Lord Highlander

desert

Before Dawn

At the foot of the sunny slope of a large sand dune where the team led by Surdak slept.

Less than 500 meters away from the campsite, a small group of wind wolves wanted to take advantage of the darkness before dawn and suddenly ran towards the campsite. If they were not discovered by the mercenary group members on duty at night, they might have sneaked into the campsite without making a sound. up.

Dozens of wind wolves rushed up at the same time, opened their bloody mouths and sprayed dozens of wind blades at the members of the mercenary group. These wind blades were like pure white lancets, each blade was about a foot long, The flight trajectory is spiral, mixed together like flying white petals, these wind blades are considered the strongest attack method of the wind wolves, the power of a single wind blade does not seem to be very powerful, but dozens of wind blades are mixed together and fly all over the sky Dance still makes people feel a little frightened.

An earthen wall appeared behind Captain Gabriel again, and then this earthen wall stood in front of everyone in the mercenary team, blocking most of the wind blades.

Occasionally, one or two blades of wind bypassed the shield wall, and the mercenaries could not block them in time, so they cut holes in the leather armor of the mercenaries, and blood flowed out along the openings of the leather armor, quickly staining red shoulders or upper body.

The wind wolves followed closely behind, and the moment the wind blade dissipated, the wind wolves rushed forward one after another. This group of mercenaries had extremely rich combat experience, and they formed a circular defensive formation almost without orders from Captain Gabriel, and waved their shields one after another. Blocking the mad attack of the wind wolves, some mercenaries pulled out their broken knives and took the opportunity to cut the wind wolf's chest open.

Human warriors do not have any advantage in hand-to-hand combat with wind wolves. The teeth and claws of wind wolves are sharper than humans. Their sharp teeth can even bite off the tip of a forged iron spear, and their sharp claws can scratch the iron skin of a shield. It is even easier, even if humans have weapons and armor, they still need to have superb martial arts skills to block the wind wolf's attack.

The mercenaries of the sea giant mercenary regiment are all veterans with rich combat experience. They will never be at a disadvantage when facing the wind wolf alone. Fighting in a defensive formation will allow them to minimize casualties Light, they were able to counterattack quickly after the wind wolf pounced, and the ruler-long sharp knife in their hands was full of wind wolf blood.

The only disadvantage of this circular defensive formation is that it is inflexible, unable to move quickly, and can only stick to it and wait for help. Fortunately, it is not far from the camp here, and the number of wolves has not formed a scale.

Hearing the movement outside the camp, the veterans got out of the tent one after another, carrying weapons and ran towards the wind wolves to reinforce the mercenaries.

They almost didn't even understand the situation, so they rushed in front of the wind wolves.

When Suldak arrived with his power aura, the battle was almost over. Originally, these mercenaries were not at a disadvantage, but the reinforcements completely surrounded the wind wolves, and these wind wolves were completely wrapped up in dumplings.

Recently, Suldak's team of crusade against desert bandits was targeted by a large group of wind wolves, and the soldiers in the team were bitten and scratched by wind wolves frequently.

In order for Suldak to restore the combat strength of the injured fighters as quickly as possible, all the injured members were blessed by him with the blessing of the "Divine Blessed Body". Anyway, there are too many sacrifices of wind wolf heads, and Suldak has no With so many magic sealing boxes, it is impossible to completely store the head of the wind wolf.

The "Divine Blessed Body" forcibly improved the physical fitness of those soldiers who suffered some minor injuries. More and more fighters were blessed with the "Divine Blessed Body", and the combat effectiveness of the team was constantly improving these days.

Some people secretly told their companions that their bodies had acquired magical powers, so that more and more people were willing to go to Suldak for treatment after being slightly injured in battle, hoping that he would allow them to obtain that kind of power. magic power...

Suldak's 'Holy Light Art' can quickly heal wounds.

Whether it was the mercenary regiment or the veterans of the cavalry battalion, they all became bolder and more aggressive in battle. They changed their previous fearful fighting style, which greatly improved the team's combat power.

