allonlinenovel Chapter 168 The End of Sin
Chapter 168 The End of Sin
"Roar!"
The bandit leader, who had transformed into a snake-shaped apostle, looked down at the group of soldiers who were looking at him, and immediately regained his confidence. After a loud roar, he rushed directly towards the position.
"Light it up, light it up quickly!"
The artillery commander looked at the monster rushing towards him, and without caring whether Captain Pa Ying had given the order or not, he hurriedly gave the order to the artillery to fire.
With a loud noise, the shell whizzed into the bandit leader's body. However, the shell did not penetrate the enemy's flesh as expected as before. The bandit leader simply took a few steps back and continued to rush towards the artillerymen.
"Retreat! Artillery retreat!"
Looking at the bandit leader who was unharmed in front of him, the artillery commander knew that it was too late to reload, and hurriedly ordered the artillerymen to retreat.
On both sides of it, musketeers and crossbowmen were also shooting at the monsters rushing towards them. Lead bullets and arrows rushed towards the monsters in an overwhelming manner. However, even the shells could not cause effective damage to it, so of course, these had no effect at all.
Seeing that long-range means could not penetrate the opponent's armor, Captain Paying knew that it was time for his knights to engage in hand-to-hand combat, so he ordered:
"Order the artillery, musketeers, and crossbowmen to retreat, and the infantry to hold the line and wait for the support of the Crusader Knights."
As the horn sounded, the standard-bearers hurriedly waved their flags. Although the appearance of the monster caused panic in all the troops, the officers who managed the soldiers did not lose control of the army. As the officers shouted, the soldiers formed into formations according to orders. The spearmen held their spears in front of them and pointed the spearheads at the bandit leader who was about to rush over.
When he saw the spears pointed at him, the bandit leader did not stop but quickened his pace. After protecting his head with his claws, he poked the other claw at the spear phalanx on the opposite side. Along with the broken spear heads and spurting blood, a spearman's chest was pierced by the steel-like claws. Then the bandit leader swept hard, and the soldier next to him was immediately blown aside by a huge force.
After shaking off the corpse from his claws, the bandit leader looked at the soldiers who surrounded him and laughed:
"Humans are humans. Your weak strength and weapons cannot defeat my body that was given by God!"
Of course, the soldiers would not listen to the nonsense he said. Even though all the weapons before could not cause him any substantial damage, all the soldiers picked up their weapons and chopped at the monster.
However, no matter how the soldiers chopped, hacked, and poked, they could not break through the scales that shone with a metallic luster. The bandit leader certainly would not passively take a beating. Every time he swung his huge claws, a pile of broken limbs would be stirred up, and the powerful tail behind him would also slap away any soldier who wanted to approach him.
Feeling the force on his body and looking at the human blood stained on his body, the bandit leader felt endless satisfaction at this moment, because he had always longed for destruction and killing. After becoming an apostle, this desire was infinitely magnified. Looking at the soldiers in front of him who were about to be killed by him and who could do nothing about him, a sense of satisfaction and superiority arose spontaneously.
"Damn, where are those knights? Aren't they said to be very familiar with this kind of monster? Why haven't we seen them yet?" Looking at the soldiers being slaughtered in front of them, the infantry officers felt their hearts bleeding. Even if sacrifice was an inevitable fact for soldiers, they couldn't send them off like this.
"They're coming!"
Following the shouts from behind, the officers looked back and saw that not far behind them, the Crusader Knights were riding their horses towards the battlefield. The sound of horse hooves trampling the ground not only reminded the soldiers that reinforcements were coming, but also attracted the bandit leaders who were slaughtering.
"Hey, here comes another group of guys who don't know their own limits."
At this time, the bandit leader felt that he was completely invincible in the world. Even artillery could not harm his body. Naturally, these human cold weapons would not have any effect.
"Get out of the way!" Captain Pa Ying shouted to the soldiers in front of him as he watched the monster getting closer and closer. Seeing the cavalry rushing towards them from behind, the soldiers also hurriedly fled to both sides.
