Chapter 74: Wealth and Silk Weapons Touch the Heart (5K)
Qiao Si and Nicholas were marching quickly. When they encountered a small group of jackals, they immediately killed them with their swords, and soon arrived near the entrance of Lair No. 2.
Nicholas made a prompt decision and said to Qiao Si: "You lead the first team of knights to the south to support the Lewis brothers and Vincent. I will lead the militia group and the second team of knights to fully control the nest, and then advance towards the lair. Only in this way can all the jackals be annihilated."
Joe Although Si challenged Nicholas on the way here, at this moment, he couldn't help but follow Nicholas's order, waved to Captain Mark Riffey, and hurriedly headed south.
Being able to kill the jackal leader with his own hands must be a great achievement, and he didn't want to miss it in vain.
After traveling forward for nearly a kilometer, Qiao Si finally heard the sound of weapons clashing in the jungle not far away, accompanied by battle cries.
Qiao Si was immediately overjoyed. It seemed that the leader of the jackals was not dead yet, and he still had the possibility of making meritorious deeds.
He immediately stepped forward, walked around several big trees, pulled out vines and thorns, and suddenly saw Brother Lewis and Vincent fighting fiercely with a tall jackal.
There were still several corpses of knights and jackals lying around, and it was obvious that the battle had entered a fever pitch.
The jackal leader looked extremely majestic and powerful as he swung his machete around like a tiger.
In terms of strength, it is at least equal to the peak of a fourth-order knight.
Vincent and Ivan were responsible for resisting the attack of the Jackal leader head-on, while Yale relied on his agility to find opportunities for sneak attacks from the side.
The curved sword used by Yale was obtained from the nephew of Baron Lando. The first shadow skill he learned was Shadow Step, which belongs to the category of melee combat and specializes in looking for opportunities to launch attacks.
At this moment, it is used to sneak attack on the Jackal leader, which is very effective. Every time he takes a shot, he focuses on speed and never gets caught because he uses too much force.
The jackal leader was annoyed by him. His back, waist and buttocks were frequently hit, leaving shallow marks.
And every time he wanted to turn around to deal with Yale, he would be interrupted by Vincent and Ivan.
As a second-level knight, Vincent was briefly promoted to third-level after defeating Gathering Brave. He only has one hand, and his moves are basically frontal vertical slashes and side sweeps.
Although there are only two simple moves, Vincent spent a lot of effort on these two moves. Every move is powerful and full of pressure. This forced the Jackal leader to deal with it carefully every time and did not dare to take it lightly.
At the same time, Ivan’s front cannot be underestimated. The first skill he learned was the same as Romo's, Shadow Touch. Every time the jackal leader crossed swords with him, he would draw out part of his physical strength.
Although Ivan's current extraction ability is still insufficient, the long-term battle also makes the jackal panting and unsustainable.
The three of them had planned this tactic together long before they crossed the river, and when they put it into action now, they really worked together to complement each other. The beatings made the jackal leader increasingly unable to resist.
In particular, Ivan, who could extract his inner strength, and Yale, who had succeeded repeatedly in the past, consumed a lot of the jackal's physical strength, causing him great distress.
He already knew that he might not be able to win, and was thinking of finding an opportunity to kill the weakest Vincent and escape. Suddenly, a burst of chaotic and rapid footsteps was heard in the distance.
He looked up and saw that there were more armed humans rushing over, and there were quite a few of them.
In panic, the jackal leader suddenly lost all fighting spirit. He slashed at Vincent hard with his knife, forcing him far away, and then immediately fled to the east.
"Where to escape!"
As soon as Qiao Si arrived at the battlefield, he saw the jackal leader fleeing in a hurry, and immediately pursued him non-stop.
Vincent managed to block the swift and fierce attack of the Jackal leader before he fled. His steps staggered, and he was carried far away by this strong force. He half-knelt on the ground and panted heavily, and suddenly felt a little unable to recover.
