Chapter 138 Magic 2
In Paul's shocked eyes, the gray-white stone hanging on his chest was slowly turning black.
This stone was given to him by Leonard, the abbot of the monastery, saying that it would protect him from evil wizards. Paul originally dismissed this, but because he also had good intentions, he hung the stone on his chest as an amulet that had been blessed by the master.
“When there is magic fluctuation nearby, its color will turn black!” That’s what the old dean said at the time.
In an instant, Paul's outlook began to collapse. Is there really magic in this world?
When he had just awakened from the memory of his previous life, he had heard about magic from the old butler Philip. However, as he gradually integrated into this world, there seemed to be no direct evidence that there was such a thing in the world. The disdain of this backward medieval world made him gradually believe that magic was just a helpless explanation given by ignorant people for things they did not understand.
"No...impossible! This is just a chemical reaction!"
Subconsciously, he still couldn't believe it.
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The cloaked man blocking the road was Barnett. He heard the news that the Garden Pirates were annihilated by the local lord in Fulan Port, and he was furious for a while.
After arriving in the northwest region of the Aldo Kingdom, all his plans went very smoothly. He conquered the Kent family on land, controlled Duke Ferdinand, and integrated various pirate groups on the sea. This was almost completed.
The original follow-up plan was for pirates to land on a large scale and harass various territories. With his help, those stupid lords were unable to resist. Then Maltz Kent came forward to "surrender" the pirate group and served him Gain great popularity so that the Duke would have a reason to pass the throne to him.
After that, Maltz Kent was in the light and himself in the dark, slowly cleaning up the lords in the northwest who were still loyal to the royal family. Finally, he rose up by land and water, raised the rebel flag in the northwest, and fought against the Giles rebels in the south. North and south echo.
Garden is the pirate force that he finally supported, and he hopes that he can lead the pirates and become a big help to him on the sea. At that time, he had been paying attention to various pirate groups for a long time, and finally selected the team of Garden to support him. The Secret Society also sent an unknown amount of madness medicine to support him.
Now that an important part of his plan has been destroyed, he suddenly feels deeply frustrated because it has always been smooth sailing.
It's all that damn Paul Greenman's fault.
Barnett made the decision almost immediately to make this person who frustrated him disappear from the world.
Having been active in the northwest for such a long time, Barnett knows almost all the forces in the area.
The Graiman family is just a small lord who cannot be put on the stage. Although they bear the title of earl, they are actually the Dai Zui family who was exiled here by the royal family. This family also rules the poorest county in the northwest region, without even a single vassal.
Because he defeated a small group of pirates some time ago, the current head of the family seems to have no idea how much he weighs.
If the opponent is a powerful family like Ferdinand or Kent who has a large amount of force at their disposal, he will have to think a lot and use some tricks secretly.
But dealing with a poor lord like Grayman who doesn't even have a knight under his command, if he continues to go to great lengths to plot, he will be laughed out of his mouth if the news reaches the ears of his fellow members of the Secret Order.
Barnett decided to get rid of Paul Grayman directly, not to knock on the door in broad daylight. Now his identity will continue to be hidden for a while.
He planned to sneak into Lake Town quietly and carry out an assassination in the dead of night, so that this lord who did not know the heights of the sky would suffer a lot and die.
Barnett is convinced that it is easy to accomplish this kind of thing by his own means.
What he didn't expect was that he met this lord on his way to Lake Town.
God is really treating me well. If you accidentally make too much noise in a town with a large population, you will also attract the church's magicians to cause you a lot of trouble.
Of course it is just trouble. Nowadays, in this remote and remote wilderness, killing this lord will hardly be discovered by anyone, as long as the body is disposed of.
As for the guards around Paul Graiman, humph, if they were a group of regular knights, I would have to make more preparations, but Graiman's guards seemed to be one None of them wore armor, they were all wearing civilian clothes, and the weapons they were equipped with were only swords, not even long-range crossbows.
Oh, the girl next to her is carrying a bow, but what's the use of just a bow? It's still that kind of weak short bow, and coupled with the strength of a girl, its power can be imagined.
"Stone Skin Technique" plus "Giant Power Technique" are already invincible in front of these people.
With his proficiency in stone skin, his defense is comparable to the plate armor made by dwarves, and the opponent's weapons cannot break his defense at all.
So, he walked over head-on with great confidence.
Three soldiers were ordered to come over to arrest him. With the blessing of giant power, Barnett easily killed two of them. He didn't bother to look at the remaining soldier who was paralyzed by fear and continued to move forward. Go forward.
Seeing a man dressed as an officer leading more soldiers towards him, he showed a contemptuous smile.
"Come on! You mortals are very honored to be able to see the power of arcane magic today."
However, just when Barnett was about to start the massacre, a sense of danger emerged. Suddenly, he almost instinctively grabbed it with his hands in the air.
A feather arrow appeared in the hand.
Cold sweat broke out on his back. If he hadn't reacted in time, there was no doubt that the arrow would have hit his eye accurately - that was the biggest weakness of the "Stoneskin Technique".
Fortunately, out of tactical caution, he cast "Danger Sense" on himself in advance.
“Tsk!”
Missing the first blow, the female consultant La Di quickly pulled out the second arrow and continued to aim at the enemy’s eyes under the influence of her “full concentration”.
The second arrow was shot quickly, but unfortunately it was caught by the opponent again.
Barnett looked at the girl next to Paul, frowned and said, "There seems to be an annoying little insect on the opposite side."
However, under the influence of "danger perception", no matter how accurate the opponent's archery skills are, he can still catch the incoming arrow in time with the reaction speed he has trained for a long time. In fact, he only needs to tilt his head slightly to avoid being hit in the eye. , but it is not a comfortable thing to let the opponent's arrow hit your face.
At this time, the captain of the guard Victor also led the soldiers to Barnett's side. He had no time to sigh that the female consultant had such superb archery skills, and took advantage of the moment when the other party was distracted by the bow and arrow. , holding the sword with both hands and using all his strength to stab the opponent in the chest.
However, something incredible happened. There was only a "clang" sound, as if it was stabbed into a hard steel plate.
He could feel that except for piercing the opponent's clothes, the tip of the sword did not penetrate the opponent's chest at all.
Under the horrified gaze of the captain of the guard, Barnett grasped the sharp sword blade, turned his gaze to him, and said with a smile:
"Why rush to die?"
(End of Chapter)