Chapter 838: Rescue and Changing Opponents in Battle

Seeing the caravan and the monsters in the chaotic battle gradually drawing near, Jier hurriedly waved his arms to signal them: "Over here—come over to my side—"

"I have severely wounded people here!"

Jier's shout was extremely loud, and everyone in the chaotic battle as well as the monsters heard it. Bell parried the sword and blade that the opposing monster leader had crossed and slashed down with his axe, then turned his head to glance in Jier's direction.

He knew clearly that this wave of monsters had specifically split off quite a few parasitic monsters to deal with the other side; he had not expected that before the battle on their side had even ended, that young Apprentice Knight from the north had actually finished off the monsters first.

Since that was the case, having taken his money, he naturally could not sit idle and waste combat power.

"Turn! Slow down! Go to Knight Jier's side!"

Bell released the handle of his two-handed heavy axe with his left hand, swung his arm to block a quick slash from an enemy, and simultaneously ordered the trusted driver who was still steering the carriage.

The driver was drenched in sweat; every time the Baron Heir and the monster that had climbed onto the carriage clashed weapons, a loud, sharp clashing sound rang out. He wanted to turn his head to confirm who had the upper hand, but he dared not.

He was terrified of seeing his master being suppressed by the monster.

At this moment, hearing the order, the trusted driver responded loudly and spiritedly: "Understood! My master!"

He immediately reduced the speed of his whip swings and pulled the long Jiansheng in his left hand to the right.

As this lead carriage turned, the other human carriages following behind gradually slowed down and turned under the control of their respective drivers, running straight toward Knight Jier, who was standing in place not far away.

Seeing the caravan gradually approaching, Jier first glanced at the severely wounded Soldier on the ground who was breathing his last, muttering to himself: "As expected of the family's Refining Qi soldiers, they came over as soon as they heard there were injuries."

Then, he gave a heavy pat on the rump of Tianxuecao, who was waiting quietly beside him, signaling that this fellow could move around and fight as it pleased: "Go, I know you're combative; go up yourself as a horse and help trample some of those fallen parasitic monsters."

The horse neighed, hesitated, and took two small steps away, then, seeing its master did not stop it, Tianxuecao immediately let loose its hooves, excitedly wagging its two long ears. On its long horse face, which was wearing metal Armor, a pair of large eyes looked back and forth for the half-dead parasitic monsters nearby.

Jier saw Tianxuecao avoid the caravan that was actively coming over, quickly circle around from the left side, and then charge toward a parasitic monster that had been crippled by a soldier and was crawling on the ground.

The monster supported itself with its hands and opened its mouth wide to let out an intimidating hiss, but the next moment, it was trampled by Tianxuecao, which galloped past without even slowing down.

This bad boy, after trampling over it once, turned around and ran back to step on the unlucky monster again.

That monster could be said to have been completely embedded into this wilderness, its body thoroughly merged with nature.

After finishing one, Tianxuecao neighed excitedly again and again, looking left and right to search for the next unlucky soul.

The caravan began to slow down not far in front of Jier. Once the speed had dropped, the Baron Heir, who was still fighting a powerful enemy, immediately began to command: "Whoever is not in combat, jump off the carriages immediately! The Priests as well! Jier!"

"What?" Jier hoisted his Quanjinshu Changqiang, his gaze scanning the combat situation of the entire caravan, considering how to intervene in the battle and which side to prioritize.

"Help me deal with this monster! This is the leader! The incident of the night raid on Yemei Town last time was caused by another equally troublesome parasitic monster leader. Help me prioritize finishing it off!"

Bell's two-handed heavy axe was powerful; if possible, he could even smash the carriage he was currently riding in by slashing it horizontally. But this kind of heavy, momentum-based Double-handed Heavy Weapon was not flexible to operate. Facing a parasitic monster leader that also possessed strength beyond that of an ordinary person, the enemy's dual sword offensive left him feeling quite frustrated in his defense.

The Baron Heir still had a two-finger-wide Noble Ceremonial Sword hanging from his belt. This weapon he was skilled with could keep up with the enemy's offensive speed, but while it was powerful enough against humans, it was somewhat insufficient when facing a Monster like a Flesh Demon that only had one weak point on its body.

Therefore, he could only continue to use the two-handed heavy axe he was not skilled with, hoping to find an opening during the exchange to chop off a part of the monster leader's limbs with one axe.

Jier scanned Bell and the parasitic monster leader in combat and found that there was still a fight to be had between the two. Although the Baron Heir was mostly being suppressed by speed back and forth, the fine Metal Armor on his body meant he had not suffered any injuries.

His gaze swept to the other side, looking at the remaining soldiers and Priests fighting the parasitic monsters that had climbed onto the carriages; this side was the one that actually needed help.

