The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 230: Arrival (Two chapters in one)

In a private house not far from Baron Elliot's mansion.

Priest Rudolf and six heavily armed Templars had been waiting, several of them observing something resembling a golden compass.

Just when the silver conch medal on Ren's chest shook not far away, the golden compass also began to vibrate accordingly.

Looking at the amplitude of the vibration of the golden compass, Rudolph's originally calm face suddenly showed a hint of solemnity.

"This fluctuation is a little stronger than expected. It seems that this place is probably an important stronghold of the Black Flame Church!"

"Let's go! Let's go immediately to support Baron Wren."

"As you command, Your Excellency the Master!" All the Templar Knights responded in unison.

Immediately, the group of people quickly rushed towards Baron Elliot's mansion!

at the same time.

Ren fell into the cave, and his surroundings dimmed instantly, but with dark vision, he quickly adapted to the dim interior of the cave and landed smoothly.

Soon, he discovered that this place was not actually a cave.

Here, the space below the conference room is actually an extremely spacious underground hall, covering an area of ​​at least seven or eight hundred square meters.

At this moment, in the center of the hall, there was a huge witch formation shining with black light.

In the center of the witch formation, there were corpses stacked several meters high. Surrounding them was a circle with more than a dozen Black Flame monks crawling densely, as well as an even larger number of Black Flame believers, nearly a hundred in number.

At this time, they were chanting something in a low voice, with focused and enthusiastic expressions!
In addition, there is an extremely eye-catching, tall and bloated figure who is chanting prayers loudly!

Ren's face froze!
He could clearly feel the evil energy here, which was so rich that it was almost substantial, and it was still surging and getting stronger.

Obviously, it was because of this ceremony, and it seemed that this ceremony was coming to an end.

When he saw the bloated backs of the few people who had fallen from the top of the hall, he slowly turned around and took a glance.

At this time, Lamar rushed to the side of the bloated body with a look of horror, pointed at Renne, and shouted hurriedly: "Master officiant, this is Renne!"

Lamar calmed down when he felt the officiant beside him. He was really frightened by Ren just now.

Ren said calmly: "So this person is your support."

At this moment, Renn had already focused his attention on the tall and bloated officiant. There were waves of aura coming from him that made him feel palpitating, and his level 3 danger perception was even more alarming!
Officiant?

It should be on the same level as the bishop of the Goddess Church, right?

It seems that I encountered a big fish this time!

At this moment, Alonso on the side was already a little regretful!

He felt that he should have left with his father's messenger at that time.

Although it seems that Renn still cannot stand up, at this moment, he is also in danger.

Because the people in the cult are all lunatics, he has always maintained what he thought was a safe standard, but now, it has obviously exceeded what he thought was a safe standard.

If you want to see a good show and put yourself in such danger and embarrassment, then naturally it is better not to watch it.

But the problem now is that as soon as Alonso approached the burning black flames at the edge of the hall, he felt a stinging pain. In other words, he couldn't leave even if he wanted to.

At this moment, the entire underground hall has been enveloped by some evil energy and has become a prison that can only be entered but cannot be exited!
The tall and bloated officiant stared at Renn carefully for a while with his small eyes, and then said with great interest: "You are Renn, I finally meet you!"

"I heard that you are very powerful and even killed Giovanni, so let's have some fun." The officiant narrowed his eyes and smiled and said.

He didn't even wait for Ren to speak, and saw him snap his fingers!
"Snapped!"

In an instant, the Black Flame cultists who were kneeling around the ceremony with fervent expressions suddenly stood up in large numbers.

All of a sudden, there were thirty or forty believers, as if they were being controlled by the mind, and they rushed towards Ren with ferocious faces!
I saw them running, taking off their shirts, and shouting: "Praise the great God of Hunting!"

This immediately confused Ryan.

These believers are ordinary people, are they here to die?
As they quickly approached, Renn suddenly felt that something seemed to be surging in the opponent's body, and his level 3 danger perception also gave him intensive warnings at this time.

Ren knew that these Black Flame cultists were just ordinary people, and they might not be as simple as they seemed.

