Chapter two hundred and seventy-ninth under the annual vacation in the winery
"What, what is that?" Ryan's eyes widened. How could such an evil beast appear in his winery during the Winter Veil Festival?
"That's the Sphinx Beast." Dark Elf Olika reacted immediately: "It shouldn't appear here, Master, it should be active in the Nicohara Desert!"
"Damn it!" Ryan saw this creature wreaking havoc in his vineyard. It picked up the body of the dead vineyard steward with its pliers and ate it into its belly. It then burped and continued to look for its next prey.
Coming out for the holidays, Ryan didn't wear his psychic power armor today, nor did he bring his war hammer!
"Olica! Protect Morgiana and Emilia!" Ryan stretched his hands behind his back: "I will deal with this evil beast!"
"Qiang~" Ryan didn't bring his war hammer and armor, but he always carried the Nemesis with him.
The goddess of revenge burning with white flames unsheathed, Ryan jumped directly from the window, amidst the howling cold wind and heavy snow in the sky, the God-chosen champion of the Fairy of the Lake landed lightly on the ground, he raised his sword,
He yelled at the evil beast: "Come here, Sphinx, this is not a place for you to run wild!"
"Roar~wow~!!!" Sphinxmon saw another human appear and let out a huge roar.
Ryan's roar attracted not only the evil beast in front of him, but also the Holy Grail Knights stationed in the winery. The lights in the annex almost turned on in an instant, and the Holy Grail Knights were reacting quickly.
Wearing equipment, even in a resting festival like the Winter Veil Festival, they never slacked off in the slightest to their goddess.
The Sphinx Beast flashed its huge wings and rushed towards Ryan with a swoop. Its hands were two huge pincers. When it saw Ryan, it rushed towards him without fear of death. The face of the Sphinx Beast was
What appeared was a bloody and ferocious smile, and the pliers suddenly stretched forward, about to cut off Ryan's body.
Just like it ate that human being.
"Drink!" Ryan had already understood the evil beast's intention. He clenched the hilt of the sword with both hands. The Nemesis was emitting a light blue light in the cold night. Almost as soon as the pliers arrived, the blade of the Nemesis fell.
"Bang!" Silvery white sparks and fierce friction sounds appeared on the sphinx beast's pliers at the same time. Along with the scream of the evil beast, an entire section of the pliers was cut off by Ryan with his sword, and yellow blood flowed out.
It spurted out from the wound, and the evil beast was in pain. It howled miserably and kept retreating.
The offensive was interrupted, and Ryan took advantage of the victory to pursue it. He rushed towards the Sphinx without stopping.
On the second floor of the wine castle, Morgiana came to the window with the support of Emilia. The face of the Lake God Witch was full of shock: "Why did the Necromancer Sphinx appear here?"
The long sword on Emilia's waist was trembling continuously. The little maid noticed the strange movement of her sword, but she pretended that nothing happened: "Necromancer Sphinx?"
"This is a half-biological, half-metal structure from the Nicohara Desert. It is the war monster of the Tomb King, but...how did it appear here?" Morgiana couldn't help being surprised.
The dark elf Orika frowned slightly. She also recognized this kind of creature. Orika first saw Morgiana's unsteady appearance, and then looked at Emilia and the trembling sword at her waist.
She began to chant a spell and summon her staff.
Through the window sill, the Sphinx Beast was having a fierce battle with Ryan. Its body covered with metal and filled with flesh and blood was harder than steel, but this was not a problem for Ryan at all. The goddess of revenge waved, and those solid bodies
The metal was cut easily.
"Roar~" The Sphinxmon suffered losses continuously, but its body was indeed extremely strong. Nemesis could cut open its carapace, but it was difficult to pierce deeper things. It retreated slightly, and then slammed forward.
The biting cold wind made it difficult for Ryan to open his eyes, and he immediately turned over to avoid it. The Sphinx beast rushed forward and flew into the air, trampling on a grapevine.
"For the lady!" The Holy Grail Knights appeared, fully armed, raising their swords and shields, surrounding the Sphinx Beast in the middle.
The evil beast obviously sensed that something was wrong. It could tell that the humans surrounding it were all very powerful. It couldn't defeat the humans in front of it even after fighting for a long time, let alone so many Holy Grail Knights.
Being continuously besieged by the Holy Grail Knights, the evil beast was at a disadvantage. The undead sphinx beast lowered its head and roared angrily. Its face and mouth opened wide, and a large stream of blue flames spewed out.
