Chapter 142: Fierce Fighting
Outside the Andel Market, Joakim Frisius was currently on the trotting horned zebra, using tracking techniques to determine Richard's location.
He already felt that he was getting closer to Richard.
The quick-stepping horned zebra is a low-level extraordinary creature with good endurance and explosive power. It is especially good at traveling long distances and is relatively rare. It is precisely because of its existence that Joachim caught up with Richard.
What he was holding on his right index finger and thumb was a strand of Richard's hair. This was half a year ago, after the news of Richard's disappearance came out, he entrusted people from the Ignis School to help him find a place in Richard's dormitory. Here, I collected information about Richard’s hair.
At that time, he had used the tracking technique several times, but it did not respond at that time, so he was sure that Richard was dead.
Now it seems that the distance between the two people was too far at that time, which caused the tracking technique's reaction to be minimal, or it exceeded the tracking range of the tracking technique.
But this time, the tracking technique reacted obviously.
Along the way, as soon as Joachim used the tracking technique, the hair in his hand would clearly point him in the direction, just like a mobile phone navigation, guiding him all the way here.
Joachim looked at the phantom formation outside Andel Market not far away.
As someone who has been outside for many years, he certainly knows that ahead is the Andel Market, which is run by the Pitt family.
Joachim originally planned to go in directly to look for Richard, but after thinking about it, he still felt that there was too much movement.
After all, in his mind, although Richard was only a "second-level wizard apprentice", if he wanted to take down Richard, he would definitely have to use witchcraft, and combat witchcraft was strictly prohibited in the wizard market.
In his memory, the Pitt family was a wizarding family with an official wizard.
There was no need for him to challenge the majesty of an official wizard or antagonize a wizard family for the sake of Richard.
After thinking for a while, Joachim decided to wait for Richard to appear in a jungle more than ten miles away from the market exit.
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Rosby City.
Earl Harris' Castle Study.
"Your Majesty, I just received a letter from the Sheriff of Silverpine Town, Knight Rollins. Silverpine Town has been attacked by a large monster. Currently, all the townspeople have retreated to Baron Clavel's castle and are in urgent need of rescue." The white-haired old man in a tuxedo respectfully reported.
At the same time, he placed a blood-stained letter on the desk.
The old man in the tuxedo did not open the letter. What he knew was from the cavalryman from Silver Pine Town who had survived a bloody battle.
According to him, they were originally a group of three, but in order to break through the monster blockade and come to Rosby City to report the news, the other two cavalrymen died unfortunately.
However,
there were already seven or eight similar letters stained with blood on the count's huge mahogany desk.
On the opened red circular lacquer seal of each letter, there is a large steel seal with the word "Urgent" stamped on it.
The tall Earl Harris was facing the window with his back to the door, seeming to be very calmly enjoying the scenery outside the window.
But if anyone could see the count's front face, they would find that the count's brows had wrinkled into the character "Chuan".
The old man in the tuxedo looked at the earl and knew that the earl was actually very worried. The entire Rosby County was the earl's fiefdom. Now that monsters were raging in his own fiefdom, it was definitely impossible not to feel distressed.
But now, the earl has received more than nine letters for help from various towns. There are even several towns that may not even be able to send letters for help.
At present, Rosby City has dispatched seven or eight rescue teams. Lord Stefano and other witchcraft apprentices from various colleges and recruited demon hunters have all been dispatched. Now Earl Harris has no troops left to dispatch. .
The old man in the tuxedo realized that the count had no intention of speaking, so he bowed slightly and exited the study.
"Chirp! Chirp!" Two extremely loud bird calls sounded over Earl Harris' castle!
I saw two huge griffins, one large and one small, circling over the castle.
Less than two minutes later, the old man in tuxedo returned to the study and said happily: "Your Majesty, the wizard Daenerys sent by the royal family of the kingdom is here." "Please!" The earl turned around instantly, and the sadness on his face disappeared
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Of course he has heard of Wizard Daenerys. Her full name is Daenerys Bannings. She is the biological sister of His Majesty the King and the biological aunt of several princes. She has been on the continent of Vitroll for more than twenty years. Hydraxia Academy.
Hydraxia Academy is a wizarding academy whose main research object is the water element. It is said that its strength is much stronger than the wizarding academies in Baias Continent.
Wizard Daenerys also returned to the Kingdom of Harron last year after becoming an official wizard. It is said that she usually lives in seclusion and concentrates on research, and almost never participates in various banquets and dances in the royal capital.
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Richard rode the wildebeest again and walked out of the market.
After a while, they came to a woodland. The winding road in front of them crossed the entire woodland, but for some reason, Richard's eyelids jumped wildly, as if something bad was about to happen.
Richard slowly reduced the speed of the wildebeest.
