Riding and Slashing

Chapter 179

Where did Singal's slave catchers go when they captured the Noldor?
Back to Singal, of course...

Singal has the largest slave market on the continent.

According to the prisoner's account, the robbery of the weapons workshop was done by a guy named 'Fruzi' leading the slave catcher group, and it was for a huge reward.

Then Fruzi's slave hunting group would naturally have to return to Singal, after all, the delivery can only be settled.

Fruz's slave hunting group came from the vicinity of Shieldwind Fortress, and most likely they will go back there, and this is indeed the most suitable path for the slave hunting group-the south of the Dengjil Mountains is the Kingdom of Sarleon and Buck In the buffer zone of the Sri Lankan Empire, there are no people for hundreds of miles, and the army will not encounter any trouble passing by.

Feruz's slave hunting group has a large number of people. Neither the Sarleon Kingdom nor the Bacchus Empire are likely to allow such a large force to enter the domestic territory at will. Therefore, the lord thinks that they must return from the buffer zone between the two countries.

"Since Islanduil failed to come here, it means that the enemy encountered Islanduil's troops on the way back. If we hurry up, we may be able to meet them halfway."

The lord intends to rush to the southwest immediately. If he is lucky, he might be able to stop the enemy halfway.

"Since that's the case, let's do this! Your Majesty, I'm leaving. I really want to see if this Lord Li Ang is as he said..."

Wen Datil agreed to Li Ang's suggestion.

Judging by her appearance, she didn't seem to need the consent of the Elf King for what she wanted to do.

"Lisa Dilan, your teacher has a very high status..."

"Master Vendatil is the teacher of most of the young Noldor. Her teachings have given the Noldor girls great power - the girl rangers she taught are stronger than the male rangers. Therefore, during the past 200 years, the female rangers The children have also become an important armed force of the Noldor. She has a very high status in the hearts of the rangers, and she is not bound by any race."

Lisa Dilan whispered beside the lord.

"But she looks very young, how old is she?"

Li Ang didn't expect that Lisa Dilan used the word 'master', which didn't sound like he was talking about a beautiful woman.

"Your Excellency Li Ang! We should set off immediately."

Vendatil glared at Lisa Dilan: "I can hear you guys talking about my age, it's rude, young man!"

She glared at Lisa Dilan, but she was obviously talking about Li Ang.

The ears of the elves are really good...

Lisa Dilan shrank her head and dared not make a sound.

But Li Ang saw Lisa Dilan secretly gestured to himself, stretched out three fingers, and then retracted one.

——That certainly does not refer to 32, it seems to refer to three hundred and two.

"Sorry, ma'am, I was just thinking about how to call you. But I hope you can understand that if you leave the forest and enter the human world, you must obey my orders."

Asking about the woman's age was overheard. It was really rude. The lord lowered his head and apologized sincerely, but he still made his request.

"If you can let me see Ni's command ability, I will listen... I know that I don't know much about humans, and I don't know much about how to fight on the plains, so of course I will respect your opinion outside the forest—— But you haven't left the forest yet, Your Excellency Li Ang. And don't forget, I may take your life at any time."

After speaking, Vendatil turned and returned to her troops.

Seeing Li Ang looking at Wenda Dier all the time, Lisa Dilan said: "My lord, Wen Dadier is a true master. Her martial arts are far better than the Twilight Knight. More than 200 years ago, she independently developed a weapon suitable for elf girls." Fighting skills, this makes the girl ranger an elite in the army... She is also a master of conduct, and she will definitely fulfill her promise, so you don't have to worry."

It seems that 300 years ago, when Wenda Dier was a simple girl, she probably witnessed the girls in the clan being taken away by humans—so she trained herself into a powerful female ranger, and will Martial arts were taught to the Noldo girls, so that the girls would have the ability to protect themselves.

It is estimated that the martial arts she figured out are more suitable for girls, so the strength of the girl rangers is higher than that of the male rangers. Of course, it may also be because the girl rangers are more aware of what will happen to them when they are caught by humans, so they will work harder.

But according to Lisa Dilan, Vendatil has significantly improved the combat effectiveness of the entire ethnic group by himself, which is indeed worthy of respect.

In fact, the army that Vendatil was leading now seemed to be quite strong—two hundred Noldor rangers, half male and half male, all looked young Noldor, and they were probably her students.

But the spirit of this student army is really extraordinary, giving people a sharp feeling.

But the girl rangers in her team didn't ride horses, probably because none of the students had yet graduated.

In order to improve efficiency, Li Ang did not return to White Hart Castle, but let Lisa Dilan lead the way, and walked in a straight line to the southwest, heading straight for the burnt Shieldwind Fortress.

The lord's judgment was correct. The next day, when they arrived at the big camp where three thousand mercenaries were killed by Islandil, they did meet Islandil.

There are also dozens of human corpses in the camp, apparently dressed as Singhalese.

A few are still alive and appear to be being interrogated.

"Risa Dilan, is this His Excellency Leon?...Hey, Vendatil!"

