When the other wolf rider saw Han Shuo charge over with a longsword in his hand, a pair of large, bell-like eyes suddenly opened wide under his furry forehead. He roared furiously in the common tongue, "Sly … cunning human, you're … you're courting death!"
The giant wolf beneath him howled as the orc wolf rider took out a crossbow from his back, raised it, and fired at Han Shuo. A cold, silver light flew towards Han Shuo's neck with an ear-piercing whistle.
Magical yuan circulated rapidly as Han Shuo focused his attention. The speed of the whistling crossbow bolt suddenly slowed in Han Shuo's eyes, as bizarre as the slow-motion scenes Han Shuo used to watch in movies. Han Shuo's powerful senses were the exact opposite of the speed of the crossbow bolt.
When the crossbow bolt was within a meter of Han Shuo, the longsword in his hand stabbed out fiercely and accurately against the tip of the incoming crossbow bolt. A crisp crack rang out as the crossbow bolt suddenly exploded into pieces.
Han Shuo's speed on his warhorse wasn't affected in the slightest after shattering the crossbow bolt. Before the orc wolf rider could fire a second bolt, Han Shuo had already rushed in front of the orc wolf rider with his longsword in hand.
A dark, bright blade arc rose from Han Shuo's right hand. The longsword was thick and heavy to begin with, but in Han Shuo's hand, it was as light and graceful as a feather.
The orc wolf rider also raised his blade to meet Han Shuo's. Just as the two blades were about to collide, a small brown crossbow bolt suddenly flew out of Han Shuo's right sleeve. The crossbow bolt pierced through the orc's longsword with a whoosh and sank into the orc wolf rider's neck with a puff.
"Despicable … despicable!"
Blood bubbling out of the orc wolf rider's mouth, he finally spat out those two words with difficulty. The hand that was holding the longsword high suddenly lost all strength. The heavy longsword carried his robust body, and he rolled off the back of the giant wolf. It was obvious from his appearance that he was already dead.
"As expected of a race with low intelligence, hehe!" Han Shuo's solemn and calm expression disappeared. With a smirk on his face, he walked to the side of the huge wolf. With a swing of his long sword, the huge wolf's pouch once again flew towards the warhorse behind him. With another stab, the huge wolf also fell into a pool of blood.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
At this moment, a wave of silhouettes suddenly appeared at the corner of the north street. Dozens of wolf riders were roaring loudly as they desperately chased after a group of mages and warriors. Beacher and the others from the Babylon Academy of Light were among those who were fleeing in a sorry state on inferior warhorses.
"Let's go!" Han Shuo was stunned for a moment, but he immediately reacted. He raised the reins in his hand, and the war horse once again changed direction, charging towards the north.
Fanny, Lisa, and the others were flabbergasted as they watched Han Shuo's callous and sinister black-on-black performance. When they saw Han Shuo suddenly gallop out, they understood that the current situation was anything but reassuring. They also spurred their warhorses to follow behind Han Shuo and started fleeing towards the north.
After galloping madly on their warhorses for half a day, Han Shuo and the others appeared in the middle of a large canyon. The sides of the canyon were steep, and at the end was a wide river. Han Shuo and the others reined in their warhorses at the end of the canyon. They looked at the azure river and suddenly fell into a predicament.
"This should be the Empire's Nirolan River. We can reach Balthazar City in the southwest of the Empire after crossing the Nirolan River. Balthazar City isn't far from Zajoski City. Although it's not as heavily guarded as Zajoski City, it's definitely heavily guarded. I think we'll be safe as long as we can make it to Balthazar City. "
Gene furrowed his brow in thought for a while as he gazed at the wide Nirolan River, and then suddenly spoke up.
"We must first cross the Nirolan River if we want to reach Balthazar City. The Nirolan River is so wide, I don't think we'll be able to cross it at all if we don't have a boat to transport us." Fanny had a worried expression on her face as she gazed at the azure river in the distance and sighed sorrowfully.
Han Shuo didn't open his mouth to speak after arriving here, and only minded his own business as he flipped through the two large bags on his warhorse. The shops in the town of Drol had been prepared for adventurers and mercenaries to begin with, so the surrounding shops were mostly filled with items needed for battle.
Han Shuo made an inventory and discovered that there were a total of four high quality crossbows, a few dozen crossbow bolts, three high quality daggers, two ordinary longswords, two magic staffs, and three pieces of close-fitting leather armor in the sack that the two wolf riders had plundered. Apart from this, there were also some bottles and cans of healing medicine and various poisons.
First, Han Shuo picked out the sharp dagger with a sapphire embedded in it and hid it on his body as if it was a matter of course. He then carefully put away the bottles of various poisons, and finally poured the weapons and armor out of the bags onto the ground. He lifted his head to look at the crowd and said calmly, "Pack up, prepare to continue fighting!"
When Han Shuo's words left his mouth, the necromancy teachers and students who had been sighing and furrowing their brows as they racked their brains for a solution suddenly froze. Gene froze for a moment and suddenly thought of Han Shuo's performance just now. He exclaimed in surprise and stared at Han Shuo, asking, "Brian, did you use bone arrow magic earlier?"
Apart from Fanny, everyone looked at Han Shuo with a face full of shock when Gene asked this question. Lisa even shrieked in surprise and pointed at Han Shuo with her right hand, saying incredulously, "That's right, Brian, how can you use magic?"
"I think that now isn't the time to discuss this. A portion of the orc wolf riders have been rushing this way and I think that the damned wolf riders will arrive here before long. There's a canyon in front of us and the wide Nirolan River below. The most important thing for us to do now is to consider how to deal with the orc wolf riders that are about to arrive. " Han Shuo's expression was calm as he arranged the weapons in the bags and spoke faintly.
"If you hadn't brought us to this damned place, how would we be in such a predicament?" Bella looked disdainfully at Han Shuo when she heard Han Shuo's words and mocked him with a cold face.
Frowning, Han Shuo's calm face suddenly grew cold as an irrepressible feeling of disgust grew in his heart. Lifting his head to look at the mocking Bella, Han Shuo said, "So you're saying that my decision was wrong?"
Just as Bella was about to open her mouth to reply, she suddenly discovered that Han Shuo's gaze was cold and sinister. The way he looked at her was like that of a wolf sizing up its prey. Her body involuntarily felt a chill run down her spine. She awkwardly smiled and dryly said, "I, I didn't mean that either."
Nodding, a smile reappeared on Han Shuo's face and he smiled as if nothing had happened. "Since this is the case, let's all pick our weapons. Our mental strength is limited and the range of our magic isn't as far as a crossbow. I think we should use our weapons first and attack with magic when our weapons are no longer useful. Come, let's make some more arrangements and wait for the wolf riders to come to their deaths. "
Han Shuo's current performance was the style of a leader. This should've been a very comical matter. After all, he was just an errand slave of the necromancy major and had no right to give orders.
However, after everyone had experienced the horrors of Han Shuo's madness in the Dark Forest, as well as his cold and ruthless killing of the two wolf riders, no one found it funny anymore when they heard Han Shuo give orders.
It was as if they were getting to know Han Shuo all over again. Even Fanny and Gene came over obediently and started picking out crossbows from Han Shuo's hands. No one spoke up against Han Shuo's suggestions.
Unknowingly, Han Shuo, who was originally an errand slave, had already established his authority among these people, causing them to willingly listen to Han Shuo's commands.
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