Chapter 7: Battles and Intrigues

Hearing the name of the comer, Morris fell silent.

Few people have not heard of Rhodes the Wrath of God, and his power is not only praised among the clergy, but also among the people, and many troubadours have compiled songs and songs about the battles he has participated in.

All the common people are relieved that there is such a strong man in their country, except, of course, those who have committed crimes.

Although he had been mentally prepared, Morris couldn't help but tremble his legs slightly, he took a step back slightly, and said calmly: "That's how it should be, those fools in the temple have finally sent their most powerful warriors, which is good, if this time it is still some small fish and shrimp, then I will be unhappy, because this is an insult to my great creation." ”

Without waiting for Rod to speak, he gave the order: "Kill him!" ”

Without the slightest hesitation, the flesh giant rushed in front of Rhodes in an instant, and then slammed into the enemy's head with his big fan-like hand.

Rhodes flashed sideways, and then quickly pulled away from Frank, his index fingers together, pointing at the monster in front of him like a spire.

"And God said, All that are wicked shall be dust!"

The light poured out of his fingertips, rushing towards Frank like a golden wave, and the moment it touched it, it parted as if it had touched a reef, and then vanished.

Morris smiled coldly, it's a purifying holy art again, I'm afraid this idiot also thinks Frank is a zombie or something shitty, right? But unfortunately, Frank himself has no good or evil to speak of, he will only act according to the orders of his master. If the owner is willing, in addition to killing people, it can also gently help the grandmother cross the street or help the neighbor's lawn pull weeds.

"It's not just an evil creature."

Rhodes was not discouraged, the attack just now was just a small experiment, "The Purification Holy Technique has no effect, I understand, then I have to use combat means." ”

With that, he quickly took off the double knives hanging from his waist, parried the opponent's fists that slammed into him again, and then kicked his legs and jumped up reflexively. The sharp blade slashed through Frank's jaw, causing no damage to it, leaving only a shallow mark.

"Hmm, the head wasn't split in half? You're so hard! ”

Rod was slightly surprised, and in response to such a compliment, Frank responded with a stormy attack, under such an attack, Rod would occasionally slash back, but more often than not, he was mainly dodging.

"What a mess, is jumping around like a monkey the means of Lord Rhodes, who is known as the wrath of God?"

In the distance, Morris laughed loudly, "If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have imagined that a famous figure like you would be beaten to the ground by my Frank?" ”

"Oh, it looks like I'm being underestimated by sinners!"

Rod smiled bitterly, took a few steps away from Frank, and then quickly recited: "God says: Whoever is righteous must bear courage!" ”

As the words fell, a ray of light fell from the sky, clinging to Rod's body as if it were substantial, and his twin blades gradually turned from bronze to gold. Frank ignored the changes in his enemy and continued to smash his fist, but the latter just spun in a circle like a swallow, and the golden light flashed, and Frank's right hand was only half-pulled.

"Holy Light Slash? It's a sharp slash, and it's really not comparable to the half-hung demon hunter before. ”

Morris said coldly, while continuing to give Frank the order: "Don't just think about beating the enemy, idiot, the next thing is to pay attention to dodging the enemy's attack!" ”

For Frank, this is a very unreasonable accusation, because he doesn't think at all, only does what he is told. But no matter what, it still carried out the master's orders to the letter, and Rhodes immediately noticed the change in the other party. He really couldn't imagine that the monster in front of him had such a huge body, and it could still take into account the sensitivity that was almost not lost to him.

The Holy Light slash missed, but Frank's left fist smashed firmly into Rod's back, golden light flashed through his vest, and the Holy Light Shield neutralized most of the impact, Rao was so, and Rhodes was in a lot of pain.

The battle was back in a stalemate, and Frank became even more terrifying as he began to dodge attacks, his speed and strength on display perfectly, and the slash that should have been able to cut off its limbs was always half a second late, leaving only a knife cut on it. For other creatures, such injuries can be fatal if they accumulate too much, but this has no effect on the flesh giant, as long as the arms and legs are not broken, then it can always exert its full strength.

And Rhodes is also not to be underestimated, the Holy Light Slash is indestructible, and he almost cut Frank at the waist several times, and the protective effect of the Holy Light Shield seems to be no weaker than Frank's hard muscles, even if he can't dodge and takes a hard blow from the opponent, he can still continue to fight as if nothing is right.

But the two sides only seem to be evenly matched, and if the onlookers look closely enough, they will see that the balance of victory is slowly tilting in Frank's favor, after all, he will never get tired and the intensity of his attack will not diminish with time. But Rhodes can't, he will be tired, sweaty, and bleeding, the golden twin knives are still sharp, but the speed of the knife wielding man has slowed down little by little.

