Chapter 274 Ambush (Two chapters in one)

"No problem, High Priest, leave this to me." Holden smiled slightly, his face full of confidence.

"Well, please forgive me for offending you, I think I still need to remind you."

"This Lord Holden of the Secret Snake Cult, you must not underestimate the other party's fighting power." Laxul saw the other party's confident expression and was a little worried for no reason.

After all, the other party is helping his own church to complete the task on his own territory. If it is completed smoothly, everyone will be happy.

But if something really goes wrong, it is very likely to affect the relationship between the two churches, because the Secret Snake Church thinks that they are pitting them.

Therefore, it is better to say ugly things in advance.

"Don't worry! Holden was given the blood essence of the Shadow Serpent, and assassination is his specialty." The High Priest of the Secret Snake Cult, Ganon, seemed to feel Laxul's concern, turned his head and said to him with a smile.

"In addition, if it is really impossible, it is not a problem for Holden to retreat unscathed."

Shadow Serpent?

Laxus nodded. He had also heard of the name of this strange snake. It could control the power of shadows and had the innate ability to be invisible in shadow environments. At the same time, it was also extremely poisonous.

If the other party really merged into the shadow snake, then the other party was really a natural assassin.

There should be no problem with this assassination!

"Well, don't worry, I'm a professional assassin! Lord Laxus, then I'll set off now." Holden bowed slightly to Laxus and said.

"So soon? That's good. It's best to catch the enemy by surprise." Laxus thought about it and nodded with a smile.

"By the way, Lord Holden, we have an insider in the Earl's mansion. I think he will tell you exactly where Ryan is."

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Mayest County City.

In a room in the Earl of Habsburg's mansion.

Suddenly, the lively young man in leather armor from the Sword Bearers branch of the Gnomes province came in and shouted,

"Captain, I have already learned from the beautiful young woman in the Munster branch. You must not believe that this Viscount Ryan is just a newcomer!"

Because the hammer Ryan used in the conference room was too powerful, Langer and the other two were naturally curious about Ryan.

However, as the captain of the Sword Bearers, Langer was proud of his status and naturally did not ask questions.

But the young people were different. They didn't have so many scruples.

Langer didn't even need to take the initiative to arrange it. Curious Fry went to find out clearly.

"Newcomer?" The strong man Langer couldn't help but look at his team members in surprise.

"Yes, it's true!" The young man in leather armor nodded firmly and said.

"Fry, the newcomer you understand, can't those who joined the Sword Bearers later than you be considered newcomers?" Another young man holding a gold-engraved book closed the book, looked up at his companions, and smiled and teased.

Frye is the one who has joined the Sword Bearers the shortest among the three, having only joined for two and a half years.

"Less than two months! Alex, are you a newcomer?" Faced with the teasing, Frye blushed and said with his neck stiff.

"Huh? Two months?" Alex, who was always calm, suddenly widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "Really? This... This is too exaggerated!"

"Tell me more!" Langer was more and more shocked and curious, and asked Frye immediately.

"Okay, Captain."

"Ryan, the captain of the Gold-level Sword Bearers, nicknamed 'Meister Battering Ram', is also the captain of the 'Meister Battering Ram' team." At this point, Frye seemed to have noticed something wrong and paused.

"Wait, why does it sound so difficult to understand?"

"My nickname is the name of the team. It seems that the other team members have absolute trust in the strength of their captain." Captain Langer's interpretation is completely different from Frye's.

He quickly noticed this from the perspective of the captain and the team members.

"Frye, go on."

After listening to Frye's story, Langer and Alex looked at each other.

They knew that this young Viscount Ryan was very powerful, but they didn't expect him to be so powerful!

"But, Boss, don't underestimate yourself. Although this Viscount Ryan seems to have mastered the advanced secrets of hammer skills, he is stronger than you."

"But don't forget that in addition to mastering the intermediate secrets of swordsmanship, you have also mastered the intermediate secrets of shield defense. With the combination of the two, your combat power is not weaker than this Ryan." Frye comforted his captain.

"Stinky boy, who is underestimated? However, even if the opponent's strength is comparable to mine now, you don't look at his age. He is the same age as you, and this is the most terrifying thing." Langer couldn't help laughing and crying.

"If we can make friends, we should make friends." Alex rarely agreed with Frye.

"However, what Fry said makes sense. After all, he is alone this time, and you, Boss, have my witchcraft blessing, so your overall combat power is still better than that of Viscount Ryan."

"By the way, have you asked the people in the Earthshaker team? Why do they look so respectful to Ryan?" Alex suddenly thought of something and asked.

