Chapter 262 Who threw the knife handle!?

Chapter 262 Who threw the knife handle!?

Chapter 262 Who threw the knife handle!? (6.4k)

Hearing Russell introduce himself, a response came from the city wall in an instant: "Please wait for a moment, Mr. Luo, we need to verify your identity."

Although they didn't know whether the identity of the visitor was true or false, the staff on duty temporarily accepted Russell's identity. After all, if it was true, it would not be worth it to offend an Emerald-level card maker for no reason.

Russell naturally understood the twists and turns of the matter and just stood there waiting quietly.

Soon, a figure fell from the top of the wall as he watched.

"Junior brother?"

A calm voice with a hint of doubt sounded in the night.

"It's me, brother."

As he spoke, Russell took the ID card from the ghost soldier beside him and handed it to the ordinary man in front of him.

The person who came was his senior brother Zhang Jingxing.

Although Zhang Jingxing agreed to help his junior fellow apprentice brother find a job for him as he wanted to contribute to the Northern Defense Army, he still arranged for him to be under his command out of caution so that he could take care of him if anything really happened.

Zhang Jingxing has the confidence to do so.

He is a diamond-level card maker and the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army stationed in Jizhou.

Of course, he is not the only diamond-level card maker in Jizhou Town.

As the first line of defense against the demon army, the density of high-level card makers in the Northern Defense Army far exceeds that of the cities in the rear.

In fact, the density of card makers in coastal cities is not low, but because the coastline of the Ming Dynasty is too long, it seems to be stretched.

Zhang Jingxing took Russell's ID card and started to verify it immediately.

Although he was sure that there was nothing wrong with the young man in front of him, he still went through the necessary procedures to be on the safe side.

Important border areas cannot afford to be careless.

It is not uncommon for demon armies to kill personnel who had come to take up their posts and then disguise themselves and sneak into military towns.

In a short while, Zhang Jingxing handed Russell's ID card back: "Let's go, little brother."

"Because it's night time, we can't be careless. Don't think too much about it."

As he said this, he looked at Xiao Wu, who was guarding beside Russell silently, in surprise: "You said on your phone earlier that you had broken through to the Emerald level. I thought you hadn't made an Emerald level card yet."

"did not expect"

"No wonder the teacher thinks so highly of you."

As a diamond-level card maker, Zhang Jingxing could naturally sense Xiao Wu's extraordinaryness.

But he just regarded it as a young man's wild idea, and never imagined that the little Wu in the current state of broken jade fusion was born due to a series of coincidences.

Russell just smiled when he heard this, and did not explain the origin of Xiaowu. It is better to have less trouble than more.

The two men arrived in front of the city gate, and Zhang Jingxing waved his hand, and a prop card appeared.

Then he lightly brushed the impenetrable city wall, and a spiral light gate appeared in Russell's eyes.

It was at this time that Russell discovered that there was no gate in the city wall of Jizhou Town.

"This is your first time seeing this, right? It's just that the demon army has retreated for some reason in the past few days. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to get in even with identity verification."

"Junior brother, you have never been in contact with the Northern Defense Army before, so you don't know. All important border towns are constructed like this. In addition, there is a special civil engineering battalion in the city, responsible for strengthening the city walls during wartime. Jizhou Town can also be moved if necessary."

Russell was stunned. It was the first time he heard of these things.

However, he soon understood that the so-called reinforcement of the city wall could not be simply thickening it. The card makers in the civil engineering camp must have related cards that could give the city wall all kinds of strange abilities.

As for the city, it can run.
I guess he doesn't know whose card ability it is.

"By the way, your identity verification should be available tomorrow, and I will bring it to you then."

"But there won't be many opportunities to use it. We can't just leave Jizhou Town if we have nothing to do on weekdays, not to mention that the demon army has been acting a bit strange recently."

Hearing this, Russell froze.

He always felt that he was going to go back on his word again about what he had promised his senior sister during the day.

As if seeing Russell's reaction, Zhang Jingxing couldn't help but comfort him, "Don't worry, the city has everything you need."

