Age of Empires From Scratch

  Chapter 68 The Assassin of Unknown Origin

Rinwinter Village has been upgraded to Rinwinter Town, running from the Middle Ages to the electrical age. David has a good idea, but in reality, if he wants to really do it, even if he opens the plug-in, he has to overcome a lot of difficulties and work hard step by step. It is possible to achieve your goals.

   "I'm already on the hook, I can definitely do it."

   Cheering himself up in his heart, David turned back to look for Laura. Before he reached the cafeteria, Laura came out to look for him after eating.

   "Do you want to practice bow and arrow together?"

   "Okay, I just had a full meal and it's good for some simple activities."

   Taking bows and arrows, axes and guns, David and Laura walked towards the forest in the north.

   At the edge of the Winter Forest (like the Winter River, this forest was eventually named the Winter Forest), there is a simple shooting range made by David and the others. There is a certain distance from the village here to avoid disturbing the people in the village.

  Slowly, not only archery, firearms, etc. come here for practice, but even battles and other things will come here specially.

  When Laura and David came over, they met Peggy and Sharon who had just finished practicing together and were going to have lunch.

   "Are you practicing bows and arrows?" Noticing the bows and arrows in David and Laura's hands, Peggy knew what they were going to practice: "Why do you still have an ax?"

"The hand ax needs to be practiced frequently to maintain its feel." David lightly dropped the ax in his hand. As a hunter, the melee weapon he was best at was the ax, and he could use the throwing ax when necessary: ​​"I don't want to give up. This craft."

"Maybe you can also practice flying shields. I think it's much more handsome than a hand axe." Sharon has been here for so long, and after getting familiar with everyone, she is no longer as silent as when she first came here, showing a young girl Due to the vitality, he often jokes with everyone: "It can also be matched with a hand axe. When the time comes, a flying ax in one hand and a flying shield in the other hand will definitely be very powerful."

  The three women and one man present almost instantly made up the shape of David holding an ax in one hand and a shield in the other. Let alone the power, this looks very interesting.

   "Haha, very good suggestion, I will consider it!"

   After talking and joking, Sharon and Peggy didn't even stop, and went straight to the cafeteria. After David and Laura walked to the improvised shooting range, they each chose a target and started practicing.

Although it is located on the edge of the forest, the target is not placed with its back against the forest, but against the open land in the northeast direction, so as to ensure that there will be no accidental injury due to practice—people in the village will go into the forest to collect wild fruits and vegetables. When practicing outside, you may not be able to see the people in the forest, and it is very likely to cause accidental injury.

  Targets should be placed in an open place to be safe.

The two took out their bows and arrows and each chose a target to start practicing. Both of them have very strong bow and arrow skills. Hitting the bull's-eye is no longer something to be happy about. In order to achieve the effect of the practice, Laura and David began to change their tricks. toss.

  For example, David wanted to spell the assassin’s English on the target, but was intercepted by Laura halfway, and the arrow failed to fall on the target and was shot down.

   Then Laura spelled the cavalry with an arrow and was also destroyed by David. With her best rapid fire, she shot the entire target into a hedgehog in an instant, and couldn't spell any words.

  Unhappy Laura directly used the holy light shot that she had comprehended when dealing with Holy Trinity some time ago, and the arrow infused with powerful holy light directly blew David's target into pieces.

   "..."

  The target is broken, how can I practice?

  Laura rolled her eyes, saying that it would all be David's fault.

   "I want to go home, you can slowly repair the target here!" It's more like repairing than making two new targets, and the target that was shot into a hedgehog can no longer be used.

Laura pulled out all the arrows from the target and put them away. By the way, she also took David's hunting bow. Finally, she waved to the helpless David and left with a smile, leaving David to work slowly here. .

Watching Laura leave, David can only repair (remake) the target honestly. Fortunately, this is not a complicated job, and everyone does not have high requirements for the target. David can quickly Complete the production of two new targets.

After working hard for a while, two new large-character targets stood in the open space. David looked at them and nodded in satisfaction, then kept throwing the ax in his hand up and down until the ax fell into his hand again. Suddenly swept towards the past.

   There is no reason, nor is it because he discovered something, but he just felt that he should cut an ax in this direction. David also felt that this sudden feeling was unreasonable, and he seemed to be able to ignore it.

  But he still chose to act according to this sudden feeling, and he got an unexpected harvest.

  The ax in his hand didn't cut anything, but when he turned around and swung the hand ax towards the 'air', he could see a transparent humanoid silhouette dodging back quickly, avoiding his axe.

