Winner Takes All

Whoosh!

The whistling sound of the arrow was heard.NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.

It reached Achilles in a blink of an eye.

All of a sudden.

Snap!

Achilles raised his left hand brazenly and caught the arrow in the air. Following a loud scream, he throw the arrow back.

Everything happened in a flash.

Stab!

The arrow flew backwards with a greater speed than before, blatantly pierced through the chest of a mercenary. Blood splattered everywhere.

With a miserable scream, the mercenary fell hard to the ground from his horse.

The scene stunned everyone in Timur's mercenary team.

The next second.

A mercenary leader shouted angrily, "Focus fire!"

Following his command, all the remaining mercenaries stretched their bows and attached arrows on it. The sound of the tight bowstrings echoed in the wind. Swoosh swoosh swoosh...

A staggering number of arrows flew up into the skies and pierced the clouds. Even the wind and snow was silenced by the arrows when they penetrate through them. "Be careful!"

Achilles, who was behind everyone, was dismayed. While he shouted and remined the others, he pulled out his Dragon Cavalry Sword and blocked a doze of arrows that was approaching. Then, he fearlessly swung the sword and erected it behind the back of his horse.

Clang clang clang...

The immensely packed arrows reached the thick and wide body of the Dragon Cavalry blade, bursting into sparks.

At the same time.

The arrows also caught up with Jack and the others.

Jack waved his Dragon Cavalry sword and blocked all the arrows that came from behind.

Imitating Achilles, Debut also erected his Dragon Cavalry sword behind the back of his horse. Using the wide body and thick blade of his sword, he blocked all the arrows.

Cole and Yarol were weaker in their strength and physique; therefore, they did not even had the chance to draw their Dragon Cavalry Sword.

They could only use their normal battle sword and repel as many arrows as possible.

However, there were too many arrows.

After the first round. the mercenaries did not pause. Instead, they immediately started lashing out their second attack.

As Cole and Yarol only used their normal battle sword, they could not keep up with the speed of the falling arrows.

Stab!

An arrow brushed against Cole's arm, and his blood spilt everywhere.

Cole grunted in pain and paused for a while.

However.

During that short pause, the densely packed arrows instantly swallowed him alive.

At that very instant.

Cole widened his yes and felt that death was as closed as he could ever imagine.

Volm!

A gust of wind suddenly appeared.

From the side, a giant Dragon Cavalry Sword came chopping down from the sky like a dragon and swept all the arrows away. Cole's body trembled when he saw what happened.

His blurry vision suddenly came into focus and saw Jack appeared in front of him, with a huge sword in his hand sitting on his horse.

"Jack..."

Cole felt very grateful.

If Jack did not help him, there was no doubt that he would have already be dead just now.

"Debut, guard the back together with me. Cole and Yarol, the two of you stay in front."

Jack disregarded Cole at that moment, and calmly instructed them with a solemn expression.

Achilles had not catch up with them yet. The squad moved through the rain of arrows, as though they were stuck in a quagmire.

Cole and Yarol was unable to wield their Dragon Cavalry Sword, so they could only rely on their normal battle sword to repel the arrows. Therefore, it is possible that they would get trap in this 'mire' if they stayed here any longer and die in the end.

They could only get out from this 'mire' by blocking all the arrows.

"Okay!"

Without wasting time, Debut turned his horse back and rode alongside with Jack.

With two Dragon Cavalry Sword erected behind them, most of the arrows were blocked.

Cole and Yarol felt a weight was lifted off their shoulders.

With Jack and Debut guarding their backs, the two of them could escape to the depths of the outskirts without fear.

Clang clang clang...

The densely packed arrows came like tidal waves, blasting the two Dragon Cavalry Sword again and again.

At this moment.

Jack had fully harnessed the maximum potential of his Dragon Cavalry Sword that it could reach in the battlefield.

However, the densely pack arrows slammed on the Dragon Cavalry Sword one after another, and the impact was transmitted into their hands.

With Jack's strong physique, he could practically ignore this impact.

However, for Debut, he could only swallow the pain in silence.

The waves of impact transmitted to his purlicue, and instantly numbed his purlicue and right arm.

"Damn it, Jack, I don't think I can hold any longer!"

Finally, Debut could not help but groaned in pain.

His right arm was getting more and more numb, and he could not hold the sword handle steadily anymore.

"Hold still until Achilles gets here!"

Jack furiously swung the Dragon Cavalry Sword. All the sudden, it seemed like the wide and heavy sword had became light as feather. With a speed no one could see, Jack quickly waved his sword in front of him and Debut, leaving several afterimages behind.

Clang clang clang...

All the arrows was blocked and fell to the ground.

Debut who was suffering instantly felt better. He quickly changed to his other hand.

As Jack was swinging his sword and blocking the rain of arrows, he also managed to catch a glimpse of Achilles' position and situation.

Achilles was just about ten meters away from them. However, there were a bunch of mercenaries twenty meters behind him, chasing him on the horse and kept on shooting arrows at him.

Jack's heart sank to the floor when he saw that.

To fight a few hundred people with only five people...would be impossible!

The huge difference in numbers was too vast. Not to mention they were dealing with mercenaries, if they had to slaughter five hundred pigs, it would take them some time too.

Moreover, even though their enemy's formation looked messy and unorganized, they were all capable of killing Jack and the others.

If they got surrounded by all these people, all hope would be lost.

This was the battlefield, not some back-alley brawl.

In a street brawl, if you could intimidate your opponent boldly and fearlessly, they could still choose to retreat and escape.

However, the battlefield was a place where you fight to the death.

The war would not stop until the whole of your enemy's army was eliminated.

On the battlefield, there were timid and cowardly soldiers too. However, when a few hundreds of soldiers was fighting a squad merely of five people, even the most cowardice could muster up the courage to fight fearlessly and blatantly.

Jack put his Dragon Cavalry sword horizontally in front of him, turned his head back and glanced at Cole and Yarol.

Now that he and Debut was able to help them block the rain of arrows, Cole and Yarol took the chance and ran away from this 'mire'. Now, they were few hundred meters away.

However, Jack was sure that the two of them were still not entirely safe yet. In this snow covered plain, it would be hard to find a place to hide. Moreover, this place was surrounded with the foreign tribes, therefore, even if they really ran further, they could still be in danger!

"Maybe...we can only rely on them to request for backup!"

Jack mumbled. Even though the Dragon Cavalry had been known for dominating the Northern Territory with their cold weapon combat strategy, they had never given up on thermal weapons. Each and every Dragon Cavalry soldier were equipped with a device able to conduct long range contact with Thegiant City.

The main point was, even though Cole and Yarol had escaped hundred of meters away, they still did not have the time to set up the device and request for backup.

Hearing Jack's words, Debut's body trembled with shock.

"We are at least 50 kilometres away from Thegiant City. If we must hold on and fight these many people, I don't think we can last until our backup is here. Jack...is there another plan?"

However.

"Watch out!"

Achilles, who was galloping towards Jack and Debut, suddenly let out a scream.

Boom!

A deafening sound blared through the skies.

It was as if the wind and snow were muted by the loud roar.

Kaboom!

Debut, who was still shocked suddenly felt a huge blast erupted behind him. Huge sparks flew from his Dragon Cavalry Sword. Following that impact, Debut let out a miserable shout. His purlicue tore and bleed on the spot, and his body flew up into the sky and landed heavily on the ground.☐☐☐☐