Soon, Russell came to a detached bungalow under the guidance of Zhang Jingxing.

As the deputy commander-in-chief, he naturally had a separate residence.

Although it is not as big as his villa in Donglai.

However, Russell didn't have high requirements for housing, and he could live in an old and dilapidated house like the Happy Home.

"Junior brother, take a rest tonight. I will take you to meet your colleagues tomorrow."

"Excuse me, Senior Brother."

"You're welcome. I'll be leaving now."

Russell stood in front of the door, watching Zhang Jingxing's back gradually disappear into the distance, then turned around and entered the residence arranged by the Northern Defense Army.

The next morning, Russell was awakened from his meditation by a knock on the door.

With a sweep of his emerald-level mental power, he knew that the person standing outside the door was his senior brother.

After stretching his muscles which were a little stiff from meditating all night, Russell simply washed up and pushed the door open and walked out.

"Good morning, Big Brother."

"Good morning."

Zhang Jingxing nodded slightly, turned around and motioned for Russell to follow him: "There will be a meeting in the town today, so it's a good opportunity for you to get acquainted with your colleagues."

Russell was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Is it about the retreat of the defense line?"

Zhang Jingxing glanced at the young man beside him in surprise: "Your mind works quite quickly."

"But let's talk about the details at the next meeting. I won't go into details now."

While they were talking, the two had already arrived in front of a huge tent.

"By the way, this is your ID, I almost forgot."

Before entering the tent, Zhang Jingxing slapped his head, then took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Russell.

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【Authority card for the deputy commander of the Northern Army】

Rank: Emerald (Master)

Quality: white
Category: props

skill:
[Identity Authentication]: An identity card with the corresponding authority of the Deputy Commander of the Northern Defense Army.

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"Keep it. It will be very troublesome if you lose it." Zhang Jingxing's words rang in Russell's ears. "But it is difficult for a card maker to lose a card."

Hearing this, Russell nodded silently and solemnly put the card in his hand into his mind: "Is this card issued by Master Fang?"

Zhang Jingxing was not surprised that Russell could guess this information. After all, the master-level card clearly shown on the card could not deceive anyone.

"Correct."

"Okay, let's go in."

After saying this, Zhang Jingxing did not linger in front of the tent and took the lead to enter the tent in front of him.

Russell followed closely behind him.

As soon as he entered the tent, the young man noticed that several eyes were fixed on him.

Just as his pressure was gradually increasing, Zhang Jingxing came to his rescue in time: "This is the new deputy commander of our Jizhou Town, Russell."

"He is also my junior brother. Please take good care of him in the future."

At the same time, Russell bowed slightly and said sincerely: "I am Russell. I will trouble you all in the future."

The more courtesy, the less blame there is. It's nothing for him to be humble since he has just arrived. Moreover, from his perception, there are more than one diamond-level card makers now.

Zhang Jingxing patted Russell on the back, then smiled and introduced him to the people present.

There was nothing much to say about the group of Emerald-level card makers, so Russell just roughly noted down their positions and names.

He focused his attention on the other two diamond-level card makers besides Zhang Jingxing.

Kuang Shouzheng, the commander-in-chief, is a burly bald man with a scar running across half of his face.

Dai Xin, like her senior brother, is a commander-in-chief, an ordinary middle-aged woman.

After the introduction, there was no greeting. Kuang Shouzheng nodded to Russell and began the agenda of today's meeting.

Russell quietly found a corner and listened to the meeting. The Emerald-level card makers present did not pay too much attention to him. Obviously, today's meeting was more important than his identity.

"I won't say any more nonsense. In order to cover the safe retreat of the Northern Defense Army in Jinzhou and Ningyuan, our Jizhou Town has to cause some trouble for the Demon Army during this period of time." Kuang Shouzheng went straight to the point and directly pointed out today's topic.

Hearing this, Dai Xin said, "I'm afraid that group of demon soldiers also think so. In order to devour that part of the Northern Defense Army, they will definitely take the initiative to attack recently."

