The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 278: Crushing Game (Two chapters in one)

"Cang! Cang!"

I saw two women fighting fiercely in the middle of the training room.

Uh. Ryan was slightly stunned!
Because at this moment, Alexandra didn't look ferocious at all, and her strength was not improper at all. When she swung the hammer with one hand, the power was astonishing!
Although Claire had just become a great knight, her Arcadia swordsmanship had also reached a stronger level, so she was not at all panicked when dealing with it.

Ryan keenly discovered that Claire's Arcadian swordsmanship was slightly different from the Arcadian swordsmanship he used.

It seems that the angle of his sword is more tricky and the power is greater.

After thinking about it for a while, Ryan felt that this was probably because the Arcadia swordsmanship absorbed the advantages of the Giant Bear swordsmanship and improved it after the two swordsmanship were integrated.

However, this improvement or gap is not large, at most it is a small increase.

"Blade Storm!"

Claire was seen spinning at high speed like a top, with a strong whirlwind sweeping around.

Ryan didn't expect that Claire would actually perform the secret of Arcadia's swordsmanship, 'Blade Storm'!
"clang!!"

Although Alexandra blocked the attack with her shield, she was pushed back four or five steps.

Just when Ryan was thinking about stopping the competition between the two, he didn't expect that at this moment, Claire smiled and said, "Ms. Alexandra, thank you for your advice."

“Ms. Claire is indeed worthy of being a top student of the Imperial Royal Academy. She has just stepped into the rank of Grand Knight and has already mastered the secret.” Alexandra’s expression looked a little unnatural.

Soon, the two women started chatting enthusiastically again.

Ryan was a little stunned.
The relationships between women are really incomprehensible!

In fact, if Xia Diya was beside her, she would have seen her young lady's intention at a glance. This was an act of expressing strength and asserting sovereignty.
At this moment, suddenly, a strange vibration came from the air, which seemed to be the aftermath of some powerful energy impact.

Ryan frowned, then suddenly realized something. He immediately moved to the window and looked to the east.

In the distance, I saw a long and thin beam of light shooting straight into the sky!

"This direction is"

"Over there in the fishing town! Could it be because of that gate?" Ryan muttered to himself.

Ryan's strange behavior naturally aroused the curiosity of the two women, and they couldn't help but look in the direction Ryan was looking. Immediately, even the usually calm Claire showed horror on her face.

At this moment, a low but terrifying roar came from the direction of the light column.

Although the sound is not loud due to the long distance, it is extremely clear!

"That's over there in the fishing town, Lord Ryan. Could something have happened there?" Alexandra suddenly thought of something and immediately turned to look at Ryan.

Ryan shook his head and said, "I don't know, it's possible. But I think we will know the situation soon."

Claire quickly regained her composure and said, "Don't worry. The empire has stood for so many years, it must have something to rely on."

Ren nodded.

What Claire said made sense. Since she was studying at the Imperial Royal Academy, she should have learned a lot of secrets about the empire.

However, what Ryan trusts most is his own strength.

Such a strong power at such a long distance was beyond Ryan's understanding.

At least, up to now, he had never seen such powerful witchcraft, sorcery or divine arts.

"Although 'Tide Piercer' Rulgatz is powerful, it is still far from the power that emitted this beam of light. It can be said that they are not on the same level."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to come back that time."

"I hope the sea tribe doesn't gain the upper hand."

"It seems that I still need to find a way to improve my strength!" Ryan thought to himself.

Within a few minutes, everyone including Langgel from the Blade Squad and Deputy Minister of Affairs Olena found Ryan.

Less than half an hour later, a griffin rider landed in the garden and revealed the answer.

"Ms. Olena, according to Admiral Forbes' order, the Earthshaker Rifttooth Bear Squad that was previously seconded needs to rush to the front line of Fishing Port Town immediately."

"Has anything happened on the front line?" Olena asked with a worried look on her face.

The great knight looked around, and seemed to be keeping it a secret or was concerned about something else, so he simply said, "The losses on the front line are not small, but the losses of the sea tribe are even greater."

Although the Griffin Knight did not say it explicitly, at least everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After watching the Crimson Bear team, including Alexandra, leave, Olena looked apologetic and turned around and said:

"Excuse me, Mr. Ryan, Miss Claire. This situation."

"It's okay, Lady Olena. Of course the front line is important." Ryan waved his hand and said.

But in this case, the arrangements will have to be adjusted.
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Deep inside the Elim Mine.

In front of the ancient temple.

"Sir, the ancient temple is still sealed. How do you think we can break the amber wall?" A Black Flame monk who came forward to investigate frowned and reported.

