Chapter 63: Planning and Upgrades

As the last drow warrior with a crossbow in hand fell on his head, the battle in the banquet hall followed the suspense of losing the victory.

The remaining grey dwarf soldiers noticed that the six male drow warriors who had arrived in Palomit from Miera had now turned into six immobile corpses, and they immediately lost the will to fight, and their morale collapsed and they fled in all directions to find a way away from the battlefield.

The main entrance to the hall had been locked by Able through a sealing technique, and using the combination of the Fire Wall and the Greasy Technique to create a flaming wall in front of the door, some of them escaped through the side doors on both sides, trying to run through the back of the entire town hall along the indoor corridor to the outside of the house, while others hid along the side stairs to the second floor of the town hall.

Urs packed up all the Drow warriors and immediately swung his greatsword back to assist the four of Raven, Stonefist, Kotor, and Belelis in the fight to defeat the defeated army.

The squad was not attritional, and the actions of the group soon turned the battle that had already been decided into a one-sided pursuit and massacre.

The flame scimitar in the crow's hand slashed at the strings of Dance wrapped around the blade, playing the bard's musical spell in such a radical way that each note of the note expounded a terrifying intimidation and a high-spirited inspiration, the intimidating part made the enemies around her who heard the sound deeply fear her, and the melody of encouragement unconsciously uplifted the hearts of her companions in the course of the battle.

Stonefist and Koto were no less efficient. The dwarven warrior and the orc warrior were each slightly wounded, but it didn't stop the two of them from quickly killing the enemy next to them, and it didn't take long for the last of the brave gray dwarf soldiers to end the sudden battle.

Urs exhaled from his mouth, adjusted his breath a little after the battle at hand, and the blood-red eyes in the berserk state did not rush to take the initiative to lift immediately, but turned his head to look at the staircase leading to the second floor of the town hall.

The grey dwarf officer named Barend—did he hide on the second floor?

The young man recalled the battle scenes not long ago, and realized that Barende probably disappeared when the six male drow warriors in the hall killed him, and he may have taken advantage of the chaos to wait for the opportunity to slip away, and the left arm of the dwarf who had been cut off by his own sword was still visible to the naked eye on the floor of the hall not far away.

Of course, there was more than a staircase connecting to the second floor of the building in the passage at the edge of the banquet hall, and after excluding the main entrance of the hall that had been blocked by Abel's firewall spell, the missing gray dwarf officer might have escaped through the two hallway exits on either side of the hall.

Taking advantage of the post-battle time to heal the wounded companions, Thea lifted the emblem bracelet with the sun and balance pattern to perform a small healing spell on each of the Raven, Koto, and Stone Fist, who had fought in the hand-to-hand battle with the enemies in the gray dwarf pile during the battle, and then turned back and took out a roll of the strap she had carried with her from her dimensional pouch and returned it to Dorothy.

"Thank you, Thea......" The red-haired Miss Warlock held her right hand, which had been burned by the magic flames, and her sea-blue eyes looked at her in a daze as she wrapped her injured hand with the white bandage, and blinked before reacting and thanking her.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time she had been injured since she officially joined the Thorn Squad, and then the Wolf-Eared Maiden would provide her with the appropriate treatment, if she remembered anything correctly......

The time of the Red Scorpion Adventure has long passed with Dambert's betrayal, but the new group seems to have accepted her sincerely.

Thea skillfully wrapped Dorothy's hands with bandages, her amber eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Dorothy's eyes and smiled kindly, then gently put down Miss Warlock's hand, turned around and scanned the corpses in the hall, the messy scene was filled with the smell of blood for a while, and the smell of burnt corpses.

She also found several underground gnome corpses among the corpses of the gray dwarves, although she knew that there was no way for these slaves to be injured by mistake for no reason, whether it was the gray dwarf's battle axe or Dorothy's fireball technique......

"Urs......" the girl sighed lightly and looked at the young man.

