Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1565 1537. Smooth Communication

The foreign soldier standing on the crooked tree at the top of the steep slope, with his bloated left arm like a cannon, wanted to aim at Lan En who was rushing towards him.

Its left arm looked to be almost the same size as its torso.

The golden liquid surging in his left arm was so hot that the surrounding air made a hissing sound as if a fuse was burning.

This burning heat is also the power source that enables it to shoot out its left fist like an 'RPG'!
Fixed shooting from a high vantage point should be very friendly to shooters.

The position where the foreign soldiers are standing cannot be reached without long-range means.

For example, Ah Xiu's knife and Wu Ming's naginata sickle were like a tiger biting the sky, with nowhere to bite.

If you want to attack it, you probably have to hide for a while, then take a detour and see if there is a small path that leads up the steep slope so that you can kill it at close range.

But for Lan En, who has experienced many worlds and has become more and more comprehensive through adventures, the current terrain does not pose an obstacle at all.

"rub!"

The rapid movement brought about a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

Lan En's figure turned into a bone-white phantom the moment he started!
He hadn't even used the [Acceleration Technique] yet, but the speed at which the Outer Path Soldier's arms rotated could not keep up with his movement speed.

The sudden transition between rapid speed and sudden stop happened in an instant.

The sudden change in speed did not cause Lan En to stumble at all, as if inertia no longer existed on him.

Only the hem of the dragon-skin skirt armor was swinging up, as if still obeying the law of inertia.

A clear silver light suddenly flashed.

"Bah!"

The sound of the air being sucked out was short and sharp.

A translucent sword energy moved diagonally from bottom to top, spanning a distance of more than ten meters, leaving an obvious refractive index difference interface in the air in mid-air.

With a "clang" sound, the linear air blade chopped down on the outer soldier.

Sparks burst out from the iron plates of its armor and from its left arm, which looked strong enough.

The black armor and arms were all cut with deep white sword marks.

The body of the outer soldier was also directly knocked off the tree trunk by the passive energy.

But Lan En didn't even give it a chance to fall!
“Crack, whoosh!”

The slingshot on the demon hunter's left arm had already flown out along with the air blade that was launched first.

With precise pre-calculation, the hook in mid-air hooked the head and face of the foreign soldier, and then pulled it straight towards Lan En!
The catapult can even pull Lan En's weight, so it is easy to pull an outsider soldier.

Immediately followed by two dull loud bangs!
The first sound was when Lan En bent over and pressed the outer soldier who was pulled into his hand to the ground.

The second sound came after he pressed the foreign soldier to the ground, and then he pulled his left hand back to briefly accumulate strength, and then suddenly clenched his fist and hammered it on the head!

This blow directly smashed the stone ground where Lan En was standing, leaving spider-web-like depressions and cracks.

The helmet and head of the heretic soldier turned into a pool of blood.

The monster's body, which was possessed by evil spirits and filth, also stopped moving immediately.

However, the monster's ferocity was revealed a little in the previous moment.

When being pulled over and pressed to the ground by Lan En, the outsider soldier was still thinking of swinging the katana in his right hand to chop him.

But his speed was not as fast as Lan's falling fist.

The hideous and sharp gauntlet of Smaug was pulled out from the broken ground by Lan.

There was a 'crackling' sound of gravel.

The foreign soldiers, who originally had real texture and weight, were now disintegrating into black, filthy air because of their death.

If an ordinary person killed it, the foul air would probably be absorbed by this demonized forest, making it even more eerie and dangerous.

But now it was killed by someone possessed by a guardian spirit, so the foul air quickly dissipated.

Only two things were left on the ground.

The same thing was the cluster of messy spirit stones on the left shoulder of the foreign soldier.

Strictly speaking, this is not a [Spirit Stone], but a [Spirit Stone of the Outer Dao Soldiers]. This is because the originally pure Spirit Stone has been contaminated by the Outer Dao Soldiers.

Lan En learned from Abe Haruaki that the spiritual stones on the body of this monster, if handled by a skilled swordsmith, can be made into very powerful weapons.

It can also be used as a normal spiritual stone, but it must be purified through Yin-Yang magic or Buddhism.

The other thing, in comparison, seems much more ordinary.

It was the katana in the hands of the foreign soldier.

It was a very ordinary katana, the shape was the common Mino-den style in Mino Province, and the craftsmanship was even quite crude, at least rougher than the ones carried by the foot soldiers in Sagiyama Castle.

But Lan En looked at the knife longer than he looked at the spirit stone.

After Lan En dealt with the foreign soldiers, he no longer paid attention to the situation behind him. After all, a few dead warriors were unlikely to pose a threat to Ah Xiu and the others.

Wuming's [Heaven-Returning Blade] bounced back all the rockets shot by the skeletons one by one.

The skeleton feels no pain and is fearless of death, but at the same time it is too light.

Even the rockets they shot would make you stagger for a while when they hit you.

