Chapter 226 Beyond Visual Range Strike! (Two Chapters in One)

Ryan rode a big black horse on the winding road, with a lot of things hanging on both sides of the horse.

In addition to a striking bow, there were two identical long objects wrapped in animal skins on the other side. Judging from the length and the exposed handles, they seemed to be some kind of short weapons.

These two were the blood-red daggers from the shadow assassin. Because the blood-red light on the daggers was too eye-catching, Ryan deliberately wrapped them with animal skins.

As for why the bow and dagger were not carried on his body, it was because Ryan was already carrying two weapons, the pig-headed hammer and the glimmering giant sword. If he carried a bow and a dagger on his waist, it would be like a peacock spreading its tail!

It was really a bit out of place.

Especially the dagger, how could a serious knight fight with a dagger?

Even a knight who used a dagger as a secondary weapon was very rare.

But Ryan was very impressed by the special effects of the shadow assassin's pair of blood-red daggers. Such a good weapon, he naturally couldn't bear to leave it unused.

That's why he proposed to the Empire's South Sea Fleet that if there was no metal magic, he hoped to obtain a dagger-type extraordinary combat skill.

Suddenly, there were several high-pitched eagle cries above Ryan's head!

It turned out that in the air dozens of meters above his head, there was a seagull-sized, blue and purple raptor that was stretching its wings and flying up and down excitedly.

This was Ryan's blood-feathered horned eagle chick. During this period, under the care of Veronica, a wizard apprentice who specializes in bird transformation, the chick quickly grew up.

At this moment, its original fluffy light yellow fluff was gradually replaced by blue-purple feathers that only adult blood-feathered horned eagles have.

Of course, this process will continue for quite a long time.

According to Veronica, the larger the raptor, the longer and stronger its feathers are, and relatively speaking, it will take more time to molt than smaller birds.

Walking in the wilderness of Wolf Hill, Ryan looked at the young birds flying freely in the sky, and envied them. He couldn't help but use the core skill of the trainer, "Eye of the Beast".

Because Ryan's mental power has been greatly improved compared to before, when he activated the skill this time, although he was dozens of meters away from the young bird of the Blood Feathered Hippogryph, he still successfully performed it.

The moment the skill was activated, Ryan felt like he was a radar station, and his mental power was the radar waves radiating to the surroundings. Almost in an instant, Ryan's mind locked the position of the young bird of the Blood Feathered Hippogryph.

Ryan's mind moved, and the vision in front of him switched instantly!

As far as he could see, there was a blue sky and a vast land. When he lowered his head slightly, he saw the snow-capped hills rolling.

The snow on the top of the hill was still very thick, while in the valley of the hill, there were already a few bright green spots. The snow had melted into snow water and was slowly gathering into a small stream.

Stretch your eyes to the distance, and you can see a winding road in the middle of the hill leading to the distance, and in the distance, the Meister wall, like a gray line, is clearly visible.

Looking far away, you can even see some of the shadowy houses and buildings in the county town.

Ryan knew that this was due to the blood-feathered horned eagle's super vision. At this moment, he had just left the fishing port town for less than half an hour, and there was still half a day's journey to the county town.

Controlling the young bird to turn around and look at the road they came from, you can see the residential buildings of the fishing port town scattered in a circular shape not far away.

Because the distance was not far, Ryan could even see the faces of the residents walking on the streets of the fishing port town.

Looking into the distance, an endless blue sea came into view, with dozens of yellow-green islands of varying sizes scattered in it.

"Sure enough, there is a raptor as a pet. Apart from other things, the view from the sky is really amazing!"

"It's like controlling an attack drone from the previous life."

"Hey, what is this?"

When Ryan turned the direction of the blood-feathered horned eagle chick again and faced the county city, he found that a battle was taking place not far below the chick.

Just now, because of the "darkness under the lamp", he didn't notice it for a while.

With the help of the chick's extraordinary vision, he looked carefully and saw that several carriages carrying goods on the road were being besieged by bandits a few kilometers ahead of Ryan's current location.

A dozen guards were fighting fiercely with the bandits.

And a man in a black robe behind the bandits immediately attracted Ryan's attention, and black flames appeared in his hands from time to time.

"This is the Black Flame Monk!"

More importantly, Ryan discovered that the besieged carriage had a clear Crowley family emblem, and one of the short guards was his old acquaintance, Matteo, the captain of the Night Watch in Shining Gold.

Since the Black Flame Monk was behind the bandits and would throw a Black Flame fireball from time to time, once it hit, it would make a guard lose combat effectiveness, so the guards of the convoy were already in danger.