It was not that they could not win here; on the contrary, the humans actually had the upper hand in numbers in this battle, and the two Priests of the Church of the God of the Dead had not yet made a move, so the situation was favorable.

However, the remaining parasitic monsters were not weak. At this moment, they were each transforming into vine monsters, extending a large number of vine tentacles from various wounds and orifices of the parasitized human bodies. The longer ones were used as limbs or whips to lash out and attack, while the shorter ones split their vine heads, growing suspicious flowers that looked like Human Face Cores, emitting various sounds that influenced people.

"Giggle giggle giggle—"

"Hee hee hee hee hee..."

"Join us! Join us!"

"Being human is so tiring; you work hard your whole life and still can't reach the status your master had the moment he was born..."

"It would be better to join us! In this land, we are all children of the great Prophet!"

Some soldiers were annoyed, some were bewildered, and naturally, some were furious: "Bullshit! What kind of shitty monster Prophet, wants to be my father? How about I be its father? Then you lot would be my obedient grandsons, right?"

It was rare for these parasitic monsters to speak, so many soldiers converted the pressure of the battle into verbal firepower, going full blast with profanities flying everywhere.

Jier felt that, for the sake of his own ears, it was best to let Bell-Sasi wait a moment, and for him to help the soldiers wipe out these parasitic monsters first.

Having made his decision, Jier did not reply to the Baron Heir. He gripped the Quanjinshu Changqiang with both hands, left in front and right in back, his right hand tightly gripping the end of the spear, braced against the right side of his waist. The spear was held high in front, remotely locking onto a parasitic monster that had jumped off a carriage and was charging over.

He began to run with long strides. After a few steps, Jier pressed his left hand down, aiming directly at the parasitic monster's chest. The monster lowered its body, wanting to roll and dodge, but Jier pressed the spear down further, directly piercing it like a Dagger through a plump, juicy, clawing fruit. With a *squelch*, he skewered the parasitic monster onto the Gun-blade.

Having skewered a monster, Jier lifted the spear, turned his body as if it had no weight, and taking advantage of the turn, swung the spear, incidentally slicing through a parasitic monster in the middle of a fight.

The wide Gun-blade was like a great sword or a broadsword; a horizontal sweep severed the parasitic monster's entire body, splitting it into upper and lower halves.

Unfortunately, this monster's Human Face Core happened to be hidden in its lower abdomen. Being cut from the middle of the body, the vine-filled upper half immediately lost all movement, leaving only a pair of human lower limbs standing in place.

Seeing such a good opportunity, the Refining Qi soldiers who were entangled with monsters on the left and right immediately rushed up with axes, attacking from both sides and hacking the parasitic monster, which only had its lower half left, into pieces.

Jier smiled triumphantly, flicked the spear upward, tossed the parasitic monster skewered on it into the air, and then swung the spear to slash upward continuously, finishing off this parasitic monster.

Afterward, Jier leaped forward, thrusting the spear straight out, passing over a carriage that was empty except for the driver, and precisely piercing the back of a parasitic monster fighting on the other side with the tip of the spear.

Jier landed, using the carriage box in front of him as a fulcrum for the spear in his hand, and pressed down on the tail of the spear. The parasitic monster on the tip of the spear then flew up as if riding the clouds.

While flying, it even let out a scream that shocked the Core Human Face.

But before the hoisted parasitic monster could fall, following two short, brief Prayers, two light orbs, one large and one small, like little suns, were emitted from the top of the Jiao Shi Chang Zhang held by the Sun God Church Priests who had freed up their hands from the side.

They hit the monster in mid-air, causing it to burn.

The two light orbs ignited the parasitic monster like bumper balls in the air before bouncing back to the two Priests. And that parasitic monster, before it even hit the ground, was reduced to a charred state by the high heat brought by the Divine Power.

Jier had only taken a few moments to resolve the parasitic monsters entangled in the fight, and there was no need for him to intervene further in the battle on this side. Because the multiple Refining Qi soldiers and Priests who had freed up their hands joined the other ongoing fights, immediately breaking the fragile balance of the battle.

Soon, all the parasitic monsters were dealt with. The scattered parasitic monsters in the distance that had not yet arrived were either chased away by Tianxuecao or stopped approaching. No matter how the monster leader fighting the Baron Heir roared and commanded, those parasitic monsters did not have the courage to join the battle.

It seemed that the cowards among those monsters also saw the complete failure of this battle, just like the plan to raid the town some time ago.

It failed.

Thus, those monsters in the distance retreated toward the forest area on the Xīběi side and soon disappeared.

Afterward, except for the two Priests of the God of Agriculture who were treating the severely wounded soldiers, the other Priests and soldiers gathered around the Baron Heir's carriage. Apart from the Priests of the Church of the God of the Dead who had no expression, everyone else was eager to try.