"I asked, and this is even more unbelievable, because Ryan saved the lives of two of their team members!" Fry's mouth was dry and he gulped down a big mouthful of water.

Talking about this, Fry became more excited.

Because, although Ryan is from the Sword Bearer Branch of Munster Province, and they are from the Sword Bearer Branch of Gnom Province, they are all Sword Bearers anyway.

And the Earthshaker, by comparison, is an outsider.

Fry felt proud that his family saved an outsider!

Just as the three members of the Sword Bearers Team from the Gnom Province were shocked by Ryan's experience in the room, Ryan was in the bedroom, preparing to take the "Secret Strengthening Medicine" given to him by the head maid Shadya.

Before, since he was the only one guarding the Earl's Mansion, Ryan felt that it was not the right time to take the medicine.

But now, it was different. The whole five-man team of Earthshakers, plus the sword-bearing team of the Gnom Province were all there, so he could take it without worry.

Soon, Ryan opened the wooden box and saw a transparent square glass bottle filled with blue liquid.

However, there was another secret inside the wooden box. There were slightly complicated patterns on the inner wall. Obviously, this was some kind of array pattern, and its function should be to preserve this bottle of "secret medicine for strengthening".

This made Ryan curious about the secret medicine for strengthening that was "packaged" so well. He picked up the square glass bottle and looked at it carefully.

There was a conspicuous label with black letters on a white background on the bottle, which read:

"Secret medicine for strengthening, auxiliary medicine for cultivation. Within half a month after drinking, it will enhance the physical fitness of the user to a certain extent. The degree of increase varies from person to person, generally ranging from half to ten percent."

"How to take:"

"Precautions: The effect will weaken if taken multiple times. It is recommended to take it once every 1 to 3 months according to personal constitution. - Made by Austin of the Royal Pharmacist Association."

"Comprehensive enhancement?"

"If it is comprehensive enhancement, it must be a good thing!"

"In addition, this is also produced by the Royal Pharmacist Association. Austin should be the name of a certain pharmacist master." Ryan thought to himself.

Without much hesitation, Ryan pulled out the cork from the bottle with a "pop~". Suddenly, a faint smell of stewed meat with star anise and cinnamon came. It

smelled good and made people very appetizing!

Because of his experience in taking other medicines, Ryan immediately drank the secret medicine for strengthening!

As soon as he took a sip, Ryan's face changed.

Although the taste smelled good, it was a bit spicy as soon as it entered his throat, as if white wine was mixed with a bit of mustard.

After a few seconds, Ryan felt a stimulation in his stomach, and then his whole body began to heat up rapidly.

Soon, Ryan began to ooze out fine beads of sweat all over his body, and soon, his whole body was sweating profusely!

The whole person seemed to be fished out of a sauna.

But after a while, Ryan felt a sense of relaxation all over his body!

He felt refreshed.

This process lasted about half an hour, and the effect of the medicine began to gradually weaken and tended to a relatively gentle and subtle level.

At this time, the system prompt sounded:

[Congratulations! Your physical attribute has been improved! ]

[Congratulations! Your agility attribute has been improved! 】

"Huh?"

"Both my physique and agility have improved, but my strength hasn't."

"Is it because my own strength attribute is already very strong?"

"But this is quite good!"

"The effect of this secret strengthening potion is even stronger than the powerful strength potion I drank before!"

Ryan checked the attribute panel:

Constitution: 39

Strength: 43

Agility: 36

Spirit: 52

The agility attribute, which has not been improved for a long time and can also be said to be a shortcoming, has been improved from 35 to 36 points.

The physique has also been improved from 38 to 39, and is about to enter the 40 mark.

"Will it last for half a month?"

"Then it can be improved further in the next period of time."

"Secret strengthening potion, very good. Is this the foundation of the hereditary earl family?"

"It's actually better than some potions of the Sword Bearer Branch!"

"Yes, the potions of the Sword Bearer Branch are mass-produced after all. This can be seen from the signature, which says the Munster Branch of the Royal Pharmacist Association." Ryan recalled.

"But this strong secret medicine is signed by: Made by Austin of the Royal Pharmacist Association. This Austin should be a master of medicine, and this medicine should be made by him personally."

"It seems that the foundation of the great nobles of the empire is really not to be underestimated." Ryan looked at the label on the bottle again and thought to himself.

Ryan, who was sweating and smelling after taking the medicine, naturally wanted to wash off.

There was a small bath in his bedroom.

Ryan, who was naked, was about to walk into the bath when he suddenly saw the ten hardened gold ingots that Olena brought him today, placed in a corner of the room.

Suddenly, this made him think, and he walked over and transformed it into a whole metal ball weighing about 50 to 60 kilograms and took it in his hand.

