Chapter 356: The Tragedy of the Thick-Shelled Lobster Man (Two chapters in one)
Two huge dark grey eagles flew over from the distant sky. They were the Ironbeaked Sea Eagles.
Since the eyesight of eagles far exceeds that of humans, and there is no dense forest to block the view, the traces of the Iceclaw Bear Mercenaries were soon discovered.
The two Ironbeaked Sea Eagles immediately let out a loud eagle cry, and then began to fly rapidly towards the Iceclaw Bear Mercenaries.
A few seconds later, they were hovering right above Ryan and the others.
"Swoosh! Swoosh!"
Five or six archers and rangers from the Iceclaw Bear Mercenaries, including Georgia, shot at the Ironbeaked Sea Eagles.
Everyone's aim was very good, but Ryan could clearly see that the arrows of several people were soon exhausted after being shot into the sky. They could barely touch the Ironbeaked Sea Eagles, but were easily blown away by the opponent's wings.
Obviously, because the opponent was flying too high, the arrows could not continue.
When everyone was at a loss, Ryan walked to an archer, drew an arrow from his quiver, and cast his improved metal magic 'Sharpness' on the metal arrowhead.
In order to avoid shocking the world, Ryan naturally controlled the speed of casting the spell, extending the casting time from 0.04 seconds to about one and a half seconds.
"Hey, such a fast casting speed!" Georgia, who was also a second-level wizard apprentice, quickly sensed the witchcraft fluctuations from Ryan, her beautiful eyes widened, and she said in surprise.
When the archer took the arrow emitting silver light, he immediately showed surprise and gratitude, and said, "Thank you, Sir Ryan."
He was so excited that he immediately drew his bow and aimed at an iron-beaked sea eagle. The next second, the silver light soared into the sky and instantly pierced through the abdomen of an iron-beaked sea eagle.
"Chiu~"
With a miserable eagle cry, the iron-beaked sea eagle that was shot by the arrow fell almost straight to the ground!
The other Ironbeak Sea Eagle was frightened and flew away quickly in the direction it came from.
But in less than two seconds, another silver stream of light flashed, and the second Ironbeak Sea Eagle followed suit and fell from the sky!
"Is this the sharp technique?"
"This effect seems to be too good!"
Georgia, a second-level wizard apprentice and archer, had her eyes wide open, sucking in a breath of cold air, with a look of surprise and envy!
One minute ago.
More than ten miles away from the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group, two men in black wizard robes were chatting. Suddenly, one of them looked up at the Ironbeak Sea Eagle, smiled, and said:
"Hey, it seems that our baby has found prey again."
"Well, I wonder what it is this time?" The other man smiled.
"Is it not the Empire's reconnaissance team, or those annoying mercenaries like cockroaches?"
"Let's go and take a look!"
But the next second, a shrill eagle cry was heard, and then the two saw from a distance that an Ironbeak Sea Eagle fell straight down.
"Oops! My eagle!" A Poseidon eagle rider's face changed drastically, because the one that was just shot down was his iron-beaked sea eagle.
"Not good! There's a sharpshooter!" Another person frowned and said.
He immediately wanted to blow the whistle to recall the sea eagle.
But the next second, his face changed drastically, because his sea eagle was shot down just like his companion's!
You know, it's not easy to train an iron-beaked sea eagle. Even under the more mature training system of the Poseidon cult, it takes nearly a year to train a qualified iron-beaked sea eagle.
"Fuck!"
"Quick, fire a flare to let all the nearby sea creatures come over!"
On Ryan's side, he was surrounded by the mercenary group.
"Sir Ryan, your sharpness is too good, isn't it?!" The archer just now couldn't help but use the honorific 'you'.
"Hehe, maybe it's because I have a higher affinity for metal elements." Ryan smiled and explained.
The other people also showed envy to the archer, and at the same time, their expressions towards Ryan also changed completely.