"Very good, this works too."

Bell was panting slightly, not because he was tired, but because the situation had indeed been quite unfavorable for a while. If he had suffered a crushing defeat or even a pyrrhic victory in the fight against the monsters, it would have been a complete and utter failure for him—a disastrous defeat.

Fortunately, the situation had turned around quickly.

"I knew it! These brainless monsters can only be defeated by us Humans! Although they do have some skills and abilities, that is all there is to it. Jier, I leave it to you; I am going to check on the situation of my Soldiers."

Leaving behind these words to save face, Bell forced the opponent back with a horizontal slash of his heavy axe, then bent his legs and, the next moment, jumped from the stopped carriage to behind the surrounding crowd.

The moment he retreated, the surrounding crowd still wanted to rush forward together, but they were stopped by Jier and the Baron Heir: "All of you, back off! This guy is very powerful!"

"Don't go up! You are no match for it! Only a Knight can deal with this kind of Monster!"

As soon as the two finished speaking, the Parasitic Monster leader, now the only one left, also jumped up from where it stood, wanting to chase after Bell to continue the battle; even if the ambush plan had failed, it didn't matter, as long as it could kill this Human, Yemei Town, with its population of ten thousand, would completely lose its most legitimate leader, and in the resulting state of chaos, other Flesh Demons could attack the numerous Humans skilled in work outside the town, snatch them away, and perform the parasitic ritual.

Once their numbers increased, Yemei Town, with its towering stone walls and sufficient guards, would also be completely taken by them.

Afterward, by utilizing the corpses of the ten thousand Humans, all parasitized, they could form a massive army to take revenge on the Humans. Sweeping through the surrounding counties would be no problem at all, and perhaps even Borisfa City, which was still in the midst of civil strife, could be taken.

But it was thinking wishfully, and it would not be able to do it.

While the Monster leader holding blades was still in mid-air, Jier also leaped up, aiming accurately as he saw the opponent could not borrow force to change direction in the air, and thrust his Long Spear out with full strength.

Clang————

But Jier did not expect that although the guy's jumping trajectory was fixed, facing this spear thrust from Jier, it twisted its body in mid-air, forcibly turning sideways to block Jier's Long Spear tip with the pair of blades in its hands.

"So accurate?"

Jier landed with the opponent, filled with doubt.

Because of Jier's intervention and surprise attack, the landing point of the Parasitic Monster leader naturally deviated from its original target, landing in an open space to the side.

Thud!

Jier's feet landed and sank into the soil like stone pillars, his body not even swaying; the moment he landed, he was about to thrust his spear again, but he did not expect the Monster leader to be so skilled, as it swung its right-hand Changdao, first deflecting the direction of the Long Spear, and then the Long Sword in its left hand slashed over, grazing the metal spear shaft.

This scene made Bell, not far away, frown; he did not expect this Jier to be so poor at foot combat with a Long Spear, letting an opponent using short weapons get close to him after just one exchange.

At such a time, a Knight using a Long Spear should generally employ some Knight combat techniques like quick backward steps, or activate a Protective Magic Item on their body to forcibly repel the approaching enemy.

But Jier seemed to have none of these, just standing there foolishly as the opponent attacked him like this?

Jier was indeed not skilled at fighting with a Long Spear; when riding on horseback, one could say he had some precious practical experience with the Long Spear, but Long Spear foot combat? He was truly not good at that.

But it did not matter, for what Jier was best at happened to be close-quarters combat!

Facing the Steel Sword slashing along the metal spear shaft, Jier did not even think twice, simply letting go and dodging to the side.

Even the Monster leader did not expect this Human Knight to do such a thing, so it was also stunned for a moment.

The next moment, Jier quickly retreated a few steps, pulled out the Hunting Sword from his waist with his right hand, and with his left hand, reached back to take off the Elven Metal Shield that had been hidden by his cloak on his back.

He slipped his left hand into the fixed ring on the back of the shield, gripped the handle tightly, and then stood it in front of him. The Hunting Sword in his right hand lightly tapped the ground, white light surging back and forth on the blade, just like Jier's soaring fighting spirit at this moment.

His body was turned sideways toward the Monster leader, one foot extended forward and stepping lightly, the other foot slightly bent behind. At the same time, his eyes scanned the enemy in front through the metal Faceplate and the upper edge of the shield, excited yet calm.

"Very good! I feel like I can have a good fight today."

Jier said this.

And the lone Monster leader opposite turned its head in a circle to look at the situation around it, and when it turned back to the front, this Monster also spoke: "Kill... you, then kill that... Human leader. Human Knights, and Church power, all... deserve to die. For the home... burned to ashes in the flames!!!!"

Just after speaking, it lowered its body and instantly charged over, its speed extremely fast.