As a mercenary, what should you pay attention to most when walking outside?
If you are consulting experienced mercenaries who have been in the industry for more than ten years on this question, then after drinking the glass of wine that is the price of the consultation, they should tell you with a meaningful face:
"Don't mind your own business."
But before you lose your temper because you feel you've been fooled, if you can calm down and think about it, you really want to be one of those few people who can live a long life. This seems to be just a perfunctory sentence, but in fact it contains quite deep meaning.
Who, when they were young and vigorous, never thought that they would fight against injustice in the world with a sword? The profession of mercenary seems to be the way to realize it for many young people with dreams. They always think that they are helping people resolve disputes and trying to make the world a better place.
After such people truly enter this industry, their dreams will soon be shattered and they will become decadent. The few people who do not give up on themselves but insist on taking this path are in a worse situation. They will be taken advantage of by others and eventually die without any body parts.
Even if you do good deeds, you will not be appreciated and will only be taken for granted. When something bad happens, staying safe is the right way to live longer. After all, some things got involved and it was really not that easy to get away with.
so.
Staying out of your own business is an essential skill for experienced mercenaries——
The snow was falling, falling onto the sheepskin gloves, not melting quickly because of the temperature.
The first snow in Nordic Rolla is white and clear, contrasting with the light of the bonfire ahead.
It is already three o'clock in the afternoon, and in Suomir, which is entering winter, the sun will set in another hour and a half.
Galeva held his breath, and then breathed out softly when he couldn't hold it in anymore. He suppressed his movements but his heartbeat was fast, and he was nervous as if he was afraid of disturbing something.
Henry and Mira stood in front of him, dismounted, their weapons were not drawn yet, but their postures were tense.
"Ha--" The sunlight was blocked by the edge of the pot helmet, and the shadow covered half of the face of the soldier on horseback. On both sides of his face, which was covered by a thermal hood, and on both sides of the high bridge of his nose, only his blue eyes were still sharp, and those eyes were staring closely in the direction of the sage and the Luoan girl. Holding the long trigger of the iron crossbow, he is ready to fire at any time.
Three pillars--that's probably not right, right?
Henry thought so, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the man next to the fire who could no longer even stand up.
The situation is actually easy to determine. There are only two and a half on our side that can be regarded as combat strength - the half refers to the little unicorn rather than the two-legged Galeva - and the opposite side has 5 halberdiers, 4 spearmen, and 1 A senior crossbowman on horseback.
Mercenaries shouldn't meddle in other people's business, let alone the opponent who already has the upper hand.
The situation seemed quite complicated - Henry looked away from the man on the ground, and he had already grasped all the information he needed in just one glance.
This is a young Suomir who is only in his early 20s and has quite a few wounds on his body. It could be seen that although he had tried his best to bandage it, it was obvious that because he was walking alone, some areas such as his back could not be treated at all. They were still exposed in the snow and worsened step by step.
The damage caused by the sword slashes was concentrated on the back, and there were marks on the side of the waist where the crossbow bolts shot from behind. Fortunately, no internal organs were injured. An arrow in his leg was probably the reason why he fell off his horse. After the horse ran away, he came here using his sword as a crutch, trying to make a fire to keep warm and disinfect the wound.
Having a survival instinct, he happened to meet the sage and his three companions after the flames rose. After being vigilant and worried, the young man discovered that they were mercenaries. As if he had found a life-saving straw, he offered to hire them.
But before he could explain the situation, these newcomers appeared and interrupted the conversation.
The spears and halberds were pointed directly at them, and the powerful steel crossbow had been stringed. The holder was riding on horseback and pointing condescendingly at him and Mira.
He didn't need to explain too much. Combined with the location of the wounds, the contradiction between these newcomers became clear after they appeared. With a little bit of personal knowledge, one can make a rough guess based on the very similar clothing worn by the pursuer and the injured young man.
"Do you want to protect this deserter, mercenary?" the crossbowman who seemed to be the leader said, confirming the thoughts of the sage and the Luoan girl.
"You guy, slander me, mercenary, don't listen to him, it's these guys - uh ah ah -" The injured soldier got up angrily and roared loudly. His wounds were involved, and he couldn't help beating his hands in pain. The ground was on the ground, but due to the loss of physical strength, he soon lay back on the ground with a pale face, panting and dying.