Can the high affinity for metal elements be said so lightly?
Although most people are not wizard apprentices, let alone wizards, they have generally heard about elemental affinity!
In addition, who would not want to have such a powerful "assistant" by their side?
Immediately, except for Georgia, the other archers and rangers all approached Ryan warmly.
As the leader of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group, Fandral was naturally ecstatic.
It seems that his vision is as good as always!
Judging from the sharpness technique just now, this Lord Ryan is quite powerful. Although he is only a third-level wizard apprentice, I am afraid that he is not much different from a formal wizard.
Suddenly, Fandral came to his senses, his face became serious, and he shouted loudly: "Everyone, quickly get on the horse and leave here."
"Otherwise, these Sea God Cult eagle riders will surround us."
The Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group of more than ten people first returned to the original route for a while, and when they reached the sparse woodland, they turned a corner and quickly moved towards the destination again.
"Hey, that. Sir Ryan, how come your sharpness is so powerful?"
"Also, the time it takes to cast the spell is also amazingly fast. How did you practice it?!" Curious Georgia couldn't help but finally shook the reins, controlled the horse forward, and asked Ryan.
"Huh? Don't call me a newcomer anymore?!" Ryan couldn't help but tease with a smile.
"You hum! Forget it!"
Ryan's words immediately made the girl's pretty face blush, and she seemed a little embarrassed. She snorted in a "high-handed" manner and left again.
Ryan looked at this scene and thought the two siblings were quite interesting.
The elder brother is calm, sophisticated and experienced, but the younger sister is a bit domineering and lively. The two are quite different.
"Sir Ryan, I wonder if you can tell me which wizard school you are from?" Fandral asked curiously.
"I came from Winterhold College." Ryan answered ambiguously.
Ryan did not bother to lie.
In addition, he did come all the way from Winterhold College to Howling Fjord.
"Liar! Everyone knows that Winterhold College is mainly composed of rare ice wizards." Georgia rolled her eyes at Ryan and interrupted.
"Oh? Sir Ryan is from Winterhold College? I have dealt with a vice president there once, a middle-aged lady named Wei." Fandral said with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Are you talking about Vice President Welty?"
"Yes, yes! It is Lord Welty. It seems that Sir Ryan is indeed from Winterhold College." Fandral nodded repeatedly, and his guard was basically let down.
If it was Batalov, the dean of Winterhold College, then most of the mercenaries in the Frost Tundra knew this big man, but relatively speaking, this deputy dean Welty was much less famous.
If you are not very familiar with each other, you probably don't know each other.
"Are you really from Winterhold College? Why don't I believe it!" Georgia widened her beautiful eyes, looked at Ryan repeatedly, and muttered to herself.
Ryan glanced at Georgia, smiled slightly, but did not mean to explain.
However, Ryan's attitude made Georgia angry.
"Captain, the gathering place of thick-shelled lobster people is ahead." A ranger who was responsible for reconnaissance in front came back.
Ryan looked from a distance and saw a lot of huge giant claw lobsters walking upright in the swamp not far away.
As for people, it really has nothing to do with human appearance.
It's even more like a coconut crab with a long waist than a lobster man.
The feet are four pairs of limbs, the waist carapace is about one meter long, and above is the chest and a pair of giant claws, with two matchstick eyes standing up, looking quite smart.
"I wonder how this thing tastes when it is roasted?" This was the first thought that came to Ryan's mind after seeing the other party.
Ryan originally thought that the other party was some kind of combination of human and lobster, but he didn't expect it to be such a thing in front of him. If he eats it, there is a high probability that he will not have any psychological burden at all.
"Sir Ryan, do you need to rest for a while? The thick shell of this thick-shelled lobster has a high defense. You may need to help cast the "Sharpness Technique"." Fandral smiled at Ryan and said.
At this time, everyone in the Ice Claw Bear team showed an expression of sudden enlightenment!
