"I...had I just had hallucinations?"

On the plain, an enemy cavalry widened his eyes and muttered to himself, his expression on his face was full of shock, as if he had seen something that was extremely beyond his imagination.

No one answered him, because not only him, but many of the cavalry nearby also had such expressions.

Let's go back a little by a half minute.

...

As Melty repeatedly used bows and arrows to kill and repel the cavalry teams pursued by the enemy, the enemy naturally noticed her. The commanders of this group of pursuit troops had the position of viscount in the B Empire.

Newman immediately adjusted his strategy in a targeted manner.

He asked the chasing cavalry not to scatter and rush forward, but instead sent a signal flare after discovering the position of the White Rose Squad and tried to stay away from the other side, waiting for the reunion with the large army.

Finally, Newman led the team to hang far behind the White Rose Squad. After gathering a cavalry squadron of more than 60 people, he began to accelerate his pursuit.

It also scattered the soldiers in the cavalry squadron into five squads, at least twenty meters apart from each other, and then pressed them together.

Each cavalry team is equipped with two or three soldiers who are good at bows and arrows.

The White Rose Squad will naturally not sit and wait for death. They run in front and shoot back with bows and arrows, because horses will run for a distance during the short period of the bow and arrows, which can indirectly make the range of the bow and arrows more than Newman's cavalry team in the rear.

If you find a piece of it, this will naturally be used.

As the strongest archery technique in the team, Melty naturally continued to use the iron string bow, and she was not the only archer in the team.

The members selected by the White Rose Knights Commander Lamper to this escort team were not only trusted by him, but the abilities of each member were also under Lamper's consideration.

So, in fact, most of the people in the team have some mastery of bow and arrow technology. Although they can't do this at Melty, if they just use bow and arrow to harass the chased enemies while riding horses and riding, if they just want to use bow and arrow to harass the chased enemies while riding horses.

, it can still be done. More than ten people shot arrows on horseback. If their luck is not too bad, as long as the distance is not too far, for example, about 100 meters, then there is still no big problem to hit five or six arrows.

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Although they do not have enough arm strength to use iron string bows, they can at least use ordinary hardwood bows.

Originally, there were not many bows and arrows in the team, but Melty killed more than 200 enemies in the woods. When he returned, he took advantage of the opportunity to collect a lot. He only took eight ordinary bow tools and carried the arrows.

After a lot of it came back, she handed over most of the bow and arrow supplies to Roths for distribution, leaving only an iron string bow, a crossbow and about sixty arrows for herself.

Although dozens of pursuers were shot and killed on the plains, the arrow bags hanging on Meltie were still full, because she also put some of the arrows that had been placed on other members of the team before.

I took the arrow and used it.

The other White Rose Knights had no objection to Melti's approach. After all, everyone had seen it with their own eyes before. How powerful is this little girl's bow technique? Compared with her, the bow and arrow are placed in

Their hands were simply wasted. They had just helped the girl carry it to help her share the burden.

However, now facing the attack of more than 60 pursuers, everyone in the White Rose Squad felt that they could no longer just watch.

However, at the beginning, the sixteen knights in the White Rose team, including Roth, were not in a hurry to take action, because the enemy had not yet chased within the range that their bow could reach.

Newman's cavalry squadron gathered from a distance of 1,000 meters before they began to speed up their pursuit. Because after paying the lives of dozens of companions, they roughly estimated the bow and arrow in Melty's hand.

The ultimate range is about 900 meters.

After a distance of more than a thousand meters, even with the powerful bowstring power of the iron string bow and Melti's precise and terrifying bow skills, there is no way to allow the arrow to fly so far and effectively kill the target.

But even so, it seems extremely terrifying to Newman. In order to test this safe distance, dozens of people were sacrificed under his command, almost half of the total number of this pursuit force under his command.

The results of the sacrifice of dozens of people, in addition to spying on intelligence, only cost Melty dozens of arrows and arms a little more fatigue.

After summoning the remaining sixty subordinates, Newman finally made up his mind to lead the team to start accelerating and catching up, and even to increase morale, he rushed directly to his subordinates who were scattered into five cavalry teams.

The front of the formation.

"After my order, who can capture Prince Henry alive, I will give him one hundred gold coins! Each time a White Rose Knight is killed, there will be a reward of five gold coins!"

After starting the charge, Newman yelled and promised a heavy reward to his subordinates. Hearing the bounty numbers, the cavalry teams behind him seemed to have red eyes and their faces appeared.

A strong and eager color.

That is the greed and excitement after seeing wealth.

In this world of trial missions, people's trading currency is coins minted by various precious metals, among which gold coins are the currency with the highest face value. The purchasing power of a gold coin is enough to allow a civilian family to live in three places without worrying about food and drink.

moon.

A full hundred gold coins are a rich wealth that a civilian family will not have the hope of earning even if they work hard for half a lifetime without eating or drinking. It can be said that as long as they get the bounty of these hundred gold coins, for these soldiers,

That is, you can enjoy a rich life without worrying about food and drink in the second half of your life.

Even the slightly less bounty of the White Rose Knights also made the soldiers under Newman's command very moved. After all, Prince Henry only has one person, which means that the biggest bounty is only one, but the White Rose Knight's

There are more than a dozen people in the share, and as long as they work hard, they still have a lot of hope to win this bounty.

