r18novel Chapter 1430: Hunter and Prey
Chapter 1430: Hunter and Prey
Chapter 1430: Hunter and Prey
The nights on the Holy Snow Plain were bitterly cold, with endless howling winds and snow covering the sky.
Wild beasts lurk in the darkness, waiting for their chance to strike. Deadly monsters lurk in the snow.
But all this is not a problem for Millicent. The key problem is that she is being hunted down now.
The heavy snow caused visibility to be very low, but Millicent ran across the snowfield regardless of her thin clothes.
Suddenly, she turned around and swung with her sword.
Clang!
The swords collided violently, producing sparks that were bright enough to illuminate the surroundings for a moment.
With the help of the impact force, Millicent leaped backwards gracefully and rapidly. Every time she landed and jumped up again, a crossbow arrow would be deeply nailed into the place where she was previously.
"Surround her!"
Shouts were heard in the wind and snow, and two figures approached Millicent from behind in the endless wind and snow.
Millicent seemed to have foreseen the future, or she had "seen" the two men from a long distance, and she slashed with her backhand without even turning her head.
The flowing sword drew an arc, accurately knocking away the blades that were coming towards her.
Then she raised the Xinghai prosthetic arm on her right arm, and three crossbow arrows hit the surface of the prosthetic arm and then spun and flew far away.
The flowing water sword was held horizontally in front of him, just enough to block the sharp blade from stabbing forward.
The flowing sword Heather forged for Millicent was extremely tough, and it would not break even if she used the side of the sword to block the attack of the legendary weapon. Millicent took advantage of the impact to quickly jump back, but she stopped abruptly after running a few meters. Several arrows were nailed on her retreat. If she had not stopped just now, she would have been pierced through the head and neck by arrows.
Because of this delay, the pursuers from behind had already arrived.
Several figures moved slowly around Millicent, but no one approached without permission. In the distance, attackers holding crossbows were also ready to attack.
"Everyone, be careful. This woman has the same superb sword skills as the Valkyrie Marenia. Four assassins have already died under her sword."
one of them shouted.
"We have never been so miserable before... Kill her! Now!" another person's voice was filled with anger.
"Use crossbow arrows to pierce her hands and feet, and then use weapons to slowly cut her face..." The third person laughed coldly.
"Don't compare us to those ordinary assassins who died casually. We are the rebels of the Volcano Mansion, and we are the strongest fighters who will launch a resistance offensive against the Golden Tree."
The fourth man's voice was as slimy as a snake.
“According to the rules, we can give this woman a chance.
Woman, you have been deceived by the man who calls himself the 'Chosen One'. This is not your fault.
Join us, become a noble warrior under the command of Lord Lakad, and fight against the Golden Tree with us..."
"Not interested in."
Millicent's cold words interrupted the rebel's invitation. She held the Flowing Sword horizontally, with her other hand resting on the hilt of the knife at her waist, and said in a cold tone:
“Neither the Golden Tree nor the Volcano Residence means anything to me.
If you keep coming forward, I will show no mercy.
So please get out of the way.”
The rebels who were besieging Millicent laughed instead of getting angry. To them, Millicent was just a fierce kitten caught in a trap. Four to one, with double-digit assassins aiming at her with crossbows, the best thing she should do now is to pick up a weapon and kill herself, although they would not allow Millicent to die easily.
"I have already given you a chance according to the rules, but you didn't cherish it.
Well, at the end of your life, at least you should know why you died."
The attacker said in a pretentious tone:
“We are the rebels under Lord Larcade, the faded ones of the past who betrayed the Golden Rule.
We do not intend to follow the guidance of the Blessed, the arrogant words of the finger, everything imposed by the Golden Rule...
We must raise our swords against the golden tree!
The battles of us rebels are the path to becoming heroes, even if the process of hunting our compatriots involves filth and uncleanness... no, it should be said that this is precisely the reason why we can become heroes.
According to the judgment made by Tanis, the mistress of the Volcano Mansion, the man traveling with you, 'Heather the Selector', is a dangerous person who follows the Golden Rule and attempts to revive the golden lineage.
The evidence is that he has been trying to save the kings who have fallen from the sky and are crawling on the ground.
