holy flame

When Samuel shot the seventh arrow, Frank gathered the remaining eleven knights including himself, Eric, Prince Nick and Nick, and other messy members to form a cavalry with a total of 68 people team.At the same time, Nick announced in the name of the new mayor and Prince Sidon that if other joiners who did not have knight status did not die in the subsequent battle, they could become a knight under his command.

Many of them were mercenaries who were originally employed by caravans, and even private soldiers of merchants themselves, and they took away the horses that merchants used to pull goods when they were recruited during wartime.Although the businessmen were helpless, they were facing life-threatening threats at this time—the mayor of Wang Zi who did not trust him was likely to be executed on the spot for the crime of colluding with robbers, and there was no need to wait for the robbers to attack the town.The merchants still obediently lent money, but Nick also knew that these merchants would be his biggest source of taxes in the next two years, so he didn't offend them to the end.So I made up an IOU for every merchant who lent horses. If he is not dead, he will slowly return them to them later.Even if they died, they could still go to Sidon Kingdom with the IOU. Of course, the premise is that they are not dead and have the courage to ask for the horse fee back.

When Samuel shot the last arrow, there were no robbers sitting on the horse. After all, in such an obvious situation, even if they didn't guess where the danger came from, at least they knew that the one sitting on the horse was the first attacker. Target.However, the successive blows have already caused more than [-]% of the robbers to mess up. Trampling on each other is already happening in the whole range, and even hacked and killed their own people in a few areas.Faced with this situation, if the bandits have a leader and no other negative situations happen, maybe they can restore order.

But they don't have these two elements. They are a combination of nearly thirty bandit forces in Thorn Hills, and after fighting against the Nick Knights and Samuel's sniping, nearly half of the forces have lost their leaders. By.Moreover, the seemingly dilapidated wooden gate of Wasteland Town is being opened at the fastest speed, and a makeshift cavalry team is ready to go!

Samuel, who was slightly out of strength, handed the bow to Julian, leaning on the wooden post of the arrow rest while taking a deep breath while watching the battlefield.

From the start, their impromptu cavalry unit performed poorly. After all, most of them were not knights and had not received corresponding training. Many of them just "know how to ride horses".

The gate of the town was opened, and it was supposed to be the time for the unification of the war horses. Before the gate was opened, Frank had repeatedly told the temporary cavalry.But in the end, only Prince Nick and his knights, Frank, Eric, and a few quick-response ones were the first to launch. The other 50 or so people were a bit slower, or even a few beats before starting to charge, so the entire team was pulled It became an ugly and twisted strip.To make matters worse, two people fell off during the high-speed movement of the horse. The first reaction of the people behind them was to rein in the horse, but the people further behind did not know what happened in front. As a result, the high-speed rush

The horses in the front bumped into each other, and the necks of several horses were twisted at an absolutely unnatural angle. The people on their backs were either smashed under the horses, or flew out into the air!

Samuel, Julian, and Ryan couldn't help opening their mouths. After all, they died so tragically before seeing the enemy's face. It was a bit too useless and a bit too miserable.

Ryan opened the cloth pocket on his back and took out the scripture from inside.He held the scripture in both hands, and began to sing the verses in it. Although his voice was not loud, it was strange that almost everyone in the town could clearly hear the singing echoing in their ears.Milky white soft light overflowed from the scriptures, shining on the vanguard of the cavalry that was about to charge into the bandits.At this moment, their bodies were covered with a layer of tulle woven by the sun...

Seeing this scene, the people in Wasteland Town couldn't help bowing their heads and praying. Although it was the priest who performed the magic, they felt that the Holy Spirit had not abandoned them at this time.When the robbers saw this scene, they either fell to their knees in tears and let others slaughter them, or they desperately tried to escape from this place, so the chaos intensified!

"What are you using?" Julian was really curious.

"Holy light shines." Ryan replied with a smile.

"Very powerful magic?"

"Usually the priests cast it on themselves during ceremonies or celebrations." Samuel, who had recovered some of his strength and understood that the overall situation of the battlefield was settled, stood up straight and said, "There is no positive effect, but there is no negative effect either. It just looks good, in order to increase the sacred effect."

"That's right." Ryan said triumphantly, "At this time anyway, Samuel has added enough oil, I just need to add a little flame."

"..."

Julian felt that although he was not a sincere person, at least he could be sure that he really believed in the Holy Spirit.If he hadn't fallen in love with Samuel already, seeing such paladins and priests in the holy court, he would probably defect to the demons or even the undead.