Renn narrowed his eyes, raised his bow and arrow, and started shooting rapidly with his fingers as fast as lightning.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

When a steel arrow hit a Black Flame cultist, there was only a "puff" sound, and the Black Flame cultist's chest and abdomen were directly pierced!
The other party immediately howled miserably, and reluctantly lowered his head to look at the big hole in his chest, his eyes frightened and confused.

but
The next second, a loud noise of "Boom!" came.

This Black Flame cultist exploded like a bomb!
For a moment, not only was blood and flesh splattered everywhere, accompanied by a burnt smell, but there was also a sudden spread of black flames.

This scene made Ren's eyes flash!
These cultists are engaging in 'suicide bombing'!

It seems that whether it is the past life or the current life, a cult is still a cult, and the methods are so similar!
But what was even more surprising was the Black Flame officiant.

Because the officiant had obtained information about Renn before and knew that he was good at using two-handed warhammers and swords, but when did Renn become good at using bows and arrows?

Every arrow that Ren fired just now was a hit.

Among them, several arrows directly skewered two believers into gourds, and there was even one arrow that pierced three people at once!

Originally, he thought that if Ren used a melee weapon such as a big sword or a war hammer, he would be seriously injured by the suicide attack by the cultists, and he would be in an extremely embarrassing situation no matter what happened.

The current result made the chief priest slightly annoyed, which also made his originally joking attitude calm down a little.

At this time, although this wave of suicide attacks by the Black Flame Cultists had all been killed by Ryan.

But there are only three arrows left in Ren's quiver!

At this time, a smile appeared on the fat face of the officiant and said: "Young man, you have good archery skills."

"It's a pity that you only have three arrows left now, it seems"

While the officiant was speaking, Ren's "Whoosh!" was to raise his hand and shoot an arrow!
So much nonsense!

I saw that steel arrow, like silver lightning, striking towards the chief priest!

However, when he was about to hit the opponent, he only heard a dull sound of 'bang'!

The arrow was about thirty centimeters away from the main priest's fat body, and was blocked by a black flame shield. The end of the arrow was trembling slightly at the moment, and the tip of the arrow was trying hard to break through the circle of black flames on the main priest's body. !
"Black Flame Protection!" Ryan narrowed his eyes. He recalled the situation when he fought with the Black Flame Guardian before. He had seen this evil magic before.

The steel arrow created a bowl-shaped depression in the circle of black flames and was almost about to break through the defense of the Black Flame High Priest, but just a little short.

Although the chief priest was unharmed, the contempt in his eyes had faded when he looked at Ryan.

Because he knew how strong the defense of his black flame shield was, but he was almost pierced by the arrow of the young man in front of him!
This Ryan is much stronger than what is described in the information!

In addition, he also sensed through the opponent's previous battle that the other party was not a peak knight, but a great knight!
So this is your confidence!
But suddenly, a smile appeared on the fat face of the chief priest, and he said, "Interesting, interesting, it looks like we can have some fun!"

“Perhaps, the prayer ceremony can provide an additional sacrifice that will please my Lord.”

The officiant raised his hand and waved.

"Ryan, you are dead this time! Now, you only have three arrows left in your hand, right?" A sinister voice came!
Lamar had no idea when he had led a dozen Black Flame monks and surrounded Ryan from behind in a fan shape.

At this time, Lamar looked at Ryan with a smug look and said, "If this wasn't our lair, you might have turned the tables again!"

"But what a pity! You picked the wrong place!"

Lamar's voice gradually became higher and higher. Perhaps it was due to the influence of the ritual, or because his mind was twisted after he felt he had won, but his entire face began to become hideous and a little crazy.

Ryan glanced at Lamar calmly and said, "Old nest? So what!"

"Whoosh!"

A huge dog as big as a pony, carrying a two-handed sledgehammer and a two-handed sword on its back, rushed into the encirclement with a gust of wind and came to Ryan's side.

This is the greyhound war dog 'Cookie' that Ryan left in the carriage, waiting for his master to call him!
A group of Black Flame monks, including Lamar, stared in amazement at the sudden appearance of the huge dog.

