Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Fingertip Universe! Xiao Kai is not considered Kai!
The carriage moved again.
This time, there was a figure quietly watching them disappear into the distance on the grassland.
Grace’s silver hair was blown apart by the wind, and she bowed her head in prayer:
"Merciful God of Glory and Justice, your follower sincerely prays to you, please bless them with smooth sailing!"
Miss Alice and Mr. William are both good people.
Of course, Mr. Caesar too.
But why does it always feel like Mr. Caesar doesn’t quite like her?
...
In the carriage.
"Achoo~"
Louis sneezed loudly.
"Caught a cold? Influenza is prevalent at this time."
Alice poked her head out and asked.
Sitting next to the coachman, Louis waved his hand: "It’s just the wind outside the carriage is a bit strong."
Alice scratched her head: "Don’t be stubborn, if you really feel cold, come inside."
"No, I want to check the surrounding situation a bit more."
Alice smiled: "You don’t seem to like that child very much."
Louis knew she was referring to Grace.
He didn’t expect this straightforward woman to be so observant.
He said, "There’s no liking or disliking, she has the grace of the God of Glory and Justice, staying close to her makes me uncomfortable."
Actually, it’s mainly Guillotine PTSD continuing to take effect.
But the reason he found easily received Alice’s approval, she said:
"A succubus heritage is quite tough too, but we still need to rely on you afterward, after all just in terms of reconnaissance, you are more suitable than me."
In the Nine Sword system, just a level 1 martial skill itself is an astonishing number.
Tiger Claw style isn’t among the strongest ones, but it has a rather unique level 1 posture technique—
[Hunting Instinct].
This ability amidst all basic professions is considered very rare, it’s a skill to "enhance perception ability" that can be used at the lowest level.
And because this ability relies more on changes in consciousness and thought, its level is also low, the consumption of vitality is minimal.
—It’s even slower than the automatic recovery of succubus constitution.
This thing, he excels at it, lasts longer.
But unfortunately, until Louis and the others were about to reach the grassland border, they still hadn’t discovered any anomalies.
Louis squinted his eyes a bit tiredly.
Hunting Instinct kept open for long, the body can withstand it, but the mind cannot.
Seeing this, Alice threw him two ropes and pierced leather, laughing loudly:
"I knew you’d get tired too, here, use this thing first."
Louis puzzledly looked at this scene, a bit unsure how this thing was used for attack.
Could it be for tying oneself up as a gift to the opponent and making them laugh to death?
But the next moment, an electric light flashed in his mind.
"This is... a sling?"
Louis’s questioning gaze turned to Alice.
Alice clapped her hands, affirming his guess.
"This thing is simple to make, ropes or belts will do."
"In the wild, new warriors initially don’t have much long-range lethal power."
"Simple and easy-to-use slings are the most suitable weapons for you at this stage, materials can be found locally."
"This was taught to me by Uncle Tiqi back then..."
Alice’s voice gradually lowered as she spoke.
Louis said nothing.
He just understood her meaning.
Tree Demon’s roots cover a wide area, far beyond the attack range of ordinary melee professions.
Even the majority of spells mastered by level 3 Mages can’t directly hit the Tree Demon’s trunk.
But that doesn’t mean Louis isn’t able to attack the Tree Demon from a distance.
Because the sling’s effective lethal range can be tens of meters to nearly two hundred meters.
Especially in this world with professional systems, many strong men.
This thing is indeed considered a small divine artifact early on.
Put on a stone, hit it accurately, and the damage is explosive.
The first time he saw this sling on a picture in his previous life was during a news report on contemporary genocide in a certain country holding the Bible like an edict.
In the news, a young Palestinian named Amro could be seen holding a flag in one hand and throwing a sling in the other, vividly in mind.
At that moment, Amro was like a burning giant star.
Just didn’t expect, twist of fate, one day he would use the same model weapon.
"A sling can be used, but accuracy is questionable, however, the Tree Demon’s size is large enough that after a few more swings, you should be able to wound it before it starts to act...
Oh shit! What are you doing?"
Accompanied by the whistling sound of the sling, a stone like a cannonball blasted with a boom onto the Tree Demon resembling a land octopus in the distance.
One hit! Right on target!!
"This thing packs a punch!"
A muffled laugh came from inside the armor.
When used properly, a sling is really powerful.
Louis remembered in his previous life, the Balearic Island slingers during the Gogamela battle, through shield covering, had fiercely suppressed the Persian archers in front of the Persian army position with a stone barrage.
Even armored knights, hit by a slinger’s lead bullet, wouldn’t die but be stunned.
Could be said, this thing is just a notch below the shake-stick game of elementary students and college students, slightly inferior to slingshots and straight-bar sacred swords.
Thus, accompanied by a whistling sound, another stone the size of a baby’s fist fell from the sky like a cannonball.
With a boom!
The Tree Demon a hundred meters away was directly hit stumbling, its bark and trunk were smashed into numerous fragments flying into the air.
"Alice, this thing is much more useful than a sword."
Alice’s mouth opened slightly.
She turned her head directly to look at the expressionless William:
"Has he always been this crazy?"
William’s mouth twitched, somewhat unable to hold it in:
"His Highness learned the basics of Nine Swords martial skills, learned two styles in one day, and went from beginner to mastery in two days."
"Seized, Seized Long?"
At this point, it was Alice’s mouth that twitched, her voice altered.
"One day."
Alice jumped up as if the lawn under her feet had caught fire:
"Seized Long?!"
"One day! Just one day!"
At this moment, our Moonlight Cat Cat Group leader’s head was buzzing.
One day?
Just one day?!
In a daze, she seemed to recall what Louis described when she previously asked about his talent.
...
She said: "How great can your talent be?"
He replied: "Instructor Jino said my talent is just a little weaker than his."
She laughed: "That really is... fantastic!"
...
"You lie, Jino, you idiot just bragging 13!"
A little bit?
I’m afraid it requires swapping primary and secondary, then cramming a fingertip universe between Louis’s abstract index finger and thumb!
Why is Alice so annoyed?
Louis only knows the advantages of the sling but not the fatal flaw of the sling.
Yes!
Although the sling is the simplest ranged weapon, its training time is extraordinarily long.
In the previous life, Balearic Island slingers needed to train from a young age, practicing for a week could only throw a dozen meters far, hitting accurately was even harder.
In the 17th century, the Germans, the price of cultivating slingers was as high as archers, and the training cycle very lengthy.
This thing is extremely easy to pick up but very hard to shoot accurately.
And now...
As Louis swung the whistling sling, executing the sixth deadly throw.
Quick! Accurate! Ruthless!
Like a rainbow piercing the sun!
The Tree Demon originally angry and quickly crawling towards them wailed, the gap smashed on the trunk too large, unable to support its body.
Halfway up, it directly broke into two sections.
Crashing down!
Alice, stunned!
I was just expecting you to use the sling to wear down the Tree Demon’s health bar, then it would be easier for close combat.
You jerk!
You jerk directly killed it for me?
Did you open a hack?