The Holy Grail Knights raised their shields to resist, but the green flames could not break through the blessing of the Lake Fairy.
The evil beast took this opportunity to suddenly open its wings. It flapped its wings and flew into the sky. The evil beast roared in the sky. It spit out green flames and covered a vineyard in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, due to the large amount of snow,
The flames didn't burn.
"Oops!" Ryan's face changed slightly, and the evil beast flew directly towards the wine castle!
Above the wine castle, the expressions of Morgiana and Emilia also changed. The little maid quickly helped the Lake God Witch: "Your Highness Morgiana, the Sphinx Beast is coming towards us, please stay away for now.
one time!"
"Damn it!" Morgiana subconsciously wanted to mobilize her magic power, but her body was empty. Only the spiritual pattern carved by Ryan contained the spiritual energy he left behind.
Morgiana didn't want to use this power, so she had to try to use it at this time.
At this moment, Orika was chanting a spell: "Power of Chaos, listen to my command, the name of Erth, the pale flame."
I don't know when, a huge staff appeared in the hand of the dark elf. This staff was navy blue with a huge ruby inlaid on the top.
The whole body of the dark elf was surrounded by purple-black magic power. These magic powers entered her body and gradually turned into a purer deep purple. Orica's waist-deep hair fluctuated with the owner's movements.
, she stood there, gently shaking her staff, and the power of black magic gathered between the staffs.
Then, the dark elf released all the mana in one breath: "Hoo~"
"Seven Rings of Magic, Demonic Arrow of Destruction!"
The sky exploded, and violent lightning was released from a purple-black ball of light. The pale lightning thicker than a bucket tore through the cold air in the night and directly hit the Sphinx Beast's body.
"Bang~crack~boom~" With a deafening explosion, the Sphinx beast was torn apart in the air with almost no resistance. The golden wings were blown to pieces, from the back to the whole body and then to the limbs. The evil beast was not far away from the wine castle.
It exploded five hundred meters in the air and turned into ashes, leaving only a cloud of smoke and countless fragments.
"Wow! Sister Olika! You are so powerful." When Emilia saw that the crisis was over, she breathed a sigh of relief, and her beautiful little face was full of envy: "I didn't know you could be so powerful.
of magic.”
After releasing such a powerful spell, the dark elf's face turned slightly pale. She raised the corners of her mouth and glanced at the Lake God Witch with disdain.
Morgiana's face immediately darkened.
After a while, Ryan came back with some snow on his body. The Count put the Fury back into the scabbard: "I don't know where the evil beast came from. Durand is dead. According to the Holy Grail Knights, it seems to have come from
The nearby Oracle Mountains flew over to look for food..."
"Master~" Ryan was just halfway through his words when Olica suddenly changed from being calm and calm to being weak. She staggered to the ground and barely moved a few steps before falling towards Ryan.
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About three hours later, the Winter Veil Festival dinner continued. The only difference was that the dark elf sat on Ryan's lap and enjoyed Ryan's feeding play: "Master, I want to eat this."
"Okay, Orica, I'm sorry to trouble you this time." Ryan picked up a piece of toast covered with honey with a fork and put it into the dark elf's mouth: "If it weren't for you, we would be in a lot of trouble this time.
I don’t know how to deal with this thing.”
"Master, I still want to eat this."
"Master, I have no strength anymore."
The dark elf took the opportunity to act coquettishly towards Ryan, with a strange blush on her face, and she accepted Ryan's feeding calmly.
Emilia was okay, Morgiana's face turned dark, and the Lake Witch used a spoon to scoop up corn vegetable soup and tried to divert Ryan's attention: "Why does the Sphinx appear in the Oracle Mountains? And?
I still come to your territory. I think there must be a conspiracy. The Sphinx is the war monster of the Tomb King. Is it Settra? Or Arkhan?"
"I'm not sure. The only thing we can know is that this evil beast is stranded in the Oracle Mountains for some unknown reason." Ryan fed the dark elf, and Emilia cut off the turkey legs for Ryan.
Deliver it to Ryan.
Under the bright magic lamps and silver candlesticks, the house was joyful. The attack by the evil beast did not affect the mood of Ryan and others during the festival, except that Morgiana's face was too ugly.
