Chapter 448 The Relic of the Emperor [Curse God Card·Spade 4]
After a brief discussion, the six members of Ji Xun's team moved closer to the position where they saw Young Master Sack landing.
Not only do you want to earn performance, but more importantly, you also want to make the best choice to pass the trial.
This kind of entrance trial has a quota of death. If you follow the strongest team, your chances of survival will be greater.
The personal guard team around Young Master Sack was originally the strongest.
The light in the forest was dim, with only some luminous plants illuminating the general outline of the environment.
This environment is perfect for assassins to sneak around.
But for most other people, vision is very limited.
The blurred vision gives people an unspeakable sense of unknown terror.
This is extremely restrictive for this group of young reserve knights who rarely experience life and death adventures.
Sister Zhuo Sha obviously has no practical experience at all. She happens to be good at light spells. As soon as she wanted to cast a spell to illuminate the environment, she was stopped by David on the branch of a tree and reminded: "Don't use a light source. That will only cause confusion." A living target!”
Although David is similar in age to everyone, he has actually participated in adventure groups and wars, and has more actual combat experience than several people combined.
Coincidentally, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a light source somewhere in the forest flash out, accompanied by a scream and panicked curses: "Oh, damn! Theodore was hit by an arrow, and the enemy is at nine o'clock."
Obviously, the unlucky guy named Theodore was shot by the "bandit" with a spelled crossbow as soon as the light exposed his position. .
This is a painful lesson that the academy teaches new students with blood.
The movement not far away also made Zhuosha scared, and she quickly apologized to several teammates: "Sorry, I. I don't know."
David didn't mean to mind at all, and stared at the forest sharply. Deep down, he turned around and said: "Without a light source, not only are we limited, but so are the bandits. If it is a trial, even if they are official card masters, those people will not be much stronger than our team. The only thing we want Be careful of the 'trap'."
The team has gained a basic familiarity with each other in the past few days. Everyone knows that although this dark-skinned boy has a cold tone, he has a good heart.
Gang Duoduo and others felt that it made sense and nodded to cooperate.
Someone started talking about these basic common sense in actual combat, which saved Ji Xun a lot of words.
Although the plan is a little rudimentary, I have basically thought of everything I can think of.
Getting along pretty well with his new teammates these days, he also feels that it would be better for these people to survive.
I don’t know if the academy was trying to increase the difficulty, but the forest was soon filled with a thick fog of war.
Not only is the vision completely restricted, but the direction of the sound is also unclear.
Of course, no one dared to make loud noises in the forest.
Whenever any trace is exposed, there must be a burst of crossbow arrows piercing the wind and heading in that direction.
There is only the sound of rustling wind blowing leaves in the forest, which can send chills down one's spine.
In this way, the six members of the team continued to move forward.
Because they must always be wary of "bandits" and traps hidden in the dark, they walk very slowly.
The qualifications of more than a hundred reserve knights are all selected from a hundred, and many of them also have actual combat experience.
They also quickly adapted to the rhythm of the trial.
Some battles broke out from time to time in the forest, and it seemed that they were fighting against those bandits.
Although Ji Xun showed due caution, he had no worries at all.
Now that it is determined that this is an entrance trial, the risks can be estimated.
As long as there are no major accidents, their team can basically protect themselves.
With Ji Xun here and David, whose strength far exceeds that of ordinary card disciples, there is basically no chance of any surprises.
Besides, the dwarf Gang Duoduo and the lizard mage Seri are also very strong, so there is absolutely no reason to die here.
But gradually, Ji Xun found that things seemed to be different from what he expected.
The fighting in the forest was not as intense as expected.
In this case, either the two sides in the trial did not meet;
Either that or the "bandits" were so much stronger than these new students that they were killed quietly.
"It's strange. Why is there no fighting news?"
Ji Xun is also a little confused.
Logically speaking, neither possibility should happen.
The normal trial script should be that the new students unite as one, and then find those "bandits" and defeat them one by one.
