Chapter 320 Continuous Killing (Two chapters in one)
In the Imperial Camp of Yugang Town.
Viscount Felke's face became serious, and he said, "Sir Ryan, is the situation so serious? Do you need to go there in person?"
Ryan nodded and said, "Yes! I suspect it is probably someone from the Secret Snake Cult."
"Secret Snake Cult? I heard that the main activity area of this evil cult is within the seven or eight provinces in the central part of the empire. Why did they come to Munster this time?"
"But... I heard that this evil cult is very powerful and not easy to deal with. No wonder Sir Ryan wants to go there in person."
Viscount Felke has long been impressed by Ryan.
Especially when His Highness Menia gave the dragon scale to him, Felke knew that if the young Viscount Ryan in front of him did not die young, he would definitely become a legendary strongman in the empire in the future, so he naturally had to make friends with him in advance.
"Well, Lord Ryan, in that case, I will ask my adjutant to accompany you."
"The patrolling griffin knights have just set off. It will probably be nearly an hour before they return."
"Okay, then I'll trouble Lord Felke." Ryan thanked.
Immediately, Ryan didn't have the heart to stay at the banquet. After saying hello to the major general in charge of the camp, he came to his team members.
"Everyone, I need to go to Meister County City immediately. The people of the Secret Snake Cult may have appeared."
Everyone was stunned when they heard it, and then they started talking at once.
"So soon? Didn't they say before that the other party had concealed their whereabouts?"
"Isn't it appropriate to let the captain go alone?"
"Yes, why don't we set off now!"
Ryan glanced at everyone. Because everyone was not like him, who could recover after a little time, so at this moment, even the uninjured Neoro and others looked tired.
After all, fighting with the blood-cursed Naga was not easy for them at all!
As for the injured Remiel and others, that's not to mention.
So, Ryan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll take the griffin first. You guys can recover first and come back tomorrow morning."
"Captain, you must be careful!"
"Yes!" Ryan nodded.
At the same time, Ryan also saw Anna in the crowd. At this moment, her big eyes were looking at him with a lot of disappointment.
After thinking about it, Ryan took the initiative to walk up to Anna, rubbed her hair, smiled, and said, "Don't worry! Anna, don't you still believe in my strength?"
"Come back tomorrow morning, okay?"
"Yes!" Ryan's intimate move swept away Anna's original disappointment in an instant. She nodded shyly and said nothing more.
When Ryan arrived at the griffin station, he found that Felke's adjutant was actually a rare female knight with blonde hair and a beautiful face.
This surprised him!
"Lord Ryan, I'm Julie, the adjutant of Lord Felke." Julie took the initiative to step forward and said.
"Hello, Julie, thank you
for your hard work." "It's my honor to serve you! Lord Ryan, shall we set off now?"
"Okay!"
Ryan, sitting on the griffin, had no intention of chatting with Julie. At this time, he focused his attention on the system panel.
In the battle with Selenis, Ryan found that the intermediate secret skill 'Shadow Step' was very applicable and could be combined with the attack of various weapons.
Although the shadow step is most effective when holding a light weapon dagger or a knuckle, it can still be performed when holding a heavy weapon, but the number of phantoms is reduced and the effect is weakened.
"But this can actually be compensated by raising the secret level."
"If the shadow step is raised to a high-level secret, holding a lance or a two-handed war hammer, it should be able to maintain at least five phantoms." Ryan thought to himself.
After a little thought, Ryan looked at the remaining 22 gold skill points on the attribute panel and immediately decided to raise the 'Shadow Step' to a high-level secret.
"Since we are likely to face a battle again, there is no need to save too many gold skill points."
Since the Fire Dragon Breathing Technique has already reached level 18, it has greatly exceeded the prerequisite for the 'Shadow Step' to be upgraded to a high-level secret.
Therefore, after Ryan consumed two gold skill points to upgrade Burak's assassination dance steps and another two gold skill points to break through, the system prompt sounded:
[Congratulations, you have comprehended Burak's assassination dance steps high-level secret: Shadow Step! ]
Although the name has not changed, the icon of 'Shadow Step' on the Weapon Master (Legend) panel has changed significantly.
In the icon, the thin man who attacked with a dagger has now become seven people, and their attack postures are also different and lifelike.
In other words, in addition to the real person, the phantoms have been upgraded from four to six.
This point was confirmed again by Ryan in the text description of the high-level secret:
Shadow Step (High-level Secret) Effect: Use a special step that combines the Force with the leg strength, leaving six additional phantoms within a ten-meter range around oneself to confuse the enemy.
(Note: Phantoms do not have attack power.)
