Chapter 158 First Close Contact (Two chapters in one)
Thinking of the harmfulness of the seeds of the Dark Mother Tree, the black-haired elf's face changed, and he muttered to himself: "No, I have to go get the seeds of the Dark Mother Tree back."
"The only one who had the chance to take the seeds just now should be the young knight who used the witchcraft scroll."
In the mind of the black-haired elf, the image of Ryan, the young knight holding a two-handed sword, instantly emerged.
The next second, the black-haired elf transformed into an eagle again and rushed straight into the sky.
Soon, she caught up with Ryan and his group who were about to return from the entrance of the temple garden.
Half an hour later.
"Captain, this eagle in the sky is a bit strange. It has circled around us for several times." A night watchman seemed to notice the eagle above his head and turned to Matteo, the captain of the night watch beside him and said.
"Hmm?" Matteo immediately looked up and observed for a few times, nodded, and said:
"There is indeed something wrong. It seems to be tracking our team. Could it be that there is an unknown falconer nearby?"
Matteo's face was stern. After thinking for a while, he squeezed his legs hard, drove the horse to speed up, and came to Ryan who was talking to Lagre, and reported:
"Adjutant, there is an eagle in the sky that has been tracking us. I think there should be an unknown falconer nearby."
"Eagle?" Ryan looked up in confusion.
There were several birds flying in the sky, but they were not eagles, that is, there was no trace of eagles in the sky at this time.
"Matteo, there is no eagle?"
"Huh? There was just now?" Matteo touched his head and was a little confused.
But it was obvious that since the eagle was gone, it was probably because he was suspicious.
Maybe this eagle was just chasing prey, and the location of the prey was near their team.
In fact, just when Matteo looked up, the black-haired elf who turned into an eagle in the sky noticed that her repeated circling behavior should have attracted the attention of some people in the team below.
So, she immediately decided to fly in the direction of the team, and landed not far in front of the team, and quickly transformed into a squirrel, then jumped onto the crown of a tall tree and observed the team.
The peeping of a squirrel naturally would not arouse anyone's vigilance, even Ryan, who had amazing perception.
After all, there are many wild beasts in the Night Song Forest. If the peeping of a squirrel will also be paid special attention, then there will be too many such peeping eyes that need to be paid attention to and vigilant.
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Half a day later, the team returned to the town of Shining Gold, and Hamilton was already waiting at the door of the administrative hall of Shining Gold to greet everyone.
As soon as the team entered Shining Gold, a security guard notified him.
Seeing that Ryan and the night watchmen of Shining Gold had basically returned safely, Hamilton's face suddenly showed a relieved smile.
However, when he saw several stretchers carried at the back of the team and the Knights Templar team that was obviously missing two people, Hamilton's smile suddenly withered.
After some inquiries, Hamilton looked surprised!
He didn't expect that the Evil Spirit Knight incident, which was originally a sure thing, would have such a tortuous change in the end.
First of all, the number of Evil Spirit Knights has increased sharply to three, and almost all of them have the strength of peak knights.
Secondly, the ruined temple hall turned out to be the ruins of the ancient cult "Mother Tree Sect", and there were also powerful evil creatures such as the Flesh and Blood Tree Spirit, which was as powerful as the Great Knight!
This made it difficult for Hamilton to imagine the intensity of the battle at that time.
However, what puzzled him was why his own Night Watch elites were basically fine, but the much stronger Church Templars, who had long entered the extraordinary, suffered such heavy casualties!
The two survivors were seriously injured. In addition, there were two gloriously killed Templar Knights lying on the stretcher.
Why
did his own adjutant Ryan not only have no injuries but also look energetic after such a tragic battle?
In this state, Ryan said that he had just taken a nap, which Hamilton would think was more reasonable!
"Huh? Ryan's breath"
"Why does it feel like his strength has improved again!"
Hamilton looked at Ryan's eyes, which suddenly enlarged a circle, obviously, he was shocked.
However, before Hamilton could ask in detail, he saw Rudolph coming over with a serious face.
"President Rudolph, thank you for your hard work! The two knights who died in the church will definitely be commended and compensated by the empire."
