Chapter 223 Shadow Assassin (Two chapters in one)

Administrative Hall of Fishing Port Town.

In a lounge.

Ryan was wiping the sharp knuckles embedded in his knight's hand guard with the "paralysis poison" provided by Trevor, and on the bed next to him, there was a doll made of special wood whose gender could not be distinguished.

The doll was slightly larger than the palm of a hand, and the head, torso and limbs were connected together with nearly cylindrical wood, while the face was only depicted with a few strokes, as a symbol of the mouth, nose, ears and eyes, and it looked very crudely made.

But when Veronica handed Ryan this "substitute doll", Ryan knew from Nathaniel's envious eyes that the "substitute doll" provided by Veronica was not as simple as it looked.

Later, Ryan learned about it after Nathaniel introduced it.

"It is extremely difficult to make a substitute doll. It requires a special type of person among the formal wizards, commonly known as a 'puppet master'."

"The method of use is also very simple. You can use mental power to control it, or you can wrap a strand of the user's hair or a drop of blood around the substitute doll to perform it."

"The substitute doll will transform into the user's appearance within the next day, and release the user's breath at the same time. Even ordinary formal wizards will find it difficult to detect the difference. Only after attacking will they find the problem." "

Of course, the substitute doll also has restrictions. That is, after the spell is cast, it will not become a moving doll. It can only transform into the user's static appearance. After being hurt, it will return to the doll's appearance."

"So, it is usually placed in a specific place to mislead the enemy."

Although there are various restrictions, it is one of the best witchcraft props for wizards or wizard apprentices when encountering assassin-type enemies.

This is also the reason why Nathaniel showed an envious expression.

At this time, Nathaniel had set up a warning magic array around Ryan's room. Once an enemy entered, it would sound an alarm, but this was not safe.

Judging from the fact that the other party could quietly enter the captain's room of the fourth-level ship, the other party might have some kind of magic props or special magic, which could quietly enter the room and launch a sneak attack.

In the previous discussion, several people decided on two plans to deal with the attack.

The first is that the other party is not just one person, but two or more people. In this case, Veronica will assist Ryan, while Nathaniel and Trevor will be responsible for the others.

This two-by-two combination was also carefully considered. Nathaniel and Trevor are both members of the Fish Dragon Team. The two know each other very well. When they cooperate, they can often coordinate with a glance, and the combat effectiveness is one plus one greater than two.

The second situation is that the other party is one person, then there is no doubt that everyone will besiege him .

Facing this level of enemy, ordinary guards and night watchmen are not very useful. They are led by the Lehman brothers. Their main task is to be responsible for the defense of the periphery and deal with some enemies within their ability, such as Storm Crow.

After everything was ready, Ryan tied his hair to the puppet, placed it on the bed and covered it with a quilt, and he went to rest under the bed fully armed.

When Waxman and Zenina came to the administrative hall of the fishing port town, they saw teams of three night watchmen patrolling intensively.

"Humph, childish tactics."

"Zenina, as usual, if I can't immediately deal with the opponent within ten seconds, you limit the time of others a little bit."

"Yes, sir."

At this time, a shadow began to emerge from behind Waxman. This was Waxman's killer weapon - Shadow Assassin.

Shadow Assassin is actually a rare shadow-based witchcraft. Its body is a gathering of shadow energy. Normally, it has about 30% to 40% of the strength of the caster.

However, after Waxman obtained this witchcraft, he tried to study and improve this witchcraft model many times in the past ten years, and managed to slightly strengthen the power of this witchcraft.

Now the shadow assassin has nearly 50% of his original strength. Since this is a continuous guided witchcraft, after maintaining the shadow assassin, he cannot cast other witchcraft.

Another point is that this shadow assassin cannot be attacked directly. After being attacked directly, it will disappear.

Once the shadow disappears, the caster will have a short-lasting mental backlash.

This backlash is not strong, and there will be no splitting headaches or even coma. It is only during the backlash that the caster will lose the ability to cast other witchcraft for a short period of time.

Therefore, five years ago, he spent a lot of time and energy to find Zenina, a wizard apprentice who also specializes in the shadow system, and has been training her ever since.

The purpose is to cast the shadow system's defensive witchcraft to strengthen the shadow assassin's defense and avoid being directly attacked. Another point is to support his actions to a certain extent.

Zenina recited a spell, and black shields soon appeared on Waxman and the shadow assassin, one in front and one behind. Then, the shields slowly disappeared. From the outside, there was no trace of the witchcraft shadow shield.

Waxman had considered whether to kill the target person Ryan's companions one by one first, and then kill Ryan.

But after thinking about it, there might be some kind of change in the middle, causing the target person to escape, or other unexpected situations.

The best way is to kill with one shot!

