Act 7 The Leader

Act VII Leader

After a large number of refugees dragged their families and finally escaped from the north gate of Riedenburg, the congested crowd spread and moved along the Taniguchi Plain north of the Yusong River. Under the moonlight, it looked more like a dense colony of ants.

The hazy undulation ahead was the southernmost tip of the Deer Hunting Hills, a knoll called the Silver Sparrow, covered with beautiful Golan-Elson firs, tall towering trees that reach skyward at their tips. , the forest is an area infested by more than ten levels of bears and maned wolves. In the game, players often have to go together to deal with sudden dangers in the mountains.

Brando is convinced that their first step is to enter Silver Sparrow Mountain in order to alleviate the threat from the side of the Taniguchi Plain. Madara's army has been fully deployed. In the past few days, they have absorbed nutrients from the earth and swelled up like a sponge. Brando was afraid that he would see an endless sea of ​​skeletons on the plain.

Fortunately, the fantasy did not become a reality.

However, in the fog under the night, a skeleton cavalry looming on the high ground is also not a good sign. Those bone frames riding skeleton horses should come from the core territory of Madara. In this era, making these skeleton riders is still a difficult magical art.

It is not as popular as later generations, history is advancing with blood, and the art of killing people on both sides is rapidly maturing due to war.

Brando stared at those agile shadows that appeared in the fog for a while, and glanced at them from a distance. Then disappeared again, and reappeared in a closer place after a while. He was a little worried that the refugees following them would be dispersed, so he asked Freya to lead the mercenaries to the flanks to protect the civilians, and soon he himself followed.

Freya won the hearts of the people because of her proposal to snatch the horse from the nobles. At least she proved that she was willing to fight side by side with those mercenaries. come out. What's more, the girl with the long ponytail performed very well later on. She took the lead and rushed into the market with arrows, and cut off the cable of the suspension bridge with a clean sword to let others pass.

From that moment on, she had established her identity among these mercenaries, which made Leto, Mano and others make up their minds to take a gamble.

In comparison, the young man that the girl had always admired seemed a little unknown in the eyes of everyone. The young man's carriage had been running side by side with Freya's horse. He was sitting beside the coachman, with one hand resting on his sword, with a pensive expression on his face. The gills are dozing off.

The carriage was missing a door, and from time to time a head popped out of it, looking outside curiously. Roman took care of a few children in the carriage, but she didn't feel hard at all, she just felt her heart pounding. It was exciting and exciting to escape under the pursuit of the undead on such a mysterious night. This is what she wanted adventure life.

The mercenary Mano couldn't help curling his lips behind,

Brando, who can't ride a horse, is also marked with women and children in his eyes. He nudged his companion beside him with his elbow, thinking that this kind of noble young man is mostly just talking on paper, don't let that innocent girl like Freya be fooled by his sweet words.

He gestured to his companion to try the guy with two horses. They robbed more than 50 horses in total, half of them were pack horses, and the other half were the best Anlek war horses. Apart from the dry rations, the wounded and their own use, there were still a lot left.

His companion glanced at him and immediately understood. To be honest, all of them have this feeling in their hearts now, not to mention that Brando asked Freya to order them to protect these refugees, but they didn't say anything but they were dissatisfied in their hearts. What are you doing with a bunch of burdens? Now they all had horses, and if they galloped at full gallop they would never think of danger.

In fact, someone had already suggested this to Leto, but the bar owner sent them to see Freya. Mercenaries are trustworthy, and if their reputation is ruined, they will not be able to continue in this business. The idea of ​​stealing the horse was suggested by Freya, and this girl took the lead in doing it. There is an agreement between them, so it is impossible to just leave like this.

But that agreement has a prerequisite.

The appearance of the skeleton trooper was about thirty seconds shorter than the last time, and then quietly disappeared into the mist. The huge second round of the moon lies in the mountains to the east, the moon-white disc reflects the fang-shaped peaks, the moon-colored peaks, the hazy mist on the highlands to the east is different from the dark city wall of Riedenburg spreading to one side. Layers constitute a mysterious picture scroll.

