[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-584":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620332,2087,"Chapter 584 - 586. Financial resources, courage","bear-school-astartes-chapter-584",584,"\u003Cp>Starting from the elbow, right in front of the mixed-blood sorceress, her limb fell down from above her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The injury at the elbow looked as if something had first broken it, then forcibly ripped it apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a special bullet that had a velocity beyond the speed of sound, tearing off the mixed-blood sorceress’s arm after penetrating a layer of the barber’s cart wooden plank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly losing an arm during spellcasting was undoubtedly a major disruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the lightning ball she had raised above her head began to emit lightning irregularly and became distorted in shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, with a sharp ’zzzz’ of electricity, the branch-like tendrils of the lightning ball connected to the sorceress’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaaaah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a heartrending scream, the mixed-blood sorceress, as the magic initiator, was electrocuted into a charred and brittle state by the chaos magic she had invoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the blood that flowed to the ground was dried up by the high heat of the current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the distant forest, Lann lowered his left hand, which emitted a sound of mechanical spring retraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people had an intimate knowledge of various crossbow parameters available on the market now, but they hadn’t seen Lann’s mechanical arm armor propelled by Alder’s Rune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With pointy conical ammunition reaching supersonic initial velocities, the wooden plank provided negligible cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the issues of trajectory and angle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the sorceress hadn’t invoked chaos magic for spellcasting, Lann might have had to move a distance to ensure his line of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with a large accumulation of chaos magic, it appeared to him, with his \"Spirit Vision,\" like a tangled ball of yarn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very conspicuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann lowered his left hand, which delivered the decisive strike, and moved towards the inn courtyard from the roadside forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure was too noticeable and conspicuous; to avoid unpredictable reactions from these guys, he used this arrangement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged and Geralt went up to engage in battle, and when the situation became critical or required remote support, Lann could strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged and Geralt had both seen his modified arm armor and knew the power of its ammunition, so they were very reassured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lann approached, the fight between Geralt and Ged was also nearing its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not an exaggeration to say that these people had the capability to kill a Demon Hunter one-on-one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were already skilled, experienced, and resolute, plus with these magic equipment on them. If they met a Demon Hunter whose condition wasn’t great or who was initially careless, they could probably take a head within the first ten moves of combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seasoned guy like Belengar, who hadn’t fought in a long time, was essentially a \"disadvantaged group\" in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, they faced a renowned old Demon Hunter and another not-so-known Demon Hunter in high school attire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them wielded Valerian Steel Swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, people with magic equipment are assumed to have equipment superiority. But in this scenario, it’s hard to say who truly had the equipment advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged made a standard rotational move in heavy armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his left toe as the axis, the rotational force extended to the tip of his level-held sword, making his hands swing the longsword like a whip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a ’clang,’ the man in the cloth cap’s plan to counterattack by sideways deflection of Ged’s longsword instantly failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with it, the Valerian Steel Sword blade, like a ripple or smoke, cleanly and crisply severed the opponent’s neck amidst a dull ’snap’ of bone and flesh separation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soft cloth cap on top of his head wrapped around the man’s face, and as it rolled a short distance across the muddy ground, it got stuck in a pool of gleaming dark liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was blood from Blas, who had single-handedly slaughtered a bandit gang, spilling from his crawling body and ever-expanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk.\" Ged, looking at the headless, nerve-twitching body in the mud, ground his teeth uncomfortably. \"Troublesome, I couldn’t hold back against him earlier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Normal.\" Lann, coming from outside the fence, passed by the barber, who was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Facing a good swordsman wielding a magic weapon, few can hold back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged used his longsword to lift and identified the magic weapon, wiping the blood and fat from the sword on the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He examined the magic longsword in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on my earlier feeling, this sword seems to have enchantments of a ’paralysis’ type, very practical indeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sheathed the cleaned Valerian Steel Sword behind him and took the magic weapon’s sheath from the corpse, storing it properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the current market price for such a weapon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged waved the sheathed longsword towards Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After clashing with your sword, it had no obvious nicks, which means the base material is excellent, and the enchantments are very practical... about seven hundred Oren.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you know, the more chaotic the world, the higher the value of weapons, especially top-notch ones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann pondered for a moment and gave an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had loitered in Airetusa for a long time, where enchantment business was a major income for the academy, so he was somewhat knowledgeable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sword is somewhat more expensive than an unenchanted Valerian Steel Sword, but the latter still has room for enchantment improvements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now.\" Geralt also sheathed his cleaned longsword behind him, producing a pleasing sound of metal friction, and walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such a weapon, which should belong in a noble’s collection room or display on a general or commander’s belt, was brought to the battlefield by a thug.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seasoned Demon Hunter could deduce people’s professions from long-dead corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because lifestyle habits would leave heavy marks on people’s bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drug addiction, scars from childhood abuse on the skin, old fighting injuries, large tattoos... these provided Geralt with clues for his deductions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said this, Geralt gestured indicating something with a slight tilt of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not stolen nor robbed; this group didn’t hide their use of magic equipment one bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it seems they truly owned these expensive magic weapons, or at least had legal usage rights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the group included a sorcerer, they were at most rogue sorcerers. In other words—paupers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t buy a sniff of these magic weapons even if they sold themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann looked at the corpses scattered on the ground and gave a slight cold chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems the Niflgaard people are indeed wealthy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from the currently prominent Southern Empire, one never heard of any king or noble in the north having the courage or financial capability to supply a batch of high-grade magic equipment to frontline soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not just richness, the Niflgaard people are wealthy, but if they spent money without thinking, they wouldn’t have so much money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geralt spoke calmly, while his scarred eyes observed Lann beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t deemed necessary to form such a unit, financial grants wouldn’t be approved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And considering this group’s readiness to attack once knowing they were Demon Hunters... the objective is pretty clear too.\u003C\u002Fp>",1166,"2026-06-06T10:40:23.767Z",1,"novelbin.me","eea0bf477e4bc0d962c7356d9e40560cad23e018f953b9586d5f50721702c357","bear-school-astartes-chapter-585","bear-school-astartes-chapter-518",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]