Chapter 266 Breaking the Evil (Two chapters in one)

When Ryan led Claire to the front of the carriage,

I don't know if it was because the head maid Shadiya was inside the carriage, this time, Claire used a little force to open the door and pulled her warm little hand out of Ryan.

Inside the carriage.

Seeing Ryan and Claire coming back, the head maid said excitedly:

"Lord Ryan, those few hits just now were really so satisfying! Seeing you severely teach Earl Rodlin and his son, two ungrateful villains, a lesson, my heart is really sweeter than eating honey!"

"Thank you, this is what I should do, isn't it? I am now Miss Claire's guardian knight." Facing the compliment of the head maid, Ryan smiled and said.

Hearing Ryan mention the "guardian knight" again, Claire's pretty face blushed slightly again.

The team continued to gallop quickly towards the direction of Mayest County. As night fell, the knights were fine, but the faces of the cavalry still revealed a hint of fatigue.

The cavalrymen were just well-trained ordinary people. After a day of intense travel, they were indeed a little tired.

At this time, Claire in the carriage asked the old butler outside the window: "Where are we now?"

"Miss, we have passed the town of Colmar now. Um. Now it is almost in the middle of the town of Colmar and the town of Eze." The old butler Yodel, who was riding a horse outside the window, replied.

"Then let's camp nearby. Don't forget to inform Viscount Celyer."

"Yes, Miss Claire."

Ryan on the side did not express any opinion.

Because Claire had told him before that in order to save time, they would camp in the wild according to the plan.

After staying in the wild for one night, they would continue their journey early the next morning and should be able to arrive in Meister around two or three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day.

Hearing that they could camp and rest, the cavalrymen were relieved and smiled.

Soon, a pile of bonfires began to rise in a clearing in the woods on the side of the road, and everyone began to roast various dried meats.

At the same time, in a hidden valley not far from the temporary camp.

A huge team, several times larger than Ryan's team, was approaching Ryan and his team quickly!

Leading the team was a luxurious carriage without any emblems, and around it were more than a dozen black-robed monks.

The largest group in the team was more than a hundred people wearing uniform gray robes and hoods.

From their cuffs or collars, there was a pattern of burning black flames. Obviously, these gray robes should be the Protestants who were trained in Wales County as Galina mentioned before.

Pull your eyes to the end of the team.

You can see a huge cart pulled by sixteen horses, dragging a heavy thing, moving slowly behind the team.

Because the cart was covered with thick cloth, it was unclear what it was, but it could be vaguely seen that it seemed to have a huge human outline.

Although the cart was equipped with dozens of wide wheels to avoid sinking into the ground, wherever it passed, it left a rut of only ten centimeters deep on the ground!

"Master Priest, the weather is very favorable for us! Look, there is no need to cast the fog spell, there is already a thin mist all around." A black-robed monk bowed slightly and said to Galina in the carriage.

Galina glanced out the window with her charming eyes, flicked her long fingernails, and said, "Don't take it lightly, send a few people up and release some fog spells first."

"By the way, is there any news from Biddals?"

"Biddals has led his men to encircle the enemy camp from the town of Korma, and should arrive at the enemy camp at about the same time as us. Master Priest, if the enemy wants to retreat now, it's too late. The roads in front and behind have been blocked by us."

"Well, if the enemy stays where they are, Kurban, you know, I don't want too many casualties. Don't forget, so many Protestants are watching from behind."

"Of course, Master Priest, don't worry, I have brought the materials for the evil magic array, and they will soon know that under the power of the evil magic array, all battle arrays are nothing!" The black-robed monk said with a smug look on his face.

"Very good."

A clearing in the woods, a temporary camp.

Ryan was about to invite Claire to continue to improve her Arcadia swordsmanship, when suddenly, a bird of prey cried out from the sky, and then a huge bird of prey with blue and purple feathers circled down from the sky.

This scene immediately made the cavalry panic, and they all drew their weapons and became alert.

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

Blood Feather flapped its huge wings, stirred up a gust of wind, and landed on Ryan's arm.

Ryan was also quite confused as to why Blood Feather would take the initiative to land and contact him. Soon, he found that Blood Feather was holding a carrier pigeon in its claws.

The carrier pigeon was not dead, but it seemed to be extremely afraid of Blood Feather and did not dare to struggle violently. There was fear in its small eyes.

Carrier pigeon?

Ryan immediately thought of something.

After Ryan and Blood Feather made a simple gesture, he understood what happened.

