Chapter 68: An Assassin of Unknown Origin
Winter Village was upgraded to Winter Town, from the Middle Ages to the Electric Age, David's idea is very good, but in reality, if you want to really do it, even if you open a plug-in, you have to overcome a bunch of difficulties, and it is possible to achieve your goal step by step.
"I'm all open, I can definitely do it."
Cheering himself up, David turned around to look for Laura, and before he reached the cafeteria, Laura had already finished eating and came out to look for him.
"Do you want to practice bows and arrows together?"
"Okay, I've just eaten enough, so it's good for doing some simple activities."
Armed with bows, axes, and guns, David and Laura headed north in the direction of the forest.
At the edge of the Winter Forest (which, like the Winter River, eventually became known as the Winter Forest), there is an improvised shooting range that David and the others have made. This side is a certain distance from the village, so you can avoid disturbing the people in the village.
Slowly, not only archery and firearms come here to practice, but also things like battles and competitions.
When Laura and David come over, they meet Peggy and Sharon, who have just finished practicing together and are about to go to lunch.
"Practice bows and arrows?" Noticing the bows and arrows in Davy and Laura's hands, Peggy knew what the two were going to practice: "Why do you still have an axe?" β
"Hand axes also need to be practiced often to maintain the feel." David gently threw down the axe in his hand, as a hunter, his best melee weapon was the axe, and he could also use the throwing axe if necessary: "I don't want to give up this craft." β
"Maybe you can also practice flying shields, I think it's much more handsome than hand axes." Sharon has been here for so long, and after gradually becoming familiar with everyone, she is no longer as silent as when she first came, showing the vitality that a young girl should have, and often jokes with everyone: "It can also be matched with a hand axe, and when the time comes, it must be very powerful with a flying axe and a flying shield in the other." β
The three women and one man present almost instantly made up the shape of David holding an axe in one hand and a shield in the other, not to mention how powerful it was, so it looked very interesting.
"Haha, that's a good suggestion, I'll consider it!"
After a few jokes, Sharon and Peggy didn't even stop and went straight to the cafeteria, while David and Laura walked to the improvised shooting range, each chose a target and began to practice.
Although it is located at the edge of the forest, the target is not placed with its back to the forest, but with its back to the open field to the northeast, to ensure that nothing will be accidentally injured by the practice - the people in the village will go into the forest to collect wild fruits and vegetables, and when they practice outside, they may not be able to see the people in the forest, which is likely to cause accidental injury.
The target is still safe to be placed in an open place.
The two of them took out their bows and arrows and each chose a target and began to practice, both of them have very strong bow and arrow skills, and it is no longer a happy thing to hit the bull's-eye, in order to achieve the effect of practice, Laura and Davy began to change the tricks of tossing.
For example, Davy tried to spell the Assassin's English on the target, but was intercepted by Laura halfway, and the arrow was shot down before it could land on the target.
Later, Laura's spelling cavalry with arrows was also destroyed by David, and with the best rapid-fire shot, he instantly shot the entire target into a hedgehog, and he couldn't spell any words.
The unhappy Laura directly used the holy light shot she had comprehended some time ago against the Holy Trinity, and the arrow infused with powerful holy light directly exploded David's target into pieces.
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The target is broken, how can you practice this?
Laura rolled her eyes, indicating that it would become like this, and it was all David's pot.
"I'm going home, you can slowly cultivate the target here!" It's better to repair it than to recreate two new targets, and the target that was shot as a hedgehog can no longer be used.
Laura pulled out all the arrows on the target and put them away, and took David's hunting bow by the way, and finally waved her hand at the helpless David, and left with a smile, leaving David to work here slowly.
Watching Laura leave, David could only honestly repair (remake) the target, fortunately, it was not a complicated job, and everyone's requirements for the target were not high, and David could quickly complete the production of two new targets with only the axe in his hand.
After a while, two new large-character targets stood in the open space, David looked at it and nodded with satisfaction, and then kept throwing the axe in his hand up and down, until the axe fell into his hand again, and suddenly swept behind him.
There was no reason, no discovery of anything, just that he felt that he should cut an axe in this direction, and David also felt that this sudden feeling was unreasonable, and he seemed to be able to ignore it.
But he still chose to act on this sudden feeling, and sure enough, he got an unexpected reward.
