Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 49: Confrontation

"He still has a bow and arrows, be careful!"

A bandit shouted loudly, and the bandits from other directions quickly reacted, hiding behind tree trunks.

Only one bandit tripped over some bushes, delayed by one second, and in that very second, Li Wei quickly shot an arrow that hit his calf, making him howl in pain. Even so, he immediately rolled behind a tree, making it difficult to follow up.

This situation was quite normal, and Li Wei wasn't surprised. He directly held a cone-headed arrow in his mouth, bent down to pick up the other two cone-headed arrows and the iron spear.

Carrying the recurve bow and two cone-headed arrows in his left hand, and the iron spear in his right hand, he charged toward the two bandits flanking from the left.

"Tar, he's coming your way."

The bandits flanking from the right immediately shouted, while one bandit from the front also revealed himself, taking turns with the two flanking from the right to rush forward.

An encirclement was basically already formed.

As long as the two bandits flanking from the left could stop Li Wei for a moment.

"Ayaya!"The bandit named Tar on the left suddenly jumped out from behind a tree, holding a short-handled axe, screaming strangely as he rapidly charged toward Li Wei. Another bandit rushed out from behind another tree about seven or eight meters away. The distance between both sides quickly shortened, and before long they were already within ten meters.

Li Wei could already see the ecstasy and brutality in the other's eyes. He had no doubt that if he fell into their hands, he would be eaten alive.

However, Li Wei didn't slow down at all. He continued running rapidly through the forest, still carrying the recurve bow in one hand and the iron spear in the other. Only when the distance between him and the bandit Tar was less than five meters did he suddenly toss the iron spear in his right hand upward, instantly changing his grip from palm-forward to palm-backward.

This was a very standard throwing posture.

Especially since he never stopped running, this inertial force automatically acted on the iron spear, allowing him to throw it smoothly.

With one spear thrust, he turned the bandit Tar's head into an exploding watermelon!

What a joke, without this level of confidence, would he dare to be a close-combat archer?

And almost at the moment he threw the iron spear, he sank his waist, left leg forward like a brake, right knee bent and pulled back, shifting his center of gravity to his right leg, allowing his rapidly running body to stabilize as quickly as possible and form the most suitable posture for drawing the bow and nocking an arrow.

Then, the recurve bow came into his hand, arrow nocked on the string, using only sixty percent of his strength to slightly draw the bow.

Actually, he couldn't draw it further—the opportunity was fleeting.

Moreover, the second bandit opposite was less than ten meters away, which was enough.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow flew out. The bandit frantically tried to dodge, but couldn't escape Li Wei's precise shooting. The cone-headed arrow directly pierced through his neck. He made strange sounds, weakly struggled with his hands, and collapsed to the ground.

At this moment, Li Wei had no time to look back. He immediately ran, rushing back to where his backpack was earlier. He untied a wooden spear, took out five cone-headed arrows, stuck them in the ground, panting heavily while looking back.

Actually, after this series of skirmishes, his stamina was almost completely depleted. But of the eight bandits opposite, he had successively shot four dead, injured one, leaving three remaining. They should also be terrified.

So although they didn't flee, they no longer dared to approach within fifty meters of Li Wei. Both sides stood off across the forest until a few minutes later, when the other side noticed Li Wei taking out his water pouch to drink, they finally realized Li Wei might be running low on stamina. They shouted and tried to approach.

But Li Wei immediately held a wooden spear in his right hand, recurve bow in his left, with a cone-headed arrow in his mouth, and pressed forward. They immediately scattered like birds and beasts, running a full hundred meters away.

They had clearly witnessed how Li Wei instantly killed two people using this method just moments before.

And Li Wei's stamina had now recovered to 40 points. He immediately put on his pack and walked step by step along the road toward the river valley area.

At this moment, he truly hoped Penny had already died.

But he had to go check, otherwise turning back now would still mean abandoning someone in danger.

Additionally, he needed to kill these three bandits. Otherwise, when night fell, in territory familiar to them, wouldn't he just be a sitting duck?

Fortunately, the three bandits were truly frightened by him. They tried several times to rush over, but Li Wei immediately put down his pack—come on, you have no shields, no long-range archers, not even leather armor. If you dare charge, you can test how sharp his wooden spear is.

Especially when he pulled out that iron spear, he could almost feel the despair from the bandits opposite.

And so, Li Wei walked leisurely, recovering stamina while retrieving his fletched arrows.