No wonder their boss has always been polite to Ryan, and even a little deliberately catering to him.
Damn, with Lord Ryan's powerful "Sharpness", why do we need a whetstone, and there is no need for people to wear expensive steel suits and tower shields in front.
Because just shoot and it's done!
I saw that the others, including Georgia, looked at Ryan with an expression of looking at a treasure.
"Not necessary, Captain Fandral, let's start now?" Ryan smiled and nodded.
"That's great!" Fandral couldn't help but be overjoyed and said.
"Lord Ryan, can you show it to me first?" The archer who just tasted the sweetness and shot down the iron-beaked sea eagle said immediately.
"Heb, Lord Ryan has already given you a chance, you have to let others try it too." Someone on the side immediately interrupted him and said.
"Yes! Lord Ryan, give it to us too."
For a moment, everyone held arrows, and even the two tower shield warriors handed the knight's sword to Ryan at this moment, hoping that he could help with the sharpness.
After all, everyone was worried that if Ryan's mental power was too much, it would be too late.
Georgia also stretched out an arrow towards Ryan, but she seemed a little embarrassed and kept her head down. Obviously, her body was still a little reluctant to give in so quickly, but she couldn't resist the eagerness in her heart.
The girl had a typical appearance of saying one thing but doing another, which made Ryan laugh.
"Don't worry, everyone has a chance. Don't worry, I still have enough mental power to perform the sharp technique."
"I hope everyone will line up first and come in order." Ryan said with a smile.
In less than a few seconds, more than a dozen people lined up obediently, and Ryan quickly chanted the spell to perform the spell.
Since the effect of the sharpness spell lasts for one minute, Fandral saw three archers who had already cast the sharpness spell, and immediately led them to attack the patrol of thick-shelled lobstermen.
"Swoosh!"
An archer loosened his bowstring, and a silver stream of light penetrated directly from the hardest chest armor of a thick-shelled lobsterman, and then passed through the back armor.
One shot kills!
As long as the aim is right, this thick-shelled lobsterman can be shot with one arrow!
Easier than shooting a rabbit.
Three to four people in a group, and this cycle repeats. Soon, the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group caused great casualties to the thick-shelled lobstermen in the camp in front of them.
The thick shell defense and giant claw attack that the thick-shelled lobstermen warriors were most proud of had no chance to be used, and they died under the arrows with the improved sharpness spell.
If it weren't for Ryan asking for a short break after casting more than 30 sharp spells, the thick-shelled lobstermen in the camp would have been cleared out by the excited members of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group.
——At
the same time.
In Howling Fjord, in a cave at the bottom of the rime cliff.
The cave was extremely spacious, as if it had been excavated to form a cave hall 20 to 30 meters high.
At this time, there were several braziers around the hall, and many Slippery Blade Nagas and even more thick-shelled lobstermen were on guard.
In the center of the hall were four large stone chairs, arranged in a semi-enclosed arrangement, and they were all full at the moment.
"Why is there no news from the Black Flame Church these two days?" The black-robed man in the middle said in a deep voice.
"I don't know, Lord Havers, you see, do we not need to wait for them? At present, our personnel are almost all here, and we can launch a large-scale attack on the Empire."
"No, if that's the case, we will be the first to come out. The Empire is quite powerful in the Wind Tundra. By then, we will face most of the pressure from the Empire, and even counterattack."
"Haha, let these weak humans come!" A voice like thunder sounded.
The rock wall at the top of the cave even dropped a lot of dust because of the huge sound waves.
The slightly weaker thick-shelled lobster guards on the side seemed to be unable to bear the sound. Their originally upright waists also bent down, and their two matchstick-like eyes also drooped and hid in their thick shells. The
owner of the voice was next to the black-robed man.
That is, in the middle right position, the wide stone chair could not accommodate the other party's nearly ten-meter-tall huge figure.
