Chapter 222 Night Raid (Two Chapters in One)

After thinking for a while, one of the guards said to his companion: "Jeff, go and report to Lady Veronica immediately. She is a master of birds and should know if there is any problem."

"Okay, I'll go right away." The young guard named Jeff felt excited when he thought of the beautiful lady who could control the white seagull, and immediately turned around to report.

In fact, there was no need for the young man to report it. At this time, Veronica had already had a fight with the Blood Feather Hippogryph chick "Blood Feather" and Storm Crow in the open space in the backyard of the Administration Hall.

It was 'Xueyu' who noticed it first. He immediately noticed the sudden increase in storm crows around him. Although Xueyu was still just a fledgling, as a naturally violent species, it had already learned to fly the day before yesterday.

Therefore, it is natural that it considers the administrative hall where its master Renn is located and even the sky above Fishing Port Town to be its own territory.

As soon as it saw so many Storm Crows invading, Xueyu launched an attack on a Storm Crow.

At first, Veronica didn't notice anything wrong, thinking it was just some kind of crow-like bird, or a mutated crow.

After Xueyu beat the Storm Crow, which was similar in size to itself, to a pulp, the other party quickly summoned more than ten Storm Crows to gather together, which immediately surprised Veronica.

While giving Xue Yu a water film spell to increase his defense, he observed them carefully. Soon, he discovered something was wrong with these crows.

Veronica discovered that these crows were actually rare storm crows. There was no habitat for such crows near Meister County, or even in the entire Münster Province.

The Storm Crow's origin is Stormheim, which is thousands of kilometers away.

Another point is that the eyes of these Storm Crows are slightly rigid, as if some kind of control or surveillance witchcraft has been cast, which makes Veronica instantly alert.

The enemy is conducting reconnaissance!

Without much thought, Veronica immediately ran to the training room nearby, because she knew that Lord Renne and Lord Trevor had been exchanging archery skills here in the past few days.

In mid-air, with the blessing of the 'Water Film Technique', the young bird Xueyu was not afraid of more than ten storm crows and started fighting again. Suddenly, black feathers frequently fell from the sky.

"Dong dong dong!"

A rapid knock on the door interrupted the archery teaching between Ren and Trevor.

I saw the girl with twin tails walking in quickly and said anxiously: "Your Excellency Renn, Mr. Trevor, come quickly, there is a wizard apprentice nearby controlling the Storm Crow to detect this area."

Um?

The two looked at each other and immediately followed Veronica out of the training room quickly.

Just listen to the girl walking and saying quickly:

"I just saw at least a dozen Storm Crows parked around the administrative hall."

"Storm Crow?" Trevor frowned, as if he thought of something.

"This is a bird that is often controlled by wizards for attack and detection. In this case, it is very likely that there is a third-level wizard apprentice majoring in negative energy or a wizard nearby controlling these storm crows."

When the three of them rushed to the open space in the backyard of the Administration Hall, Nathaniel had just arrived in the backyard, and they saw Blood Feather and more than a dozen hen-sized Storm Crows continuing to 'fight'.

Although the blood feather was at a disadvantage, it was not injured due to the 'water film technique' performed by Veronica. It was still full of energy and was pecking at each other with its sharp claws.

Ren took a look and saw that it was indeed a blood-feathered hippogryph that specialized in melee combat. A chick that had only been out of its eggshell for a few days had such fighting power.

Trevor instinctively took off the longbow from his back, preparing to destroy the group of Storm Crows.

Just as Trevor pulled out an arrow and was about to set up his bow and shoot, Ren stopped him, turned around and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Trevor, as a marksman, you should be on guard against the enemy who may be nearby. "

"As for these crows, leave them to me, just to test the results of the previous archery training."

When Trevor heard this, he felt that the potential enemy was the biggest threat. He immediately nodded and said, "Okay!"

I saw Ren quickly taking out a sharp arrow and quickly aiming the bow at a Storm Crow. With a 'swish' sound, the arrow instantly hit the Storm Crow that was the size of a hen and was besieging the 'Blood Feather'.

Seeing his master coming, 'Xueyu' couldn't help but scream loudly, his morale was boosted!

After succeeding in the attack, Renn's hands were like plucking strings, quickly drawing arrows, setting up the bow, and shooting. A whole set of coherent archery movements, like flowing clouds and flowing water, was quite beautiful.

What's more important is that after this period of training, Renn has gained considerable experience in the prediction of archery. He can grasp the flight path of the Storm Crow with a little observation.

On the other hand, these dozen Storm Crows gathered together again and besieged Xueyu, creating good shooting conditions for Renn.

