Chapter 221 Storm Crow (Two chapters in one)
At this time, there was a sudden "tapping" sound of leather boots outside the door. Ryan listened and his ears moved slightly. It was the footsteps of Major Marika.
"Dongdongdong!"
"Come in!"
As expected, it was Marika who opened the door in a slim navy uniform.
Marika wanted to say something, but when she saw the two people from the Fish Dragon Squad, she was obviously stunned for a moment, but soon, she showed a bright smile and said:
"It seems that the two Excellencies of the Fish Dragon Squad are moving much faster than I thought. Excellency Ryan, it seems that I don't need to relay the news from the fleet anymore."
"That's true, Major Marika." Ryan smiled and said.
"My Excellencies, I won't disturb your conversation for now." Major Marika smiled and turned away.
Only a large and round figure in a hip skirt uniform was left, which made Trevor and Nathaniel look at each other, then turned to look at Ryan and laughed, saying:
"Sir Ryan, it seems that the 'flower of the Sixth Squadron' of the Imperial Navy, Major Marika, still cares about you."
"Huh?" Ryan glanced at the two people, and seeing that they had an expression that all men understand, he was slightly stunned, shook his head and denied: "You two, there is nothing between Major Marika and me."
"We are just a work relationship."
"Haha, Sir Ryan, it's nothing now, but it doesn't mean it will be nothing in the future." Trevor blinked and said with a smile.
"Trevor, since Sir Ryan doesn't want to talk about this topic, let's talk about business first." Although Nathaniel said this, the playful look still made Ryan smile bitterly.
"That's right!"
"Sir Ryan, before I teach you the 'Sharp Technique', I would like to trouble you to sign this confidentiality agreement." Trevor took out a thin parchment scroll emitting a faint energy fluctuation and handed it to Ryan.
"Of course." Ryan nodded, and then took it and read it carefully.
The parchment scroll listed some prohibition clauses, such as 'without the consent of the Imperial Navy, any witchcraft and extraordinary combat skills exchanged from the Imperial Navy shall not be disclosed to others, and are limited to personal practice and use'.
The faint energy fluctuations emitted seemed to be some kind of witchcraft formula.
After a while, Ryan picked up the feather pen and signed his name in a swish.
After signing, Ryan could keenly perceive that the energy fluctuations had undergone some subtle changes, and had some connection with his mental power fluctuations. This should be because the formula attached to the parchment scroll was triggered.
Seeing this, Trevor laughed and handed Ryan another yellowish animal skin scroll, saying, "Sir Ryan, this is the introduction and witchcraft model of 'Sharpness'. Please take a look first, and we can discuss it later."
"Okay, thank you, Sir Trevor." Ryan smiled.
After sending the two away, Ryan carefully flipped through the animal skin scroll.
After reading it carefully several times, Ryan found that the difficulty of visualizing the witchcraft model of this new metal witchcraft 'Sharpness' was about the same as that of the fire witchcraft 'Blazing Light', which was not very difficult.
Since Ryan had already mastered three witchcrafts, 'Scorching Touch', 'High Temperature Force Field' and 'Blazing Light', Ryan did not have too much difficulty when learning this metal witchcraft.
About half an hour later, after failing five or six times in a row, Ryan succeeded for the first time!
A slightly dazzling silver light suddenly appeared on the surface of the glimmering giant sword in Ryan's hand. This light was different from the needle-like light emitting outwards, and it was more like a watery halo.
At this moment, it was flowing on the surface of the sword, like a flowing silver liquid, quite beautiful.
At this time, the system prompt also came:
[You have studied the sharp art, and the relevant understanding has improved! ]
[You have comprehended a new skill - sharp art]
[Your skill sharp art has been improved, experience value +1]
At the same time, under the wizard apprentice (supernormal) panel, next to the icon of the blazing light, a new icon appeared.
