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(Second Update for you ~)
Chapter 243 "The Hunt"
Du Wei immediately spotted the young Knight behind Rugaard. It's the same guy he saw yesterday on the way here.
This young Knight is still as valiant as ever, but there's a faint trace of an elegant smile on his face that sends chills down anyone's spine.
"There's no need for introductions, General Rugaard." Du Wei smiles: "I've already met the young general yesterday. Sire Cybuster, I didn't expect you to come back so quickly after leaving the city yesterday. "
The young general, Cybuster, faintly smiles: "I'm just wasting my men's laziness and taking them out for some exercise. But I heard that during yesterday's banquet, the Duke's skills shocked everyone. Even our Northwestern Army's number one archer, General Shrek, admitted defeat. I didn't expect the Duke to be so good at archery aside from being a magician. Looks like you're going to win today's hunt. "
Rugaard smiles and waves his hand: "Bring out the 'prey'!"
As soon as his voice fell, a large cart was pushed out from the back of the tent. On top of the cart was a large square iron cage. The cage was originally covered in cloth, but after being lifted by the Northwestern Army, the "prey" was revealed.
Du Wei's heart skipped a beat upon seeing this and couldn't help but frown … …
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In fact, when the cage was pushed out, Du Wei could vaguely hear the sound of weeping coming from inside. When a few cavalrymen used their lances to pry open the curtain, Du-Wei's guess was confirmed!
Inside this huge square iron cage, what kind of prey are you talking about?! It's clearly more than a dozen young girls!
Judging from the appearance and skin color of these girls, they must be the batch of Nanyang slaves that Theodore had mentioned that he had bought through his hands. It seems like yesterday's incident with the female assassin really did bring bad luck to these poor slaves.
Originally, it was said that these female slaves were used to reward the generals of the Northwest Army, but because of the assassination, they ended up like this!
A few of the soldiers opened the cage. Under the threat of machetes and lances, the girls were chased out of the cage in a state of panic. Then, under the threat of the saber, they lined up in a row and knelt before Du Wei and Lu Gaojia's horses.
These girls were crying miserably. What made Du Wei sigh even more was that all the girls were naked. On their originally youthful and delicate bodies, there were many bloody whip marks. It was obvious that many people had suffered last night.
Judging from the age of these female slaves, the oldest one was no more than 18 years old, and the youngest one even looked immature. Du Wei couldn't bear to guess their ages. Everyone's face was full of fear and horror. Everyone's eyes were filled with sadness and misery. Like a group of frightened rabbits, they looked at the weapons in the hands of the Northwest Army in horror.
"General Lu Gaojia … … This is … …" Du Wei tried to ask.
"Humph." Lu Gaojia raised an eyebrow and lightly said: "Yesterday's assassin's origin is still unknown, but she's hidden among these female slaves. As for these people, I'm too lazy to interrogate them one by one. I'd rather kill the wrong person than let them go. Instead of wasting my energy to identify them one by one, it's better to … … "
Speaking up to here, Lu Gaojia's eyes revealed a hint of killing intent.
Du Wei secretly sighed, but his expression didn't change. He just closed his mouth and didn't say anything else.
In his heart, he thought: This Lu Gaojia is ruthless enough!
Looking at these young and beautiful girls, although each and every one of them were naked, but at this moment, Du Wei didn't have the heart to look at their delicate bodies. His heart couldn't help but feel some pity. But after thinking about it, seeing the killing intent in Lu Gaojia's eyes, he didn't open his mouth to say anything.
"Everyone listen up!" A cavalry officer of the Northwest army raised his saber high to intimidate the crowd: "Everyone, listen up! The general has ordered that you assassin's accomplices should be beheaded! However, the General is merciful and merciful, so he gave you a way out! "
As he spoke, he galloped his horse to a bonfire beside the tent. He took out a pine resin torch and lit it on the bonfire. Then, he forcefully stuck it into the ground and shouted, "From now on, you can escape into the forest as much as you want! Before this torch burns out, as long as you can get out of the forest and not get caught, you can live!! So … … "Speaking up to here, the cavalry officer's mouth revealed a sinister grin:" From now on, do your best to escape! Only by grabbing onto this chance of survival can you live! "
After he finished speaking, he gave a signal with his eyes. The cavalry beside him stepped forward and raised their sabers. Clanging sounds could be heard as the shackles on the naked girls were all cut off.