Suddenly, he felt a strong force coming from his right side and secretly thought, "Not good"!
Richard only had time to activate the dark element shield that came with the black jade ring, and then he and his wildebeest were carried into the air by an extremely violent whirlwind.
The four hooves of the wildebeest were in the air, without any point of contact, and they immediately neighed in panic.
But Richard, who was also in mid-air, knew that he had been attacked by the enemy, and the witchcraft that made him and the wildebeest fly into the air was just an appetizer for the enemy's attack.
If it were Richard himself, when they were in mid-air and couldn't borrow any force, he would immediately follow up and use a powerful single-body witchcraft to simply hit the target.
Richard controlled the [Mimetic Bracer] to turn into a tower shield, blocking it on one side of his body. At the same time, he immediately activated the skeleton armor.
Sure enough, as soon as Richard finished reciting the spell, he spotted two black energy arrows from the corner of his eye, shooting straight at himself in mid-air from the dense forest on the side.
However, at this time, Richard's skeleton armor had just been used. At this moment, in addition to the dark element shield film, he was also covered with a layer of white knight armor, and a huge tower shield appeared on his left forearm.
"Boom!" The huge impact of two consecutive secondary shadow arrows blasted Richard, who had nowhere to rely on in mid-air, several dozen meters away.
This time, it was a good thing, because Richard was blasted into the dense forest on the left side of the road.
I heard a low curse coming from the dense forest on the right side of the road!
Apparently the enemy who was ambushing him did not expect the power of two consecutive secondary shadow arrows to be so powerful. As a result, Richard was a blessing in disguise and hid in the dense forest.
Due to the triple protection of the dark element shield, the skeleton armor, and the deformed shield of the mimic wristband, the enemy's two secondary shadow arrows just now did not cause any substantial damage to Richard. The impact of witchcraft left me disgraced and a little embarrassed.
At this moment, Richard still had turf on his head, and branches and dirt were still hanging on many places on his body!
After landing, Richard quickly rolled over, further cushioning the impact of falling in mid-air.
Since the two secondary shadow arrows just broke through the dark element shield on his body, it only took 0.2 seconds for Richard to replenish himself with a dark element shield again.
At this time, the wildebeest in mid-air also fell down and fell heavily to the ground. It kept struggling to turn over, but it seemed that its muscles and bones had been broken and it could not stand up.
Suddenly, a tall and fat figure rushed out of the dense forest on the left side of the road. Trees as big as the mouth of a bowl were crushed directly, and the ground shook slightly with every step he took.
Richard took a closer look through the mottled branches. The fat humanoid monster seemed to be based on a tall human body and pieced together the body parts of multiple different people.
For example, in addition to two extremely strong arms holding an ax and a hammer, there are also several much smaller arms growing on the back, shoulders and abdomen, which are obviously not natural growths.
One of the smallest arms seems to be that of a child, while the other one with obvious skin folds seems to be from an old man's arm, but both are holding weapons such as daggers and iron hooks.
Li Cha couldn't help but be shocked when he saw it. This horse was an abomination!
An abomination whose strength is comparable to that of a formal wizard!
No, if the opponent had the power to summon hatred, he would have died in mid-air just now!
The one that attacked him just now was only a secondary shadow arrow, which meant that the other party must not be a formal wizard.
Richard took a closer look and found that indeed, although this fat and burly figure was tall, it was still not as abominable as a normal figure.
Generally speaking, a normal-sized abomination is at least three meters tall, but the abomination in front of him is only about two and a half meters tall.
The fighting power of hatred is directly proportional to its size.
This made Richard feel reassured, but he did not dare to be careless immediately. He waved the Bone Summoning Staff forward, and a huge inverse pentagram formation appeared on the ground in front of him. In an instant, four skeleton guardians holding shields, Appeared in the magic circle.
"Hey!" This made the enemy hidden on the opposite side also let out an exclamation.
Three skeleton guardians immediately faced the small abomination, while the other skeleton guardian guarded Richard in front.
But although the abomination is smaller than the normal abomination, compared to the skeleton guardian, it is still the difference between an adult and a ten-year-old child.
When Abomination waved the ax and hammer in his hand, it only took three or four blows to knock all three skeleton guardians away. The power of the attack was evident!
This made Richard frown. He immediately cast a skeleton armor on the skeleton guardian beside him and ordered him to step forward to stop him. He immediately took off the [Gryphon Wings] from his back and started shooting!
"Chirp!" With a lightning-like arrow, the eagle-tailed arrow only saw an afterimage before it hit Abomination's chest. A transparent hole the size of a child's fist appeared on Abomination's right chest!
"Ouch!!!" Hatred shouted in pain.
"What!" At this time, Joachim in the dense forest could no longer hide the shock in his heart, and immediately shouted out.