"This is…"

David's reaction was quick. Although the outline of the human figure was only vaguely visible, which might even make people suspect that his eyes were dazzled, he firmly believed that his eyes were absolutely right. Something sneaked behind him just now. It was not a big deal. Good thing!

  By waving the movement to complete the turn, the left hand was raised above the head to release a violent holy light.

  The sudden burst of flash almost filled the space around David, shrouded in golden light, driving out all the 'darkness'.

  David, who released the flash technique, finally saw the true appearance of that figure—it really was a person.

   "Temple priest?"

The masked man, who was driven away by the holy light and revealed his figure, looked at David in surprise, but at the same time, he also assumed a fighting posture with his left hand holding the dagger in front of him and his right hand holding the dagger at his side .

   "The believers of Lumiere moved so fast, they actually sent people to such a remote place without making a sound."

  David was confused by this man's words, and couldn't understand what this guy was talking about at all? But on the surface, he remained calm, just staring at the masked man opposite him vigilantly.

   "The Forrester family sent you here?"

  The other party was stunned for a moment after hearing David's question, and then simply denied David's guess: "No."

   "Huh?" David carefully observed the other party's reaction. The other party didn't seem to be lying, which made him very puzzled: "Isn't it the assassin of the Forrest family? Who could it be?"

   So far, he has only had conflicts with the Forrest family. Apart from that, he has no enmity with others. If this assassin was not sent by the Forrest family, why did he assassinate him?

  Of course, it doesn't rule out the possibility that the other party didn't tell the truth and deliberately answered this way to distract him. Also, David was very concerned about this person's mention of temple priests and Lumiere's disciples earlier. This guy seems to have misunderstood something.

  Putting the hand ax into his waist, David deliberately put on a 'safe posture' of being unarmed and undefended: "Since it is not an assassin of the Forrest family, this may be a misunderstanding."

The man on the opposite side was obviously also hesitating. Although he continued to maintain a fighting posture, he did not continue to attack. Instead, he asked David a question that made him a little confused: "Have you betrayed your beliefs and defected to The remnants of the old gods."

   "..." David remained calm on the surface, his head was spinning rapidly thinking about how to answer this question, and finally he could only hold back a sentence after deliberation: "I still stick to my beliefs."

  The assassin on the opposite side seemed to relax a little, and asked again: "How long has it been since you came to the Kingdom of Tilan while hiding your identity?"

   "It's been many years."

  David still remained calm and said ambiguous words. He felt that he answered well, and maybe he could get more information out.

   Unexpectedly, the opposite party turned their faces in the next second: "You are not a temple priest at all!" At the same time as these words were said, a cloud of green smoke exploded under David's feet.

   With the help of the explosion of the poisonous smoke trap, the masked assassin rushed to David in an instant, and the dagger glowing blue passed through the poisonous smoke, stabbing David accurately.

   "It doesn't feel right!"

   And the expected scene did not happen, the assassin found that the young man in front of him was still standing there firmly, and was about to grab his hand holding the dagger.

"what happened?"

  The assassin who chose to retreat at the first time opened the distance with David, and let himself enter the invisible state again.

   After careful observation, the assassin found that the young man had a faint golden glow, and his attack just now was blocked by the opponent's magic shield.

   "..."

   Realizing that the target was a tricky one, the Assassins began to consider leaving, perhaps waiting until the next better opportunity.

  David, however, was not going to waste his time playing cat and mouse with an assassin. Faced with this situation, his choice was simple and brutal.

   "Dedication!"

   With a light step on the ground with his right foot, the ground centered on David was injected with a huge amount of holy light, and then the ground in the entire area emanated divine light.

   Realizing that the assassin who didn't have a second had time to react, David had already locked his position, followed by a very authentic holy light spell.

   "Holy Fire!"

  The thick and large pillar of sacred fire fell from the void, hitting the locked assassin with precision. Faced with this kind of attack, the assassin didn't even have time to yell out or express his amazement, before he was engulfed by the huge, scorching holy flame, and his whole body became fuel for the flame in an instant.

  As the sacred fire burned, David noticed a slight cracking sound around him, and he finally noticed something abnormal: it was too quiet just now, as if an invisible barrier cut off all sounds. It was this kind of silence that made David feel that something was wrong, and then discovered the assassin who had been charred.

   "Unfortunately, I didn't get any more useful information."

  (end of this chapter)