That bard is such a charmer!

Chapter 112 The Deadly Strike of Hua Wu's Flying Daggers

"Damn humans!"

"Despicable bread!"

"You won't ruin the adults' plans! I won't allow it—damn it!"

Inside the painting, after discovering that the magic circle had been destroyed, Ravenna flew into a rage and launched a relentless attack like a storm.

But Richard was no longer afraid of her at this moment.

With the newly learned Water Flow Rock Shattering Fist combat technique, combined with his original beast intuition and high agility, although he didn't have any effective means of counterattack for the time being, he would no longer be easily killed by any blood-red longsword.

More importantly, he now has a reliable teammate.

Dunke did not disgrace the name of his Schneider family ancestors and his abnormal physical attributes. Although he was only a level 6 warrior, the combat power he displayed at this moment far exceeded that of others of the same level.

A two-handed greatsword swept across the barn, making Ravenna hesitant to take its direct hits.

Thus, the poet and the knight worked together and successfully held their ground against Ravenna's offensive.

Ravenna became increasingly furious.

"You're all dead! I won't let you leave here alive! You—"

Richard chuckled softly.

"Stop talking nonsense. Why don't you look behind you?"

"Trying to fool me? Don't even think about it—what!!"

Although she verbally resisted, Ravenna glanced behind her out of the corner of her eye and was then terrified.

But it was Grace, Isabella, the three siblings Pegoti, Holcher and his second-in-command, along with the chief knight of Longlance Fortress and a large group of professionals serving the Schneider family, who were charging toward her in a mighty force!

this----

How is that possible?

They only destroyed one or two magic arrays. The most crucial one in the castle should still be safe and sound. How did these people manage to get in?

Because she was unaware that Richard had bewitched the painting, Ravenna was completely unable to comprehend the scene before her.

While she was in a daze, Jon, who was in the lead, cast a spell and summoned a huge hand that was shimmering with a faint light. It broke through the barn window and slapped at her like a mosquito!

Oh no, it's Bigby's hand!

Ravenna recognized the spell immediately and hurriedly dodged its strike.

—Then he was swept away by Dunk with a 20-point power sweep.

"Ugh! Get out of here!"

Ravenna cried out in pain and summoned a blood-red whip to lash out at Dunke.

Richard seized the opportunity to get close and used the vortex power again to disperse the long whip.

Then he followed up with a flurry of attacks that were stacked with a charged heavy blow, aiming for Ravenna's neck!

"Damn it!"

Ravenna dodged the first attack, but not the second, which was fueled by the swordsmanship genius. After a scream, blood gushed out.

She clutched her neck in a disheveled state and scrambled to the other end of the barn.

Looking at Richard and Dunk, who were eager to fight and grew stronger with each battle, and then at the fresh troops who were about to arrive at the barn, she realized that she had to leave.

You must tell the Earl everything about this place!

"You just wait! I'll suck every last drop of your blood dry!"

She roared and then transformed into a bat, trying to escape through the window on the other side.

Deng Ke hurriedly chased after him.

Richard, however, leisurely took out his lute and began to play a requiem.

He wasn't expecting Ravenna to feel sleepy during such an intense battle.

But he noticed two bright spots in the haystack near Ravenna, which seemed to be—the Huawu throwing knives that had been knocked away earlier!

The next second, the two throwing knives, summoned by the music, danced in mid-air and shot towards the bats!

"squeak!!!"

The bat barely dodged one spear, then was pierced through the chest by a second one. It screamed, fell to the ground, and transformed back into Ravenna.

"How could this happen—Sir, I'm so sorry—"

She stared in disbelief at Richard approaching, at the man who had almost killed her in an instant before, but who had now dealt her a fatal blow.

Finally, he slowly closed his eyes.

[Team up with teammates to defeat a vampire of level 10 and gain +20 experience points]

Richard blinked.

Hey, that's it? I thought it would be a long fight!

As he was wondering, he suddenly remembered that vampires also have the characteristic of being afraid of silver. Of course, they don't die from touching it, but they are more likely to be critically hit by silver.

And it seems that a tiny bit of silver was mixed into his two Huawu throwing knives—

Ha, that's not surprising~

"Dude, are they your friends?"

"Richard!"

At this moment, Grace, Isabella, and other reinforcements arrived.

Richard quickly introduced them to Dunk: "That's right, they are all my comrades who came with me to eradicate the cult—"

Dunk nodded.

Although such a large group of people seemed out of place, he had just witnessed the vampires' evil abilities and therefore had no doubts about Richard's stance.

"My little poet, you have created a miracle once again—"

Grace smiled, her eyes narrowed, and without caring about anything else, she hugged him tightly.

Richard, having survived the ordeal, felt the warmth of the Copper Dragon Lady and couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, it really was just a hair's breadth away. Fortunately, I'm protected by the gods and immune to all evil—"

Grace raised her eyebrows, unusually refraining from making a teasing remark.

Even Zoya inside her didn't say anything bad this time. Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank goodness, the bug survived. I don't have to be buried with it."

Isabella blinked as she watched the poet and the bronze dragon embracing, struggling to remain silent.

A few seconds later, after the two separated, she stepped forward and said with a smile, "Richard, thank goodness you're alright. Thank you so much this time—"

As she spoke, the others also paid their respects to Richard.

Richard waved his hand modestly.

"Just lucky, just lucky—Elsa hasn't woken up yet. Now that we're all here, we should hurry up and wipe out the vampires!"

This was the most important thing at the moment, and upon hearing this, everyone immediately gathered around to participate in the discussion.

Richard also shared everything he had seen and heard.

After listening, Jon deduced: "Whether it's the final sealing magic circle, Elsa's soul fragments, or the location of the curse ritual, they should all be inside that castle."

Isabella nodded: "Then our next goal is to storm the castle."

The chief knight of the Schneider family frowned: "Castles have always been the most important assets of local nobles. The fact that the vampires have set up their headquarters there means they have established connections with the nobles of the world in the painting. These monsters are masters at bewitching people—"

In other words, we might be facing more than just vampires in the future?

Richard glanced at the crowd, counted them, and found that there were only about thirty people in total. It seemed that the remaining sealing formation was still in effect, and even with the help of the oil painting itself, it was not possible to allow all the troops inside Longspear Fortress to enter.

These people have no problem dealing with a few high-ranking vampires, but dealing with vampires plus the kingdom's army from the painted world is not so easy.

Tsk ————

at the same time.

Inside the castle.

Vespera heard the shriek of the descendant and then sensed the change in the world within the painting. Surprised, he loosened his grip and smashed the blood-filled goblet on the ground.