When Islandil saw Li Ang's troops, he originally planned to say hello, but when he saw Vendatil, he took the initiative to go forward.

"Islandil, where is your army? Have you encountered the enemy before?"

Vendatil stepped forward and didn't show any honorifics when facing Islandil. The two probably knew each other very well.

"Yes, I met a human army not far from the northeast. Due to the large number of enemies, they also possessed a large number of enchanted weapons, and there were many hostages from the Fenway family. I had to confront them for two days But last night I found out that they were planning to take some hostages away, so I had to launch a strong attack, but they immediately scattered and fled in all directions, so I had to let the troops disperse and pursue..."

Islandil pointed to the corpses in the camp and quickly explained the military situation.

This His Highness actually took the initiative to inform the details. It seems that his respect for Vendatil is obvious. Li Ang felt that Islandil seemed a little afraid of Vendatil.

"Where are our kidnapped people?"

Vendatil's greatest concern is obviously the kidnapped tribesmen.

"I probably only rescued half of them. The hostages they left to divert my attention were all men... But I saw a few girls in the hands of the enemy before. Those girls may have been taken away by them, but I don't know which one they took." Direction - I'm questioning, I've got some prisoners..."

Islanduil looked a little nervous.

Soon, Li Ang understood why Lisa Dilan was so afraid of him as a teacher, and also understood why Islandil was nervous...

Wenda Dier picked up a prisoner—she grabbed the prisoner's neck with one hand, lifted him up, and threw him on a big tree: "Where did your main force go?"

The unlucky prisoner kicked his feet in the air twice, and made a few "huh" in his throat, but he couldn't say anything.

Then Vendatil let go of his hand, took half a step back, and at the same time that the prisoner fell against the tree trunk, he kicked the unlucky prisoner's lower body like lightning...

"Oh!"

The force of this kick was extremely terrifying. The big tree with a diameter of more than one meter began to shake violently, and the sound of the bark cracking was deafening.

The prisoner fell limply along the tree and fell to the ground. He must be hopeless—there was probably only a thin layer of skin left between his legs. When he fell, that layer of skin was still attached to the tree. The weight of the body ripped off...

The bark of the big tree was torn apart by the violent force, leaving a radial footprint full of blood on the white trunk, the footprint penetrated at least half an inch into the trunk!
Li Ang swallowed his saliva and was dumbfounded - this kind of strength is too terrifying!What he said before seems to have come true, he may really be unable to do three tricks under his hands!
Islandil and Risadiran also swallowed at the same time.

No wonder Vendatil is not restricted by any ethnic group... This kind of terrifying strength needs to be restrained by someone!

The other two Singal captives were so frightened that they pissed.

"They're heading south!"

"Go to Shieldwind Fortress..."

Seeing that Vendatyr turned his head and stared at them fiercely again, the two captives learned to answer quickly.

This answer was consistent with Li Ang's judgment, and Wendatil immediately set off south with his troops.

"Vendatir! You have brought so many young people out of the forest, you are an easy target for humans..."

Islandil intends to block it.

"His Royal Highness Islandil, the enemy has a target, isn't that better..."

Li Ang smiled at Islandil.

Thus, the first face-to-face communication between Li Ang and Islandil became a tactical communication.

……

At night, near Shieldwind Keep.

Today's Shieldwind Fortress is already in ruins, only a black stone wall remains, and the ground is covered with burnt black ashes.

But now, a large army of more than a thousand people is still stationed in this ruin.

It was indeed Feruz's slave-hunting party, but no horses seemed to be seen.

Lisa Dilan has been here before, and he is quite familiar with the surrounding environment, leading the troops to move quite quickly in front.

After arriving near the Shieldwind Fortress, Li Sadilan, Li Ang, and Wenda Tier went to investigate as scouts.

Islandil led the troops and hid in a grove.

The dark ruins can't hide people, and the three of them quickly saw the troops in the ruins.

"What kind of person is that Feruz?"

Hiding behind a big tree with Lisa Dilan, Li Ang asked about the situation of the enemy.

He was a little suspicious as to why the enemy would be stationed here—it was too eye-catching, and the enemy had already captured several elf girls, so it stands to reason that they shouldn't have stayed here.

This is not normal.

"That's a villain from Singal who specializes in slave hunting, and he has quite a lot of influence..."

Lisa Dilan knew about Feruz's slave hunting group, which was the largest slave hunting group in Singal and a large underworld organization.

Fruzi had a big business and a big reputation—except that this guy had a pretty bad reputation, and he was called "Fruzi the Brazen."

The reason for this nickname is mainly because his slave hunting group did not just rely on wars to capture captives as slaves.

This slave hunting group itself is indeed a mercenary army, but they also plunder civilians in villages and towns, and they also kidnap children and women everywhere. The worst thing is that they don't even spare the villagers of their own country.

There are even many temptresses in this gang who specialize in seducing nobles—both men and women, as long as they are young and strong or good-looking are their targets.

They would set up a game to lure them, mostly using tricks such as immortal jumping and gambling to force young noble men and women to sell themselves as slaves—the price of noble girls in the slave market is quite high, and those strong noble youths are also very valuable.

