The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 357: Deep Sea Giant (Two chapters in one)

At this time, Ryan, who was resting on the side, suddenly found that the people of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group were looking at him with strange eyes, which seemed to be mixed with a bit of reverence.

At first, Ryan thought it was because he helped the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries and killed many Thick-Shelled Lobster People.

Until a few minutes later.

Fandral came over and said in a low voice with a little restraint:
"Sir Ryan, you... you are not a third-level wizard apprentice, but a formal wizard, right?"

"Oh? Captain Fandral, how did you find out?" Ryan smiled and didn't mind that Fandral discovered some of his hidden strength.

However, he was still somewhat curious about how the other party discovered it.

After all, he thought he had concealed it on purpose.

"Um, don't you think you've cast the zero-level magic 'Sharpness' a bit too many times?"

"To perform the 'Sharpness Technique' more than thirty times is definitely not the mental strength a wizard apprentice should have. Even for a third-level wizard apprentice, it is impossible." Fandral said firmly.

"Hmm?" Ryan thought about it for a moment, then suddenly understood.

Yes! His mental strength is now as high as 68 points.

Although performing the 'Sharpness Technique' more than thirty times only used up about one third of his mental power, it was almost all the mental power of a formal wizard.

It turned out to be the case.

"Georgia, take the primary mental power recovery potion you have to Lord Ryan." Fandral turned to his sister Georgia and said.

This time, the girl said nothing, lowered her head, and walked forward with an extremely well-behaved look. She held a bottle of light blue potion shaped like an ink bottle in both hands and handed it to Ryan respectfully.

There is no trace of the tsundere look she had before.

The girl didn't even question her brother, asking why he gave the other person such an expensive primary mental power recovery potion.

Ryan smiled slightly, took it, and said, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome! Lord Ryan, I was wrong before." The girl's fair cheeks turned slightly red as she apologized weakly.

Ryan waved his hand. He would not bother with a young girl. Besides, she was not a bad girl by nature. She was just a little bit arrogant.

After resting for a while.

The Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries relied on Ryan's improved Sharp Technique to launch another attack on the Lobster Man Camp.

Soon, almost all the thick-shelled lobster warriors in the camp were sniped to death, and the remaining old, weak and sick people hid in the semicircular mud houses and dared not show their heads.

The sacks brought by the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries were now filled to the brim.

Everyone showed joy on their faces!

This time they had originally planned for the mission to last seven to ten days, but now, thanks to Ryan, they had completed most of it in just half a day, and harvested nearly sixty pairs of giant claws.

"Captain, should we move to another place? If we stay here for too long, it might easily attract the attention of the Cult of Poseidon." A tower shield warrior walked up to Fandral and reminded him.

"Yes! I almost forgot!" Fandral, who had a smile on his face all the time, suddenly came to his senses, patted his head heavily and said.

"Everyone, pack up the spoils and move immediately."

At this time, Ryan looked up to the west, frowned slightly, and said, "Captain Fandral, tell everyone to organize defense. It may be too late to retreat."

"The other party is here!"

"what!"

Hearing Ryan's words, everyone was stunned!
Immediately afterwards, everyone, including Fandral, looked towards the west. After seeing the number of attacking enemies, their faces changed drastically.

"Oh my god! Look, that lobster man is so big!"

"Yes! And one of the pincers is particularly huge!" exclaimed an archer with the best eyesight.

Everyone immediately focused their attention and looked over there.

Sure enough, a giant lobster man who was nearly three meters tall stood out among a group of normal lobster men who were only two meters tall, like a crane among chickens.

There were more than a dozen elite lobster men with huge and shining claws around them, and even two black-robed men who looked like monks of the Sea God Cult guarding them. At this moment, they were rushing towards the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries with great momentum.

"Retreat to the right!" Fandral said with a serious face when he saw such a large number of people.

"Oh no, Captain, there are lobster people on the left and right, and there are more of them!" The next second, a team member exclaimed.

"Quick! With your back to the reef, organize a defensive formation!" Fandral's face changed and he quickly changed the order.

"Tower shield warriors move forward, archers get ready!"

After hearing the leader's orderly orders, the panic on the faces of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries soon subsided a lot, but they still couldn't hide their worries.

However, Fandral was able to use every advantage to boost the morale of his team members. He shouted loudly:
"Don't panic! Don't forget that we still have Lord Ryan here. Lord Ryan is a formal wizard!"

Although the members had previously speculated that Ryan might not be just a wizard's apprentice, their morale was immediately boosted when they heard their leader's affirmative answer.

Because even if he is a third-level wizard apprentice, there is a huge gap in combat power between him and a formal wizard.