The combat power of the mercenaries and veterans of the cavalry battalion has improved significantly during this period, and only the reserve knights in the guard battalion are still trying to adapt to life in the desert.

A group of wind wolves were almost completely eaten by Suldak's team in just a few days. When they realized that they could not fight against Suldak's team, the number of wind wolves had dropped to more than a hundred. So finally, one night, all the wind wolves howled violently, and then disappeared into the desert. They finally decided to give up hunting the Suldak team.

In the freezing desert, the corpses of the wind wolves were frozen hard, and the corpses would not be easily corrupted, so they were all bundled into bundles and carried on horseback, which became the supplies for this desert trip, and also made the cannibal Mo seemed to have had enough of the wind wolf meat in a few days.

But after all, it is the fresh meat of monsters, and eating it regularly will improve one's physical fitness. Although the wolf meat is a little sour, and it is old and hard to chew, it is still sought after by everyone.

The team continued to march towards the third desert oasis. Facing the cold wind and snow, the veterans of the cavalry battalion chatted while walking, not afraid of the wind and snow rushing into their mouths.

A veteran of the cavalry battalion rode a horse, squinting his eyes and followed in the team. Walking side by side with him were fellow villagers. They were the best hunters in the village, and they were also the most experienced infantry fighters during their military service. soldier.

The veteran sighed as he walked: "I still remember the scene when we ran away from a sand bandit team last time. It's really funny to think about it now. We should fight back at that time. Maybe Tariq won't be killed by those bandits." killed!"

The companion around me grunted, and then said: "Don't have such unrealistic ideas anymore, and don't look at what kind of fighters are around you now, can they compare with your previous winter hunting team? "

The veteran didn't care, and continued, "Well, I will definitely tell you how many desert robbers I killed when I return to the village this time."

The companion beside him laughed and said, "It's not over yet! Maybe after this time, we will wipe out all the desert bandits in this area. From now on, we and the sand bandits are sworn enemies, and there is no room for relaxation."

"Isn't it a mortal enemy before?" The veteran asked a little unconvinced.

The companion around him glanced at him, and then said: "In the past, we were not mortal enemies with the desert bandits. We were not worthy to be their enemies. In the past, we had so many villages, and the most correct ones were their free-range sheep. They were wolves. We are sheep. The reason why they didn't completely kill us is just to let us have some harvest in the coming year, so that they won't starve to death."

He paused, and then said:

"Now we have become their opponents, either kill them all, or drive them back to the desert..."

Suldak led the team to the third desert oasis. The group of desert bandits hiding here for the winter had received the news in advance and swept away all the supplies in the oasis. They left almost no supplies. The camping in the oasis The land was in a mess.

In fact, Suldak didn't have any other needs for these robbers except for horses. The robbers destroyed all the buildings and facilities that could not be taken away.

Suldak's face was gloomy. He didn't expect that just after arriving at the third oasis, his whereabouts in the desert had been exposed to the eyes of the desert robbers.

Suldak has enough fire-focusing skills and fire-focusing scrolls, so he doesn't need to get any fuel from the oasis, and he doesn't need water, food, and grass. He has enough food, enough horses, and sufficient supplies , it can be said to be a mobile camp in the desert, he can even build the habitat outside the oasis.

Although he did not encounter desert robbers, Suldak still cut down all the trees in the oasis this time, then burned them on the spot, and filled the low-lying pools with sand.

Next year there may be new pools here, but for a while, at least, the oasis is dry.

Thick smoke rose into the sky, forming a column of smoke.

...

The bandit group who originally wanted to spend the long and severe winter quietly in Huwan Oasis is now hiding on a large sand dune twenty miles away, watching the thick smoke rising from the direction of Huwan Oasis from a distance. The young people all had sad expressions on their faces.

Due to the lack of transportation capacity of the bandit group, some fodder was left on the side of the Huwan oasis, and now it seems that it should have been burned by the barren people in the barren land.

Although some materials were brought out this time, with so many horses and camels throughout the long winter, it is far from enough to just rely on the forage brought out temporarily. If there is not enough forage, some animals will inevitably be sacrificed Lose.

