Chapter 146 Reunion

Sure enough, as soon as he came out of the secret passage, Richard heard the sound of fierce fighting coming from miles away!

Richard quickly ran in the direction of the noise, and arrived at the scene in less than a minute, taking a closer look from a distance.

On one side of the road, seven or eight soldiers dressed as castle guards and a wizard apprentice wearing an apprentice robe of the Ignis School were guarding a group of more than a hundred children and women in the middle, constantly fighting with dozens of bucks. Hyenas engage in tug-of-war.

More than a hundred women and children were hugging each other tightly at this moment, huddled in a ball, with uncontrollable panic on their faces!

Among them, the one who played a huge role was the wizard apprentice wearing the robe of the Ignis School. He used his spells from time to time to release the zero-level witchcraft Shadow Shock, which still scared off many buck-toothed hyenas.

After all, the power of witchcraft is huge, and the shadow shock bombards the buck-toothed hyena one at a time.

It is estimated that if it were not for the wizard apprentice, this group of women and children would have suffered casualties long ago.

However, looking at the sweaty look on the face of the wizard apprentice in the middle, he couldn't hold on for too long before his mental energy would be exhausted.

And guarding the wizard apprentice closely, there was another tall man dressed as a knight, who was his brother Levi.

After not seeing each other for a year, it seems that my brother has become taller and burlier, and it seems that he is most likely to be promoted to an official knight.

At this moment, the buck-toothed hyena group, under the command of the Hyena Queen, did not adopt a head-on strategy, but adopted a step-by-step strategy. They surrounded the team. The Hyena Queen seemed to understand that as long as they waited in the center of the crowd, After the wizard apprentice exhausts his spiritual power, they can easily enjoy the feast.

Unfortunately, it misjudged the situation. The strategy of pressing forward step by step cannot be said to be wrong, but it is too time-consuming.

This made Richard feel a little lucky. If from the very beginning, the buck-toothed hyena queen commanded many buck-toothed hyenas to attack the family's "thin-skinned but big-hearted" convoy, regardless of casualties.

Then when he arrives, he will basically have to collect the corpses!

Perhaps, his brother Levi might survive by chance, but his mother, maid Serena, and most women and children would most likely die tragically under the sharp claws of the buck-toothed hyena.

No longer hesitate!

Immediately, Richard used the Mutated Summoning Staff in his hand to instantly summon a huge abomination that was two meters tall. When the huge abomination rushed towards him with big strides "dong dong dong", no matter it was bucking Whether it was the hyena group or the human guard, their expressions suddenly changed in horror!

Du An, the second-level wizard apprentice in the escort team, couldn't help but feel his heart sinking suddenly, and said to himself: "Oops! This is hate, and its strength is comparable to that of a formal wizard! It's over, how can you resist it!"

Brother Li Wei also saw the huge beast charging towards him, but unlike the other guards who cowered and started to retreat, even though he knew he was outmatched, he immediately held his sword and shield, bent down, stopped in front of Du An, and put his Take a protective stance.

Suddenly, in the surprised eyes of Du An and everyone in the escort team, this huge abomination that rushed straight towards him suddenly turned a corner and killed the group of buck-toothed hyenas!

Suddenly, a group of people couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing why!

However, when they saw a black figure waving a pure white frost sword, suddenly appeared behind Abomination, and began to kill the buck-toothed hyenas one by one, they finally burst into enthusiastic cheers!

Obviously, whoever comes is currently helping them!

The person coming is none other than Richard!

The Ice Guardian in Richard's hand was cast by an elf craftsman. It is slender and graceful. At this moment, it is condensed with frost flowers and exudes bursts of cold air. It is like the frost sickle of the god of death, constantly harvesting the buck-toothed hyena's prey. life.

I saw Richard slashing with his sword. Even though the location of the slash was the hardest skull of the buck-toothed hyena, there was no blockage at all. He could cut through the hard skull in an instant, splitting their heads in half. .

Moreover, the special cold effect of the Ice Guardian will instantly freeze the wound, causing the entire cut surface to be covered with frost, which will quickly condense into ice, making it as smooth as a mirror, and not even a trace of blood will flow down.

Therefore, after the limbs flew horizontally, the scene of blood spurting did not happen. The various wounds were as smooth as ice, and there was a faint cold air.