"Oh? Do you want to keep fighting, Lord Rhodes? ”

Morris stood in the distance and sneered: "Your swing speed is getting slower and slower, can it still be called an attack?" I think any chef apprentice can chop vegetables a lot faster than you. Ah, by the way, what about the mighty spear of Dinos, why don't you use it, maybe you don't have the strength anymore? Oh, I see, it must be the hypocritical Supreme God who has abandoned you, and he wants to watch you be killed, just as he watched my Shanna be killed! ”

Rhodes didn't understand what the other party was talking about, but he knew why he didn't use the spear of Tinos, because although this long-range attack holy art was powerful, it had to be unleashed with the hunting crossbow behind his back, and now the opponent was too close and too tight, and the wind-like attack made it impossible for him to free up his hand to draw the hunting crossbow behind his back.

Hatred welled up in Maurice's heart, and he also distorted his face, and he watched with joy as Rhodes was suppressed by one side, and shouted, "Kill him, Frank, and crush this guy like a maggot!" ”

At this moment, Rod seemed to lose his strength, and he couldn't dodge and was kicked in the chest by Frank, and then, like a leaky balloon, flew weakly backwards and fell heavily to the ground.

"Haha, hahaha!"

Morris laughed happily, "Die!" Phew, shit chief witcher, temple lackey, that's what got in my way! ”

"Ah, I'm sorry, Mr. Morris."

In the distance, Rhodes calmly got up from the ground, and beat the dust on his robe by the way, "But I'm not dead yet, I've disappointed you." ”

"How, how is it possible!"

Morris's jaw dropped in shock, "You're just a mortal, how can you still get up after being attacked like that?" Okay, okay, even if you're very durable, but next time, next time, you're not so lucky! ”

"Frank, come on, give him another hard shot!"

Morris commanded.

"It's true that it's a mortal body,"

Rod watched for a long time at the giant who rushed towards him with a burst of smoke, "But I'm not an ordinary mortal, I'm a little embarrassed to say, but I'm a ...... after all"

By this time, Frank had already rushed in front of Rod.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ What about the Chief Witcher. ”

The five fingers opened, and a blue light suddenly burst out from Rod's palm, instantly forming a crystal giant egg that exuded cold air, just like that, the menacing Frank was frozen inside, and it still maintained a running posture, which looked a little funny.

This is the most advanced form of elemental magic than the Freezing Technique, and it is not a profound magic for advanced spell controllers, and it can be easily broken free as long as the subject has great strength. And so it was, but in just a second, the giant egg that froze Frank had already cracked, and perhaps the next second it would be able to regain its freedom and crush its master's enemies to pieces.

But that little time was enough for Rod.

The crossbow was already in his hand, and there were no arrows there, and there was no need to load them. Intense energy surged from Rhodes, converging on the bowstring, and then a huge arrow of light shot out of pure energyβ€”in fact, that size could no longer be considered an arrow, but rather a spear.

Almost at the same moment, Frank, who had broken free, moved two feet to the side without hesitation, but was still one step too late.

The light cleared, and Frank looked like he had been bitten by a large round mouth, his right arm and right upper body were missing, and only a third of his head remained. It had obeyed the orders to dodge the attack as best it could, and if it hadn't, it would have only had two legs left to spin around the ground.

"Damn Rod!"

Maurice was almost so angry that he vomited blood, and at the same time secretly hated that he had lost his mind, how could he forget, the opponent was a witcher! Not only do they use their holy energy to fight, but they are also proficient in melee and ranged combat, and magic is also one of their compulsory courses, yes, they don't have to have a lot of magical skills, it is enough to be able to help them destroy enemies.

Even if you endure strong nausea, you must admit that these lackeys of the Holy See are all-round combat talents.

Moreover, except for the basic holy arts such as the Holy Light Slash and the Holy Light Shield, Rhodes had not used any other skills at all before, and almost completely relied on his melee strength to fight a draw with Frank. In fact, he didn't have to be like this at all, you must know that some of the witcher's most powerful skills are long-range attacks, and he can rely on various means to open up the distance at the beginning of the battle, and then easily shoot Frank into a sieve.

"Damn beast, are you testing your melee skills?"

Morris had reason to believe that even up to this point, Rhodes had not done his best, so he immediately ordered the mutilated Frank to retreat.

"Oh? Injured to this extent, but still able to move? ”

Rhodes raised his eyebrows, "Since Mr. Morris is a senior alchemist, then this big guy is probably a monster created by the forbidden alchemy of life, and it is no wonder that it is not afraid of the Holy Light." ”

"You know a lot,"

Morris snorted coldly, "But don't think I'm going to throw in the towel so easily!" ”

"It's your business to admit defeat or not, evildoer, but you must be punished. There is no doubt about it, and no one can change it. ”

After saying that, the hunting crossbow in Rod's hand once again glowed with golden brilliance.

"I had a lot of fun today, to be honest, it's been a long time since I've had such a good fight, and sure enough, hand-to-hand combat is a man's fight. Now, I have to put an end to it all. ”

He raised his crossbow, "Any last words, Maurice?" ”

"Slow, slow!"