This is a desert where not a single blade of grass grows, and there is almost no other way to find enough forage except to plunder other bandit groups.

The bandit leader Cumberland took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and forced himself not to look at the smoke column.

Several confidantes stood behind him. Seeing this scene, they also knew that the Huwan oasis was on fire. Once the vegetation around the oasis was destroyed, it would soon be swallowed by the sea of ​​sand. The most dependent campsite was destroyed, and he could no longer bear the anger in his heart, standing on the sand dune and yelling at the smoke column in the distance.

"Leader, why don't we go back now, no matter who it is, I will definitely make them pay in blood." A close aide said to the gray-bearded Cumberland.

Cumberland reached out to stroke his gray hair, shook his head, and denied the decision.

He pondered for a while before saying: "The fact that they killed the Tianshui Oasis group silently is enough to explain the problem. They are powerful enough. If we confront them head-on, even if we can win, they will probably lose their strength. No matter how many people are hurt, it's something I don't want me to see."

"Boss, we are not afraid of death!" The sand bandits around shouted with some righteous indignation.

Cumberland's eyes flicked over the faces of every robber on the hill, and then he said slowly: "Of course I know that you are a group of brave fighters. In fact, I keep thinking, what we are best at is Surprise attack, we can paralyze them now, until night is our Huwan Sand Pirates' home field, we will sneak back and kill them by surprise!"

The robbers expressed that they were going to kill them now, and they all shouted: "Leader, give an order, I can't wait to eat their flesh and blood raw now."

Cumberland's eyes revealed a look of sternness, which immediately silenced the surrounding robbers, and the clamoring voices around immediately fell silent. Cumberland said: "Now everyone rests first, and we will start eating the pre-war meal at midnight, and then we will fight back!"

...

Suldak sat in the tent and called everyone together again.

On his parchment map, three red crosses have been drawn on the location of the desert, but the people present are extremely lacking in information about the desert, and do not know where other desert oases are hidden, so the most urgent task is to send some scout rangers to go to the desert. Look around for those desert oases.

However, the robbers in this oasis slipped away early, which made everyone feel a little hazy. These robbers probably won't leave easily, and may come back again at some point.

Suldak spread the map on the table, pointed to a circle on the map, and told Gabriel, the sea giant mercenary group: "We need to expand the scope of investigation, and I want to destroy more desert oases. My purpose is to I want to turn this place into a dead place."

For the employer's reasonable request, Captain Gabriel had no reason to refuse, so he readily agreed. Of course, this is also the daily life of the mercenary group, but this time the scope is larger.

Suldak turned his head and said to Andrew: "It's best to pry open the mouths of those desert robbers and ask them how many desert oases are there within the range of several hundred miles."

"Okay, it's best to leave this matter to me and Gullite!" Andrew answered quickly, and then added: "Gulitham must have a way!"

Suldak nodded, looked at Viru as if, and said to everyone: "Recently, everyone has been more vigilant. God knows when they will run out from behind the dunes."

"Our whereabouts were discovered by the desert robbers. It is estimated that our actions will be exposed to the surveillance of the robbers in the future." Captain Gabriel said worriedly.

Andrew, who was sitting on the side, said with bright eyes: "I'm quite looking forward to them being able to organize a strong team and have another decent war. This kind of dog chasing rabbit battle is not good for our strength. How many improvements!"

Viru was sitting near the door of the tent. At this time, he opened the felt curtain of the tent and pointed to the northwest direction, and said to the people in the tent: "The robbers here have not gone far, they are hiding in a place in the northwest direction. On the sand dunes, they have not left in a hurry, but temporarily stationed down..."

"I'll send someone to investigate right away!" Captain Gabriel said.

With that said, he was about to greet the mercenaries waiting outside the tent.

Suldak quickly waved his hand and said, "Wait first, so as not to scare them away. They chose to camp at this time, and they probably want to launch a counterattack against us. I just hope that their actions can be earlier."

"Can you estimate their number?" Suldak continued to ask Viru.

Viru replied: "No less than two hundred people..."