The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 274: Secret Attack (Two chapters in one)

"No problem, High Priest, leave this matter to me." Holden said with a smile, his face full of confidence.

"Well, please forgive me for the offense, but I still feel that I need to remind you."

"Mr. Holdan of the Secret Snake Cult, you must not underestimate the opponent's fighting ability." Laxul saw the other party's confident expression and felt a little worried for no reason.

After all, the other party is helping their own church to complete the task on their own territory. If it is completed successfully, everyone will be happy.

But if something really happens, it will most likely affect the relationship between the two churches, because the Secret Snake Church believes that they are being tricked.

Therefore, it is better to be frank.

"Don't worry! Holden was given the blood essence of the Shadow Serpent, and assassination is his forte." High Priest Ganon of the Secret Snake Cult seemed to sense Laxul's worry, turned around and said to him with a smile.

"In addition, if things really get out of hand, it won't be a problem for Holden to get out of this unscathed."

Shadow Serpent?
Laxul nodded. He had also heard of the name of this strange snake. It could control the power of shadow and had the innate ability to be invisible in shadowy environments. It was also extremely poisonous.

If the opponent has really merged into the Shadow Snake, then he is truly a natural assassin.

There should be no problem with this assassination!
"Well, don't worry, I'm a professional at assassination! Lord Laxul, I'll set off now." Holden bowed slightly to Laxul and said.

"So fast? That's good. Taking the enemy by surprise will have the best effect." Laxul thought about it and nodded with a smile.

"By the way, Lord Haldane, we have an insider in the Earl's mansion. I think he will tell you exactly which room Ryan is in."
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The county town of Meister.

In a room in Earl Habsburg's mansion.

Suddenly, the lively young man in leather armor from the Sword Bearers branch of Gnom Province came in, shouting:

"Captain, I have already consulted the beautiful young woman in the Munster branch. You will not believe that this Viscount Ryan is just a newcomer!"

Since the hammer that Ryan wielded in the conference room was so powerful, Langgel and the other two were naturally quite curious about Ryan.

However, as the captain of the sword bearers, Langgel was proud of his status and naturally did not ask too many questions.

But it’s different for young people, they don’t have so many concerns.

There was no need for Langgel to take the initiative to arrange it. Curious Fry went to find out.

"Newcomer?" The sturdy Langgel couldn't help but look at his teammates in surprise.

"Yes, it's absolutely true!" The young man in leather armor nodded firmly and said.

"Fry, the newcomers you understand, wouldn't it be that those who joined the Sword Bearers later than you are all considered newcomers?" Another young man holding a gold-carved book closed the book, looked up at his companion, and teased with a smile.

Of the three, Frye has been a Sword Bearer for the shortest time, only two and a half years.

"Less than two months! Alex, do you think you're a newcomer?" Faced with the teasing, Frye blushed and said with his neck stiff.

"Huh? Two months?" Alex, who was always calm, suddenly widened his eyes and said in disbelief, "Is this true? This... This is too exaggerated!"

"Tell me in detail!" Langgel was becoming more and more shocked and curious, and asked Frye immediately.

"Okay, Captain."

"Ryan, the captain of the gold-level sword bearers, nicknamed 'Meister Battering Ram', is also the captain of the 'Meister Battering Ram' team." Having said this, Frye seemed to have noticed something wrong and paused.

"Wait, why does that sound so awkward?"

"My nickname is the name of the team. It seems that other team members have absolute confidence in the ability of their captain." Captain Langgel's angle of interpretation was completely different from Frye's.

He quickly realized this from the perspective of the captain and team members.

"Go on, Fry."

After listening to Frye's story, Langer and Alex looked at each other in confusion.

They knew that the young Viscount Ryan was very powerful, but they didn't expect him to be this powerful!

"But, Boss, don't underestimate yourself. Although this Viscount Ryan seems to have mastered the advanced secrets of hammer techniques, he is better than you."

"But don't forget, in addition to mastering the intermediate secrets of swordsmanship, you have also mastered the intermediate secrets of shield defense. With the two combined, your combat power is no weaker than this Ryan." Frye comforted his captain.

"Brat, who is underestimating yourself? Even though the opponent's strength is comparable to mine, you don't look at his age. He is the same age as you. This is the most terrifying thing." Langgel couldn't help but laugh and cry.

"If we can make friends, then of course we should." Alex rarely agreed with Frye.

"However, what Frye said makes sense. After all, he is alone this time, and you, Boss, still have my witchcraft blessing. Your overall combat power is still better than that of Viscount Ryan."

"By the way, have you asked the people in the Earthshaker team? Why do they seem to be so respectful to Ryan?" Alex suddenly thought of something and asked.