The two brothers Ivan and Yale didn't bother to greet Vincent, and only asked the knights who arrived later to take care of him, and then immediately followed Qiao Si.
At the moment, the jackal leader was fleeing in front, while Qiao Si and the two brothers were chasing after him.
Due to the previous fierce battles with the three people and the consumption of the shadow touch, the jackal leader's physical strength became increasingly unable to keep up as he ran.
The wounds on his back and waist were also bleeding. This undoubtedly makes matters worse.
After running wildly for a while, the jackal leader could no longer hold on.
He quickly hid behind a tree, swung his machete, silently waited for the footsteps to approach, rushed out from behind the tree, and slashed Qiao Si's abdomen.
This move was unexpected and the location of the attack was very tricky. It could have caused effective damage.
However, Qiao Si had already noticed the movements of the Jackal leader during the pursuit. He jumped up lightly and skillfully, stretched out his hand to hang on a branch, swung his body, and stood firmly on the branch.
Then, he stood down and struck a sword at the Jackal leader.
The jackal leader missed his attack and ducked to the side. Just as he was about to run away again, he saw that the two Lewis brothers were already chasing him.
The four people fought together again, this time with the addition of Qiao Si, a new force. After less than a quarter of an hour of fighting, the Jackal leader's dejection showed.
He took a step back and dodged Qiao Si's sword. Just as he was about to fight back, he felt a chill on his shoulder as Ivan had stabbed him.
This time the shadow touch directly hit the body, and the physical strength burst out like a dam bursting.
Knowing that he was unlucky, he fought Ivan back and leaned against a tree. While holding a knife to protect his chest, he begged the three of them: "Stop fighting. Do you want the treasure I have hidden? I can give it to you." You guys, spare my life!"
The three people exchanged glances with each other, and Qiao Si sneered: "Aren't all your treasures in the lair? If I kill you, we can get them too!" The
jackal leader shook his head. He shook his head and said: "I hid a large part of it alone. Please spare me and I will tell you where the treasure is. If you kill me, there will be nothing left." Qiao Si's eyes became eager and he said:
" Seriously? Then take us quickly!"
The jackal leader shook his head again and said, "You must first promise to spare me, and swear to the God of the Wilderness." "
Okay, I promise you." With that, Qiao The minister has to raise his hand and swear.
At this time, the two Louis brothers looked at each other and stopped them together: "It is up to the lord to decide whether to spare him or not. We can just take him to the lord." Qiao Si waved his hands disapprovingly and said with a smile:
" What the lord wants is nothing more than treasure. Don't worry, I am the commander-in-chief of this operation, and I will be responsible for everything." As he spoke, he raised his hand and swore: "I,
José Brooke, pledge my gratitude to the Wilderness. God swears, as long as this jackal leader hands over his secret treasure, I will let him live."
After swearing, he took a step forward and said, "Can you take us there?"
The jackal leader shook his head again and pointed. He looked at the two Louis brothers and said, "They haven't sworn yet."
The two Louis brothers hesitated and glanced at Qiao Si.
Qiao Si said in a deep voice: "The lord once said that everything on the battlefield is decided and responsible for me as the commander-in-chief. You should do as he said, I have my own discretion." When the two brothers heard this, they looked at each other
. After taking one look, I had no choice but to swear an oath.
"Okay, you can take us there." Qiao Si said to the jackal leader.
"Okay." The jackal leader nodded.
He put away the knife, took several deep breaths, and after relieving his fatigue, he turned and walked forward.
Before taking two steps, Yale suddenly stepped forward and slashed the Jackal leader's right wrist with a sword, and then slashed his left wrist with a sword.
The jackal leader turned his back to Yale. He was caught off guard and dropped his sword, causing blood to flow from his hands and wrists.
He covered the wound with both hands and looked at Yale with a painful look on his face.
"You are too strong. I have to make sure you don't attack us suddenly." Yale said coldly.
"You underestimate the reputation of the jackals!" the leader of the jackals said viciously.
"The credibility of the jackals?" Ivan sneered: "You really laughed my teeth off."