For a time, Renn almost missed his shot.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

After seven or eight consecutive arrows, the Storm Crows discovered why their companions were getting fewer and fewer!

Soon, they noticed that someone was actually on the ground, launching an attack on them. Out of biological instinct, a noisy and sharp crow sounded intensively.

I saw that the Storm Crows in the entire Fishing Port Town were mobilized, and a large black mass of more than a hundred Storm Crows began to gather in large numbers above the administrative hall.

These storm crows flapped their wings vigorously and flew in circles quickly. Ryan could vaguely see the shape of the air flow, which seemed to be generating a tornado.

Sure enough, there was only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname.

It seems that the word "Storm" in this storm crow is not just a name.

Seeing this, Ryan was worried about the loss of Blood Feather and immediately summoned it back.

However, Ryan looked at the large group of storm crows flying in circles in the sky, and his heart became more and more calm. He continued to draw arrows, draw bows, aim, and shoot arrows, and the speed of the whole set of actions became faster and faster.

For a while, the shooting speed increased to his current extreme.

Indistinctly, Ryan felt that he had grasped a certain trick of the secret technique of Blood Fury Bow Technique - "rapid continuous shooting".

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

The arrows shot by Ryan were full of rhythm. The interval between the two vibrations of the bowstring was almost fixed. The vibration of the bowstring actually gave people the feeling of playing a musical instrument.

Veronica and Nathaniel, who were about to chant a spell, stopped chanting the spell and looked at Ryan in surprise.

Veronica's pretty face showed doubt. She didn't expect Ryan's archery to be so strong.

Because when she and Mr. Ryan faced the federal spellcaster together before, she had never seen Ryan perform such a powerful archery. Otherwise, the battle should have been easier.

And Nathaniel knew that his teammate Trevor was teaching Ryan archery these days. He occasionally went to the training room to take a look, so he was even more surprised at the speed of Ryan's archery improvement.

At this time, Ryan's archery was almost a qualitative leap compared to the previous few days!

Under Ryan's precise rapid-fire attack, in less than a minute, the large group of black storm crows had become sparse and began to flee in all directions.

As for the tornado that was about to form at the beginning, it also stopped abruptly at this time due to the dispersal of the storm crows!

The sky above the administrative hall of the fishing port town was completely clear, and the winter sun shone down, making Ryan, who was holding a metal bow, look like a pure gold sculpture, shining brightly.

And around where Ryan stood, due to the airflow fanned by the storm crows before, some fallen black feathers were circling in the air, faintly forming one ring pattern after another, rotating around Ryan.

"Sir Ryan, beautiful shooting." Trevor on the side couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised.

As a sharpshooter, Trevor knew best how difficult it was to achieve the level of Ryan.

Even if he took the shot, his killing efficiency would not be much higher than Ryan.

Ryan was slightly stunned, because just now, the system prompt appeared:

[Your skill Blood Fury Archery has been upgraded, experience value +1159]

[You have experienced a battle, weapon master (legend) professional experience value +118]

(Note: The above skill experience has enjoyed the 30% increase of the exclusive talent 'primary extraordinary understanding'.)

[Congratulations, you have unlocked the exclusive secret skill of Blood Fury Archery: Rapid Continuous Shooting! ]

Due to the 30% experience value bonus of the exclusive talent 'primary extraordinary understanding' of the weapon master (legend), the experience bar of Blood Fury Archery lv5 has skyrocketed by more than half, directly reaching lv5 (1498/2000).

If the remaining 20 or 30 storm crows had not escaped just now, perhaps Ryan could have upgraded Blood Fury Archery to lv6.

At this time, what attracted Ryan's attention was the last prompt.

At the same time, Ryan's mind had some more memories of the exclusive secret skill of Blood Fury Archery 'rapid continuous shooting'.

Huh?

This is

Seeing the archery secret technique that was suddenly unlocked, Ryan couldn't help but show joy and some surprise.

According to the experience of Giant Bear Swordsmanship, if there is no "Sword Specialization", the secret technique will be unlocked after reaching level 6.

Soon, Ryan saw a brand new icon above "Blood Fury Archery" on the Weapon Master (Legend) panel.

The pattern in the icon is a war bow with a bowstring pulled, and an arrow about to be shot on the war bow, but the more eye-catching thing is that in front of this arrow, there are three consecutive arrows flying in the air.

There is a line of small words at the bottom right of the icon:

Rapid Continuous Shooting lv1 (Secret Technique) Effect: Use a fast and continuous arrow shooting method to shoot as many arrows as possible in a short time.

(Note: Rapid Continuous Shooting is a secret skill and cannot be directly upgraded through skill points.)

