Chapter 588
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There were only eleven men following Su, but these eleven people were dozens of times mightier than that hundreds of servants in terms of offensive power . They swerved around and caught up with Su, and those two bandits who were still dazed got decapitated by the swordmasters who came not long after .
Qin's battlefield skills were very detailed . There was a variety of sabers, but no matter which type was used, it could not slice through heavy armor . The bandits were clad in light armor while their necks were covered in beast skin . The swordmasters identified the enemy's weakness, thus chopping off their heads in one slash . Even the tiny iron chains lining the interior of the beast skin were broken .
Su charged forward on horseback, the blade in his hand poking left and right at lightning speed . Every strike he made caused a bandit to fall off their horse and sustain serious injury . Su did not kill anyone . Even though a blade was not suitable for horse battle, its user was important too . Such a weapon had a wider blade, as long as it pierced into one's body, it would cause them to lose their offensive ability and bleed profusely .
The flaw of a blade was that it could break easily . Su's Sword Aura dominated the battle . The blade danced in mid-air . The bandits did not even see it coming, they could only feel the intense Sword Aura, and then they were knocked off their horses by Su .
In a few breaths' time, Su had already passed through the entire team of bandits . More than twenty bodies appeared behind him, and another twenty or so who had fell off their horses and were gravely injured . The ones dead were actually killed by Aini's trusted soldiers .
It was not that Su could not bear to kill someone . He had received education, so he did not care about the enemy's life . On the battlefield, causing irreversible damage to the enemy was the best strategy . If the enemy tried to save their injured comrades, then they would have to pay an even larger price .
The dozen riders swerved around once again and slaughtered their way back . After four barrages of arrows raining on the road beside the forest, the dozens of bandits who fell off their horses were all shot dead . Not a single warhorse escaped either . The archery skills of the servants were not great, but they were ruthless . Fifty servants went out to the road, wielding their short swords and stabbing each body once more . They then plucked out the arrows and stored them . The other fifty people went to the middle of the road, taking out triangular nails from their pouches and scattering them on the ground .
Thereafter, these one-hundred people split up into five groups . Two returned to the forest to collect the shields in order to seal the road completely .
Each of these one-hundred people held a shield in their left hand and a short sword in their right . It was the standard method to deal with cavalrymen . The shape of a short sword was similar to that of a triangular sword, it had been designed to break armor . Once pierced into the body, it would leave a deep wound, even heavy armor could hardly resist its attack .
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The servants and trusted soldiers in these large families were the reliable forces for the nobles . They were skilled and cruel .
None of the experts from the bandits' camp gave chase . Su led eleven swordmasters by himself, thrashing left and right, he could not be stopped . Those bandits also could not organize a comeback . They tried to flee, but their route of retreat had been cut off .
Three bandits rode on horseback and dashed towards the servants holding the shields . They got shoved off their horses by a dozen shields, then the servants stabbed the bandits haphazardly . Dozens of holes appeared in the bandits' armor, then the bandits died in the blink of an eye .
The servants whose shoulders got injured by the warhorse retreated into the forest, while the others at the rear took their positions . The bandits had nowhere to run, some of them even leaped off their horses and prostrated on the ground to surrender .
Su felt bored . He did not complete the mission Saleen had given him as too little bandits were lured over . The moment the bandits entered the ambush area, their morale had completely dispersed . They could not even put up a resistance against Su and the eleven swordmasters .
At the end of the day, bandits would never be stronger than a regular army . Even if their individual capability was stronger, their offensive power would in fact be weaker than that of a normal soldier .
The eleven swordmasters acted faster than Su . After a few rounds of quick assault, less than twenty bandits remained . These bandits only remained alive because they had prostrated on the ground .
Su could not be bothered to kill them either . He told the servants, "Take these warhorses and prisoners back, I will guard the rear . "
Su was prudent, he was afraid that more bandits would appear from the back . By then, the servants would really get injured . Saleen's agenda had been partially fulfilled, the loyalty of these servants had been tested . The servants were only clad in light armor and held onto shields, but they dared resist the assault from the light cavalrymen directly . Even though their strength was slightly weaker, they were willing to risk their lives .
With mages around, those bruises caused by the warhorses could be easily treated . Su's team followed behind slowly . This time around, the battle had yielded over one-hundred warhorses . Even though this number was lower, it was a large blow to the bandits . All this while, a bandit gang had very little warhorses . Losing two-hundred horses meant that they had suffered a loss of over ten-thousand gold coins .
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Saleen's worry did not exist, because the bandits were too inferior . Su had made such a judgment . If he was given a camp's worth of manpower, and the soldiers' caliber were like Lex's subordinates, he would not even give a hoot even if there were more than one-hundred-thousand bandits .
The stories narrated by a traveling poet always had some powerful bandits who even dared plunder the imperial family's army . In reality, such a thing would not occur . Even if the bandit gang had a Silver Grand Swordmaster, it was also useless . A plate of scattered sand would never be able to match up to an army, unless the bandits were present in astonishing numbers .
Just like the current situation, where there were ten-thousand bandits besieging Cexing City . Cexing City only had slightly more than one-hundred regular troops while the remaining people were peasant soldiers . If there was not a city to rely on, the nobles in Cexing City would have committed suicide long ago .
