The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 318: Death of the High Priest (Two chapters in one)

"clang!!!"

Ryan's hardened adamantite warhammer and the six-armed Naga's pair of daggers collided heavily.

This time, Ryan was blown away several meters by the impact, and although Selinis was not knocked back, her entire upper body leaned back greatly, and the ground where her snake tail touched cracked instantly.

Apparently, she was transmitting the impact force underground.

"hu~hu~"

Ryan was breathing heavily, with white steam rising from his body!
He had just used up his profound skills almost continuously, which consumed a lot of his energy. However, his eyes became brighter and brighter!
In the previous battle, Ryan had added points twice in a row.

In other words, Ryan recovered his physical strength twice, which was the reason why he could fight with the six-armed Naga for such a long time.

The opponent's six arms can all participate in the attack, which puts unprecedented pressure on Ryan in terms of technical skills.

On the one hand, he had to control the three shields of the witchcraft 'metal barrier' to resist the attacks that the war hammer could not withstand, and at the same time, he had to use the secret technique.

But this was the first time that Ryan had been so well matched.

At this moment, there was a flame jumping in Ryan's heart, making his blood boil!

Unlike the ancient hero Monger and the Black Flame Cult's high priest Exter who was possessed, these two eventually competed in strength, but the man in front of him did not have much pure strength, only slightly stronger than Ryan.

With Ryan's tremendous strength and the blessing of dragon blood, the situation was almost equal, and both sides relied on various close combat skills.

This is simply a perfect sparring partner for Ryan!

On the other hand, Selinis looked exhausted, and the pair of arms holding the daggers in the middle were trembling slightly.

Obviously, the battle just now had almost exhausted her physical strength.

But even after using all the means, she still failed to defeat the opponent. This made Celinice, who already had difficulty thinking rationally, extremely angry!
"hateful!"

She began to wave her arm holding the short stick and mutter something to herself.

In fact, if her soul had not been injured at this moment, the "Water Vortex" she was about to cast would have been almost instantaneous.

But now, she had to chant the spell to perform it.

"hold head high!"

Ryan immediately roared a "Dragon Roar", interrupting Celinis's spell and causing her to pause for a moment. Suddenly, two afterimages of Ryan flashed, and his real body attacked the opponent from the side and rear.

The two of them immediately engaged in fierce close combat!

Following a scream from Selenis, more than twenty male Blood Curse Nagas who were blocked at the entrance of the forbidden gate by Angus and others, now rushed inside like crazy, with red eyes, fearless of life and death.

This immediately caused Angus and others to retreat step by step!

Even if this retreat opened up the narrowest entrance with the best terrain, it would be impossible to block the Blood Curse Naga from entering!

Angus and the others were horrified, while Neoro immediately shouted at Ryan:
"Captain, we can't hold on any longer! Be careful of the Blood Curse Naga rushing in!"

After hearing the reminder, Ryan looked out of the corner of his eye and saw more than a dozen male Blood Curse Nagas, all of them injured, rushing towards him. This scene made him happy.

In order to avoid any further complications, Ryan had long wanted to kill the six-armed Naga in front of him as soon as possible instead of dragging it on.

I didn’t expect that soul energy would be delivered to my door!
Ryan used all his strength to perform Shadow Step, and in an instant, he appeared next to the five Blood Curse Nagas who had just rushed over. Almost at the same time, five figures swinging hammers in different postures appeared.

"Bang! Bang!"

After five consecutive hammering sounds like firecrackers were heard, four of the five figures suddenly disappeared, leaving only Ryan's real body on the field, still swinging the hammer with both hands and smashing it down heavily.

The heads of the five Blood Curse Nagas exploded one after another and they fell limply to the ground!

After repeating this once.

Nine transparent shadows of the Blood Curse Naga, with long tails of flame, circled around Ryan for several times and were sucked into the warhammer in Ryan's hand.

"Necromancy!" Selinis narrowed her eyes, quite shocked.

next second!
Ryan raised his war hammer high, rushed towards Celinis, and attacked her with all his strength!
"clang!!!"

Blocked!
But before Celinice could feel happy, she immediately started screaming again with her head in her hands!
"what!!!"

It can withstand the 'Hammer of Annihilation', but cannot withstand the 'Soul Shattering Shock'!
This time, the 'Soul Shattering Shock' caused Celinis' already injured soul to be even more seriously injured.

