System: Build My Own Territory

Chapter 1161 - 319: The Death of Jon Zuck (10,000 Words)

"Red, would you like to have a contest?"

Upon hearing this, Red, who had just put away his water pouch, raised his eyebrows instantly.

"A contest?"

Lynn nodded, explaining, "The same distance, the same standard longbow, the same number of arrows."

"Whoever finishes shooting first and hits the bullseye the most wins."

"How about it?"

Red hesitantly asked, "Master, what’s the stake for winning or losing..."

Lynn immediately glared at Red and said, "Although initially, you and Kuisi chose to join my territory, unlike the bought peasant war captives,"

"everything you have now is granted by me."

"Even if you lose, what are you worried about?"

Upon hearing this, Red’s face showed a trace of embarrassment.

What Master Lynn said was indeed reasonable.

Lynn continued, "If you win, I can promise you one condition, as long as it’s within my ability."

"Consider it a bonus for this contest."

"How about it now?"

Lynn naturally didn’t care about winning or losing this archery contest.

Nor did he care about the conditions Red might propose if he lost.

Lynn wanted to use this contest to preliminarily understand the new abilities Red had gained from merging with the Ranger Promotion Book.

Upon hearing this, Red no longer hesitated and responded, "Everything will follow Master’s arrangements!"

Lynn nodded and said, "Prepare the longbows and arrows!"

Red immediately got busy, bringing Lynn a quiver containing twenty arrows.

At the same time, he also got himself a standard longbow and quiver.

Seeing that Red was ready.

Lynn stepped forward and stood firmly behind a distinctly marked white line on the ground.

The edge of the white line was marked with the number ’300’.

This indicated the distance from Lynn’s standing position to the bullseye was three hundred meters!

Lynn looked at Red and asked, "At this distance, feel confident?"

Red glanced around, his expression calm, and immediately replied, "Master, no problem at all!"

Sensing the determination in Red’s tone, Lynn nodded with satisfaction.

"Very well!"

"I will count down, and the moment the countdown ends, the archery contest will begin immediately!"

With his left hand tightly gripping the standard longbow, his right hand bent and placed on the arrows in the quiver behind him.

Red, with his eyes fixed intently on the target ahead, responded, "Yes, Master!"

Watching Red exuding an air of cold and murderous aura.

Lynn’s eyes narrowed slightly.

It was clear that Red had already entered the zone.

Without any hesitation, Lynn also looked at the target ahead.

A steady voice came from Lynn.

"Three!"

Hearing the countdown from Master Lynn.

Red furrowed his brows slightly, gripping the longbow even harder with his left hand.

The thumb, index finger, and middle finger of his right hand had already pinched a Triangular Armor-Piercing Arrow’s tail.

"Two, one!"

Upon hearing the sudden quickened countdown from Master Lynn.

Red’s face showed astonishment.

He just wanted to turn his head to look at Lynn and ask why.

But he found that Master Lynn had already drawn an arrow from the quiver.

Notching the arrow, drawing the bow, raising his hand, and shooting!

Whoosh~

Listening to the sound of the arrow piercing the air.

Red no longer hesitated, pulling out an arrow, notching it, drawing the bow, aiming, and shooting!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

With Lynn and Red continuously drawing bows and shooting arrows.

Arrow after arrow tore through the air, making sharp sounds and precisely hitting the targets ahead.

Thud thud thud~

The two targets, under the incessant shooting of arrows, emitted a series of deep wooden sounds.

In just one minute.

The quivers behind both Lynn and Red were emptied!

Looking at the few points of experience the hunting skill panel had increased, closing the panel, Lynn spoke to Red.

"Go check the number of bullseye hits."

Red responded and stepped forward towards the targets ahead.

Red first arrived at the target he had shot, quickly counting the arrows on the bullseye.

A few seconds later.

Red explained to Master Lynn in the distance.

"Master, there are eighteen arrows on Red’s target’s bullseye."

Lynn nodded in response.

Red took a couple of steps to stand beside Master Lynn’s target, counting the arrows on the bullseye again.

After counting, just as he was about to report to Master Lynn.

Seeing the Triangular Armor-Piercing Arrows on the bullseye, Red’s eyebrows instantly rose.

Twenty Triangular Armor-Piercing Arrows, arranged in a circle, neatly pinned to the circular bullseye.

Among the twenty arrows, there was not the slightest bit of crowding.

Even just a glance brought Red an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

Compared to the chaotic arrows on his target’s bullseye, they were completely two contrasting scenes.

The reason there were only eighteen arrows on his bullseye was that the latter arrows forcefully dislodged and knocked off the previous ones...

Looking at the arrows on the target, a sense of admiration arose in Red’s heart.

Is this Master Lynn’s strength?

Others might not know.

As one of the people who had followed Master Lynn the longest, Red understood clearly.

At first, Master Lynn himself admitted he couldn’t shoot arrows!

Red even secretly watched Master Lynn practice archery with Kuisi in the former overgrown wasteland.

But now...

Master Lynn possessed archery skills that Red was somewhat ashamed of!

What Red understood even more was this.

Master Lynn’s learning and self-taught abilities extended beyond archery.

Cooking, medical skill, construction, and so on...

Red even felt that, compared to the gods that everyone believed in, Lynn was the true embodiment of a god!

It was precisely because of Master Lynn’s existence.

That they turned the overgrown wasteland where they lived into a prosperous town towering from the ground up!

Seeing Red standing by the target, not reporting back for a while.

Lynn raised his eyebrows and couldn’t help but ask.

"Who won?"

Hearing Master Lynn’s question, Red snapped back to reality.

Hastily stepping forward, he approached Lynn, bowed respectfully, and replied.

"Master, your target’s bullseye hit twenty arrows precisely, and you won the archery contest."

"Red is ashamed of himself."

"Master, you can request anything from Red at will..."

Lynn nodded in satisfaction.

As a skilled archer, at the moment the arrow leaves the longbow, he already knows if it will hit the bullseye.

Therefore, Lynn’s face did not show any surprise.

Moreover, from this simple archery contest, Lynn could clearly feel.

Red’s strength had noticeably increased.

Not only in archery skills.

His mentality, physical fitness, accuracy, and belief had all undergone obvious changes.

The only flaw was the lack of proficiency in his abilities!

Just as Lynn was about to speak.

A sudden sound of galloping hooves erupted from afar, heading rapidly towards the archery training ground.

Lynn and Red simultaneously looked over.

Gasper, accompanied by a tall, linen-robed middle-aged man, rode on horseback towards them.