Then, he stepped forward and put the straight sword in his hand on the shoulder of the jackal leader. It began to absorb his energy.
After a while, the jackal leader was sweating profusely and looked dispirited.
Seeing that the majestic jackal in front of them had no resistance at all, the two brothers felt relieved and motioned to the jackal to continue leading the way.
The jackal had no choice but to drag his tired body and lead the three of them towards the southeast.
After walking for a long time, we finally came to a ruins.
"This place used to be called Shipunnan Village, but now all the people inside are dead. I buried the treasure under the largest wooden house in the east of the village." The three people looked at the ruins. The walls of the house had collapsed
and were covered with crawlers. The vines were gone and it was desolate. There is obviously no trace of human habitation.
Under some broken purlins, many human skulls were half exposed on the soil, and they looked completely decayed. Each of these bones had obvious sharp injuries, and they were obviously killed with swords.
"Did you kill all the people in these villages?" Ivan asked.
The leader of the jackals sneered and said: "It's a masterpiece of you humans. We jackals still rely on you humans to grow food, and we have never had the habit of slaughtering villages." As he said, he led the
three people to continue walking until they came to a Behind the collapsed wooden house.
The leader of the jackals pointed to a mound and said: "My treasures are buried there. My hands are injured now and I can't dig them out. You can go get them yourself." Qiao Si glanced at the two brothers and motioned them to look at the jackals
. people. He took the jackal's broadsword, stepped forward, and began to dig up the soil.
After a while, he dug out a big hole in the mound.
Qiao Si reached half of his body into the pit and took out a long box wrapped in iron sheets.
With anticipation, he cut off the lock of the box with a knife, and then opened the lid.
In an instant, golden light spread out from the box, shining so brightly that Qiao Si could hardly open his eyes.
"So many gold bricks?" The two Lewis brothers were also a little stunned for a while.
Qiao Si stared at the gold bricks that took up almost half of the space in the box for a moment, and his eyes widened.
A gold coin from the Kingdom of Clay is made of pure gold, has a mass of about 4.5 grams and a diameter of about 2 centimeters.
Qiao Si estimated the weight of this box. There was at least 10 kilograms of gold in it, which could produce more than 2,000 gold coins.
What is the concept of more than 2,000 gold coins? Qiao Si couldn't even think of it.
Then, he saw that there seemed to be a weapon hidden under the gold.
He squinted his eyes slightly and realized at a glance that this was a magic weapon. From shape to length, it is almost exactly the same as the Qingshuang sword commonly used by the lord.
The only difference is that the Lord's sword is cyan, and this sword is blue.
A high-quality magical weapon?
Qiao Sileng stood there, his heart suddenly beating wildly.
He has been studying magic-related things ever since the lord said that they could try to be promoted to magic knights.
He knew very well what a high-quality magic weapon meant.
Speaking of which, the Lord Lord relied on that blue frost sword to get to where he is today.
Now, the same weapon that could change his destiny appeared in front of him.
'Since Lord Lord can do it, can I do it too? '
Qiao Si suddenly had an unprecedented idea.
He suppressed the excitement in his heart and was about to take a closer look when he saw Yale walking towards him and asked: "Captain Qiao Si. Besides the gold bricks, what else is there?"
Qiao Si immediately closed the box and stood up. , smiled at Yale and said: "These belong to the lord. It is not suitable for us to look at them anymore."
Yale stopped and said with a smile on his face: "That's right."
Qiao Si nodded and walked to the jackal man's house. In front of him, he then asked him: "Where did you get this?"
The Jackal leader answered honestly: "Six years ago, I killed a French knight and got it from his hand. Because the thing is very valuable, I I was afraid of the retaliation from that knight family, so I never took it out, thinking to wait a few years before talking about it. Who would have thought that today I would be
raped by you?" Before he could finish speaking, he saw Qiao Si suddenly take action and chop the jackal with a knife. On the leader’s neck.
In an instant, the huge head of the jackal flew out, and the blood immediately rose high and spread into the soil.