At this time, Richard couldn't help but wonder in a wicked way whether the two ice witch formations engraved on the hilt of the Ice Guardian's sword were deliberately done by the elves. After all, this is in line with the style of the elves - they love to be clean!

After succeeding in the attack, Richard did not stop. With the blessing of the shadow dance, he cut into the group of buck-toothed hyenas at super fast speed and continued to kill. The ice guardian in his hand waved a graceful wave every time. The arc will take away the life of a buck-toothed hyena.

The buck-toothed hyena queen at the rear saw that this was not going to work. She howled loudly and led more than ten buck-toothed hyenas around the abominable huge body, attacking from all directions.

The people watching the battle secretly sighed, thinking that the man in black robes would temporarily avoid the buck-toothed hyena's sharp edge.

But Levi was ready to make a move, planning to step forward to help, but Du An on the side pulled his arm, shook his head, and told him not to worry, the man in black robe must have backup plans.

Sure enough, Richard did not retreat but advanced, and instead suddenly increased the output of cold energy on the Ice Guardian.

Suddenly, two dazzling blue lights appeared on the hilt of the sword!

The energy of the two ice witch formations on the hilt of the sword, Deep Winter Cold and ALS, suddenly burst out. An extremely strong cold air surged out like a giant white python, killing the Hyena Queen and more than a dozen other animals in one fell swoop. Buck-toothed hyenas covered it, and after the cold air passed, everyone was frozen into lifelike ice sculptures.

But at this moment, the fat Abomination strode forward at the right moment. With a roar in the sky, he used his thick arms to swing an extremely heavy iron ax and a giant chain hammer, smashing all these ice sculptures to pieces!

Seeing that Richard killed the buck-toothed hyena queen and many buck-toothed hyenas in just three strokes, the remaining buck-toothed hyenas were immediately frightened. Under the hateful pursuit, Just let the birds and beasts disperse!

Richard sheathes his sword!

When Richard turned around, took off the hood on his head, and faced everyone, his brother Levi suddenly opened his eyes wide and shouted in disbelief: "Richard!!!"

Suddenly, brother Li Wei's whole body was shaken, and the sword and shield in his hand fell to the ground.

However, he had no intention of picking up the weapon. Instead, he ran straight towards Richard and immediately threw himself on his younger brother Richard, hugging him tightly.

"Richard, dear brother, is it really you? It's so unbelievable!" Brother Li Wei was so excited that he was incoherent.

"It's me!" Richard smiled and patted his brother Li Wei on the back, comforting him.

And in the center of the tightly packed group of women and children, a dignified lady and a young maid were looking at the two brothers hugging each other with expressions of disbelief!

The next second, when the two confirmed that it was indeed Richard, they stood up excitedly.

The dignified lady is Richard’s mother!

And the young maid is undoubtedly Serena!

When the two of them heard their brother Li Wei call out that familiar name, they were stunned. When they confirmed that the person coming was Richard, they were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, and tears filled their eyes in an instant!

At this moment, Richard, who was equally excited, also saw his mother and Serena in the crowd.

He gently patted his brother Li Wei on the back, loosened the hug, gestured in the direction of his mother, then ran towards her, then held the tearful mother tightly in his arms, and then gave her a hug again. Give your maid Serena a warm hug!

"Mom, I'm sorry for making you worry!" Richard gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his mother's eyes.

Brother Levi looked at his younger brother, and then at the huge abomination guarding him. He knew that he could not be the opponent of the monster in front of him.

Even ten of them would probably be easily defeated.

In other words, he can't even defeat his younger brother Richard's summons now! This is really a bit surprising and helpless for the elder brother.

"When the Ignis School informed me that you were killed in battle, I really couldn't believe it. Sure enough, it has been proven that this is not true. It's great that you are back, Richard. By the way, has your current strength reached this level? It’s really awesome!”

Duan looked at the scene of relatives gathering together and stood quietly with a smile.

At this time, his brother Li Wei remembered to introduce Du An, and hurriedly pulled Richard to Du An and introduced: "Brother, this is Mr. Du An, who is sent by your school to guard our family."

Du An immediately waved his hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Richard!"

The moment he saw Abomination, Du An knew that Richard's strength was far greater than him, and he immediately dared not ask him to go to college. Although Richard had only been in school for one year, the rules in the wizarding world were that strength was the most important thing.

"Senior Du An, thank you for your hard work. If it weren't for you, I might never see my family again." After saying that, Richard bowed slightly to Du An.