He had just tried several attacks, but neither the black flame fireball nor the mace could cause any noticeable damage to the amber wall.

Freeman stared at the amber wall with his sharp eyes and quickly thought of a solution.

Unlike the sealed earth snake, after the earth snake wakes up, it is equivalent to destroying the amber barrier with almost exhausted energy from the inside, so it is easier.

But here, the amber barrier needs to be broken from the outside, but this is quite difficult.

"Use the magic formation of focusing power."

"As you command, Lord Freeman!" Several Black Flame monks showed joy on their faces. It was obvious that their master was confident when he said so.

The evil magic formation can infuse the black flame power of the other people into one person, thereby greatly increasing the power of the attack.

Several people quickly cleaned the ground, and then began to draw witchcraft patterns, place items, and so on.

A few minutes later, five Black Flame monks, including Freeman, stood at the five corners of the inverted pentagram evil magic formation. Freeman was at the front, closest to the amber wall.

The next second, several people chanted at the same time.

The other four Black Flame Monks spread their hands upwards, and a fist-sized ball of black flame appeared out of thin air.

Freeman raised his right hand and extended his index finger. Half a meter above his fingertips, a giant black fiery python was constantly growing larger and circling in the air!

All of a sudden!
The black flame fireballs at four points rose into the air one after another, and the black flame python swallowed them one by one.

The entire body of the python also expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a strong energy wave spread out.

"go with!"

Freeman pointed his right index finger at the amber wall and shouted calmly.

I saw a giant black flame python as thick as a bucket slamming into the amber wall.

"boom!"

The translucent amber wall was shattered in an instant!
A large hole was revealed, large enough for one person to pass through. The remaining amber around the hole was still being corroded by the black flames and was constantly expanding.

The Black Flame monks, including Freeman, all smiled and walked in impatiently.

In the empty temple hall, the scene of the amber barrier from ancient times was still preserved.

Various panicked Black Flame Monks were running, shouting, or praying, but they were all wrapped in amber.

Although everyone's face was lifelike, Freeman knew that these people were beyond saving. Once they shattered the amber, the other party would be shattered instantly.

The only person who might be alive is the person inside the ellipsoidal blood-red giant egg with a diameter of about three meters on the altar in front.

Freeman and a group of Black Flame monks observed for a while, then focused their attention on the blood-red dome.

A Black Flame monk couldn't help but ask excitedly: "Master Freeman, the ancient hero Master Monger, is he in this giant egg?"

"Well, according to the whispers of God at the Black Flame Prayer Ceremony, it should be here." Freeman nodded.

At the last Black Flame prayer ceremony, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the great God of Hunting gave him a little extra information, which was a whisper from God that the ancient hero Earth Snake had been resurrected.

He understood immediately!
This location should be within the province of Münster, otherwise the God of Hunting would not have passed the information to him.

After nearly a month of searching and looking up ancient books, he luckily found this place, but the entrance was blocked by earth snakes.

Because if the amber barrier is broken, the earth snake is likely to wake up.

Not to mention whether they can defeat the legendary 'Earth Snake', once the opponent goes crazy, it is possible that the adjacent ancient temple will be damaged, leading to unpredictable situations.

After careful consideration, Freeman decided to spread the news of the legendary 'Earth Snake' to the Secret Snake Cult.

Now it seems that everything is going according to his plan.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Freeman's lips.

"Arrange a blood ritual to awaken the ancient hero, Lord Monger."

"As ordered!"

This blood source ritual was much more complicated than the previous evil magic formation. It took the Black Flame monks several hours to complete it. A bone staff more than half a meter long was inserted at the top of each pentagram.

At the top of the bone staff, there is a diamond-shaped crystal with an extremely rich blood color.

Each crystal stores one thousand units of human blood essence, which is also the result of the blood sacrifice performed by Laxul and others in recent times.

"The sleeping place of the ancient hero Monger, the great god of hunting"

As Freeman sang in a low voice
In an instant, five diamond-shaped crystals burst out with dazzling blood light!
The next second, five blood-red beams of light poured into the giant egg in the center of the ceremony!
After a while, the dome underwent a strange change. The originally wrinkled surface became round and smooth, and a strange sucking sound emerged in everyone's heart. A terrifying breath suddenly spread, and in an instant, the sucking accelerated!
I saw five diamond-shaped crystals suddenly explode!

A huge amount of blood was instantly absorbed by the giant dome, and then a strong and powerful pulse sounded inside the giant dome.

"Crack!"

An extremely skinny hand, which looked like a corpse, stretched out from the giant dome!

Naturally, all the Black Flame monks around were surprised by this scene!
You know, if the ancient hero Mung is converted according to the current combat power, he is a strong man above the title knight. With his joining, the whole situation of the church will undergo tremendous changes.

