Chapter 51 Flame and Sword 2
More than ten of Pumi Xiu's men died. After a short rest, the angry villagers quickly assembled a revenge team of forty people.
Doug held an ax weighing five or six kilograms in each hand. The two axes did not look heavy.
But needless to say, no one doubts the prowess of Doug and this pair of axes.
Doug kicked open the wooden door of the tavern, and the rickety wooden board was smashed by the kick and fell to the edge of the door along with the cold wind.
"Walk!"
Doug went out first, followed closely by the men in the village.
Behind the group of men composed of elderly and middle-aged teenagers, several women followed.
Whether they were fat or thin, whether they were angry or scared, they all followed with various emotions at this time.
Lawrence walked last, with Sophia at his side.
Salil walked beside and warned Sophia: "Don't leave me too far when the fight starts. Sophia, remember to protect yourself with a shield."
Sophia said calmly: "I will!"
Lawrence followed the team forward in silence.
Emma was holding an iron hoe in her hand. When she saw the sword in Lawrence's hand, she said, "Mr. Lawrence, do you know how to sword?"
"No." Lawrence held the iron sword and sighed: "This feels a bit uncomfortable."
Emma asked, "What kind of weapon do you need?"
Lawrence thought for a while and said quickly: "A shovel, or a hoe."
Basically, I have no experience with swordsmanship, but I have used shovels and hoes for many years, and they feel smoother.
"Wait a minute." Emma said, looked around, and quickly broke into an empty building.
Lawrence continued to follow the team forward, when a dog barked from the front.
Sariel explained: "It's Doug's hound! With the hound leading the way, we can know the traps and locations of the Kur people in advance, and they can't escape."
Lawrence looked ahead, where several young men and men each had a large dog on a lead, and Doug was holding a strip of kul to the muzzle of a gray hound.
The hound soon identified the scent, and with a whimper hurried ahead.
The crowd followed the footprints of people and animals, with two hounds leading the way.
The rest of the people were leading sled dogs, but no one was riding a horse. Many people's mounts were either pulled away by the Kurians or escaped in panic.
As soon as Lawrence followed the others to the gate of the town, Emma ran over.
She did not run away or hide from this battle.
"Here, this is the hoe I took from the blacksmith's house. Now it belongs to you!"
Emma handed Lawrence the one and a half meter long farm tool in her right hand.
Lawrence held the long sword in his left hand, and it was very inconvenient to hold the hoe in his right hand.
So he tied the iron sword behind his back and held the brand new hoe with only the top made of iron in both hands.
Lawrence asked: "Have all the things in the blacksmith's house been divided?"
Emma solemnly said: "Now we want to avenge the blacksmith. These things can be used to kill the Kur people, which is better than using them to farm the land!"
Lawrence accepted this. Indeed, in the current environment, as long as he is willing to fight for the Kur people, not to mention farm tools and weapons, even land and houses can be taken.
Pumixiu Town itself is much larger than Kuer Village, with stronger population and reserves. This time, the men and women in the village were killed in a sneak attack, and livestock and food were also taken away. This was a big blow to Pumixiu Town. Call it a shame.
Shame can only be washed away with blood!
And it must be ruthless, so as to deter the other barbarians.
Sariel quietly approached Lawrence and asked in a low voice: "Lawrence, are you scared?"
Others didn't know it clearly, but Salil could see that Lawrence had never killed anyone, and he probably hadn't fought either.
Lawrence found that he was not as scared as he thought, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid, maybe it's because I just saw the evil deeds of the Kur people in the town, and I don't mind fighting with the Kur people that much anymore."
Salil didn't quite understand.
Lawrence accepted the inevitable battle because of his reputation as a teacher, and because of the logic that he had to fight back after being bullied.
Although Salil spent more time with the Pumixiu people, she was taught that all people are mortal and had no concept of justice.
This time I came to fight mainly because this was the duty promised by my father, Andrew, and as a daughter, I should come forward.
Both sides have some strange ideas that they cannot understand, but this does not prevent them from fighting in the same camp.
The team kept walking. The Kur people's village was two days away from here. Today, the Kur people launched a sneak attack in the early morning, so they would not go too far now.
At around ten o'clock in the evening, the hounds in front discovered something.
The frozen men and women quickly cheered up and began to work hard to clasp their frozen hands in preparation for battle.
Lawrence glanced at the frozen Sophia next to him. Although she was wearing a sheepskin hat and scarf, and even had sock-like gloves on her hands, Sophia was still shivering.
Lawrence was not much better, his hands and feet felt cold and had a tingling sensation from time to time.
The procession soon resumed its movement, and Lawrence had no idea what he had discovered ahead.
He continued to walk forward with the hoe, and more than a minute later he saw a frozen body on the road.
The corpse was that of a woman, who seemed to be from Pumixiu Town. Her clothes had been stripped off, and her body was covered with large scars from iron tools and branches. She was placed on a big tree facing the road.
Emma discovered the body and said angrily: "It's the blacksmith's child."
Salil looked thoughtful and stated: "Obviously the Kur people did it on purpose. They thought this would scare off the Avengers behind them."
After walking for another half an hour, the front of the team began to pass the wine bags back.
Doug walked over from the front of the team and said to Sariel: "Saryl, catch it."
Salil quickly raised her hand to catch the sheepskin bag, opened it and smelled it, then looked at Doug and said, "Uncle Doug, have you found the Kur people?"
Doug was originally wearing a sheepskin robe, but now he untied his upper body clothes and hung them behind him, revealing his strong muscles.
Compared with the ax on his hand, the black and gray tattoos on Doug's body are more eye-catching.
"Those Kur people are sleeping behind the woods in front, and only a few people are eating next to the fire."
"A mouse that is full cannot run far."
Doug showed disdain and growing murderous intent.
Soon he became much gentler when he looked at Salil, "Warm yourself up, I'll leave the rest to you, don't let the mouse escape!"
Sariel took a sip of the wine and then handed it to Emma, "Okay, although this is my first time fighting."
Doug smiled and said, "I believe you, Andrew's boy!"
After finishing speaking, Doug turned and walked towards the front of the team.
Emma took two sips and then handed the wine bag to Lawrence.
After Lawrence took a sip, he found that countless knives were falling into his throat, causing a burning stinging sensation whether he was breathing or moving.
His body quickly regained consciousness, especially his face that felt like it was burning, and his fingers and toes that felt like burning pain, which made people want to get off the ground.
"kill!!"
Doug's roar exploded in the silent snow forest. Soon everyone realized their mission, quickly grabbed their weapons and rushed forward.