More than 40 people drove more than 6000 people to run, the two sides were of the same race, and the final result of the war was not defeat, but annihilation!The broken robber either kneels down and surrenders to be slaughtered, or just knows to run around aimlessly like a frightened duck, but can two legs run better than four?So except for the hundreds of people who fled into the Thorn Hills, most of the others were either killed, and most of them died at the hands of Sistilian's own people; or they were captured, and the captured people often looked relieved. , There is no decadence of normal captives at all.Such a huge comparison of the number of people between the enemy and us, and such a brilliant battle result, this is absolutely unprecedented in the history of warfare in the Crowleyen Continent—since Samuel can still live for a long time, it is not certain that there will be no one to come later.

As for Nick's fiasco before, no one will care about it anymore, no matter what anyone sees will only be the final glory.

When Nick came back with his Cavaliers, there were only 68 of the 28 people left at the start. After all, there were more than 6000 robbers, and not even one person who resisted.Plus

Those temporary cavalry are at best infantry on horseback, and casualties are certain.

But now the overall situation is settled, at least for you, the dead people are nothing.

The fat mayor had been taken down from the watchtower at some point, and regained consciousness, and now he was preparing for the detainment of prisoners of war in high spirits.After all, there are nearly 4000 prisoners of war. If a happy event is not handled well, it will turn into a disaster in a blink of an eye. At the same time, he wants to get more credit for himself.

Nick doesn't care about the fat mayor's share of the credit. In fact, it's useless for him to care. As the mayor who has not yet resigned, once this matter is known to the outside world, his credit and reputation cannot be lost, so why not Just let go, and he can relax himself.Leaving the rest of the matter to the surviving subordinates, Nick found Samuel, who was sorting something around the wagon with his companions.

"Can I talk to you, Samuel?" It was a very common question, but Nick's tone was full of gratitude and apology.

"Okay." Samuel knew that he would not be able to go on the road today. Not to mention that half of the team was exhausted, the road from Wasteland Town to Thorn Hills must be full of fleeing robbers at this moment.And those who escaped were either rational enough or cold-blooded enough. Unless someone deliberately wanted to die, no one would be willing to go with them, including Samuel.So they had to stay in Badlands for at least another day, and there was nothing wrong with "wasting" some time talking to Nick.

Samuel's affirmative answer gave Nix a sigh of relief, and he made an inviting gesture: "We can talk while walking."

"Samuel, I've thought about it for a long time, but I can't figure out what kind of favor you owe me."

"You could kill me and blame the hapless robbers, just like you blamed the robbers for the disappearance of those caravans. But you didn't. It should be said that you spared my life." Samuel said It was straightforward, Nick smiled wryly, "I thought about killing you, but I was timid, and I was afraid that I would be found out by the holy court, after all, you are a paladin."

"Actually, most people in the holy court are busy with the Holy Land of Taran. If a new paladin dies, they won't be too strict."

"Are you asking me to kill you?"

"No, I'm just stating the facts."

"You're a weirdo, paladins are like you."

"I don't know, I've only seen one paladin."

"Who?"

"Myself."

"Hahaha~" Nick laughed loudly, and the people around who had been quietly paying attention to these two heroes with admiration couldn't help but look over.Finally, Nick stopped laughing, and he looked at Samuel solemnly, "Is there really no other reason for you to help me besides paying back my favor?"

"Have."

"What is it?" Nick asked urgently, Samuel gave him a strange look, but still gave him the answer: "Because they are robbers."

"Although they are robbers, I believe they haven't the courage to attack the church, or because of your status as a paladin, you must stand up to protect the weak when robbers appear?"

Samuel felt that the question was getting more and more strange, but when he looked at Nick, there was no sarcasm or contempt in the expression of the prince who was still in a mess, he just wanted to know the answer simply and eagerly.

"You should know that Taran is a holy place, but when the miracle happened, there was also a riot there...I don't want to see that kind of scene again." It was also that time, Samuel really felt it What is strong negative emotion, that taste is very uncomfortable.

Nick exhaled, and now his face was filled with uncontrollable excitement: "You're a good man, Samuel."

"Really? I don't know." Samuel frowned, "Should I say thank you? After all, you are complimenting me."

"No need." Nick looked at Samuel, and after clearly sending him a good card, he quietly put a "pure" stamp on Samuel's column in his heart. Perhaps as a paladin, his hands were full of blood. Bloody, but in Nick's view, he is pure, just like the angel slaying demons in religious murals, soaked in bloody holiness.It's much better than those stupid people who don't understand the world, and they think they are arrogant, "Samuel, did you know from the beginning that your arrows would break those robbers?" Talk, so he started asking "gossip".

"No, I just guessed that they would be more or less intimidated."