my armed maid

Chapter 108 Chapter 105: Who is the sniper?

After visiting Flamel's Alchemy Arsenal in the morning, Arlande and the Linfeng City envoys got into the carriage in the afternoon and prepared to drive out of the city.

Their next stop was the Loki Mine outside the city, where the Roland Empire's largest Loki magic crystal veins were located. Flamel had learned to mine and refine these raw magic crystals thousands of years ago.

Now Linfeng City also has its own mineral veins, but they are still blank in the technical field related to mining, and they need to learn from the senior Flamel.

"Nolen..." On the carriage, Arland looked a little worried, "Are you really going outside the city?"

"Isn't this the itinerary you made for me?" Nolen smiled, "I have no reason to refuse if I can learn advanced mining technology from Flamel, right?"

"But the problem is..." Arland hesitated, "If you leave Flamel at this time, I'm afraid it will give people in Broken Star City an opportunity.

"The plan can't keep up with the changes. In my opinion, it would be better for you to stay in the City Lord's Mansion these two days.

“Although Flamel cannot capture Erich yet, it is still possible to call on a few strong men to secretly protect you.

"As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under dangerous walls. Since you have noticed the danger in advance, why do you still do such risky things?"

Nolen shook his head: "I think you are wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"Broken Star City is planning to bully us, right?"

"……Yes."

"So, shouldn't what Flamel has to do now be punish the bullies? We victims are planning to resist, so why are you trying to persuade us not to take action?"

"This..." Arland was speechless for a moment, "That's not what I meant..."

"To put it bluntly, you still think Linfeng City is easy to bully."

Nolen sneered, “Because Linfeng City is weak, Broken Star City thinks they can decide our life or death at will.

“Because Linfeng City is weak, Flamel just wants to settle the matter and is not willing to offend Broken Star City.

"Yalande, I once experienced a war. Do you know what the deepest truth I realized during that war was?"

"……what?"

“Concession does not bring respect and peace, fighting does.”

Nolen slowly clenched his fist, "Today, I am here as the envoy of Linfeng City, so I will not give in.

"I will not change my scheduled itinerary. If the guys from Broken Star City want to come, let them come.

“I will use this battle to tell everyone who covets Linfeng City that Linfeng City is not someone they can easily bully——

"They're looking for the wrong target."

Arland was speechless, and after a while he said: "I'm just worried about your safety. The Grimney family is very powerful. Even if they are both at the seventh level, ordinary extraordinary people are no match for them."

Eighty years ago, Roland I led his army of extraordinary beings across the human territory, unrivaled.

Among them, there are seven legion commanders who galloped on the battlefield as the most capable subordinates of Roland I and made great contributions to the establishment of a unified Roland Empire.

In order to commend their achievements, Roland I gave these seven outstanding military commanders the title of "Military God" after he ascended the throne.

The ancestor of the Grimny family was one of these seven legion commanders, and he was given the title "Wind Army God".

Being able to obtain the title of "War God of Wind" shows the strength of the Grimney family. Erich's arrogance and arrogance are not groundless.

Compared with the famous Broken Star City, Linfeng City seems so unknown. The only success it has achieved since its establishment was that it recently won a war with border barbarians.

The difference in strength lies here. If you can, make some concessions. It's not shabby even if you are still developing.

Since that frank conversation that day, he has regarded Nolen as his son, and is really worried that he will be too sharp and fall by the wayside.

"I'm sure." Nolen didn't say much.

If he could counter-kill Erich, it would not only build prestige for Linfeng City, but he would also gain the upper hand in cooperation negotiations with Flamel.

I was attacked in your territory of Flamel. How are you going to compensate me?

Broken Star City doesn't give you any face and launches attacks directly within your territory. Will Flamel continue to be an ally with it?

A neutral city does not represent a turtle. If Flamel cannot even protect the safety of the legendary alchemist in its territory, its prestige will be greatly affected.

As long as he is still alive, after this battle, Flamel will definitely break with Broken Star City and the Second Prince's camp, and completely fall to the side of Linfeng City.

"You are really stubborn!" Arland stamped his feet and sighed in distress.

