Chapter 216: The Trickster (Two chapters in one)
At this time, Ryan suddenly thought of a question, and he turned his head to Veronica and asked:
"Miss Veronica, are the witchcrafts used by the two members of the Fish Dragon Team just now all from the special item exchange list of the Navy?"
"Yes, Lord Ryan, these two should be wizard apprentices trained by the Imperial Navy. They are quite different from school wizards like me who follow mentors. Their witchcrafts are all exchanged from the special item list."
Veronica recalled the impression the two people just gave her, and said with certainty.
"In other words, if they have task evaluation medals plus merit points, they can exchange for the witchcraft model they want." Ryan asked again.
"Yes, that's right." Veronica answered immediately.
"The witchcraft used by the archer named Trevor just now, I heard you say it was 'sharp magic', this should be metal witchcraft, right?" Ryan felt the mysterious silver side energy particle fluctuations at that time.
"Your perception is very sharp, Lord Ryan, it is indeed the metal-based 'Sharpness', but unfortunately, I don't know this witchcraft." Veronica said with a little regret.
Just now, she thought that if she had mastered this 'Sharpness', she would have been able to release and bless Lord Ryan's weapon in the previous battle between Ryan and Volod.
Therefore, Veronica decided that after returning, she would ask her mentor Master Enius to see if she could learn this 'Sharpness'.
Although she is not metal-friendly, it does not hinder her learning. It's just that the effect is slightly worse.
But once she learns it, she can give Lord Ryan a good damage blessing in battle.
Ryan nodded, his eyes flickering slightly.
Since he joined the special department of the Imperial Navy, the 'Tide Walker', he can exchange for the metal-based witchcraft 'Sharpness' by completing special tasks.
Then once he joins the more powerful Imperial 'Sword Bearer' organization, he will be able to exchange for more metal-based witchcraft.
Joining the Empire's 'Sword Bearer' organization is related to the improvement of one's subsequent strength!
It seems that I have to prepare well, and perhaps I should ask someone about the relevant situation of the 'Sword Bearer' assessment.
Just as everyone walked out of the training room, suddenly, a burst of violent shouting came faintly from the sky far away!
When the sound reached everyone's ears, it was already very small, but it was clearly a human voice.
It seemed that because this violent shout was extremely condensed, although it was transmitted over a long distance, everyone present could still hear it clearly.
Suddenly, everyone, including Ryan, looked up in the direction where the sound came from.
That direction was the direction of the sea.
The key is that everyone is familiar with this voice. This sound like the friction of rocks is the voice of Baron, the captain of the Fish Dragon Squad, and he can feel that Baron should be very angry at this time.
The other people present immediately looked at each other, and their faces changed.
Obviously, the Fish Dragon Squad has encountered a strong enemy.
And judging from the direction and distance of the sound, it should be in the offshore waters, not far from their fishing port town.
At this time, the eyes of several people were once again focused on Ryan, not only because Ryan was the governor of the fishing port town, but also because he was the strongest among all the people present.
"Sir Ryan, we..." Major Marika looked worried, but she didn't continue to speak when the words came to her lips, because she suddenly thought of a problem.
She originally wanted to propose to rescue the Yulong team.
But she soon realized a problem, that is, as a special combat unit of the Navy, the Yulong team felt that the enemy was difficult at the moment, so, did she really have the ability to rescue?
Perhaps, from a safety perspective, her first choice should be to retreat, not to rescue.
However, Ryan did not hesitate too much. He just thought for a while and said, "Miss Veronica, please ask your white seagull to immediately conduct a high-altitude reconnaissance over there."
"In addition, time is tight, so I will go there first."
"Wait, Sir Ryan, I will go with you."
Veronica was not afraid at all, but was slightly excited. As if she had thought of fighting side by side with Ryan again, her twin ponytails swung vigorously, and at the same time, her fair cheeks became even more rosy.
Facing Veronica's initiative, Ryan thought about it and agreed.
After all, it would be very good to have a third-level wizard apprentice to provide assistance.
"Colonel Marika, you and the Lehman brothers will organize defense in the fishing port town. Once you need to evacuate, Miss Veronica's white seagull will notify you in advance."
