Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 97 The Second Attack on the River

When Lin You had a conflict with the Snake Faction Demon Hunters in the Manada Valley, he jokingly asked them why they didn't use magic-blocking gold bombs, but he didn't expect to encounter them on a ship in the Nasser Province today.

This bomb is specially designed by demon hunters to deal with enemies with high magic attributes, including monsters and humans; the high temperature of the explosion will atomize a small part of the magic resistance metal and produce a large amount of metal debris.

The atomized magic-blocking gold particles will be sucked into the chest cavity and penetrate the pores; the debris will also be stained on the surface of the skin, or stay in the mouth, nose, and eye sockets, thus seriously interfering with the orderly operation of chaos magic in monsters or human bodies.

It can be said that this is a highly targeted and efficient weapon.

However, the higher the specificity, the less universal it often means; the magic-blocking metal created to target chaos magic does not perform very well when encountering magic under the Harry Potter system.

Lin You felt that the circulation of magic power in his body was slightly delayed; the extent of the impact was probably that some spells that could be cast without a wand before now required the use of a wand to be successfully cast.

But the effect of the magic itself is not affected; the barrier formed by "Universal Protection" is as strong as it was before. So much so that the writer even had the leisure to tease the devil: "Did the supporting actor you picked appear on the stage ahead of time?"

Gaunter O'Dimm replied leisurely, "It doesn't look like it. There are more people on the other side. If I'm not mistaken, they are using the standard crossbows of the Nilfgaardian military."

Neither of the two men took the archers on the opposite side seriously, because there was one of the best archers in the North on this ship.

Milva had become familiar with the way of cooperating with Lin You along the way. She hardly considered dodging and self-protection. She straightened her back and drew her bow and arrow without restraint.

At a distance of more than ten meters, the female archer didn't even need to aim. The sharp arrow flew in a parabola at an angle of more than thirty degrees, bypassing the magic barrier in front and piercing the enemy's eye sockets and throat, the soft but deadly vital points, from top to bottom.

The three enemy crossbowmen were shot dead one by one before they could load their second round of arrows. Many people on the merchant ship were clamoring, and some wanted to pick up their crossbows to fight back, but without exception, they followed the same fate as the first few crossbowmen.

Seven people were shot and killed in succession, and the other side was finally frightened and no one showed up again.

At the same time, Lin You lightly raised the magic wand in his hand, and the iron anchor on the bow of the opposite merchant ship suddenly jumped up more than ten feet high, passed over the side of the ship and plunged into the water.

The cowhide rope tied to the anchor kept sliding into the water, scraping the planks and making rustling sounds.

Soon the anchor sank to the bottom, the long rope was released, and the merchant ship's hull shook violently. With the teeth-grinding "creaking" sound of the wood deforming, the ship, which was at least forty feet long, suddenly turned sideways.

Many people on the boat screamed loudly because of the sudden loss of balance, and some people shouted in frustration. I could vaguely hear something like "That bomb is useless, we bought a fake." "Damn witcher, liar".

Lin You seemed to be thinking: "It seems that the demon hunter community is really poor. When they are desperate, they dare to sell everything."

In this world, the various alchemical bombs made by demon hunters can barely be considered high-end munitions.

At this moment, Dandelion finally came to his senses; ever since the surprise attack, the poet had been hiding behind the side of the ship, hiding himself in an extremely efficient way. Even now, when the battle was over and the enemy ship was pulled farther and farther away due to the anchor, out of the killing range of the crossbows, his voice still couldn't stop trembling.

"Mr. O'Dimm, you just said that they were using military crossbows? Did Nilfgaard not only send sheriffs, but also sent troops to arrest us? I... I was actually targeted by a crossbow while singing those things?" "You were not targeted by the crossbow, they were targeting the count and me." Milva said calmly, "And those people were not soldiers; the army does not fight like them."

"Are you sure?" Dandelion was still trembling with fear.

"Of course." The female archer spoke briefly and to the point, with a matter-of-fact expression on her face, as if she was too lazy to explain.

Lin You was also willing to believe this lady; excellent archers are often good at judging the direction and target of incoming arrows, especially when their side is well protected and can observe in a safe environment.

The same is true for judging the army; after Milva joined the forest elves, he had long been dealing with the armies of the countries surrounding the Brokilon Forest. An army organized with military discipline and strict hierarchy will naturally have a style of battle that is very different from other violent groups.

"The execution of the plan was unexpectedly effective; someone was able to discover our whereabouts and set up an ambush in advance. Most importantly, they knew to prioritize dealing with Milva and me, while leaving Mr. Dandelion alive." Lin You looked at the poet with a smile, "It seems that they have determined that those poems that 'slander' the emperor were written by you, a famous northern poet."

Dandelion's face, which had just calmed down, was immediately filled with frustration again.

As they were talking, the boat had already passed the estuary where the two rivers met and entered the Yelena River. This river was the boundary river between the Nasser Province and the Kingdom of Metina, and was also one of the many east-west rivers in Nilfgaard; the river was wide and there were many ships traveling back and forth.

Many passengers on the ships were still pointing at the merchant ship that was lying across the tributary, and speculating what had happened.

Milva silently steered the boat, maneuvering it between other ships, turning a few corners and heading toward the South Shore Pier; the people on the boat also tacitly stopped talking, intending to leave the scene in a low-key manner.

When singing the psalms, you can act high-profile, but after causing a commotion, you have to lower your stance so that you can continue singing high-profile at the next place. This is also the tacit understanding of action that everyone has reached in the past few days.

But just as the boat entered the center of the river, a paddle boat suddenly emerged from the many sailboats upstream, with eight oars extending from each side, cutting through the water neatly and powerfully; taking advantage of going downstream, it rushed straight towards Lin You's boat like a sharp arrow flying close to the water.

Dandelion screamed and shrank back again, holding his head in his hands; Milva's face turned pale because she found that the other party was sailing too fast, and the small boat under her feet only had a clumsy rear oar as a rudder, so she had no time to dodge.

The female archer could only shout anxiously: "Hold on to the side of the boat, hold on to the mast..."

In Milva's mind, even if the Earl's protective magic was powerful enough to block arrows, could it block a ship weighing nearly a thousand pounds? The only thing she could do now was to find a way to secure her body to the ship when the collision occurred.

Once you fall into the water, you are at the mercy of others.

Unexpectedly, before she could finish her words, the female archer saw a sight that she would never forget in her life.

The opposite galley took off into the air.

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