Fortunately, more than twenty prisoners were captured . The lousiest of these bandits was also at the standard of a beginner swordsman, they were considered the elites among the bandits already . Once Su returned, he could surely extract some useful information from them .
Half an hour after Su left with the swordmasters, some bandits then caught up . Seeing bodies strewn across the road outside the forest, these bandits hesitated, they did not carry on pursuing their enemy . Their comrades who were shot by arrows were also stabbed in their necks, causing the necks to be fractured . The bandits felt chills go down their spine, they were afraid to continue giving chase .
Seeing that no bandits caught up, Su then increased speed . Along the way, he also led Sharman's grade-5 mage back to camp . Those over one-hundred undead soldiers remained five miles from the camp, in case the bandit organization launched a massive offensive . If the undead soldiers went berserk, they could totally stop such an offensive .
Upon returning to the camp and finding that the security was tight, Su felt jubilant . Even though Saleen was not proficient in warring skills, he was much stronger than those bandits . Even in the subcontinent plane, it would take a famous general to set a defense array like this .
The situation back in the barrack appeared very relaxed . Su and the grade-5 mage entered to see that Saleen had arranged wine and meat on the table, awaiting their return .
"Sir . " Su bowed, but Saleen waved his hand to tell Su not to behave in this manner .
"Those bandits you have brought back are very interesting, they actually want to defect to me . Tell me, do I look like a bandit?" Saleen joked with Su . Saleen's status as a grade-6 mage already made him hardly approachable . If his followers were also so stiff, then Saleen would be the most uncomfortable person in the room .
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Su thought about it solemnly, then nodded his head . The rest of the people could not help but cackle, even Saleen himself could not stop laughing . Saleen recalled the things he had done in the past, "I was really like a bandit back then . Especially my plan this time around, allowing the bandit gang to attack the city . I didn't render any help, instead, I wanted to wait until the bandit gang attacked before I stabbed them from behind . "
From Saleen's perspective, it was only right to do something like that . Of all the nobles in Phoenix, those willing to side with Metatrin City had already left . Those who stayed behind were either allies of the Holy Rock City, or arrogant fellows . The Holy Rock City was attacking the aristocratic power of the Phoenix Duchy . If one did not take a side, they would be devoured sooner or later .
The name of Viscountess Lex was still very attractive, moreover, the capabilities displayed by Lex could rival that of the previous Grand Duke of Phoenix .
"Su, sit down and talk . " Saleen pointed at the seat beside him . Seeing that Su had seated, Saleen then said, "The abilities of these bandits are pretty good . There was a grade-6 mage, but this mage will not attack the city, he only protects the bandit leaders from getting assassinated . "
"Why?"
"Because of an agreement between Alchemy City and the Holy Rock City . A mage is not allowed to participate in the invasion of any of Qin's cities . Unless a mage can guarantee that they will not be killed by the Alchemy City . " Saleen explained for a moment, before recalling that Su did not belong to this plane . In front of Sharman, he also did not continue explaining .
Su understood, then said, "If we were to kill them from the rear, that grade-6 mage will attack us . "
Su had no idea what Alchemy City was, but he could infer that it was a massive power formed by mages, and this power was so big that it could extend its influence over all the mages in the Qin Empire .
"This is the current situation . The prisoners you have captured are from the Black Dragon Bandit Gang . This bandit gang has a few thousand men, but they are usually separated into groups of less than one-hundred people to carry out their heists . This bandit gang is considered to be powerful and the rest of the bandits had been hired to attack this city . "
"Hired?" On the subcontinent plane, a bandit would not accept employment, so Su was a little confused .
"Humph, there are mercenaries among these people too, but they are all mercenary groups below grade-4, not very credible people . "
"Have you found out who is the leader?"
"No . The bandits who attacked Cexing City have a leader from the Black Wind Bandit Gang . Currently, north Phoenix is extremely barren . Basically, with more than ten-thousand bandits assembled, a small city like Cexing city will not be able to defend itself . "
"What does Sir plan to do?"
"Are you confident of killing that grade-6 mage?"
Su contemplated, then said, "He is too far, I cannot do it . After all, a grade-6 mage is able to fly already . "
A Silver Grand Swordmaster could fly too, however, their flying altitude and durability paled in comparison to a mage . If that mage had planned on fleeing from the start, Su would be helpless .
"Don't worry, if he flies, then he will really be dead meat . " Saleen's words caused Sharman's mage to furrow his brows . This time around, it was not out of disdain, but because he realized that Saleen had revealed a tinge of an expert's vibe .
"If he cannot fly, I will be able to deal with him even if he is a grade-7 sorcerer . " Su did not act humble this time around . The rank of a Silver Grand Swordmaster was equivalent to that of a grade-8 sorcerer . As long as a mage did not fly, they could hardly defeat Su . Back then, Lex's men tried various ways and means to kill a Silver Grand Swordmaster . A Silver Grand Swordmaster was no small fry . It was Saleen's good fortune that he managed to recruit two followers, such a thing would never happen again .
"That's great, then you shall kill that grade-6 mage, the rest of the people will not pose a threat . Cexing City can last for two to three days . Two days later, we will advance . If Cexing City has been invaded, we will help the nobles there to recapture their land . "