At this time, Kuang Shouzheng showed a smile on his face, and the scar on his face looked a little ferocious: "So in addition to causing trouble for them, we have to send some people to pick them up."

"Yongping Prefecture and Shanhaiguan will also send people."

"I asked you to come here today mainly to see if anyone is willing to volunteer."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jingxing immediately said, "Let me lead the team. Jizhou Town still needs you and Dai Xin to be in charge."

Hearing this, Kuang Shouzheng agreed without hesitation: "Then I'll have to trouble Jingxing this time."

"You can choose the staff."

In the corner, although Russell was somewhat surprised by his senior brother's choice, he did not say much.

To be fair, going to support and staying in Jizhou Town to harass the demon army are completely different levels of difficulty.

After all, the former will most likely face off against the demon army, while the latter is extremely unlikely to face the demon army directly. Even if they really do, they can rely on Jizhou Town to advance and retreat freely.

After Zhang Jingxing accepted the task, he did not waste any time and immediately selected people to carry out the mission together in the tent.

To Russell's surprise, his senior brother did not choose him, and the others in the tent had no objection.

Including two diamond-level card makers present.

But he soon understood why the senior brother did not choose him: "It seems that the senior brother and I think the same, we both think that the mission is dangerous."

"Then why did the eldest brother volunteer?"

Before the doubts in his heart dissipated, a guess flashed through Russell's mind: "Could it be that the senior brother took on this task just because he could take the initiative to select people?"

But he soon realized that he was thinking wrongly. For such a dangerous mission, no one would choose him, a card maker who had just broken through to the Emerald level.

Although Xiao Wu is very strong, Russell only has one Emerald-level card, Xiao Wu.

If there are any unexpected situations during the mission, he will not be able to handle them with his current strength.

"Tsk, you're still too weak."

Although he had reached the Emerald Level, it was only when Russell arrived at the frontline that he realized that his current strength was still not good enough, and it was a waste of his previous complacency.

"It's floating"

"Is this it, Sister Wen?"

Under the pitch-black night, Russell was hiding stealthily in a dense forest, looking at a small glowing city in the distance.

"That's right, Xiao Luo, didn't you say that you have the ability to cause large-scale destruction beyond visual range? It's time for you to show it."

Next to him, a short-haired, capable woman called "Sister Wen" had an obscene smile on her face.

"Hurry up and give them a few rounds, then we'll run away."

As she spoke, Sister Wen began to laugh strangely. Russell, who had been working with Sister Wen for a few days, was no longer surprised by the noise. He didn't know why Sister Wen, who looked like a strong woman, was such a nympho in private.

By the way, Sister Wen’s real name is Wen Jing.

At this time, several days had passed since the meeting in the tent that day. After the meeting, he and Sister Wen were assigned to a group.

After a few days of getting to know each other, Russell also understood why the two of them were grouped together.

Although Sister Wen is an Emerald-level card maker, the cards she plays are basically the type of single-player assassins that can stealth and kill with one strike.

Although it is not weak, it lacks AOE means.

Of course, an Emerald-level Assassin card can destroy a small town with physical strength alone.

The premise is that no one interferes.

The key is that the demon army will not allow its stronghold to be destroyed, so Sister Wen is basically useless at this time and can only let her cards carry out suicide attacks every day.

But things were different when Russell came. Sister Wen now only had to focus on hiding their whereabouts and running away with Russell after wreaking havoc.

"Got it, Sister Wen, remember to take me with you and run away later."

"Don't worry, I won't abandon you for Master Bai's sake."

Hearing the words of the woman next to him, Russell immediately called out Xiao Wu.

Two pairs of pitch-black wings suddenly spread out in the dense forest, but the next moment all movement was instantly eliminated.

"It's up to you, Xiao Wu. Give them some tough work."

"Yes, Lord Russell."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wu opened his hands and condensed a spear of thunder in front of him.

As the pale right hand grasped the emerald green spirit spear, the irritable Lingzi couldn't help but become gentle.

The next moment, the spirit spear was like an arrow shot from a bow, instantly disappearing from the sight of Russell and the others.

