Chapter 226 Beyond Visual Range Attack! (Two chapters in one)

Ryan rode a big black horse on a winding road, with a lot of things hanging on both sides of the horse.

In addition to a striking bow, there were two identical long objects wrapped in animal skins on the other side. Judging from the length and the exposed handles, they seemed to be some kind of short weapons.

These two were the blood-red daggers from the shadow assassin. Because the blood-red light on the daggers was too eye-catching, Ryan deliberately wrapped them with animal skins.

As for why the bow and dagger were not carried on his body, it was because Ryan was already carrying two weapons, the pig-headed hammer and the glimmering giant sword. If he carried a bow and a dagger on his waist, it would be like a peacock spreading its tail!

It was really a bit out of place.

Especially the dagger, how could a serious knight fight with a dagger?

Even a knight who used a dagger as a secondary weapon was very rare.

But Ryan was very impressed by the special effects of the Shadow Assassin's blood-colored daggers. He was naturally reluctant to leave such a good weapon unused.

This is why he proposed to the Empire's South Sea Fleet that if there was no metal-based witchcraft, he hoped to obtain a dagger-type extraordinary combat skill.

Suddenly, there were several high-pitched eagle cries above Ryan's head!

It turned out that in the air dozens of meters above his head, there was a seagull-sized, blue-purple raptor that was stretching its wings and flying up and down excitedly.

This was Ryan's blood-feathered horned eagle chick. During this period, under the care of Veronica, a wizard apprentice who specialized in bird transformation, the chick quickly grew up.

At this moment, its original fluffy light yellow fluff was gradually replaced by blue-purple feathers that only adult blood-feathered horned eagles had.

Of course, this process will continue for quite a long time.

According to Veronica, the larger the raptor, the longer and stronger its feathers are, and relatively speaking, it will take more time to molt than smaller birds.

Walking in the wilderness of Wolf Hills, Ryan looked at the young birds flying freely in the sky, and envied them. He could not help but use the core skill of the beast trainer, "Eye of the Beast".

Because Ryan's mental power has been greatly improved compared to before, when he activated the skill this time, although he was dozens of meters away from the young blood-feathered horned beast, he still successfully performed it.

The moment the skill was activated, Ryan felt like he was a radar station, and his mental power was the radar waves radiating to the surroundings. Almost in an instant, Ryan's mind locked the position of the young blood-feathered horned beast.

Ryan's mind moved, and the field of vision in front of him changed instantly!

As far as he could see, there was a blue sky and a vast land. When he lowered his head slightly, he saw the snow-capped hills rolling.

The snow on the top of the hill was still very thick, but in the valley of the hill, there were already a few bright green spots. The snow had melted into snow water, slowly gathering into a small stream.

Looking far away, I saw a winding road in the middle of the hill leading to the distance, and in the distance, the wall of Meister, like a gray line, was clearly visible.

Looking far away, I could even see some of the shadowy houses and buildings in the county town.

Ryan knew that this was due to the blood-feathered horned beast's super vision. At this moment, he had just left the fishing port town for less than half an hour, and it was still half a day's journey to the county town.

Controlling the young bird to turn around and look at the road they came from, I saw the residential buildings of the fishing port town scattered in a circular shape not far away.

Because the distance was not far, Ryan could even see the faces of the residents walking on the streets of the fishing port town.

Looking into the distance, a boundless blue sea came into view, with dozens of yellow-green islands of varying sizes scattered in it.

"Sure enough, having a raptor as a pet, apart from other things, the view from the sky is really amazing!"

"It's like controlling an attack drone from the previous life."

"Huh, what is this?"

When Ryan turned the direction of the blood-feathered horned eagle bird again and faced the county city, he found that a battle was taking place not far below the bird.

Just now, because of the "darkness under the lamp", he didn't notice it for a while.

With the help of the bird's extraordinary vision, he looked carefully and saw that several carriages carrying goods on the road were being besieged by bandits a few kilometers ahead of Ryan's current location.

A dozen guards were fighting fiercely with the bandits.

A man in a black robe behind the bandits immediately attracted Ryan's attention, and black flames appeared in his hands from time to time.

"This is the Black Flame Monk!"

More importantly, Ryan discovered that the besieged carriage had a clear Crowley family emblem, and one of the short guards was his old acquaintance, Matteo, the captain of the Night Watch in Shining Gold.

Since the Black Flame Monk was behind the bandits and would throw a Black Flame fireball from time to time, once it hit, it would make a guard lose his combat effectiveness, so the guards of the convoy were already in danger.

He estimated the distance and found that the other party was on a winding hilly road. It would be too late to run over to rescue them now.