Moreover, after so many years of assassination, Waxman has almost never failed with the help of the shadow assassin.

Waxman and the identical shadow assassin disappeared in the shadow of the street in front, and the next second, the shadow assassin passed through the wall.

The next second, Waxman's figure also disappeared, and the figure of the shadow assassin emerged in the original place, and the two actually exchanged positions.

It turned out that this was the greatest effect of the shadow assassin. It can exchange positions with the caster. Of course, this ability will consume a lot of the caster's mental power, and if it is used continuously, it will cause the mental power consumption to increase exponentially.

Therefore, it cannot be used at will.

But this is already a very special ability, which is equivalent to Waxman also having the ability to pass through walls in disguise.

If Marika saw this scene, she would definitely be able to figure out how the other party attacked and killed a great knight captain in the closed captain's room.

After Waxman came to the administrative office, he first controlled the shadow assassin to sneak into several rooms. After a few minutes, he determined the room where the target person was.

And Zenina outside, at this moment, based on Waxman's infiltration, began to cast the witchcraft of shadow fog. Soon, the fog near the town's administrative office began to gradually thicken. It

was late at night.

Ryan felt the lv3 level of danger perception in his heart and began to warn faintly.

But strangely, he turned his eyes slightly under the bed and looked around, but he could not see any trace of anyone.

Suddenly, a phantom, like fog, passed through the wall and entered his room. Then the next second, the figure flickered, as if the phantom suddenly became some kind of entity.

A middle-aged man in leather armor appeared in front of Ryan.

After another second, another phantom passed through the wall again and entered the room.

In other words, at this moment, two figures with exactly the same appearance, one virtual and one real, came to Ryan's room.

The middle-aged man in leather armor who entered the room quickly locked his eyes on Ryan, who was lying motionless on the bed. He immediately showed a sneer on his face, and then suddenly pulled out two daggers emitting a bloody halo from his waist.

The same set of actions of the middle-aged man in leather armor was repeated by the phantom almost without delay.

Then, two figures, one real and one virtual, holding two daggers, quietly surrounded Ryan's bed from different directions.

Ryan, who was at the bottom of the bed, looked at this scene, and then thought of the two assassinations against the Imperial Navy Rear Admiral mentioned by Marika before, and he

seemed to have some understanding in his heart. The phantom walked near the bed and launched the attack first!

"Hiss!"

A sound of a sharp weapon tearing the air was heard, and the phantom holding a dagger suddenly chiseled at Ryan's head!

If it was hit, it would definitely be a fatal blow that pierced the brain from the forehead.

"Bang!"

A sound like a bubble bursting was heard!

In Waxman's astonished eyes, the target person who was originally lying on the bed suddenly turned into a wooden puppet, and his shadow assassin's dagger actually only stabbed a wooden puppet.

Unexpectedly, the opponent had no time to react and was pierced through the forehead, and the brain was splattered.

It was also unexpected that the opponent reacted in time and parried the shadow assassin's attack, and then he would attack from behind and finish him off!

But none of the above happened.

This made the experienced Waxman stunned for a short moment.

Then, just as he was thinking that it was not good and was about to fly back.

At this moment, after the puppet was stressed, it suddenly exploded from below, and a sparkling fluorescent dust immediately splashed out.

Although Waxman's pupils shrank and the whole person retreated rapidly, it was inevitable that a small amount of purple fluorescent powder was stained on his leather armor to a certain extent. The shadow assassin was also fast, but he was also stained with a lot of fluorescent powder.

Although the amount was small, in the dark night, the two shining figures were very eye-catching.

Just as Waxman was about to wipe it clean and leave immediately, he suddenly felt a warning in his heart. The whole bed in front of him suddenly attacked him like an overwhelming force. Just as he was about to fly back, the bed suddenly broke into pieces!

A young-looking, but muscular, tall silver figure, holding a two-handed war hammer, attacked him from top to bottom!

It was Ryan who used the "Break Limit" and the talent "Intermediate Giant Strength"!

Waxman naturally would not choose to take the opponent's heavy weapon.

No matter how sharp and sophisticated his dagger was, it was undoubtedly a foolish act to fight against the two-handed war hammer that was dozens of times heavier than himself.

Waxman activated the Break Limit, tapped his toes, and his speed increased rapidly. He retreated at a high speed like an arrow from a string, and calmly avoided the heavy hammer that Ryan smashed down.

Just as Waxman felt relieved, thinking that he had dodged the blow from the opponent's warhammer, and began to control the shadow assassin beside him to counterattack, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Because he saw that after Ryan's hammer missed him, he did not stop, but instead accelerated his swing and hit the floor of the room with a heavy blow.

Instantly, an invisible but extremely destructive wave came from the intersection of the opponent's hammer head and the ground.