But it's not over yet.

The second one.
The third way.
Xiao Wu fired three thunder spears in succession. Although he was able to fire the fourth one, some fatigue appeared on his face.

At this time, the first thunder spear had arrived at the demon army's stronghold.

"boom!"

The pale green spiritual energy rushed up into the sky, and the strong wind generated by the explosion swept away in an instant.

But this is just the beginning.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two more explosions were heard.

Before he could check his results, Russell had already sensed an extremely dangerous aura coming from this small demon stronghold. He urged, "Run, Sister Wen."

Wen Jing still had some excitement left at this time. She chuckled twice and said, "I know, I know."

After they finished speaking, the two of them disappeared from the spot.

Not long after they disappeared, an angry roar resounded through the sky: "Who threw the knife handle!?"

On the other side, Russell, who had returned to Jizhou Town, scratched his head and asked Wen Jing beside him: "Sister Wen, do you think my attack worked?"

Because he was running so fast, he had no idea how much damage Xiao Wu's three lightning spears could cause.

Hearing this, Wen Jing replied casually: "Oh, there won't be much actual damage. After all, the strongholds of those demons are protected by special means."

"If it was so easy to destroy a stronghold, we would have pushed back long ago."

"Ah?" Russell was stunned. "Then what's the point of us doing this?"

Wen Jing said mysteriously: "You don't understand this."

“Even if it doesn’t cause any damage, it would still be annoying if there was a mosquito buzzing in your ear all the time.”

Russell suddenly realized: "I understand, this is a strategy to tire the enemy."

Wen Jing hugged Russell’s shoulders as if she were a good friend: “That’s very sensible.”

"Tomorrow night we will change our base and continue to disgust them."

"The efficiency of other teams is definitely not as high as ours."

There are quite a few demon strongholds near Jizhou Town. It should be said that this is the strategy of the demon army. Many small strongholds guard a large stronghold, and then many large strongholds guard the secret realm where the demon army first appeared.

The demon army will choose to continue advancing only after completely digesting an area, emphasizing steady and cautious approach.

Of course, there are many monsters in the monster army that are not from that secret realm, but it is unknown which secret realms they come from.

The next night, Russell and Wen Jing still sneaked into a grove, but the small demon army stronghold in the distance was another one.

The two men were well aware of the importance of moving to another place after each shot. If they went back to the small base they had yesterday, there was a chance they would be caught.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Three more thunder spears flew towards the stronghold.

Russell and the other man looked at each other, and both of them showed a cunning smile on their faces, as if they had succeeded in doing something bad.

"No, how can this be called a bad thing? I'm doing all this for Ming Dynasty!"

Russell's heart tightened, and he was afraid that he was almost led astray by Wen Jing.

Immediately afterwards, an explosion was heard and the two men disappeared from the grove.

For several days afterwards, Russell and Wen Jing did the same thing to disgust the demon army strongholds around Jizhou Town.

But if you often walk by the river, your shoes will never get wet.

Finally, on the sixth day, when Xiao Wu had just thrown the first thunder spear, Wen Jing's face changed: "Not good, let's go!"

As she said that, she grabbed Russell's right arm and tried to activate the card ability to leave the spot.

However, unlike the previous few days, this time Wen Jing only moved a few kilometers, then appeared out of thin air and fell to the ground with Russell.

"Tsk, you're willing to spend so much money."

Wen Jing pouted in annoyance, then rolled over and climbed up from the ground.

then
"What are you still standing there for? Run!"

After saying this, the two of them ran away.

Russell did try to see if the ghost soldier could take him into the shadows, but unfortunately it didn't work.

As he ran, he asked, "Sister Wen, does the demon army still have this kind of method?"

Wen Jing said without even turning her head: "Yes, but it is usually used in group combat to prevent our cards from carrying out decapitation operations."

"I didn't expect that they would be willing to take it out and arrest us this time."

"But don't worry. Those bastards definitely didn't guess that we would attack this base. They must have placed devices in bases that we haven't visited before."