"The Sphinx needs to forage, and it needs to replenish calories." Morgiana's tone was filled with anger, and her words didn't sound pleasant: "The Nicohara Desert is hot and rainless all year round, and the Sphinx needs to be fed."
The sphinx can sleep for a long time, but the mild and rainy climate in Britannia, especially the cold winter, makes the sphinx very uncomfortable, so it must come out to look for food."
"Then the question is, why would the Tomb Kings place this kind of creature in the Oracle Mountains? I remember that there is no hatred between the Tomb Kings and me." Ryan fed the dark elves thick soup and thought carefully.
Said: "So... Lich King Arkhan? It doesn't look like that either."
Arkhan did come near his territory, but his entire army was immediately wiped out. Only the Lich King himself escaped. In this case, Arkhan would not have time to put the sphinx beast on the ground.
Go to Oracle Mountains.
Ryan felt that the whole thing was strange.
Ryan and Morgiana discussed this topic for a while, but could not say anything new. Seeing this, Ryan changed the topic. He said with some regret: "Durande is dead, and half of his body was killed by the Sphinx."
The beast swallowed it up, and the remaining half of the body fell into the vineyard. I think I need a new winery manager."
"Sister Sulia has many excellent winemakers." Emilia also said with some regret in her tone: "Mr. Durand is very dedicated, but he is still lacking in business capabilities. In the Winford Palace,
There are many excellent winemakers, and as long as you talk to Sister Lidya Su, Ryan, many winemakers are willing to work under you."
"Really." Ryan said nothing more, he responded casually.
The earl knew that his team was filled with various factions, including Gasparton, the tax collector sent by the Lake Fairy, and Morgiana, the witch of the Lake God, as well as Katzenberg, the housekeeper from Winford College, and his fiancée Sully.
Ya, including many foreign knights and local knights, as well as dwarves, wood elves, and even dark elves like Orika.
There needs to be a balance between factions, but when it comes to the ability to make wine and run a winery, there is no doubt that the Principality of Winford has the best wine master in the old world.
The next closest ones are the winemaker of Bordeaux and the winemaker of Carcassonne.
"In this case, I will write to Monsieur François and ask him to send me a new winery manager." After thinking about it, Lane decided to seek help from his father-in-law.
The wine culture of Wynford is so famous. It has the only super first-class winery in the old world and two of the five first-class wineries. The remaining three first-class wineries are in the Principality of Bordeaux and Congo.
The Principality of Net and the Iverland of the Empire.
Francois, Duke of Winford, has begun to support and infiltrate Lane's power since his rise, and even married his daughter to him. Lane's rise largely benefited from Francois's support.
Naturally, they reciprocated the favor. The goods of the wood elves, the finely crafted weapons and armors of the dwarves, and the various magic potions produced by Veronica's wizard tower greatly contributed to the continued prosperity of the Principality of Winford.
If you pay, you will be rewarded. If you don’t pay, there will be no gain.
After dinner, it was already very dark outside. Due to a lot of delays, it was already past ten o'clock in the night after dinner, and it was time for everyone to rest.
"Your Highness Morgiana, I will stay with Orica tonight and not go there." After dinner, while Emilia was washing the dishes, Ryan said to the Lake God Witch: "Olica... is a little weak.
"
"Is she weak? I saw that she was still very energetic before." Morgiana said angrily: "She became weak as soon as you showed up."
Ryan couldn't say anything about this, he could only smile. Morgiana was obviously sulking. She was more angry at herself for being useless. If she were in a normal state, it would be no problem to solve the Sphinx with a high-level magic.
, but this time the dark elves, who were regarded as enemies, took the lead.
Returning to the master bedroom, after briefly washing up, Ryan lay in the middle of the bed, Orika lay on his chest with a red face. The dark elf was wearing a purple velvet nightgown, and a pair of beautiful black silk legs were exposed under the nightgown: "Master
, things are a little strange today."
"Yes, I feel weird too." Ryan hugged his own pillow and blew gently into her ear: "Olica, you performed well today. If it weren't for you, things might have gone wrong.
It’s very troublesome.”
The dark elf hugged Ryan's neck: "Master, do you think the Sphinx Beast is coming for Her Majesty Morgiana?"
"Otherwise? I suspect that the Sphinx Beast is here for Morgiana. Vampires have never given up looking for Morgiana's whereabouts." Ryan nodded.
"No...Master, I think this evil beast is probably coming for you."