(To upgrade Shadow Step to the top level, the following conditions must be met: 1. Burak's Assassination Dance is level 18 or above (specialization can offset some level requirements); 2. Fire Dragon Breathing is level 16 or above; 3. Strength 40 points, Agility 45 points, Constitution 42 points or above; 4. Consume 4 gold skill points.)
"Hey, the range of Phantom has also been increased. It was originally five meters, but now it is ten meters! In this way, the effect of confusing the enemy will be even better." Ryan was delighted.
"I have used up 4 of the 22 gold skill points, and now I have 18 points." Ryan's eyes flickered.
"The effect of the armor-piercing attack is very good. It should be very effective against enemies with witchcraft defense."
The biggest difference between the lance and the two-handed warhammer is that, facing the witchcraft shield, which has strong toughness or elasticity, the hammer, as a blunt weapon, will absorb a lot of kinetic energy, and the lethality will drop off a cliff.
But the lance is different, just like poking a balloon with a needle. No matter how tough the defense is, if it only attacks one point, it will still be lethal.
"In this case, let's upgrade the 'Armor Breaking Strike' to the advanced secret!"
After Ryan consumed a total of seven gold skill points, the system prompts sounded one after another:
[Congratulations, you have comprehended the intermediate secret of the Spear of Longilo: Armor Breaking Strike! ]
[Congratulations, you have comprehended the advanced secret of the Spear of Longilo: Armor Breaking Strike! ]
At the same time, a torrent of 'Armor Breaking Strike' training memories poured into Ryan's mind!
It was as if Ryan, alone, had been concentrating on practicing the lance secret 'Armor Breaking Strike' for more than 20 years in a mysterious space.
After digesting and absorbing all the memories, Ryan looked at the new icon of "Armor Breaking Strike" on the Weapon Master (Legend) panel.
The pattern in the icon changed from a knight riding a warhorse to a knight riding a griffin.
The knight was driving the griffin to dive at high speed, and the lance in his hand was stabbing diagonally downward at a high speed that tore through the air.
There were many circular lines on both sides of the lance, which seemed to indicate that when it was stabbed, the airflow was like a tornado.
In addition, the text description of the ultimate skill "Armor Breaking Strike" also changed slightly:
Armor Breaking Strike (Advanced Ultimate Skill) Effect: Use a lance-type combat skill that combines the Force with piercing power to fire a shot with super penetrating power.
(Note: If there is a suitable mount, the power of the armor-piercing attack will be improved.)
(To upgrade the armor-piercing attack to the top secret, the following conditions must be met: 1. Lance of Langilo lv18 or above (specialization can offset some level requirements); 2. Fire Dragon Breathing lv16 or above; 3. Strength 50 points, Agility 45 points, Constitution 45 points or above; 4. Consume 4 gold skill points.)
At this time, Julie, the griffin knight who was responsible for sending Ryan to Meister County City, felt a little awkward.
For such a beautiful knight like her, the lady Ryan behind her didn't talk much, and after a while, the whole person's breath was released suddenly once, which scared the griffin under her crotch.
But Lord Felke had already explained that the lord behind her was very powerful and asked her not to offend him, so she naturally couldn't say anything.
But this has been shaken twice!
Her heart was also beating "thump thump".
If Lord Ryan continued to play like this, she might be able to hold on, but the griffin under her crotch might suddenly lose control!
When she was still hesitating whether to tactfully remind the lord behind her, the lights of Mayest County City at night gradually appeared in their field of vision.
When the griffin just flew over the edge of Mayest County City, Ryan thought for a moment and said to Julie in front of him:
"Julie, put me down here."
"Yes, sir."
Julie thought for a moment and instantly understood Ryan's intention.
This is not to alarm the enemy. Lord Ryan should want to quietly go to Earl Habsburg's mansion.
A few minutes later.
In the study on the second floor of Earl Habsburg's mansion.
The door was suddenly opened quietly.
"Who?" Claire behind the desk immediately stood up, took a fighting stance, and said alertly.
"Don't be nervous, Claire, it's me." As the familiar voice sounded.
A tall figure familiar to Claire came into her sight!
"Ryan! Why are you here?" Claire's pretty face immediately showed surprise, and then she smiled brightly.
Obviously, Claire was very happy about Ryan's appearance.
"Don't forget, I am your guardian knight. You are in danger, shouldn't I come?" Ryan smiled and said.
But before Claire answered, Ryan's face became serious, and he continued: "Let's talk about the situation first."
He naturally knew the priorities, and now was not the time to chat.
"Well! The situation is like this. At about two o'clock this afternoon, the housekeeper Yodel of the mansion disappeared."