If Fandral was at the scene, he would be able to tell that the other party was a deep-sea giant, and he was much taller than the deep-sea giant he had seen last time.
You know, ordinary deep-sea giants are only six or seven meters tall, but the one in front of him is actually ten meters tall, with muscles all over his body, and a huge metal hammer with a barb in his hand.
But if you look closely, you will find that this is not a hammer at all
. It is clearly a heavy anchor of a ship, which has been roughly polished and turned into this hammer-like appearance.
"Commander Dunn, please be patient. We believe in your strength, but according to the order of His Holiness the Pope, we should be cautious."
Havers seemed to be afraid of this deep-sea giant commander, so he spoke mainly to comfort him and borrowed the title of the Pope of the Poseidon Church.
"Hmph! You're wasting my precious time. You can discuss it slowly! I'm going to sleep first!" The giant Dune stood up with a loud noise. The string of shells and skulls hanging around his neck made a series of noises, and a strong sense of oppression spread.
Under the reflection of the brazier, the deep-sea giant leader Dune's blue skin was covered with fine fish scales. The only part of his body that was covered was his crotch, but that was just a bunch of seaweed.
At this time, a slithering naga came in quickly and reported:
"Report to the adults, the believer of the God of Hunting has arrived. He said his name is Diam and he is a chief priest."
"Please let him in."
At this time, the high priest of the slithering naga, Ursula, laughed like a silver bell, and she said with a smile: "It seems that the Black Flame Church is ready. Commander Dune, why don't you listen to it before going to rest?"
"Yes, Commander Dune, if I'm not wrong, the Black Flame Church should be here to notify us to act immediately." Havers also smiled.
"Okay, I hope so." Duen thought about it and sat back again, but the solid stone chair made an unbearable creaking sound.
At this time, two black-robed men with black flames on their sleeves walked in. They were Diam and his subordinates.
At this time, Diam had been promoted half a level and was considered a candidate for the high priest. He temporarily presided over the actions of the entire Black Flame Church in the Wind Tundra.
However, there was no smile on his face.
When he thought about the possibility of facing that "monster", Diam's heart was beating.
"Sir Havers, everyone, I am Diam of the Black Flame Church." Diam's eyes lit up when he saw the four high-ranking members of the Sea God Church in front of him. He immediately felt that he had made the right decision to come to the Howling Fjord this time.
Except for the lobster elder on the far right, whose strength seemed to be not much different from his, the auras of the other three were all extremely powerful.
Even the black robe and the tall deep-sea giant in the middle seemed to be a little stronger than his former boss, the high priest Erikson.
"Sir Diam, are you here to inform us that we can start the operation?"
"Yes and no." Diam pretended to think.
"Hmm?"
Hearing this ambiguous answer, several people's eyes immediately turned to Diam.
At this time, Diam began to narrate:
"Recently, our Black Flame Church has fought many battles with the Empire, and even the High Priest Erikson has fallen in the battle."
"What?!" Hearing this, Havers, who was always calm, also showed obvious shock in his eyes.
Ericson had certainly met him before.
At the same time, he also knew that even if the opponent's strength was slightly weaker than his, it was only slightly weaker.
"Did the Empire send out a dragon knight? Or other guardians?" Ursula, the high priest of the Slippery Blade Naga, couldn't help but twist her waist and asked a little hurriedly.
"Neither! The other party is a sword holder." Diam shook his head and said.
"Sword holder?" Hearing this answer, the people of the Sea God Cult felt relieved.
After all, no matter how strong a sword holder is, he is not a dragon knight after all. Even if he comes from the sword holder headquarters in the imperial capital, he can still fight.
"Sir Diam, please tell me in detail about the strength of the sword holder." Havers said in a deep voice.
"Of course." Diam began to tell in detail.
Ever since he saw Jian Ren transform into a dragon man and beat the ancestor dragon Coraxius with his own eyes, Diam, as an eyewitness on the scene, thought about reporting this important news to the high priest Ericson immediately.
