The Absgunti may be the best hunters and trackers in the world, and their presence can even determine the outcome of a battle. But when it comes to close combat and interpersonal duels, their short stature is far inferior to the mercenaries on the west coast and ordinary prairie warriors.
This also determines the embarrassing situation that although the Abusgunti people have a very important status, they have never been able to independently establish a clan of their own and can only serve as hired consultants for other major clans. Because their own population is sparse and their combat effectiveness is inferior to For other races, they can only gain a chance of survival by becoming affiliated with a large clan - and this is the basis our Mr. Sage uses to judge the purpose of the other party.
But before he could bring these things into play, he had to first try to ease the tense atmosphere.
"Do you know who I am? Let go of your hand, mercenary!" Originally from a prairie girl, she is also a delicate noble lady who has always been favored by others. Muna is not like those delicate girls on the West Coast. The duke's daughter was held hostage like that and her whole body immediately softened. Her struggle to get out of Henry's grip made the sages sigh at the brute strength contained in that small body, but she did not do anything in the face of the height difference of more than 60 centimeters and the overwhelming strength advantage. significance.
"Damn, stupid elephant, stupid and slow buffalo, you have no strength but - don't know -" After several struggles, Muna stopped and stood there angrily, while Henry His hands reached towards her waist.
"What are you doing!" The prairie noble lady with short hair and short eyebrows jumped up like a cat with explosive hair. However, our Mr. Sage has never been such a person who thinks with his lower body, so naturally his target will not be Muna's petite body: "Clang-Clang-" Henry pulled out the small scimitar with the ivory handle, then turned his fingers to hold the blade and pointed the handle towards Mira behind him. The Luoan girl turned around knowingly She grabbed it with both hands behind her back, and then untied the thick hemp rope on her hands with a few cuts, and then used Henry's shadow to do the same thing for Lina.
"She is left to you. Be careful, she is very strong." The sage pushed Muna towards Mira. His big hands never left the slender neck of the prairie noble lady. As long as those warriors dared to do If they make any move, their master will be destroyed.
"Yes." Mira nodded seriously, and then pressed the scimitar against Muna's neck. Although the Luoan girl never imagined that she would do such a thing, she was very happy that she knew the right way. ——The sage told her that the other party was very strong and did not mean that she should control Muna's neck with her arms like those idiots would do. This behavior, in the eyes of amateurs, can increase one's psychological control over the environment. ability, but in fact it is quite easy to break free.
The white-haired girl had encountered such a situation in the past and solved it easily. Therefore, she very calmly placed the scimitar across the opponent's delicate neck. The sharp blade would cut through the flesh with just one move. ——This is obviously very effective. Muna became more well-behaved, staring down at the blade, completely different from her previous irritable appearance.
"Well, I know, it's very unmanly, holding others hostage, but then again, I'm just a mercenary." Henry walked out on his own. It was getting late and only the bonfire was used as lighting. He was worried about accidentally injuring Mu behind him. Na, the four Absgunti hunters put away their small bows, and only twelve prairie warriors came over with scimitars.
"Looking at this posture, if we want to talk properly, it seems that we can't do it without letting you 'calm down'." The unarmed sage stretched his muscles, but the twelve warriors on the other side did not relax their vigilance even so. ——The sage is far taller than them, and he can defeat ten enemies with one force, not to mention that his series of performances have proven that he is not a reckless man who only knows brute force.
"Ah - I know what you are thinking." Henry raised a finger and waved: "You are thinking that although this man is bigger than us, he is only one person and unarmed. What if twelve people come together? You can definitely win, right?"
"Well, then who wants to be the first to come up -" he said, but the next second he disappeared in a flash.
The shadows of the surrounding trees and shrubs kept swaying under the bonfire, and except for an area illuminated by the flames, the rest of the area had fallen into darkness, but even so, it was obviously a violation for a person nearly two meters tall to lose his shadow like this. common sense, so the samurai fell into panic for a moment——
"Bihada! (There) -" When it took them two seconds to confirm that Henry rushed out from the shadow on the right side of Mira and the others, that is, the left side of the grassland warriors facing them, Xian The attacker has already launched his first step of attack.