Although there may be some casualties, overall the test can be passed safely.
Those college instructors hiding in the dark will also give evaluations based on the performance of these people.
However, why is there no movement?
The clone "Su Lun"'s perception ability is only at the level of a normal Katu character, and he is also limited in hearing and seeing.
The fog of war limited his perception to a range of less than ten meters.
However, Ji Xun soon discovered that there was a big problem with this trial!
The six-man team did not move fast, but they also groped carefully, approaching the place where Young Sack was suspected of landing.
However, the lizard mage Seri suddenly discovered something, his expression changed, and he reminded: "Be careful, there is the smell of blood ahead!"
Although the fog of war interfered with the sense of smell, the lizard clan's super The gift of strong sense of smell is innate in the blood.
His sense of smell is sharper than that of canine monsters.
Also detect abnormalities earlier than others.
The smell of blood?
Corpse?
Everyone heard the reminder and approached cautiously.
Knowing that they were very close, they saw two corpses wearing chainmail appearing on the ground.
When Ji Xun saw this, his pupils shrank suddenly, and a bad premonition came over him.
Even from a distance, he could smell the conspiracy.
After everyone carefully checked the surroundings and found no traps, they moved closer.
Gail walked to the corpses, turned over the faces of the two corpses, and said solemnly: "It's Benson and Bach. They are both the guards around Master Sack."
Ji Xun had discovered it long ago.
Seeing their attire, he actually recognized who they were.
This Benson and Bach are different from the reserve knights recruited from outside. Their fathers and even ancestors are knights from Duke Langdon's family.
So he directly became Young Master Sark's bodyguard.
Similarly, the equipment and combat effectiveness of this kind of loyal guard trained with a lot of money are much stronger than those of the same level.
But now, the two of them are dead.
The death was bizarre.
The first time they saw the two corpses, several people in the team felt a chill in their hearts.
If you can kill these two elites at this moment, you can also kill them.
Gail herself is an assassin. She looked at the wounds and immediately said: "The wounds are all on the neck. This is the [throat wipe] dagger skill of the assassin card master"
大Wei also looked at the corpse and analyzed solemnly: "The blade is quenched and will kill with one hit. The opponent is very strong and must have used a sound barrier. We didn't find it before."
Having said this, he hesitated for a moment, as if he doubted his own judgment.
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Ji Xun knew what he was wondering about.
Because judging from the wounds, the strength of the hands-on assassin is completely beyond the level that an apprentice can accurately judge.
Ji Xun’s clone is an apprentice.
But vision is not.
The first time he saw the wound, he figured out more clues in his mind that no one else could see: "The wound goes from bottom to top. It should be lurking in the trunk of the tree at the moment. The person who made the sudden attack is 1.7 meters tall. Left and right, left-handed. The wound is dark red and has a corrosive smell. There is a 90% chance that it is [Violet Paralyzing Toxin]. The refining method is not very clever. It looks like a civilian product that is only available on the black market. Is it really a bandit?"
No clue alone can determine anything.
But with the combination of multiple clues, Ji Xun was able to completely restore the assassin's appearance, strength, moves, and even his origins in his mind.
But that's what's strange about him.
No matter how you look at it, the person who did it was a wild assassin.
Although his killing skills are not great, his actions are extremely sophisticated and decisive. At first glance, he looks like a ruthless gangster who often kills people.
So Ji Xun was certain that the ones who took action must be desperadoes like "real mountain bandits".
How could such a person be allowed to participate in the academy’s trial?
And the bigger doubt is:
No matter what happened to this murderer, one thing that is certain is that he is definitely not a first-order assassin!
Second-level assassin?
Ji Xun immediately realized that something was wrong.
If it was an academy trial, why would a second-level assassin appear?
Normally speaking, the first level is enough to keep this group of reserve knights busy.
Even if the strongest Sark has the combat power of a first-level card master, if he really wants to fight against a second-level card master, he will basically die.