The axe in his hand didn't cut anything, but when he turned around and swung his axe to slash into the air, he could see a transparent humanoid silhouette dodging backwards quickly, avoiding his own axe.
"It's ......"
David's reaction was very fast, although the silhouette of that figure was only faintly visible, and even made people suspect that he was dazzled, but he firmly believed that his eyes were absolutely not wrong, and something sneaked behind him just now, which was not a good thing!
With the movement of the wave, he completed the turn, and raised his left hand to his head, releasing a fierce ball of holy light.
The sudden burst of flash of light almost filled the space around David, and the golden light shrouded it, expelling all the 'darkness'.
David, who had unleashed his flashing spell, finally saw the figure for what it really looked like - it was indeed a person.
"Templar?"
The masked man who had been expelled by the holy light from the stealth effect on his body and exposed his body looked at David in surprise, but at the same time, he also took a fighting posture with the dagger in front of him in his left hand and the dagger at his side in his right hand.
"Lumière's followers moved so fast, and they actually sent people to such a remote place quietly."
David was so confused by this man's words that he couldn't understand what this guy was talking about. However, on the surface, he was silent, just staring vigilantly at the masked man opposite.
"The Forrester family sent you?"
The other party was stunned for a moment after hearing David's question, and then simply rejected David's guess: "No." β
"Huh?" David carefully observed the other party's reaction, and the other party didn't seem to be telling a lie, which made him very puzzled: "Not the assassins of the Forrester family?" Who would that be? β
So far, he has only had conflicts with the Forrester family, and other than that, he has no enmity with anyone else, and if this assassin was not sent by the Forrester family, why did he assassinate him?
Of course, it is not excluded that the other party did not tell the truth and deliberately answered this way to distract him. Also, this person's previous mention of the temple priests and Lumière's followers also made David very concerned, and this guy seemed to have misunderstood something.
Sticking the axe to his waist, David deliberately put on a 'safe posture' with no defense: "Since he is not an assassin of the Forrester family, this may be a misunderstanding. β
The man on the other side was obviously hesitating, and although he continued to maintain a fighting posture, he did not continue to attack, but asked David a question that made him a little confused: "Have you betrayed your faith and defected to the remnants of the old gods?" β
"......" David maintained a superficial calm, his head was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to answer this question appropriately, and finally thought about it and only held back one sentence: "I still hold on to my beliefs." β
The assassin on the other side seemed to relax a little, and asked again, "How long have you been hiding your identity and coming to the Kingdom of Tiran?" β
"It's been many years."
David remained calm, speaking ambiguous words, and he felt that he had answered well, and that he might be able to get some more information out.
Unexpectedly, the other side turned his face in the next second: "You are not a temple priest at all!" As he said this, a cloud of green smoke exploded under David's feet.
With the help of the explosion of the poisonous smoke trap, the masked assassin instantly rushed in front of David, and the dagger glowing with blue light passed through the poisonous smoke and accurately stabbed David.
"It doesn't feel right!"
The expected scene did not happen, and the Assassin found the young man in front of him still standing there steadily, ready to grab his hand holding the dagger.
"What's going on?"
The Assassin, who chose to retreat at the first time, distanced himself from David and put himself into stealth again.
Upon closer inspection, the Assassin noticed that the young man had a faint golden glow, and that his attack had been blocked by the opponent's spell shield.
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Realizing that his target was tricky, the Assassin began to consider leaving, perhaps waiting until the next time he had a better chance.
However, David was not prepared to waste time playing a cat-and-mouse game with an Assassin, and his choice was simple and brutal.
"Dedication!"
With a slight step of his right foot on the ground, the ground centered on David was infused with a huge amount of holy light, and then the ground in the entire area radiated divine light.
Realizing that the assassin had not had time to react, David had already locked his position, followed by a very authentic holy light spell.
"Sacred Fire!"
Thick, large pillars of sacred fire fell from the void, striking the locked Assassin with pinpoint accuracy. In the face of this attack, the Assassin did not even have time to shout or express his amazement, he was engulfed by a huge scorching divine flame, and his whole person was turned into fuel for the flames in an instant.
As the sacred fire burned, David noticed a slight cracking sound around him, and he finally noticed something abnormal: it was too quiet just now, as if there was an invisible barrier blocking all sounds. It was this silence that made David sense that something was wrong, and he discovered the Assassin who had been charred.
"It's a pity that I couldn't ask for more useful information."