"Sir Hamilton, this time, I would like to thank Adjutant Ryan of the Goldshire Town for his strong support. If it weren't for him, perhaps we would have suffered even more losses." Rudolph glanced at Ryan and turned to Hamilton and said.
"This is what we should do in the Goldshire Town." Hamilton was stunned.
Because from what Rudolph meant, Ryan should have played a vital role in this mission.
Otherwise, according to Rudolph's always old-fashioned character, it is unlikely that he would say such "nice words" to compliment each other.
After a round of greetings, the church team headed by Archbishop Rudolph did not stay in the town of Shining Gold, but mobilized two carriages and rushed back to the county town overnight.
First of all, the two seriously injured Knights Templar needed timely treatment.
In addition, Rudolph also needed to report the discovery of the ruins of the ancient cult "Mother Tree Sect" to the bishop as soon as possible.
However
, before leaving, Rudolph specifically talked to Ryan again.
"Ryan, the door of the Church of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess is always open to you!"
"In addition, I will also report your performance in this incident to the bishop."
As soon as Rudolph left, Ryan was pulled into Hamilton's office by the curious Hamilton and asked carefully.
Just now, because the church staff were present, Hamilton was naturally not convenient to ask many things.
"This. Sir, it's actually nothing."
After Ryan briefly described the situation of the two battles, Hamilton finally understood why Rudolph paid so much attention to Ryan!
It must be the same for him.
Originally, he thought that the church had suffered so many casualties, so the church must have contributed the most in this mysterious incident.
Even, his own night watch team may have only been engaged in some vigilance affairs, so there were so few casualties.
But the result was beyond his expectations!
Ryan almost turned the tide alone, representing the Night Watch of Shining Gold Town, and on his behalf, he made a key contribution in this incident.
"Ryan, good job! I will report the situation in the next two days. I guess you will get a large amount of merit points reward soon." Hamilton said in amazement.
Ryan surprised Hamilton in the last battle with Adams, but this time, it refreshed his cognition again!
"Thank you, sir." Ryan bowed slightly and smiled.
Merit points are good things, Ryan will naturally not refuse, although he has already gained a lot this time.
But no one will dislike a lot of money, right?
However, when Ryan thought of the merit points, he thought of the customized water film steel advanced knight armor that took two months. It was too long.
And the chrome iron set on his body was almost scrapped after experiencing two battles with Adams and the flesh and blood tree spirit.
It seems that he has to go to the county military supply department again to exchange for a new set of knight armor for emergency.
At this time, the black-haired elf who turned into a squirrel, after following Ryan's team to the town of Shining Gold, showed a little surprise in his bright eyes.
Huh?
Isn't this the approximate location of the amulet that he sensed before?
Yes. That's right!
It should be within the scope of this town.
The squirrel in the form of the black-haired elf nodded, very sure.
But because the amulet has not been triggered for some time, she still needs to look carefully before she can locate it.
But
this matter can be put aside for the time being, and she still has to keep an eye on the young knight first.
The black-haired elf was also very hesitant at this moment. She didn't know which way to choose to communicate with the young human knight.
The first way, of course, is to find a separate opportunity for the two of them to communicate. She will tell the other party about the harm of the dark elf mother tree seeds to the world, and then let the other party give the seeds to her.
But she instinctively felt that humans would not be so "reasonable".
The second way, of course, is for the safety of the world, she sacrificed her personal moral character and quietly took the seeds away.
But this behavior should be "stealing", or "theft", right?
So, this made the black-haired elf not know which way to choose for a while.
——After
having dinner with Lagre, Anna and his family, Ryan returned to the room alone.
He began to think about his own performance in this battle of Nightsong Forest.
Simply put, it is "battle review"!
Because only by constantly reflecting and summarizing can we keep making progress.
Ryan has already experienced the benefits of doing so.
"This time, I experienced two battles in total. In the first battle, facing the evil knights who were protected by heavy armor and black gas, my core skills "Hammer Specialization", Tokkar Hammer Technique and Pig Head Hammer were perfectly combined. With the trinity attack, I gained super lethality."
"This is the best test of the effect of the last post-battle review!"
