The drizzle last night lasted for most of the night and gradually stopped at dawn.
The pattering rain washed the old Hux Vulture, and the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood in the air was much diluted.
At this moment, somewhere in an alley in the southwest region.
The puddles on the ground that were still collecting water were now stained red with blood. There were two corpses in pirate costumes lying on the ground. The blood from the wounds had not completely dried up. There were gunshot wounds and more minor cuts from swords.
The high walls on both sides of the alley have traces of swords and axes left after fierce battles, and there are still projectiles with smoke rising somewhere in the corner...
A guy with a black hood on his head, only his eyes exposed, stretched out his legs and stepped on the pirate's body. After making sure that he was dead, he blew the white smoke from the muzzle of the short-barreled musket in his left hand, and slowly
Put the black sword in your right hand into the scabbard.
The only pair of eyes exposed under the hood looked a little tired, but also a little excited.
Raymond's outfit is really eye-catching, a bit like those hooded gangsters who robbed banks in his previous life.
It wasn't that he wanted to do this, but his bald head, which had no place to rest, was so eye-catching that it looked like a big shelled egg from a distance. The darker the light, the more like a bright light.
"Sure enough, actual life and death combat is the fastest way to improve your proficiency! I just had a head-on fight with this guy who wielded two swords, and my proficiency in the "Thirteenth Path Stormrage Sword Art" actually increased by seven or eight percentage points...
"
Although the fierce battle just now was thrilling, it also allowed Raymond to experience firsthand the exhilarating feeling of fighting with others head-on with swords.
If it hadn't been for this well-matched fight, he wouldn't have known that he still had so many shortcomings in fighting.
In addition to not being proficient in the use of skills, there is also a clear lack of combat experience.
The Sequence 8 pirate squad leader under Raymond's feet is not of high grade in swordsmanship, at least second- or third-rate, but his proficiency is very high and he can handle a set of heavy swords very well.
This pirate's level is one level higher than Raymond's, but the magic potion levels he advanced twice should only be ordinary black iron. Raymond roughly inferred from his speed and strength that this guy should go to [Sailor]
[Butcher]'s common pirate swordsman route.
The various attribute dimensions awakened by the superposition of the two level potions are not much more than the Raymond Sequence 9 gold potion [Juggler].
It was like this. Regardless of equipment, skills, or potions, Raymond could crush him. It should have been a big victory. But unfortunately, the two of them were evenly matched in swordsmanship.
After Raymond ate the "Agility Fruit", his sword became very fast. Correspondingly, he discovered that his shortcoming was that it was not capable of killing enough. The blade of the sword was too shallow. Unless it hit a vital point, it would be difficult to cause fatal injuries. And once it happened,
When the weapons are intertwined and entering a state of sword wrestling, he will find that his strength is obviously at a disadvantage.
"Insufficient strength, insufficient actual combat experience, and huge shortcomings in displacement and thrust capabilities. We must strengthen actual combat training in the future..."
Raymond roughly analyzed his situation, thought of something, and muttered in his mind: "It would be great if I could learn the 'shaving' in the Sixth Marine Style... Then I would have the ability to rush in and pursue."
, can fight and run.”
Then he pursed his lips. Under the current situation, the possibility of learning "Navy Sixth Style" was almost zero.
"I thought it would be decided with swordsmanship... but I didn't expect that I would use a gun instead."
Raymond looked helpless and put the gun away.
The Sequence 8 transcendent wanted to escape, but he really couldn't catch up.
The guy at his feet just now had this plan, but unfortunately Raymond was still a musketeer, the kind who would draw his gun whenever he disagreed.
"The strongest ones in this trial should be the pirates at the peak of Sequence 8. As long as they don't come in groups to encircle and suppress them, they should be able to kill them..."
These two pirates had already been plundered when they were defeated and captured. Apart from a few gold coins, they had no valuable loot.
At this time, Raymond used stones to draw a sketch of the treasure chest stronghold on the ground, thinking about the next attack plan.
He counted on his fingers: "Just now, we observed thirty-two living pirates in the scope... We sniped down one, and now we have killed two more. There are at least twenty-nine left. I want to get the ones in this treasure chest."
Gold coins, it will take some time..."
Thinking of this, he also had some doubts,
"Didn't Gavin say that Arthur came to seize the treasure chest? Why did I already rob the sixth treasure chest and I haven't touched it yet... Could it be that something unexpected happened? Or is he still looking for the key?"