"Blood (ancient common language)" A dull voice, as if coming from the chest, came out from the blood egg.

This made Freeman frown!
Aren’t five thousand units of blood essence enough?
Or is it that most of it is ordinary people's blood and the quality is too low?

Immediately, he turned to look at a Black Flame monk and said, "Blanchard, go forward and check it out."

"Yes, sir!" The Black Flame monk named Blanchard was very excited at the moment. He walked forward without thinking too much.

As he got closer
next second!
The withered arm suddenly stretched nearly twice as long, and pierced Blanchard's heart with lightning speed.

"Lord Freeman, save me"

Before he could even finish the word "I", Blanchard, who was as good as a full-fledged knight, died!

In just a few seconds, Blanchard's young face had become extremely haggard, and he looked like a corpse!

And dozens of blood lines appeared on the withered arm, transporting Blanchard's blood essence to his torso!
This scene naturally made the other Black Flame monks look horrified, and they quickly took a few steps back!
"Lord Mung, we are not enemies. We are also believers of the great hunting god!" Freeman looked thoughtful and shouted quickly in the ancient common language.

The dry arm paused, and after a while, a tall figure over two meters and five meters tall climbed out of the giant dome!

The other person was wearing a metal mask, so his features could not be seen clearly. The skin on his limbs was withered, revealing his strong, brushed muscles and tendons.

What was eye-catching was the opponent's red hair that looked like a lion's mane, and the huge war hammer in his right hand.

The hammer head is square, a rectangular piece of metal, blue on both sides, and there are also intricate blue and white stripes on the handle.

"Is this the holy weapon - Sky Breaker?" Freeman muttered to himself while staring at the warhammer.
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at the same time.

One end of a newly dug tunnel underground.

Laxul has gathered nearly twenty Black Flame Monks and about ten Black Flame Guardians, along with the High Priest Ganon of the Secret Snake Cult, and followed the huge earth snake that was digging continuously in the back.

"Lord Ganon, it seems that the speed is faster than expected!"

"Yes, we are expected to arrive at the designated location before 2pm, which is nearly twelve hours faster than previously estimated."

Ganon was also surprised at the strong digging ability of the earth snake, which was even better than he expected.

At this time, a Black Flame monk came hurriedly to report, "Master Burning Blood! News has arrived from the spies and insiders in Meister County City."

"Well, how's the investigation going?"

"The spy said that the Imperial Griffin Squadron patrols over the county city every hour."

"According to an insider, Count Habsburg's mansion is currently the enemy's defense focus. Including Ryan, there are a total of nine great knights gathered here, and they all seem to be from the Empire's special departments."

"But because the other party deliberately concealed it, it is impossible to determine its origin."

After hearing the news, Laxul nodded and said:

"So, if we choose the right time, when we attack the Earl's mansion, the enemy's fastest support will take an hour to arrive?"

"Yes, my lord."

Both of them naturally ignored ordinary combat forces such as security guards, night watchmen and city guards, because they were too weak.

At this time, the High Priest of the Secret Snake Cult, Ganon, said, "As long as you don't have the combat power of a Title Knight, numbers are meaningless in front of the ancient legendary 'Earth Snake'."

"In that case, perhaps we can change the arrangement slightly." Laxul seemed to have thought of something, his eyes flickering.

Just listen to him continue:
"For example, let's pick noon time and kill all the high-end imperial forces in Earl Habsburg's mansion in front of everyone!"

"In this way, perhaps, we can also gain a lot of nobles and commoners' faith in my religion!" Laxul said with a smile.

"I don't have any problem." Ganon was slightly stunned. He didn't expect the other party to propose such a plan.

But it didn't make much difference to him.

Moreover, launching the attack earlier can also avoid accidents. It would be a pity if Holden was executed in the afternoon and we launched the attack at night.

"Then I'll have to trouble Lord Ganon." Laxul couldn't help but laugh.

At this time, the Black Flame monk who had just reported came back and said, "Lord Burning Blood, five great knights from the other side left the Earl's Mansion and seem to be heading to the Fishing Port Town."

"It seems that the Empire's front line is under great pressure, so these five people were mobilized for support."

"Huh?" Laxul had never expected such a change to happen.

"What a pity! They got away with it." Ganon said regretfully.

"Yeah, this is a bit boring. It's become a crushing situation," Laxul said with regret.
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2 p.m.

The residence of Earl Habsburg.

Suddenly, the greyhound war dog 'Cookie' who was taking a nap on the ground suddenly opened his eyes wide, stood up straight, and started barking wildly.