Because, since the last battle with the apostle of the Black Flame Church, Ryan decided to "slowly practice hammer skills and use the super armor-breaking and concussion damage of the heavy hammer to cause strong damage to the enemies with stacked armor."
This time, on the three evil knights, the "heavy hammer armor-breaking tactics" was effectively verified!
Ryan's eyes flickered, thinking.
"In addition, there is the second battle, the battle with the Flesh and Blood Tree Spirit."
"In this battle, if Archbishop Rudolf had not released the high-level divine spell 'Sword of Judgment' at the beginning and dealt a heavy blow to the Flesh and Blood Tree Spirit. Then, even if I tried my best, I might not be able to defeat the Flesh and Blood Tree Spirit."
"However, this is normal. After all, according to Lord Hamilton, the Flesh and Blood Tree Spirit is an evil creature at the same level as the Great Knight."
"In the end, I relied on the witchcraft scroll 'Ice Cold Wind' and the entry-level contact witchcraft 'Scorching Touch' to get rid of the opponent. To be honest, this stage is much easier than the previous head-on battle with a greatsword."
"From this point of view, the importance of witchcraft is beyond doubt. If you can master multiple witchcrafts, then when you fight the enemy, you can target the enemy's weaknesses and use specific witchcrafts reasonably, and it is very likely to produce unexpected results."
"In addition, the importance of mental strength is also becoming increasingly prominent."
"After all, I don't have any other way to improve the power of witchcraft. It is clear that only by strengthening my mental power can I improve the power of witchcraft at the same time."
"From this perspective, if there is no special situation later, the mental attribute will be the priority for me to add points."
"As for mastering multiple witchcraft?"
Ryan crossed his arms, rubbed his chin with his right hand, and paced back and forth in the room to think.
"But the test crystal has confirmed that I have the strongest affinity for fire energy ions. No, there is another kind, which is the light silver energy particles that I still can't figure out."
"But even if we take into account the light silver energy particles, I only have a higher affinity for two types of energy particles. Learning other types of witchcraft will not only be a waste of time, but also less powerful than these two types."
"Well, let's focus on fire witchcraft first. As for the others, let's slowly search for other witchcraft models."
"After all, the biggest problem I face now is the lack of various witchcraft models."
"Oh, by the way, the last time Jenny and I agreed to meet was probably tomorrow. I hope I can get something out of the library at her bestie's house tomorrow."
Ryan suddenly remembered the last time he and Jenny agreed, and his eyes lit up.
Since he felt the power of witchcraft in actual combat, Ryan has been looking forward to the emergence of every new witchcraft.
"Also, I have never heard of the ancient sect 'Mother Tree Sect' that appeared this time. Including the origin of the light golden sapling, I have no idea. It seems that various ancient knowledge is also what I need to pay attention to next."
"Then, the study of spiritual language (Akkadian) naturally cannot stop."
"After all, many ancient books were recorded by wizards or wizard apprentices and written in spiritual writing."
Soon, Ryan took out the three ancient Akkadian books and placed them on his desk.
Ryan has made more than half of the progress in studying these three ancient Akkadian books. Ryan can understand the meaning of most of the Akkadian words, but his pronunciation is still not standard and proficient, so he needs to further improve.
While Ryan was studying Akkadian seriously, in the room next to him, Lagre was tossing and turning.
She had decided to leave the town of Shemling with the relics (weapons) of her brother and teammates early tomorrow morning and return to the barbarian tribe in the cold tundra in the north of the empire.
This matter is of great significance and she must complete it.
Because only in this way can the souls of her brother and teammates return to the Hall of Valor.
In addition, she also decided that once she returned to the tribe, she would apply to the tribal priest for the trial of life and death.
She did not mention these two things to Ryan.
Especially the latter, she never planned to share it with Ryan.
After spending some time together, Lagre found that she had developed a good impression of the boy who had saved her twice!
If she could successfully pass the trial of life and death, perhaps there would still be a future.
But if she failed
, it would mean that she had never been with the boy she liked from birth to returning to Valhalla. Isn't this too regrettable?
"Or, I'll go to his room at night"
"But will this hurt Anna?"