"Xueyu, you noticed that this kind of bird flies out of our team every once in a while, right?"

Xueyu looked at Ryan with a rather majestic look, chirped, and nodded.

Ryan took off the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's foot and pulled out a piece of paper from it.

It said: "The team has set up camp, the location is between the town of Colma and the town of Eze."

Sure enough!

Ryan's eyes flickered, and his face showed a thoughtful expression, just as he had guessed just now.

Obviously, there should be an enemy's internal response in the team. If it was our own communication, it would not be so frequent, and it would not be expressed in such words.

Soon Ryan found Claire in the carriage with the note.

"Miss Claire, I think you need to take a look at this." Ryan said as he handed the note to Claire.

After just a glance, Claire's pretty face froze and she said, "This is not the way we communicate with the family. Sir Ryan, it seems that there is an enemy spy in our team."

"Yes, I think so too."

Claire frowned and said, "I just don't know who this spy is serving? Sir Ryan, can we find this spy?"

After a little thought, Ryan nodded and said, "It should be no problem."

The two got off the carriage and heard Ryan shout "Cookie". Soon, a pony-sized greyhound rushed over quickly, wagging its tail at Ryan, looking quite excited.

Ryan handed the small bamboo tube to Cookie's nose and let it smell it.

"Cookie, find the owner of this small bamboo tube."

Soon, Cookie started sniffing the people closest to it, one by one. Soon, it was searching everywhere and barking at a panicked cavalryman beside a bonfire not far away!

"Miss Claire, it seems that we should have found this insider." Ryan smiled and turned his head to Claire.

Butler Yodel quickly recognized that this cavalryman was one of the ones he brought from Meister.

"Little Moltke, why did you do such a thing!"

"Miss Claire, I'm sorry," Butler Yodel said angrily and blamed himself.

This made Viscount Selyr on the side greatly relieved!

Fortunately, this insider or spy was not in his team, otherwise it would be difficult for him to explain it clearly this time.

"Tell me! Who do you serve?" Viscount Selyr stepped forward and said.

The insider named Moltke the Younger cried bitterly, "Sir, I really don't know who I am serving. I only know that if I report the situation of the team and the specific itinerary, I will get a generous reward."

"Miss Claire, please forgive me."

"It seems that we have been targeted by a hostile force. Ryan, who do you think it is?" Claire ignored the traitor and turned her head to ask Ryan.

"I think I should know who it is." Ryan thought for a moment and said.

"The Black Flame Cult." The two said almost in unison.

Because if it was a political enemy of the Habsburg family, they would never choose this time to risk the wrath of the imperial high-level officials to attack the Habsburg family who were fighting against the cult.

So if the option of political enemies is excluded, their enemy this time is most likely a cult.

Considering that the Poseidon Cult mainly fights the Imperial Navy and Army along the coastline, there is reason to believe or the most likely possibility is the Black Flame Cult that seriously injured Count Habsburg and intends to shake the Empire's rule over Meister County.

The three of them immediately returned to the carriage to discuss the matter.

"Miss Claire, do we need to break camp and hide now?" Viscount Selyr also realized the seriousness of the situation and asked.

Viscount Selyr's question made Claire fall into thought for a while.

"Send someone to detect nearby immediately."

"It's foggy nearby, and it's getting thicker." Ryan suddenly said.

Sure enough, Claire and Viscount Selyr pulled back the curtains on the car window and found that as night fell, a light mist began to rise around them.

Just now, Ryan used the core skill "Beast Eyes" to look down from the sky with the vision of Blood Feather, but unfortunately, under the influence of the fog, he couldn't see the situation on the ground clearly in the night sky of more than 100 meters. After all

, no matter how good the vision of the Blood Feather Hippogryph is, it is impossible to see through.

Seeing the fog getting thicker, Claire's face became serious and she said, "It may be too late, Viscount Cerill, the fog is getting thicker too fast! Have everyone be on high alert, the enemy may have arrived nearby."

"Hey, the enemy should have arrived." Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.

"Huh?" Claire and Viscount Cerill looked at Ryan.

"Get ready for battle!" Ryan got off the carriage first.

The next second!

Screams came from all around.

Immediately, Claire and Viscount Selyr followed Ryan and got off the carriage.

"Gather here at the carriage!"

"Gather in a defensive formation!" Claire shouted.

As a student of the Imperial Royal Academy and the daughter of an Imperial earl, Claire had been trained in battle formations since she was a child, and she immediately took command.

