Chapter 175 172. Battle west of the Falling Moon River
Neil himself did not expect that the distance between Iron Mine and Night-Kirin City was only dozens of kilometers longer than that between Salt Mine, but the time spent on this trip was doubled.
First of all, Neil didn't know the way very well. After the team passed Korniko from Rothe, they only knew to walk west along the Gallop River tributary. When they met Falling Moon River, they Heading south, but the further west you go, the more hills there are. South Falling Moon River has become even more winding since it separated from the Gallop River. In addition, the Grassland road was muddy in early spring, which greatly reduced the speed of Neil.
Secondly, we met several small tribes along the way. Neil tried his best to lead each tribe to the Night-Kirin City area. Communication with each other inevitably delayed time.
But the most troublesome thing was crossing the river. There were not only cavalry and Knight in the team, but also dozens of draft horses and carts for transporting ore. Neil and the cavalry spent a lot of effort to find a shallow stall and finally crossed the river.
As soon as they crossed the river, they encountered a large tribe. Neil sent people to negotiate, but unexpectedly, the entire tribe came out to challenge them, along with their families.
"River West Tribe are really a bunch of barbarians," Neil said incessantly as he looked at a group of Barbarian riding huge beasts of burden. Since the establishment of the Gallop Tribe, "Savage" has gone from being brave to being synonymous with ignorance.
"Neil, we have to go to Brown Bear to buy Iron Mine. Will it be too much of a loss if we play against them now?" Big Stone on one side was worried that he would not be able to get any advantage after the two teams collided.
At this time, a man from the tribe opposite them, who looked like a leader, came over on a huge beast of burden.
"Looks like this is going to be a duel, give me all Crystal" Neil reaches out to ask for Magic Crystal from his cronies. All the equipment on his body is Magic Pattern Equipment. After putting in 5 Magic Crystal, all attributes can be activated. Not only that, Landen also equipped him and several Intermediate Knight with an enchanted long sword that can emit flame magic.
With Magic Crystal, Neil rode forward, "This Chieftain, I am Neil Falcon of the Gallop Tribe, what do you call me?"
"Just call me Long Hoof. This is Big Longhorn." Long Hoof looked up and down at Neil, who was getting closer. Now Neil is more than 2 meters tall. The steady supplement of Magic Beast Meat has made him grow rapidly.
What a rare good guy. If I can win, I will definitely save his life and be a companion to Xiaohua. The old man kept thinking about it, but he heard the person on the other side had already spoken.
"We Gallop Tribe are the kings of the entire plain! Now Gallop Tribe is willing to provide food to all the people on the plain for everyone to survive the winter. If the leader Long Hoof is willing to take your tribe Join us, I am willing to personally welcome you back, if not, we can also trade with each other." Neil glanced at the people behind Long Hoof, "I wonder if you... are you planning to start a war with us?"
"Um... We, Longhorn Tribe, are ordered by..." Old Manzi is a professional in raising pack animals, but he is really not good at memorizing those vocabulary of Zou Zou. He sat on the pack animal and stammered, not wanting to look back at Fox Girl in the camp behind him. "Yu..."
"Accepted?" Neil recalled the old man's words.
"To... to the great god Fire Fox!" Long Hoof finally remembered that Fanil·Fox described Fox Clan Beastmen's god as a huge fire-red fox from ancient times.
"Fire? Fire Fox?" Barbarian is no stranger to gods. Beastmen has a transcendent status among Barbarian. Each tribe has a deep respect for the Lord. Beast God also has some beliefs, but even the least particular barbarian will add an honorific or a priesthood when describing it, such as the god of the woodland White Wolf, Grassland God of Forest Cats, it is rare to call a big fox directly.
"This barbarian" Fanil Fox, who was several hundred meters behind the longhorn, heard that this guy was so disrespectful to his god. He stood up with his big white tail, and the hair on his tail was about to explode.
"Yes, I am Retainer, the master of Fire Fox, and I want to duel with you!" Long Hoof said very firmly, "The winner is the leader of the two tribes!"
"Neil!" Daniko Knight behind Neil was a little anxious. Although such duels are very common in Barbarian, among the Human Race nobles, it is against the laws of the nobility for Knight to use the lord's property as a bet without permission.
"Neil, don't duel with him" Big Stone shouted. He didn't know the rules of the nobility, but simply decided that he should not conflict with a tribe protected by Magic Beast God.