"It shouldn't, after all, I may not survive, and even if I survive, I may not come back and meet Ryan again."
Soon, Lagre made up her mind. When the night got deeper, she would go to Ryan, and then,
before dawn, she would embark on a journey back to the Wind Tundra alone!
Late at night, when the black-haired elf was about to sneak into Ryan's bedroom on the second floor, she suddenly saw through the window of the corridor that the door of the room next to Ryan slowly opened.
A figure wearing a tulle and with a curvy figure walked out quietly.
The black-haired elf's beautiful eyes showed doubt.
She recognized the girl in front of her at a glance. She was the barbarian girl who returned from Nightsong Forest with the young human knight during the day.
So she stopped and watched quietly.
The barbarian girl did not knock on the door, but quietly opened the door of the young knight's room, and then quickly flashed into the other's room.
The black-haired elf was quite curious!
Could it be that the two were planning to discuss something secret?
So, they made an appointment at midnight?
Is it possible to discuss how to deal with the seeds of the dark mother tree?
Thinking of this, the black-haired elf's eyes lit up slightly.
The next second, a squirrel jumped from the tree to the roof of Ryan's new home, and quickly ran to the window of Ryan's second-floor bedroom and observed through the gap in the window.
With dark vision, she naturally saw it clearly!
The next second, the squirrel she transformed into showed a very human expression, her eyes suddenly widened twice, her mouth opened wide, but her two short hands covered her eyes tightly.
In the room, a barbarian girl with a curvy figure was trying to tame a "male wild horse" in a riding posture, while the young human knight was pinching the girl's gourd-shaped waist.
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After a fierce battle, the "male wild horse" was too difficult to tame because of its amazing endurance!
Therefore, the barbarian girl finally gave up taming and lay down to rest.
But perhaps because she was too tired during the day, the girl could not rest well all night, whether she was lying down or kneeling.
And that night, the squirrel in the window of Ryan's bedroom came and went, but never found a suitable opportunity to communicate with Ryan about the important matter of "world security".
As the sky gradually turned white, the squirrel in the form of a black-haired elf finally shook his head helplessly and left.
In fact, Ryan had already noticed it when Lagre quietly entered the room.
This familiar breath, he knew that the person who came must be Lagre.
However, he was still wondering why Lagre came in without knocking.
But the next second, he was stunned, because a part of his body entered. (10,000 words omitted here).
In the yard, an ant was suddenly entangled by a sticky tongue, and the next second, it was swallowed into the mouth of a lying lizard.
After the lizard chewed it, it felt the ant burst in its mouth, irritating its mouth.
So the lizard quickly spit out the bursting ant, and it looked closely and found that it was a poisonous fire ant.
Poisonous fire ants have a self-protection mechanism, that is, once attacked, a transparent venom will be secreted from the surface of the body, causing paralysis and irritation to the enemy.
In the dark night, the lizard did not see clearly that this was not an ordinary ant, so it mistakenly ate the poisonous fire ant.
Just when the lizard was about to leave, it found that there were ants behind it attacking the vulnerable parts of its lower body.
This made the lizard furious!
It swallowed the daring ant into its mouth with its slippery tongue again, and killed it after it burst. But the next second, the lizard spit it out again.
Unexpectedly, this was also a poisonous fire ant!
All night, the lizard was attacked by the poisonous fire ants in its vulnerable parts, and it kept swallowing the poisonous fire ants into its mouth with its slippery tongue, killing them after they burst, and spitting them out.
Finally, when the sky was light, the lizard fled!
It dared not stay in this ghost place anymore. There were too many poisonous fire ants. It killed them all night, but it didn't expect that it couldn't kill them all! The
next morning, Ryan woke up and turned to look at Lagre who was still sleeping beside him.
The barbarian girl in her dream showed a large area of white beauty on her chest. Her blonde hair was naturally scattered on the white pillow. She had a small nose and cherry mouth, and her face was more delicate than most women in the empire.
Judging from her face alone, others could not tell that Lagre was a barbarian tribe from the Empire's Wind Tundra.
In addition, Ryan has not figured out what happened last night so far.
Why did Lagre suddenly come to his room in the middle of the night?