Hearing Claire's voice, the knights and cavalrymen around felt much more at ease.

Everyone immediately gathered towards the carriage. The cavalrymen holding shields were in front, spontaneously forming a circle for defense. The inner layer was holding bows and arrows or crossbows, and the innermost was Viscount Selyr and Ryan.

Facing the rapidly generated defensive formation.

The more than a hundred cult newcomers on the side, although they could not see the specific situation in the distance, could still see the general outline of the battle formation clearly, knowing that facing this kind of battle formation, if they rushed hard, the losses would definitely be huge.

Galina smiled and said, "I heard that Claire, the daughter of Count Habsburg, is a top student at the Imperial Academy. It seems that she is quite capable now."

"Master Priest, we have expected this a long time ago. The other party's reaction to the surprise attack is exactly as we expected." A tall and thin Black Flame monk next to her said with a smile.

"Kurban, I will leave the matter of breaking the formation to you." Galina smiled charmingly.

"Don't worry, Master Priest."

The Black Flame monk named Kurban walked forward with five other Black Flame monks. At a relatively far distance, several people immediately placed some materials on the ground.

Soon, under the command of the Black Flame monk named Kurban, a magic array with complicated black lines was set up!

The five Black Flame monks, including Kurban, stood at the five corners of the reverse pentagram magic array, but Kurban stood at the top of the front. Suddenly, several people chanted spells almost at the same time.

The four black flame monks were surrounded by a python-like black flame, and Kurban raised his hands horizontally, with his palms upright. A fist-sized black flame fireball formed in the air about one meter in front of him.

Instantly!

The four black flame pythons merged into the black flame fireball in front of Kurban like a hundred rivers converging!

The black fireball, which was originally the size of a fist, expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a strong energy fluctuation escaped.

Ryan, who was in the battle formation, frowned at the first moment, because he sensed the strong energy fluctuation coming from not far away.

Moreover, judging from the fluctuation, it seemed that many people were conducting a joint spell attack, which meant that the next one was likely to be a powerful witchcraft attack.

"Oh no, it's a joint witchcraft, no, it's a witchcraft array!" Claire's face changed immediately.

She reacted instantly and realized that the enemy was much more difficult than she expected.

They had just arranged a defensive battle formation, but the other side immediately responded with a witchcraft array, and judging from the energy fluctuations of the witchcraft array, a powerful witchcraft was about to attack!

"Northeast direction, archers, attack at maximum range!" Claire responded immediately and gave the order.

As a rain of arrows passed, a wave of black light film was faintly revealed in the distance. The rain of arrows just now seemed to be raindrops pouring on an umbrella, and it couldn't even delay the opponent's spell.

But the problem is that if the battle formation is disbanded now, not only will there be no time, but it will also be a devastating blow to the morale of the team!

For a moment, Claire was faced with a dilemma!

"Leave it to me!" A steady and familiar voice came into Claire's ears.

Ryan?

Claire looked up suddenly.

As soon as Ryan finished speaking, he stepped heavily on the ground, leaving a clear dent of his plate armor boots on the ground. He also jumped high, and in the blink of an eye, he stepped over the shield-bearing cavalry in front of him and came to the front of the battle formation alone.

Then, he rushed rapidly in the direction of the energy fluctuation!

"Ryan, your weapon!" Seeing that Ryan actually went up empty-handed, Claire was immediately shocked and shouted.

On the other side of the evil magic formation, a figure suddenly jumped out of the other battle formation and rushed towards them!

This scene made the Black Flame Monks, led by Kurban, stunned immediately.

Is this person looking for death?

At this time, they have finished chanting the spell. In the next second, they can release the evil magic that is far more powerful than the first-level witchcraft - Black Flame Explosion!

Now rushing straight over, what else is it but looking for death!

No!

The opponent can hide!

But if that happens, the battle formation behind him will suffer!

"Aim at this guy who jumped out and see if he hides or not!" Kurban said with a sneer on his face.

"Huh!"

In an instant, a black fireball with a diameter of nearly half a meter, burning fiercely, dragged a long tail flame and blasted towards Ryan, who was sprinting in the straight line between the battle formation and the Black Flame Monks.

"Ryan, be careful!" Claire's eyes suddenly widened!

This power.

Facing the huge black flame fireball, Ryan roared and activated his great strength talent!

In an instant, the hardened gold covering the surface of the plate armor gloves turned into a huge square tower shield in a blink of an eye!