Morris shouted: "You can't kill me, I haven't been tried yet, you have no right to lynching!" ”

"There is no need for judgment for the crime you have committed, it is a mortal sin."

Rod said solemnly.

"Damn, if I'm going to die, I'll have to pull at least a few pads!"

Morris shouted frantically, and Frank immediately dragged a chubby middle-aged merchant out of the carriage with his remaining left hand, and then stopped him in front of him and his master.

By the beginning of the battle, the convoy's drivers, including Lewis's steward, had run away, leaving only the stowaway in the cargo compartment. Although these people were also very scared, they were already guilty, and now they had to add a charge of smuggling, and they really had nowhere to go, and they didn't know where to run, so they could only curl up at the bottom of the cargo compartment and shiver silently.

"Come on!"

Morris sneered: "Shoot through this innocent man with your crossbow and end my life by the way!" ”

"It's ridiculous!"

Rod calmly aimed at the fat man in Frank's hand, "You think you can threaten me with a hostage?" I knew that the carriage was full of guilty people who wanted to escape punishment by smuggling, and that they were not innocent. ”

"Oh, really?"

Behind the fat man came Morris's voice: "Do you understand the crimes of these people? Do you know what crime he has committed and what punishment he deserves? If you can just kill him without hesitation, then you, who claim to be righteous, are probably no different from me! ”

The fat man was already so frightened that he was about to faint, but when he heard this, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly cried: "The lord opposite, I am an honest and trustworthy businessman, I may have made some small economic mistakes, but I am definitely not guilty of death, my lord!" ”

"Damn,"

Rod gritted his teeth and slowly put down the hunting crossbow in his hand, there was no way, he knew that he really couldn't take the life of a person without knowing him at all, "You are too despicable, Maurice, coercing hostages only highlights your weakness, maybe you should put him down, and then we have a good fight." ”

"Good idea."

Morris sneered and waved his hand, and Frank immediately smashed the fat man in his hand as a cannonball at Rhodes, "I'll put it down, you have to be able to catch it." ”

"Bastard, bastard!"

Rhodes had no choice but to put back the crossbow and open his arms to catch the dead fat man who had already fainted in mid-air, and at the same time keep backing away to defuse the tremendous force - Frank's arm strength combined with the weight of the dead fat man was terrifying.

Just as he had put the fat merchant on the ground, he looked up and saw that Frank had another stowaway in his hand, a young man with a dirty face who couldn't see his face.

"Let go of me! Disgusting bastard! ”

The young man struggled desperately, crying out: "No, I didn't mean that, please let me go, I just want to go to sea to work, why should I go through this terrible thing!" ”

"Less nonsense, smash me!"

Morris said with a sinister smile, and Frank immediately smashed the young man in his hand at Rhodes again.

"You're not done, damn it!"

Rhodes was furious, but he couldn't let the man fall to his death, so he had to take him too, but fortunately, the young man was not too heavy.

Then he turned his head to Morris, "I've had enough of your tricks, wicked one, how much longer can such a trick delay for you?" How many hostages do you have left, three, four? I must warn you that if you continue to waste like this, you will have nothing to use to blackmail me......"

"Lord Rhodes, thank you for saving me, that monster is really terrifying! I have to thank you! ”

A young voice rang out from behind Rod.

"No need, I won't accept the kindness of the stowaways, and I only saved you out of respect for life......

Rod frowned and turned his head to look, and then a glass bottle smashed into his vicissitudes of life.

"Bang!"

A thick cloud of brown smoke enveloped Rod's head, and although he immediately closed his breath and flashed aside, he still inevitably inhaled some.

"It's ...... Ahem, what is it? ”

Rhodes only felt that his eyes began to blur, and the fatigue caused by high-intensity hand-to-hand combat seemed to suddenly increase a hundredfold.

"Enhanced Sleep Mixture."

A distant voice answered him, and the young man, after throwing out the bottle, ran away very cleverly, "By the way, I didn't run so far because I was afraid, I was just very confident in my father's alchemy, this sleeping concoction is so powerful that ordinary people will fall asleep for a week when they smell it, and we still have to hurry." ”

"Bastard......!"

Rod scolded in a low voice, he didn't have the energy to think too much, he had to use the dispel spell immediately, if he just slept to death in battle, I am afraid that the result would not only be a failure of the mission, but also his life would probably be lost. It's too careless, knowing that the wanted criminal has a son!

Rhodes hadn't forgotten this, but in his opinion, the evil Morris and his creatures were the real threat, and his son had nothing to worry about, so what role could an ordinary young man play? But the facts are in front of you, and the chief demon hunter is put on the table.

The sound of a spell sounded between Rod's lips, and if he was given five seconds, he would be able to dispel the effects of the Sleeping Concoction.

But unfortunately, the opponent is not the embodiment of justice, and he never pays attention to fair battles.