"..." His words made the crossbowman on the opposite side loosen his expression a little, so he looked at Henry and Mira suspiciously. But this expression disappeared in a flash, and he continued: "Isn't it the purpose of a mercenary to be alone? Besides, this matter is within the army and has nothing to do with you, right?"
He kept staring at Henry and Mira while saying this, without even turning his head to look at Galeva.
This detail made the Luoan girl frown, but just as she was wondering if her teacher had noticed this. The sage took a step forward - "Shua -" "Stop there." The spears and halberds were all pointed at him, and the infantry took a step forward.
"Don't come any closer." The reason for such vigilance naturally has something to do with Henry's hanging on the saddle of Claymore. The news of the great swordsman's return has now spread everywhere in Suomir. Although theoretically they should not appear in areas like remote northern Aurora, this still makes these soldiers quite fearful.
The sage lowered his hand and gestured to Mira behind his back. The Luoan girl's eyes became cold after she understood it - Henry in front then took a step forward.
"Don't come close! Mercenary!" The tone of the team commander became fierce, and his halberdiers also approached in an instant, pointing directly at the sage with the tip of their halberd at a distance of only a few dozen centimeters. chest.
"Don't get close. If you leave now, you can still escape unscathed." The crossbowman calmed his breathing, and then continued: "Don't meddle in other people's business. This matter has nothing to do with you." He tried hard to persuade, but The sage just shrugged.
"Your deception skills still need to be refined, this squad leader." Henry raised a finger and twirled it while taking another step forward. When the Luoan girl saw that he had attracted attention, she began to quietly move towards him. Back away.
"Damn it, don't come close, Axi, Axi! Don't be afraid you losers!" Suomir's national curse rang out again, because the sage moved forward without fear, the halberdiers and spearmen all He couldn't help but retreat to the side of the mounted crossbowman.
"You know people always say that if someone is lying, they tend to dodge their eyes, right? But in fact, when people lie, they always look directly into the other person's eyes, hoping to increase the persuasiveness to make the other person trust you. "Henry then came closer and they began to get confused.
"To successfully deceive others, you must first deceive yourself. That means acting naturally and not being too deliberate."
"Yes, just don't deliberately skip a certain place, for fear that your opponent will become suspicious because you often look there. This kind of thing is absolutely impossible -" He shrugged, with a nonchalant look on his face.
"Tsk - kill him." Realizing that the other party had noticed the ambush, the squad leader's eyes turned cold and he finally gave the order. But Henry's movements were far faster than theirs. Before he could finish his words, the soldiers were about to charge forward. The sage pulled out the dagger from his waist and then threw it into the face of the halberdier on the right. Then the moment he let go in pain, he dodged the stabs from several other halberds and reached out to grab the man's weapon. He grabbed the weapon with one pull and then used the tail thorn at the end of the halberd to pick up the halberdier in the middle. The skirt armor pierced the abdomen.
"Uh-huh -" In an instant, the two halberdiers fell back because of pain, but Henry did not take the opportunity to rush and instead pulled back because the remaining men were already attacking him with weapons. But his retreat from the infantry gave the crossbow commander a target. He immediately raised the crossbow in his hand and held the trigger.
"Pah - ah -"
"Dang!!" At this time, the problem of equipment quality became apparent.
"What the hell!" Only the velvet on the surface was scratched, the brigand-style plate armor was not even dented, and the crossbow arrow rolled up and fell into the snow.
"Huh--" The team leader hurriedly tried to wind the string again, but he was too busy to grab the auxiliary lever because he was sitting on the horse in a panic. The soldiers rushed up and attacked Henry with their weapons. The sage turned around and held the middle part of the halberd in a more powerful and stable way to block the two attacks. Then he rotated and led them to the side. He then leaned forward. He tilted the head of the halberd downwards and hooked the inside of one of the knees with the sharp hook on it, and then pulled him back hard, cutting through the skin and tendons while also pulling him to the ground.
"Cut his legs!" If you are caught in a melee and don't change your grip quickly, long pole weapons will only hinder each other because of their length. Although it only takes 2 or 3 seconds for the soldiers to react, but for Henry's level, of people.
You can do a lot in 3 seconds.
While pulling down the halberd soldier, he turned the halberd in his hand in a circle and then threw it towards the two spearmen next to him. When the other side hurriedly dodged, Henry had already picked up another halberd, but this time Once, he ignored the soldiers behind him and rushed towards the crossbowman sitting on horseback.