The monster did not continue chasing the soldiers when it saw them fleeing in all directions. Instead, it looked at the knights on the opposite side who were galloping towards it on horseback. A mocking smile appeared on its pale face, and the slender snake-like tongue sticking out of its mouth was waving wildly in the air, like a hunter waiting for its prey to fall into a trap.
While charging towards the monster, Captain Paying recalled the information he had collected about the monster before. Its sharp claws and hard scales were its two greatest advantages. Could it be that it really had no weaknesses?
While he was thinking, the Crusader Knights in front of him had already started the first round of fighting with the bandit leader. Several knights launched an assault formation towards the monster that was ready to attack. One of the knights rushed towards the monster head-on and was directly met by the opponent's whistling claws.
"clang!"
The sharp claws slammed heavily on the axe of the opposing knight. The force caused the knight who was holding the axe to feel numb in his palms, and even the horse under him could not help but kneel down.
Seeing this, several knights nearby immediately used their weapons to chop at the scales on his body.
Since they were fighting against the apostles this time, John specially upgraded the weapons of these knights. Not only were they equipped with more flexible armor to facilitate their combat, he also ordered his men to enhance the armor-piercing capabilities of their weapons so that they would not be at a disadvantage when facing the apostles.
So when the knights hit the monster, the scales that the monster was so proud of cracked in surprise. Although it did not break, the pain it felt showed that if it did not resist, it would most likely die in this battle.
Thinking of this, it no longer wanted to fight these knights for fun. It suddenly lay on the ground and pounced on a knight.
The knight was knocked down by the monster with his horse by the sudden attack, and the monster tore the horse in half. However, the knight, who had just recovered from the shock, had not yet reacted, and was immediately grabbed by the monster by the legs and hung upside down in the air.
The knights beside it immediately turned their horses around and rushed towards the monster. However, the bandit leader had predicted the actions of the knights. As his huge tail swept around, both the knights and the horses were knocked to the ground by the huge force, and the knights following behind could only stop where they were.
However, when the bandit leader was concentrating on the battle behind him, he did not notice that the White Wolf Knight in his hand was pointing his sword at his face. With the knight's roar, the sword was thrown straight at the knight's disgusting face, accompanied by blood and screams, and blood was left on the wound.
"my face!"
The bandit leader, in pain, threw the knight away and immediately covered his bleeding face.
"Its ugly face is not as hard as its scales!"
Pa Ying also heard the knights' shouts. Now that the weakness had been found, the most important thing now was how to get close to the monster and how to hit it in the face. This monster had to be at least five meters tall, so it would be a bit risky even if the knights and their horses were together.
"Everyone! Take your crossbows and shoot at its head!" Paying shouted to the knights around him. The knights all took out the crossbows behind them, aimed at the monster's face and pulled the trigger.
Seeing the knight on the opposite side aiming at him, the bandit leader immediately covered his face with his left arm. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Paying rode his horse towards the monster. With his head blocked, he successfully rode to the side of the monster. At this time, Paying held a giant axe that was bigger and sharper than that of his colleagues. He used the speed of the charge to chopped off the monster's left leg.
Thanks to the previous efforts of the knights, the scales on the bandit leader's left leg had become broken. Paying's powerful blow directly sank the battle axe into the opponent's body, and blood spurted out from his left leg.
The bandit leader, who had been injured many times, had lost his mind. When he felt the attack on his left leg, he subconsciously raised his left arm to fight back.
Of course, the knights would not miss this good opportunity. As soon as the bandit leader raised his arms, crossbow arrows flew towards him. Although the bandit leader wanted to block, it was too late. The whistling arrows directly pierced his pale face, and one of them went straight into his right eye.
"Ahhhh!!!"
The imbalance of vision and the intense pain caused it to lose its balance and fall backwards. Seeing this, the knight would not give up and immediately dismounted and rushed forward. Following them were the soldiers of the Black Watch. This monster had killed so many of their colleagues. Now seeing the monster fall, these soldiers used their anger as courage and collectively rushed towards the struggling monster.
Although the soldiers' weapons did not have the ability to destroy the monster's scales, the soldiers, like ants, used their collective strength to pull apart its arms that were protecting its face. Seeing this, the knights immediately rushed forward and used the armor-piercing weapons they carried to find the joints and chopped down with all their strength.
