Chapter 128: Mettenheim's Death Swordsman
The owner of a large-scale manor covering thousands of acres of land must be at least a powerful baron - or even an earl.
The Red Brotherhood in Sarleon shouldn't be so rampant as to dare to openly occupy a large territory, right?
The Red Brotherhood is a mafia organization that survives in the dark side of the city. They usually engage in illegal transactions or robbery.
Normally, the various "big brothers" fight fiercely with each other, making it difficult for them to be integrated together, and they usually do not have the ability to break into such a large estate.
Especially near Changhe Town, the Red Brotherhood is almost extinct due to the existence of the Horn Calling Rangers. How could they gather in such a large manor in broad daylight?
This isn't a town...
Currently, there are only about ten guards around the lord, and he certainly won't take risks easily, so he asked Klose to go in and see what's going on.
But just as Klose walked to the door and took a few looks, before he had time to go in, a flying axe was thrown out from behind the low wall on the other side!
Moreover, this flying axe seemed to be aimed at Li Ang.
The attack was so sudden that even Leon didn't have time to react - he was paying attention to Klose, and the low wall was in front of him, and the trajectory of the flying axe was blocked by Amy beside him.
Fortunately, Amy reacted quickly. She saw the flying axe and blocked it with her sword - but her strength was not very good. Although she managed to block the flying axe, the sword was knocked to the ground at the same time.
"Amy, hide!"
The lord rode out on his horse and tried to fight back. Alice jumped over the low wall which was only one meter high. Then she heard Klose yelling , "They are pirates!"
In fact, Li Ang had already seen it.
Several guys wearing horned helmets were crouching and running wildly towards the big house in the center of the manor.
The Lord's attire looked very familiar - it was exactly the same as the pirates he met after coming out of the Mist City!
How did these pirates get to this inland area?
There are pirates and a brotherhood here, so it's obviously a den of bandits!
Since we have come across a bandit den, we must destroy it first...
"Brothers, charge! Don't kill them all, leave some alive for questioning!"
This time, the lord is not going to waste time.
He had experienced the fighting power of these pirates on land. A dozen hungry naked Mettenheimers could treat twenty pirates like chickens.
Now that the greatswordsmen were well fed and fully armed, it would be no problem for them to kill hundreds of pirates. The lord was not even interested in joining the battle and rode his horse back to Amy.
Amy had retrieved her noble sword and was rubbing her wrist as she looked at him.
"I didn't expect you to have this skill. Between you and Sarah, who is better at swordsmanship?"
Le Ang was quite impressed with Amy. This little disciple was very calm when facing the enemy, and he blocked the sword very accurately.
"That's about right... Teacher, aren't you worried about the battle situation inside?"
Amy was indeed not nervous at all. After witnessing two large-scale wars, she was no longer afraid of the battlefield and her adaptability was astonishingly fast.
"These pirates are nothing to worry about. There's no need to worry..."
But just as he said this, he heard someone in the manor shouting, "Where did you come from, you bastards? How dare you act wild here? Do you know who I am? Come on! Kill them!"
Li Ang was stunned. This voice sounded so familiar!
This duck voice...
Oh my god, this sounds like Forcher's voice?
The illegitimate son of Duke Alma!
Li Ang felt that he might have made a mistake...
This place may indeed be the base of the Red Brotherhood, but it is only too normal for the Red Brotherhood to gather here - this manor probably belongs to Forcher!
As an investor of the Red Brotherhood, there will naturally be a Red Brotherhood sign at the door of his house to prevent the "brothers" from finding the wrong place.
Perhaps this manor was a place for Foucher's father, Alma, to settle down after he was sure that he could not get a pioneering certificate for his illegitimate son.
It turns out that they are the invaders...
But who made the pirate throw his axe as soon as he met him?
Could it be that the pirate has a grudge against me?
Li Ang rushed in.
When we entered the manor, the two sides were already fighting fiercely.
There were more than thirty pirates in the manor, and about thirty men in black, all dressed in a way that was very familiar to the lord.
These pirates were obviously the same group as the ones who kidnapped Anson, probably the majority of pirates that Anson mentioned were not in the lair. These guys attacked people as soon as they saw them, just like the pirates in the lair...
Those men in black were dressed similarly to the men who had hunted down Leon in the Fierce Lion City, even the way they used flying knives was similar.
The two groups were besieging the greatswordsmen led by Klose, but despite their large numbers, they were completely unable to stop the strong men - the heavy armor of the Mettenheim people was quite thick, and those flying knives and axes could not even penetrate the armor.
However, there are still a few tin-can-like guys in the manor. They look like rogue knights and are probably the leaders of those men in black.
They do have some fighting power, and the great swordsmen are only on guard against these few people, otherwise they would have chased the others away.
Foucher was indeed standing outside the mansion in the center of the estate, an ax in his hand.
But this time he didn't rush forward, but said something to a bodyguard beside him.
He was a tall bodyguard, no smaller than Klose, and seemed to be carrying a two-handed sword. The steel helmet on his head covered the upper half of his face.
"Hurry up! Kill them! Are you scared, asshole?"