"Yes, Lord Baron!" The Lehman brothers answered neatly. For them, they just need to execute Ryan's orders.
"Well, Sir Ryan, please be sure to pay attention to your safety." Although Major Marika agreed, she looked worried.
However, Marika understood that she was just a civilian staff member of the Navy. Even if she was worried, she should listen to Ryan and Veronica, who had more say in how to fight.
When Ryan and Veronica boarded the boat, the white seagulls that went to investigate had already fallen from the sky.
After Veronica stared at the white seagull for a few seconds, her originally rosy face suddenly turned a little pale, and said: "Sir Ryan, the Fish Dragon Squad is now fighting three large sea beasts!"
"In addition, from the description of the white seagull, these sea beasts seem to be controlled by someone behind them."
"Huh? Someone is actually controlling them." Ryan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
The combination of large sea beasts and people is definitely explosive in combat power.
At this time, a white albatross with a wingspan of several meters flew at high speed from a distance. After seeing Veronica, the other party immediately circled and landed.
Ryan had seen this albatross before. It was the pet of a member of the Ichthyosaur Squad.
Soon, more detailed information came from the albatross.
"Sir Ryan, we have received a message from the Fish Dragon Squad. They were intercepted by a special combat team from the Eagle Federation."
"Captain Baron, let's organize the evacuation of the people in the fishing port town immediately. They can't hold out for long."
"Eagle Federation?" Ryan couldn't help but be surprised.
You know, this is the territory of the Empire. Does that mean that the Eagle Federation is going to go to war with the Empire?"
"Yes, Sir Ryan, we..." The pretty face of the girl with twin ponytails was both worried and excited.
After thinking about it, Ryan turned his head and smiled at the girl with twin ponytails, and said, "Miss Veronica, are you afraid?"
"Of course not! I feel safe with Sir Ryan."
When the girl said this, her eyes were bright.
"Then let's go! Let the White Seagull contact Major Marika and let them organize the evacuation of personnel first. "
"As for the special combat team of the Eagle Federation, I'm very interested. "
"Yeah! "The girl with twin ponytails clenched her fists and looked excited when she saw that Ryan was still going to go.
Ryan glanced at the girl and couldn't help laughing.
Veronica gave him the feeling of a game-loving beautiful girl in his previous life, who was addicted but had poor skills.
It would be difficult to gain points with this kind of person.
After thinking about it, Ryan focused his attention on the system panel.
Since he was going to face a possible strong enemy, there was no need to save his two skill points.
A huge sea beast?
Of course, he couldn't add points to Kadar Boxing. Facing such a large or even super-large sea beast, a two-handed weapon could cause strong enough lethality.
After a little thought, Ryan decided to add some Tokkar Hammer.
Although the Giant Bear Swordsmanship now has the blessing of the Weapon Master (Legendary) exclusive talent 'Primary Weapon Mastery (Passive)', the power A little stronger.
But in comparison, the Pig Head Hammer has the blessing of 'Hammer Expertise lv3', and Tokkar's Hammer Technique is still his most lethal extraordinary combat skill.
So, as the remaining skill points changed from 2→1, Tokkar's Hammer Technique moved from lv10 to lv11.
In an instant, a magnificent memory of hammer training poured into Ryan's mind.
After absorbing and digesting it, this memory gradually merged into the muscles of the whole body and formed muscle memory.
But Ryan had a feeling that this time the points were a little different from before.
Indistinctly, his hammer skills seemed to have broken through a piece of thin paper, and he had some different insights into Tokkar's Hammer Technique.
Especially for the original secret skill 'Rising Dragon Hammer', it was more closely combined with the use of his own force.
When Ryan just came back to his senses, he found that two system prompts suddenly appeared:
[Congratulations, your Tokkar Hammer exclusive secret skill 'Rising Dragon Hammer' has been promoted to quasi-secret skill 'Rising Dragon Hammer'! ]
[After being promoted to quasi-secret skill, do you want to change the skill name? ]
Quasi-secret skill?
Immediately, Ryan, who was delighted and surprised, saw that the secret skill 'Rising Dragon Hammer' icon that was originally located above 'Tokkar Hammer' on the Weapon Master (Legend) panel had changed slightly.