If it weren't for the extremely high soul strength of her senior legend, this one blow would have killed her directly.

But at this moment, she was like a madman, screaming in pain, and her six arms were waving wildly!
This made Ryan feel uncomfortable about going up to her and fighting her head-on.

However, in a flash, a flash of inspiration came to Ryan's mind.

The two-handed war hammer in his hand quickly changed into a lance more than three meters long. Relying on his flexible footwork, he attacked from a distance.

Although the power of the lance is inferior to that of other weapons that have mastered their mysteries, and it cannot be compared with the hammer technique that has mastered the top mysteries, it is relatively safe!

This is a bit like using an explosion-proof fork to subdue criminals in the previous life. By controlling the distance, you can ensure your own safety, and then continue to launch attacks.

After Ryan controlled the distance, he started to stab continuously!
It seemed that because of two consecutive "Soul Shattering Shocks", the opponent's soul was severely injured, and his attack was completely disorganized. Ryan's lance hit the target every time.

At this moment, blood was constantly bursting out from the six-armed Naga whose defensive magic had disappeared.

It has become a target for Ryan's lance teaching!
The opponent's movements are getting slower and slower!
Ryan narrowed his eyes, and in an instant, he stabbed with all his strength. The tip of the lance went straight through the opponent's throat.

"Ho ho."

Celinis' eyes suddenly widened, and she felt her life slipping away.
In an instant, countless memories flooded her mind.

"How could I die here? I am so unwilling!"

"Bang!"

The sound of weapons falling to the ground could be heard one after another. The weapons held by Celinis's six arms fell one after another, and she lowered her head and stopped moving.

"hu~hu~"

Ryan was panting, recalling the feeling of the lance strike just now.

At this moment, he felt a strong green energy lingering around him, and palm-sized green leaves, emitting green light, fell on his wounds.

Ryan looked up and saw that it was Anna who was performing the healing spell. The beads of sweat on her forehead showed that at this moment, Anna was doing her best to perform the healing spell.

This couldn't help but warm Ryan's heart.

When Anna saw Ryan looking at her, she smiled sweetly.

Thanks to the bonus of dragon blood, Ryan's advanced steel body defense is further enhanced. Even when facing the attack of the six-armed Naga, his injuries are not very serious.

And under the effect of Anna's "Healing Technique", he recovered almost immediately.

"Hiss~ This. This is too powerful!" Famor said with a shocked look on his face as he looked at Ryan who killed the six-armed Naga.

Batista and Remiel's tolerance is much higher.

Because both of them had witnessed Ryan's exaggerated fighting ability, so after a moment of daze, they came to their senses.

After shouting a few times, Neoro and others came over quickly and rescued Batista and a dozen other trapped people.

Although everyone was injured and their fighting capacity was only one tenth of what it was, walking was still not a problem.

Batista and Remire stepped forward and bowed slightly to Ryan to express their gratitude:

"Sir Ryan, we are in trouble again this time. Otherwise, I am afraid that several of us would have died in battle."

Last time, it was Ryan who saved them here.

This time, it's still the case.

This made Remiel feel a little embarrassed.

"You're welcome, Mr. Batista, Mr. Remire. This is my duty." Ryan waved his hand and smiled.

"Lord Leilan, I am Farmer, the captain of the silver-level team 'Broken Blade'. Thank you for your rescue this time!" A young man stepped forward and thanked him a little awkwardly.

"Hello, Farmer." Ryan nodded with a smile.

After some greetings, everyone began to clean up the battlefield.

At this time, everyone had time to take a closer look at the empty cave inside the forbidden door.

Soon, everyone discovered that deep in the cave full of skeletons, there was a row of huge, half-human-high eggshells that had long been broken. Then, they saw the eggshell that Ryan had crushed, and the one that was still wet with egg liquid.

This made everyone look at each other in bewilderment.

"Could this be the egg of that three-headed sea dragon with a devil's tail?" Remiel said in shock.

He was able to quickly identify the origin of these eggs because he was an eyewitness to the fierce battle between the dragon knight His Highness Menia and the three-headed sea dragon with a magic tail, and naturally knew the general situation inside the Blood Curse Naga Cave.

"Yeah, that should be it." Ryan nodded.

Hearing Ryan's affirmative answer, everyone couldn't help but marvel at it.