In order to lure Erich into action, Nolen not only failed to remove the tracking mark on himself, but even refused to allow him to report the matter to Bach.

Because whether it was monitoring Erich or sending additional guards to Linfeng City, Erich would be alert.

It seems that Erich is plotting against Nolen, but in fact it is Nolen who is plotting against Erich.

How ruthless, this kid...had the intention to kill Erich from the very beginning!

Where did he get his confidence?

He couldn't understand, but at this point, he could only sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.

I hope Erich can exercise restraint and hope today is just a false alarm...

Nolen's safety cannot be compromised. If anything happens, he must be protected even if he risks his own life!

Arland made a decision silently in his mind, and the carriage of the envoy quickly drove out of Flamel and headed for the Rocky Mine outside the city.

……

On a low mountain outside the city, the seventh-level wind mage Wade landed next to Erich and said to him:

"The carriage from Linfeng City has left the city, and its destination should be the Rocky Mine."

"Well, Nolen is in that carriage, I'm sure of it."

Erich took a telescope and looked down at the mountain road at his feet, which was the only way from Flamel to the Rocky Mine.

At this time, the carriage was heading this way, and in his perception, the tracking mark he planted on Nolen that night was getting closer and closer to him.

Oh, come closer, come closer.

Seeing that the prey was falling into his trap step by step, Erich raised the corners of his mouth and his eyes became more fierce: "Get ready to take action!"

"Yes." Wade jumped into the air, standing high in the air and preparing to cast a spell.

His position was two hundred meters above the carriage, and he was sure that he had not been noticed by the people below.

"Nolen, they are going to take action."

On another hilltop three hundred meters away, Yuna was hiding in a bush, using the scope of the sniper gun "Gangnir" to lock onto the wind mage flying in the sky.

Through the soul link, she shared the specific locations of the three people in Broken Star City on the opposite hill to Nolen.

"I just guessed they would ambush here."

Nolen had put on a black raven mask since leaving the city. Hearing Yuna's reminder, the corners of his mouth under the mask turned up slightly. Flamel is not far from the Rocky Mine, and both places are heavily guarded by Flamel's troops.

If Erich wanted to ambush them halfway, only this mountain road in the middle was the most suitable for an ambush, and Flamel's defensive strength in this area was also the weakest.

This means that once the ambush begins, the Linfeng City envoys will not receive assistance from the Flamel side in a short period of time.

This is really the best place for an ambush, Nolen thought so too, so before noon, he asked Yuna in advance to bring equipment and guard here.

Sure enough, soon after, Yuna discovered the sneaky traces of Erich and others.

While Erich was overlooking the carriage from above, he didn't know that Yuna had been secretly locking them through the scope for a long time.

In the air, Wade began to cast spells, and the violent wind elements quickly gathered around him.

It stands to reason that the elemental fluctuations of high-level spells are extremely obvious, and the high-level mage in the carriage below should not be able to detect it.

But in fact, even though everyone sitting in the carriage was on guard, several high-level transcendental beings including the sixth-level mage Watson did not realize that the danger was approaching.

Only Yuna, who witnessed the formation of the spell, shared this information with Nolen. He warned: "The spell is coming, be careful to defend!"

Although everyone did not notice anything strange, they believed in Nolen's judgment.

Julius was closest to Nolen. He took Nolen and raised his arm shield. Watson also immediately began to cast defensive spells.

The guard on the side also activated the protective magic circle on the carriage, and the carriage was immediately wrapped by a magic barrier.

After all, it is a high-end vehicle provided for travel by envoys, so it still has this function.

And the moment the barrier just lit up, a cyan wind pillar fell from the sky.

"Shoot-"

The cyan wind pillar broke through the magic barrier and opened a large hole in the roof of the carriage. Wind pressure powerful enough to cut a person into pieces instantly swept through the entire carriage.

Not to mention ordinary people, even high-level knights will be severely injured if they are hit by this move without any precautions, and will immediately lose more than 70% of their combat effectiveness.