The sturdy man who twisted his body and swung a two-handed hammer from bottom to top became more powerful and majestic at this moment. At the same time, some airflow-like ripples appeared on both sides of the hammer, which looked lifelike and extremely strong.
At the bottom right of the icon, there was a line of small words:
Rising Dragon Hammer (quasi-secret skill) Effect: Combined with the Force, use a special way of exerting strength, swing the heavy hammer from bottom to top, and hit a blow that combines the Force and rotational strength.
(Note: Quasi-secret skills cannot be directly upgraded through skill points.)
(Note: The power of the quasi-secret is positively correlated with the following: 1. Tokkar Hammer Skill Level; 2. Force Value; 3. Hammer Specialization Level; 4. Strength Value.)
As for changing the name, Ryan thought about it and chose no. It
was just a quasi-secret, so there was no need to change it to a fancy name. Secondly, Rising Dragon Hammer sounded pretty good, so there was no need to spend the effort to rename it.
Obviously, after the secret skill was promoted to a quasi-secret, the power must have increased.
As for the degree of increase, we would have to try it to know.
In addition, Ryan looked at the second note and wondered if it would be a good choice. Thinking, 'The power of the quasi-secret is positively correlated with the following: 1. Tokkar's Hammer Skill Level.'
Since I have a few skill points left to further increase the power, I might as well add them! After all
, my Hammer Skill Secret Skill is more than just one move.
So soon, Ryan made up his mind.
As the remaining skill points went from 1 to 0, Tokkar's Hammer Skill went from lv11 to lv12.
Instantly, another huge memory of Hammer Skill training flooded into Ryan's mind.
When Ryan came to his senses, two system prompts also came quietly:
[Congratulations, your Tokkar Hammer exclusive secret skill 'Earth-splitting Hammer' has been promoted to the quasi-ultimate skill 'Earth-splitting Hammer'! ]
[After being promoted to the quasi-ultimate skill, do you change the skill name? ]
Sure enough, Ryan was on the Weapon Master (Legend) panel. The secret skill 'Earth-splitting Hammer' icon that was originally located above 'Tokkar Hammer' had changed slightly.
The sturdy man who held up a two-handed hammer and pounded the ground from top to bottom became more burly at this moment. At the same time, a fan-shaped shattering area appeared in front of the hammer. Above the ground, there were floating gravels of different sizes, which looked extremely powerful.
At the bottom right of the icon, there was a line of small words:
Earth-splitting Hammer (quasi-ultimate skill) Effect: Combined with the Force, use a special way of exerting strength, swing the hammer from top to bottom, hit the ground, and hit a blow with multiple shock forces.
(Note: Quasi-secret cannot be directly upgraded through skill points.)
(Note: The power of Quasi-secret is positively correlated with the following: 1. Tokkar Hammer Skill Level; 2. Force Value; 3. Hammer Specialization Level; 4. Strength Value.)
Similarly, Ryan did not choose to change the name of the skill, and still named it Earth-Splitting Hammer.
After both Hammer Secrets were promoted to Quasi-secret, he could clearly feel that his understanding of Hammer was further improved, and it seemed that he was not far from truly mastering the secret.
Unfortunately, he currently has no remaining skill points.
However, this made Ryan look forward to the upcoming battle. First,
he wanted to test the power of the Quasi-secret, and the other, of course, was the experience value reward after the battle.
Veronica, who was on the side of the ship, looked at Ryan who was originally in deep thought, and suddenly smiled slightly. That expression seemed to reveal a kind of eagerness to try.
This made Veronica stunned.
Facing the battle, there is no fear, but rather a yearning?
Lord Ryan is indeed a top-level warrior, so he must have the potential.
When the two rushed to the scene, they saw from afar that four small and one large, five huge red and white striped snake-shaped sea beasts were surrounding and attacking the Ichthyosaur Squad on the coral reef.
Even the small snake-shaped sea beasts were more than three meters high above the sea surface, and the large one was as high as five meters!
There was a circle of spikes on the lower edge of the head and neck of the snake-shaped sea beast, and there was a layer of stretched film between the spikes, giving people the feeling that the snake's head was covered with an umbrella.
"This is a thorn-backed sea snake!"