He estimated the distance. The other party was on a winding hilly road. It would be too late to run over to rescue them now.

If they wanted to rescue them in time, it seemed that they had to use bows and arrows.

In addition, it was obviously impossible to shoot directly, because it would require passing through two undulating jungles to hit the enemy.

Let’s not talk about whether it can be shot or not, but the trees and hills in the middle make it impossible for Ryan to shoot through with arrows.

If he wants to rescue the other party, obviously he can only use the method of projectile.

However, relying on the vision of the blood-feathered horned eagle chick in the sky, Ryan can see the other party clearly, but he estimated the straight-line distance and the other party is about 1.2 kilometers away.

Regarding bows and arrows, the direct shooting of the elite night watchmen is similar to that of the English longbowmen in Ryan’s previous life. They can shoot through chain mail within 60 meters, and the effective killing distance of projectiles is about 150 to 200 meters.

Although this is the limit of ordinary people, it is not the limit of extraordinary.

As early as when Ryan was a peak knight, he could shoot directly for about 200 meters, and still cause strong killing through the knight’s plate armor, and the projectile reached 700 to 800 meters. Of course, this is when using iron arrows.

Because wooden arrows are too affected by air resistance, no matter how high the initial velocity is, after reaching a critical distance, the power will not increase.

Now that Ryan has become a great knight, the effective killing distance will naturally increase further!

However, what limits Ryan's power at this moment is the bow in his hand.

Even if the bow he uses is the big bow from Phil, the 'bloody archer', it can only be thrown about one kilometer at most when it is fully drawn. After all, Phil was a senior great knight at that time and his strength was not enough to use a stronger bow.

In addition, if the arrow is thrown, the power of the arrow will continue to decrease due to air resistance, but fortunately, his two bags of arrows are now filled with pure steel arrows.

The weight is seven or eight times that of ordinary arrows, and the impact of air resistance is relatively not as great as that of wooden arrows.

But the power will definitely be reduced.

Suddenly, Ryan had a flash of inspiration and thought of a possible solution.

He first canceled the core skill Beast Eye, and at the same time took out the big bow hanging on the black horse under his crotch, pulled out a steel arrow, held the bow and put the arrow, and then whispered the spell of the witchcraft 'Sharpness'.

Soon, a faint silver light shone above the tip of the steel arrow.

Since the arrow is made of metal, although the effect of the sharpness technique is mostly concentrated on the arrowhead, this silver light spreads to the entire arrow.

This is the effect of the sharpness technique!

Looking at the faint silver light that can last for one minute, Ryan smiled.

Next, the last point.

Ryan needs to let the opponent stand still for a while.

This is also the most troublesome point of ultra-long-range sniping. The speed of the arrow he shoots will become slower and slower under the effect of air resistance.

Simply put, assuming that the initial velocity of the arrow is 500 meters per second at the beginning, it may only have an initial velocity of 300 meters per second at a distance of one kilometer.

It is estimated that it may take two to three seconds for the arrow to fly 1.2 kilometers.

During this time, if the target object moves, obviously, the sniper will fail!

So, Ryan used the core skill Beast Eye again, controlling the young blood-feathered horned eagle to fly from the back to the position of the Black Flame Monk. When approaching, it made a crisp but raptor-like cry.

This made the Black Flame Monk who was casting the Black Flame Fireball below raise his head curiously and stop to check.

At this time, Ryan loosened the taut bowstring.

"Bang!"

The steel arrow blessed by the sharpness technique disappeared into the sky like a silver lightning.

Ryan raised his eyebrows and found that the sharpness technique seemed to be more useful than expected. When the arrow was shot, it would normally make a sharp sound of breaking through the air, but this time, there was no sharpness technique.

It seemed that the sharpness technique had a significant noise reduction effect on the arrow.

After a little thought, Ryan understood a little.

Due to the blessing of the mysterious side particles, the roughness of the arrows, especially the arrowheads, is reduced. When the roughness decreases, the adsorption force of the molecules in the air is relatively weakened, and thus the noise generated is reduced.

In this way, his arrows are not only more concealed, but also more powerful!

No wonder Trevor, the archer of the Fish Dragon Team, learned the metal magic of Sharpness, even though his elemental affinity is not metal particles.

One second!

Two seconds!

The Black Flame Monk was looking at the strange blue-purple bird in the sky, wondering what kind of bird it was. It seemed that he had never seen it before.

At the same time, he was also calculating the distance, wondering if he could attack the opponent with the Black Flame Fireball.

After all, it was quite annoying to see something flying around overhead.

