The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 266: Breaking the Evil (Two chapters in one)

When Ryan led Claire to the carriage.

Maybe it was because the head maid Shatia was inside the carriage, but this time, Claire used a little force to open the door and pulled her warm little hand out from Ryan.

inside the carriage.

The head maid said excitedly when she saw Ryan and Claire coming back:
"Lord Ryan, those few blows just now really made me feel relieved! Seeing you severely teach Earl Rodlin and his son, two ungrateful villains, a lesson, my heart is sweeter than eating honey!"

"Thank you. This is what I should do, isn't it? I am Miss Claire's guardian knight now." In response to the compliment from the head maid, Ryan smiled and said.

Hearing Ryan mention the 'Guardian Knight' again, Claire's pretty face turned slightly red again.

The team continued to gallop quickly towards the direction of Meister County. As night fell, the knights were fine, but the cavalrymen's faces still revealed a hint of fatigue.

The cavalrymen were just ordinary people with good training, and after a day of intense travel, they were indeed a little tired.

At this time, Claire in the carriage asked the old butler outside the window: "Where are we now?"

"Miss, we have passed the town of Colmar now. Um, we are now almost halfway between the towns of Colmar and Eze." The old butler Yodel, who was riding a horse outside the window, replied.

"Then let's set up camp nearby, and don't forget to inform Viscount Selier."

"As you command, Miss Claire."

Ryan on the side did not express any opinion.

Because Claire had told him before that in order to save time, they would camp outdoors according to the plan.

After staying overnight in the wild, we continued our journey early the next morning and should be able to arrive in Meister around two or three in the afternoon.

When the cavalrymen heard that they could set up camp and rest, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief and smiles appeared on their faces.

Soon, a bunch of bonfires began to be lit in a clearing in the woods on the side of the road, and people began to roast various dried meats.

At the same time, in a hidden valley not far from the temporary camp.

A huge team, several times larger than Ryan's team in terms of numbers, is rapidly approaching Ryan and his team!

Leading the way was a luxurious carriage without any emblems, and surrounding it were more than a dozen black-robed monks.

The largest group of people in the team was a group of more than a hundred people wearing uniform grey robes and hoods.

Judging from their cuffs or collars, there was a pattern of burning black flames. Obviously, these gray robes should be the Protestants trained in Welsh County as Galina mentioned before.

Shift your gaze to the end of the line.

I saw a huge cart pulled by sixteen horses, dragging a very heavy thing, moving slowly behind the team.

Because the cart was covered with thick cloth, it was difficult to see what it was exactly, but it could be vaguely seen that it seemed to have a huge human-shaped outline.

Although the cart was equipped with dozens of wide wheels to prevent it from sinking into the ground, wherever it passed, ruts only ten centimeters deep were left on the ground!
"Master Priest, the weather is very favorable for us! Look, there is no need to cast the fog spell, there is already a thin mist all around." A black-robed monk bowed slightly and said to Galina in the carriage.

Galina glanced out the window with her charming eyes, flicked her long fingernails, and said, "Don't take it lightly. Send a few people up there and cast some dense fog spells first."

"By the way, is there any news from Bidduls?"

"Biddals has led his men to outflanking from the town of Korma, and they should arrive at the enemy camp at about the same time as us. Master Priest, it's too late for the enemy to retreat now, as we have blocked the roads in front and behind."

"Well, if the enemy holds their ground, Kurban, you know I don't want too many casualties. Don't forget, there are so many Protestants watching from behind."

"Of course, Master Priest, don't worry, I have brought the materials for the evil magic formation. They will soon know that under the power of the evil magic formation, all battle formations are nothing!" said the black-robed monk with a smug look on his face.

"very good."

A clearing in the woods, a temporary campsite.

Ryan was just about to invite Claire to continue improving her Arcadia swordsmanship when suddenly, a bird of prey cried out from the sky. Then, a huge bird of prey with blue and purple feathers circled down from the sky.

This scene immediately frightened the cavalrymen, and they all drew their weapons and became alert.

"Don't worry, this is my pet." Ryan waved his hand and said.

Blood Feather flapped its huge wings, creating a gust of wind, and landed on Ryan's arm.

Ryan was also quite confused as to why Xueyu would take the initiative to land and contact him. Soon, he discovered that Xueyu was holding a carrier pigeon in his claws.

The carrier pigeon was not dead, but it seemed to be extremely afraid of the blood feather and did not dare to struggle violently. There was fear in its pair of small eyes.

Carrier pigeon?

Ryan immediately thought of something.