"Yes! With Lord Ryan here, we just need to do our own thing!"

"That's right! We will definitely win!"

"Sir Ryan, please cast the sharpness spell on the two archers first."

"We have to kill the Poseidon monks first. Otherwise, even the tower shield warriors won't be able to withstand their evil bombardment." Fandral said respectfully to Ryan.

He knew very well that the key to whether he could hold on lay in the young wizard Ryan in front of him.

"Of course." Ryan nodded and agreed with a smile.

On the other hand, the thick-shelled lobsterman chieftain Yakaolan adopted a three-sided encirclement tactic. He thought that the human mercenary group on the opposite side would be scared and flee in all directions, but he did not expect that the other side would actually hold on with their backs against the solid reefs.

"interesting!"

"It really is quite powerful."

"Go!" With Yakaolan's order, more than a dozen elite thick-shelled lobster people rushed forward.

The two Poseidon monks nearby also began to chant spells, but they were still very cautious and first cast a defensive spell similar to the water film spell on themselves.

"Whizzing!"

The two had just finished performing the spell when, in the next second, five or six streams of light arrived in an instant!

The two Poseidon monks couldn't help but sneer when they saw this scene.

Want to make a sneak attack?
It’s too slow!

But then, the sneers on their faces froze.

Because they saw that the flying arrow was very unusual. The silver light on the arrow head was so obvious, even a little dazzling.

"This is sharp technique!"

In an instant, the two of them figured out some things, such as why the thick-shelled lobster people, who were famous for their thick shells for defense, were beaten and had to ask for help.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The piercing sounds rang out one after another!

One of the Poseidon Cult monks had been shot in the forehead by an arrow and fell straight down, while another one was hit in the waist and abdomen by three arrows in succession.

"How is it possible to penetrate it with just one strike!" The seriously injured Poseidon monk exclaimed in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

"Such power."

He found that there was definitely something strange about the opponent's sharp technique. The water film technique defense was actually penetrated by an arrow. It was as fragile as a bubble. This was the first time he encountered such a situation.

"Gurgle gurgle." He wanted to remind Yakaolan who was standing beside him something, but the second seriously injured Poseidon monk had already started to have blood bubbles coming out of his mouth, and soon he followed in the footsteps of the previous one.

"Um?!"

Two Poseidon monks died in an instant, which made the thick-shelled lobster man chief Yakaolan look a little ugly.

He was already very unhappy about the heavy casualties among his family members before, and this time, the death of the Poseidon monk made it even more difficult for him to go back and report to Lord Havers.

"Human mercenaries, you are courting your own death!"

The tall Yakaolan could no longer hold back, and waving his two asymmetrical light blue claws, one large and one small, he rushed towards the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries.

At this moment, after seeing two Poseidon monks being killed in an instant, the morale of the mercenaries was high, and at the same time, the battle formation defense became tighter.

Three tower shield warriors were in the front, and the knight swords in their hands were sharpened by Ryan. Behind them were six archers and rangers, and Ryan and Fandral were at the end.

Ryan promptly increased the speed of casting the Sharpness Technique, basically casting one Sharpness Technique per second.

If the six archers and rangers were regarded as Gatling guns, then Ryan was the ammunition chain, shooting the thick-shelled lobster warriors and making them flee in panic!
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!"

However, with the addition of Yakaolan, because the hardness and thickness of his shell far exceeded that of ordinary lobster people, he actually rushed up against the rain of arrows blessed with sharpness, but Yakaolan was also shot and hurt!
Naturally, he also discovered the key to the difficulty of dealing with this human mercenary group in front of him - there was something strange about the arrows!
Must get close!
Yakaolan made a decision quickly.

"Oh no, the big guy is coming! Give me the tower shield!" Vandal in the battle formation immediately discovered that there was something wrong with the strength of the huge lobster man in front of him. He picked up a tower shield and was about to charge forward.

"Giant Claw Shock!"

Yakaolan, who had already rushed to the front of the battle formation, suddenly raised up his light blue giant claw, which was three times larger than an ordinary giant claw and as big as a wine barrel. With a flash of blue arc light, the giant claw slammed heavily into the ground several meters in front of the tower shield warrior.

"boom!!!"

Like a dragon turning over, the ground instantly became as soft as noodles, and a powerful shock wave immediately shook the three tower shield warriors to and fro.

"The shadow of the clamp is heavy!"

"Shhhhh!"

Yakaolan rushed in immediately after, and with a pair of giant pincers in his hands, he stabbed three times at lightning speed, immediately twisting and deforming the three thick tower shields, and the three tower shield warriors were knocked away with screams.

Fortunately, with the protection of the tower shield, none of the injuries were serious, but the left arm holding the shield in mid-air was obviously twisted and deformed.