But the fact is that the "mysterious man" in the forest really killed the two guards around Sark.
This means that the assassin was not arranged by the academy at all.
"No! Someone took advantage of the academy entrance test to attack and kill Sak."
Ji Xun's thoughts were racing in his mind, and he deduced the most reasonable explanation in an instant.
"No wonder there are high-level card master guards around Sak at all times. Only in the academy trial, after those guards are dismissed, can there be a chance to take action."
"There is a high probability that they are paying to kill people. So are these assassins. Cannon fodder, he must be a professional killer on the black market, or a gangster."
"To be able to know the new students' trial plan so well, the news must have come from within the Royal Academy. Moreover, someone must cooperate. In other words, 80% of the instructors in this trial and assessment are 'inner ghosts'."
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This is a strict plan that is interlocked and has not been exposed. Before, it was difficult for people to get a glimpse of the truth.
But Ji Xun's current self-world level is already very high. Just the moment he saw the corpse, he had already deduced the whole incident in his mind.
But this kind of assassination is nothing strange to him.
The plan is not very sophisticated, and it is not worthy of much scrutiny.
Anyway, it wasn’t for him, so Ji Xun didn’t have to worry.
However, the problem is that Young Master Sack is the key to his admission to the Royal Academy this time.
If this guy was really assassinated during the trial, their group of reserve knights would most likely be implicated.
Not to mention that there is a high probability that he will be buried with him or demoted to a slave.
There is absolutely no hope of going to school or anything.
“Oh, it’s very troublesome.”
Thinking of this, Ji Xun also frowned.
If it were the second level at this moment, it would be difficult for the clone to solve the problem if he wanted to help with his current strength.
But he couldn't let Sak really die.
Otherwise, if you want to create a new identity and enroll in school, it will be too late.
Thinking of this, Ji Xun thought to himself: "But then again, why did the guy behind the scenes hire someone to assassinate Sack?"
Under the centralized system of lords like the Southern Continent, assassinating high-ranking officials The crime of a nobleman is to confiscate his family and exterminate his family.
Even Duke Langdon's political opponents would never do such a despicable thing as attacking and killing the family's descendants.
Private feud?
Dare to take action in the Royal Academy, with so much energy, it is not as simple as a personal vendetta.
Thinking of this, Ji Xun finally became interested.
There are no more than three motives for killing: hatred, political purpose, and treasure.
Excluding the first two, what incredible treasure does Sark have?
Ji Xun’s deduction led to this most likely reason.
However, in the deduction, there were some causal lines of beheading
This made him feel that the conspiracy hidden behind this assassination was much more than that.
But whatever it is.
Since he didn't plan to watch Sark die, of course he wanted to take a look.
“What should we do now?”
The other five people in the team have not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.
They looked at the corpse still bleeding with warm blood, their expressions were solemn.
“Even Master Sack’s personal guards are dead, so the young master may also be in danger.”
"We are reserve knights of the Duke's Palace, we must go and see it."
"Yes."
"The assassins are very powerful, everyone, be careful."
" .”
After a brief discussion, everyone immediately decided to catch up and provide reinforcements.
Although they don't think that the academy's trial will be fatal to Master Sack.
But even if they encounter ordinary dangers, these contract knights cannot retreat no matter what.
This is the treaty in the Critical Loyalty Contract.
Everyone had been planning to continue to join Sak's team, which saved Ji Xun the time to explain.
However, he knew clearly that this situation was definitely not something that this group of apprentices could solve. As he walked, he reached the end of the team.
With all five teammates in sight, Ji Xun quietly fell to the end of the team.
Then without anyone noticing, he took out a very ordinary spell book.
I opened it and tore out four specific pages and stuck them together.
This is not ordinary paper, but enchanted parchment disguised as book pages.
The originally unrelated handwriting was magically spliced into a mysterious spell formation at this moment.
This is the simple space teleportation array he had hidden with him before.