"Hiss~ The egg of the Demonic Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon!"

"How amazing it would be if this hatched!"

"You wish. Think about how long it takes for a three-headed sea dragon to grow. By the time it reaches adulthood, you'll be buried."

"Yeah"

For Ryan, with the system prompt, he naturally knew that this was a sea dragon egg.

However, he had not seen the row of sea dragon eggs that had long been shattered.

Immediately, Ryan set his eyes on the sea dragon egg that he had just crushed.

Under the cover of white bones, the sea dragon egg he crushed was extremely hidden.

Perhaps this is why only this sea dragon egg was preserved?
"It's such a pity that the last Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon Egg was broken. Otherwise, there would still be a chance to cultivate it into a battle pet." Neolo couldn't help but sigh.

"It's unlikely. The Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon is wild and difficult to tame. Unless you, as its master, have the strength to constantly overwhelm it, it will easily defect," Remiel explained.

"I can't do it, but the captain should be able to." Neoro glanced at Ryan and said to Remiel.

"This"

This made Remiel not know what to say.

Saying that Ryan is not as strong as the three-headed sea dragon?
It’s hard to say, not to mention that Ryan saved them.

To be honest, with Ryan's current strength at this age, it is possible that he can suppress the Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon in terms of strength.

Ryan looked calm. After all, he had absorbed the essence of the sea dragon egg and made the most of it.

The most important thing is that he obtained far more important information than a battle pet through this "egg liquid baptism".

At this time, the group had already arrived next to the body of the six-armed Naga. After carefully looking at the other party's body features, Remiel said to Ryan:
“Sir Ryan, according to the records in ancient books, this six-armed Naga has the combat power of a senior legend or even a peak legend. Moreover, the opponent is female, so it is very likely that she is a priest of the Blood Curse Naga clan, or even a high priest.”

"Oh?" Ryan looked at the body of the six-armed Naga again.

This confirmed his previous guess. After all, with such strong strength, he must be either the patriarch or the high priest.

"The Blood Curse Naga Clan is headed by females, and the high priest is above the clan leader, and is held by female Nagas." Remiel added. "That's right, I've also seen relevant records in ancient books." Neoro echoed.

"Captain, come and see, the other party has a letter." As a follower of Ryan, Vieri was naturally responsible for helping Ryan collect the spoils. He just held up a letter and gestured.

Ryan took it and looked at it, surprised, and said: "Huh? It's written in the common language, shouldn't it be Naga?"

"High Priest Selinis, please organize the outposts to wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack."

"It is indeed the high priest."

"Also, this is a letter from the Poseidon Cult to this person named Selinis."

After reading it, Ryan handed the letter to Remiel beside him. He himself was thoughtful and quickly outlined the general situation.

The other party should have two purposes for returning to the forbidden gate this time.

One is to hatch the three-headed sea dragon egg that has somehow managed to survive; and the other one should be to cooperate with the Poseidon Cult at their request and wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.

It seems that I have to convey this news to the navy and the sword bearer immediately to facilitate the decision-making of the upper echelons.

"Evelyn, contact the branch immediately and report this letter and the rescue of everyone to Her Excellency Olena."

"Okay, Captain." Evelyn took the letter and quickly stuffed it into a small bamboo tube.

"Let's leave here first." Ryan called.

Naturally, everyone had no objection and quickly followed Ryan towards the entrance of the cave.

Along the way, Batista and Ryan were talking about something:
"We were originally in Meister, guarding against the members of the Secret Snake Cult who had just appeared. However, after receiving the news of the situation here, we immediately rushed here."

"Hmm? What are the current movements of the Secret Snake Cult's people?" Ryan's heart tightened when he heard this.

"They were scattered, seemingly searching for something, and did not launch an attack on the empire," Batista said.

"It seems that they are most likely looking for the traces of the ancient legendary earth snake." Ryan nodded and said.

"Legendary farming snake?" Batista was visibly stunned.

"Ah."

Ryan immediately told Batista briefly about what had happened before.

Only then did everyone realize that this Lord Ryan in front of them had actually completed such an amazing task. Not only did he encounter the legendary land-growing snake, but he also killed a high priest and a chief priest of the Secret Snake Cult.

"However, after the other party has taken control of the earth snakes, will they leave Meister obediently?" Vieri couldn't help but ask.