These girls were probably scared silly. Staring at the Northwest Army in front of them, each and every one of them didn't know what to do. Some even held a trace of hope in their hearts. Kneeling on the ground, they kowtowed to Lu Gaojia's men until their heads bled.
In the end, Du Wei still felt pity in his heart. Sighing, he looked at Lu Gaojia. Gritting his teeth, he pulled out his saber and rode to the front of the crying girl. Thrusting his saber in front of her, he deliberately scolded: "What are you crying for! You're making me sick of crying! If you really want to live, then hurry up and run!! "
Seeing the cold blade sticking to her face, the girl suddenly woke up. Looking up at Du Wei's eyes, she suddenly understood something. Struggling to stand up, she ran into the depths of the forest in a panic.
The first to run was followed by the second … Soon, the dozen or so girls roughly understood their fates, and all of them rushed madly into the depths of the forest, fearing to be the first to run. Stepping on the hard ground with their delicate bare feet, many of them were cut by sharp stones. Some even had their calves cut by branches, dripping with blood. But at this moment, they couldn't care less … …
Du Wei looked at the dozen girls running into the forest and sighed in his heart: "Whether or not you can live, I'm afraid the chances are less than 5% … … But I can't save your lives, so this is the best I can do."
Laughing, Lu Gaojia raised his hand to cover his brow. Looking into the distance, he laughed: "Alright! Brothers, prepare to hunt!! "
After saying that, he looked at Du Wei and laughed: "Du Wei, this hunting activity, you should have done it in the imperial capital. But, hunting those beasts … … where is the hunter? It's more interesting! "
Speaking up to this point, Lu Gaojia was eager to give it a try. He had already taken out the bow on his back and was about to nock an arrow when Du Wei's heart softened. Seeing that the last girl hadn't run far, he was afraid that Lu Gaojia's arrow would kill her. He couldn't help but reach out and press down on Lu Gaojia's arm: "General, please wait a moment."
Lu Gaojia frowned and raised his head to look at Du Wei: "What's wrong?"
Du Wei smiled lightly and said: "Since it's a hunt, it's only interesting if the difficulty is high … … They haven't run far yet. Wait until they run a little farther, then it'll be more interesting to hunt them down. "
A cold voice came from the side: "I didn't think the Duke would be so protective of the fairer sex."
Without any explanation, the Major General Cybuster suddenly pulled out a bow and arrow. This time, the Major General was too far away for Du Wei to stop him. But before Du Wei could stop him, the Major General nocked an arrow on his bow. Swoosh … …
A wolf fang arrow pierced through the sky like a silver light and flew into the depths of the forest … …
From afar, a girl's miserable scream suddenly came from the forest.
Cybuster put down his bow and stared at Du Wei. Under his iron mask, his mouth curved into a sneer: "Running a little farther is indeed more interesting … … However, Duke, it's better to kill one first to scare them. Only then will they run even faster."
Seeing the other party's gaze on him, Du Wei could clearly feel a faint killing intent. He couldn't help but frown: This young general is a vicious character! But … … I don't think I've ever offended him, so why is he looking at me with such a strong killing intent?
Behind him, Hussein suddenly snorted coldly from atop his horse. Slowly coming to Du Wei's side, his single eye coldly stared at Cybuster as his gaze slid down from Cybuster's face to his waist.
Being stared at by Hussain, Cybuster suddenly felt a faint sense of pressure. His body trembled as he looked at Hussain in surprise.
Hussain's sneer was full of indifference as he looked at the sword at Cybuster's waist. From the shape of the scabbard, it's a long and slender sword, very similar to "Beauty under the Moonlight".
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