Chapter 45, An Arrow
(Didn't stop them?) οΌ
Herman's pupils shrank, and he was surprised. This punch had seriously injured a high-level source knight before, how could it be now. Herman immediately understood that the level of the Dou Qi Containment Method cultivated by these people was very high, so the physical body could resist the Goddess's fist technique.
The higher the knight's containment method, the stronger the fighting spirit and physical body. And these who dare to attack the military formation of the knights alone are obviously the strongest of the strong.
(Whew, I'm still thinking too highly of myself.) οΌ
Performing the finishing skill level fighting technique three times in a row, Rao is Herman also felt a burst of emptiness in his body with the blessing of the containment method and the fifth-level elixir, and the five powerful breaths were approaching, and he also knew that he couldn't resist hard, so he quickly retreated, and gave up the giant axe without hesitation.
But the Vault Dweller of the Demon and Martial Arts Cultivator obviously wanted to take down both men and weapons, and seeing Herman's weakness after performing his fighting skills, he suddenly jumped up, crossed a distance of several meters and fell in front of him, and without saying a word, he drew his sword and slashed, his scarred face was full of ferocity, and his gray eyes showed wolf-like greed.
Just by looking at that look, Herman knew that the other party had set his sights on him. The Vault Dweller was coming so fast that Herman had no choice but to fight back. I saw that he did not retreat but advanced, and took the initiative to meet the sword that fell high, even if he had a shoulder armor and a fighting qi body, the sword containing the opponent's terrifying power and fighting spirit also directly cut off the shoulder armor, and the whole fell into his left shoulder, and blood flowed immediately.
(It's not toxic, it's fine.) οΌ
Herman ignored the severe pain, and rushed into the opponent's arms with the sword in this way, and the uninjured right fist hit the opponent in the abdomen from the bottom to the top, only to hear the opponent snort, his face was red, obviously this punch was not light. But almost all of the Vault Dwellers in the dungeons are ruthless. Even when he was approached, the Vault Dweller was not afraid, and the ferocity on his face was even worse, and he decisively abandoned the long sword embedded in Herman's shoulder, blocking the fist with one hand and touching the dagger at his waist with the other.
Apparently to fight.
But just then, an arrow came through the raging fire, and the arrow grazed Herman's shoulder and struck him in the chest, and the Vault Dweller was shot through the heart without even seeing it. The arrow didn't know what magic was attached to it, but it directly shattered the hardest sternum of the high-level source knight, and shot a fist-sized hole in the chest, the edge of the hole was charred black, and the flesh, bones, and even the heart inside were all gone...... This scene reminds Herman of laser rays in science fiction.
"Damn!" Where did the Dark Arrow come from?
Herman's pupils constricted, and his heart skipped a beatβif the knight hadn't been a head taller than him, would he have suffered too? Herman thought to himself.
With a muffled bang, this demonic martial double cultivator, the Vault Dweller who originally had a great future, was unwilling to die. Even if he is a high-level source knight, he can't continue to live after losing his heart.
His thoughts were pulled back to reality, and Herman turned his head to look over, just in time to see Moore with his bow and arrows.
(He shot this arrow?) It's terrifying, if I get shot, I'm afraid I'll die faster, and I don't have to shoot my heart. Herman was horrified, he didn't expect that old Moore, who usually looked harmless to humans and animals, would have such strength.
(Wait, he's ready to shoot again!) οΌ
Seeing that Moore began to draw his bow and arrows, Herman couldn't help but look forward to it, one arrow to solve a high-level source knight, only five arrows to solve his current predicament. And for archers, it doesn't even take ten seconds to shoot five arrows in a row.
One of the five high-ranking source knights died, and there were four left. Morey and Plzen each dragged one, and there were still two high-level source knights left. When the Wanderer of Demon and Martial Arts was killed by Moore's arrow, they could see clearly that the magic of the wall of fire was broken by Herman's Stardust Waterfall, and everyone could clearly see Moore with a bow and arrow.
"A sharpshooter with enchanted arrows!"
The Vault Dweller cursed in a low voice, then ran away without hesitation. Even though the giant axe had reached out and could reach it, they didn't even look at it and turned around and fled.
Just kidding, it was an enchanted arrow, a terrifying magic weapon specially used by the Knights to deal with wizards with powerful talisman charms, but it was not something that these low-level knights who had cultivated even crystallized armor could withstand.
Although the reward of the Horned Demon Axe is heavy, it is not comparable to one's own life.
So they turned and fled. Herman and the others thought that Moore would harvest another high-level source knight, but they didn't expect that he just breathed a sigh of relief and slowly loosened the strings, and did not continue to shoot, which was strange.
In just over ten seconds, these high-level source knights disappeared cleanly, and even Pilson and Morey were not able to leave a single one.
Soon, the knights of Castlevania quickly fled the battlefield like a low tide, and the knights did not order a pursuit, and only after the wizards on both sides also stopped, the knights began to clean up the battlefield.