The attack power of this arrow just now has exceeded that of most third-level wizard apprentices! He finally understood why Lucius's three second-level wizard apprentices failed to encircle and suppress each other.
The real strength of Richard in front of him is probably not inferior to him.
At this time, Joachim no longer wanted to watch the show. He thought that after sending out Abomination, he would be able to handle Richard properly.
Immediately, he chanted a spell and added a dark element shield to Abomination.
Only a dark film appeared on the surface of the abomination's body.
But after a delay, Richard's three skeleton guardians who were knocked away also surrounded Abomination again.
Richard sneered and thought: "I am more familiar with the defensive power of the dark element shield than you!" He immediately pulled out three vulture tail arrows and placed them on the wings of the gryphon, using his secret skill: multiple shots!
"Chirp, chirp, chirp!" Three black lightning bolts, in the shape of a glyph, shot directly at Hate.
The abomination was too big, and it was obvious that it was impossible to dodge. So when I saw Richard's arrows coming again, I felt anxious and immediately clasped my head to protect my chest!
"Duoduoduo!" I saw the dark element film, which resisted the first and second arrows, but when the third eagle's tail arrow also hit the film, it finally couldn't support it, and it immediately became like a bubble. punctured.
However, the three eagle tail arrows were exhausted and did not cause much damage to Abomination.
But Richard quickly shot another arrow, which was the secret skill of bow and arrow: guiding the arrow!
When the arrow came close to Abomination's eyes, it actually raised a line slightly, bypassed the blockage of Abomination's arm, and directly hit one of Abomination's eyes.
Immediately, there was a scream of hatred!
When Joachim looked at it, his face turned livid. When he knew that he could no longer let Richard attack like this, he immediately took out a blood-colored ball from his arms and started chanting a spell.
As a low spell sounded, the blood-red liquid in the blood-red ball split into three streams like streams, shooting directly into the abominable body!
Suddenly, the body of Abomination, who was originally two and a half meters tall, turned red all over, and his body expanded further, reaching a height of nearly three meters. The wounds on his body also began to heal quickly.
"Boom!" Abomination stomped heavily on the ground, and a strong shock wave collapsed a large area of the ground.
The four skeleton guardians surrounding it were all staggered by the shock wave. With two "snaps" of their hateful huge arms, they knocked away the two closest skeleton guardians and rushed towards Richard.
"Dong dong dong!" Every time he took a big step, there was a huge vibration!
Moreover, in the enlarged state, the movement speed and attack speed of Abomination increase dramatically!
At this time, Richard's [Gryphon Wings]'s five daily special effect arrows have been used up, so it would be unwise to continue fighting head on.
Immediately, Richard silently recited the mantra of shadow dance. Under the cover of the large trees in the jungle, there were mottled shadows everywhere in the jungle. Richard's figure suddenly seemed to be covered with a dark gauze, and his whole body moved as fast as a ghost. .
In an instant, Richard disappeared from the sight of hatred.
Hatred suddenly widened his only small eye, looking for traces of Richard everywhere.
Obviously, Richard believed that the other party's witchcraft that caused the hatred to swell and turn red must be some kind of stimulating potential. The witchcraft that caused the hatred to explode in a short period of time would not last long.
Although Richard is protected by multiple shields and a knight's sword [Ice Guardian], he is not so arrogant that he has to fight with the enemy's summons. After all, so far, he has not even become the real master. See it.
With the help of shadow dance steps, Richard had quietly walked around dozens of meters behind Joachim.
I saw a man in black robes, hiding in the dense forest, controlling hatred to find him.
After comparing his profile, Richard instantly knew who the guy who attacked him was!
It’s Joakim, the third-level wizard apprentice from the Ring of North!
It was also the bounty he posted that caused Lucius and three other second-level wizard apprentices to attack him.
However, judging from the aura he sensed, the other party was just a third-level wizard apprentice, but somehow he was able to summon such a summoned object that was close to the combat power of a formal wizard.
You know, Richard himself is the one who has reached the ultimate control level in summoning skeletons, plus the bone summoning staff, but even in this case, the four skeleton guardians can't resist the opponent's summons.
The other party obviously has some secret technique or treasure.
When he thought of this, Richard couldn't help but feel hot in his heart!
"Secondary Spiritual Level Up!" Richard used his trump card and at the same time, threw three tubes of red Fire Dance Stars!
In an instant, Joachim was stunned when he was attacked by Richard!
The next second, Richard silently recited the Grasp of Shadow, and a large hand of dark elements was very hidden, flying close to the ground in the mottled shadow of the trees, heading straight towards the opponent.
But the moment Kankan touched the opponent, Joachim also reacted from the secondary mental shock, and suddenly four figures appeared on the spot, one on the front, one on the left, and one on the left.