Although the strength of Du An in front of him was far below him, he still admired a wizard apprentice who could abide by the spirit of the contract and never leave until the task was completed.

You must know that in only two days, Duan has reached the half-year time limit required for the garrison mission. Generally, wizard apprentices who are more flexible have begun to slowly return to the school.

When Richard saw the bright eyes of such a large group of children looking at him curiously, he suddenly thought of something. He immediately took out a crystal ball from his arms, but after thinking about it I thought, and took it back.

This crystal ball was purchased by me at the Black Forest Market before. It was used to test the wizard's qualifications. Although it can only be roughly tested, it is enough.

At that time, he had considered this issue, whether to select children in his own family to take this wizard qualification test.

Even if the children of your own family are not qualified, the children of guards and servants may be. In the worst case scenario, there must be a few children in Silverpine Town who have wizard qualifications!

After all, Richard himself cannot be stationed in the family forever, but there is no rush on this matter. The most important thing now is to escort these women and children back to the family castle.

So, under the protection of Richard, a group of people picked up the old baron at the exit of the secret passage and returned to the cellar of the inner castle again.

When brother Levi, Duan and others returned to the castle, they were instantly shocked when they saw the "roasted turkeys" all over the square in the inner castle!

After a few seconds, everyone came to their senses and immediately turned to look at Richard beside them. Obviously, the hundreds of bodies on the ground must have been killed by Richard.

After all, there is no such master in the castle!

Duan, who was standing aside, looked at Richard with more respect after being shocked. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Sir Richard, do these bodies need to be cleaned up?"

Richard then realized that this was not the Gray Fern Wilderness, and there were no fish people who took the initiative to deal with the aftermath.

He immediately said, "Fortunately, Sir Duan reminded me that it is best to deal with all these bodies before dark. The method of handling is either to burn them all, or to find a remote place to bury all these bodies."

"But if you bury them, it is better to be deeper, otherwise it is easy to attract some monsters who like to eat carrion!" Richard thought for a while and added.

However, when Richard saw the corpse, he remembered that he had been busy fighting and rescuing, and forgot to collect the heart of the mutant crab demon, which was the main raw material of the rare potion [Mutation Heart].

I still remember that when I was in the Gray Fern Wilderness, I was thinking about killing more mutant crab demons, but I only got one after fighting for half a year. I didn’t expect to get two as soon as I got home. It was really a pleasant surprise.

And if he had these two mutant crab demon hearts, he basically had the other materials ready, that is, he could make two more mutant hearts in the alchemy room at any time.

This means that the mutant heart that he had been reluctant to take before can now be taken at any time, instead of saving it for the time when he impacted the official wizard.

When Richard summoned the Soul Devouring Spider to transport another mutant crab demon corpse, his brother Levi and the others were stunned when they saw a crab demon resisting another one. They stammered, "Why did these mutant crab demons kill each other? Did you control them mentally, Richard?"

Richard smiled mysteriously and did not explain anything.

When the Soul Devouring Spider controlled the mutant crab demon and completed the task of transporting, it quietly crawled out of the crab demon's mouth.

Seeing that the mutant crab demon, who was originally a porter, suddenly collapsed to the ground, everyone was amazed again, not understanding how Richard did it.

Even Duan, a second-level wizard apprentice, was wondering if Richard had just used witchcraft such as controlling zombies!

In the surprised eyes of the onlookers, Richard used the Ice Guardian to cut open the mutant crab demon's corpse and took out its heart, and quietly took back the Soul Devouring Spider.

However, the heart of the mutant crab demon needs to be processed immediately, or stored in a special box. Immediately, Richard asked someone to help him take out the box with green patterns on the surface from the blind fishman tribe from the package.

With this box with the solidified breath of life witchcraft to store the heart of the mutant crab demon, Richard did not need to make the mutant heart in a short time. After all, now is not the right time to make potions.

Looking at the energy points that have exceeded 100,000 on the inspiration panel, Richard is still very happy at this moment. Through the battle just now, he not only rescued his family, but also gained nearly 30,000 energy points. This kind of good thing is really like pie in the sky, which is unimaginable.

Now, basically, the energy points required for Rodrigo's meditation method to force the time limit should be enough, and there may be some left.

Richard and his party inspected the surroundings of the castle and saw that the buildings in the inner castle were generally safe and sound.