The border of the icon was slightly lit up. The pattern on the icon was a handleless sharp blade emitting light, and there were many short horizontal lines around it, representing the meaning of sharpness.
Ryan focused his attention on the new icon, and saw a line of small words under the icon.
Sharpness lv1 (1/100)
Sharpness lv1 effect: consume a certain amount of mental power, use a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, so that the host's designated metal weapon is sharper, and the duration is about one minute.
(Note: The spell takes 3 seconds to cast, and the power is proportional to the host's mental power.)
After a little thought, Ryan took down a decorative steel shield hanging on the wall of the room and swung his sword gently across it.
A feeling of cutting into tough leather came from the hilt of the greatsword.
Although Ryan had expected it, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly at this time. He didn't expect that the effect of sharpness would be so good.
He carefully recalled the scene when he fought with Trevo a few days ago. Ryan found that although Trevo's sharpness at that time was very fast, it didn't have such a strong effect.
Could it be that because of his affinity with metal elements, the effect is better than that of Trevo?
It should be, Ryan nodded slightly.
With a flick of his right hand, Ryan cancelled the new sorcery. At the same time, he mobilized his own Knight Force to infuse the glimmering giant sword. At this time, the sword began to emit a faint fluorescence.
The effect caused by the Force was far less gorgeous and dazzling than the silver light of the sorcery 'Sharpness'.
At this time, Ryan placed the sword flat on the desk, crossed his arms and thought.
At this time, he had realized the difference between the Force infusion and the sorcery 'Sharpness', and the difference between the two when applied to weapons.
Regardless of the power, there is an essential difference between the two in terms of duration.
Once the output of the Force stops, the effect of the Force blessing on the sword will naturally dissipate instantly, but the continuous effect of the sharpness technique is as long as one minute.
Therefore, once a bow and arrow are used, although the Force can also bless the metal arrowhead at the front of the arrow, once the arrow is shot, the Force cannot be maintained and the effect of the blessing will naturally disappear.
But the sharpness technique is different. It can last for one minute and can be used in scenes such as arrows and throwing weapons. The scope of application is much wider than the Force blessing of Ryan at this stage.
In addition,
Ryan suddenly thought of something.
He saw him holding the sword again, first chanting the spell to cast the witchcraft "sharpness technique". When the sword lit up with a watery silver halo, Ryan continued to inject the Force into the sword.
On the surface of the sword, in addition to the layer of silver film, there was another layer of faint fluorescence.
This made Ryan nod secretly. It really can be double-blessed.
So what is the effect?
Out of curiosity, Ryan immediately drew the sword with the "Sharpness" and the Knight's Force across the steel shield again. Suddenly, a feeling of cutting butter came from the hilt.
Hiss!
It's so sharp!
Looking at the smooth incision that seemed to be cut by a cutting machine, Ryan's pupils shrank. You know, he didn't use much strength just now, but the effect was far beyond his expectations.
This made him stand there and think, his eyes flickering.
After a while, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
Trevor appeared at the door and said with a smile: "Sir Ryan, can we learn the Sharpness now?"
"According to the difficulty of learning the Sharpness, my initial plan is to divide it into ten days, and study and practice step by step every day, which takes about two hours."
"Of course, Sir Ryan, if there are any problems during the period, we can also extend the teaching days."
"I think I should be in the fishing port town for a while."
Trevor's words made Ryan slightly stunned.
Although Trevor was very polite and said that if ten days were not enough, he could extend the time for a few more days, the problem was that he had already learned the sharpness technique.
Because as long as he successfully performed it once, the system would prompt him, and he would naturally master this witchcraft.
This made Ryan a little troubled.
It was a good thing for others, but it was a pure waste of time for him.
Of course, he could choose to conceal this matter and slowly learn the sharpness technique with Trevor, but in this case, there is a saying that goes, "wasting time is wasting life." At this time
, Ryan accidentally noticed the brown bow that Trevor was carrying, and immediately thought of something.