But he didn't expect that when he hurried back to the base, he received the bad news that the High Priest Eriksson and his group were almost wiped out at Longya Pass.
After that, as he investigated, Diam was even more shocked!
Because he suddenly found that the other party was the same person who had beaten the Proto-Dragon Corahus, and the other party's identity was not a member of the wizard school as he thought, but an imperial sword bearer.
This made Diam sleep poorly for several days.
"You mean this sword bearer named Ryan can transform, and after the transformation, his combat power is extremely strong and can fight the Proto-Dragon?" The deep-sea giant leader Dun suddenly asked with great interest.
Dun's voice was so loud that Diam was startled.
But after he came to his senses, he nodded and said, "Yes, I was there at the scene, and this Ryan even had a slight advantage."
"Interesting! Hahaha! Finally met an interesting opponent." The deep-sea giant leader Dun laughed wantonly.
Suddenly, thunderous laughter echoed in the cave hall, making Diam feel depressed and uncomfortable.
"Commander Dunn once fought several deep-sea fish dragons with bare hands. In terms of combat record, he is better than this sword holder." Ursula, the high priest of the Slippery Blade Naga, complimented him.
"Commander Dunn is so strong, that's naturally the best." Hearing the words of the Slippery Blade Naga Priest, Diam felt much more at ease.
He had been thinking about how to deal with Ryan, but found that there was almost no solution without high-end combat power.
Not only was the opponent's combat power strong, but he was also very fast, which meant that if he couldn't beat him, he could still escape.
In other words, if you want to deal with Ryan, you have to find a place where it is difficult for him to escape. Or, find someone who is difficult for him to escape.
"Although I have no doubts about the strength of your church, the problem is that the opponent is very fast. What if he wants to escape?" Diam asked at the right time, and at the same time, he looked at Havers.
Because when Diam was at a loss, the Poseidon Church sent repeated urgings, asking when to launch a joint attack against the Empire.
Originally, the High Priest Ericsson was the one who coordinated the attack with the Poseidon Church in the Frost Tundra, but after the other party died, Diam naturally took over. When
Diam thought of the Poseidon Church, his eyes lit up.
Yes, his church could not dispatch anyone to deal with Ryan for the time being, so he could borrow his strength.
Divert the trouble to others!
Although it was not authentic, the Poseidon Church would have to fight the Empire sooner or later, so it was not a big deal to fight Ryan earlier.
Moreover, Diam also heard that the person in charge of the Poseidon Church's operation in the Howling Fjord this time was a strong man nicknamed "Shadow Burner".
No matter how fast or how strong the physical strength is, when encountering the shadow witchcraft of the heart-eating type, it is as fragile as an egg.
Therefore, Diam believed that the key to killing this Ryan lies in Havers, not the deep-sea giant leader Duen.
At this time, an elite lobster man quickly came to the thick-shelled lobster man chief Yakaolan and said:
"Chief, we encountered an attack by a group of human mercenaries in the southern camp near the wreckage of the shipwreck. The other side is very strong and our people suffered heavy casualties!"
"Huh? These stupid mercenaries dared to launch an attack on us. They are courting death!"
Because of the presence of Diam, the guest, this news was really a bit of a blow to the Sea God Cult, especially the face of the thick-shelled lobster tribe. The thick-shelled lobster chief Yakaolan immediately scolded.
"Lord Havers, I will deal with it myself." Yakaolan stood up and bowed slightly to Havers on the main seat.
"Well, it's time to teach these locust-like mercenaries a lesson. However, Chief Yakaolan, remember to go and come back quickly. We still have to entertain Lord Diam well. You, the host, can't be absent." Havers nodded and said with a smile.
"Of course, I will be back in half an hour at most. Sir Diam, please sit for a while." Akaolan turned around and said to Diam, then left quickly.
Thanks to the rookie for the reward!
(End of this chapter)
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