The scimitar on the grassland is far superior to the straight sword on the west coast in terms of cutting ability. The thicker back, shorter blade and curvature of the blade give it extraordinary cutting performance, coupled with the lightness and flexibility of being used with one hand, although it cannot compete with a half-handed sword and ordinary two-handed swords in terms of power. Swords are compared to each other, but due to their flexibility and the ability to use the sword in quick succession, they can still become a famous weapon that is famous all over the world.
There is a slogan among the legion centurions and elite swordsmen who master professional swordsmanship in the Padrosi Empire: "A swordsman who cannot fight in close combat can only be regarded as a half-swordsman." - And this sentence is also It appropriately points out the difficulties that most west coast and southern mercenaries will encounter when encountering prairie warriors who are good at fast close-range sword skills, unless they are nobles and nobles wearing effective armor such as plate armor or plate armor. Intermediate mercenaries, ordinary green card mercenaries and even nameless mercenaries who only wear leather armor and old iron chain armor encounter situations where they have to engage in close combat with prairie warriors. Their simple blocking and counterattack techniques often fail. They will be overwhelmed by the continuous slashes like a violent storm, and will be hit in critical areas such as the sword-holding hand, neck and head continuously, and eventually die.
The best way to deal with them, in addition to armor that can effectively resist sharp weapons and longer weapons such as spears and two-handed swords that keep them away, is another one that most people would not even dare to think about. Thought.
Close range refers to the distance between two parties with ordinary long swords to block and counterattack; close combat refers to the distance where both parties must use the upper half sword posture or the technique of blocking the edge of the opponent's weapon to fight, where you can almost feel the opponent's breath. . But in addition, there is another kind of weapon invented - or improved - by professional warriors of various empires since the birth of full-body plate armor. Weapons cannot effectively cut various open wounds on the body. , a fighting method that requires more courage——
Close combat.
"Huh-huh-" These prairie warriors are absolutely elite, and the scimitars in their hands slashed at a very close distance but in a long enough trajectory. The unedged back of the knife is close to his shoulders, back and waist, making full use of all the places to accelerate. It is almost natural for a skilled knife hand to swing three or four knives in a second - and such a person naturally It was impossible to be unable to react to a sudden attack, but what was faster than him was the sage's actions.
The overwhelming physical advantage allowed Henry to just avoid the sharp blade and throw the opponent to the ground without paying attention to any ingenuity. As for the extremely fast knife skills?
"I think I know someone faster than you." Our sage who has competed with Joshua will probably answer this question like this - "Crack -" His hands are as soft as a python And the powerful body also accurately caught the back of the scimitar when the prairie warrior reached the extreme point of swinging the sword, and then slid up the back of the sword to the opponent's wrist, grabbed it, twisted it, and tripped at the same time. "Bang." !”
The samurai fell directly to the ground, and his scimitar fell to the side. This was the first person. When the second samurai saw his companion fall, he lost his cool and used the maximum attack range of his scimitar. As soon as he ran over, he slashed hard with one sword vertically with one hand. This wrong move with extremely obvious attack intention was even Mira can avoid or block, not to mention our Mr. Sage. He turned around in one lunge, and while dodging the slash that he slashed face to face with his dominant right hand, it must have landed on the left side. He reached a distance and punched the opponent's abdomen, which was only wearing leather armor.
"Pfft - vomit -" The warrior whose internal organs were impacted instantly turned pale. He had not eaten much food at noon, so there was only empty acid water left and he vomited it out. Henry did not stop, but then another person rushed up and waved. Before drawing his weapon, he rushed over and passed him by. Before he turned around, he hit his side with an elbow.
"Uh ah -" The severe pain made even the elite warrior's face wrinkle together. He gritted his teeth and tried to hold on, but the paralysis caused by the severe pain made him unable to control his whole body, and his hands were weak. He let go of the scimitar and fell to the ground.