Ji Xun knew that he could not handle the situation in front of him, so he could only summon his true body.
Besides, we are now near the college, and the main body can come over just in time.
After the splicing was completed, Ji Xun quietly hid the psychic array in an inconspicuous tree hole.
Although the assassins blocked the sound transmission, they also used the fog of war to obscure their vision. But the traces of battle in the forest cannot be concealed.
Ji Xun's six-man team walked all the way. Looking at the traces of the fierce battlefield, they felt more and more that something was not good.
When they encountered the corpse again and looked at the messy battlefield, the six of them instantly realized that something was wrong.
The brutality of the battlefield far exceeded expectations.
"How could the battle be so fierce? What kind of trial did the academy conduct?"
"This burning mark can be caused by the secret-level spell card [Earth Dragon Breath]. And more than one of them was used!"
"There are also these two corpses, which are also close to the young master. Wei."
"This is the young master's [Thunder Cheer], he seems to be fighting desperately."
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Seeing the scene in front of him, David , Gang Duoduo's expressions have become ugly.
At this moment, no matter how stupid you are, you know that this fierce battle is no longer as simple as a trial.
Ji Xun also looked slightly stern.
Even if there are no guards around him, as the young master of the Duke's family, Sack has many life-saving means for himself and his guards.
The first-level mystery card, this is almost a life-saving spell that card disciples only dare to use when they are desperate.
After all, if you use this kind of arcane spell across realms, the probability of being counterattacked is also very high, which is almost a "bet on life" approach.
It took at least a dozen pictures to catch my eye.
This means that someone gambled his life more than a dozen times.
It can be seen that the beating was really brutal.
And such a big movement can be hidden from the card disciples like them, but it is impossible to hide it from the instructors of nearby colleges.
This means that the college instructor has also taken action.
The situation is not good.
The simple teleportation array still needs some time to accumulate energy, and Ji Xun doesn't know if it will be too late for the main body to arrive.
Seeing this scene, Assassin Gale's expression changed drastically, and he shouted urgently: "No, the young master may really be in danger!"
As she said this, she had no intention of discussing it at all, Said: "Quick, let's rush over!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard that Gale's behavior was a bit abnormal.
But Ji Xun was not surprised at all.
In fact, she discovered a long time ago that this assassin Gale is most likely the Duke's palace's "eyesight" in the team.
It seems that there is absolute trust in these reserve knights who have signed the contract, but in fact there are still some hidden arrangements.
But it was too late to say anything at this time.
Everyone knows very well that if Master Sak is really killed, they will inevitably die.
Seri, Gang Duoduo, Zhuo Sha and Ji Xun looked at each other and nodded solemnly.
Even David didn’t say anything.
As soon as they finished speaking, the six people rushed towards the traces of the battle without hesitation.
Ignoring any traps, they chased at full speed.
This decisive decision also allowed them to hear the news of the battle soon.
But along the way, we also encountered more corpses.
Not only did they think of this problem, but other reserve knight teams also thought of it.
But the result of chasing after him to protect his young master was that they turned into corpses in the forest.
These apprentices have little ability to resist in the hands of gangsters who have at least one second-level assassin.
Ji Xun ran and observed the wounds on the corpse, and he had already concluded: "At least three enemies took action, two second-level and one first-level. They were all assassins."
It's really tricky.
But Young Master Sarn is not dead yet, which is a little beyond his expectation.
"Do you really have a treasure on you?"
Ji Xun murmured in his heart.
He is not dead yet, this is the only outcome.
He became more and more curious as to what treasure could save Sark's life.
“Quickly, dispel the fog!”
The six of Ji Xun ran all the way and soon discovered that the sound of fighting was very close.
Now there is no need to worry about exposure. The lizard mage Seri used [Purification Technique] to disperse the surrounding fog.
In a blink of an eye, they saw several sounds of fierce fighting in the distance.
Ji Xun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the figure flashing with lightning.
It’s good that he’s not dead.