Ryan smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Trevor, but for the study of sharpness technique, I hope that Lord Trevor can explain it in combination with archery."
"In the previous battle, the arrows blessed by the Lord with the 'sharpness technique' left a deep impression on me."
Ryan's words just hit Trevor's itch.
After all, no sharpshooter would refuse praise for his archery skills.
Trevor's smiling face was now like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he immediately agreed to Ryan and said, "Of course, Sir Ryan."
Soon, the two came to the training room, and Trevor began to demonstrate the witchcraft "Sharpness" while holding a bow and arrow.
Although Trevor was very curious about why Ryan's questions were basically about archery instead of witchcraft "Sharpness", he still answered them very quickly.
After
another half an hour, Trevor, no matter how slow he was, felt that Ryan seemed to be more interested in the archery he mastered than witchcraft.
So, Trevor realized that Ryan's main purpose was actually to ask him how to improve his archery.
After hesitating for a moment, Trevor said seriously, "Sir Ryan, I can see that you are very interested in archery. If so, in the next few days, perhaps I can teach you some methods of practice."
"These methods are applicable to any kind of archery supernatural combat skills."
Ryan smiled and nodded immediately, saying, "Sir Trevor, that's naturally great."
"Sir Ryan, what do you think is the most important point for an archer to hit a moving object?" Trevor said seriously.
When talking about archery, Trevor became much more serious.
Trevor's question made Ryan ponder.
Obviously, the answer to this question would not be strength, agility, and other attributes that represent physical fitness. Then, is it eyesight?
After a little thought, Ryan shook his head slightly in his heart.
Although keen vision helps to see distant targets clearly, if the opponent is a moving object, it is obviously not enough to just see it clearly.
At this time, a word jumped into Ryan's mind.
Ryan tentatively answered, "Sir Trevor, is this a prediction?"
Trevor looked at Ryan with admiration and said, "Sir Ryan, your wisdom is amazing."
"You know, when my archery teacher asked me this question, I pondered for a long time and answered it wrong several times before I figured it out. I didn't expect you to get it right the first time you said it."
"It's prediction!"
"Unlike shooting dead objects, if you want to hit a moving target in the distance, you must predict the direction and speed of the opponent in advance. The farther the distance, the more important the prediction."
Ryan nodded. He could understand this. In his previous life, there was a saying that "a small mistake can lead to a big difference."
If the prediction is wrong at the beginning, the arrow will deviate from a small angle at the beginning. The farther it is shot, the deviation may be calculated in meters or even tens of meters.
"Sir Ryan, through the demonstration just now, I found that you already have a certain foundation in archery, and your physical fitness is very strong in all aspects, so we can directly carry out the follow-up training."
"Now let's do the first training, shooting gold coins."
Trevor smiled, took out an imperial gold coin from his arms, and flicked it up with his thumb nail. The golden coin rolled in the air, and two seconds later, it fell into Trevor's palm again.
"Wait a minute, I will bounce this gold coin from 30 meters away, and Sir Ryan, you need to hit it before the gold coin falls to the ground. If the hit rate is more than 90%, then you have completed the first training."
Ryan nodded.
This kind of purely technical training is more to his liking.
Obviously, the training content of shooting gold coins does not require you to have strong strength, but it has extremely high requirements for eyesight and prediction.
"Sir Ryan, please pay attention, I'm about to start." Trevor stood in the distance and said.
"Ding!"
As Trevor bounced the gold coin into the air.
"Swoosh!"
Ryan quickly drew his bow and shot an arrow!
Unfortunately, he failed to hit the gold coin the first time, but the distance between the arrow and the gold coin was not large.
After several arrows in succession, Ryan vaguely grasped the law of speed change when the gold coin fell from the highest point.
In less than ten minutes, Ryan began to hit occasionally.
Half an hour later, the hit rate was close to half.
Two hours later, the hit rate reached more than 90%.