After entering the bath, Ryan turned it into a huge metal basin to scoop water from himself.

After a while, he turned it into a large colander and placed it on his head to wash, having a lot of fun.

At the same time.

Holdan, the chief priest of the Secret Snake Cult, had also arrived at the residence of Count Habsburg.

At this moment, he was standing in the shadow of a garden bush.

Standing in the shadow, Holden seemed to have a special talent that made the patrolling guards who were close by unable to find him even when they passed by a few meters away.

And he followed the secret mark provided by the Black Flame Church and walked calmly into a room in the annex building.

"Which room is Ryan in?" Holden's voice suddenly sounded in the room.

"My lord, you are here."

The insider, who was frightened to death, turned around and suddenly found a man in black robe standing in the shadow behind the door of the room.

He didn't know how the other party got in.

"Ryan is in the third room facing south on the second floor of the main building of the villa." The insider had received a notice from above that someone would come to see him, so he calmed down relatively quickly and answered.

Hearing this answer, Holden nodded. This information was enough for him.

He planned to finish his work as soon as possible and go back early.

Just as he was about to leave, the insider quickly added:

"However, sir, I can't guarantee that the other party is definitely in the room, because the other party may also be in the training room. Recently, the other party has been to the training room more often. By the way, the indoor training room is the first room facing south on the first floor of the main building of the villa."

"In addition, there is another latest news. Many masters with strong auras came today."

"Yeah."

The next second, the man in black robe disappeared in the shadow.

Huh?

The insider rubbed his eyes!

He looked at the position of the door in disbelief. The other party had indeed disappeared in the shadow of the door.

This... He left before he finished speaking?

What if the other party failed in the mission, would they be angry at him?

In fact, this was the innate ability that Holden obtained from the essence of the shadow snake bloodline - 'Shadow Skin Technique', which was to merge himself with the shadow, and could not be detected by the naked eyes of ordinary people.

It can be regarded as the 'invisibility technique' of the shadow system, but it requires a shadow area to achieve the effect of invisibility.

It is not a bullshit witchcraft like 'short-distance teleportation'.

In Holden's opinion, as long as he knew the specific location of Ryan, the rest would be simple.

As for what kind of master?

It didn't matter at all.

Using the shadow snake to sneak attack, one hit will kill, and the others will not have time to react. When the other party reacted, he also evacuated calmly.

And the high priest Ganon can also perform the earth snake's ruling ceremony earlier.

Soon, Holden, who had made up his mind, came to the garden in front of the main building villa under the cover of night.

As for judging whether Ryan was in the room, Holden had his own way.

Instantly, Holden's eyes turned into vertical pupils like snake eyes, with dark yellow pupils. At this moment, in Holden's vision, everything has turned red and blue, with high temperatures appearing red and low temperatures appearing blue.

This is also an ability that senior believers of the Secret Snake Cult, who have integrated the essence of snakes, will master - infrared vision.

For a moment, Holden could see the dynamics of the people in this large three-story villa very clearly.

"There is someone taking a shower in the third room on the second floor. It must be Ryan, but what is he doing with his hands waving?" Holden nodded, and then looked puzzled.

"Haha, this guy is taking a shower, isn't that the best opportunity? I was originally worried that if the other party was resting in special inner armor, the shadow snake might not be able to bite him all of a sudden."

Holden couldn't help laughing, and was in a good mood.

"The fourth room on the second floor seems to be a woman, also taking a shower, huh? Such a hot body!" While observing Ryan, Holden saw a room next to him from the corner of his eye.

Even from the infrared vision, he could see the other party's curvy figure, and his eyes couldn't help but stay for a few more seconds.

"The last room on the second floor seems to be a woman from her figure. Hey, she is actually..."

"So hungry?"

This immediately made Holden's heart burn!

Although their Secret Snake Cult worships the Devouring Snake, the doctrine itself has nothing to do with reproduction and offspring.

But they usually integrate the blood essence of various strange snakes into themselves to improve their strength.

But this also leads to their desire in that aspect, which is particularly strong.

Because after the followers of the Secret Snake Cult absorb the essence of snakes, they will naturally be affected by some of the nature of snakes, and this is the result of being controlled by various secret techniques.

Holden tried to calm down his emotions and thought to himself, "Let's do the work first."

He walked in the shadow of the garden and stood in the shadow of the main corner of the villa. The next second, two small black snakes crawled out of his wide cuffs.

These two small snakes naturally also have abilities similar to the shadow skin technique. After entering the shadow, they disappeared in a flash.

In Holden's infrared vision, he could see clearly that the two little shadow snakes were still crawling towards the target person quickly.

Why was Holden so confident in the assassination?