"Not good! The other party is the thick-shelled lobsterman chieftain Yakaolan!"

Seeing that the opponent broke his carefully constructed 'tower shield defense line' with just two moves, and thinking of the opponent's characteristics of one large and one small giant pincer, Fandral couldn't help but think of something in an instant and exclaimed.

"Since you know me, then you should know that today is the day you die!" Yakaolan said in the common language which he was not very proficient in, with pride flashing in the eyes of the two matchsticks.

"I will chop you in half one by one, and make you die screaming and wailing!" "Huh? There is also a human girl, Commander Dune's favorite. Yes, this girl can survive." Yakaolan obviously saw Georgia in the crowd, showed joy, waved his giant pincers and pointed, and said.

At this moment, the remaining archers and rangers all looked panicked.

After all, even the tower shield warriors with extremely strong defense could not withstand the opponent's two pincers. They were wearing leather armor and could not withstand even a random attack from the opponent.

Although Lord Ryan is an official wizard, what they are facing at the moment is a chief-level monster like the thick-shelled lobster man chief Yakaolan.

Even a real wizard would never be his opponent.

That is a quasi-legendary existence.

Unless Lord Ryan is a second-level liquefaction wizard, he may be able to save his life.

Our team's luck was really bad. They actually encountered the strongest among these thick-shelled lobster people.

"Now, die!" Yakaolan rushed forward with his pliers.

"Bang!!"

Fandral stepped forward, raised his shield and tried to block.

But as soon as the fight started, the creaking of the tower shield and the boots sinking deep into the ground made it clear to Fandral, the person involved, that he was no match for the other party. Akauran's power was simply too strong.

"Run away! I can't hold on for much longer!" Fandral roared.

"Sir Ryan, protect my sister!"

"Retreat? Why should we retreat?" Ryan's calm voice came.

Everyone was stunned! Before they could understand what he meant, they all felt a flash before their eyes, and the figure of Lord Ryan disappeared.

"Shh!"

Suddenly, Fandral felt a strong wind blowing behind him, and then something seemed to flash in front of him.

Another second passed and Fandral felt something was wrong.

Because the thick-shelled lobster chief Yakaolan did not attack again, and he saw from the corner of his eye that the team members beside him were standing still as if they were struck by lightning.

Almost everyone's mouth was wide open, as if a whole pear could be stuffed in!
This made Fandral a little confused.

He carefully poked his head slightly out from the edge of the tower shield.

The next second, he also froze!
Because Lord Ryan had appeared in front of him without him noticing when, holding a short spear in his hand.

At this moment, some light blue liquid was dripping from the short spear.

The thick-shelled lobsterman chieftain, Yakaolan, was lying on the ground motionless, but he still kept waving his giant claws to resist.
The other party's originally two upright, bright matchstick eyes had completely drooped.

There was a small round hole on the shell between its two eyes, and light blue blood was still oozing out of it.

Obviously, that was the fatal wound.

Fandral knew that that place was where the lobster man's brain was located.

But how is this possible?
Judging from the situation, it should be that Lord Ryan used the short spear in his hand to pierce through the giant claws that Akaolan was resisting, and then pierced into the opponent's shell again, hitting the brain, which led to the current effect.

"This is the giant claw lobster man chieftain Yakaolan!"

"The third most wanted sea creature."

"Lord Ryan actually killed him with just one strike!"

"Oh my god! Lord Ryan's strength."

For a moment, everyone who came to their senses exclaimed in surprise!
The eyes looking at Ryan showed shock, joy, admiration and so on!
The remaining thick-shelled lobster warriors around saw this scene, their matchstick eyes were stunned!

Our own mighty chieftain of the Yakaolan tribe just died like that!

Suddenly, the thick-shelled lobster warriors who had surrounded them on three sides fled in all directions like birds and beasts.

For Ryan, the strength of the giant claw lobster man chief Yakaolan is roughly at the peak of quasi-legendary level, just touching the threshold of legend, so naturally he will not be his opponent.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the opponent could exchange a few moves with him.

But this time he suddenly used Shadow Step and his speed was too fast, so he was able to kill the enemy with one strike.

"Lord Leiren, you are more than just a formal wizard!"

A full minute passed, and Fandral still couldn't calm down his inner shock and excitement, and spoke to Ryan with a slight stutter.

"I wanted to stay with you for a while, but now it seems that's not possible." Ryan looked at his destination from afar.

The rime cliff is just over ten miles away.

Originally, he came here just to understand the situation, and now, he has almost found out everything.

"Captain Fandral, you have to be careful. The strength of the Poseidon Cult is more than that. I'm going to go to the frost cliff ahead." Ryan said to Fandral with a smile.