"The venom of the thorn-backed sea snake is highly toxic, and at the same time, its melee ability is also very strong, and its overall strength is not inferior to that of the great knight."
"As for the giant thorn-backed sea snake." Veronica said quickly.
After so many battles, Ryan only took a few glances and took in the whole battle situation.
If the Ichthyosaur Squad was formed with Captain Baron, the peak great knight, as the core of the battle, then the other side was just the opposite.
The other side seems to be a battle team formed with a formal wizard as the core. The remaining four people on the other side are all great knights. One of them holds a sword and shield to protect the other side, and the other three hold various weapons to control the snake-shaped sea beasts to besiege Baron.
The snake-shaped sea beasts of the other side have the ability to spit venom and strong melee attack capabilities.
From the combination, it is difficult to tell which one is better.
But from the situation on the scene, it should be Baron, the core of the team, who happened to be restrained by the wizard on the opposite side.
As the captain, Baron is now very fast to resist the snake-shaped sea beasts attacking from three directions, but the situation is already precarious. One of the members of the Fish Dragon Team is lying on the coral reef and seems to have lost his combat effectiveness.
Although the captain Baron is flashing with various witchcraft lights, his speed and strength are all raised to an extremely high level.
However, the combat effectiveness of these three snake-shaped sea beasts is quite strong, and witchcraft auras keep appearing on their bodies. I don’t know if it is the blessing given by others on the side, or the innate ability of large sea beasts.
In addition, there were also big knights on the back of the serpentine sea beast fighting together.
More importantly, Ryan keenly noticed that Captain Baron's mouth was bleeding.
Moreover, he would pause from time to time during the battle, and his face would be in pain.
This made Ryan quickly realize that this was probably related to the black-robed man holding a dagger and chanting spells from time to time on the back of the largest giant serpentine sea beast.
In other words, the key to breaking the situation and the whole battle was the black-robed man.
At this time, there was a knight holding a sword and shield stationed beside the black-robed man, seemingly to prevent Captain Baron from advancing quickly.
Seeing Ryan and Veronica suddenly appear, several members of the Fish Dragon Team looked puzzled.
Trevo, who was the archer, immediately turned around and said to another team member, "What's going on? Didn't you notify them and tell them to evacuate quickly?"
"We can't hold on for long! If it weren't for the fishing port town nearby, we could have retreated long ago, and Bastos wouldn't have been seriously injured."
The team member was obviously a little aggrieved and said, "My albatross just told me that it has notified us. I think it should be Baron Ryan who is coming!"
Although Trevo had a good impression of Ryan, he couldn't help but get a little angry at this time, saying, "This young man is so impulsive!"
"He doesn't even know that we are competing with him. That's just a one-on-one fight. Fighting with such a small team is completely different."
"Sir Ryan, what should we do now?"
"Just stop here, leave it to me next." Ryan said, and found a small island reef not far away that could be used as a preset battlefield.
After all, fighting with sea beasts in the sea is still a bit disadvantageous.
"Okay, Sir Ryan."
At this time, Veronica recited a witchcraft spell.
Suddenly, Ryan felt a large amount of water energy particles condensing under his feet, and he felt a sense of buoyancy.
"Sir Ryan, I have cast the magic spell 'Walking on Water', which is enough to support your own weight to walk normally on the sea surface, and the duration is about half an hour."
This made Ryan's face brighten.
He was also planning to lead the opponent to the island reef nearby for a fight, but now it seems that it is not necessary, and there are many more options on the battlefield.
Veronica continued to remind him: "By the way, Sir Ryan. If you want to cast a spell, be careful."
"It's best not to affect the area under your feet, otherwise, the magic spell 'Walking on Water' I cast for you will be offset or in an unstable state."
Ryan nodded after hearing Veronica's reminder.
He understood this point.
Simply put, he cannot cast the spell "High Temperature Force Field" in battle, because this spell will cover the soles of the feet, thus affecting the stability of the spell "Walking on Water", but he can cast "Scorching Touch" or "Scorching Light".
Then, another light blue spell flashed.
A thin layer of water film instantly condensed around Ryan. He was more familiar with this spell. This was the water spell "Water Film Spell", which could provide a certain degree of defense.