The green wind pillar quickly tore the carriage apart, but what was exposed was not the minced flesh and blood of the passengers, but a water barrier glowing with fluorescent blue light.

The sixth-level water spell "Round and Soft Shield". Fortunately, Nolen reminded him in time, and Watson still cast the defensive spell at the critical moment.

"Response so quickly?"

This most critical first strike did not yield any results, and both Erich and Wade were surprised.

The sixth-level wind spell "Dead Silence Shot" is the Grimney family's signature wind spell that is not passed down to others.

The power of "Dead Silence Shot" is that it causes very little elemental fluctuation during the casting process, and the sound of the wind pillar when it is fired is also extremely concealed.

This is an extremely terrifying thing, which means that the opponent can no longer use conventional means to defend against the preemptive strike of "Deadly Shooting".

In fact, it was this move that made the wind mage of the Grimny family a feared sniper.

But now this signature spell that has been tried and tested has failed in this ambush battle.

This shouldn't be the case... Wade frowned and quickly thought about the reason for the failure.

"Dead Silent Shot" is not without its shortcomings. Although it makes very little movement, it still requires casting time.

Did the other party really react so quickly, or did he not strike first...

Could it be that the other party had already discovered him when he started casting the spell?

As soon as this thought flashed across his mind, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and the hair all over his body suddenly stood up.

As a seventh-level wind mage, he is extremely sensitive to fluctuations in the surrounding air.

He could clearly detect that at this moment, a steel nail was tearing through the air at three o'clock and shooting toward him.

ambush?

It turns out that he is the one who was ambushed! ?

The firing speed of the steel nail was unimaginable, and it covered a distance of hundreds of meters and arrived in front of him in an instant.

The mage's physical reaction speed makes it impossible to dodge, but the wind mage has his own way to deal with the flying props.

With a thought in Wade's mind, the surrounding wind elements spread out like waves, forming a twisted wind field around him.

The flying prop moves with the wind. This wind field can change the flight trajectory of the steel nail and deflect the arrow shot at him to somewhere else——

This should be the case, but it is not.

The silvery steel nail seemed to have a natural repulsion against the elements. It passed straight through the twisted wind field, and the shooting trajectory was almost unchanged!

"How can this be..."

Under Wade's horrified gaze, the steel nail tore through its right shoulder and turned into a white line flying into the distance.

On the top of the mountain, Erich and Sander watched Wade's severed arm and a smear of blood fall to the ground from the air, their mouths wide open in shock.

Originally, he planned to let Wade destroy most of the opponent's combat effectiveness first, but he did not expect that in the blink of an eye, it was Wade himself who lost his combat effectiveness.

How did things come to this?

Who shot the steel nails?

Who is the sniper?

"boom--"

The sound of shooting followed, and Yuna put down the sniper gun Gungnir with white smoke coming out of the muzzle, with a slightly regretful expression.

Although she successfully hit the target, it unfortunately did not cause a fatal blow because it did not hit the vital point.

After all, hunting Warcraft is different from sniping humans. Human targets are too small, and the error tolerance rate is always low.

At the same time, cross-travel is also a reason. Gangnir and steel nails are originally dragon-hunting weapons. They are used to snipe humans just like cannons to kill mosquitoes.

It is possible, but it cannot use its full strength.

However, this is not a big deal. She has better weapons to choose from against mages.

There was a large open box next to her. Yuna put down Gangnir and took out two brand-new alchemical weapons from the box.

One of them was a dark green shield, which was larger than an ordinary arm shield. Yuna tied it to her left arm.

The other item is a knight's spear with a strange shape - it is said to be a spear, but its appearance is actually more like a mixture of a gun and a blunderbuss. There is a barrel component hidden in the gun body, and there is a trigger-like mechanism on the handle. .

As these two weapons appear to be, when she equips the spear and shield, Valkyrie switches from ranged attack mode to melee mode.

"It looks like the opponent is seriously injured. Use the assault equipment to give him a good fight and seize the air superiority."

Nolen's voice came to her mind, and Yuna nodded. She opened the four acceleration circles behind her and galloped towards the wind mage in the sky.

"give it to me!"

(End of this chapter)