Limb grafts, broken stars, full moons, bad omens... one after another, kings closely related to the Golden Rule have risen again and joined the war for the throne of King Elden.
What a treasonous act this is! It must be punished!
Therefore, the Volcano Mansion sent four of us, the rebels, and sixteen of us, the Volcano Assassins, to track you all the way to the Holy Snow Plains, in order to save the border area and eliminate the unstable factor of the Selectors.
I didn't expect that man to abandon you and flee this place ahead of time. It's really funny. I guess he feels insecure without his most powerful knight around?
Woman, blame the man named Heather. He seduced you into evil ways, and then abandoned you in this snowy wilderness to be killed.
Our hands have been stained by the blood of our compatriots, and we will not show mercy to women.
Come, wield your weapons and martial arts that you imitated from the Valkyrie, and use your life and struggle to make the beautiful flower of despair bloom, and become an embellishment when the golden tree collapses! "
As soon as the words fell, the rebels rushed towards Millicent at the same time, and a large number of arrows attacked from a distance.
Millicent was holding the Flowing Sword and ready for battle. These four people were extremely powerful and had perfect coordination, plus there was an assassin in the distance... It was very tricky, but I had reasons not to give up.
Lady Heather asked me to wait for him, so I must live to see him again!
As if her mind was clear, Millicent's Xinghaiyi hand held the flowing water sword and made a starting posture, while at the same time she stepped on the ground with one foot, standing gracefully on the water like a water bird.
The first rebel to rush forward was a veteran faded warrior who had survived the Shattered War. He was shocked when he saw the familiar yet unfamiliar opening move: "That's... get out of the way!"
It was too late, because Millicent had already jumped up lightly on one foot, and as her body spun, the flowing sword in her hand also drew out graceful and fierce combos.
They are like the dancing wings of a water bird, wings that are invincible and contain a heroic will.
Not only the rebel who shouted out, but the other three also had expressions of horror.
The Valkyrie Marennia's special skill - [Water Bird Dance]!
The extremely fast combo chopped the weapon of the leading rebel away, and a large amount of blood sprayed from their bodies. The rain of arrows from afar was chopped to pieces by the sharp sword energy before they could get close, and they could not get close at all.
There were a total of sixty-four consecutive attacks, and the first wave of Water Bird Dance had been launched when Millicent landed.
At this time, the other three rebels also attacked. They were indeed experienced warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles. After just one attack, they could see that although Millicent had the same sword skills as the Valkyrie, the "values" were too different.
If the Valkyrie was in front of them, they would probably have been turned into meat paste by the first wave of water birds.
"No problem, hold her back! Use heavy weapons to break her defense!"
One of the rebels swung a huge stone hammer and smashed it on Millicent's head.
Click!
The stone hammer spun and fell heavily to the ground. The rebel held the broken hammer handle in both hands, looking dazed.
On the other side, the other two rebels had just started to swing their weapons when they were knocked away by the whistling metal whip from afar.
"who!"
The rebels shouted in frustration, but they heard screams faintly in the distance. It turned out to be the screams of the assassins in the Volcano Mansion?
Looking closely, I saw several knights galloping past in the dark night of snow and wind in the distance. Those knights were wearing black armor and black cloaks, and their horses were covered with huge black cloths, like ghosts in the night.
Dark Knights? How is that possible... The rebels discovered that the assassins were in that direction, and they must have been killed by the Dark Knights.
Then, they saw a tall and slender foreign female swordsman standing elegantly on top of a huge rock in the wind and snow, holding a fluid sword, looking down at them.
“People of Knox! Is this the reinforcements that man called for? Killing a few low-level assassins is no big deal. You have to know that we are the Rulers! We are more powerful than you can imagine… Aaaaaaah!”
One of the rebels was cheering himself up, when suddenly a giant claw reached out from the wind and snow, grabbed his head and pulled him into the darkness.
Immediately afterwards, there were shrill screams and the sound of flesh tearing, which could not be covered up even by the howling wind and snow.
dong... dong... dong...
Heavy footsteps came from the darkness, getting closer and closer.
The rebels were horrified to find a five-meter-tall werewolf wearing golden carapace-like armor and green scales walking out of the snow, with blood that did not belong to him dripping from his sharp black nails.
Hunter versus hunted, the tables have turned.