"Sir Ryan, are you leaving? But you promised to complete the imperial bounty with us." Georgia couldn't help but step forward and said, with some reluctance in her words.

Ryan smiled and pointed at the thick-shelled lobstermen corpses scattered on the ground, especially the huge body of the lobstermen chieftain Yakaolan, and said:
"Taking these into account, your mission of collecting one hundred thick-shelled lobstermen corpses must have been exceeded."

"Sir Ryan, shall we go with you?" Vandal thought for a moment and took the initiative to say.

"Not good. We may encounter the Poseidon Cult ahead." Ryan shook his head and said.

Just now, he discovered that the direction from which the thick-shelled lobsterman chief Yakaolan had just come seemed to be the direction of the rime cliff.

This also means that the headquarters of the Poseidon Cult is likely there.

Perhaps it is very close to the destination of his trip.

A quarter of an hour later.

Inside the cave hall.

Havers and Diam were exchanging some opinions on cooperation between the two sides in a peaceful atmosphere.

At this time, a thick-shelled lobster warrior came to report in a panic, saying, "Lord Havers, it's bad, Chief Akaolan has been killed!"

"What!" Havers, who usually did not show his emotions, could not help but stand up and said in shock.

"Akaolan is dead? How did he die?" Ursula, the high priest of the Slippery Blade Naga, was shocked and asked hurriedly.

When the deep-sea giant leader Dunn, who was dozing off, heard the news, he opened his huge lantern-like eyes and looked over.

"I didn't see it clearly!" The thick-shelled lobster warrior thought for a long time and said fearfully.

It really didn't see clearly how the head of its family was killed.

"He was killed by a white-robed wizard. He killed the leader of the Akaolan tribe with just one spear."

"White robe? A spear?" Diam muttered to himself.

Why does this sound familiar?

"Waste!" The giant leader Dune seemed particularly displeased with this lobster man who was defeated and ran away.

He stretched out his big hand like a millstone and grabbed the thick-shelled lobster warrior.

"Spare my life!"

"Snap!" A crisp explosion sounded, and the thick-shelled lobster man in Dunn's big hand had been torn to pieces, with all kinds of body fluids and shell debris dripping all over the ground.

"Havus, I'll go check it out!"

"Dong dong!"

The giant leader Dune, without waiting for Havers to speak, picked up the anchor, stood up and walked out of the cave. With every step his tall figure took, the ground shook slightly.

For a moment, no one in the cave made a sound.

As a guest, Diam of the Black Flame Church naturally would not comment on this matter.

And Havers had always been quite wary of Dune, the leader of the deep-sea giants who had never obeyed his orders. When he heard that the other party wanted to take the initiative to go and take a look, he naturally had no objection.

As for the Slippery Blade Naga High Priestess Ursula, she first turned her beautiful head slightly to look at Havers, then looked at the tall figure going away, and wisely kept silent.

A few minutes later
"Sir Diam, how about we go and take a look? Although Akaolan's strength is not top-notch, he is not so easy to be killed by humans."

Havers pondered for a while, then turned to Diam and said.

"Of course, that's perfect. I can also see the strength of Commander Dune." As a guest, Diam naturally followed the host's wishes. Moreover, he was quite curious about the combat power of the deep-sea giants, so he nodded in agreement.

A few minutes later, following the giant leader Dunn, the three of them also headed towards the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries under the protection of a group of Poseidon Cult and Slippery Blade Naga elites.

Near the southern camp of the thick-shelled lobsterman.

Ryan was saying goodbye to everyone from the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries.

Suddenly, he uttered a soft "hmm" and turned to look to the west.

Others couldn't help but follow Ryan's gaze.

They saw a tall figure walking towards them in the distance. The bushes, more than one meter high, just reached the man's ankles. The ground was shaking slightly with the man's steps.

"Oh no! This is a deep sea giant!"

"But why is this deep-sea giant so big!" Fandral exclaimed.

"What! A deep sea giant?!"

"Don't be afraid, we have Lord Ryan here!" After hearing these words, the panicked crowd suddenly felt much better. However, after taking a look at the other party's exaggerated height, even those who had the most confidence in Ryan suddenly felt nervous.

The opponent is estimated to be over ten meters tall. With this kind of body type, does Lord Ryan really have a chance of winning?

"Haha! Finally found it, you little mice!"

"I heard that you killed Yakaolan. Although he is also a waste, you cannot kill him. So, I will eat your flesh and bones!"

"Oh wow, there's a chick here, not bad!"

A sound like rolling thunder came from the mouth of the giant who was walking towards them, echoing throughout the wilderness!

(End of this chapter)