The three dead warriors just fired a round of rockets by surprise attack, and Wuming returned two rockets. Ah Xiu blocked one by himself. Then Ah Xiu and the flannel ball rushed up and broke them into pieces.

Everyone present was carrying a guardian spirit, so they didn't care much about the foul odor after the monster died.

However, when Lan En took a look, he found that after the foul air dissipated, there was a new bone on the ground with golden crystal clusters growing on it, which was the [Immortal Bone of a Dead Warrior].

These are the three bows.

It is still an ordinary-looking bow and arrow, a common one in Japan, a compromise work made in the face of material scarcity.

But Lan En still looked at it for a while longer.

Ah Xiu was watching too.

At first, Lan En thought that Ah Xiu had noticed the same thing as himself, but then, after they looked at each other in a distinctive way, Lan En blinked.

"You want this bow?"

After asking, Lan En got a nod in response from the half-demon beauty, and then he suddenly understood.

"Oh, come to think of it, you received a proper warrior education when you were a child, so it's normal that you can shoot arrows."

"But why didn't you tell me earlier? The bows and arrows in the Lushan Castle's arsenal are much better than this thing. If you had asked me for it, the officials and warriors would have found a better bow for you as if it were a tribute."

The flannel ball, who was holding a bone in his paw and throwing it far away, also agreed: "That's right, meow, this bow is lame. To be honest, I feel that the bows here are all pretty soft, meow."

The hunters in the New World use bows and arrows for hunting, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the arrows can be used as ammunition for siege crossbows on city walls.

If the bow in the eye of the flannel ball is not mixed with special supernatural powers, it would be an exaggeration to say that it is "soft".

But there was nothing to choose from at the moment, so under Ah Xiu's innocent gaze, Lan En gathered the three bows on the ground, picked the best one, and handed it to her along with many scattered arrows.

"In the future, if you need anything, just come to me. We can communicate very well anyway." Lan En handed the things to Ah Xiu and said. "If it doesn't work, use the guardian spirit to communicate with other people. There are many people around us who have guardian spirits."

“Don’t forget how to interact with others just because you lived alone before.”

Ah Xiu carried He Gong on her back and curved her eyes at Lan En.

Lan could see that she was saying she knew.

But then, two crisp "kabakaba" sounds were heard behind the demon hunter.

Turning around, he saw Wuming expressionlessly using the folded naginata sickle to cut off the two bows that were not selected.

Although the strength of the bow is considered poor among its contemporaries due to the material, the elastic potential energy of the bow is suddenly released due to its break, and the sound of it hitting the air is still very crisp.

Ah Xiu, Velvet Ball, and Lan En all looked at her at the same time.

"It's just to prevent future troubles." Wuming calmly put the naginata sickle behind him and hung it. "The dead warriors have no weapons, so they are no longer a threat. Who knows how many scattered bones are there in the grass in this area? Don't let them pick them up."

"Well, why are you looking at me? I haven't learned any samurai skills, so I don't know how to use them. Let's keep on going!"

After saying that, Wuming took the lead and walked forward without looking back.

Lan En looked at her back and smiled teasingly.

But Ah Xiu seemed confused.

But they followed immediately.

We encountered several waves of monsters along the way, but most of them were not difficult to deal with.

The ground was becoming flatter and flatter, because the trees had not yet had time to be contaminated by the evil spirit.

However, the evil spirit is becoming more and more fresh and stronger, and it is inevitable that it will permeate the land.

After walking this distance, Lan En and the others came to a conclusion after thinking about it.

"Yilong's team has been stretched so long."

In Lan En's hand, the skull of an undead warrior was pulled directly off from the cervical vertebrae and disappeared into black smoke.

"She summoned the monsters, but she couldn't give them precise commands."

"It's fine to rush in and attack all at once, but once the battle line is stretched out and it's time to test discipline and coordination, it's basically a mess."

As usual, the disappeared undead warrior still left behind a very ordinary weapon in Lan En's hand.

It was a long spear. Not as good as the ones held by the foot soldiers of Sagiyama Castle, but strong enough to penetrate a human body.

"Does this mean they are not a big threat?" Wuming asked with a frown.

She knew nothing about marching and fighting, so she asked directly.

"If there is room for maneuver, it is indeed not much." Lan En frowned and whispered in one direction, "But... this is a siege, there is no room for maneuver."

Saito Yoshitatsu's target was Saito Dosan.

She wants to kill her father.

But this should not be her ultimate goal. After all, from her words, it can be seen that after A Xiu's mother took her away, the father and daughter were actually in a state of mutual dependence, and their relationship was very good.

There was even a significant gap in the degree of closeness between the children born to Saito Dosan and his legal wife, whom he married for political reasons.

Judging from the father-daughter relationship, Yilong really had no motive to kill his father.

That leaves only Mino Province.

She rebelled in order to gain control of this country. The biggest obstacle now is Iwamura Castle.

(End of this chapter)