Act XXXI: After the Battle

420 experience.

The golden light converged in mid-air into a trickle and flowed into Brando's body. Looking at the messy battlefield, he couldn't help but sit down against a rock with some weakness all over his body. That's a level 22 monster, even if he counts himself as a civilian, it's only level 6, and he doesn't dare to kill monsters beyond level 14, even in the game.

But he had to do so due to the pressure of survival, and his original plan was to lure the adult blighted beast under the rock, wait for Freya to attack, and then wait for the opportunity to escape. It's a difficult opportunity to grasp, and if few people in the game would dare to do it, after all, it's also a level of experience.

I didn't feel anything when I made the decision, but now I only feel a burst of fear when I think about it, and my vest is cold. The last confidence supported him to calmly answer Freya and Roman's words, so as not to worry them too much, but in fact, Brando himself knew what his situation was.

He felt that this was simply an overdraft of courage, but unconsciously, people also grew up in such an extreme environment.

It's not just him, it's Freya too. A few days ago she was just a simple militiaman, but now she has a decision of her own.

He slowly calmed himself down, and the battle in the canyon was a rare harvest for him. 420 points of experience is too important for him at this moment, it is like sending charcoal in the snow; Of course, the top priority is to improve the strength, mercenaries need 70 experience points to upgrade to level 4, 130 points for level 5, 220 points for level 6, and according to the set level 5, the second class skill will be opened.

Mercenary Level 4 (0.3 Strength, 0.2 Constitution, 0.2 Dexterity, 0.1 Perception)

Mercenary Level 5 (0.3 Strength, 0.3 Constitution, 0.2 Dexterity, 0.1 Will)

Mercenary Level 6 (0.4 Strength, 0.3 Constitution, 0.2 Dexterity, 0.2 Perception)

When leveling up, rows of numbers that indicate changes in attributes poured down from the light screen projected onto his retina, and his physical attributes were 2.5 energy levels for strength when he was level 3 of the mercenary profession, 2.3 energy levels for dexterity, and 2.4 energy levels for physique, and after reaching level 6, as he grew, his physical attributes have become 3.5 energy levels for strength, 2.9 energy levels for dexterity, and 3.2 energy levels for physique.

In other words, his physical strength exceeded three times that of ordinary people in all aspects, and his absolute strength exceeded 25 times. Relying solely on strength and ignoring his experience, Brando can easily win even in the face of the entire Buchi militia squad in the past. And counting the bonus of experience, even the same number of garrisons will not be good in his hands.

That's the first level of power.

Even Brayson, the vice-captain of Buch's garrison, barely managed to reach the first level of strength on a horse, but even such a veteran Madden still considered him a genius. After all, Breson is only twenty years old this year, and with his youth and talent, he may one day be able to reach the level of the Lily Knight, and in a sense, he can be regarded as a pillar of the kingdom.

And at this moment, Brando is a year younger than him.

If Brando had been here, he wouldn't have believed that he would have reached this point in just three days. From the strength of ordinary people to the first level of strength, half of the ten people cannot complete it in their lifetime.

Before the age of twenty, it is even more twelve.

However, Brando knew that this was not enough, and among the newborns who were baptized every year in the Temple of Fire, he knew that there were many so-called natural nobles who were born to break through the first level of power, the revelators.

What's more, there are rare people who are born to break through the second level of power, the so-called Chosen One.

As for those who have knightly talents (players are also in this category), there are even more numerous. It's a world of power, and Brando understands that if he wants to get ahead, he must use it to his advantage. What is his strength, is the strength that the other world has given him.

The skill that mercenaries open after level 5 is a burst of power, which consumes three times the body in the next action to gain a 1-level strength bonus.

Of course, Brando will not be stingy with this mercenary's most important breaking skill in the early stage, and now he has 150 skill experience in hand, even if he cultivates this skill to level 6, he will only use one-third of 55 points. After level 6, this skill becomes an instant 4-level strength bonus, and it can barely reach the mid-level level of first-level strength when it bursts.

The remaining skill points were naturally used to improve military swordsmanship and fighting skills, and he threw the remaining 6 points of professional experience on the militia by the way, so that this class was advanced to level 3, so that his strength and physique each increased by another 0.2 energy levels.

That's why so many people in the game had to take a part-time career despite the experience penalty, because the reward for experience at the beginning of the part-time study is really much higher than specialization. Of course, Brando thinks so too, but everything has a degree, and the crazy part-time people back then didn't pay the price later.

After all, after entering the third level of power, the elements are civilized, and the modification of the profession is not so obvious.