Fortunately, the monster army did not invade for long, and there was no time to destroy the inner castle. In addition to the two gates that needed to be repaired immediately, the rest was mainly cleaning and burial.

After greeting his family again, Richard couldn't help but recall the strange monster invasion in Silver Pine Town.

Richard was very familiar with these monsters. He had killed countless monsters in the Gray Fern Wilderness for half a year. He knew very well that most of them were monsters unique to the Underdark.

This time made him very confused. Logically speaking, monsters from the Underdark could not reach the surface in large numbers. One or two could be explained. Could it be that there was an unknown secret passage near Silver Pine Town? Could it allow underground monsters to come directly to the surface?

After a little thought, Richard shook his head. According to the orderly attack of the monster army just now, there must be a mastermind behind the scenes who was in unified command. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the situation where large monsters such as mutant crab monsters and small monsters such as bucktooth hyenas were hooked up.

At least, he had never seen such a strange situation in the Gray Fern Wilderness.

Therefore, for the safety of the family, Richard decided to immediately track the scattered monsters to see where they went.

Just as Richard was about to propose this idea, suddenly, the old baron vomited a mouthful of bright red blood, which immediately shocked Richard.

His brother Levi on the side hurriedly supported his father and said, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

The old baron waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm just too happy to see your brother back."

Richard thought about it and realized that this might be caused by his father's emotional fluctuations. Immediately, he took out a bottle of healing potion from his bulging package and asked his father to take it quickly.

In addition to a few healing potions such as hemostatic potions and healing potions, many of the alchemist's potions are not made for ordinary people.

For example, the lowest-level alchemical potion product, the Swiftness Potion, uses some slightly toxic herbs. If ordinary people drink it, the potion will certainly have an effect, but it is very likely that after the drug effect explodes, its side effects will cause ordinary people to paralyze their lower body.

If you want to drink the Swiftness Potion, the drinker has the best strength of a quasi-knight or close to a quasi-knight.

Of course, if ordinary people are strong enough, they can slowly recover and will not be affected.

But this is just an entry-level alchemical potion.

As the effect of the potion becomes higher and more unique, the toxicity contained in it is greater, and the more it requires physical fitness and even mental strength, so some potions that increase mental strength cannot be taken by my father and brother Levi, let alone by my mother, an ordinary person.

The old baron who took the healing potion immediately turned ruddy and waved to his brother Levi, indicating that he could stand up.

Seeing that his father was fine, Richard said what he had just thought about, that he would track down the source of the monster.

When elder brother Levi heard that his younger brother Richard was going to track the traces of the monsters alone to find out their source, he was shocked and said, "Richard, let me go with you."

Richard thought about it, shook his head and said, "Brother, it's better for me to go alone. I feel more at ease with you here to accompany father and mother. Besides, your current strength is still too weak."

When elder brother Levi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh "angrily", rubbed Richard's head, and said, "Good boy, now you don't even look down on your brother's strength."

Yes, a year ago, he was still suppressing Richard, but now, he can't even beat his summons!

However, elder brother Levi knew that although his younger brother's words were a bit direct, he actually didn't want him to take risks, and he certainly understood this.

Duan, a second-level wizard apprentice, said, "Sir Richard, let me go with you."

Richard looked at Duan, thought about it, and felt that he had too many secrets. It was not that he suspected Duan had any problems, but he did not want to reveal too many of his secrets in the near future.

Another reason was that if Duan followed him, there would be no wizard apprentice in the family castle.

This was quite risky in Richard's opinion. If he encountered some powerful lone monsters, it would be difficult to deal with them.

So, Richard paused and said, "Sir Duan, I may need to trouble you to continue to help guard our family castle for a few days. If I don't come back within three days, please contact my mentor, Wizard Ceres, and tell him about my situation."

When the old baron heard Richard's tone, his face changed immediately and he said, "Richard, why don't you go? I believe the kingdom should send someone to investigate this matter immediately. At that time, you can go with them, or let them investigate."

"Father, don't you still believe in my strength? I will ensure my own safety, you can rest assured. And this matter is too close to our family. I really don't feel at ease if I don't go there in person!" Richard said with a smile.

Looking at Richard's firm tone, the old baron knew that he could not change his second son's mind, who always had his own ideas, so he could only nod helplessly.

"When do you leave?"

Richard thought for a while and said, "I will leave early tomorrow morning, and I will be ready in the evening."