"Thank you, Miss Veronica. Next, leave it to me." Ryan nodded and smiled at Veronica.
"Sir Ryan, please be safe. If it doesn't work, I have a formal spell scroll given to me by my mentor."
"Okay."
Ryan didn't say anything more. He took a step towards the side of the ship and stood on the sea.
Of course, the people from the Eagle Federation also saw Ryan and Veronica appear.
A man in black robes glanced at the two and murmured, "Is this the local defense force of the Dragun Empire? A third-level wizard apprentice and a knight, no, it seems to be a great knight?"
"Hoffman, go and get rid of these two unstable factors."
"Yes, Lord Nehru." The great knight holding a sword and shield quickly controlled the thorn-backed sea snake under his crotch and attacked Ryan at high speed.
The energy fluctuations of the black-robed man named Nehru obviously exceeded the limit of a third-level wizard apprentice, but his eyes were still on Baron who was fighting quickly.
As the third-ranked existence in the "Leviathan" team, he was the first to arrive after receiving the information from the Federal Navy.
Because he happened to be collecting the same material nearby.
Not long after he arrived, he found the traces of the combat team of the Dragun Empire, so the battle started suddenly.
The captain of the other team was a peak great knight. After blessing the buffing witchcraft of other team members, it was indeed more difficult.
Even he took some effort to suppress the opponent.
Nehru looked at the 'Cursed Blade' in his hand, which was emitting a faint black light, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.
If it weren't for him, who happened to restrain the opponent's peak knight, the other people in the 'Leviathan' team might not be able to eat him.
Just now, he relied on this 'Cursed Blade' in his hand to curse the opponent three times in a row, namely 'Weakness Curse', 'Pain Curse' and 'Cold Heart Curse'.
As a result, the opponent's strength could not be fully exerted.
Now, the balance of victory has tilted towards him. In a few minutes, the opponent's physical strength will gradually run out.
Nehru observed for a while, and then turned his eyes to Ryan and Veronica in the distance.
As the slight spell sounded, Nehru used the short dagger in his hand that emitted a black light to gently cut his fingers twice. As the bright red blood overflowed, in an instant, some strange fluctuations attacked Veronica in the distance.
And a second later, another inexplicable fluctuation attacked Ryan!
After Nehru finished the spell, his face turned pale, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Now, Hoffman should be able to easily deal with the other party.
The unstable factor is about to be eliminated!
Suddenly, Veronica, who was beside Ryan, covered her chest with her hands, her face changed drastically, and said:
"Sir Ryan, I seem to have been cursed with pain! You have to be careful, the black-robed man on the other side seems to be a trickster."
Painful curse?
Trickster?
Ryan inexplicably thought of the third-level wizard apprentice Adams he had killed before, and the other party's methods were also very strange.
Of course, the one in front of him is a formal wizard, and his strength is much stronger in comparison.
But Ryan was not afraid at this moment, because his current strength is also much stronger than it was then.
It was just that after hearing that the other party was a trickster, Ryan became more cautious in his heart.
But the next second, Ryan only felt that the negative energy around him suddenly increased, and in an instant, it invaded his body.
"This effect. Is this a weakness curse?"
Ryan immediately reacted. After all, he had just felt this witchcraft not long ago.
However, compared with the weakness curse cast by Nathaniel, this weakness curse is more than one level stronger.
If it is not dispelled, basically, with his great knight's combat power, under the influence of this curse, he can only play the level of a peak knight at most.
This is a battle, a life-and-death struggle, not a competition, so Ryan did not hesitate to add a little attribute point to his spirit.
As the remaining attribute points changed from 6 to 5, the spirit also changed from 31 points to 32 points. A warm current was pumped out from the heart and quickly spread throughout the body.
In an instant, Ryan's weakness was completely swept away!
Not bad! Ryan smiled.
Adding points will restore, and it is still effective!
At this time, the great knight named Hoffman, controlling a thorn-backed sea snake, also smiled and rushed towards the boat where Ryan was.
Because just now, he sensed that the two enemies had been cursed by Lord Nehru.
This situation has happened many times in previous battles.
Therefore, there is no suspense in the next battle.
In his opinion, the two enemies are no different from lambs to be slaughtered!
(End of this chapter)
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