RBCT Chapter 23 Robber Knight, Die!
Chapter 23 Robber Knight, Die!
After the auction ended, Lin Wei bid farewell to Drake and hurriedly returned to the Chengshi territory.
……
A week later.
Outside the territory's entrance, Lin Wei saw a suspicious-looking person walking quickly towards the depths of the territory.
He was dressed plainly, like a commoner, but his skills resembled those of a knight.
These days, there's no reason for ordinary people to trespass on territory.
"Practicing knighthood? His sneaky ways will bring him a terrible death."
Lin Wei broadened his horizons considerably on this trip, having met several standard knights of his own level, and was no longer impressed by practice knights.
The knight's name was Brown, and he was sent by the Swan Knight to deal with the Chengshi family.
He was somewhat puzzled; the Chengshi territory seemed to be developing very healthily, which was strange.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
The Chengshi family will soon become history. After infiltrating the castle, he only needs one night to wipe out all the mortals inside.
However, Brown had a strange premonition.
But the surroundings remained silent, and there was no indication of what was going on.
Brown comforted himself: "I've done too many bad things. This little earldom doesn't even have a single superhuman. Is there anyone who can threaten me?"
Not far behind him, Lin Wei drew his bow and shot several more spiral arrows while he was distracted.
"Robber Knight, die!"
The spiral arrow pierced the knight's body in an instant, spinning continuously and shredding half of his body.
Brown felt a sharp pain in his chest as if a wolf-tooth arrow had pierced through him, and instinctively tried to flee for his life.
Despair gripped him: "It's over, the enemy is behind us..."
Lin Wei swooped down behind him like a heron, and with a swift, powerful strike, ripped the man's heart out, ending his life.
When a lion hunts a rabbit, it uses its full strength.
"So weak, its defense is even worse than a werewolf's. It was stunned by my spiral arrow."
Lin Wei searched the body but found no identification or breathing techniques.
"Poor wretch."
After burning the body to ashes on the spot, Lin Wei hurriedly returned to the Earl's castle.
This was just a minor incident and not worth mentioning.
Inside the basement.
Lin Wei muttered to himself, "This trip has achieved its purpose of broadening my horizons. I should travel more in the future."
"I'll level up Spiral Arrow Technique to level four in one go, and then test the effects of this Focus Potion."
Without hesitation, Lin Wei took out a Concentration Potion and took a sip.
"Hmm, it tastes pretty good, a little sweet."
"Could this thing also be a wizard's creation?"
The effect of the silver boots had left a deep impression on Lin Wei.
In just a short while, Lin Wei felt much more awake, his perception of the outside world became exceptionally clear, and his thought process became much faster.
"Amazing... Let me try it and see how it works."
Lin Wei calmed down and began practicing his breathing technique again.
Not long after.
[Grey Heron Breathing Technique experience points +4, after being tripled by Deep Blue Surface experience points +12]
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[Grey Heron Breathing Technique experience points +5, after being tripled by Deep Blue Surface experience points +15]
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[Grey Heron Breathing Technique experience points +7, after being tripled by Deep Blue Surface experience points +21]
"The effect is good. The probability of failure in the breathing technique has been reduced significantly, and the success rate has increased. On average, it adds 1-2 points of basic experience to my breathing technique each time, and after a three-fold increase, it becomes 3-6 points."
Lin Wei was very excited.
"This is absolutely fantastic. Subduing Drake was definitely a smart choice."
"But it seems the effect has worn off, let me have another bite."
Lin Wei took another sip of the concentration potion with a satisfied smile and continued his cultivation.
……
Half a year has passed in a flash. It's September, the Golden Harvest Festival, in the basement.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow pierced the iron target, embedded itself deeply in the wall, and disappeared.
[Spiral Arrow Technique experience points +3, after being tripled by Deep Blue Surface, experience points +9]
[Spiral Arrow Technique: Tier 3 → Tier 4 (6/10000), Effect: Low-level Penetration]
[Low-level Penetration: Arrows have increased penetrating power, causing more powerful penetrating damage than before, and slightly improving their effectiveness against light armor.]
"Hmm, your archery skills have reached the fourth level, greatly increasing their power and adding a penetrating effect." Lin Wei was very satisfied.
Lin Wei opened the deep blue face of the Rubik's Cube.
Name: Albus Linwei
【Lion Breathing Technique: Tier 4 (800/10000), Effect: Low-level Defense】
[Grey Heron Breathing Technique: Level 3 (1700/3000)]
[Rose Breathing Technique: Level 2 (400/1000)]
[Grizzly Armor: Tier 2 (741/1000)]
[Forging: Tier 1 (247/500)]
"My cultivation has been going very smoothly for the past six months. There haven't been many territory affairs for me to handle. It's just a pity that I ran out of focus potions. I also took some time to forge iron for a week and gain some forging experience points."
"During this time, a foolish bandit knight led his troops to invade, but was easily defeated by the werewolves commanded by Black."
Lin Wei still hasn't forgotten the shock that Celia and Ham felt when they discovered the werewolf had actually stepped in to protect them.
"As for the female ghost by the Blackstone River, she never appeared again after being fed the heads of bandits and criminals, and she became much more docile."
"Let's go out for a walk."
……
In the steward's room, Celia reported to Lin Wei: "Lord Lin Wei, after paying this batch of military expenses, there are less than 200,000 gold coins left in the territory's savings."
Lin Wei calmly said, "It's alright, keep paying."
"I will try to find ways to make money and get by a little longer."
For Lin Wei, the territory was a hen that could lay eggs, and he could even eat the eggs himself.
He doesn't want to give up unless absolutely necessary.
For example, the beef and mutton he usually used for cultivation and nourishment were purchased from ordinary people at relatively affordable prices, and the prices were not high.
Ham: "Lord Linwei, the Duke of Grizzly Bear next door has come urgently for help, saying that bandits have invaded his territory and that bandit knights may appear. He needs your assistance."
Lin Wei: "Send Blake over there."
The werewolf prophet Black has now commanded seven werewolves, and sending a few of them to resolve the problems in the Grizzly Bear Territory would be more than enough.
Commanders such as Luo Ti reported: "Lord Lin Wei, the soldiers in the territory need to be replenished. In the past six months, small groups of bandits have invaded the territory almost every week, and the number of civilians affected is increasing."
"Celia, allocate another 10,000 gold coins for conscription."
In the past six months, apart from the ducal territories which remain relatively secure, most of the earldoms have gone bankrupt.
Not only the Kingdom of Atlantis, but other kingdoms on the continent also started wars, and the weak lords suffered greatly.
"What a rip-off, this is just a harvest, the territory has finally returned to the kingdom's hands."
Lin Wei then resolved some matters within the territory and went to the blacksmiths to obtain a large quantity of forging materials, which he then sent to the basement.
Thinking about the future, he needs to spend some time improving his forging skills.
Otherwise, if the territory goes bankrupt, he won't have money to buy cultivation resources.
The sound of blacksmithing echoed day and night from the basement.
A month later.
[Forging experience +2, after being tripled by Deep Blue Surface, experience +6]
[Forging: Tier 1 → Tier 2 (3/1000)]
"I've finally upgraded my forging to the second tier. I'm no worse than those old blacksmiths in the territory."