Seeing this, he decisively shouted at the top of his lungs: "Master, we are the knights of the sixteenth team!"
This shout was not just to show off loyalty.
The real purpose is to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, so as not to be accidentally injured by Sack and the guards.
Furthermore, the more important purpose is: to attract the enemy's attention!
Only by reducing the pressure over there can Young Sack survive.
Sure enough, this voice made the people on the opposite side of Sark feel excited, and immediately attracted the enemy's attention.
"Hey, here are a few more people who are going to die!"
As if I heard a contemptuous laughter, a disdainful voice came from the void.
Ji Xun didn't sense where the enemy was, but he used a [Shock Card] without hesitation.
With a "boom", the air wave exploded in front of him.
Gang Duoduo and others are still wondering, is this "Su Lun" stupid and blowing himself up?
However, before they could figure out what happened, a transparent shadow appeared during the explosion, and they were greatly surprised.
“Huh?”
It seemed that the assassin was surprised. How was he discovered?
Ji Xun’s clone didn’t have the ability to detect it, but his voice just now exposed his position and identity as the “backbone” of the team.
And he is dressed in legal style.
If he were an assassin, he would definitely deal with the crispy one first.
So he predicted that the enemy would kill him first, so he used [Shock Card].
This kind of card is not very powerful, but it can impact the surrounding area in a large area.
It is completely enough to deal with this elementary stealth technique.
Seeing the transparent sound and shadow appear, Gang Duoduo and others suddenly realized.
While they were shocked by Ji Xun's extreme reaction, they all shouted: "It's an assassin! Use developing powder!"
The most dangerous time at this moment is before they are exposed!
Now that he has appeared, the threat has been reduced by half.
In an instant, developing powder was everywhere.
Wherever the assassin sets foot, he will be discovered.
The dwarf Gang Duoduo was not afraid at all. Holding the small buckler in his hand, he launched the martial arts [Charge] towards the phantom.
After all, there was a big step difference. Although the assassin was forced out of his position by the explosion, he twisted his body and avoided this reckless straight-line charge.
However, just because of this evasive action, the trajectory of the body has been predicted.
As soon as he settled down, several green vines quickly grew out of the ground and wrapped around him.
“Damn it!”
The assassin cursed secretly as his feet were entangled in vines, and swung his dagger to cut off the vines like lightning.
But this action made the body stiff again.
At this time, a dagger was already close to his neck.
Surprisingly, it was Gale, the assassin in the team, who took action!
However, looking at this kind of assassination technique that was full of flaws, the assassin did not feel threatened at all. He sneered in his eyes and blocked the dagger of his colleague who was a big step below him with one knife.
Then he used a knife to pick out a bloody line on Gale's wrist.
Gail snorted and instantly realized the horror of death.
It was during this meeting that this first-level assassin defused the joint attack of four people in the team.
Originally, he could kill Gale next to him with one casual blow, and then he could pull away and kill three more magicians. The battle was over.
But at this moment, the assassin never expected that he would suddenly hear the sound of "papa" hitting the air.
Before he could figure out what was happening, he saw a dark-skinned boy rushing towards him in the blind spot of his vision just now.
He wanted to dodge, but when his hand tendon was severed, Gale gritted his teeth, turned around and kicked his knee with a [Breaking Knee].
The assassin's successive movements had pushed his body to the limit, and now he could only avoid one side.
Thinking that if his knee was injured, it might affect his body skills, he decisively chose to dodge his feet and resist the black-skinned boy.
“Bang!”
At this moment of decision, the fist had already firmly hit the assassin’s back.
There was only a muffled sound of a sandbag, and a strange force poured into the body from the fist.
The assassin's expression froze for an instant, and then his teeth began to crack!
"How is that possible?"
His bloodshot eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that this apprentice's punch was so terrifying?
The huge force was still pouring into his internal organs, and Gale, who the assassin originally wanted to kill, could not hold back his dagger. His body gave up the force and flew backwards with a crash.