When he reached the corpse of the large bandit, he stepped on his head and pulled out that cone-headed arrow.

The three bandits cursed venomously, but so what? If you're not convinced, then come fight.

Snorting coldly,

Li Wei threw down his pack, set aside the recurve bow, and went to remove the large bandit's boots—cowhide, excellent quality. He also had a set of dirty leather armor on his body.

Seeing Li Wei do this, the three bandits watched from afar, wanting to charge over but not daring to, could only curse impotently.

Finally, they had to flank around and take away the injured bandit.

Meanwhile, Li Wei had already removed the leather armor from the large bandit's body, and even found a small money pouch on this guy.

However, there were no information prompts, including when he killed these bandits—no information appeared. Clearly because the battle wasn't over yet, so nothing could be confirmed yet.

Li Wei didn't wear the leather armor—it was too large and would actually hinder his movements. He just bundled it up, carried it on his back, then holding the recurve bow, retreated backward, prioritizing retrieving the cone-headed arrows from the corpses, then searching the bodies and stripping leather armor.

Speaking of which, only two of this band of bandits wore leather armor—probably the leader and deputy leader—and both were taken out by him immediately.

Otherwise, with this large leader present right now, they really would dare to charge once.

Next, Li Wei found two money pouches in total, then retreated toward the trap where Penny was located.

The three bandits opposite followed from afar, maintaining a distance of over a hundred meters. It was clear they were very dissatisfied.

A moment later, Li Wei approached the pit trap with extreme caution. He wasn't in a hurry to rescue Penny.

He even somewhat hoped Penny had died from severe injuries.

Really, he wasn't abandoning someone in danger, but human capability has limits. Plus, having killed so many bandits, his evaluation wouldn't be low.

But if Penny wasn't dead, he would essentially gain a burden, which would be very problematic.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached, he heard Penny's weak voice coming from the bottom of the pit.

"George! George, is that you?"

"It's me, sis. How are you? Can you climb out now? I killed four bandits, injured one, but there are still three lively ones. They're watching me from outside bow range right now, I can't go rescue you."

Li Wei briefly explained the situation.

"I can't climb out. This pit is very deep. My foot seems sprained, maybe broken. But I won't die. Mixi is dead, I'm sorry..."

"George, don't stay guarding here. Go up to the stone cliff—that's the bandits' lair. From up high, you can shoot farther, with wider vision. Until nightfall, we'll both be safe."

"Okay!"

Li Wei dropped two sets of leather armor, changed into the cowhide boots, took his bow and arrows, and climbed up the stone cliff along the path the bandits had carved out. This position was good—as long as he held this place, the bandits would have to cross over a large mountain to attack.

While Li Wei was climbing the stone cliff, the three uninjured bandits charged forward about thirty meters. But when Li Wei quickly climbed up, they immediately retreated again—quite clever!

However, they seemed to be thinking of countermeasures. If only they had a shield, even just a door plank, then it would be Li Wei's turn to flee in panic.

And when night came, he would have to consider whether to abandon Penny.

While thinking, Li Wei ate some food.

The three bandits wandered about sixty meters away, while the injured bandit was left on the opposite bank of the river valley, crying out intermittently.

At this moment, he glanced back at the cave where the bandits lived. It was pitch black inside, very quiet, nothing visible.

If the bandits had left one bandit here earlier, this would have been Li Wei's doom.

On the flat ground outside the cave, there was an extinguished bonfire, a dirty pot, plus a messy pile of wooden bowls and spoons.

Beside them were piled some food, along with bloodstains and fish guts and scales. Flies swarmed around in clusters, with foul odors drifting about.

But soon Li Wei discovered a rope among them, estimated to be about seven or eight meters long.

This was good stuff. Additionally, he found two poles about five to six centimeters in diameter and about three meters long—these seemed to be what the bandits used to carry heavy objects.

Li Wei dragged all these things over together, first using the rope to tie the two poles together, creating a simple ladder about ten centimeters wide.

Then he carried this thing down the stone cliff and threw it into the pit trap. The rest was beyond his help, because in just this short time, the three bandits had already charged to within thirty meters. When Li Wei threw down the ladder, grabbed the recurve bow, and nocked a cone-headed arrow, they turned and fled back in panic.

It was quite ridiculous, quite funny, but not amusing at all.

Li Wei felt that if he couldn't quickly come up with a countermeasure, he might be in serious trouble this time.