After Ryan and Xueyu made some simple gestures, they understood what had happened.

"Xueyu, you noticed that this kind of bird flies out from our team every once in a while, right?"

Xueyu looked at Ryan with great dignity, called out, and nodded.

Ryan took off the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's foot and pulled out a note from it.

It only said: "The team has set up camp, located between the towns of Colmar and Eze."

really!

Ryan's eyes flickered and his face showed thoughtfulness, just as he had just guessed.

Obviously, there must be an enemy spy in the team. If it was our own communication, it would not be so frequent, nor would it be expressed in such words.

Soon, Ryan found Claire in the carriage with the note.

"Ms. Claire, I think you need to take a look at this." Ryan said as he handed the note to Claire.

After just a quick glance, Claire's pretty face froze and she said, "This is not the way we communicate with our family. Sir Ryan, it seems that there is an enemy inside our team."

"Yeah, I think so too."

Claire frowned slightly and said, "I just don't know who this insider is working for. Sir Ryan, can we find this insider?"

After a brief thought, Ryan nodded and said, "It should be fine."

The two men got off the carriage and heard Ryan shout "Cookie". Soon, a greyhound the size of a pony rushed over and wagged its tail at Ryan, looking quite excited.

Ryan handed the small bamboo tube to Cookie's nose and let it smell it.

"Cookie, find the owner of this little bamboo tube."

Soon, Cookie started sniffing the people closest to him, one by one. Soon, after searching everywhere, he came to a campfire not far away and barked at a panicked cavalryman!
"Ms. Claire, it seems that we have found the accomplice." Ryan smiled and turned his head to Claire who was standing beside him.

Butler Yodel quickly recognized that the cavalryman was one of the men he brought from Meister.

"Little Moltke, why do you do such a thing!"

"Ms. Claire, I'm sorry," Butler Yodel said angrily and blamed himself.

This made Viscount Selyr, who was standing by, breathe a sigh of relief!

Fortunately, this insider or spy was not in his team, otherwise it would be difficult for him to explain himself this time.

"Tell me! Who do you serve?" Viscount Selier stepped forward and asked.

The insider named Moltke the Younger burst into tears and said, "Sir, I really don't know who I am serving. I only know that if I report the team's situation and specific itinerary, I will get a generous reward."

"Ms. Claire, please forgive me."

"It seems that we have been targeted by a hostile force. Ryan, who do you think it could be?" Claire ignored the traitor and turned her head to ask Ryan.

"I think I should know who it is." Ryan said after a moment of thought.

"The Black Flame Cult." The two said almost in unison.

Because if they were political enemies of the Habsburg family, they would never choose this time and risk the wrath of the imperial high-ranking officials to attack the Habsburg family who are fighting against the cult organization.

So if we rule out the option of political enemies, then their enemy this time is most likely a cult.

Considering that the Poseidon Cult mainly fights the Imperial Navy and Army along the coastline, there is reason to believe that the most likely possibility is that it is the Black Flame Cult that has severely injured Count Habsburg and is trying to shake the Empire's rule over Meister County.

The three of them immediately returned to the carriage to discuss the matter.

"Miss Claire, do we need to break camp and escape immediately?" Viscount Selyr also realized the seriousness of the situation and asked.

Viscount Cerill's question made Claire fall into deep thought for a moment.

"Send someone to conduct reconnaissance immediately."

"There's fog nearby, and it's getting thicker." Ryan said suddenly.

Sure enough, Claire and Viscount Cerill pulled back the curtains on the car windows and discovered that as night fell, a light mist began to rise around them.

Just now, Ryan used the core skill "Eye of the Beast" and looked down from a high altitude with the vision of Blood Feather. But unfortunately, under the influence of fog, he could not see the situation on the ground clearly in the night sky more than a hundred meters away.

After all, no matter how good the Bloodfeather Hippogryph's eyesight is, it is impossible to see through things.

Seeing the fog getting thicker, Claire's face became serious and she said, "It may be too late, Viscount Selyr. The fog is getting thicker too fast! Tell everyone to be on high alert. The enemy may have already arrived nearby."

"Hey, the other party should have arrived." Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.

"Hmm?" Claire and Viscount Seril looked at Ryan. "Get ready for battle!" Ryan got off the carriage first.

next second!
Screams came from all around.

Immediately, Claire and Viscount Cerill followed Ryan out of the carriage.

"Focus on the carriage!"

"Assemble the defensive formation!" Claire shouted.

As a student of the Imperial Royal Academy and the daughter of an Imperial earl, Claire had been trained in battle formations since she was a child and immediately took command.