If they wanted to rescue them in time, it seemed that they could only use bows and arrows.

In addition, it was obviously impossible to shoot directly, because it would require passing through two undulating jungles to hit the enemy.

Not to mention whether they could shoot, but the trees and the undulating hills in the middle made it impossible for Ryan to shoot through with arrows.

If they wanted to rescue the other party, they could obviously only use projectiles.

However, relying on the vision of the blood-feathered horned eagle chick in the sky, Ryan could see the opponent clearly, but he estimated the straight-line distance and found that the opponent was about 1.2 kilometers away.

As for bows and arrows, the direct shooting of the elite night watchmen was similar to that of the English longbowmen in Ryan's previous life. They could penetrate chain mail within 60 meters, and the effective killing distance of projectiles was about 150 to 200 meters.

Although this was already the limit of ordinary people, it was not the limit of the extraordinary.

When Ryan was a peak knight, he could shoot straight at about 200 meters and still cause strong damage by penetrating the knight's plate armor, and the projectile could reach 700 to 800 meters. Of course, this was when using iron arrows.

Because wooden arrows are too affected by air resistance, no matter how high the initial velocity is, the power will not increase after reaching a critical distance.

Now that Ryan has entered the ranks of a great knight, this effective killing distance will naturally increase further!

However, what limits Ryan's power at this moment is the bow in his hand. Even

though the bow he uses is the big bow from Phil, the 'bloody archer', it can only project about one kilometer at most when pulled to full length. After all, Phil was a senior great knight at the time and was not strong enough to use a stronger bow.

In addition, if projectiles are used, the power of the arrows will continue to decrease due to air resistance, but fortunately, his two bags of arrows are filled with pure steel arrows.

The weight is seven or eight times that of ordinary arrows, and the impact of air resistance is relatively not as great as that of wooden arrows.

But the power will definitely be reduced.

Suddenly, Ryan had a flash of inspiration and thought of a possible solution.

He first canceled the core skill Beast Eye, and at the same time took out the big bow hanging from the black horse under his crotch, pulled out a steel arrow, held the bow and put the arrow, and then whispered the witchcraft spell "Sharpness".

Soon, a faint silver light shone above the arrowhead of the steel arrow.

Since the arrow is made of metal, although the effect of the sharpness is mostly concentrated on the arrowhead, this silver light spreads to the entire arrow.

This is the effect of the sharpness!

Looking at the light silver light that can last for one minute, Ryan smiled.

Next, it's the last point.

Ryan needs to let the opponent stand still for a while.

This is also the most troublesome point of ultra-long-range sniping. The speed of the arrow he shoots will become slower and slower under the effect of air resistance.

Simply put, assuming that the initial velocity of the arrow is 500 meters per second at the beginning, it may only be 300 meters per second at a distance of one kilometer.

According to estimates, it would take two to three seconds for the arrow to fly 1.2 kilometers.

If the target moves during this time, the sniper attack will obviously fail!

So, Ryan once again used the core skill Beast Eye, controlling the Blood Feathered Hippogryph young bird to fly from the back to the position of the Black Flame Monk. When approaching, it made a crisp but raptor-like cry.

This made the Black Flame Monk who was casting the Black Flame Fireball below raise his head curiously and stop to check.

At this time, Ryan loosened the taut bowstring.

"Bang!"

The steel arrow blessed by the Sharpness Technique disappeared into the sky like a silver lightning.

Ryan raised his eyebrows and found that the Sharpness Technique seemed to be more useful than expected. When the arrow was shot, normally, there would be a sharp sound of breaking through the air, but this time, there was no

Sharpness Technique. It seemed that the arrow had a significant noise reduction effect.

After a little thought, Ryan understood a little.

Due to the blessing of the mysterious side particles, the roughness of the arrows, especially the arrowheads, is reduced. When the roughness decreases, the adsorption force of the molecules in the air is relatively weakened, and thus the noise generated is reduced.

In this way, his arrows are not only more concealed, but also more powerful!

No wonder Trevor, the archer of the Fish Dragon Team, learned the metal-based witchcraft of Sharpness, even though his elemental affinity is not metal-oriented particles.

One second!

Two seconds!

The Black Flame Monk was looking at the strange blue-purple bird in the sky, wondering what kind of bird it was. It seemed that he had never seen it before.

At the same time, he was also calculating the distance, wondering if he could attack the opponent with the Black Flame Fireball.

After all, it was quite annoying to see this flying around overhead.

"Puff!"

A sound of a sharp blade inserted into a watermelon sounded!