"It's highly unlikely. That would be the moment they launch the attack." Ryan thought for a moment, then shook his head and said.

"Captain, in that case, what are we waiting for? Let's find and kill them first. We can't let them control the legendary land snakes and then we have to passively defend ourselves." Vieri suggested.

"Yeah, that's what I planned too. It looks like we have to return to Mayest County City as soon as possible." Ryan naturally thought of Claire.

If the enemy chooses to attack Count Habsburg's residence directly, Claire would find it difficult to resist, even though she has now reached the level of a great knight.

The reason is very simple. Even if it was the High Priest Ganon that he killed last time, if Claire fought him one-on-one, she would not be his opponent at all.

This time, the other party came prepared, and the manpower they dispatched would naturally be stronger than Cannon.

"Sir Ryan, I'll let Remiel and the others stay to help. They have tracked down those members of the Secret Snake Cult and will have some experience." Batista knew his physical condition and knew that if he stayed, he would have no fighting power, so he suggested.

"That couldn't be better." Ryan nodded.

Soon, the group walked out of the cave. The guards at the door were naturally overjoyed and greeted them warmly.

After Anna recovered a little bit of her mental strength, she began to quickly bandage the wounds of the injured and cast the "Healing Touch".

'Healing Touch', as the entry-level witchcraft of the druid, consumes much less mental energy and is more suitable for the current situation.

Ryan took the time to check the system prompts:
[Congratulations, your skill Spear of Langilo has been upgraded to level 9]

[Congratulations, you defeated a strong enemy and gained 12 gold skill point! 】

[Congratulations, your Will (Hidden) attribute has been improved! ]

[Congratulations, your Weapon Master (Legendary) career level has been improved! 】

Since the Weapon Master (Legendary) profession level was close to upgrading last time, it naturally upgraded one level this time and reached lv10 (991/20000).

This gave Ryan one skill point and one attribute point.

Adding his original remaining points, the total remaining attribute points are now 6 points, the remaining skill points are 3 points, and the gold skill points have reached 22 points.

Renn glanced at the attribute panel:
Constitution: 47
Strength: 54 (3 points of strength are added during combat)
Agility: 47
Spirit: 55
Will (hidden attribute): 9
"The willpower has increased by 2 points?" Ryan looked surprised.

"Not bad!"

"In this case, we are only one point away from reaching the 1-point mark in terms of willpower."

Ryan felt it carefully again and found that the effect of the evil flame mark on him was indeed minimal.

Sure enough, one's own strength is always the best reliance.

"Huh? The Spear of Longilo has been upgraded to level 9?"

"Doesn't this mean that I can now directly improve by adding points and comprehend the mysteries!"

In an instant, Ryan's eyes lit up and his face showed joy!
-
Meister.

At the gate of Earl Habsburg's mansion.

Butler Yodel, accompanied by a guard, hurried out and got into a luxurious carriage marked with a Kaliri bird icon. Then the coachman drove the carriage forward.

However, the carriage had only taken two steps when it was stopped on the street by a graceful woman in a black robe.

The other person was wearing a hood and his face could not be seen clearly.

"Xilulu!"

The groom had no choice but to pull the reins, and at the same time, he shouted angrily: "You are going to die!"

"Excuse me, is that Butler Yodel in there?" a magnetic female voice asked. When the groom and the guard heard it, they felt their hearts tingling and inexplicably developed some affection for the woman in black robe.

So, even when they saw the woman in black robe walking towards the carriage, the two did not try to stop her.

"Who are you?" Yodel looked puzzled at the stranger in front of him.

The woman in black robe slowly lifted her hood, and a pretty face appeared in front of Butler Yodel, with a pair of deep eyes flashing with a hint of psychedelic light.

Butler Yodel only felt his eyes blurry for a moment, and then his eyes showed a confused trance.

At the same time, two tall men in black robes suddenly appeared beside the coachman and the guards.

Just when the two felt something was wrong, they heard a hissing sound of a snake coming from the black-robed man.

next second!
Two python-like creatures, with bloody mouths wide open, suddenly emerged from the wide sleeves of the man in black robe. In an instant, the coachman and the guard were swallowed up, and the two men didn't even have time to scream.

After the woman in black robe got into the carriage, the two men in black robes quickly controlled the carriage and drove towards a remote alley in the distance.