Also, before he could ask last night, the "battle" between the two suddenly started.
On the one hand, it was because Lagre's delicate face and her curvy figure were too tempting.
On the other hand, it was Ryan's own problem.
Since he entered the extraordinary, his desire in this regard has become stronger and stronger. So, when Lagre fired the first shot of the battle, Ryan's powder magazine was ignited, and the two naturally had a fierce battle.
Thinking of the hearty battle last night, Ryan couldn't help but smile.
He couldn't help but reach out and gently stroked the messy hair on Lagre's face.
At this time, it seemed that Ryan's action woke up Lagre, who was sleeping soundly. The other's long eyelashes swayed slightly, and a pair of deep blue eyes opened and appeared in front of Ryan.
Lagre also looked at Ryan in front of her, and for a while, her mind was in chaos.
To be honest.
This is a bit different from what Lagre expected.
Originally, in her plan, she came quietly in the middle of the night, and then left quietly after staying for a while.
Before dawn, she would leave a letter at the head of Ryan's bed, and then she would leave Goldshire with her bag and return to the Windy Tundra.
After all, in her cognition, men would be very tired and then fall into a deep sleep.
Even though she knew that Ryan had amazing physical strength, he should follow this rule in this regard!
As a result,
Ryan did not stop until dawn!
This not only refreshed her cognition, but also emptied her physical strength.
Now she was physically exhausted, accompanied by a radiant spirit, and two contradictory feelings appeared on her at the same time.
In addition, this made it impossible for Lagre's original plan to be implemented.
But when Lagre thought that she might meet Anna who had woken up later, she suddenly woke up and said:
"I... I have to go, Ryan."
"Go?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and was very surprised.
"Well, I have to take my brother and everyone's relics and hurry back to the Windy Tundra." Lagre looked at Ryan with her beautiful eyes and said seriously.
"Well, can't we go back later?"
Leonardo da Vinci said in his previous life that 'eyes are windows to the soul'. In fact, Ryan had already understood the meaning in Lagre's eyes just now.
Therefore, Ryan did not dissuade Lagre, but he still asked her if she could leave a few days later.
"I'm afraid not. I have stayed too long. I have to return to the tribe as soon as possible." Lagre lowered her head slightly and shook it gently.
Sure enough, the answer was as Ryan expected.
From the time they got along for a while, Ryan felt that perhaps because of the tempering in the harsh natural environment of the windy tundra since childhood, Lagre's character was firm and tenacious, and she was not a hesitant person.
In an instant, Ryan also understood. Why did Lagre take the initiative to come to his room last night?
Is this because she is leaving?
"Then when will you come back?" Ryan said with a little unwillingness.
"I don't know." Lagre shook her head again.
She planned to participate in the life and death trial immediately after returning to the tribe. Faced with the high mortality rate of the life and death trial, she didn't know if she could survive successfully.
She was not good at lying, so Lagre really didn't know how to answer Ryan's question.
In addition, Lagre didn't want to tell Ryan or anyone else that she had returned to the tribe to participate in the life and death trial.
"Ryan, I really have to go. If it's any later, Anna will get up." Lagre stood up, revealing her beautiful figure, and quickly put on her clothes.
"By the way, you... tell everyone for me that I'm going back to the tundra."
Looking at Lagre's leaving figure, Ryan felt a little lost!
Ryan knew clearly that with his current strength, he had no ability to change many things.
In addition, he couldn't indulge in temporary pleasure at the moment.
However, Ryan believed that as long as he kept moving forward and breaking through, some things, some people, and some regrets would eventually be transferred and changed according to his will!
Breakfast time.
"Sister Anna, have you seen Sister Lagre?" Mint asked curiously after looking at the table with one person missing.
"I didn't see her get up. Maybe she was tired from the trip to Nightsong Forest last night, so she's still sleeping?" Anna smiled and touched Mint's head, saying.
"Um, this Lagre has left. She's returned to the Wind Tundra." Ryan hesitated and said.
In an instant, several eyes focused on Ryan.
"Huh?" Emma, his mother, looked at Ryan in surprise and asked, "Ryan, what did you just say?"
(End of this chapter)
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