify the corpses of the dead, originally invented to prevent the dead from being revived by evil forces, with the spell, a lot of white light appeared on the corpse, under this white light, the corpse slowly disappeared.
Rodman joined the ranks of the collection of supplies, the bows and arrows taken from the corpses, by the dim light cast through the gaps in the forest, see the arrows all shining with a cold green light, all coated with giant poison.
During the collection process, he found that Yas and the others had not only collected all the bows and arrows, but also the crossbows, and rushed forward to stop them, "Yas, we can't use the crossbows, it's a dirty weapon against the spirit of chivalry."
The lieutenant looked up at Rodman and said, "Our mission is just to keep you alive." After saying that, he didn't care about Rodman's reaction and went on to do his own thing. Leaving Yas and Rodman standing there awkwardly.
Ronald stood handsomely by Sylia's side, gazing at Hahn and the Chief with contempt.
The chief was by now rummaging through the corpses for money, reciting as he did so, "Money is not everything without it." Hahn, on the other hand, was looking for a drink and said with his mouth, "Money is not everything." , then received in an even lower voice: "Especially Wooing Girls"
Both men were looking for their things while peeking lustfully at Sylia. No wonder Ronald did not dare to leave Sylia's side.
Sylia finally finished the purification ritual, the whole person's face is pale, the whole body sweat, can see how much its consumption. Ronald was busy to take his cloak to Sillier to put on. Fearing that she would catch a cold, and at this time Yas they also tied the collected supplies on the horse, but, because Rodman and the Duke firmly opposed to the use of crossbows, and finally only Yas and the four of them each will crossbows on their backs.
As for the Lord Chief, he also chose two small crossbows, one in each hand, imitating the slow motion of the Matrix on the roadside (of course, slowly do the action themselves), while doing so, he turned around and asked Yas "Hey, little Yas do I look like Chow Yun Fat to you?"
Hahn laughed: "Like the beggar who suddenly became rich and crazy!"
The chief looked at his own waist hanging dozens of money bags, may also feel a little indecent, embarrassed to stop. However, this mess, although Ronald and Hillya they do not know what the chief said, but also can not help but laugh, just now the dull atmosphere also temporarily disappeared. Everyone gathered themselves and, at the urging of the lieutenant, began to continue their journey.
The group went on for another two or three miles and finally reached the forest camp, only to see the last thing they expected to see.