"Puff!"

A sound of a sharp blade inserted into a watermelon sounded!

This strange sound from the back of the team immediately attracted the attention of many bandits. When they looked back, a group of people seemed to be struck by lightning and immediately stopped moving!

Because a scene that shocked them appeared in front of them.

The arrogant and domineering black-robed master who controlled the black flames was pierced in the back of his head by an arrow that fell from the sky!

The arrow was so powerful that it penetrated the black-robed master's entire head and shot out from his mouth. The impact was so great that the other party was nailed to the ground.

At this moment, the black-robed master's eyes bulged out, with an expression of unwillingness to close his eyes!

It seemed that he didn't understand why it happened suddenly, and the body covered by the black robe was still twitching slightly as if instinctively.

The bandits looked at each other with an expression of disbelief, especially a bearded man, whose mouth twitched violently twice!

What the hell is going on?

In such a good situation, when he turned around, the black-robed man was dead? ? ?

Influenced by the bandits, the guards of the convoy gradually stopped fighting and looked in the direction of the bandits.

The little Matteo felt the most obvious when the bandits looked back like they were possessed.

Because Matteo, the captain of the guard, obviously felt the pressure weakened, the bearded man who was staring at him looked back with a look of loss of soul.

This made Matteo very curious. Did something happen behind the bandits?

So, the little Matteo quickly turned his head and glanced through the gap in the crowd.

At this glance, Matteo's eyes suddenly widened

Steel arrow?

Shoot through the skull of the black flame monk?

Who could be the sharpshooter with such strength who was nearby to help them?

Matteo was a little confused!

At this time, whether it was the guards or the bandits, everyone looked up and looked around, as if they wanted to find the sharpshooter.

But a minute passed.

Everyone did not find the sharpshooter who should be nearby in theory.

However, due to the sudden death of the Black Flame Monk, the morale of the bandits was greatly dampened, and they did not know whether to retreat or continue fighting.

At this time, the dull sound of horse hooves sounded at one end of the road.

I saw an extremely tall black warhorse, carrying an equally tall silver-armored knight and rushing towards them quickly.

The bearded bandit leader just took a look and felt the danger of facing a natural enemy. Immediately, he shouted: "Retreat!" and was the first to run away!

The little Matteo was surprised at the first sight of the silver-armored knight!

"Lord Ryan!"

As Ryan approached, the bandits soon scattered like birds and beasts.

Ryan had no intention to chase these ordinary bandits. He drove his horse to the side of the dead Black Flame Monk. He looked at the flame symbol on the collar and cuffs of the other party's black robe, and immediately confirmed that the other party was undoubtedly the Black Flame Monk.

At this time, Matteo looked at the quiver on the side of Ryan's black horse, and then turned his head to look at the steel arrow on the head of the Black Flame Monk. Suddenly, he stared at Ryan with a dumbfounded expression and said:

"Baron, did you shoot that arrow just now?"

Because as Ryan approached, Matteo just noticed that the shape of the arrows in the quiver hanging on the side of the tall black horse was exactly the same as the arrow that killed the Black Flame Monk.

The answer is obvious.

The guards came closer and exclaimed in a low voice.

The steel arrow is exactly the same as the one in the quiver.

But I didn't see this lord around just now!

How far away did it have to be shot from?

Is this the combat power of a formal knight?

In fact, Matteo had many questions in his mind at this time. Isn't the master the best at big swords? When did his archery become so strong?

Fortunately, Matteo's own strength was a little weak. If he was stronger, he would be able to sense that Ryan was no longer a knight at this moment, but had reached the level of a great knight.

In comparison, this would make him even more shocked!

And Ryan was actually also surprised that Matteo would appear in the Crawley family's convoy.

In response to Matteo's question, Ryan nodded, did not deny it, smiled, and said: "Matteo, why are you in the Crawley family's convoy?"

"Baron, do you remember the last time you told me to come to the county town? After careful consideration, I made a decision some time ago. After resigning from Hamilton, I came to the county town to find you."

"But the Baroness Crawley who received me told me that you went to the fishing port town to serve as the governor."

"After knowing that you asked me to come, and knowing that I had always been the captain of the Night Watch, the lady asked me to serve as the captain of the caravan's guard."

Ryan looked suddenly enlightened!

A long time ago, he had invited Matteo to come to his new mansion in the county city to work.

Although coming to help him would not have as great a promotion prospect as the imperial official, for those below the extraordinary, there is actually a ceiling for promotion, so it is better to come to his side.