Unfortunately, at this moment, Richard Fire Dance Star also arrived.
"Bah!" followed by the sound of shattering glass!
"Boom, boom, boom!" After a series of explosions, only a shielded figure was left. Richard was overjoyed and immediately controlled the dark element to grab the opponent with his big hand.
Joakim instantly felt like his ship had capsized in the gutter. The shadow trick he had just performed was actually broken in less than a second. If it hadn't been for the instant shield, he would have been seriously injured even if he didn't die!
Just as he was about to run away, a big hand made of dark elements slapped him hard!
"Boom!" Although the shield on his body could still barely hold up, the huge impact still made Joachim dizzy for a while!
At this time, the four skeleton guardians summoned by Richard were gradually surrounding Joachim.
The opponent's hatred is still coming towards this side, but it will probably take a while to catch up.
Richard immediately sent a message to the Soul-Eating Demon Spider in his arms, "Crystal, fear spell!"
Just as Joachim recovered from the violent explosion, he saw Richard's four skeleton guardians surrounding him. I thought to myself that it was not good, because my hatred was still dozens of meters away at this moment.
If the opponent's four skeleton guardians really surrounded him, it would really be over!
Anxious Joachim got up and ran, trying to break out of the encirclement.
But suddenly, his vision went dark, and various faces that frightened him appeared one by one, such as the furious mentor Gildas, such as..., but the next second, he realized that he was afraid that he had been hit by a fear spell.
As soon as Joachim woke up, he found that a skeleton guardian had stopped in front of him.
However, Joachim did not panic. Instead, he let out a sneer and thought to himself, how could such a thing catch up with him who had exerted the swift wind of witchcraft? He would immediately avoid the opponent and run to join his hatred. .
However, the next second, the skeleton guardian was like the reincarnation of a monkey, blocking his escape route with great flexibility, and stabbed out with a fierce sword.
It's Richard's secret technique, possessing skeletons!
Joachim was shocked for a moment, but it was too late. He managed to avoid the heart attack, but one of his arms was cut off on the spot, causing a shower of blood.
"Ah!!!" Joachim screamed immediately and stumbled to the ground.
The remaining skeleton guardians followed immediately and chopped them off with their swords!
A few seconds later, Joachim's body was turned into a rag bag.
And the hatred that was more than ten meters away could only let out a roar at this moment, unwilling to watch its original owner fall in a pool of blood, but it was about to be forcibly transported back to the world of the dead!
The same tracking mark was coming directly at Richard, but Richard, who had already experienced it, was no longer surprised.
Immediately, he took out the stand-in doll in his arms, and after chanting a spell, transferred the tracking mark to the stand-in doll.
Richard controlled the Grasp of Shadow again, captured a peregrine falcon alive, tied the stand-in doll to its leg, and released it.
After the operation, Richard felt an ownerless spiritual force thicker than his thumb, feeding back from the crystal and integrating into his own spiritual sea.
Suddenly, the feeling of exhilaration surpassed that of Mu Ken last time, and in an instant, Richard experienced the feeling of ecstasy again!
When the crystal finished devouring the soul, it crawled into Joachim's body from his mouth, and the memory images in Joachim's mind were transported to Richard's mind like slides.
However, this time the slides are different. Before, they were silent slides, but this time, they are audio slides.
After the crystal evolved to the growth stage, the transmitted pictures were accompanied by sounds, which made Richard immediately overjoyed.
This means that Richard can almost understand his opponent's key memories thoroughly.
For example, originally Richard could only see the conversation between Joakim and his mentor Gildas, but at this moment, he could already hear the conversation between the two.
After a while, Richard's face showed ecstasy!
It turns out that Joachim, as a relatively promising disciple under his mentor Gildas, was recommended to the North Ring by Gildas two years ago and signed an agreement, thus practicing the advanced meditation of the North Ring. Dharma - the first level of the "Hateful Meditation Dharma".
Last time it was Mu Ken of Gurus Academy, and this time it was Joachim of North Ring. Unexpectedly, after two battles, the progress of the second plan prepared by Richard, the limit-breaking plan, was miraculously over half. Yes, it is already 2/3 of the way.
This really made Richard not know what to say!
In this case, as long as Richard agrees to sign a training agreement with the Ignis School, he can easily obtain an advanced meditation method from the school.
When the first plan didn't even see the shadow of it, the second plan I prepared was almost successful!
But after a while, Richard's complexion turned dark again.
He found out that the reason why he was being hunted was because of the red-haired girl Jenna. It was Jenna's mentor, the wizard Gildas, who asked Joakim to find him and complete his revenge.
This was far from his prediction that Jenna and Joakim were boyfriend and girlfriend!
(End of chapter)