"After asking, it's even more unbelievable because Ryan saved the lives of two of their team members!" Frye's mouth was dry as he spoke, and he gulped down a big gulp of water.

Frye became even more excited when he talked about this.

Because, although Ryan is from the Sword Bearers branch of Munster Province, and they are from the Sword Bearers branch of Nome Province, no matter what, they are all Sword Bearers.

And the Earthshaker, in comparison, was an outsider.

Frye felt proud that his family saved outsiders!

Just as the three members of the Sword Bearer Team from the Gnom Province were shocked by Ryan's resume in the room, Ryan was in the bedroom, preparing to take the "Secret Strengthening Medicine" given to him by the head maid Shadya.

Before, since he was the only one guarding the Earl's Mansion, Ryan felt that it was not the right time to take the medicine.

But now, it was different. The entire five-man team of Earthshakers, plus the sword-bearing team from the Gnom Province were all here, so he could take it with confidence.

Soon, Ryan opened the wooden box and saw a transparent square glass bottle filled with blue liquid.

However, there is another secret inside the wooden box. There are slightly complicated patterns on the inner wall. Obviously, this is some kind of array pattern, and its function should be to preserve this bottle of "strong secret medicine".

This made Ryan curious about the strong secret medicine that was so well packaged. He picked up the square glass bottle and looked at it carefully.

There is a conspicuous label with black letters on a white background on the bottle, which reads:

"A secret medicine for strengthening the body, a medicine for assisting cultivation. Within half a month after drinking it, it will enhance the physical fitness of the user to a certain extent. The degree of increase varies from person to person, generally ranging from half to ten percent."

Directions:

"Note: The effect will weaken if taken multiple times. It is recommended to take it once every 1 to 3 months depending on your physical condition. - Made by Austin, Royal Pharmacist Society."

"Full enhancement?"

"If it is a comprehensive enhancement, it is naturally a good thing!"

"In addition, this is also produced by the Royal Pharmacists Association. Austin should be the name of a master pharmacist." Ryan thought to himself.

Without much hesitation, Ryan pulled out the cork from the bottle with a "pop". Immediately, a faint smell of stewed meat with star anise and cinnamon wafted out.

It smells good and makes people very appetizing!

Because of his experience in taking other potions, Ryan drank the secret strengthening medicine in one gulp!

As soon as he took a sip, Ryan's face changed. This taste...
Although it smells good, once it goes down your throat, you'll feel that the taste is a bit spicy, as if white wine was mixed with a bit of mustard.

After a few seconds, Ryan felt a tingling sensation in his stomach, and then his whole body began to heat up rapidly.

Soon, beads of sweat began to seep out of Ryan's body, and soon, he was sweating all over!
The whole person seemed to be fished out of a sauna.

But after a while, Ryan felt a sense of relaxation all over his body!
I feel refreshed.

This process lasted about half an hour, and the effect of the medicine began to gradually weaken to a more gentle and subtle level.

At this time, the system prompt sounded:
【Congratulations! Your physical attributes are improved! 】

【Congratulations! Your agility attribute is improved! 】

"what?"

"Both my physique and agility have improved, but my strength has not."

"Is it because my own strength attribute is already very strong?"

“But this is quite good!”

"The effect of this secret medicine is even stronger than the powerful strength potion I drank before!"

Ryan checked the attribute panel:
Constitution: 39
Power: 43
Agility: 36
Spirit: 52
The agility attribute, which had not been improved for a long time and could be said to be a weak point, was increased from 35 to 36 points.

My physical fitness has also improved from 38 to 39, and is about to reach 40.

"For half a month?"

"Then we can improve it further in the future."

"A secret medicine for strengthening the body. Very good. Is this the heritage of the hereditary earl family?"

"It's actually better than some of the potions in the Sword Wielder branch!"

"Yes, the potions of the Sword Bearer Branch are mass-produced after all. This can be seen from the signature, which says the Munster Branch of the Royal Pharmacists Association." Ryan recalled.

"But this strong secret medicine is signed with the following: Made by Austin of the Royal Apothecary Association. This Austin should be a master of pharmacy, and this medicine should have been made by him personally."

"It seems that the background of the great nobles of the empire should not be underestimated." Ryan looked at the label on the bottle again and thought to himself.

Ryan, who was sweaty after taking the medicine, naturally needed to wash off.

There is a small bathtub in his bedroom.

Just as Ryan, who had taken off all his clothes, was about to step into the bath, he suddenly saw the ten hardened gold ingots that Olena had brought him today, which were placed in a corner of the room.

Suddenly, this made him have an idea. He walked over, transformed it into a whole metal ball weighing about fifty or sixty kilograms, and held it in his hand.