(Rapid Continuous Shooting lv2 requires the following conditions: 1. Blood Fury Archery lv8 or above (bow expertise can offset some level requirements); 2. Strength 18 points or above, Agility 22 points or above, Constitution 16 points or above.)

Looking at the sentence 'bow expertise can offset some level requirements of archery', Ryan was thoughtful.

So that's it!

No wonder I can master the secret skills in advance with only lv5 Blood Fury Archery. The key to the problem is here.

This is the true value of the exclusive talent 'Primary Weapon Mastery' in the Weapon Master (Legend) profession!

Immediately, Ryan thought of something else.

It seems that relying on this exclusive talent, he can also master the exclusive secret skills of a certain extraordinary combat skill faster and earlier than ordinary people on other weapons.

——

With the death of seventy or eighty storm crows, the black-robed woman Zenina, who was several kilometers away, shook slightly.

These storm crows that were killed were the targets of Zenina's witchcraft "Eye of Crows", so at this moment, she suffered a certain degree of witchcraft backlash.

She frowned, rubbed her temples and said:

"Lord Waxman, maybe I found that Ryan."

"But the strange thing is that the other party does not match the situation described in the information you gave me. The other party seems to be a sharpshooter. Just now, he shot and killed more than eighty of my storm crows in a very short time."

"Huh? Sharpshooter?" The black-robed woman Zenina immediately made Waxman stunned.

He knew very well that when Nehru came to him two days ago, he described the other party in detail, saying that he was a young knight who was good at using a two-handed warhammer, but he did not say that the other party was a sharpshooter.

This kind of situation where the information does not match the actual situation is relatively rare.

It immediately made Waxman, who had rich combat experience, alert.

At the same time, Waxman immediately thought of something and asked:

"Tell me in detail how the other party found out that there was something wrong with your Storm Crow?"

"Yes, sir. At that time."

After a question and answer.

Waxman paced back and forth on the beach for a while and asked again:

"So, after the other party found out that there was something wrong with your Storm Crow, he started shooting your Storm Crow with a bow and arrow alone? During the whole process, no one else intervened?"

"That's right, sir Waxman."

"Then are there any other people around the other party who need attention?"

"Yes, according to the 'Eye of the Crow', I preliminarily judged that there are at least two wizard apprentices and another sharpshooter beside the target person."

"Two wizard apprentices and another sharpshooter? This strength is no less than an elite squad of the Dragun Empire Navy." Waxman couldn't help but blurt out.

"Yes, sir, I am also quite surprised."

"But one of the men and one of the women has performed witchcraft, and the other man is holding a war bow. I think my judgment should be correct." The black-robed woman Zenina said with certainty.

For a moment, Waxman couldn't help but hesitate.

Because the situation of the target person at this time is already different from what Nehru said, not a little bit.

Not only are the weapons that the target person is good at different, but also the strength of the people around the target person is not just a female rookie wizard apprentice as Nehru said, but there is also an additional sharpshooter and another wizard apprentice.

This situation was a bit unexpected for a while.

It's not that he can't force it.

The key problem is that this will become a loss-making business.

It's okay for him to do it, but Nehru has to pay more!

"Zenina, just let the Storm Crows keep monitoring from a distance. Once the target person leaves the fishing port town, tell me immediately."

"Also, you send a message to Nehru and tell him the current situation. If you want me to take action, you have to pay more. It's not that I'm asking for a higher price, but Nehru's information is wrong, so ask him if he agrees to two boxes of shadow steel ingots."

"Yes, sir!" The black-robed woman Zenina bowed slightly, then immediately stepped back two steps and began to chant spells.

——

Fishing Port Town Administrative Office.

The sudden arrival of the crows alarmed the other people in the administrative office, including Major Marika who was drafting a letter, and they all rushed to the open space in the backyard immediately.

Looking at the backyard full of black feathers, Major Marika also knew that the enemy was not simple.

Soon, several people discussed in the office of Governor Ryan.

"Nataniel, Miss Veronica, both of you are experienced wizard apprentices. Can we track the enemy's position through the storm crows?" Trevor asked proactively.

Trevor believes that offense is the best defense, and as a sharpshooter, he has a considerable advantage against wizard apprentices who need to chant spells and have average defense. Even if the opponent is a wizard, he is not afraid.

After thinking for a moment, both shook their heads.

"Trevor, I can't track, but I can recognize that the opponent should be using the shadow magic 'Crow Summoning'."

"Of course, the opponent's magic should have been improved, so it attracted storm crows that are far more powerful than ordinary crows." Nataniel has rich combat experience and immediately expressed his judgment.

After thinking for a moment, Veronica explained: "Sir Trevor, the other party's crows are summoned by witchcraft and are not usually around the caster. This is completely different from the process of improving and domesticating birds."