"Iron Wall!"

The tower shield in Ryan's hand appeared with a touch of the Force's fluorescence, and it trembled slightly at a certain frequency!

"Boom!!"

The moment the huge black flame fireball and the tower shield came into contact, it exploded!

The fog around formed a circular air wave, which rushed out in all directions, and the black flames with strong corrosiveness that splashed out in dots, ignited at the touch!

Of course, the most lethal force was the powerful explosive impact, which was no less powerful than a modern medium-caliber mortar!

At this time, the muscles of Ryan's left arm holding the shield had suddenly swelled up, and the whole person was like a giant. The plate armor boots on his left and right feet sank deeply into the ground and plowed out two deep grooves. There was an obvious large depression on the surface of the tower shield.

But the powerful "Black Flame Explosion" was blocked by Ryan!

This scene naturally made Kurban and the other five Black Flame monks bulge their eyes!

"How could this be blocked!" Kurban exclaimed.

The next second, his face was ferocious, and he chanted the spell again! "I don't believe you can resist it again!"

"Swoosh!"

A black short spear, as fast as lightning, suddenly attacked him.

"Bang!!!"

The black film was hit by the swiftly attacking short spear, leaving a basin-sized dent, but it was barely blocked and did not let the short spear pierce the black film!

However, this attack also made the black film dim a lot. Obviously, due to the violent collision between it and the short spear, a lot of energy was consumed.

Before Kurban and others could breathe a sigh of relief,

a "pop" sound was heard, like the sound of bubbles bursting!

I saw a pale silver figure wearing a pair of sharp metal guards, piercing into the dim light film, and then he broke it with both hands, easily tearing open a piece of thin paper, and instantly tore open the black film.

Ryan flashed in!

This scene immediately made Kurban and the other five people scared to death, and they dodged quickly!

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

In the air above the ground of the evil magic formation, dozens of black blade arcs flashed in an instant!

Ryan performed the intermediate secret of Kadar boxing, "Rapid Cutting"!

Two seconds later, the entire magic array returned to calm. The five people stood there motionless, but dozens of interlaced blood lines appeared on their faces and bodies!

"Pah! Pah!"

The sound of dense things falling sounded!

The five Black Flame monks in black robes had disappeared at this moment, and on the ground, at the five corners of the magic array, there were five pools of blood and flesh fragments.

The size of each piece was almost the same, all the size of an adult male's fist, mixed with blood, organs and white brain tissue stacked together.

Ryan slowly stood up, shook off the traces of blood on his knuckles, and looked calmly at the Black Flame Cult's large army!

It was as if he was saying, next, it's your turn!

This scene immediately shocked the Black Flame Cult members!

The large number of new cult members looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't know why the female priest of Wales County asked them to come and watch this battle now!

Didn't they say it was a practical teaching?

But why did it look like they were being taught in reverse?

Because from the situation, it didn't seem to be in an advantageous position, or rather, although the female priestess hadn't made a move yet, she had lost the first battle.

Galina's expression became quite solemn at this time.

It wasn't that she didn't want to rescue him just now, but when she was about to get off the carriage, she found that Ryan had already entered the evil magic array, and it was too late to rescue him!

As for why the reaction was so slow?

That was because the other party actually confronted the "Black Flame Explosion" blessed by the evil magic array. This scene was really beyond Galina's expectations.

Obviously, this person was the gold-level sword holder mentioned by the insider before.

If she was not mistaken, the other party had just performed at least two mysteries, namely the shield-type mysteries and the mysteries similar to the sharp blade dagger.

One attack and one defense, this made Galina more and more afraid!

Originally, she was going to test the new killer, but seeing this scene, she decided to let the big guy behind go up first.

If the opponent has mastered two mysteries, it would not be difficult to deal with him. By then, she would have enough time to give him a finishing blow.

Otherwise, this matter would have to be considered carefully! After all

, this was not a task assigned by the church, but a task that her predecessor, Laxul, requested assistance with.

In addition, there was another point that she did not understand just now.

When the opponent was resisting the "Black Flame Explosion" blessed by the evil magic array, he seemed to be holding a shield, but somehow, the shield disappeared later. Did he throw it away? Galina looked puzzled.

Shaking her head slightly, Galina decided not to think about this for the time being. She turned her head to the Black Flame Monk beside her and said:

"Go! Activate the Giant Axe Golem Guard immediately!"

(End of this chapter)