"Then, about every hour, a guard, maid, or even a male servant disappeared. At present, the whole mansion is in a panic." Claire nodded and quickly introduced the situation.
Seeing Ryan appear, somehow, Claire felt that a big stone in her heart had fallen to the ground.
The whole person's mentality suddenly relaxed a lot.
Although she knew that the enemy was lurking around, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack, she was not so worried.
"Every hour?" Ryan frowned and confirmed.
"Yes." Claire nodded.
"Have you tried to find the enemy's hiding place?"
"No, I tried a few times, and the enemy's methods are very secretive. Unless everyone is in the same hall, otherwise, there will always be a time when you lose sight of one thing while taking care of another." Claire shook her head helplessly and said.
Ryan nodded. He could understand this. In such a large earl's mansion, with guards and servants, there are more than 200 people. It is impossible to take care of everything.
"Then how long will it take until the next attack by the enemy?"
"Uh, about ten minutes later." Claire glanced at the wall clock and said.
"Okay! I'll try this time."
Ryan's mind moved slightly.
In the dark sky above the Earl of Habsburg's mansion, a bird of prey suddenly flew by. It was the Blood Feather Hippogryph 'Blood Feather'.
It also has dark vision and a near-perfect vision in the night sky. It can be said that it is the best scout.
Because even Ryan, facing such a large area of the Earl's mansion, it is indeed difficult to fully monitor it, but if Blood Feather helps, it will be different.
"Yeah!" Claire nodded and said.
Seeing that Ryan was concentrating on thinking, Claire naturally would not go forward to disturb him, but turned around to pour Ryan a cup of tea.
"I think I found it!"
A smile appeared on Ryan's face!
But when he turned his head to look at Claire, he was stunned. He
saw that the other party was bending over the coffee table, as if pouring tea for him.
There was nothing wrong with pouring tea, but Claire, who was wearing a tight hunting suit, was facing away from him at the moment, which exposed a very pleasing hip and leg curve in front of Ryan.
The buttocks are huge and curved, and the legs are straight. They are slightly thinner than the wine glass legs, but more powerful and elastic.
Long-term knight training has made Claire's body proportions very good. Coupled with the aristocratic etiquette training since childhood, her temperament is even more outstanding.
This scene naturally made Ryan a little distracted.
But at this time, Claire happened to turn around with a teacup in her hand. Seeing Ryan's expression, she immediately realized something and her pretty face turned red.
"Cough it back and drink it. I'm going to go out first!"
Ryan, who was caught on the spot, was naturally embarrassed to stay in the room. Coincidentally, he also found clues of the lurking enemy, so he immediately left with an excuse.
"Well!" Claire smiled slightly and watched Ryan quickly disappear by the window.
In the Earl's mansion, near the toilet in an auxiliary building (servant building) in the southeast corner.
Digano looked at his black anaconda leisurely and slowly appeared behind a maid who was about to go to the toilet.
He planned to wait for the maid to squat down before letting the black anaconda bite her.
"What are you doing here?" A strange male voice sounded in Digano's ear!
Suddenly, Digano was frightened like a frightened rabbit. He suddenly jumped three meters away and turned his sight to the direction of the sound. His eyes widened and he looked like he had seen a ghost!
Although Digano was only a first-level wizard, he had reached 90% of atomization. After a few years, he would be able to enter the second-level liquefied wizard.
He was unbelievable that the enemy approached him without him noticing it just now!
Therefore, even when he saw that the other party was a tall knight wearing silver armor, he was still a little frightened.
'How did you appear? ' Digano was still a little frightened and said.
"I asked you the question first, and you haven't answered my question yet." Ryan smiled and didn't care that the other party pulled away.
"Huh!" Digano's face sank, and he suddenly took out a whistle from his arms and blew it in his mouth.
A subsound wave that is difficult for human ears to detect spread rapidly around.
"Are you calling your companions?" Ryan asked calmly.
"Hey, no matter who you are, you will be dead when Master Icosela comes!"
Digano held a short stick and looked like he was going to hold Ryan.
"I understand, that is to say, in a while, there will be a Master Icosela you just mentioned coming, is that right?" Ryan repeated with a smile.
"That's right!" Digano didn't know whether the other party was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. He clearly saw that he was calling people, but he was still chatting with him so leisurely.
He was naturally very happy about the other party's time-consuming behavior.
"Then you are useless!" Ryan nodded.
"Huh?" Digano showed a trace of doubt.
But the next second, he was stunned!
"Swish!"
I saw that the other party's hand, somehow, instantly had a lance more than three meters long, and at the same time, a black lightning struck his neck.
The speed was so fast that there was no time to react!
"Po~"
The black membrane was like a bubble, and was instantly broken!