Forcher's voice suddenly rose, and he seemed a little angry.
The Lord heard Forcher say this again...
This time, he also spoke to the bodyguard beside him.
But the tall bodyguard did not fight. He kept looking at the greatswordsmen and turned to say something to Forcher.
Then Forcher became furious: "Old man! I paid you to do this! And I am the son of prophecy! How dare you disobey my orders? What's wrong with fellow countrymen? Can't you fight with fellow countrymen?!"
It seems that the bodyguard is also from Mettenheim...
Li Ang remembered what Andrew, the fat boss of the Mist City Arena, said: "The greatswordsman he hired before was injured in the last game, and I have to change his team members, otherwise it will be too fake..."
Are you talking about the bodyguard in front of you?
The Lord shook his head and stepped forward and shouted, "Stop! Stop the opponent! Mr. Forcher, how are you?"
Forcher immediately noticed Leon and frowned: "It's you..."
This guy seems to remember Li Ang.
But he was not as impulsive as he was on the court. Instead, he glanced sideways at Li Ang's flag.
"You are the Baron now...Everyone stop! It seems this is a misunderstanding..."
The guy's gloomy face suddenly became sunny, and he even smiled.
This guy doesn't look stupid, he just doesn't know how to fight at all, right?
The contrast between Forcher's previous performance on the field and his current performance is quite huge, and for a moment the lord was at a loss.
The leaders of both sides said to stop, so the fight naturally didn't start, and both sides retreated back to their own bosses.
And Klose also saw the Mettenheim people on the opposite side.
"Is that your fellow countryman? He seems to be quite old. Do you know him?"
The Lord asked.
Klose whispered: "His helmet covered his eyes, so I couldn't recognize him. But considering his age and the fact that he is still on the battlefield, he must be a desperate swordsman!"
Deathly Swordsman?
The lord looked at the bodyguard carefully.
He had a thick beard on his lips, which seemed to be combed into two parts. He looked to be in his fifties and was wearing a yellow and black striped imperial breastplate with a cape - this was not the Mettenheim plate armor, but the half-body armor of the Bacchus Empire.
It’s just that the yellow and black stripes are indeed the flag pattern of Mettenheim.
This guy...could he be Freddy?
The lord remembered the appearance of a partner he had played in the game. It seemed that he had two big mustaches?
But this old guy actually followed Forcher. Isn't this a bit too miserable...
Seeing that the lord was looking at the people of Mettenheim across from him, Crozet added: "Don't worry, sir. We have sworn allegiance to you. No matter who the other side is, we will fight for you."
Perhaps because he was worried that the lord might have some bad thoughts, Klose showed his loyalty.
There are many Mettenheim people working as mercenaries in the continent of Pendor, and sometimes they do meet on the battlefield. It is not uncommon for people who know each other to be enemies on the battlefield.
When faced with this situation, they could only negotiate with their employers to see if they could avoid participating in the war.
But if the employer disagrees, they still have to fight - as mercenaries, the people of Mettenheim must keep their promises. It is shameful to betray their employers, so they can only try not to fight with their fellow countrymen.
However, Klose and his men have officially pledged allegiance to Leon, and they will take action no matter who the enemy is.
But the Lord was not thinking about whether his fellow countrymen would kill each other, but about another thing - how to get the people of Mettenheim over...
"Sir Forcher, is this your manor? I think you should know that your men can easily lead to misunderstandings - unfortunately, I have the responsibility to assist Lord Godric in maintaining law and order around Changhe Town!"
Li Ang pointed at the gang around Forcher who were obviously not decent people.
Fucher still smiled and curled his lips: "This is not the jurisdiction of Changhe Town, Baron, this is private territory... You trespassed into private territory, I'm afraid this is not called maintaining public order..."
The lord frowned, took his griffin flag from Summer and raised it up: "This is the first time I've seen a commoner dare to speak to a noble like this... You are a commoner without even a surname, what do you have a territory for! Have you paid taxes on these fields?"
The smile on Forcher's face disappeared. "I remember your name is Leon, right? How dare a pioneer baron be so arrogant? This is the territory of the Duke of Alma! You entered the Duke's territory without permission and killed the Duke's servants. You can expect to be wanted!"
The Lord frowned, expressing his disdain for this verbal slander: "When did I kill the Duke's servant? How come I didn't know?"
Forcher grinned and chopped the neck of a pirate who had been seriously injured by the greatswordsmen with his axe.
The pirate fell to the ground with a deep bloody groove on his neck. He was definitely dead.
"Now you know? Surround them!"
hiss……
This guy seems to be a real gangster - he seems to be very skilled at doing things like blackmailing and false accusations!
His poor performance in the arena was probably just because he was used to being arrogant and was not good at fighting. In addition, he knew he was protected and did not restrain himself...
But the Lord was not frightened. Instead, he said to the pirates, "Your people were killed, and you just watched?"
None of the pirates spoke, but Forcher smiled sinisterly: "This kind of injury would have been fatal, do you think my people are fools? Come on! Capture him!"
Then Forcher began to retreat quickly.
The lord sighed.
He also knew that Focher's previous call to stop was actually to let his men surround him.