Ryan quickly took off the pig-head hammer and hung the bow on the greyhound, then patted it. The huge dog quickly moved away from the central area and wandered around the marginal area.

The chief priest narrowed his eyes and glanced at Ryan, and was quite surprised!

He finally understood why some of the church's previous actions against Ryan had ended in failure.

Because most people would keep a backup plan, but the young man in front of him unexpectedly kept three or four backup plans!
Even more surprised was Alonso who was standing next to him.

Not only did a bird of prey deliver a bow before, but now a dog delivered weapons to Ryan. This is simply unparalleled!

When did Ryan become a beast tamer?
Not only did he tame an eagle, but he also tamed a dog?

Damn it! Is there another horse?
After Ryan got the black pig-head hammer, he turned around and turned from facing the high priest to facing Lamar and other black flame monks.

With a tap of his toes, the ground broke into pieces, and the powerful reaction force pushed Ryan forward rapidly!
At the same time, Ryan raised the warhammer with both hands and slammed it heavily on the ground!
"boom!"

As the ultimate skill 'Shock Wave' was performed, a strange wave quickly emerged from his pig-head hammer like a tsunami and swept across all living and dead things in a large fan-shaped area dozens of meters ahead!

The ground where the hammer touched the ground began to shatter!
Within the area, the Black Flame Monks, whose strength was roughly equivalent to that of senior knights, all stopped moving. Even their horrified expressions before death did not change at all!

However, one thing is certain, their eyes have lost their spirit.
Within seconds, their bodies, including Lamar's, began to collapse rapidly on the ground, with streams of blood flowing out of their mouths and other body cavities.
The fat Black Flame High Priest narrowed his eyes. He could clearly see that the bones and internal organs of his subordinates had all been shattered the moment Ryan's hammer hit the ground.

Even the nerves in their bodies were shattered into dust. Therefore, they had no reaction at this moment, and all of them collapsed on the ground like dead snakes, without even a twitch.
Is this power
The bloated chief priest's eyes suddenly widened and he exclaimed, "You... you actually mastered the true secret!"

"I finally understand why all assassination attempts against you have never succeeded!"

"At your age, you are not only a great knight, but you have also mastered the secrets."

"Really."

For a moment, the Black Flame High Priest didn't know how to evaluate the young man in front of him!

Seeing Ryan's almost terrifying attack, Alonso's eyes widened, his mouth opened, and his face was extremely stiff!
At this moment, he couldn't laugh anymore!
Besides, what did he just hear?
Ryan Ryan has become a great knight?
Have you mastered the secret?

Oh my god! Isn't this even more talented than Claire?
For a moment, Alonso couldn't help but regret why he didn't recruit this young man at the beginning, but instead had a condescending attitude, thinking that the other party was just an ant that could be wiped out at will.

The chief priest now planned to kill the young man himself instead of wasting his men.

Although, these believers are no different from leeks to him, it won’t take long for him to recruit another batch of believers.

However, the current battle situation still undermines his dignity as the chief priest!

He just waved his hand, and two members of the Black Flame Cult struggled to lift a heavy, two-meter-long sickle and handed it to him.

When Alonso saw that the officiating priest was going to take action himself, he felt like he was on a roller coaster and was extremely excited!
Priest! Priest!

Don't let me down again!
The fat high priest moved quickly but not slowly at all. When he was still more than 20 meters away from Ryan, he slashed the giant sickle diagonally. Suddenly, a surging black flame, like a giant fire snake, swirled towards Ryan!

Ryan quickly rolled on the ground to avoid the attack from the high priest, then kicked with his right foot and rushed towards the opponent, raising his double-handed hammers and smashing them down heavily!

"clang!!!"

The high priest's body was covered in black flames, but he managed to take Ryan's hammer with ease.

Ryan was not surprised at all. After all, as the chief priest of the Black Flame Church, it would be strange if he was killed by a hammer!
Ryan was seen surrounding the fat high priest, swinging his hammer, swinging his hammer, and swinging his hammer again from different angles. The sound of fierce metal clashing continued!
The Black Flame High Priest was not able to block every blow, but the protective power of the black flame surging from his body was extremely strong and could absorb most of the shock force of Ryan's hammer. The rest was absorbed by the opponent's fat that was several feet thick.

Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely, the bodies of the dead nobles, including the dead Black Flame monks, were quickly carried by some Black Flame believers to the pile of corpses in the center of the witch formation.

And with this "addition of bricks and tiles", the energy of the evil witch formation surged even more violently!

"Shockwave!"

Ryan seized the opportunity, and while the Black Flame High Priest was unable to defend himself, he smashed through the Black Flame's defense with a hammer and hit the opponent's fat-filled abdomen heavily.

This time, the fat that was several feet thick was also smashed apart by Ryan's hammer!
The chief priest roared in pain, and his black robe was torn apart, revealing his true body.

There were seven or eight closed-eyed human faces and twice the number of arms on his body. At this moment, although Ryan's pig-head hammer had blasted a bloody hole the size of a washbasin in his body, he was also caught by the opponent's multiple dry arms!
Just as Ryan was about to pull back the hammer, in an instant, alarm bells rang in his heart!

I saw seven or eight human faces on the other person's body, and their mouths suddenly opened!

Suddenly, seven or eight black flame pillars as thick as bowls spurted out from these open mouths, sweeping all the areas in front of the high priest. If Ryan had not dodged in advance, he would have been hit!
Although Ryan has the talent of "primary steel body", he does not want to experience the feeling of being burned by black flames.

Before Alonso could be happy that Ryan lost his hammer, he saw a huge dog suddenly running to Ryan.

Hey!
这狗
Ryan calmly pulled out the giant glowing sword carried by the greyhound war dog and pointed the tip of the sword at the high priest!

Suddenly, Ryan turned his head to look at the evil energy wizard formation beside him!

At this moment, the energy fluctuation of the evil energy wizard array reached its peak.
"Great!"

"The prayer ceremony was finally successful!" Alonso praised in his heart!

Just when Alonso thought the ritual was complete and Ryan would not survive more than three seconds, suddenly, a shock wave of energy swept in all directions!

Ryan immediately swung his sword forward, splitting the shock wave in front of him, and high-speed airflow swept through both sides of his body.

After Alonso was hit by this evil energy, he began to howl in pain!
I saw him tearing off his clothes continuously, and soon he was naked. Then, feathers suddenly grew out of the surface of his skin. At the same time, ribs protruded from his shoulder blades and quickly grew into wings!

At this time, the fat officiant showed admiration on his face.

"Yes! Yes! Alonso has become a noble of divine blood under my lord. It seems that the previous legend that the Habsburg family once integrated the blood of the Ikari bird is true!"

"After taking the divine blood, it really worked!"

In fact, for the Black Flame Church, no matter whether these nobles are alive or dead, they have all taken the blood of God. If they die, their corpses will become the best "nutrients", thereby promoting the prayer ceremony to achieve better results!

If they are alive, they will be transformed by the will of the God of Hunting after the ceremony and become the best fighters!

The chief priest was very satisfied with Alonso's condition at this time.

Ryan watched this scene without any sympathy.

These foolish nobles were actually connected with the cult, and he thought it was only a matter of time before they would be retaliated against.

Alonso's form changed greatly and he became the birdman. His strength soared to the level of a great knight. His eyes were dark, as if the whites of his eyes were swallowed up. He flapped his wings and rushed towards Ryan at a rapid speed!

"Great God of Hunting, I, a humble and devout believer, pray for the Lord's grace"

Just as Ryan focused his attention on the attacking birdman Alonso, the seriously injured high priest smiled and chanted a prayer in a low voice.

In an instant, an indescribable terrifying existence suddenly descended!
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minutes ago.

At this time, on the back of the griffin that had just arrived over the city of Meister County and was still flying rapidly, suddenly, the face of the sturdy man carrying the shield changed. He quickly took out something like a compass from his arms and looked at it carefully.

I saw the numbers above kept going up!

"Hey, why is this evil energy fluctuation so strong? Could it be that the evil cult ritual has already begun?"

"This is earlier than expected!"