This surprised Trevor, as he had not expected that Ryan was so talented in archery.
"Very good, Lord Ryan, your training progress shows that you have a very good talent for archery. The next step is to increase the difficulty. I will increase the distance to fifty meters."
"However, we can take a break first."
After thinking for a while, Ryan nodded and said, "Okay, Lord Trevor."
At this time, Trevor looked at the two two-handed weapons Ryan was carrying behind him, and the metal bow in his hand at this moment. He couldn't help but look thoughtful. He hesitated for a while and said,
"Lord Ryan, do you feel that you have too many weapons on you? The total weight should greatly reduce your speed."
"Yes, does Lord Trevor have any good solution?" Ryan noticed that Trevor seemed to have a solution to the problem that was bothering him, and he couldn't help but ask immediately.
"I suddenly remembered that last year, we acted together with a team of sword bearers. Their captain seemed to have used a rare metal magic that could transform metal. The other party turned a long sword into a metal round shield. The whole process took only a few seconds."
"So, I was thinking that if you learned that magic, it might be much more convenient. At least, you only need to carry one two-handed sword and one two-handed warhammer."
"If the bowstring problem can be solved, you only need to carry the weight of a weapon."
"Is there such a magic?" After hearing this, Ryan was overjoyed!
Then, he hurriedly asked, "Does the Imperial Navy have this magic?"
After all, there are still more than 20 days before the sword bearer assessment. In addition, even if he successfully joins, it is not so fast to exchange this magic.
Referring to the special department of the Navy, the Tide Walkers, they need to complete tasks above a certain difficulty and obtain task evaluations before they can exchange items of the corresponding grade.
If the Navy has it, that would be the best. Perhaps he will have a chance to obtain this magic.
"Yes, Lord Ryan, I am sure of that."
"Unfortunately, it is not on the Navy's special item exchange list. I am sorry to disappoint you." Trevor shook his head and said.
This made Ryan a little disappointed.
"By the way, Lord Ryan, you should be going to Munster soon to take the assessment of the 'Sword Bearer' organization, right?" Trevor changed the subject and asked.
"Yes, Lord Trevor is also paying attention to the Sword Bearer organization?" Ryan couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Haha, Lord Ryan, I failed the Sword Bearer assessment four years ago, so I came to the Tide Walker of the Imperial Navy."
Ryan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Trevor had also participated in the Sword Bearer selection and failed. However, is the Sword Bearer assessment so difficult?
It shouldn't be!
Can a great knight fail?
"Hmm? Lord Trevor, can you elaborate on this? After all, as far as I know, the sword bearer assessment shouldn't be that difficult. How could you fail as a great knight archer?"
Trevor smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Lord Ryan, at that time, I was just a senior knight. Although I was good at archery, I didn't even pass the preliminary exam."
"Preliminary exam?"
"Huh? Didn't Lord Ryan know about it in detail?" Now it was Trevor's turn to be surprised.
However, he soon smiled and said, "That's right. With your strength, you don't need to worry about the preliminary exam. For you, the re-examination is the key."
"Well, Lord Trevor, if it's convenient, can you tell me about the preliminary exam and the re-examination?"
Hearing Ryan's question, Trevor seemed to have figured something out. He looked at Ryan with an extremely surprised look, nodded, and said, "Of course."
"The assessment of the Imperial Sword Bearer Organization is divided into a preliminary test and a retest. After passing the preliminary test, you can obtain the official status of a Sword Bearer, which is considered a rare talent in the Empire. However, only those who pass the retest will be vigorously cultivated by the Empire and are the elite among the elites."
"Let's put it this way. Sir Ryan, you can understand that the preliminary test personnel are at the level of ordinary team members, and those who pass the retest are at the captain level. After the corresponding special training is over, the members who pass the retest can select people from the preliminary test personnel to form a team.
" "As for the team, Sir Ryan should have heard that the Sword Bearers also use the team model to carry out tasks. The captain not only has the right to distribute the team's spoils, but also has a series of other priorities."
