Chapter 561 - 177: Snow Cliff Pass
Chapter 177 [Snow Cliff Pass] (7000)
A monster from the Fierce Beast Race stood on a sled, suddenly bent its legs, and leaped into the air, pouncing outwards.
A knight from the Human Race sitting on a Thunder Beast was directly knocked off by it. The two fell to the ground, the massive and towering monster of the Fierce Beast Race pressed the human warrior beneath it, stabbing a blade into the knight’s throat, spraying its face with fresh blood.
But then, a Thunder Beast swiftly ran past, and the knight on horseback swung a long blade, sending the monster’s head spinning away!
The cavalry squad finally crashed into the sled convoy!
Everywhere there were shouts, cries, roars, and bloody close-combat!
·
Golden Armor looked on excitedly, suddenly let out a loud roar, threw away the recurve bow in his hand, grabbed that giant Iron Hook, and sprinted towards the battlefield, shouting to Chen Yan as he ran, "Brother! Let’s go! Seize battle merits!"
Kneeling on one knee, Chen Yan watched Golden Armor’s excited Back Shadow, rolled his eyes involuntarily, and silently steadied his gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger firmly.
BANG!
A Fierce Beast Race member with a knife who was pouncing on another dismounted human knight had its head burst open, falling to the ground.
Chen Yan spat.
Peh!
With a gun in hand, of course, you hide and snipe from afar! Why bother charging in for a melee with knives?!
If you get hurt, will the Immortal Platform pay for your medical bills?
Golden Armor, that guy, what’s he so fired up about?!
·
The battle gradually subsided after it had raged for several minutes.
As more and more Fierce Beast Race members were slaughtered on the ground, the advantage of the human cavalry became increasingly evident.
When the last member of the Fierce Beast Race was dragged by the leg off the sled into the snow, and two human knights simultaneously stabbed into it...
There was no longer a single breathing Fierce Beast Race member on the battlefield.
Soon, a human cavalryman shouted loudly, took off his hat, and waved it, more and more human cavalrymen joined in the cheers, and some even furiously swung their long knives.
Golden Armor stood among them, holding a large Iron Hook in hand, laughing heartily.
He too gained some spoils, personally using the Iron Hook to smash a monster during the battle.
Only then did Chen Yan stand up from the ground, quietly observing the distant battlefield.
·
On the ground, the corpses of the Fierce Beast Race were being piled up one by one.
There were also cavalrymen checking around the battlefield, and if they encountered any grievously wounded survivors, they would finish them off with another stab.
The corpses of the Hunting Beasts were also gathered and piled together.
After the search, there were still seven or eight unwounded Hunting Beasts, merely restrained by harnesses, struggling and agitated.
Chen Yan slowly walked over, already having seen that after a brief exchange between Golden Armor and a leader of the cavalry, he waved his arm to signal him.
The cavalry had also suffered significant losses.
There were about a dozen human corpses left on the battlefield, and among those, around four or five of the six-hoofed "Thunder Beasts" were also dead.
When Chen Yan approached, a human cavalryman scrutinized him with a cold and wary gaze, but after Golden Armor’s shout, they paid him no further mind and continued with their tasks.
Beside Golden Armor stood a Human Race knight, donned in leather armor with a fur coat over it. The hat on his head was stained with fresh blood, emanating a dense odor of blood.
This guy was massive, half a head taller than Golden Armor, with an unkempt beard obscuring his features.
After glancing at Chen Yan, he said to Golden Armor in a muffled voice, "We can provide you with a sled to accompany our team."
After speaking, he turned and left, directing his subordinates to continue clearing the battlefield.
Golden Armor laughed heartily, walked towards Chen Yan, and vigorously patted his shoulder: "Come on, brother, let’s examine the corpses and pick out those we killed for merit records. According to the reward order, each Fierce Beast Race head is worth two hundred coins."
The tallying of battle spoils wasn’t difficult; those killed by Chen Yan bore bullet wounds.
And those killed by Golden Armor’s arrows were distinct from those of the cavalry, making them easy to distinguish.
A cavalryman took out a small notebook to record before they began beheading the corpses.
After each Fierce Beast Race head was cut off, the bodies were piled together and then set aflame.
Chen Yan watched as these cavalrymen hung the heads of the Fierce Beast Race under the saddles of Thunder Beasts, involuntarily twitching his mouth.
This scene... was indeed somewhat harsh.
However, he was cold-hearted, and considering the number of Fierce Beast Race he had slain, he didn’t feel any pseudo-charitable sympathy, just a bit of physical discomfort from the beheading scene.
Golden Armor, however, was already busy selecting a sled.
He chose a perfectly intact sled and led over two strong Hunting Beasts.
The Hunting Beasts appeared anxious and restless, evidently not yet accustomed to becoming human livestock, but after Golden Armor ruthlessly kicked one of the Hunting Beasts twice, these two beasts soon became obedient, harnessed to the sled.
Chen Yan took a glance, seeing five heads of the Fierce Beast Race thrown onto the sled.
And two Hunting Beast carcasses — their meat was, after all, excellent food.
Golden Armor sat on the sled, stretching out his two legs to relax, watching as the cavalrymen continued their work, smiling at Chen Yan, he raised a hand, tossing something over: "Take it, I just asked their captain for it."
Chen Yan caught it and looked; it was something resembling tobacco.