Chapter 590: Chapter 248: Stone Steps on the Island (Two-in-One Chapter)_3
At that moment, several people smelled a pleasant fragrance.
It drifted down from upwind, somewhat resembling the scent of lavender.
But in the tense battle, the three of them hardly considered why there was this fragrance.
If they had calmed down to think about it, they would have realized immediately that even if lavender was growing nearby,
it wasn’t the season for lavender to bloom yet….
This was actually a gas-type poison produced by Rein, following a formula from “Maxwell’s Rare Poison Production Manual”—the Lavender Hallucinogen.
Its effect was to induce hallucinatory effects on a certain range of people and animals.
Of course, this effect was very effective on both ordinary people and knights.
But for someone at the level of a Great Knight, the effect was much weaker; it merely caused occasional hallucinations or double vision.
However, for Rein, this was enough.
It wasn’t that his opponent was too formidable, forcing Rein to use poison.
Rather, he mainly wanted to test the effects of the poison gas; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been willing to use it on these individuals.
The Dutka dog let out a mournful cry as it was bitten on the throat by the Greyhound ‘Cookie’; at this moment, the dog’s eyes went blank, and its limbs were flailing weakly…
At that time, the three of them had no concern for the dog’s plight.
Because at that moment, Rein, holding a Two-Handed Warhammer, smiling, emerged nonchalantly from the forest.
Hammis thought, isn’t this lad supposed to continue shooting arrows in ambush rather than coming out to fight us three hand-to-hand?
Is he out of his mind?
But the next second, they all saw a blur, and Rein had disappeared.
Then, Hammis heard a sound like a watermelon being smashed by a club to his left.
It came from Bueno’s direction!
Hammis immediately turned to look, only to see Bueno’s headless body slowly falling to the ground.
Suddenly, Hammis’s face changed drastically!
Was Rein so powerful?
Just as Hammis was about to act, he saw multiple images of Rein appear before him?
How is this possible!
It’s not right, this must be the poison gas!
“As a Sword Bearer, you… you actually used poison?” Hammis’s eyes widened in disbelief as he pointed at Rein.
Those tactics, which he should have been using, had been preemptively employed by Rein, the Sword Bearer he was facing!
Next second, another booming sound!
Hammis’s expression changed several times, and immediately he turned and leapt away!
Though the poison gas affected him, causing his body to sway slightly from time to time, his speed was not slowed in the slightest.
Rein watched this unfold without hurry, slowly took the war bow from Cookie, drew the bow, and aimed at Hammis’s back.
With a sharp whizzing sound,
a bolt of black lightning instantly pierced through Hammis’s back.
He staggered a few steps, his speed greatly reduced.
Shortly thereafter, Hammis, like a drunken man, staggered several times, then with a thud, fell flat on the ground!
The team of four, all annihilated!
Rein approached, first taking a look at the Wizard Apprentice.
He saw that the apprentice had been split into two by his arrow.
Apprentice Wizards have this shortcoming, even if they are third level apprentices, as long as they are not official wizards, they lack a defensive field
leaving them vulnerable to surprise attacks…
That’s why many Apprentice Wizards start by also training in the path of knighthood, as this dual training increases the survival capabilities of Apprentice Wizards significantly.
At that moment, Cookie came over, carrying the Dutka dog, seeking praise.
Rein patted Cookie’s fluffy head, complimenting, “Well done!”
Indeed, if Cookie were still an ordinary Greyhound without evolution, the battle would likely have turned out the opposite.
The heavier, more robust Dutka dog could easily kill an ordinary Greyhound.
After sweeping the area for loot, Rein continued advancing towards the front.
As for the bodies of the four men and the dog?
The beasts in the forest would naturally make quick work of them.
Suddenly remembering something, Rein pulled on the reins and stopped again, then got off the horse and quickly walked into the forest.
Soon, inspired by Cookie’s tracking, Rein swiftly caught a forest wolf.
He placed his hand on the struggling forest wolf and performed the second core skill of the Beast Priest—’Beastly Vitality’.
Immediately, the forest wolf stopped resisting.
A surging warmth flowed from within the forest wolf, through his hands, into Rein’s body.
This sensation of warmth circulating inside him was similar to the rejuvenative power after leveling up, but there was something more to it.
Rein dispelled the special effects of Steel Body, drawing a blade across his finger.
In less than two seconds, the wound rapidly healed….
Indeed, besides restoring vitality, the core skill ‘Beastly Vitality’, could heal injuries as well.
Meanwhile, the forest wolf appeared listless, drowsy, and lay on the ground, too lethargic to move….
However, Rein felt as if he could hear, faint and distant wolf howls in his ears intermittently, a peculiar sound that seemed to subtly disturb his mind.
But since the sound was very faint, the disturbance was also minimal and could be easily ignored.
“Is this what the skill description referred to as the Spirit of the Beast?” Rein mused softly.
After thinking it over, Rein proceeded deeper into the forest.
This time, when he emerged, he was leading a robust grey bear.