This strange sound from the back of the team immediately attracted the attention of many bandits. When they looked back, a group of people seemed to be struck by lightning and immediately stopped moving!

Because a scene that shocked them appeared in front of them.

The arrogant and domineering black-robed man who controlled the black flames was pierced in the back of his head by an arrow that fell from the sky!

The arrow was so powerful that it penetrated the black-robed man's entire head and shot out from his mouth. The impact was so great that the man was nailed to the ground.

At this moment, the black-robed man's eyes bulged out, with an expression of unwillingness to close his eyes!

It seemed that he didn't understand why it happened suddenly, and the body covered by the black robe was twitching slightly as if instinctively.

The bandits looked at each other with an expression of disbelief, especially a bearded strong man, whose mouth corners twitched violently twice!

What the hell is going on?

In a good situation, when he turned around, the black-robed man was dead? ? ?

Influenced by the bandits, the guards of the convoy gradually stopped fighting and looked in the direction of the bandits.

The little Matteo felt the most obvious when the bandits looked back like they were possessed.

Because Matteo, the captain of the guard, obviously felt the pressure weaken, and the strong man with a beard who was staring at him looked back with a lost look.

This made Matteo very curious. Did something happen behind the bandits?

So, the little Matteo quickly turned his head and glanced through the gap in the crowd.

At this glance, Matteo's eyes suddenly widened.

Steel arrow?

Shoot through the skull of the Black Flame Monk?

There is a sharpshooter of this strength nearby to help them. Who could it be?

Matteo was a little confused!

At this time, whether it was the guards or the bandits, everyone looked up and looked around, as if they wanted to find this sharpshooter.

But a minute passed.

Everyone didn't find the sharpshooter who should be nearby in theory.

However, the sudden death of the Black Flame Monk had greatly dampened the morale of the bandits, and they didn't know whether to retreat or continue fighting.

At this time, the dull sound of horse hooves sounded at one end of the road.

A very tall black warhorse carrying an equally tall silver-armored knight rushed towards them quickly.

The bearded bandit leader only took a glance and felt the danger of facing a natural enemy. He immediately shouted, "Retreat!" and was the first to run away!

The little Matteo was surprised when he saw the silver-armored knight for the first time!

"Lord Ryan!"

As Ryan approached, the bandits quickly scattered.

Ryan didn't have the heart to chase these ordinary bandits. He drove his horse to the dead Black Flame Monk. He looked at the flame symbol on the collar and cuffs of the other party's black robe, and immediately confirmed that the other party was undoubtedly a Black Flame Monk.

At this time, Matteo looked at the quiver on the side of Ryan's black horse, and then turned his head to look at the steel arrow on the head of the Black Flame Monk. Suddenly, he stared at Ryan with a dumbfounded expression and said,

"Baron, did you shoot that arrow just now?"

Because as Ryan approached, Matteo just noticed that the shape of the arrows in the quiver hanging on the side of the tall black horse was exactly the same as the arrow that killed the Black Flame Monk.

The answer is obvious.

The guards came closer and exclaimed in a low voice.

The steel arrow is exactly the same as the one in the quiver.

But I didn't see this lord around just now!

How far away did it have to be shot from?

Is this the combat power of a formal knight?

In fact, Matteo had a lot of questions in his mind at this time. Isn't the lord the best at the great sword? When did his archery become so strong?

Fortunately, Matteo's own strength was a little weak. If he was stronger, he would be able to sense that Ryan was no longer at the knight level at this moment, but had reached the level of a great knight.

In comparison, this would make him even more horrified!

In fact, Ryan was also surprised that Matteo would appear in the Crawley family's convoy.

In response to Matteo's question, Ryan nodded, did not deny it, showed a smile, and said: "Matteo, how come you are in the Crawley family's convoy?"

"Baron, do you remember the last time you told me to come to the county city? After careful consideration, I made a decision some time ago. After resigning from Hamilton, I came to the county city to find you."

"But the Baroness Crawley who received me told me that you went to the fishing port town to serve as the governor."

"After knowing that it was you who asked me to come, and knowing that I had always been the captain of the night watch, the lady asked me to serve as the captain of the caravan."

Ryan's face was suddenly enlightened!

A long time ago, he had invited Matteo to come to his new mansion in the county city to serve.

Although coming to help him does not have as great a promotion prospect as the official empire, for those below the extraordinary, there is actually a ceiling for the promotion space, so it is better to come to his side.

After some inquiries, Ryan learned that since the last incident of the bandit group attacking the county town, the bandit groups in Wild Wolf Hill have been very few, and the public security around the entire county town has also improved a lot.