After hearing Claire's voice, the knights and cavalrymen around them all felt more at ease.

Everyone immediately gathered towards the carriage. The cavalrymen holding shields were in the front and spontaneously formed a circle for defense. The inner layer was composed of people holding bows or crossbows, and the innermost were Viscount Selier and Ryan.

Faced with a rapidly generated defensive formation.

Although the hundreds of cult newcomers nearby could not see the specific situation in the distance, they could still see the general outline of the battle formation. They knew that facing such a battle formation, if they charged head-on, the losses would definitely be heavy.

Galina smiled and said, "I heard that Count Habsburg's daughter Claire is a top student at the Imperial Academy. It seems she is quite good now."

"Master High Priest, this is something we have anticipated long ago. The other party's reaction to the surprise attack was exactly as we expected." A tall and thin Black Flame monk nearby said with a smile.

"Kurban, the task of breaking the formation is left to you." Galina smiled seductively.

"Don't worry, Master Priest."

I saw a Black Flame monk named Kurban, with five other Black Flame monks, walking forward at a relatively long distance, and they immediately started placing some materials on the ground.

Soon, under the command of a Black Flame monk named Kurban, an evil magic array emitting intricate black lines was set up!
Five Black Flame monks, including Kurban, stood at the five corners of the inverted pentagram evil magic formation, but Kurban stood at the top closest to the front. Suddenly, several people chanted spells almost at the same time.

I saw that each of the four Black Flame Monks was surrounded by a black flame like a python, and Kurban raised his hands with his palms upright, and a fist-sized black flame fireball formed in the air about one meter in front of him.

Instantly!

The four black flame pythons merged into the black flame fireball in front of Kurban like hundreds of rivers converging into one another!

The black fireball, which was originally the size of a fist, expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a strong energy wave emanated from it.

Ryan, who was in the battle formation, frowned at the first moment because he sensed the strong energy fluctuations coming from not far away.

Moreover, judging from the fluctuations, it seemed that multiple people were conducting a joint attack, which meant that the next attack was likely to be a powerful witchcraft attack.

"Oh no! It's a combined witchcraft. No, it's a sorcery array!" Claire's face immediately changed.

She realized instantly that the enemy was much more difficult than she had expected.

Our side had just set up a defensive formation, but the opponent immediately responded with a sorcery formation. And judging from the energy fluctuations of the sorcery formation, a powerful sorcery was about to strike!

"Northeast direction, archers, attack at maximum range!" Claire reacted immediately and gave the command.

As a rain of arrows passed, a wave of black light film was faintly revealed in the distance. The rain of arrows just now was like raindrops pouring on an umbrella, which could not even delay the opponent's spell.

But the problem is, if we disband the battle formation now, not only will there not be enough time, but it will also be a devastating blow to our own morale!
For a moment, Claire was faced with a dilemma!

"Leave it to me!" A steady and familiar voice came into Claire's ears.

Wren?

Claire looked up suddenly.

As soon as Ryan finished speaking, he stomped heavily on the ground, leaving a clear indentation of his plate armor and boots. He then jumped high into the air, and in the blink of an eye he stepped past the shield-bearing cavalrymen in front of him and came to the front of the battle formation alone.

Immediately afterwards, he was seen rushing rapidly towards the direction of the energy fluctuations!
"Ryan, your weapon!" Seeing that Ryan actually went up empty-handed, Claire was immediately shocked and shouted quickly.

On the other side of the evil magic formation, a figure suddenly jumped out from the opponent's battle formation and then rushed towards them quickly!

This scene made the Black Flame monks, led by Kurban, stunned.

Is this person looking for death?
At this point, they have finished chanting the spell, and in the next second, they will be able to release an evil spell that is far more powerful than first-level witchcraft - the Black Flame Explosion!

Rushing towards me now is like seeking death!
wrong!

The other party can hide!
But if that happens, the battle formation behind him will be in trouble!

"Aim at this guy who jumps out and see whether he will hide or not!" Kurban said with a sneer on his face.

"call!"

In an instant, a blazing black fireball with a diameter of nearly half a meter, dragging a long tail of flame, blasted towards Ryan, who was sprinting in the straight line between the battle formation and the Black Flame Monk.

"Ryan, be careful!" Claire's eyes suddenly widened!

This power.
Facing the incoming huge black flame fireball, Ryan roared and activated his super strength talent!
In an instant, the hardened gold covering the surface of the plate armor gloves turned into a huge square tower shield!