Think of "key",
Raymond's expression became a little strange,
He himself didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
Yesterday, when he tried to open the first treasure chest, he found that the "master key" could easily open a sophisticated lock that required four keys, "red, orange, yellow, and green."
Moreover, yesterday was the first day of the trial, and there were very few pirates guarding the treasure chests. With his familiarity with the terrain, he successfully emptied the two treasure chests. Then he closed the treasure chests again as a prank, looking completely
It looked like no one had touched it.
But starting today, pirates began to gather in the three treasure chest points at the back, and the difficulty increased a lot. It took him a lot of effort to get the gold coins. It was the sixth treasure box point just now, and it was also the place where he met the pirates squatting there.
It is also the place with the most!
Obviously, pirates who have no choice but to die without raising enough gold coins will gather more and more at the treasure chest gathering point, all wanting to fight for their last hope, and the resistance will become more intense.
Tomorrow comes, no matter who wants to snatch the gold coins in the treasure chest, they will definitely face a fierce group battle.
...
"Then the kid won't be killed by the pirates... Why hasn't there been any movement after so long?"
"Probably not...haven't those two pirates come back now?"
The two shadow guards on the tower were always paying attention to the situation of the treasure chest stronghold below, adding a small stakes game to make the surveillance mission less boring. But they were a little confused, this time seemed to take too long, no matter what
Whether the sniper killed the pirates or was killed by the pirates, logically speaking, there should be results.
"Haha, it looks like I'm going to win."
One of the Shadow Guards smiled and analyzed: "You said that the musketeer's ultimate goal is the treasure chest, but I said it's impossible! Although this group of pirates is not very powerful, Sequence 9 Transcendents want to confront Sequence 8. After all,
The level gap is there, so long-range sniping might still be a bit advantageous, but there is almost no chance of winning in a close-quarters fight. The most likely possibility now is that he knew he was invincible and chose to escape..."
Before the man finished speaking,
Suddenly, there was another gunshot!
It startled him.
"Bang!"
The silent night was broken again by gunshots.
It was the same tall building just now, the same flames coming out from the same position, and the same fatal shot.
When the gunshot was fired, a pirate in the treasure chest stronghold fell down.
All of this is exactly the same as the previous scene!
"Won't you think...that guy is really back again?"
The two Shadow Guards looked at each other. They didn't expect that the sniper would actually come back again. They boldly chose the same sniper position and killed another person with the same technique!
The gunshots were still the same, and the shooter must be the same person.
Another small pirate leader was killed, and the treasure chest stronghold was in chaos.
At this time, five or six people ran out of the stronghold at once and quickly surrounded them in the direction of the tall building.
Seeing this scene,
The two shadow guards saw the surprise in each other's eyes and probably guessed a possibility.
"I said... that guy didn't just want to lure the snakes out of their holes and defeat them one by one, right? I thought he would leave after getting a taste of the benefits... Look at this formation, he doesn't really intend to kill all the pirates in this stronghold.
Drop it?"
"It looks like I'm going to win the bet... He dared to fire a second shot so blatantly. It was obviously with this intention."
"My dear, the two chased out were elite pirates from Sequence 8, and were killed so quietly? Could it be that there was a team ambushing over there? That's not right... I obviously only sensed it before.
The breath of a person.”
"Gee, this plan is so crazy! Orm Academy is really full of talents, and it has produced such a monster musketeer... How much confidence and strength do you have to dare to face such a group of vicious pirates alone?
..."
"That's not necessarily the case. We chased so many pirates this time. That guy..."
The Shadow Guard who spoke wanted to say something negative, but after thinking about it, he swallowed it in his stomach. He thought it was impossible just now, but now... maybe a miracle will happen.
...
If the first gunshot can be said to be an accident, then this second gunshot is like
"It must be Master Arthur and the others who came to save us! That was the sound of classmate Gavin's Falcon gun just now. I have heard the sound of that gun, just like that! Only he can kill Sequence 8 so easily
Pirates!"
"Hmph! Maybe they are our classmates from Philip Academy? Our academy also has several musketeers who are proficient in long-distance sniping."
"Haha, just those 'elites' you Philip can name... Feren? Clive? Haroon? Haha, during the ring challenge two days ago, why didn't I see anyone who dared to challenge Arthur on the stage?
of?"
"..."
The pirates outside were in chaos because of the gunshot just now.
In the prison, the "hostages" of the two colleges, Philip and Orm, also argued.
In the corner of the room, a lonely girl was hugging her legs, her eyes full of sadness.
If Raymond were here, he would definitely know her as Erin's childhood friend, Judy.