With a total level of 10, Brando couldn't help but close his eyes and let out a sigh. Now the blighted beast is for him to send experience, if he is not in a hurry to go to Lidenberg to deliver a letter, he really wants to brush up on the experience on the periphery of Xavier Mountain Road, at most half a month he can reach level 15. Unfortunately, the time is obviously not allowed now.

He squinted his eyes again, and in the distance the shadows of some withered beasts began to appear in the canyon, and the bush monsters looked across the valley - of course, they had no vision, and it must have been the previous movement that had alarmed them.

Brando quietly grabbed the sword that was put aside, he was certainly not afraid of these things. But it's not good to be entangled, Roman's aunt is still in the city, and they and the army of Madara are racing against time to get to Ridtenburg. Then he suddenly remembered the ring that Madden had given him, and could not help but take the ring with the emblem of the black pine leaf out of his pocket and look at it—but the young man thought of something, and could not help but sneer.

The veteran of the November War did not understand this either, considering that Buch was arguably the most important buffer zone in this direction of the Van Mill-Riedenburg Line, where the center of the kingdom had prepared to establish a complete line of defense since the years of Thunder.

However, the implementation of the decree was not always as simple as it seemed, because of the lack of funds and the deduction of intermediate links, in fact, the repair of Van Meer Fortress and the establishment of Riedenburg were already the limit of the project. As for the early warning system in the buffer zone, the nobles didn't think about it at all.

As long as the fortresses of Ridenburg and Van Meer are still in their hands, they can live well, and as for the countryside outside, Madara doesn't invade every year, does it?

Despite the fact that there are people of the kingdom who fought for the country, such as Freya, Bresson, and Madden, it is another fact that Eruin is dying. The decaying upper echelons are destroying the country from its roots, and Buchi is a special case, and Brando knows that everywhere else can be seen the signs that the kingdom is coming to an end.

He couldn't help but sigh and looked to the east. The eastern sky seemed to be covered with layers of dark clouds, and even the morning sun had dimmed, and there was a nation in the dark that was rising.

"Brando, your ring."

Brando turned around and saw Freya looking at him with blazing eyes, and couldn't help but joke, "Is it pretty?" ”

"You—" The pony-tailed girl's face turned red, and she looked away to see Roman sitting on the uphill hill looking at this side with a grin.

"Roman, you idiot!"

"What's wrong with me?" The merchant's eldest lady was stunned for a moment.

Brando smiled, of course he knew Freya was just angry. He took the Ring of the Wind Queen, and then touched the fate card in his arms, although he had never seen this thing before, he also knew that this was his biggest reliance at the moment.

Even ten minutes of second-level power status would be enough to do a lot of things - for example, to take out the Golden Demon Tree.

With the Destiny Card, he reworked his plans. After all, the fall of the Golden Demon Tree is too tempting, wealth and danger are sought, a little more strength here, and a little more certainty in Ridenburg. And killing the Golden Demon Tree is not like farming, it doesn't take so much time, and it's a matter of the way.

He estimated that he had about 8 hours left, which was perfectly sufficient. However, before that, it would be even more secure if you could get another soul crystal, after all, the Holy Sword attack needs to pay for the earth element.

He even considered opening his own elemental pool. However, it doesn't seem cost-effective to work part-time as an Elemental Envoy or Demon Swordsman for a 40Oz power level magic item section, as it's best to have connections between classes so that they can be mutually beneficial. The Elemental, the Demon Swordsman, and the Sun Knight are all self-contained, and it is difficult to help the warrior class - in Brando's mind, he has always treated mercenaries as warriors, after all, the two classes look similar in the early stage, and even the skills they bring are exactly the same.

The rest is the task of opening the elemental pool for ordinary people's 'elemental souls', but I don't know if there is a similar task in this world.

Of course, those are things a long time ago. Now he didn't have time to think about it so much, there was still a long way to get from here to the forbidden orchard, but it would save more than 2 hours to go straight to it. Spend more than 2 hours clearing the monster and see if you can find another elite blighted beast, which is Brando's goal.

Thinking of this, he stood up, patted Freya on the shoulder, who was glaring at him, and said to the two ladies, "Okay, rest and get ready to go." ”

It's a pity that he was a well-intentioned reassuring action, but because Freya's subconscious retreat, he shot a position that shouldn't be touched - the touch is not bad, and he can feel the soft elasticity through a layer of metal scale armor.

The atmosphere froze in an instant.

Brando's face as he looked at our future Valkyrie was hot red at first, then white and then black. He was about to defend himself, but what he was waiting for was a hard blow to the hilt of his sword—

"Shameless!"

"Wait, I didn't mean to—wow!"

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