The muscular man didn't come today; instead, the wise man who was speaking just now came.
Even now, he is still pleased with his own wisdom. Looking at the perfect plan without any flaws, he wonders if what he said was too complicated and the other party did not understand.
Because the other party hasn't said anything so far, not even when they were so scared they fell off their horse.
It wasn't that Ed forgot to tell him; rather, Ed was considering how to resolve the crisis.
There are too many people on the other side; it's definitely impossible to rush over.
The opponent's chosen position is also very good, so we can only retreat. But if we retreat, there will be an ambush behind us, and then we're doomed.
Even if there's no ambush behind us, it's not easy to escape once we're in the jungle.
The opposing side also had wooden shields, and their bows and arrows clearly indicated they were prepared.
However, the other side overlooked one thing: at this distance, ordinary arrows cannot reach it, but Ed's arrows can.
The person who spoke must be a leader. He seems safe now, but he is actually very dangerous. Ed could have a chance to kill him if he lets his guard down.
At this moment, the team members were somewhat uneasy, especially the first few who came out, whose legs were shaking, while the original team members were in better condition.
Ed quickly reassured them, "Don't panic, everyone. There are just more of them. We have armor, and our bows and arrows are very powerful."
Eric immediately chimed in, "Your Excellency is right. My bow and arrows are very powerful, as you have all witnessed."
Ed and Eric's words gave them some confidence, and some of them calmed down a bit.
"Listen up, everyone. The bandits are preparing wooden shields, probably to use up all our arrows. When they charge, just fire your arrows. Don't worry about anything else. Just fire your arrows as I command, don't fire them too early."
Ed intended to follow their plan. To lower their guard, he looked at the longbow in Eric's hand and said to him:
"Don't aim yet. Wait until we start shooting before aiming at the person who spoke. Don't let him get suspicious and hide behind us."
Ed knew that the enemy outnumbered them, so killing some henchmen would be useless; he could only capture the leader first.
Ed had considered having Eric aim at the person who was speaking, but he was worried that the person might become wary if they saw Eric aiming at them.
Because the person speaking is currently at a distance where ordinary arrows cannot reach him. If he sees Eric aiming at him now and hides at the back, that would be troublesome.
Therefore, Ed didn't want to take any risks and could only be more cautious.
Seeing that the other side still hadn't made a move, the intelligent man became a little anxious and shouted again:
"I'll say it again, leave your things here and you can go."
"I'll kick your ass to pieces," came the reply from the other side.
"Ugh!" The intelligent man was quite angry; he really hated that sentence.
Despite his anger, he didn't act recklessly. Instead, he whispered to the man with the shield in front of him:
"Shield bearers, feign an attack, slowly move forward, and block their arrows until they run out of arrows."
He then shouted at the other side, "You're asking for it, so don't blame me."
Then there was nothing in front of him, and as expected, all the arrows from the other side landed on the shield in front of him.
"Hahaha, you can't shoot me! Everyone else, get out of here..."
Just as he was smugly preparing to give the order to charge to the armed men...
A long arrow pierced the air.
"puff"
The arrow pierced his left chest.
The person instantly went limp.
"ah!"
"The second leader has been hit by an arrow!"
The underlings were in complete disarray.
With their leader gone, they lost interest in robbing and ran forward, while a few took the wise man's body with them.
They soon disappeared into the jungle ahead.
"My lord, how is my archery skill?" Eric asked.
"Great, that was a cool shot."