Urs was a little distracted, and was calling up the game system in his mind through the relevant operations on the conscious level, and immediately turned his head to look at her when he heard Thea's voice, reading a slight sadness in her concerned gaze, and then saw through what was going on in her heart.

"Koto, Bellingis, Dorothy." So he thought about it, and as the captain, he gave instructions to the three companions around him, "You help Xia search for any underground gnomes on the ground, and if so, inform Thea and let her treat the surviving gnomes." ”

"No problem, it's on the future Grand Magister Lady!" Bellinglith held the magic guide in her arms and nodded her little head to the young man.

While it is unknown what the search for survivors has to do with Yustina's prophecy to her in the Grey Courtyard, it seems that she is quite sympathetic to her fellow cousins of the race who live beneath the surface.

Relationship between surface gnomes and underground gnomes...... Unlike the elves on the surface who are hostile to each other, the dwarves on the surface and the dwarves on the surface hate each other equally.

Kotor and Dorothy had no objection to Urs's arrangement, and then searched the corpses all over the land with the little girl and the wolf-eared girl, cleaning up the battlefield and seizing some loot that might come in handy later.

Abel and Stonefist remained silent, standing still waiting for the young man as captain to give them any instructions he might give to each of them.

The crow was holding two knives, its dark purple eyes disdainful, and it looked away from the messy ground, and the flame-burning scimitar held in its main hand stood out in the bright firelight.

Similar to Urs's idea that she was not in a hurry to lift her berserk, she was not in a hurry to put the two scimitars in her left and right hands back into their sheaths at once, so she walked up to the young man with a haughty chuckle on the corner of her mouth, and asked curiously in a hoarse voice: "The next plan, our leader." ”

"We're already at war with Barend." Urs raised his cross-shaped two-handed greatsword to his shoulder, and turned his gaze to answer Miss Poet, "So let's just try to control the entire town hall first, Zeken must have his thoughts and actions as well." ”

"Then this is a reckless plan." The black-robed poetess commented on this, and seemed to be in a very happy mood, "Whether it is a pre-planned plan or a spur of the moment, you intend to lead us to become the heroes of the liberation of this dwarf city, so that the prophecy of the Gis Sere seems to be gradually coming true. ”

"If only we could find a way to further deal with the Grey Dwarf forces over there."

Urs hadn't forgotten that most of the grey dwarf soldiers who had captured the dwarf city were still concentrated in the barracks near the city gates, so he spoke out about this crucial problem, and then continued the operation he had just interrupted to focus his consciousness back on the picture in his mind.

After a series of travels and battles, he has just leveled up......

The total level has increased from 21 since the advanced Raging Knight to 22 now.

As for the relatively unfamiliar advanced class of Rage Knight, Urs cannot predict the rewards of each upgrade based on his previous life experience in the game, after all, he was not even a barbarian in his previous life, but chose Warrior and Berserker as his official and advanced classes in his player's career.

The specific characteristics and advantages of the Barbarian profession can also be used to know the information of each profession so that he can plan various upgrade points in advance.

However, the young man's general judgment of this advanced profession in this life does not seem to be wrong.

As a result of the upgrade, the Level 2 Rage Knight class will reward him with 1 additional Proof Point that can only be invested in the Berserk or Weapon Mastery Specialty, 1 additional Proof Point that can only be invested in the Warrior Profty, 5 Riding Skill Levels that come with the upgrade, the maximum health and skill points that will be awarded based on the relevant character attribute for each level, and 1 General Proof Point for every 3 levels up.

Those 5 riding skill levels that come with upgrades are a bit of a bit of a frustration for Urs.

The young man said that these 5 riding skill levels seemed to have some significance for the "knight" field in the "Raging Knight", but he was in the hive labyrinth beneath the surface at this time, and it was very likely that he would have to go deep into the dark region in the pursuit of the treasure of the Origin Blood Secret Party in the near future.

Mount creatures in hive mazes and dark realms?

