Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 227 Restrictions
Will's gaze followed Robin's retreating figure until it completely disappeared into the black smoke on the horizon.

As he turned around, his boot suddenly kicked something hard. The broken sword had somehow become deeply embedded in the rock and soil, with wisps of white steam rising from the crack.

"You are a knight of the Alfonso family?"

The aged yet deep voice startled Will, who abruptly looked up.

Viscount Wilke had somehow appeared three steps away, his anchor-patterned cloak standing motionless in the north wind, his eagle eyes scanning him up and down.

"Your subordinate Will Non Alfonso greets Your Lordship!" Will knelt on one knee in a knightly salute, his armor creaking heavily.

The crack in the broken sword faced the old lord's boot tip, like a scar of resentment.

The old lord, with his "Great Knight cultivation," lifted Will's chin with his sword sheath and suddenly nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad." He turned to the shadows and said, "Ito, you can take care of these men for now."

As Itomo emerged from the corner of the stone corridor, he bowed and glanced at the knights behind Will with the same intensity as if examining a piece of raw iron.

"Come with me. If you wish to follow Young Master Allen, you must first pass my test."

Before the young knight apprentices could react, they were "invited" towards the armory by the suddenly appearing Iron Anchor Guards.

Will glanced one last time at the broken sword embedded in the ground, then followed the chief knight of Viscount Wilke without looking back.

The biting north wind whipped up the withered grass, leaving countless scorched marks on the wasteland.

Robin's five thousand spearmen stood silently like a steel forest, the tips of their long spears reflecting the cold morning light.

Opposite them, the barbarian army stretched across the entire horizon like a tidal wave.

The warriors clad in animal skins let out a deep war cry, and the heavy battle axes they slammed into the ground caused it to tremble slightly.

The open space between the two armies was only three hundred paces, yet it seemed as if there was an invisible boundary between them.

Robin's dragon-slaying spear was pointed diagonally at the ground, its tip leaving a thin trail in the frozen earth.

He squinted, his gaze sweeping over the barbarian army formation and locking onto seven exceptionally tall figures.

The totem armor of the legendary warriors gleamed with a blood-red light in the sunlight.

"Form ranks."

His voice was soft, yet it caused the soldiers behind him to step forward simultaneously.

Five thousand long halberds lay neatly laid flat, their blades forming a wall of death that hummed metallically in the wind.

In the midst of the barbarian army, a chieftain clad in a bearskin raised a blood-stained battle axe and let out a deafening roar.

A flock of crows on the wasteland took flight in fright, circling in the leaden sky.

The phalanx of warriors suddenly parted like a tide.

The first two ranks of soldiers remained motionless, their long spears still pointing forward like steel thorns. The soldiers behind them neatly stepped aside to make way.

Five hundred crossbowmen, led by Andy Sue, quickly infiltrated the area, the clicking of their crossbows filling the air.

"Form ranks!"

As soon as Andisu's roar subsided, the crossbowmen were already kneeling in three rows among the spearmen.

The first row of crossbowmen held their crossbows horizontally, the second row knelt to aim, and the third row stood upright and cocked their crossbows.

The entire formation changed formation in the blink of an eye, like a steel behemoth that suddenly raised its spikes.

In the midst of the barbarian army, Babur, draped in a bearskin, roared with laughter, his voice like muffled thunder: "A mere few thousand rabble soldiers, do they think they can stop my barbarian warriors?" He brandished his blood-stained double-edged battle axe, the blade still stained with streaks of undried flesh.

Another legendary warrior beside him touched his empty waist and sighed, "It's a pity our tribe has no shaman."

"Dealing with these grunts is the same whether you have a shaman or not!"

The roar of the legendary barbarian warrior exploded across the wasteland. He raised his broadsword, as wide as a door panel, high in the air, the bloodstains on the blade gleaming a blinding red in the sunlight.

With a deafening battle cry, thousands of barbarian warriors surged towards the human army like a flood bursting its banks, their heavy footsteps causing the ground to tremble slightly.

A cold smile curled at the corner of Robin's lips. He lightly raised his hand, and Andy Sue immediately understood: "Aim!"

Five hundred pulley crossbows were raised simultaneously, their sights locking onto the charging barbarian warriors.

Robin slowly took the oddly shaped compound bow from behind his back; the bowstring gleamed with a cold metallic luster in the sunlight.

The barbarian charge had reached within two hundred paces.

"put!"

As soon as Andysu's roar subsided, the first wave of deadly arrows had already left the bowstring.

The two-hundred-pound pulley crossbow emitted a deathly hum, and its specially designed armor-piercing arrows easily tore through the flesh and blood of the barbarian warriors.

After three volleys of fire, more than fifty corpses fell in the charging barbarian army, their blood staining the withered grass red.

"court death!"

One of the seven legendary warriors let out a deafening roar, and with a sudden burst of power from his legs, he leaped towards the human army like a cannonball.

His three-meter-tall body drew a terrifying arc in mid-air, his battle axe raised high, determined to cleave the crossbow formation in two.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow wreathed in an earthy yellow light shot through the air and pierced precisely the throat of this legend.

The barbarian warriors fell like kites with broken strings, crashing heavily into the path of their own people's charge.

Robin slowly lowered the compound bow and said softly, "One." His gaze swept over the remaining six legends. "Ninety-nine more."

The power fruits generated by the Dragon Breathing Technique each day are limited, so every arrow must be used wisely.

Babur's bearskin robe fluttered in the wind as he growled, "A legendary archer! Charge!"

Six tall figures simultaneously disappeared into the barbarian army formation, using the wave of the charge to conceal their forms.

They no longer gave Robin the chance to pick them off one by one, and approached cunningly like a pack of wolves.

“Clever,” Robin sneered, “but not much!”

When the two armies clashed, more than two hundred barbarian soldiers had already fallen.

But the smell of blood only fueled the barbarian warriors' frenzy. With bloodshot eyes, they tore at the human defenses like wild beasts.

"die!"

Ironjaw's giant axe cleaved a barbarian warrior in two from head to toe, and as blood and flesh splattered, he was about to burst into wild laughter.

"boom!"

A massive iron-clad club slammed into his breastplate, sending the giant flying several meters backward.

Iron Jaw rolled a long way on the ground, spitting out bloody saliva: "That was powerful!"

The long spears of the warriors formed a deadly jungle, but the crazed barbarian warriors used their flesh and blood to forcefully break through the gaps.

Robin's pulley bow fired in rapid bursts, each arrow precisely taking the life of a barbarian warrior.

Babur finally broke through the battle lines, his double-edged battle axe aimed straight for Robin's head: "Die!"

Babur's battle axe was only inches from Robin's throat, but at that moment it was frozen in time forever.

A playful smile suddenly appeared on Robin's lips, a smile that sent chills down Babur's spine. The barbarian legend instinctively tried to retreat, but it was too late.

"Pfft!"

A long spear wreathed in golden light emerged from the side like a venomous snake, piercing Babur's chest with pinpoint accuracy.

The spear tip pierced through his back, drawing out a spray of scalding hot blood.

(End of this chapter)