"It doesn't matter." Neil stared at Long Hoof and his mount. Looking at his hands that were shaking with excitement, he felt that the tribal leader was not good at riding. "I will know how to ride him."
Ignoring the dissuasion of others, Neil took the lead in drawing out his long sword and started to accelerate towards the giant beast.
When Long Hoof saw Neil starting up, he was naturally not willing to lag behind. He took out the long hair from the side of the beast and accelerated the charge.
Before February, Neil had learned about riding and swordsmanship from several Intermediate Knights every day. Naturally, he knew that one inch is long and one inch is strong. As soon as he exerted force with his left foot, Black-Scaled Horse underneath him would move to the right, preparing to attack in a roundabout way.
Long Hoof knew that although his mount was tall, it was not as nimble as Black-Scaled Horse. The opponent had already detoured to his left wing. The old barbarian, who usually did not practice swordsmanship or spear skills, immediately gave up his spear with his right hand and pulled out the scimitar from the saddle, preparing to meet Neil's long sword.
In an instant, Neil's horse head rushed towards the old man. "Clang~" The scimitar and the long sword made the first impact. Extreme pain and paralysis were transmitted to the two people at the same time. The beast under the old man suddenly shook its head, and the long horn covered with metal was about to stab Black-Scaled Horse on the side. Neil saw that the situation was not good and immediately opened the distance.
"This guy can do it. No wonder he can command such a cavalry." Looking at Neil who was walking away, Long Hoof secretly complained in his heart and had a little doubt about Fox Girl's so-called oracle. "Even if I can defeat him by chance, can the cavalry behind him agree?"
"This old barbarian is very strong!" Neil was also reassessing his opponent, "It seems he is not very good at fighting, why is he so strong!" Neil had opened all the Magic Array on Iron Armor before attacking. It stands to reason that with this equipment, he can be as good as the ordinary Senior Knight.
Both of them no longer charged easily. Neil took advantage of Black-Scaled Horse's speed and continued to maneuver at medium and high speeds in an attempt to get around the opponent's side. Long Hoof had noticed it early, but his mount was not fast enough, so he could only keep pulling the reins to keep the animal's head facing Black-Scaled Horse as much as possible to prevent sneak attacks.
In the blink of an eye, a duel between Knight turned into a race between Black Horse. After three or five turns, Neil almost fainted, and had no choice but to speed up Neil again against Long Hoof.
"Ah, what a good opportunity." Long Hoof Seeing that his opponent's patience was at an end, he naturally looked at the right moment and took out another spear to prepare for a hedge. This beast of burden is big and naturally carries many weapons.
The two cavalry collided at full speed again. The old man was cruel and pointed his finger at Neil, intending to knock him off his horse with one shot. His daughter's marriage was also forgotten. However, he never thought about whether the long sword on the other side was there. When it reached 20 meters, flames suddenly erupted. The wind in front of Black-Scaled Horse and the flames on the long sword formed Fireball, which flew out from in front of Neil.
"Moo~" Big Longhorn was hit by flames for the first time, and subconsciously dodged to the right. This made the center of the old cow's hoof unstable, but when the long sword from the opposite side came, he could only turn his long hair sideways to resist Neil.
"Cang~" Neil activated all his equipment and cut off the spear shaft with one blow.
"Dang~" Big Longhorn noticed that Neil was approaching and quickly threw his head towards Black-Scaled Horse. Seeing this, Neil used his sword to hold the long horn, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a scimitar coming from high up.
"Ding~dang~" The old man was not good at swordsmanship, but his coordination with animals was superb. He slashed directly at Neil's shoulder with his sword, but heard a sound of metal colliding. After being slashed, Neil and Iron Armor were completely fine.
Neil Although he was not injured, he did not dare to lift it up. He moved forward from the horse, and the long sword carried sparks along the side armor of the giant beast.
When the two separated again, Black-Scaled Horse had a bleeding hole on his back buttocks, and the nail plate on the lower left part of Big Longhorn had completely fallen off.
Seeing that Neil's horse was injured, the old man finally saw a chance of victory, and quickly moved the reins to let the beast of burden move forward. However, he never thought that as soon as the mount started to move, he felt that his lower body was unstable, and the entire saddle of the beast fell forward to the right.