The ground shattered inch by inch and fanned out, spreading rapidly in front. At this time, a loud "bang" was heard.

Including the shadow assassin, both of them were attacked immediately.

I saw a flash of black light on the shadow assassin's body, and with a "pop" sound, the shadow shield cracked and the shadow disappeared instantly.

Waxman was immediately hit back and the whole person froze again, but fortunately, a flash of black light also appeared on his body, and a black film offset most of the damage from multiple shocks.

However, the shock wave was so powerful that it directly collapsed the wall behind Waxman. For a moment, a sharp sound of the warning magic formation was heard, and footsteps of varying heaviness were immediately heard nearby.

But then there was a muffled groan. Trevor and others who came to support seemed to be attacked and restrained.

Ryan did not wait for the support of Trevor, Veronica and others as planned, but he was not panicked at all, and still swung the hammer heavily at the middle-aged man in leather armor!

At this time, Waxman did not want to continue fighting.

For him, face is not important, and it doesn't matter if he misses once. What is important is to judge the situation. Obviously, the opponent's defense is very targeted and the strength is much higher than expected.

Therefore, Waxman made a choice that he thought was correct.

He planned to use the reaction force of the moment when the weapons collided to fly back directly. Of course, he would not choose to take the strongest part of the hammer head, but very skillfully took a step forward and got stuck in the middle of the hammer handle.

He didn't believe that the opponent would still have a witchcraft prop like "substitute puppet" to mislead him next time.

But just as Waxman's two bloody daggers crossed and blocked the middle of Ryan's hammer handle, he froze slightly. His plan to use the force to fly back not only failed, but he was fixed in place for a moment.

Because at this moment, a violent, multiple shock force came from the two daggers. Although Waxman had the dual protection of the Force and the Shadow Shield, he was not injured, but a moment of pause was inevitable.

This pause gave Ryan the opportunity!

Ryan used the force to perform "Giant Hammer Smash", "Giant Hammer Sweep" and "Giant Hammer Jump" in succession. With the blessing of the special effect "lifting heavy as if it were light", the heavy and dark pig-headed hammer in his hand was swung up and down, as light as a rapier.

After that stiffness, Waxman lost the initiative and fell directly into the "quagmire" of Ryan's heavy hammer combo. Every collision would make him slightly stiff for a moment.

This moment made Waxman lose the opportunity to jump out of the attack range of Ryan's two-handed war hammer, but this moment was just enough for Ryan to use the next heavy hammer again, so Waxman could only choose to use the double daggers in his hands to resist Ryan's attacks.

"Dang!!!"

Every time they collided, sparks flew!

"Dang!!!"

The huge impact force, each blow would cause the ground under Waxman's feet to instantly shatter and sink more than ten centimeters. Because of this buffer, Waxman would not be injured by the super strong impact of Ryan's heavy hammer.

But this also made Waxman unable to withstand Ryan's heavy hammer attack continuously in the same place, because after several consecutive hammers, his entire ankle would sink into the ground, and he would be in a more passive situation.

Therefore, he could only fight while enduring the stiffness caused by this shock, and tried to step back a step, as stiff as if he was dancing a mechanical dance.

After dozens of exchanges!

The two had fought all the way from the collapsed wall to the empty backyard of the town administration hall.

The sound of weapons clashing was deafening. The strong airflow caused by the high-speed swing of the heavy hammer swept the dead leaves and small branches around into the air, circling and flying!

Waxman had never encountered such a frustrating battle. His advantages of flexibility and high speed were suppressed by the opponent's special multiple shock force because he lost the initiative.

However, he was not worried!

Because the opponent's heavy hammer combo must be completed in one go, once he charges up to perform a certain secret technique or mystery, he can immediately escape during the charging interval.

If the opponent does not use the killer, how long can he maintain this extremely physically demanding heavy hammer combo?

Once the opponent is exhausted, or even just has a decrease in strength or speed, his pressure will be quickly reduced and he will easily escape.

At the same time, Waxman did not think that the young boy in front of him could surpass him in physical strength. This was completely impossible.

On Ryan's side, after his earth-shattering hammer caused multiple shocks to kill the shadow and enveloped the enemy.

The entire battle rhythm entered the situation he expected.

As for what Ryan had to do, he had to make sure that every blow he made was powerful and heavy, and every blow was as fast as thunder!

As for physical strength consumption?

That was not something he considered.

Because at this moment, he had a full 6 points of remaining attribute points.

When the battle was close to one minute, Ryan did not hesitate to add one point to his physical strength.

As the remaining attribute points went from 6 to 5, his physical fitness also went from 28 points to 29 points.

Suddenly, a surge of heat was pumped out from the heart and quickly spread throughout the body.

In an instant, the numbness and fatigue of Ryan's muscles were swept away!