It seemed that he felt that the temptation was not enough, Newman then added:

"If anyone can kill the young female archer who killed many of our comrades, I will reward him with two hundred gold coins!"

"Even if I just hurt her, I am willing to promise him a reward of ten gold coins!"

"If anyone can capture that girl alive, there will be a reward of 500 gold coins! And I will also promise to recommend him to His Majesty the Emperor to become a noble!"

As soon as Newman said these words, the cavalry behind him were stunned. After reacting, his face turned red all the time, which showed how excited he was.

Whether it is a prisoner or a kill, as long as the female archer can be dealt with, you can get a bounty of hundreds of gold coins!?

The reward Newman promised for Melty is even higher than the bounty of capturing Prince Henry alive! Even if he is a viscount of the Empire and has a formal aristocratic fief, he will feel a little painful to take out such a bounty.

It's right.

But the effect of this bounty promise is very worthwhile.

Originally, because of Melty's terrifying bow and arrow sniping ability and successive killings, dozens of comrades seriously injured their terrifying achievements, these cavalry under Newman inevitably developed a fear when facing her.

Even though he gathered into five teams under Newman's order and planned to launch an attack again, he was still very nervous.

Even if it weren't for the fact that they were elite soldiers who had been rigorously trained and the imperial military law treated deserters very strictly, these imperial cavalry might not have dared to approach the White Rose Squad where Melty was.

I was afraid that if I had bad luck, I would be targeted by the terrifying female archer, and then I was seriously injured or even killed by one arrow like those comrades who had died before.

This is normal. No matter how elite these soldiers are, they are still normal humans, and they will naturally be afraid of death.

But now, after Newman, the commander of the cavalry and the Viscount of the Empire, made a huge promise, the fear of Melty in his heart was directly suppressed by the greed aroused by the bounty.

‘What are you afraid of! As long as you are lucky, sixty people will rush over together, and there will always be people who can rush over! If you kill or capture that girl, you will never have any worries in your life!’

All the soldiers' minds were now occupied by such thoughts.

Especially the last promise of Newman, if he could capture the young female archer alive, they would not only get the most generous bounty, but also have the opportunity to be promoted from a civilian to a nobleman of the empire!

This is the most attractive reward for the soldiers of the B Empire. Because in the B Empire, civilians and nobles are almost people from two worlds. The aristocratic class basically lives by exploiting civilians, and the entire country is

Follow the rules of the strong prey on the weak.

Although such membership class and the rule of prey on the weak have made the empire extremely strong in its comprehensive military strength, the gap between the rich and the poor among different classes in the country is also huge. When countless civilians who have reached the age of great success, they want to become nobles at any price.

The reason why these soldiers risked their lives to join the army was, on the one hand, because of the forced military service from the upper class of the empire, and on the other hand, did they also have the expectation of making achievements on the battlefield and thus breaking away from the civilian class?

And now, the opportunity is right in front of you!

"kill!"

"Kill that little girl!"

"Whether you kill or capture alive, you must take down that little girl!"

"This is the best opportunity! Everyone, for the bounty, for the nobles, and for the empire, we will fight together-!!"

The cavalry who were mobilized by Newman, all burst out with the greatest motivation at this moment and began to charge without fear of death.

Looking at this scene, Newman's mouth curled up slightly, and he waved his whip to charge with the five cavalry teams, and then slowly retreated to the middle and rear of the cavalry team without any trace.

Originally, he went to the front to lead the team in person just to increase the morale of these cavalrymen, but now that the bounty is better, he naturally no longer takes risks himself.

He is an imperial nobleman, even if he is just a viscount, he is countless times more noble than these civilian soldiers. How could he be willing to take risks with them and charge at the forefront of the likely death?

A thousand meters ahead, inside the White Rose Team.

"Tsk tsk...that guy, is using you as a bounty to mobilize the morale of the soldiers." Jiang Yan on Melty's shoulder was always paying attention to the situation on Newman, and now he smiled and spoke to him.

The girl joked:

"And that guy promised to capture you, the bounty he received was far higher than killing you, and he seemed to have some wrong thoughts after capturing you alive. I saw that his eyes when he saw you for the first time were obviously not

Pure, tsk…but this is normal, after all, our little princess Mu Ling is really beautiful.”

[My respectful Majesty, please don’t deliberately say something that will distract me at this time, okay?] Melty replied helplessly in her mind.

"I'm just saying the facts." Jiang Yan smiled faintly.

Melty sighed, ignored Jiang Yan, quickly calmed down her mood, and looked at the B Empire cavalry who were running like chicken blood, her eyes slightly cold.

Without hesitation, the iron string bow that had been tightly held tightly raised directly. Melty pulled out three arrows in a row and put them on the bow string, pulling it all over with force.

In the distance, the Imperial Cavalry saw this familiar scene that ruined dozens of their comrades. The greed heart that was stirred up by Newman suddenly cooled down a little, but they did not retreat, but continued to maintain it.

Charge at full speed.

But they raised their arms one after another, raised a round shield about half a meter wide and stretched forward, blocking the horse's chest. At the same time, they also lowered their bodies and curled up on the horse's back.

When they got up, they could hardly see their upper body from the front of the war horses.
To be continued...