Chapter 143 Arrest
The next day, as usual, Philip sent a large number of militiamen and mercenaries forward to engage in a war of attrition. Hundreds of ladders climbed up the city wall and fought to the death with the regular troops who had been exhausted by the continuous fighting. After many days of continuous attacks, a thick layer of plasma accumulated on the city walls. It felt strangely smooth when the soldiers stepped on it. The smell of blood that would have made people sick has now become accustomed to the soldiers.
You can even sit carelessly on the plasma with your companions, eating blood-stained black bread and chatting about stories about your hometown. The shields and swords were already scarred, and there were also large arrow holes and scars on the walls. The appearance still looks harmonious, but this is already a precursor to the collapse of military morale. If such a strong attack continues, I believe that the fortress will be torn apart by the completely defeated soldiers themselves before winter and reinforcements arrive.
Of course, all this has little practical significance to Paladin. By secretly debugging the fake death medicine in the healing medicine. Coupled with Kalechi's manpower, hundreds of bodies that were thought to be dead were successively sent into the empty house on the south side. But in a few hours, once the medicine wears off, these soldiers who outsiders thought were dead will come back to life like people who have been sleeping for a long time.
At this moment, the sun began to set. The clouds were illuminated red by the dim sunlight. Such colors always give people a warm feeling of putting down work and having a good dinner. Kalechi, at the moment, was driving a carriage with four of his men, and deliberately turned seven or eight corners to arrive in front of the manor.
"Quick, quick, quick! Carry all these corpses in!" As soon as the carriage stopped, Kalechi immediately jumped down and directed the four guys to move the 'corpse' in the car. The boss of these four guys was very reluctant They carried the dead soldiers covered in blood one by one and brought them into the house. The old wooden boards made a clicking sound as the people walked, and some birds could vaguely be seen building nests in the dead corners of the ceiling. Four of them. After the soldier threw the dead body on the ground, he looked at the people lying on the floor, counting hundreds of them.
One of the mercenaries, who was sweating profusely and had a red beard, was very unhappy and scolded Kalech behind him: "I said Kalech, can you tell us what's going on? We don't want to be beaten by you. What kind of trouble will you get into!" "You're right, if you risk your life for ten gold coins, it's really not worth it."
A short mercenary with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks immediately supported him. One of the very burly men stood firmly at the door after seeing Kalech's silent look, and immediately shouted with dissatisfaction: "Kalech! Don't think that you are putting on airs just because you got mixed up with a knight. ! You are a mercenary and you will be a mercenary all your life! Stop trying to scare us with this noble air!"
"Hmph!" Kalechi had no reason to be angry at the dead man. He just snorted very disdainfully, and suddenly stepped back, just leaving the eaves, quickly grabbed the door with both hands, and slammed it with force! "Open the door! You pig to hell!" The giant man noticed something was wrong at first, but he couldn't keep up with Kalech's speed. It's still a step too late. But just after shouting a warning in anger and feeling that something was wrong, the sound of the door being locked suddenly made the four of them feel extremely threatened! Is this Kalechi really going to deal with them now?
Ignoring the rumble of being slapped behind the door. Kalechi just stood there quietly, as if waiting for someone. "Things went smoother than I expected. Kalech, it's a pleasure to work with you."
At this time, a figure came out of the shadows. But it was Paladin who was wearing divine robes and playing with the scepter in his hand. With a pleasant smile on his face, he walked over to Kalechi, took out a bag of gold coins from his sleeve and handed it to him. Seeing the latter weighing the bag of gold coins with a puzzled look, he immediately smiled and explained: "You can't possibly let me come out with five hundred gold coins. With such a big bag of stuff, it's hard not to attract attention. ...Don't worry, this is just an advance payment. Once the matter is over and the sensitive period is avoided, I will give you as much as I want."
Kalechi nodded slightly. He turned around and returned to the carriage without saying a word, and slapped the horse on the butt with a whip, which immediately caused a burst of smoke and dust, and the carriage drove away amidst the sound of the horse's pain. Kalechi was very prescient. He didn't know what Paladin wanted to do with so many people pretending to be dead, and he didn't want to know. Reason told him to try not to explore this young man's secrets. It is most correct to maintain the current aloof cooperative relationship. So Kalechi had no intention of going into details.
Paladin, who was standing there, took a deep look at Kalech who was walking away. But at this moment, the door behind him was suddenly knocked open by the four mercenaries. When he looked up, he saw Father Paladin with his back to them. The anger suddenly arose. The giant man took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to grab Paladin, and shouted angrily: "Where is that bastard Kalech? You kid..."
Like a broken toy in a child's hands. Paladin took a step forward, cleverly avoiding the giant man's grasp. However, before stopping, he quickly turned around and grabbed an arm as thick as a wooden pole with his backhand. Ignoring the giant man who just had a look of shock on his face, he grabbed his arm with all his strength and turned around again to throw it hard!
The giant man, who was as big as two Paladins, was as light as a glass ball in Paladin's hands. He was thrown away violently, passed through the door with a whoosh, and flew into the house again! There was a loud bang, and the giant man was smashed onto the dilapidated stairs, collapsing together with the stairs and being buried in the ruins. The three mercenaries who were originally watching saw such a terrifying scene before they could react, and they all froze in place with their eyes wide open. But Paladin remained expressionless, walking over as lightly as a feather, and two golden lightsabers suddenly appeared on the index fingers of his hands!
The extremely calm Paladin, after placing a silencing magic around the room, looked at the unconscious giant man who was dragged out of the ruins, with a rag stuffed in his mouth, trembling and covering his broken arm, lying in a pool of blood. There were three other mercenaries with frightened expressions on their faces. After silently glancing at these mortals, Paladin took action and moved all the soldiers who were still in suspended animation away. After a large open space was vacated. Stand firmly in the center. The three mercenaries were very puzzled and frightened. They don't understand why this priest is so powerful? Why these dead bodies? But before the questions in their hearts were answered, they saw the most shocking thing before they died!
Paladin closed his eyes slightly, gently turned his right hand upward, and slowly raised it. Ten light balls emitting dazzling golden light immediately appeared around him! And the amazing thing is that these light balls actually form a perfect circle with Paladin as the center! The three mercenaries immediately forgot their pain and looked at everything blankly.
But then, the ten light balls immediately shot out ten dazzling golden beams. As if they were being held, the beams of light were projected on the floor. As the light balls moved rapidly and very regularly, as Paladin opened his eyes. In an instant, the ball of light immediately dissipated into nothingness. , and on the floor, with Paladin as the center, a huge and extremely complex magic circle was outlined by the beam!
At this time, Paladin looked up at the sun that was gradually setting outside the window, and immediately took advantage of the sunlight to replenish the exhausted elements. When the golden light element was filled again, the last trace of sunlight sank into the dark clouds. With cold and ruthless eyes, Paladin turned his head and looked at the hundreds of living people around him who were pretending to be dead. A smile gradually appeared on his face, yes, it was a longing smile.