"Ka-" "What the hell-" The hook on the halberd was designed to pull the cavalry off their horses. The crossbowman captain never thought that his family would be defeated so quickly, so he didn't react at all. He hurriedly The ground was about to load the crossbow arrows, but before he could, he was dragged to the ground by the sage.
"Boom -" "Uh -" Henry hit the high bridge of his nose on his exposed face with the horizontal wooden pole, causing nosebleeds and the squad leader immediately fell into dizziness. The sage took the crossbow in his hand, took out a crossbow bolt from the crossbow bag on the saddle, and loaded it. The moment he threw the halberd in his hand as a throwing spear, he raised it with the other hand. He raised his steel crossbow and pointed it in Mira's direction.
"Click - click -" The moment Henry held the trigger, the Luoan girl had just rushed to the side of her horse.
"Take it!!" The lower-level soldier wearing only cotton armor was shot in the torso by a penetrating exquisite crossbow and fell behind with a "wow--", while the Luoan girl followed suit with a "clang--" With a sound, he drew out the long sword and at the same time, with a single arrow step, he missed the man in front of him and swung the one-handed knife arrogantly. He attacked him from the side and pierced his neck with the tip of the sword——
"Puch -" blood spurted out, like bloody roses blooming on the virgin snow.
"Hiss—dong—" the little unicorn kicked away an enemy who was approaching the dull Galeva, and then urged the young porter, the Luoan girl, and the two horses to lean towards the bonfire. At the same time, he met Henry who retreated at the same time.
In an instant, three were killed and four were injured. The crossbowman captain, who had a broken nose and fell to the ground, was helped up by his companions, and the lower-level infantrymen who were buried in the woods and planned to sneak attack Galeva and the horses also came out.
The squad leader looked at Henry with resentment on his face, while the sage glanced at the beautifully crafted and expensive steel crossbow in his hand, and threw it to the ground with an indifferent expression.
Then he turned around and pulled out Kramer with a "whoosh" sound.
"There are still 15 people left. It's a blessing that longbows are not popular here in Suomir. It would be difficult if there were long-range weapons." Mira said this. She felt that her hands were shaking a little and she was not breathing well. Although the performance was good, it was obviously affected by the snowfall.
Fighting in the snow is much different than usual. Not only does the ground under your feet become unstable, but the breathing and physical exertion are also very different due to the cold.
The resentful squad leader said, "You may have won, but looking at the overall situation -" "Ah." Henry interrupted him very rudely.
"I know what you want to say."
"It's that trick again where we have the upper hand. You'd better behave and make concessions while we can negotiate. That's nonsense."
"Everyone knows that you won't let us go, because there is something that that guy has that requires you to kill and silence us, so even if you may have heard about it before you came, you must keep us here. Forever.”
"That nonsense is just something to make us lower our guard. As I said before, your deceptive skills still need to be honed."
"You guy!" "You don't understand, I'll teach you." Henry shrugged calmly: "A real peace negotiation should be like this to show that you have the advantage."
"Woo--" He shook the Claymore in his hand, and the perfect blade cut through the air with a loud and sharp sound.
"This is a Claymore, the most powerful slashing two-handed sword in the world."
"It can easily split you in half from shoulders to waist."
"And you are all within its range."
"I don't plan to kill you all. Maybe one of you is lucky enough to get over the sacrificed comrades and come up to give me a fatal blow."
"so."
"You should ask yourselves a question."
"Am I so lucky?"
"..." A group of people standing about ten meters away looked at Henry with speechless expressions, while the girl Luo An rolled her eyes at him beside her: "...This is obviously It's just a threat." "Yeah..." Galeva nodded like a chicken, not knowing who he was agreeing with.
After a long silence, one of the lower-level soldiers finally spoke: "Are you stupid? Standing ten--" "Bang--"
Snowflakes flew everywhere, and then the wooden poles were cut off in unison.
"Uh-huh -" The soldier who was hit in the face by the weighted ball fell backwards with nosebleeds and broken front teeth, while Henry flew up and kicked the other man who only had half a spear shaft left in his hand. Fly a few meters away.
"Ghost——"
"Aurora's nightmare, this guy is a real great swordsman, not an imitator. Let's go, go!"
When the dust settled, the seriously injured and dead were not even taken away. These people ran away from the place.
The sage and the Luoan girl turned around and looked at the dying young soldier.
"You're in trouble now." Henry shrugged, Mira rolled her eyes at him, and Galeva sighed.
"Anyway, let's leave here first and try to treat his wounds."
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