After entering the bath, Ryan turned it into a huge metal basin and scooped water onto himself.
After a while, he turned it into a big colander, placed it on his head to rinse, and had a lot of fun.

at the same time.

Haldane, the chief priest of the Secret Snake Cult, has also arrived at the residence of Count Habsburg.

At this moment, he was standing in the shadow of a garden bush.

Standing in the shadows, Holden seemed to have a special talent that made it impossible for the patrolling guards who were nearby to see him even when they passed by from a few meters away.

He followed the secret marks provided by the Black Flame Church and calmly walked into a room in the annex building.

"Which room is Ryan in?" Holden's voice suddenly sounded in the room.

"Sir, you're here." The scared insider turned around and suddenly found a man in black robe standing in the shadow behind the door.

I don’t know how the other party got in.

"Ryan is in the third south-facing room on the second floor of the main building of the villa." The insider had received a notice from above that someone would come to see him, so he calmed down relatively quickly and answered.

Hearing this answer, Holden nodded. This information was enough for him.

He planned to finish his work as soon as possible and go back early.

Just as he was about to leave, the insider quickly added:
"However, sir, I cannot guarantee that he is definitely in the room, because he may also be in the training room. He has been going to the training room more frequently recently. By the way, the indoor training room is the first room facing south on the first floor of the main building of the villa."

"Also, there is another latest news. Many powerful masters came today."

"Ah."

The next second, the man in black robe disappeared into the shadows.

Ok?
The insider rubbed his eyes!

He looked at the door in disbelief; the other person had indeed disappeared into the shadow of the door.

This... He left before I even finished speaking?

What if the other party fails in the mission, will he vent his anger on me?

In fact, this is the innate ability that Holden obtained from the essence of the shadow snake bloodline - "Shadow Skin Technique", the effect of which is to merge oneself with the shadow, which cannot be detected by the naked eye of ordinary people.

It can be considered as the 'invisibility' of the shadow system, except that a shadow area is required to achieve the effect of invisibility.

Instead of the bullshit magic of 'short-distance teleportation'.

In Holden's opinion, as long as Ryan's exact location was known, the rest would be easy.

As for what master?
It doesn't matter at all.

He used the shadow snake to launch a sneak attack and killed the enemy with one blow. The others had no time to react at all. By the time the enemy reacted, he had also calmly retreated.

The high priest Ganon can also perform the earth snake ruling ceremony earlier.

Soon, having made up his mind, Holden took advantage of the night and came to the garden in front of the main villa.

As for determining whether Ryan was in the room, Holden had his own way.

In an instant, Holden's eyes turned into vertical pupils like a snake's, with dark yellow pupils. At this moment, in Holden's vision, everything had turned red and blue, with high temperatures appearing red and low temperatures appearing blue.

This is also an ability that all senior followers of the Secret Snake Cult, after integrating the essence of snakes, will master - infrared vision.

For a moment, Holden could see very clearly the movements of the people in this large three-story villa.

"There's someone taking a shower in the third room on the second floor. It must be Ryan. But what is he doing waving his hands around?" Holden nodded, then looked puzzled.

"Haha, this guy is taking a shower, isn't that the best opportunity? I was originally worried that if he was wearing special inner armor while resting, the shadow snake might not be able to bite him right away."

Holden couldn't help laughing and was in a good mood.

"There seems to be a woman in the fourth room on the second floor, also taking a shower. Huh? Such a hot body!" While observing Ryan, Holden saw the room next to him out of the corner of his eye.

Even from the infrared vision, one could see the curves of the other person's figure, and one couldn't help but linger on it for a few seconds longer.

"The last room on the second floor looks like a woman, judging by her figure. Hey, she's actually here..."

"So horny?"

This immediately made Holden's heart burn with anger!

Although their Snake Cult worships the Devouring Snake, the doctrine itself has nothing to do with reproduction, offspring, etc.

But unfortunately, they usually integrate the blood essence of various strange snakes into themselves to enhance their strength.

But this also leads to their particularly strong desire in that area.

Because after the followers of the Secret Snake Cult absorb the essence of snakes, they will naturally be affected by some of the snakes' nature. This is the result of being controlled by various secret techniques.

Haldane tried to calm down and thought to himself, "Let's get the job done first."

He walked in the shadow of the garden, and stopped at the shadow of the main wall of the villa. The next second, two small black snakes crawled out from his wide cuffs.
Naturally, these two little snakes also had abilities similar to shadow skin magic. After they sank into the shadows, they disappeared in a flash.

And in Holden's infrared vision, he could see clearly that the two small shadow snakes were still crawling quickly towards the target person.

Why was Haldane so confident about the assassination?
This is the reason. His shadow snake has two special talents: concealment and poison. Once a sneak attack is launched in the middle of the night, it can be said to have excellent concealment.