But he didn't care. After all, these pirates and gangsters couldn't surround Alice who was now wearing horse armor.
Forcher does have good abilities in handling underworld affairs, but his weaknesses are also obvious—he is not good at combat, does not understand real war, and does not understand how powerful a fully armed and well-coordinated heavy armored force is!
Gangsters always like to pile up numbers... and always like to surround their opponents with more people.
They now had seventy men surrounding their twelve men.
But the problem is that neither the Mettenheim people nor Leon care about being surrounded by these lightly-armored bandits or even unarmored thugs...
This will actually stop them from running around throwing axes!
"Then kill them!"
The Lord rode Alice and easily broke through the encirclement of the Red Brotherhood members. The power that Alice burst out when charging was simply not something these unarmored men in black could withstand.
Then Leon rushed straight towards Forcher.
Forcher was retreating. Seeing the lord rushing over so easily, he was obviously a little flustered, waving his hands and shouting: "Go! Old man, you have to protect me!"
The man from Mettenheim did take action. He took out the greatsword from his back and rushed towards Leon.
But the lord had no intention of dealing with him. He rode his horse around and dealt with the weakling Forcher directly.
However, just as he passed by the Mettenheim man, the greatsword struck.
The Mettenheim man used a turn, vertical jump and one-handed horizontal slash, which is a very rare move on the battlefield. This kind of wide-open and unreserved sword moves usually only appear in sword performances.
But this long duel sword, with this turn and jump, actually covered a distance of more than two meters to his side, and the blade went straight to Leon's chest.
The force of this sword did not seem strong, but the acceleration of turning made the speed of the sword blade terrifyingly fast - Li Ang did not even hear the sound of the sword, and the blade was already in front of him!
Fortunately, the lord's sword was already upright in front of his chest, and the two swords collided with each other, making a slight "click" sound.
After just a slight contact, the Mettenheim man's duel sword was retracted by the force of the block, and then it was slashed again from the opposite direction.
This is another horizontal slash after a reverse turn.
Li Ang used Su Qin's sword on his back while on horseback and blocked the opponent again, this time not giving his opponent a chance to use the force.
But the man from Mettenheim stepped forward directly, grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, and slashed down along the blade of Leon's sword, his pace was astonishingly fast.
He was planning to chop off Li Ang's hand. If Li Ang dared to let go, he would chop off his horse!
Leon kicked his legs and Alice took a step forward. Leon also took advantage of the horse's forward leap and vaulted down, half turning in the air and using the strength of his waist and abdomen to shake off the sword.
Then he took a big step and rushed in front of the Mettenheim man.
Leon's sword was much shorter than the duel sword of the Mettenheim man. He could only passively take the blows while riding on a horse, and could only fight back when he got close to him.
Moreover, the lord did not want to give his opponent too many opportunities, so he even got closer than half a meter, and used the sword in his hand not to stab, but to cut - a one-meter-long sword was not suitable for this distance, so it could only be used to cut.
However, with this kind of close combat style, the opponent's 1.7-meter-long two-handed duel sword cannot be used at all, and there is no way to block it.
The man from Mettenheim did not retreat, because he knew that if he retreated, Leon would change his cutting to stabbing, which would cause greater harm.
So he stepped forward and directly hit him with his shoulder, apparently trying to knock the lord away.
Seeing this, Li Ang rushed forward as well. As a result, neither of them retreated, and it became a real close combat, with the armor making a "squeaking" sound.
Neither of them could use their swords, so the opponent freed one hand and began to punch, seeming to try to grab Leon's armor.
But the lord was obviously better at fighting in this state - he kicked his opponent on the shin bone, then dodged suddenly, and then swung his sword lightly.
The opponent's upper body was already pressing forward, and he was kicked in the calf again, losing his balance and staggering.
Although he managed to keep his balance and did not fall, the sword stabbed into his shoulder by Li Ang after he dodged.
The winner has been decided.
"Good skills... I am Frederick from Mettenheim. Since I am defeated in a one-on-one situation, I will leave it to you, Your Excellency."
The Mettenheim man rudely dropped his dueling sword and opened his hands to show his surrender.
It was Frederick!
"Fredry, withdraw from the battlefield. Your fellow countrymen are my guards, and I will not harm you."
The lord retracted his sword and turned to look for Forcher.
I didn’t see anyone…
"He's entered the building. There are several people inside. Be careful not to get ambushed..."
Frederick was talking behind him, and his tone showed relief after admitting defeat, and he also seemed to be gloating. Perhaps he was also a little dissatisfied with that Forcher.
"Thank you!"
The lord ran directly towards the house.
It was a two-story white-painted wooden building, covering an area of about one acre, and looked like a standard manor villa.
But just as Li Ang ran to the door, he saw someone inside holding a long black pole, and there seemed to be sparks burning?
The lord's hair stood on end. He turned around suddenly and fell to the side, like a dog chewing mud, at the foot of the wall.
Although he looked embarrassed, he managed to avoid it.
At the same time when Li Ang threw himself against the wall, a loud noise came from inside the door: "Bang!"
There was smoke coming out of the door.
That's a fucking matchlock gun!