When people become commodities, some people will do anything to get 'goods'.

But Fruzi always claimed that the way he got slaves was "prisoners of war obtained on the battlefield"-this kind of behavior of doing it and not admitting it is of course quite brazen.

After all, most of the 'slaves' he caught didn't fit the definition of a slave anywhere.

Citizens of this country are generally not enslaved unless disenfranchised for a felony, or 'voluntarily' signed into bondage in a life-or-death fight.

Most of the time, slaves came from criminals or fighters from hostile nations.

But Fruz didn't even spare the civilians of his own D'Shar Principality. Countless civilians were tricked into selling themselves into slavery by his gang, and there were quite a few young nobles...

It stands to reason that such an organization would be beaten by everyone in most places, but only in Singale-because Fruz's slave hunting group is the largest supplier in the Singale slave market.

Add to that his brazen insistence that he was a prisoner of war captured on the battlefield... Sinjar's slave traders will not make things difficult for Dinar.

Because Fruze has always only captured slaves for 'wholesale' to slave traders, but has never been involved in the process of selling slaves in the slave market.

Yes, this is a 'supporting production enterprise' that specializes in acquiring slaves, not a 'trading company' that sells slaves.

Singal's slave industry is clearly separated from the upstream to the downstream, and although Feruz has a large business, he never goes beyond the border.

Business cooperation without competition is tantamount to hardcore allies. Of course, Singal's slave traders will join hands to keep this largest supplier.

"So, this guy is not only shameless, but also knows how to advance and retreat, and he has a lot of liars..."

Li Ang frowned.

This kind of enemy is the most difficult to deal with, and he will definitely not make any low-level mistakes.

Then this means that the troops staying here must not be because they are tired from the journey and want to rest for a night. The Windshield Fortress is already in ruins, and it cannot shelter from the wind and rain, so it is easy to be discovered by the Noldor.

If you really want to rest, you should go to the uninhabited land further west.

"Ms. Vendatil, what do you think should be done now?"

The lord turned his head and asked.

Vendatil looked at the camp hundreds of meters away, with disgust in his eyes: "Raid at night! We have enough strength to kill them!"

"It is estimated that the enemy thinks so... Then, I will do as you said!"

Li Ang curled his lips and retreated to the army.

Half an hour later, Wen Datil did launch a surprise attack directly with her student army.These two hundred young Nuoduo were all elite shooters, and they stood in an array more than 100 meters apart, and began to cover the rain of arrows.

The Singals in the camp quickly poured out in all directions, appearing to be running in all directions.

They didn't sleep, and their reflexes were amazingly fast, dropping things and starting to run.

The Singhals who were hit by arrows were actually not many, and they began to run away with their shields up more than 100 meters away. Of course, it was not easy to be shot to death.

And they seem to have dropped a lot of stuff in the camp, and it looks like there are a few elves...

Wenda Dier immediately entered the camp of the Singal people single-handedly, and rushed towards the bound 'Noldo Girls'.

But when she ran to more than ten meters away, she suddenly stood still, threw down her bow, took off her sword and shield, and made a defensive posture.

"You are not..."

"Oh!"

At this moment, in the camp, more than a dozen people suddenly sprang out from the ashes on the ground, and sabers appeared in the hands of those 'Noldo Girls', and they all surrounded Wenda Dier.

Those 'Noldor Maidens' were of course not real, they were just a few who disguised long ears with wax, painted their faces with fat and powder, and wore green clothes or were naked, made up as Noldor elves, and posed Out of the 'slave' appearance of human women.

It was the Sinjar seductress of the slave-hunters.

They probably saw that Wenda Tier was not too close and knew they had been discovered, so they launched an ambush directly.

Probably they usually use similar methods to deceive other nobles...

This is very similar to the women who lost their way in the taverns of Sarleon City - it is said that in order to sell high prices, the women who have lost their way in Sarleon City will use white wax to disguise their ears as Noldor elves in various prostitute taverns, and then use a lot of powder Put on heavy makeup to make yourself look white, and use spices to cover up the stench of abscesses on your body, and then hang around those drunks who are so drunk that their eyes can't see clearly...

Wenda Dier must have never seen these dirty tricks, and more than 20 temptresses surrounded her.

At the same time, the Singalians who were fleeing on the periphery seemed to have all turned around and lined up.

They took up their shields and bows and arrows, and gradually formed an encirclement circle—they seemed to be fleeing in chaos just now, but in fact they gradually formed an encirclement situation for the Noldor rangers who were advancing step by step.

"Are you sure she's okay?"

Seeing Vendatil facing more than 20 enemies alone, and seeing Islandil's calm look, Li Ang felt a little worried.

Islandil shook his head: "Two times more can't hurt her... Isn't Sadilan already beside me?"

Lisa Diran was indeed watching, right by the tree where he had shot the letter into the castle, and beside him were two Twilight Knights with bows and arrows.

This is all to avoid accidents, but Lisa Dilan found that she didn't seem to need help...

(End of this chapter)