With the sound of swinging and the wailing of the bandit leader, one of its arms was chopped off by the efforts of the knights, and then its other arm and legs were separated from its body in the same way as before. During this time, it also tried to resist, but because the soldiers worked together, some even found ropes to tie its limbs and then pulled hard by everyone, the bandit leader could not use his limbs and could only watch himself being separated.
Seeing this, Captain Pa Ying stepped on the bandit leader's body, raised his battle axe and pointed it at the bandit leader in horror, saying:
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
However, the bandit leader took this sentence as his hope to survive, and shouted at Paying with his remaining strength:
"You can take whatever you want, but please let me go. I don't want to die yet!"
Captain Pa Ying paused and asked:
"Then let me ask you, are there any more apostles around here? Are there any more apostles on the border with Yoda?"
Hearing this, the bandit leader thought for a moment, then quickly said:
"I have just been here for a short time, but I still haven't met other apostles. However, I can guarantee that only new apostles will appear at the border. Even if they do appear, they will have to run away to other places sooner or later."
"Oh? Why is that?" Captain Pa Ying asked puzzledly.
"Think about it, aren't we apostles just to satisfy our desires? There are no civilians to entertain us, and no money for us to squander. There are only soldiers and wars. No apostle would be willing to stay in such a place." The bandit leader explained.
"Have you ever met any apostles?" Captain Pa Ying continued to ask when he saw that there was no useful information.
“Yes, but most of them are hidden in the forest and rarely participate in human activities.”
"Okay, I don't have any questions for you right now," Captain Paying said, then pointed the tip of his battle axe at the bandit leader.
"Now you can die."
As Paying poked hard, the battle axe went straight into the opponent's head, and the bandit leader gradually became silent with wailing.
"It's done, let's call it a day." Captain Pa Ying was just about to sit down and rest for a while after saying this, but the apostle's body disappeared in a puff of smoke, and he almost fell flat on his face.
When he stood up, he found that the huge body of the apostle had turned into a headless male corpse. Next to him, a Behelet was lying there quietly.
"This should be it." Payen picked up the Behelet and ordered his men to take it back to Franche-Comté, while he led his men to the apostle's castle.
The next morning, people living in the town were surprised to find that an army in white armor had entered their town. The most eye-catching members of the team were several bandit leaders in the prison cart and their tied-up bodies.
In the central square of the town, the city lord shouted loudly:
"Fellow citizens, the bandits entrenched outside Kashi City have been wiped out. From now on, no more bandits will cause trouble in the territory. Now we will execute the bandit leader and other leaders at the stake!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Greek artillery cart that had been prepared long ago sprayed flames at the tied-up bandits. The bandit leader and his body turned into charred charcoal amidst the wailing.
What followed was cheers mixed with crying from the crowd, because because of these bandits, many people in the town lost their relatives, neighbors, and friends. But now that the bandits have been eliminated, they can only turn their tears into motivation to continue living in this cruel world.
As for the robbers' castle, Captain Paying led his men to check the entire castle. Except for a few robbers hiding in the castle, there was nothing in the entire castle that could pose a threat to the knights. However, after seeing the various human corpses and abused civilians in the dungeon, Paying and others believed that the castle was deeply sinful and needed to be thoroughly purified. After rescuing everyone inside, they burned the castle clean.
Just as the city lord was relieved to have solved the problem of the robbers, Pa Ying beside him patted his shoulder and whispered:
"Since I have helped you destroy the monster, the agreement is now officially in effect. I hope you can abide by it. Otherwise, you know the consequences."
The city lord nodded quickly and said:
"Yes, yes, yes! I know the price, and I will abide by the agreement."
Before attacking the bandits, Captain Paying negotiated an agreement with the city lord, in which the knights would help him eliminate the bandits in the territory, and the city lord would allow the religious knights and the Black Watch mercenaries to be stationed here. If the city lord did not abide by the agreement, then his behavior of condoning the bandits to oppress the people and suspected of helping the cultists in recent years would be presented to the king's table.
The city lord was not stupid, he naturally knew what he had done in the past few years, so he honestly helped the knights and mercenaries find a base, and the religious knights finally established their first base outside the territory.