"Iron wall!"

The tower shield in Ryan's hand glowed with the light of the Force and vibrated slightly at a certain frequency!

"boom!!"

The moment the huge black flame fireball came into contact with the tower shield, it exploded with a loud bang!

The fog around formed a circular air wave that rushed in all directions, and the black flames with strong corrosiveness that splashed out in spots would ignite at the slightest touch!
Of course, the most lethal force is the powerful explosive impact, which is no less powerful than a modern medium-caliber mortar!

At this time, the muscles in Ryan's left arm holding the shield had suddenly swelled, and the whole person was like a giant. The plate armor boots on his left and right feet were deeply embedded in the ground, plowing out two deep grooves, and there was an obvious large dent on the surface of the tower shield.

But the powerful 'Black Flame Explosion' was blocked by Ryan!

Naturally, this scene made Kurban and the other five Black Flame monks' eyes bulge out!
"How could this be blocked!" Kurban exclaimed.

The next second, his face was grim, and he chanted the spell again! "I don't believe you can resist it again!"

"Whoosh!"

I saw a black short spear, as fast as lightning, suddenly attacking him.

"Bang!!!"

The black light film was hit by the swiftly attacking short spear, leaving a dent the size of a washbasin, but it was barely blocked and the short spear did not pierce the black film!
However, this attack also made the black light film dim a lot. Obviously, the violent collision between it and the short spear consumed a lot of energy.

Before Kurban and the others could breathe a sigh of relief,

With a "pop" sound, like the sound of bubbles bursting!
I saw a light silver figure wearing a pair of sharp metal gauntlets piercing into the dim light film, and then he used both hands to forcefully tear the black film apart in an instant, as easily as tearing a piece of thin paper.

Ryan flashed in!
This scene made Kurban and the other five people feel scared to death and they dodged quickly!

“Hiss, hiss, hiss!”

In an instant, dozens of black blade arcs flashed in the air above the ground of the evil magic formation!

What Ryan used was the intermediate secret of Kadar boxing, 'Rapid Cutting'!
Two seconds later, the entire evil magic formation returned to silence. The five people stood there in a daze, motionless, but dozens of crisscrossing blood lines faintly appeared on their faces and bodies!
"Clap! Clap!"

The sound of dense objects falling was heard!

The five Black Flame monks who were originally wearing black robes had disappeared at this moment, and on the ground, at the five corners of the evil magic formation, there were five pools of blood and flesh.

Each piece was cut to almost the same size, the size of an adult male's fist, mixed with blood, organs, and white brain tissue.
Ryan slowly stood up, shook off the remaining blood on his knuckles, and looked calmly at the large army of the Black Flame Cult!

It seems to be saying, it’s your turn next!

This scene immediately shocked the Black Flame Sect members!
A large number of new cultists looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't know why the High Priestess from Welsh County wanted them to come and watch this battle!

Isn't it about practical teaching?

But why does it look like it's being counter-taught?
Because judging from the situation, it seems that she is not in an advantageous position. In other words, although the High Priestess has not yet made a move, she has actually lost the first battle.

Galina's expression became quite solemn at this time.

It wasn't that she didn't want to rescue him, but when she was about to get off the carriage, she found that Ryan had already entered the evil magic circle, and it was too late to rescue him!

As for why the reaction is so slow?
That was because the opponent actually fought against the "Black Flame Explosion" blessed by the evil magic circle. This scene was really beyond Galina's expectations.

Obviously, this person is the gold-level swordsman mentioned in the previous communication by the insider.

If she was not mistaken, the opponent had just used at least two kinds of secret skills, one was a shield-type secret skill, and the other was a secret skill similar to a sharp blade or dagger.

One attack and one defense, this made Galina even more fearful!
Originally, she was planning to test out her new killer move, but after seeing the scene before her, she decided to let the big guy behind her go up first.

If the opponent has mastered two secrets, it won't be difficult to deal with him. By then, she will have enough time to give him a finishing blow.

Otherwise, this matter will require further consideration!

After all, this was not a mission assigned by the church, but a mission that her predecessor, Laxul, requested assistance with.

In addition, there was another point that she didn't understand just now.

When the other party was resisting the "Black Flame Explosion" of the evil magic circle, he seemed to be holding a shield, but somehow, the shield disappeared later. Did he throw it away? Galina looked puzzled.

Shaking her head slightly, Galina decided not to think about it for now. She turned her head to the Black Flame Monk beside her and said:
"Go! Activate the Giant Axe Golem Guard immediately!"

(End of this chapter)