There was another "boom", and the assassin hit a big tree a few meters away. He couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of blood.
At the same time, he looked at the dark-skinned boy in disbelief.
Not only the assassin was shocked by this punch, but teammates like Gang Duoduo were also shocked.
Here. That guy knocked away a first-level card master with one punch?
Under normal circumstances, the first-level card master has magical protection, and it is difficult for the card master's method to cause effective damage. of.
But in the scene before him, David's punch was so real that it made his opponent vomit blood as soon as he met him.
Sark and the guard glanced here from the corner of their eyes and were equally surprised.
Two groups of reinforcements came before, but they were both killed by these professions who were well prepared.
They didn’t have time to remind them just now, they thought this “Squad Sixteen” was going to make the same mistake again.
However, he did not expect that the cooperation of these six people would severely injure the professional assassin?
Not far away, only Ji Xun was not surprised.
It is indeed difficult for a general qigong master to hurt a first-level assassin in a single confrontation, but [Ba Fist] is different.
Just now, David used his domination fist to activate [Two Extremes Collapse] to directly pour the power into the opponent's body. It was expected that the assassin would be severely injured.
But looking at that punch, Ji Xun also said with approval: "This guy's martial arts talent is really amazing."
You must know that he has been secretly observing David in the past few days. The process of practicing boxing.
But before, I definitely didn’t have the strength to deliver the punch just now.
The punch just now was obviously a breakthrough in a crisis, and it had an unexpected effect.
With this understanding and talent, it is no wonder that Gong Wu will teach him real skills.
But the reality is too late for everyone to think about it.
David has once again stepped on the ground with an explosion of air and rushed away.
Ji Xun had deduced the current scene in advance. He could have taken action in advance according to his prediction, but he deliberately hesitated for a moment before releasing the card in his hand - [Black Oil Technique].
The assassin's anger and blood had not yet calmed down. He saw the black-skinned boy rushing towards him and tried to avoid it regardless of his injuries.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he kicked the ground, a pool of black asphalt-like slime suddenly appeared under his feet.
At the moment when his body was unstable, David's sandbag-sized fist had already hit his head.
“Boom!”
The punch was solid.
[Hegemony Fist] uses skill to overwhelm people, allowing Ivan to not lag behind against first-level assassins.
Two sneak attacks succeeded, and he punched her hard again and again.
On the other side, the dwarf Gang Duoduo also rushed forward with a shield and ax in hand.
The two legal systems of Ji Xun and Seri are for long-range containment.
Although it was not a tacit understanding, four against one completely overwhelmed the assassin and left him with no room to fight back.
The battle between low-level card masters is not like a three-hundred-round battle. One fatal mistake will end it.
In the end, the thick-skinned dwarf Gang Duoduo ignored the risks and took two daggers by himself before forcibly controlling the enemy.
David punched the opponent's neck a few more times. Hearing the cracking sound of bones, he was filled with hatred right now!
The first cooperation of the six-man team killed a tall enemy.
Everyone took a deep breath.
And this scene happened to be seen by Young Master Sack who was fighting fiercely in the distance, and he was equally surprised.
I was pleasantly surprised that there was such a talent among the Preparatory Knights.
I am glad that he finally has reinforcements who can take some of the pressure off of him.
Ji Xun, who had not been too conspicuous from beginning to end, did not look at the dead first-order assassin.
In the eyes of others, the assassin just died a second ago.
However, in Ji Xun's eyes, this guy was already dead from the first moment he shouted that voice.
In his eyes, there is nothing surprising about a battle of this level.
Compared with being a low-level assassin, Ji Xun was more interested in other things.
He glanced at the golden card suspended in Young Master Sack's hand from the corner of his eye, and squinted: "[Curse God Card·Spade 4]. Hey, this guy actually has the Emperor in his hand. Relic, no wonder”
It is precisely because of this relic of the Great Emperor that Sark is alive today.
(End of this chapter)