The snake-scale skin was like paper, and was torn immediately!
"Puff!"
The tip of the gun pierced through Digano's neck!
Warm blood splashed all over the ground!
As the severe pain in his neck came, Digano could only make a "ho ho." gasp, and pointed at Ryan with trembling fingers, unable to say a word.
His eyes were almost bulging out and fell to the ground!
At this moment, Digano's mind was blank. He couldn't figure out why his body-protecting witchcraft and snake-scale skin couldn't even resist for a second.
Ryan raised his lance slightly, lifted Digano's body, which was still twitching at the moment, slightly, and gently lifted it into the air.
"Chi!"
Ryan's lance was instantly retracted and quickly turned into a war hammer. Then, he aimed the war hammer at Digano's head in the air and "snapped".
Skull crushed!
As the corpse with only half of its head left fell heavily to the ground, a transparent shadow dragged a long tail flame, lingered around Ryan for several circles, and was pulled into the war hammer.
"It can stack a portion of soul energy, so it can't be wasted." Ryan said to himself.
At this time, Ryan transformed the war hammer into a lance again, and used the tip of the lance to lift the opponent's hood, and saw a middle-aged male face with a unique Ouroboros pattern on his forehead, appearing in front of him.
"It's the people of the Secret Snake Cult who are causing trouble." With such obvious features, Ryan naturally recognized them at a glance.
The two people he killed before also had various snake-shaped marks.
After thinking about it, Ryan did not put away his lance, but carried it on his shoulder, waiting leisurely for the other party to mention Master Icosela.
"It's good to mislead the tactics."
After waiting for a minute, Ryan looked somewhere and said,
"Since you're here, don't hide."
"Hehe, interesting, good strength, I didn't expect Di Ganuo to die in your hands."
With a chuckle, a slender black robe figure appeared not far in front of Ryan.
Icosela didn't seem to mind that his subordinate Di Ganuo was killed. He just glanced at Di Ganuo lying in a pool of blood and walked forward with a smile.
"Oh, you don't mind if I kill your subordinate?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and smiled.
However, while he was speaking, he glanced back slightly from the corner of his eye.
Just now, his sense of danger and the blood feathers in the sky had warned him that there was another enemy behind him.
"Of course I don't mind, because this proves that you are stronger, and if I kill you, wouldn't it be a win?" Icosela laughed.
Behind Ryan, the one who cooperated with Icosela to attack Ryan was naturally another black robe - Timshi.
Timshi looked at the corpse lying on the ground from a distance, his face uncertain.
Obviously, he felt a sense of grief for the death of his companion Digano.
But when he heard what Icosela said, he was stunned and thought, 'It's really a crazy snake! But why does this sound so reasonable! '
"Then is there an extra person in the duel between you and me?" Ryan smiled and said.
"You"
Just when Icosela was about to say something.
Suddenly, Ryan turned around abruptly, and a short spear suddenly appeared in his hand and he threw it heavily!
There was a sound of "chi"!
With the sharp sound of breaking through the air, Timshi felt his eyes blurred, and there was a sharp pain in his heart.
At the same time, the whole person was blown away by a huge force and nailed directly to the wall behind him.
"Ah!!!"
Timshi couldn't help but scream!
At the same time, he couldn't figure it out. Shouldn't you go to fight with Lord Icosela?
Why did you fight me first?
Several phantoms flashed by one after another. Almost in a blink of an eye, Ryan came to Timshi, holding a war hammer in his hand.
"Snap!"
Skull crushed!
Immediately, a hideous phantom appeared again, dragging a long tail flame and was pulled into the war hammer.
"Necromancy! Illusion! Metal Transfiguration!"
"Who the hell are you?"
The furious Icosela was just about to take action, but was stunned by the sudden transparent phantom.
As one of the twelve Secret Snake Messengers and a third-level crystal wizard, she naturally regarded the process of Ryan's hammer absorbing soul energy as the effect of some necromancy.
And Ryan's afterimage left in the place was also mistaken by her as the effect of the witchcraft illusion.
"Huh? You don't know who I am?"
This time, Ryan felt a little surprised.
Ryan thought that the Secret Snake Cult must have investigated him very clearly when they came to his house this time, but judging from their expressions, they seemed to have no idea who he was.
In fact, this was Ryan's misunderstanding.
Icosela did learn from the housekeeper Yodel that the murderer who killed her brother was called Ryan, but the description he got was that he was good at using a two-handed heavy hammer. He
usually carried a two-handed heavy hammer on his back.
Therefore, Icosela did not connect the real Ryan who cast the 'necromancy' witchcraft in front of him with the murderer who killed her brother that she knew.
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(End of this chapter)
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