"By the way, the pass rate of the retest is extremely low, probably only one-tenth of the initial test."
Ryan nodded.
In this way, before participating in the Sword Bearer Assessment, he needs to improve his strength as much as possible.
For two consecutive days, Ryan has been practicing archery with Trevor.
Now he is trying to hit the gold coin from a hundred meters away.
After practicing for a few days, Ryan's Blood Fury Archery also improved by leaps and bounds. Just now, it has been upgraded to level 5!
Ryan also had more and more insights into prediction in his heart. Suddenly, he seemed to have broken through a layer of "window paper".
At this time, the system prompt appeared:
[Congratulations! You have experienced an epiphany and unlocked the additional special effect of long-range combat skills: Precision Aim lv1 (passive)]
[Precision Aim lv1 (passive) effect: You have a preliminary judgment of the enemy's movement trajectory. Based on the understanding of the weapon in your hand, you can accurately control the landing point of each attack, which slightly reduces the possibility of the opponent dodging your attack. ]
(Note: Precision Aim is an additional special effect of long-range combat skills. After meeting the conditions, it will be automatically unlocked.)
Long-range special effect?
Ryan soon saw a line of small words in the lower right corner of the "Blood Fury Archery" icon on the Weapon Master (Legend) occupation panel:
Blood Fury Archery lv5 (112/2000), with the special effect "Precision Aim lv1".
(Note: To unlock the accuracy level 2 of Blood Fury Archery, the following conditions must be met: 1. Blood Fury Archery level 7 or above; 2. Strength 16 points, Agility 20 points, and Constitution 18 or above.) -
On the coast several kilometers away from the fishing port town of Meister County.
Two people slowly walked ashore from the sea, led by a thin man wearing leather armor, with a dagger shining with blood on both sides of his waist. It was Waxman who was asked by Nehru.
And one step behind him was a slim woman wearing a black robe.
The two walked out of the sea, but their bodies were dry and there was no trace of water.
If someone had just snorkeled in the sea, they would have seen that under the sea, each of the two people was wrapped in a bubble.
"Zenina, investigate the defense strength of the fishing port town, and find out the location of Ryan. I think, if nothing unexpected happens, the other party should be in the administrative office of the fishing port town or patrolling on the main street."
Waxman turned his head and said to the black-robed follower beside him.
In fact, Waxman is the official member with the fewest followers in the entire Leviathan team. Of course, this is directly related to his fighting style.
He only has this maid by his side, a relatively rare third-level shadow wizard apprentice who is good at crow manipulation, shadow curse, etc.
Basically, after this female wizard apprentice named Zenina finds the target, it is time for Waxman to appear.
"Yes, sir."
Zenina whispered a spell, and with a burst of energy waves radiating, many large crows soon flew around. These crows are almost the same as ordinary crows.
The only difference is that their size is obviously at least twice as large as that of ordinary crows.
This is a special kind of crow, the storm crow, which is good at group action. After gathering a certain number, it dares to attack birds of prey. At the same time, after scattering, it can even track and locate.
Soon, more than a hundred storm crows flew into the sky and flew towards the fishing port town several kilometers away.
In the fishing port town.
At this time, a series of "dumb~dumb" calls suddenly came from the sky.
Many residents couldn't help but look up, and saw a group of black crows suddenly flying in the sky.
Soon, these crows scattered, as if they were looking for something.
At the door of the administrative office, two guards were chatting casually.
Suddenly, a guard pointed to the roof in front and said, "Hey, Jeff, have you seen that big black bird? It looks like a crow, but it seems to be much bigger than ordinary crows?"
"It really is, it should be a crow, but it's rare to see such a big crow."
"Hey, there's one here too."
"There's one there too."
"This..."
The two guards looked at each other immediately, and saw some worry in each other's eyes. It seems that something is wrong!
(End of this chapter)
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