"Yodele, tell me how the young man who controlled the giant snake died some time ago, and at whose hands he died." The woman in black robe asked with her head tilted as she sat in the carriage.

"As you command, my lord!"

In Yodel's eyes, the person who was asking him questions at this moment was the respected Count Habsburg.

As for why Count Habsburg appeared in front of him, he didn't know, and it seemed that he didn't want to think about overly complicated questions.

I just heard Yodel instinctively tell the whole story in detail!
"very good!"

"Then you are useless now." The woman in black robe said calmly.

"Hmm?" At this time, Yodel's eyes gradually regained clarity, and he also heard the last words of the woman in black robe.

Just as he was still wondering what the other party meant by this sentence, suddenly, a bloody mouth bit off his head!
All Yodel felt was that it was getting dark, and he felt a sharp pain all over his body, and then he knew nothing.

At this time, the carriage slowly stopped in a remote alley, and two men in black robes immediately entered the carriage from the coachman's seat.

"Special Envoy Ecosera!" the two men bowed respectfully.

"Now the situation is clear. My brother was killed by an Imperial swordsman named Ryan during the attack on the Habsburg mansion."

"Special Envoy Ecosera, what do you mean?"

"Now that fellow named Ryan has returned to the Munster Sword Bearer branch, but my brother's death is closely related to this Count Habsburg. I want everyone in this mansion to be buried with him!"

"Then I'll go to Munster again"

"Your Excellency, Special Envoy, let us take a look at this. Should we wait for Lord Edmundo to find the legendary ground snake? After all, the Pope's order is to..." The man in black robe chose his words carefully, seeming to be a little afraid of the person in front of him.

"Well"

I saw a white arm pinching the neck of the man in black robe, instantly making him unable to say anything else.

"I hate it most when someone uses the Pope to put pressure on me!" The white fingers kept increasing their strength, as if they wanted to break the man's neck.

Another black-robed man bowed respectfully to Icosela and said:

"Please calm down, Special Envoy Ecosela. If you attack Count Habsburg's mansion now, the possibility of destroying the enemy directly is not high, because there are only three of us, and someone on the other side will definitely escape. And you see."

Ok?
Ikosela followed the direction of the man in black robe and looked up at the sky through the car window. He saw two small black dots flying one after the other in the sky above Meister.

With Icosela's eyesight, she could naturally see clearly that the two small black dots in the sky were two Imperial Griffin Knights.

“So, when Lord Edmundo leads the legendary land snakes to join us, I think we can guarantee that everyone in this Count Habsburg’s mansion will have no chance to escape and will be completely destroyed.”

"Waiting is for better results."

"Very good! You convinced me! Then I will wait for two more days." Icosela nodded and loosened his hand. With a 'thump', the first black-robed man who spoke fell heavily to the ground and began to breathe heavily.

The man in black robe had turned purple in color. He looked at Icosela with horror, then lowered his head, not daring to look at her directly.

This woman, nicknamed "Crazy Snake" in the church, is one of the twelve Secret Serpent Messengers whose status is higher than that of the High Priest, second only to His Holiness the Pope, and has the ability to independently perform sacrifices to the Great Devouring Serpent.

"Holdan, my dear brother, I will kill all the murderers who killed you one by one." Ecosella whispered.

Although these words were not said to the two elite members of the Secret Snake Cult next to them, they couldn't help but feel a chill on their backs. They looked at each other and saw a trace of pity in each other's eyes.

This, of course, was an act of mercy for the man who had killed Haldane.

Everyone in the church knew that Holdan's sister, Icosela, was a super "brother-supporting demon". Even high-ranking high priests in the church would be directly visited by Lady Icosela to ask for an explanation if they had any unpleasantness with Holdan.

You can imagine how miserable the death of the enemy will be this time!
Moreover, they also heard about this incident.

Some time ago, Holden followed the high priest of Nome Province, Ganon, to Munster to carry out a mission. This was actually a "gilded" journey specially arranged by Lord Icosela.

The purpose is to accumulate qualifications and facilitate future promotion.

But who would have thought that the original "gilded" journey would lead to Haldane's death in Munster!

This made Master Ecosela, who was a 'brother-supporting demon', both sad and angry.

Now that we know who the murderer is, no one can stop Lord Ecosela's rage.

(End of this chapter)