After some inquiries, Ryan learned that since the last incident of the bandit group attacking the county city, the bandit groups in Wild Wolf Hills have been sparse, and the public security around the entire county city has also improved a lot.

But the good times did not last long. Recently, the remaining bandit groups here have become active again.

Ryan stared at the body of the Black Flame monk and thought to himself.

It seems that the absence of the Zalal rebels may have created a power vacuum, allowing the Black Flame Church to take advantage of the situation in Wild Wolf Hills.

Although Ryan didn't know the other guards, they came over and bowed respectfully, saying, "Good day, Baron!"

"Oh? Have you seen me?"

"Yes, sir, the day you became the guardian knight of the Crowley family, we watched you and the other two knights from afar."

Ryan nodded, then turned to the short man Matteo and asked, "Are you escorting the goods to the county town?"

"Yes, Baron, we are this time."

Along the way, Renn was also thinking about a question. Perhaps the legendary profession of weapons master was stronger than he thought.

For example, just now, he combined the bow skills of the weapons master with the abilities of the animal trainer, and produced an effect comparable to that of a long-range sniper rifle in his previous life.

From a certain perspective, the Weapon Master is like a very compatible motherboard, on which various electrical components such as chips, graphics cards, memory, etc. can be plugged in to form different aspects of combat capabilities.

This is something Renn didn't expect at first.

As his weapon master profession is good at more and more types of weapons, when paired with other professions, it will exert unimaginable combat effectiveness.

But currently, Renne has not discovered it.

The half-day journey was quickly spent chatting with the little Matteo.

The gate of the county city is clearly visible. As an imperial baron, Renn naturally does not need to be inspected at the door.

The Crowley family convoy in which Matteo was traveling was also easily let through by the guards because it had the Crowley family emblem as proof.

Since Matteo still had to hand over the goods, Renn left first for the new mansion.

Thinking of the family and Jennifer he was about to meet, Renn couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

Soon, Ren met his long-lost parents and sister Mint.

"Ren, why do I feel that you have grown taller again?" Looking at her son who is getting taller and more powerful, his mother Emma is both happy and a little worried.

Renn is only sixteen years old now, almost two meters tall. In a few years, he will have the same physique.

Will it be impossible to find a suitable noble lady?

"Mom, I have grown a little taller."

"Brother, Cookie's injury has finally healed. He is now the same as before, no, he is even stronger than before." Sister Mint said enthusiastically after giving Ren a big hug.

"Huh?" Renn raised his eyebrows.

He originally thought that Cookie's spine was damaged and would probably not heal on its own. He originally planned to take Cookie to the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church for medical treatment after returning this time. Unexpectedly, Cookie recovered on its own.

At this time, Cao Cao is here!

An unusually tall and strong greyhound suddenly sprang out from behind the villa. After seeing Ren, Cookie's eyes showed surprise and he rushed over.

Ren looked at the greyhound wagging its tail and circling in circles, smiled and touched its head.

This is his first pet, although it is just an ordinary greyhound.

But now, Renn can feel some strange changes taking place in the opponent's body. Otherwise, it would be impossible to heal such a serious injury on his own.

Perhaps, it won't be long before what he needs to transform into a beast taming master, which is to cultivate at least an ordinary animal into a ferocious beast, will be achieved.

At this time, the blood-feathered hippogryph chick hovering in the sky seemed to see a lot of interaction between Ren and the greyhound, and its emotions became a little subtle. It suddenly chirped loudly and circled down.

Seeing such a powerful bird of prey, the guards of the mansion on the side drew their weapons and were on guard.

Ren waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, this is my pet."

"Ah? Brother, is this your pet? What kind of bird is this? It's so beautiful." My sister Mint looked at the young blood-feathered hippogryph with blue-purple feathers, and she was immediately attracted.

"Haha, this is the blood-feathered hippogryph, a naturally ferocious species." Renn introduced it by touching Mint's head lovingly.

As if sensing its owner's attitude towards the people around him, the baby bird came closer and looked at Mint, also looking curious.

"Brother, have you named it?" Mint asked, looking at Ren with a pair of bright eyes.

"Isn't that true?" Renn was immediately startled. Could it be that his sister wants to name her pet again?

"Brother, can I name it?"

Renn smiled bitterly and said, "Of course."

"Great, let's call it Blood Feather, okay?" Mint tilted his head and came up with a name.

Blood feather?

Does it represent the blood-feathered hippogryph?

It seems to be a much better name than 'cookie'.

Ren nodded and praised: "It's a very good name."

At this time, Ren noticed that a familiar plump figure wearing a one-shoulder white dress walked out of the villa door and walked towards him.