Mira was watching the sage's battle not far away. Although it looked like Henry was strolling around invincibly in every battle in the past, the Luoan girl now knew more. You can already see the details and understand that your teacher has only been using various methods to change the situation to create favorable conditions for himself - and one of them is the number of enemies.
——The environment they were originally in was facing each other. If Henry started directly from where he was standing, the prairie warriors with more people and a wider area could surround him from all directions. Wearing only thin adventurer clothes and being unarmed, even he could only be buried here when attacked by scimitars, so Henry used words to attract their attention, and with the help of the low visibility in the dim environment, he attacked from the flank instantly, making himself need The number of enemies faced at the same time has been reduced from seven or eight to one or two.
Then quickly and decisively knock down the enemy, reducing the opponent's effective strength before others arrive - Mira thought this way, and she could see this. There was no reason those prairie warriors couldn't see it, but they had planned to gather together. Rising up to besiege the sage, it was impossible to catch up with Henry, who seemed to have night vision and was tall and long-legged, in a dim environment with only a swaying bonfire.
The sage can draw his bow from left to right as quickly as lightning and advance and retreat as freely as the breeze. He always keeps himself facing the enemy and does not face more than three people at the same time. His leisurely fighting style comes from the accumulation of a lot of experience and He has a high degree of concentration and physical fitness to match, but even if he is unarmed and facing an enemy whose numbers and equipment are far superior to his own, even if he performs this kind of behavior, it is still tantamount to playing with fire. If there is any deficiency in the judgment of the ground environment and the grasp of the enemy's position, one will pay the ultimate price. Therefore, in addition to knowledge, fighting like him also requires absolute self-knowledge and self-confidence.
As for myself, I still don’t know how long it will take to reach this level - Mira thought, and at the same time found that Muna in front showed signs of being ready to move - obviously the other party noticed that she had been gone for a while and wanted to take the opportunity to counterattack Or slip away - the Luoan girl frowned her slender eyebrows, and slightly moved the sharp scimitar in her hand. The reflection of the carefully polished blade made the prairie noble lady grit her teeth and become trembling again, and The sage on the other side has now reduced the warriors in front of him to only six people.
——He made it clear that he had some reservations. This was obviously preparation for the "conversation" mentioned by the sage. So even if he had the chance to pick up the machete, Henry would still stick to his bare hands. After all, the strength of hand-to-hand combat was easier to control, and things could easily get out of hand if he fought with weapons. There are indeed many so-called masters who can swing their swords like lightning and then stop them in front of their opponents, but this more show-off behavior will often make you uncomfortable when facing an enemy that far outnumbers you. The death was not pretty - the seventh man fell. Henry's attack was extremely cautious, small punches without giving anyone a chance to react, but every hit was precise and powerful, spraining the arm or punching The internal organs were enough to temporarily incapacitate the warriors - the eighth man fell, leaving only four men and a few smaller Abusgunti hunters.
"Uh - ah -" mourning was everywhere, and the outlines of the faces of the brown-skinned prairie warriors showed deep shadows due to the light of the bonfire. Their expressions were the same, with bulging blue veins and sweating like gastrointestinal discomfort. The ground covered the place where he was hit.
""The remaining number of people is no longer enough to form a siege. They clearly have the advantage in equipment and personnel, but the prairie warriors are caught off guard and hurriedly respond. At this moment, the remaining four people are trying to encircle and attack because they are running and dodging one after another. Henry's behavior and nervousness and the sweat on his forehead were not much less than those of his knocked down companions, but at the same time, they were inexplicably attracted to this madman who challenged themselves with bare hands and still looked calm at this moment. There was a respect that could only appear between men who also admired strength.
Just like many tribes that use wrestling to increase intimacy, this is a recognition of each other's courage and strength between warriors - "Okay, you win, let's talk about it." ——" It seems that as the leader of the twelve warriors, a prairie warrior with a thick goatee and all the hair on both sides shaved except for a bunch of hair on the top of his head, got the help of the four old Abusgunti hunters behind him. After agreeing, the remaining men lowered their scimitars.
Henry got what he wanted, and after letting the other person "calm down," he could now have a normal conversation.