But the good times did not last long. Recently, the remaining bandit groups here have become active again.

Ryan stared at the body of the Black Flame monk and thought to himself.

It seems that the absence of the Zalal resistance army has created a power vacuum, allowing the Black Flame Church to take advantage of the situation in Wild Wolf Hill.

Although Ryan didn't know the other guards, they came over and bowed respectfully, saying, "Good day, Baron!"

"Oh? Have you seen me?"

"Yes, sir, the day you became the guardian knight of the Crowley family, we admired your competition with the other two knights from afar."

Ryan nodded, turned to the short man Matteo and asked, "Are you escorting the goods to the county city?"

"Yes, Baron, we are this time..."

Along the way, Ryan was also thinking about a question, perhaps the legendary profession of weapon master is stronger than he thought.

For example, just now, he combined the archery skills of the weapon master and the ability of the beast tamer, and played an effect comparable to the long-range sniper rifle in his previous life.

From a certain perspective, the weapon master is like a motherboard with very good compatibility. Various electrical components such as chips, graphics cards and memory can be plugged into it, so as to form different aspects of combat power.

This is also something Ryan didn't expect at the beginning.

As his weapon master profession is proficient in more and more types of weapons, it will play an unimaginable combat power when combined with other professions.

But at present, Ryan has not discovered it.

The half-day journey was soon spent in chatting with the short Matteo.

The gate of the county city was already clearly visible. As an imperial baron, Ryan naturally did not need to be checked at the gate.

And the Crowley family convoy where Matteo was, with the Crowley family emblem as proof, was also easily allowed to pass by the guards.

Since Matteo still had to hand over the goods, Ryan left first and went to the new mansion.

Thinking of his family and Jennifer who were about to meet, Ryan couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Soon, Ryan met his parents and sister Mint who had been away for a long time.

"Ryan, why do I feel that you have grown taller again?" Looking at her increasingly tall and mighty son, mother Emma was both happy and a little worried.

Ryan is only sixteen years old now, and he is almost two meters tall. In a few years, with that physique...

Will it be difficult to find a suitable noble lady?

"Mother, he has grown a little taller."

"Brother, Cookie's injury has finally healed. Now he is the same as before, no, he is even stronger than before." Mint, his sister, gave Ryan a big hug and said enthusiastically.

"Huh?" Ryan raised his eyebrows.

He thought that Cookie's spine was injured and it might not heal on its own. He had planned to take Cookie to the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church for treatment after returning this time. Unexpectedly, Cookie recovered on his own.

At this time, the devil appeared!

Suddenly, an unusually tall and strong greyhound rushed out from the back of the villa. After seeing Ryan, Cookie's eyes showed surprise and rushed straight over.

Ryan looked at the greyhound wagging its tail and circling around, and smiled and touched its head.

This is his first pet, although it is just an ordinary greyhound.

But now, Ryan can feel that some strange changes are happening in the other party's body, otherwise it would be impossible to heal such a serious injury on its own.

Perhaps, it won't be long before the one thing he needs to change his job to a beast tamer, 'cultivate at least one ordinary animal into a ferocious beast', will be realized.

At this time, the young blood-feathered horned eagle bird hovering in the sky seemed to see that Ryan and the greyhound interacted a lot, and became a little subtle in emotion. It suddenly cried loudly and circled down.

Seeing such a powerful bird of prey, the guards of the mansion on the side drew their weapons and were on guard.

Ryan waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, this is my pet."

"Ah? Brother, is this your pet? What kind of bird is this? It's so beautiful." Sister Mint looked at the young blood-feathered horned eagle bird with blue and purple feathers, and suddenly, the whole person was attracted.

"Haha, this is a blood-feathered horned eagle, a naturally ferocious species." Ryan touched Mint's head lovingly and introduced it.

It seemed that the young bird had sensed the attitude of its owner towards the people around him. It walked closer and looked at Mint, also with a curious look.

"Brother, have you named it?" Mint asked Ryan with a pair of sparkling eyes.

"This... I really haven't?" Ryan was stunned. Could it be that his sister was going to name his pet again?

"Brother, can I name it?"

Ryan smiled bitterly and said, "Of course."

"Great, then let's call it Blood Feather, okay?" Mint tilted his head and thought of a name.

Blood Feather?

Does it mean Blood Feather Hippogryph?

It seems to be much better than the name 'Cookie'.

Ryan nodded and praised, "It's a very good name."

At this time, Ryan noticed that a familiar, plump figure in a one-shoulder white dress was walking out of the villa gate and walking towards him.

(End of this chapter)