The head fell to the ground, rolled around several times, and was covered with mud. Its mouth was still opening and closing.
"With this strength, you have already broken through the third level?" Yale suddenly said in surprise.
He secretly thought that this Qiao Si had such talent. It seemed that it only took a year to go from the second level to the third level. No wonder the lord thinks so highly of it!
Ivan's focus was not on this. He looked at Qiao Si with some dissatisfaction and said, "Captain Qiao Si, you have already sworn to the God of the Wilderness to spare his life, why do you still do it?"
Qiao Si shook his head and said with a smile: "The Lord doesn't believe in the God of the Wilderness, so what do I have to believe in?"
As he said that, he stepped forward, tore off the Jackal leader's clothes, and wrapped his head. Hang it around your waist.
After fixing the Jackal's head, he proudly walked to the box, opened the lid slightly, and found three gold bricks inside.
He put one piece in his arms and threw the remaining two pieces to the two Louis brothers.
Ivan and Yale subconsciously took the gold bricks, somewhat unclear about their meaning.
Qiao Si smiled and explained: "Although the lord will reward us in the future, he is a common reward for the entire knights. Since the three of us discovered this box, there must be some extra benefits. Don't you think so? "
When Ivan heard this, he took a step forward and was about to argue.
But Yale stopped him with his hand, stuffed the gold brick into his arms and said: "Captain, I think what you said makes sense. Since it is the credit of the three of us, it doesn't matter." Ivan didn't know
Yale What the hell are you doing? He just nodded blankly and stopped talking.
When Qiao Si saw that he had persuaded the two brothers, he felt very happy.
Since ancient times, money has attracted people's hearts. A gold brick weighs 500 grams and is worth almost a hundred gold coins. He didn't believe that the Louis brothers were not moved.
As long as the two brothers took the gold bricks, they would be in the same boat as themselves.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He found vines from nearby, tied up the box, held it in his arms, and then asked the two of them to leave with him.
On the way back, the two brothers pretended to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible and deliberately ran very fast. Qiao Si wished that the two of them would get away quickly so that he could take out the magic sword hidden in the box, so the three of them moved forward and back, getting further and further away.
Seeing that Qiao Si had fallen far enough, Ivan said softly to Yale: "Brother, how can you accept the gold bricks he gave? This is disloyal to the lord!" Yale said softly: "I saw there was something else in the box
. There is something."
"What is it?" Ivan was stunned and asked softly.
Yale shook his head slightly and whispered: "I didn't see it clearly, but it must be good stuff. Most likely, Qiao Si wanted to keep it all for himself, so he blocked our mouths with gold bricks. If we don't accept it, it might arouse his suspicion. They will frame us in front of the lord."
"Then what should we do?" Ivan wondered in his mind, what exactly was inside that could make Qiao Si so bold?
"It's better to hand the gold bricks directly to the lord." Yale said in a deep voice: "However, we have to wait until after the victory." Ivan
thought for a moment and said with some worry: "Qiao Si has been in the manor longer than us, and with the lord The feelings are deeper. Will the lord believe us? What if Qiao Si bites back?"
Yale frowned slightly, and he was also very worried about this. After all, only his two brothers and Qiao Si knew about this matter. Even if he reported it, there wouldn't be enough evidence.
When the time comes, Qiao Si, as the leader of the knights, will make his brothers very passive after a few words.
In the final analysis, they always felt that the lord would trust Qiao Si more.
After all, the two of them were outsiders in the manor, and deep down they felt that they were naturally not as close to the lord as Qiao Si.
When the brothers encountered this kind of thing, they hated Qiao Si very much. But he was a little afraid of his weight with the lord.
After thinking for a long time, Yale made up his mind and said: "No matter what. We still have to report Qiao Si and hand over the gold bricks. Otherwise, we will be ashamed of the lord." "That's
right!" Ivan nodded and said: "Anyway, this life was given by the lord. As long as we two brothers have a clear conscience."
(End of Chapter)