Berserk: The Prophet

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After spending a few carefree days in Barkley, I heard that the city has been anything but peaceful lately. People are dying every night, and you can always hear the sounds of swords clashing and flesh being pierced. The assailants look like a group of professional assassins, and they don't seem to be from Barkley. Occasionally, in the early morning, you can hear women screaming as they open their doors to go out. Because of these frequent incidents, many people close their doors and windows tightly at night to avoid being killed.

However, Green didn't care about any of this. He continued to wander around outside the city as usual, looking for ways to catch some petty thieves to make some money. The weather was terribly cold, and he would never go out for more than four hours at a time.

However, Ali and Sanna seem to be getting along well recently, and Ali has learned some of her past from Sanna. She was just an ordinary girl living in the inland village of Barkley. Later, her village was plundered by a group of heretical priests, and a group of female adventurers saved her. She had a younger brother who was about the same age as Grimm, but unfortunately he was discovered and killed on the spot and sacrificed to the evil god Ereda Oxso.

Since Sanna joined the team, the taciturn Ali seems to have become more cheerful than before. In his spare time, he often takes a small knife he got from somewhere and does wood carving. Although Green doesn't know what he's doing, at least he's smiling when he's doing hand carving.

Today was different from usual. As Green was on his way, he spotted a group of people in his limited field of vision. Judging from their attire, they looked like a group of forest bandits blocking his way. Out of caution, Green entered a meditative state to check the information of this group of people.

[30 'Hire assassins', objective detected, check complete. Objective: Kill the host. Please note that being stunned and wiped out by the assassins will not trigger the invulnerability system; you will be instantly killed. Please proceed with caution!]

Green: "........."

So what's the point of this thing? Green cursed inwardly, but the enemy was already close in, their throwing knives and various other throwing knives ready to be unleashed.

"Prepare for the enemy!!"

At Green's command, the men behind him instantly took their stances, and the hidden weapons in their hands were thrown over. For a moment, muffled groans and cries of pain echoed from the group, and Vanscare and his three companions also began throwing their throwing axes.

"Damn it, charge!"

They couldn't just stay put and let them kite around. They took out the practice shield that cost them 35 points of mental energy in the space, and Green took out his lance and launched the first charge. Although the horse under their horses was fast, it couldn't plunge into the crowd. They could only choose to attack from the flanks. Sanna and Green charged at the enemies on the two flanks respectively.

"Bang bang bang" "Sizzle"

The sound of throwing weapons hitting the shield was loud and clear, and a throwing knife inadvertently grazed his cheek, whistling past his ear.

"Thud!" [Applies spear charge damage! Deals 85 damage to the opponent, killing the mercenary assassin and gaining 60 experience points.]

As he rode away, Green was about to throw his throwing knife from horseback when he realized that all the hidden weapons in the group's hands were being thrown at him. He quickly spurred his horse away and raised his shield to block them. This group was clearly coming for him! He knew he couldn't beat them at kiting, and after a few rounds, his health had already dropped by almost half.

"bang"

[The practice shield is damaged. Do you wish to spend 35 points of Spirit to repair it? Yes/No] [Yes]

[Mental strength has been deducted, current 258/330]

"Hissing sound~"

The steed beneath him was also covered in wounds from the flying projectiles, its blood crystallizing into ruby-like ice crystals on its grayish-brown coat. It neighed in pain, snorted, but still kept running with its strong limbs moving rhythmically.

Grimm, crouching on horseback, charged forward with a shield and lance. With another sound of a spear piercing flesh, Grimm decisively abandoned the lance, drew his Imperial Greatsword from behind, and began slashing through the crowd. Several recently recruited city thugs in the group were already lying on the ground, unable to get up.

*Clang!* *Pfft!*

The sounds of greatswords slicing through flesh and the clash of weapons intertwined, but the ones who inflicted the most damage on the enemy were Vanscaree and his three companions, as well as the mercenary warrior named Wolf, who was taken down in a few or two swings of his axe.

However, Green and Sanna were not in good condition at the moment, and only a few people in the team were still able to stand. Ali was seriously injured and was barely fighting, while the enemy still had more than a dozen people.

"Tap tap tap" "Whoosh whoosh whoosh"

The sound of a lone rider's hooves came from behind, accompanied by the sound of several throwing knives. Three knives struck the heads of three mercenary assassins. Green broke away from the fight and glanced at the person who had made the move. It was the mysterious man! He was still wearing that black leather armor and hooded helmet. He was the father of the man in this body of Pander.

"It's safe!" Green smiled, drew his sword, and began to fight the group of assassins.

The mysterious man shook his head, rode forward, threw a few assassin's knives to kill several people, and then drew his sword and began to fight. With the addition of the mysterious man, the battle situation was instantly turned around.

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"Ah, ah, ah..."

Crows cawed, and black crows perched on the branches laden with frost and snow, their calls a symphony for the upcoming feast, attracting more of their companions and magpies.

The battle was over. The blood on the greatsword froze before it even touched the ground. The pilgrims in the group were dead, and none of the city thugs were alive because they were too weak. And then there was Sanna... Before anyone noticed, one of the assassins, still breathing, pulled out a light crossbow and shot at Grin. Only the heavily wounded Sanna reacted in time and pushed Grin aside.

Green was initially dazed after being pushed down, and his mind was still a little slow to process the system's cold notification.

Female cavalryman Sanna was killed by a hired assassin.

Life slipped away right before my eyes, and it was a powerful partner who, not long ago, was still full of energy, fighting alongside me against the enemy.

Before his brain could even process it, Green's eyes reacted with the physiological response of a child, welling up with tears that had already cooled as they dripped onto his face.

"Sanna!!"

Ali reacted the fastest. Just before Sanna was about to fall, he used his badly injured right arm to support her in his arms and cushion her fall with his body. Before he could even groan, he let out an urgent call.

The moment his brain reacted, Green's eyes were filled with indescribable rage. He roared, picked up the greatsword beside him, and charged toward the person who had shot the arrow, while the person's face was showing a cruel smugness in a daze.

"You deserve to die!!"

Green's eyes were blurred with tears, but the rage in them was indescribable, as if he wanted to burn the man's soul to ashes with the fiercest hellfire. He stepped on the man's chest, gripped the greatsword in his hand, and plunged it into the man's mouth, driving it into the snow. He brutally tore apart the mocking smile on the man's face.