Brando glanced at the pocket watch, and the edge of the pocket watch reflected a cold light.

"Why don't you speak?" He turned his head and saw Freya riding on the horse, keeping her head down and saying nothing, with a hesitant look. He originally wanted to praise her this time. The people and horses that Freya found on the spur of the moment helped him a lot. He didn't expect to meet so many refugees, and there were so many. People are willing to follow him.

Looking back, he saw that the number of refugees behind him had increased from a few dozen to two or three hundred. People all had a herd mentality, and the more people there were, the more they would gather.

Freya was afraid that she would make Brando unhappy by making her own claims, but she was too embarrassed to speak out. She originally wanted to surpass Brando, but now she wants to perform better in front of Brando. This psychological change is insignificant.

"You, you don't blame me?" Hearing that Brando's tone was normal, the future Valkyrie raised her head with wide-eyed eyes. Her light brown eyes refracted the moonlight, which was extremely bright, and the color of surprise in her eyes was also extremely obvious.

"I blame you for what you are doing. It's a good job."

"But I'm late."

"The plans are all flexible, as long as they don't exceed the limit, I'm also late for a while."

"That, I..."

The two of them stopped talking suddenly, because the mercenary had already walked up from behind. He first bowed respectfully to the young man on the horse, just like a commoner salutes a nobleman. Then he raised the reins of the two horses in his hand and said, "My lord, get on the horses, it may be more flexible to fight in a while."

Brando looked at this guy, knowing the other party's plan, he jumped off the carriage lightly. Taking the reins from the other party, he raised his head and asked, "What's the point of riding a horse?"

The mercenary was stunned, and his eyes immediately showed a strong mockery, thinking that if you don't know it, you won't, but you just want to pretend to be confident. Do you think that riding can be mastered overnight? In fact, in Warnd, there are very few nobles who can't ride, especially in the eyes of soldiers who go into battle, it is a shame to not know how to ride.

However, in order to make the other party embarrass himself in front of Freya, he still pointed out: "You got on the horse from one side first, did you see the stirrups? For the first time, the movement should be a little slower." The hire was deliberately very detailed, Because he didn't believe that someone could learn to ride a horse just by listening to a few words, so these riders might as well ram them to death.

But he only spoke here, and Brando had already received a reminder on whether to spend 15 points of skill experience to learn riding. When he put one foot on the stirrup, his movements were still rough, but when he grabbed the bridle and got on the horse in the next step, he was already smooth, as if he had been immersed in this way for many years.

Level 3 riding can be used for horse fighting, a total of 45 skill experience points. In fact, Brando wanted to learn riding for a long time, but he didn't know that Freya would do it too. Now he can't help but miss that probing skill a little bit.

When he turned his head, he saw the mercenary looking at him with shame and anger.

"Wait," the princess interrupted Olverwell's description: "You said he was a novice before he got on the horse?"

"Exactly, Your Royal Highness. If the old minister reads correctly, his movements when stepping on the stirrups are very irregular, just like many beginners." Overwell replied respectfully.

"But is it possible for a person to learn a skill in an instant?" The girl was a little unbelievable. She claimed to be smart, but it still took nearly half a month to learn how to ride. It's just that once she learned it, she was as proficient as the best rider.

"Unless he is deceiving on purpose, otherwise it is the truth." Olverwell actually couldn't believe it, but he also didn't believe that the young man could fool his own eyes.

"He did it on purpose. This man is really a master of tricks." The princess murmured.

That's not necessarily the case. Overwell answered in his mind, but did not bring it up, but went on.

On the other side, Charles also jumped out of the carriage. He glanced sideways at the mercenary, took the reins from the mercenary, and got on the horse lightly. He is a retinue of a mage, riding is one of the compulsory courses, not to mention superb, but proficient.

Freya looked at the two of them, thinking that Brando was good at everything, but he liked to lie too much. The last time I asked her to learn first aid was also the same. Thinking of that time, the girl's face felt a little hot.

The mercenary looked at the master and servant, and his first reaction was that he had been tricked, and couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry. At this time, Mano behind also noticed that his companions had been deflated, so he hurried to catch up with them and came to them.