Morey and Pilson came over and asked, "How are you, are you okay?" β
Herman shook his head, looked at the corpse of the high-level source knight on the ground with a strange expression, and sighed, "It's okay. I thought that even if I didn't die this time, I would be seriously injured, but I didn't expect that he would be killed instead, and the battlefield was really unpredictable. β
Morey and Pilson also looked uncomfortable when they heard this, and looked at Moore on horseback, without the previous contempt in their eyes.
Herman walked over and asked, "Why didn't that arrow shoot just now?" With your aim you don't think you'll miss it. β
The Knights clearly stipulate that a high-level source knight is three combat exploits.
Moore jumped off the horse, picked up the arrow in his hand and handed it to him, and said helplessly: "This kind of demon-breaking arrow has a contribution value of 40,000 yuan, and I only exchanged one for emergencies, where is there a second one." β
Herman looked down and saw that what he had in his hand was just an ordinary iron-headed arrow. After hearing Moore's words, he couldn't help but be speechless: "Forty thousand, then you have to kill a high-level earth knight to get back to your roots." Moore lost the arrow, apparently to save him, much to Herman's gratitude.
"This kind of demon-breaking arrow can't kill the Earth Knight." Moore shook his head and said, "There is a precedent on the battlefield, even if you shoot the Earth Knights head-on, it is impossible to kill them. This kind of arrow is specially used to deal with wizards with strong mental power but weak flesh, and the defensive magic and talisman spells below level 4 can be broken, and the energy released by the arrows and the impact generated by the opponent's magical energy are enough to kill them. β
"Of course, although the body of the Earth Knight is not as good as that of the Upper Croco, but the knights of this rank have already condensed the crystallized armor, plus the blessing of the power of the origin, not to mention the fourth-level magic, even the fifth-level magic is impossible to kill them." Pilsen answered from the sidelines. "Only spiritual magic can make the awakened wizards cross the ranks to slaughter knights, but there are no wizard forces in the country that are good at spiritual magic, otherwise they would have dominated the entire Tarsinia long ago."
The Wizards and the Knights complement each other, and there is no absolute strength or weakness. Wizards are individually powerful, the more high-level wizards have the ability to move mountains and reclaim the sea, even wizards of the Awakened rank have all kinds of incredible abilities, not to mention the existence of talents, realms, and even higher-level beings.
But wizards are difficult to train and are scarce in number. Herman had heard Claire mention that there were exactly sixty official wizards in the entire Night Feather, including thirty-four awakened, sixteen gifted, and ten mentors. And the number of wizard apprentices living in Fort Edmund is no less than two hundred per year, which shows the difficulty of cultivating spiritual power, which is an extraordinary profession that absolutely requires talent.
And becoming an Awakened is only the first step, and the second step is even more difficult, requiring bloodline talent to continue to advance.
These two points alone have eliminated 99 percent of the people.
Although the knight profession also requires a fighting talent, this talent can be compensated for with diligence and resources, so the entire Tempest Knights has more than 1,600 official knights of all ranks, more than 10,000 reserves, plus a large number of armored warriors, it can be said that the knights are also powerful.
Sorcerers need knights to help them defend their realms and plunder resources; The knight also needs the wizard to create various enchanted weapons, potions, and defend against the magic attacks of other wizards, and both sides are indispensable and mutually successful. In the Nightfeather Wizards' Guild, although wizards are the primary object of protection at all times, and any sacrifice is allowed to protect the wizard order, there is no notion that wizards are unattainable, nor do they consider themselves to be lowly and lowly like slaves.
Hearing this, Moore thought of the thrilling experience and lamented, "Have you forgotten the Night City that has the same name as the wizards? β
"The opponent of the Tenth Brigade, the Witch Hermitage?" Pilson was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly became very bad, obviously he had also read the battle report. "Hopefully they'll get these damn witches back underground, or ......"
(Otherwise, the consequences will be dire...... The center of the eighth squad, who had faced the power of the witch, thought in unison, and his heart was heavy.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Herman, thank you very much this time, if you hadn't come to relieve the siege, Pilsen and I probably wouldn't have come back alive. Morey broke the atmosphere of gradual solemnity. Towards Herman said gratefully.
Herman looked at the two of them and said, "Since we are teammates, don't say anything thank you, didn't you just come to save me?" Didn't Moore also use the Demon Breaking Arrow that he had only bought by hollowing out his wealth? He smiled and looked at Moore, "Don't expect me to thank you." β
Moore smiled, and the scene of Herman not hesitating to lead Bashastian away that day came to mind, and said to himself: We should thank you, captain.
The four of them talked and laughed, and their gratitude to each other increased, and just as Pilsen was talking about the archers of the Knights, he suddenly heard an argument between the eighth team and the others.
"What's going on?" Herman gave the two of them an apologetic look and walked with Moore to the chaos.
Morey and Pilson saw the men of the second squadron on the other side, and they looked at each other and followed.
When they got closer, they saw Barron arguing with an emaciated, bearded middle-aged knight, the two of them clutching a corpse, and Herman approached to see that it was the Vault Dweller he had not killed with the Stardust Falls.
"Captain, he's robbing us of our exploits." Grace was also unconvinced, glaring at the middle-aged knight.