In addition, the target of his assassination this time was a senior knight.

No matter how many secrets the opponent has mastered, as long as he is a great knight, even if he is a top great knight, due to the toxicity of the shadow snake, once bitten, he will die.

No matter how quick the opponent's reaction is or how cautious he is, he will be severely poisoned if even a small bit of his skin is bitten.

At most, he could just give one final blow.

Unless the opponent is a formal wizard, it would be much more difficult. With the innate witchcraft defense and super high perception, it is relatively easy to detect the approaching shadow snake.

Of course, if the enemy was a real wizard, Holden would not use the shadow snake sneak attack method.
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inside the room.

After finishing his bath, Ryan wiped himself and prepared to get out of the bathtub.

At this moment, he suddenly sensed something

Suddenly, a tiny black shadow came like lightning and bit his calf.

Ryan immediately kicked the black shadow into the air with a spring kick. The next second, the black shadow was pierced in the head by hardened gold that had transformed into spikes and was nailed to the wall.

But almost at the same time, another black shadow rushed out from the side and rear and bit Ryan's other calf.

"clang!"

The next second, the black shadow froze, and saw that its two fangs were broken directly, and it was twisting and rolling on the ground in pain.

Ryan looked at his calf and saw only two white marks.

The hardness of a venomous snake's fangs is actually not very high. Because it is required to inject venom, the inside is hollow. Facing Ryan's intermediate steel body, it is like biting into an iron plate!

Ryan kicked up and hit the second shadow snake's head with a strong airflow.

Snapped!
Although the shadow snake was not kicked to pieces, this kick directly turned it into a dead snake the next day.

"Two snakes?"

"No. This kind of snake." Ryan immediately noticed the problem.

The next second, the greyhound war dog 'Cookie' who was sleeping soundly on the first floor woke up immediately, and the blood-feathered horned eagle beast 'Blood Feather' quickly flew into the sky from the outdoor training ground.

And Holden in the garden felt a sharp pain in his head!
"Huh? Why is his body so strong? Is it some kind of talent?"

"Also, how come the other party's perception is so sharp?"

"Fuck! The Black Flame Church is such a piece of shit. What a bunch of crap intelligence. Something that was supposed to be foolproof actually failed."

But without any hesitation, Holden turned around and left angrily.

Ryan immediately activated the "Eye of the Beast" and overlooked the entire Earl's Mansion from the perspective of the Blood-Feathered Hippogryph.

Suddenly, a black figure flashed across the garden.

This made Ryan narrow his eyes.

Before he could put on his knight's armor, Ryan picked up the hardened fine gold beside him and deformed it on his body, simulating a half-body armor similar to that of ancient Greece, covering his vital parts.

Then he picked up the skull hammer beside him, and with a "bang", he jumped out of the window and quickly chased after the black shadow.

The noise of breaking the window obviously alarmed other people around.

When Holden turned around, he sneered.

"Still want to catch up with me?"

"Hey, that's not right!"

When Holden looked back again, he saw that Ryan, who should have been taking a shower just now, was actually wearing a half-body armor.

Immediately, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice:

"Fuck, who the hell wears half-body armor in the shower?"

“It’s really weird!”

The next second, his figure disappeared into the shadows.

Ryan was approaching rapidly, but suddenly he lost the trace of the opponent, which made him stop immediately and observe carefully.

However, although Ryan stopped.

But the greyhound war dog 'Cookie' did not stop. After sniffing the ground, its eyes lit up and it immediately looked in a certain direction and continued to rush forward quickly.

"Wang Wang!"

"Oh!"

Cookie was kicked away, but Holden's figure was exposed again!
"Fuck! Damn dog!"

"Whoosh!"

This allowed Ryan, who had been watching closely, to immediately seize the opportunity and throw out a short spear made of hardened refined gold!

Faced with the incoming short spear, Holden naturally would not choose to resist it head-on, but would dodge it, but this would cause his speed to drop again.

This quickly brought the two closer.

And with another interference from the spiritual war dog 'Cookie', Ryan quickly bit Holden.

As a result, the two figures started fighting fiercely near the gate of the mansion.

Holden used two metal spikes that were more than 30 centimeters long. This kind of cone-shaped weapon was best at breaking armor. Although Ryan had the talent of "Intermediate Steel Body", he was unwilling to experience the consequences of being stabbed.

When the opponent was wielding the metal spikes, a lot of python-like black air lingered around his body. Not only did he have defensive capabilities, but he would also suddenly attack Ryan from time to time, almost instantly sending out a black airflow impact with great power.

This kind of fighting style is the first time Ryan has encountered it.
(End of this chapter)