Cookie's shouting naturally alarmed Ryan who was in the training room!
Immediately, Ryan stepped out and stood at the door of the main building of the villa.

Soon, he felt that the entire main building of the villa was shaking slightly, and the vibration was getting more and more intense!

Ryan looked through the gate and saw a huge bulge with a diameter of seven or eight meters suddenly rising from the ground in the garden. Dozens of guards holding swords and shields quickly surrounded it.

The next second!
“Boom!!” a loud noise was heard!
Dozens of tons of soil gushed out, and a huge monster shaped like an earthworm but hundreds of times larger drilled out of the ground, with an extremely ferocious mouthparts. Dozens of guards around it were like being attacked by a mudslide, and were instantly knocked away or buried!
All the windows of the main building of the three-story villa were instantly shattered by the strong airflow!

Ryan narrowed his eyes, stretched out his left hand, and the hardened gold instantly transformed into a tower shield, blocking the splashing mud.

When the smoke and dust cleared, there was only a hole about four or five meters in diameter on the ground. The monster had disappeared, as if it had shrunk back into the ground.

What appeared before his eyes were dozens of monks in black robes, filing out from the underground passage!

The other party launched an attack immediately while the guards were still distracted.

The level of these Black Flame Monks is, at the lowest, at the level of knights, and they can also cast Black Flame fireballs. Once they engage in a battle, except for a few guards with good strength who can still resist a few, most of them will be defeated at the first touch!
Ryan's eyes were fixed on two of them.

One of them is holding a snake staff and has a metal snake ring on his lips. Judging from his appearance, he is obviously a follower of the Secret Snake Cult. This should be the high priest Ganon of the Secret Snake Cult.

The other one had a blood-red flame mark on his forehead, and he was most likely the 'Blood Burner' Laxul of the Black Flame Cult.

Judging from the respectful attitude of the other Black Flame monks towards the two men, as well as their positions, these two men are absolutely the core.

Just as he had expected, the two cult organizations were indeed colluding with each other.

Laxul originally wanted Cannon to directly control the earth snakes to drill out from the underground of the villa and directly destroy the main villa of Count Habsburg's mansion, but Cannon refused.

After all, Holden was most likely imprisoned in the main villa, so Cannon still wanted to rescue him.

Such a big commotion naturally alarmed everyone in the mansion. Claire and the three members of the Blade Squad quickly guarded the door of Count Habsburg's room in accordance with the previous agreement with Ryan.

"What just happened was..." Frye was still shocked, thinking about the huge thing just now.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the ancient legendary species 'Earth Snake'!" Claire said with a serious face.

"Didn't they say they were extinct? How could such a thing still exist?" Alex seemed to know about earth snakes and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Maybe you should pay attention to those two guys first." Captain Langgel said in a deep voice.

Both Ganon and Laxusul were aware of their identities and would not rush into action immediately.

In addition, they also need to observe the combat effectiveness of Ryan's men to avoid any setbacks.

Among the Black Flame monks, there were also Black Flame Guardians at the level of Grand Knights. When they saw Ryan at the gate of the villa, several of them immediately rushed up and threw several Black Flame fireballs with their hands.

Facing the incoming black flames, Ryan took a slight step and dodged easily.

Then, Ryan's chest swelled like a balloon, and the veins on his neck bulged. The next second, his mouth opened wide!

"Roar!!!"

A deafening sound wave, mixed with white air waves, swept around like a tsunami!

Suddenly, the four Black Flame Guardians within a range of 20 to 30 meters around Ryan froze in place with a look of astonishment, and the spell they were reciting halfway was naturally abandoned halfway.

Not only was the skin on his face severely deformed by the shock wave, but his eardrums also ruptured instantly, and his head felt like it was hit by a hammer!
“Snap! Snap!”

Before they could react, they felt it getting dark and lost consciousness.

And from the perspectives of Claire and the others, they could see it clearly.

After Ryan's sonic attack, he quickly rushed towards the four people. Within almost a second, he smashed several people's heads with his war hammer!

on the field.

Almost transparent human-shaped phantoms appeared from the body of the Black Flame Guardian who had just died, with expressions of pain on their faces.

Then, four transparent shadows were seen, dragging long transparent shadows like rivers entering the sea. They struggled to circle around Ryan several times and then rushed into the white miniature skull hammer in his hand!

For a moment, this strange scene made both sides of the battle extremely surprised, and many people stopped what they were doing!

"Hey! Isn't it a metal wizard? Why does it look like necromancy?"

The scene just now made both of them slightly dazed! However, the scene surrounded by dead souls was too eye-catching. After the High Priest of the Secret Snake Cult, Ganon, came to his senses, he couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"This..." Laxul was silent for a moment!

(End of this chapter)