Dark War Lizard, Hydra Lizard, Petrified Lizard...... Well, he quickly remembered the lizard monsters beneath the surface, and of course he remembered that some evil intelligent creatures in the dark region were especially good at taming them.

However, he doesn't even have a level 1 "taming" skill at the moment!

"Forget it, it's better than nothing......"

Whether it was the imperial title of the slave knight or the professional name of the furious knight - thinking that he was a knight now, but he still didn't even have a mount, Urs couldn't help but smile bitterly at his slightly embarrassing situation, thinking that when he returned to the ground after this treasure hunt, he would have to find a way to get a handsome and powerful mount creature.

Take unicorns, for example!

Not...... If only the future journey would allow him to take a trip to the Far South Forest.

If you're more realistic, the snow-feathered griffin near the Northland is also a good choice!

It just so happened that his future plan would definitely be to return to the northern frontier of the Golden Oriole Empire and assist the Paladin Lord Kevin Stuan in his past to fight against the undead army of Byron Tas.

He patted his head and distributed the three fare points he had earned in this upgrade in turn, starting with the first fare point that could only be used to upgrade the Berserk or Weapon Proficiency feat, which was used to upgrade his Berserk feat, from Master to Grandmaster.

The Grandmaster-level Berserk feats 2 more Strength and Constitution stats than the Master-level, and "Imprison" and "Labyrinth" have also been added to the immunity list when the Berserk state is activated.

"As long as I don't suffer from petrification, my immunity against spells should be basically enough." Urs checked this professional specialty, which had been strengthened to the grandmaster level, and secretly thought that he was probably able to deal with the control methods of many mage enemies with relative ease.

However, even if he is subjected to a petrification - the exemption type of the "petrification" test is the strength of the character's body, so as long as the enemy's cast level is not too high, then he doesn't have to worry too much about his body being turned into a humanoid stone sculpture by the power of magic.

Tenacity is exempt, and the kitchen knife is one of the few professional advantages that can still be superior to the legal system in the later stage...... Sort of.

"So, there are two specializations left......"

After clicking the Berserk feat, of course, Urs also wanted to point his signature stunt to the final "ultimate" level in one go - but unfortunately, the upgrade icon button for that feat, when it reached the Grandmaster level, turned gray on the stats panel frame in his mind.

Text appears in the system, suggesting that his "Ultimate" level of career expertise must not be unlocked until he graduates from Level 10 of the Advanced class.

"In other words, I'll have to wait until the total level of 30 at the earliest......"

He frowned slightly, and said okay in his heart......

Then the extra specialty point that is limited to combat specialties can be used to point out the beginner "blind fight".

The young man knew that he had been moving beneath the surface of the earth for the most recent time, whether it was a hive maze or a dark area that he would most likely be traveling to in the future.

His dark vision is provided by the Cloak of Scales draped over him, and while the Blind Cloak can't fundamentally solve his vision deficit when he's in a dark-free environment, it can still keep him more efficient in the event of an emergency when the Cloak of Scales is out of him.

The last 1 general specialty point, he didn't hesitate much, just like when he raised his berserk specialty to the grandmaster level just now, and sure enough, he directly pointed out the primary "Giant Sword Weapon Specialization" specialty on the basis of the expert-level "Sword Weapon Proficiency".

The "Weapon Mastery" can only be acquired after reaching the Expert level of the "Weapon Mastery", and then each level up the Weapon Mastery Specialization will continue to unlock one level until the ultimate level weapon mastery unlocks the Master-level weapon mastery.

By choosing the greatsword weapon as his specialization from the sub-class of sword weapons, Urs knew that he would henceforth receive a sword-fighting movement correction that would allow him to combine his brute strength with the skill of using his weapon in perfect harmony in his own battles.

The actions in my mind may seem complicated, but in reality, time only passes by for a few seconds.

After completing the upgrade, I came back to my senses -

"Wait!" He twisted his neck, glanced back at his companions with his eyes, and the look in his eyes suddenly turned stunned because he thought of something, "We have one less person......

"Where's Moredi?!"