The reason was that his shadow snakes had two special talents: concealment and poison. Once a sneak attack was launched in the middle of the night, it could be said that they had excellent concealment.

In addition, the target of his assassination this time was a senior knight.

No matter how many mysteries the opponent had mastered, as long as he was a knight, even a peak knight, according to the toxicity of the shadow snake, once bitten, he would die.

Even if the opponent reacted quickly and carefully, as long as a small bit of skin was broken, he would be poisoned.

At most, he could give a final blow.

Unless the opponent was a formal wizard, it would be much more difficult. With the innate witchcraft defense and super high perception, it was relatively easy to find the approaching shadow snake.

Of course, if the enemy was a formal wizard, Holden would not use the shadow snake sneak attack method.

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the room.

After taking a bath, Ryan wiped himself and was about to get out of the bath.

At this moment, he suddenly sensed something

, and suddenly, a tiny black shadow bit his calf like lightning.

Ryan immediately kicked the black shadow into the air with a spring kick. The next second, the hardened gold transformed into spikes pierced its head and nailed it to the wall.

But almost at the same time, another black shadow rushed out from the side and bit Ryan's other calf.

"Dang!"

The next second, the black shadow was startled, and saw that its two fangs were broken directly, and it was twisting and rolling on the ground in pain.

Ryan looked at his calf and saw only two white marks.

The hardness of the fangs of venomous snakes is not particularly high. Because it is required to inject venom, its interior is hollow. Facing Ryan's intermediate steel body, it is like biting an iron plate!

Ryan kicked the second shadow snake in the head with a strong airflow.

Bang!

Although this shadow snake was not kicked to pieces, this kick directly turned the second shadow snake into a dead snake.

"Two snakes?"

"No. This kind of snake." Ryan immediately noticed the problem.

The next second, the greyhound war dog 'Cookie', who was sleeping soundly on the first floor, woke up immediately, and the blood-feathered horned eagle beast 'Blood Feather' quickly flew into the sky from the outdoor training ground.

And Holdan in the garden felt a sharp pain in his head!

"Huh? Why is the opponent's body so hard! Is it some kind of talent?"

"Also, why is the opponent's perception so sharp?"

"Fuck! The Black Flame Church is really rubbish, what kind of shitty intelligence, something that should have been foolproof actually failed."

But without any hesitation, Holdan turned around and left in anger.

And Ryan immediately turned on the 'Eye of the Beast' and overlooked the entire Earl's Mansion from the perspective of the blood-feathered horned eagle beast.

Suddenly, a black figure flashed by in the garden.

This made Ryan narrow his eyes.

Before he could put on the knight's armor again, Ryan picked up the hardened fine gold beside him and deformed it on his body, simulating a half-body armor similar to that of ancient Greece to cover the vital parts.

Then, he picked up the skull hammer beside him, and with a "bang", he rushed out of the window and quickly chased after the shadow.

The sound of breaking the window obviously alarmed the others around.

Holden turned around and sneered.

"Still want to catch up with me?"

"Hey, that's not right!"

Holden looked back again and saw that Ryan, who should have been taking a shower just now, was actually wearing a half-body armor.

Immediately, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice:

"Fuck, who wears a half-body armor when taking a shower?"

"What a weirdo!"

The next second, his figure disappeared in the shadow.

Ryan, who was approaching quickly, suddenly lost the other party's trace, which made him stop immediately and observe carefully.

However, although Ryan stopped.

But the greyhound war dog 'Cookie' did not stop. After sniffing the ground, the dog's eyes lit up, and immediately looked in a certain direction and continued to rush quickly.

"Woof woof!"

"Bang!"

Cookie was kicked away, but Holden's figure was exposed again!

"Fuck! Dead dog!"

"Swoosh!"

This made Ryan, who had been watching from the side, immediately seize the opportunity and threw a hardened fine gold pike!

Faced with the incoming pike, Holden naturally would not choose to resist it, but dodged, but this made his speed drop again.

This made the distance between the two people close quickly.

And under the interference of the spirit war dog 'Cookie' again, Ryan quickly bit Holden.

So, the two figures suddenly fought fiercely near the gate of the mansion.

Holden used two metal spikes more than 30 centimeters long. For this kind of cone-shaped weapon, it is best at breaking armor. Although Ryan has the talent 'Intermediate Steel Body', he is unwilling to try the consequences of being stabbed.

When the opponent wielded the metal spikes, he was surrounded by a lot of python-like black air. He had defensive capabilities, and from time to time he would suddenly attack Ryan, almost instantly sending out a black airflow impact with great power.

This kind of fighting style was the first time Ryan encountered it.

(End of this chapter)