"However, judging from the number of crows attracted by the other party, the other party should be the same as us, most likely a third-level wizard apprentice, not a wizard."

"Because, I heard from my mentor that this witchcraft, if it is performed by a formal wizard, can at least attract thousands or even tens of thousands of crows to attack."

Ryan nodded.

Not a formal wizard, but a third-level wizard apprentice?

It's a bit strange.

From this point of view, the possibility that the other party is the last federal spellcaster is not high.

However, Ryan noticed from the corner of his eye that Major Marika, who had not spoken, frowned slightly and looked thoughtful, so he took the initiative to ask:

"Major Marika, what do you think about this matter?"

"The Storm Crow you just mentioned reminds me of the description of crows in several previous reports from the Imperial South Sea Fleet."

"Oh, Major Malika, if it's convenient, you might as well tell me." Ren said with a raised brow.

"Let me think about it. One time was when Major General Zhu Quin of the Fourth Squadron was assassinated. The situation report seemed to mention the appearance of such a large crow."

"The second time was when Rear Admiral Bravo, the captain of the fourth-class ship of the First Squadron, was assassinated. There was also a description of the black bird in the report."

"As for the third time, I can't remember it."

"So, I think this is probably just a probe by the enemy, and then the other party will carry out a real attack!"

Major Marika's words made everyone look solemn.

If the powerful witchcraft 'Crow Calling' is just an appetizer, it can be imagined that the subsequent real attack of the opponent will be difficult to resist.

"After Major Marika's reminder, I remembered that I had heard before that it seems that there are several troublesome people in the Eagle Federation Navy's combat team who are extremely good at beheading operations." Nathaniel said seriously.

"Federal Navy? Isn't that the same as that Curse Master?"

"Then the other party's target must be Lord Ren!" The girl with twin tails on the side suddenly thought of something and couldn't help blurting out.

The remaining three people immediately focused their attention on Ren.

Renn smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry so much, I'm not that fragile."

After thinking about it for a moment, Ren continued to ask: "Major Marika, the two major generals you just mentioned should be formal knights. What was the cause of their death?"

"Yes, both major generals died from a sharp knife. According to the autopsy results at the time, it was judged to be a dagger. Moreover, it is said that it was not an ordinary dagger, because both major generals suffered from massive blood loss."

"Moreover, the fighting time is extremely short. In Major General Bravo's assassination, only ten seconds passed from the screams to the guards rushing in."

With a dagger?

And an experienced fourth-level ship captain only lasted less than ten seconds?

Ren immediately became silent and his eyes flashed.

He was thinking in his shoes, exchanging the murderer with himself, estimating and comparing the killing time, so as to judge the opponent's general strength.

Even if it is a sneak attack, if the opponent keeps avoiding or running away, Ren thinks it will be difficult to kill an experienced knight within ten seconds. From this point of view, two points can be inferred.

First of all, this enemy is very fast, and secondly, the opponent's attack or dagger is very powerful and difficult to resist.

Finally, the opponent has resorted to assassination several times. It is very likely that the opponent does not like or is not good at frontal combat.

"Is there any way to reduce the enemy's movement speed in a certain area?" Major Marika seemed to have thought of what Ren was thinking about and spoke first.

"Also, if the opponent's target is Mr. Ren, do you have any items that can improve your defense?"

"Reducing the enemy's movement speed?" Trevor looked thoughtful, and quickly said: "I don't have such witchcraft props. However, I do have paralysis poison, which is used to smear on the arrow clusters to deal with some large sea monsters. of."

"Master Ren, would you like to prepare some? The effect is very fast. If one arrow hits, it only takes a few seconds to kill a cow. Large sea beasts will need a few more arrows."

On the other side, the girl with twin ponytails said weakly: "I used the witchcraft prop to increase defense power before. Can I use the stand-in doll?"

——

night.

On a hidden beach in Fishing Port Town.

In the gaps between several tall rocks, a bonfire was burning.

Following the crackling sound of firewood, there was a sound of flapping wings in the sky, and a black crow landed and stood on the shoulders of the black-robed woman Zenina.

Zenina said respectfully: "Sir, Nehru finally responded to your letter. Although he was very reluctant, he agreed to your request for two boxes of shadow steel ingots."

"Zenina, if that's the case, let's take a trip!"

"Look, the night is so beautiful tonight." Waxman stood up slowly, smiled and glanced at the night sky that was shrouded in dark clouds and only had a faint starlight.

"As you command, my lord!"

Zenina followed Waxman, just half a body behind.

As the two people gradually left the range of the bonfire, the shadows gradually lengthened, and then the two figures were no longer visible, as if they had merged into the darkness.