Ryan's two-handed hammer was still as steady, accurate and powerful as it was at the beginning of the battle.

After a minute and a half, Waxman's eyes began to show obvious doubts and surprise.

According to his rich combat experience, the boy in front of him should have experienced a decline in physical strength half a minute ago, and the whole battle would have a turnaround, and he could take the opportunity to get out of the current passive situation.

But it's been a minute and a half, and the opponent's hammer is still so powerful and so fast!

On the contrary, his physical strength is gradually running out.

This makes Waxman feel irritated for no reason.

Did the opponent take drugs early in the morning? That's

why he can maintain his current state.

Strong physical potion?

Probably not!

Because it can only increase physical strength by about 10% to 20%.

Magic blood potion?

Obviously not! Because

the effect of the drug only lasts for half a minute, it is taken during the battle. The opponent obviously didn't have the opportunity to take the potion just now.

Waxman thought quickly in his mind, but he couldn't figure out what potion the opponent might have taken, and how it could have such a strong effect!

Could it be some new medicine from the Dragun Empire?

Or is this the opponent's true strength?

No, this is absolutely impossible!

The guy in front of him is only a few years old, it is impossible for him to have such strength.

Waxman felt a little regretful at this moment. He should have raised the opponent to the standard of the most dangerous opponent before making a move.

He has not encountered such a dilemma for a long time!

There has been no news from Zenina so far. It should be that she is being restrained by the opponent's two third-level wizard apprentices and a sharpshooter.

Another half a minute passed.

"Dang!!!"

When Ryan hammered down again, he clearly felt that the opponent's strength when parrying had decreased a little, because the opponent's knee was more distorted than before.

As the other party in the battle, he was most aware of the opponent's subtle changes, which also made Ryan instantly understand that the opponent's physical strength had gradually reached the bottom.

Silently, Ryan added a point to his physical strength again.

As the remaining attribute points changed from 5 to 4, the physical fitness also changed from 29 points to 30 points.

Instantly, Ryan's fatigue from continuous fighting was swept away again, and he was full of energy!

He knew that since he could sense the opponent's physical strength decline, the opponent would also notice this, so if the opponent didn't want to be exhausted and hammered to death by him, he had to hurry up and seek changes.

Ryan stared at the opponent's every move with a sharp eye, and his attention began to be highly concentrated.

He still maintained the heavy hammer blows like a storm!

At this moment, Waxman's hands and feet began to feel sore.

Even if Waxman had excellent physical fitness, he would not be able to bear hundreds of heavy hammer blows from an opponent with extraordinary strength.

What's more, his extraordinary characteristics are not strength-based.

Therefore, time has dragged on until now, and he must take a risk!

Facing another fierce hammer blow from Ryan, Waxman's face showed a fierce look, and the whole person no longer retreated, but leaned down, chose to take a step forward, and tried to block with his left hand upwards, while holding a dagger in his right hand, he quickly stabbed towards Ryan's abdomen.

Waxman chose to trade injury for injury. He planned to use his left arm to resist Ryan's hammer, so as to get a chance to stab Ryan's abdomen.

He had already thought of the opponent's possible countermeasures. If the opponent dodges, it will inevitably destroy the force and cause the whole rhythm to be disrupted, and he will naturally be able to escape from the current passive situation.

If the opponent chooses to trade injury with him, then the worst case scenario is that his left hand will completely lose its combat effectiveness, but the opponent will inevitably be stabbed through the abdomen by him, thus seriously injured.

However, in this case, he will be injured.

Being injured in the enemy's territory is an extremely troublesome thing, which is why Waxman tried his best to avoid this situation.

"Dang!!!"

"Puff!"

The sound of two different metals colliding rang out almost at the same time!

Ryan's almost full-strength attack was obviously not something Waxman could block with one hand. After the hammer and dagger collided, the dark pig-headed hammer hit Waxman's left arm heavily.

With a "pop", the bones at Waxman's left shoulder joint were directly shattered by the heavy hammer!

At the same time, the blood-red dagger in Waxman's right hand also pierced through Ryan's water-film steel breastplate and stabbed into Ryan's abdomen.

But the strong sense of resistance that came out of the dagger, as if piercing a steel plate, made Waxman change color immediately!

This is exactly the effect of Ryan's talent "primary steel body".

Waxman's reaction was also very fast. In a flash, he raised the dagger in his right hand and came between Ryan's hands. Then he slashed it back, forcing Ryan to loosen his hands holding the hammer handle.

Seeing that Ryan had lost his most proficient two-handed war hammer, Waxman endured the severe pain in his left shoulder, pulled out a slightly ferocious smile at the corner of his mouth, and was very calm in his heart!

Without the main weapon you are best at, let's see how you can fight me!

Young man, you are still lacking in combat experience!

(End of this chapter)