He originally thought he had plenty of time and was planning to go to the governor of the county town to say hello, but now it seems that he has no time to go.

The sturdy man with the shield on his back looked at the city of Meister County with lights shining in front of him, and swung the reins heavily. The griffin let out a loud cry, turned around, and flew rapidly in the direction where the evil energy came from.

Almost at the same time.

When Rudolf and his elite Knights Templar arrived at the gate of Baron Elliot's mansion, they were stopped by a team of fully armed guards led by the mansion's butler.

The butler recognized Rudolph and the Knights Templar at first sight because their attire was so distinctive.

"Dear guests from the Goddess Church, I'm sorry, this is a private residence of a noble. If you don't have an invitation, I need to report to the owner first."

"We have discovered that evil energy is leaking from this mansion. We need to inspect it immediately!" Rudolf said in a deep voice.

"Step aside!"

At this moment, Alonso's butler Michel suddenly came out of the mansion, saw Rodolfo, and greeted him with a smile.

"Master Rudolf, why are you here?"

"Baron Alonso is also in there! The evil energy you mentioned must be an illusion. There are so many of us here, and we don't feel anything wrong!" Michelle argued.

Rudolph was shocked to see Michelle was there too!
He naturally knew that Alonso was the eldest son of Count Habsburg, and at this moment, he was weighing the pros and cons quickly!
But he came to his senses the next second. Ryan was probably in danger at the moment. If he continued to waste his energy here, he didn't know how long he would have to wait.

Just as he was about to scold the other party, suddenly a loud and majestic cry came from the sky!

I saw a powerful creature with a lion's body, a griffin and a huge wingspan falling from the sky!

"Griffin!" The knowledgeable Rudolph recognized the creature in front of him at a glance.

You know, the griffin is the flying mount second only to the dragon in the Dragun Empire. Only top nobles and those top special departments can ride it.

Sure enough, as the griffin landed, two figures on its back also jumped down.

The sturdy man with the shield took a look at Rudolf and the Templars' attire, then looked at the housekeeper and guards of the mansion who were trying to stop them, and he understood immediately.

The sturdy man came over and said to Rudolph, "Is this head of the Goddess Church also responsible for handling cult matters?"

"Yes, sir." Rudolf nodded solemnly and explained the matter quickly and briefly.

Of course, the key point is to emphasize the obstacles posed by the butler and others in front of him!

The sturdy man took out a badge from his chest and showed it to the others, then said, "Please cooperate immediately! The sword holder is in charge, not to mention you. Even if your master doesn't cooperate, we have the right to kill him on the spot!"

Michelle and the mansion's housekeeper looked at each other, at a loss for a moment!
They knew that this was a big deal!
Of course they have heard of the mighty reputation of the Imperial Sword Bearer!
They did not dare to stop them at the moment and watched the two sword-bearers and Rudolf and his group enter.

Just as Rudolph and his companions were walking through the corridor, suddenly, even without the help of the 'Golden Compass', they could clearly feel the ground in front of them shaking slightly, and then a surge of evil energy that made them palpitate erupted like a mountain torrent!
This intensity immediately made Rudolf and all the Knights Templar change their expressions!
"Oh no! The ritual is about to be completed!"

"Quick! Speed ​​up!"

When the group arrived at the conference room, they saw a huge hole. Above the hole was a black energy object shaped like an upside-down bowl!
And from below, a huge wizard formation could be vaguely seen, as well as the sounds of fierce fighting!

Seeing this scene, Rudolph was horrified!
"Is this the Black Flame Cult's lair?"

Rudolf came to his senses immediately. No wonder the evil energy here was so violent!

It turns out that this is not an important stronghold of the Black Flame Cult, but their lair!

Rudolf immediately turned his head and said to a Templar Knight beside him: "Go and report to Bishop Xien immediately, and tell him that we have discovered the lair of the Black Flame Cult!"

Just as Rudolf quickly took out the high-level divine scroll and was about to blast open the black energy shield, suddenly, an indescribable fear filled everyone's heart!
“This is the will of the gods.”

"It's too late! Ryan is finished!"

(End of this chapter)