"Young man, how long are we going to protect these people?" He was also a bachelor, so he asked this as soon as he came up.

Brando turned his horse's head and caught up with Freya in front of him. He looked at the refugees and replied, "Cross the Jianshi River Valley from here, and we'll take them to the other side, basically ensuring their safety."

"With so many people, we can't get rid of the pursuit of Madara's army." Mano shook his head.

"You can't, I can."

Mano hesitated behind him. "How do you do it?" He couldn't help asking.

Brando pulled out the elven sword with a bang, and pointed to the direction of the high ground: "The skeleton cavalry are spies in Madara's army. They come from the most core territories of Madara. Go and disperse them. From here to Yinque Mountain will take more than half an hour to walk at the speed of refugees, and I want to ensure that the flanks of the team will not be threatened during this time."

Mano was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect that the opening of his mouth would become an excuse for the other party to order him. He couldn't help turning his gaze to Freya, the agreement between them was Freya, not Brando.

"Brando?" Freya was also willing to believe the young man, but she felt that Brando's attitude was a bit too aggressive.

Brando retracted his sword and returned the sheath, and replied: "So, you are actually just thinking about how to escape here safely. Rather than how to take these people out with me, so it is useless to say more, you and Fu Leiya has an agreement, right? Come and listen to me. If you convince me, I can let each of you take a horse and leave."

When Mano froze, he realized that this noble young man was not simple, and he had completely grasped the initiative of the conversation in just a few words. He was also a mercenary leader before, and he had dealt with nobles, but he had never met such a sharp-edged one.

"We are mercenaries. If you can afford the reward, we are willing to do things for you. But in normal times, of course, we have to think about ourselves first. There is nothing embarrassing about it." The older mercenary replied as a matter of course.

"Yes, but I still want to remind you that you think you can escape safely with horses. Madara has an air force, have you seen ghosts and bone vultures? They are in the sky, and you know how to avoid these necromancers Eyeliner?" Brando put his hand on the hilt of his sword, he didn't believe that these guys would know those mercenaries who were hanging out on the border, and had never really dealt with Madara and didn't understand the horror of the other party. Killing a few skeleton zombies is enough to understand Madara? The necromancer might as well smash his head against the wall and die.

Leto and his daughter Su also chased after him on horseback. He frowned when he heard the young man's words: "So you have a solution?"

"It's hard to say, no one is perfect. But in the forest, my chances of winning are much higher, so I give priority to how to get rid of those skeleton cavalry. With them on the flanks, the refugees will not be able to speed up."

Mano and Leto fell silent, they instinctively felt that what the young man said was true.

Brando suddenly let go of the reins and let the horse run out and around to the high ground far away. He looked back at the few mercenaries here, and took out a ruby ​​from his arms: "If you want to have a chance to survive, you'd better be with me except by luck. My request is very simple, you follow my command , to protect Freya and lead these refugees to the other side of the canyon safely. You are mercenaries, this is the reward I promised you, complete my commission, and there will be more in the future.”

He raised his hand, and the ruby ​​fell to Leto's feet in a throwing arc.

Freya pointed at herself inexplicably, and asked loudly: "Me? Brando, why is it me?" She looked at the refugees behind her, wondering if these refugees were clearly brought out by Brando, how could they become her leader? is it?

It's not that she doesn't want to, it's just that there are so many people, can she do it? Freya couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. She was just a small militia captain at the beginning, but she will lead more than a dozen experienced mercenaries in a while, which will turn into hundreds of people and may even end up being He is the leader of thousands of people, which is unbelievable no matter how you think about it.

Brando smiled, he had his own arrangements and didn't answer. Instead, he turned his head and waved to Mano and Leto, and simply said:

"Go ahead and gather your men. I'll wait for you to come back here. At least you can choose how to die, whether you will be transformed into undead by the madara army, or take my money like a real mercenary Protect the weak and fight to blaze a trail."

He turned his head, and the skeleton cavalry appeared under the moonlight again, this time about ten seconds earlier than the last time.