"So it's not just our team that's suffering."

Hearing this, Russell initially thought that the woman running beside him was gloating, but he immediately felt ashamed of his dirty thoughts: "So what Sister Wen meant by this is that Lord Kuang and the others will soon realize something is wrong and come to support us."

"No, I am gloating."

"?"

Russell stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately the woman next to him reached out and held him back: "But what you said makes sense."

"Master Kuang"

"Oh, here it comes."

At this time, Wen Jing stopped, put her hands on her hips and looked into the distance.

And the aura that the woman could feel could naturally also be felt by Russell, who was also an Emerald-level card maker.

It cannot be said that they felt it, because at the end of their sight, there was a giant as tall as the sky and the earth running towards them.

This size would be impossible to ignore unless you are blind.

The giant was seen holding a yellow snake in his left hand and a green snake in his right hand. The ground was shaking violently as he ran, as if a small earthquake had occurred.

Now that Russell has a deep understanding of the myths of various countries, it is natural for him to recognize this vivid image, not to mention that the other party also has an idiom that is familiar to the Chinese people.

[Sun-chasing Giant·Kuafu] is one of Kuang Shouzheng's diamond-level cards.

"It's safe." Wen Jing shrugged as she watched the gigantic Kuafu pass by. "Let's go back to Jizhou Town first."

As she spoke, she placed her right hand on Russell's shoulder. It was obvious that with the arrival of Kuafu, the demon army chasing them from behind were already overwhelmed and there were naturally no more restrictions on them.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them returned to Jizhou Town.

"Don't we need to support Lord Kuang?" Russell asked hesitantly at this time.

Wen Jing moved too quickly just now, and he had already returned to Jizhou Town before he could react.

Hearing this, Wen Jing sneered: "Those demon soldiers don't have the courage to fight Lord Kuang, at least not now."

"Those possible diamond-level limb-jointing monsters in the small stronghold will be considered clean if they are not beaten to a pulp by Lord Kuang."

"What you need to do now is to have a good rest, because there will be a tough battle tomorrow."

Russell was a little confused for a moment, but before he could ask, he saw Wen Jing waved his hand and disappeared.

He returned to his residence in confusion and could only follow Wen Jing's instructions and meditate obediently.

Early in the morning, Russell stood on the wall, surrounded by a crowd of colleagues.

He now finally understood what Wen Jing meant.

Demon Army.
Someone came to my door.

At this time, the card makers in the civil construction camp in the city were constantly strengthening the entire city through prop cards, and countless mysterious Taoist texts were floating into the sky from Jizhou Town.

"Kuang Shouzheng!"

"Get out of here!"

A roar like thunder rang in everyone's heart.

The diamond-level demon leading the demon army was looking at the top of the city wall with a gloomy expression.

However, the protagonist named by him on the wall of Jizhou Town, the commander-in-chief Kuang Shouzheng, ignored him and said in a deep voice: "Everyone summon the cards and prepare for battle."

"Pay attention to card loss."

Kuang Shouzheng was not surprised that the demon army would come to attack him. Rather, it was what he had hoped for.

Originally he thought it would take some time for the other party to take the bait, but he didn't expect that after just a few days, these demons could no longer hold back and took the initiative to attack, allowing him to seize the flaw.

Last night alone, his cards killed a dozen emerald-level limb-replacing monsters and one diamond-level limb-replacing monster.

The main reason is that the combat effectiveness of the limb-grafting monster is really poor. It can't even beat monsters, let alone a T0 profession like the card maker.

Thinking of this, he looked strangely at Russell who was standing side by side with Wen Jing not far away.

"Jingxing's junior brother is quite interesting."

At this time in the demon army, several emerald-level demons were looking at the black and white figure beside Russell with fiery eyes.

"You bastard."

Several demons cursed in their hearts. Last night they already knew what the card that had been disgusting them for the past few days looked like.

It’s just right, I can take this opportunity to let out some steam today.

Even if it is possible.
Several demons turned their gaze to Russell beside Xiao Wu, and a hint of ferocity flashed in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)