There was not a single sound in the dark, dry and cold environment, only the sound of Duran's footsteps mixed with the thumping of his heartbeat. He walked quickly to the fork, the reason why he was not too guarded was because there were many more shimmering candles here, and where the light could reach, shadow creatures could not hide, so he had no fear.

To be honest, these shadow creatures are much better at hiding themselves than Duran, after all, he is just an ordinary human, and the talent of shadow creatures is to hide their tracks in the dark.

Thinking of this, Duran suddenly wondered what his bloodline talent was?

"If it's an ordinary human, then it's likely to be [tenacity] or [courage], but although the memory of the original owner doesn't involve matters related to his bloodline talent, since he can be chosen by the leader of the black-clothed people, and he is the person prophesied by the witch, there must be something extraordinary, right?" Duran secretly speculated in his heart, generally speaking, the sooner the bloodline talent awakened, the better. Many geniuses often awaken their bloodline talents at the apprentice level, so that they can become blockbusters and rise to prominence.

Duran's situation is a bit special, the existence of soul talent makes his qualifications far superior to his peers, and the innate skill of data flow, which can continue to evolve, is the envy of countless people. He awakened the soul talent when he was at the apprentice level, so it is very likely that he will awaken the bloodline talent in the period of gray iron power.

The effect of the bloodline talent is very obvious at all times and places, and even the most common [tenacity] among ordinary humans is an extremely useful skill. Duran still vaguely remembers the caste of the gift of tenacity: ignoring pain for a certain period of time, and greatly improving will.

This talent may not directly improve combat ability, but in high-intensity combat, people, especially assassins in hand-to-hand combat, are often very susceptible to injuries, and the Tenacity talent can eliminate this interference for a certain period of time, which will create a very powerful advantage.

It's a pity that the awakening of the talent is nowhere to be found, for example, Duran, who awakened the soul talent in the belly of the Flame Lair Mountain before, also accidentally cut the tongue of the scorching jazz on the suspension bridge to inexplicably succeed, even though he had countless information about the Fernan continent in his mind, it failed to help him opportunistically open the bloodline talent.

Duran thought about all this, but he didn't let his guard down in the slightest, and his eyes were constantly watching the movements around him. The design of the corridor is rigorous and regular, and there are hardly any superfluous buildings except for the candlesticks. Duran had tried to sense the flow of air in the tunnel to find the gaps in the walls, but naturally failed. The labyrinth made by the legendary mage is not so easy to find flaws.

The road splits in two in front, with a deep tunnel on the left and right in front of Duran. He stopped because between the two lanes on the left and right, a tall wooden sign was erected. There seem to be a few words written on the wooden card, but what makes people feel strange is that the handwriting on such a wide wooden card is delicate and small, and it is impossible to see it from a distance. Duran's heart moved, and he just wanted to step forward, but suddenly felt that something was not quite right.

The steps he had just taken out were immediately restrained by him, and the dangerous factor gradually spread in the air, Duran's eyes narrowed slightly, and he finally realized the source of the inappropriateness - a long shadow dragged behind the tall wooden sign, and it stands to reason that it seems normal to have a shadow behind the wooden card.

"There are shimmering candles on all sides, but there is only a shadow behind the wooden sign - and even if there is a shadow, the shadow should be very dim by the candle light! Where is it so rich? Duran sneered in his heart, this shadow creature is indeed very delicately hidden, and if you are careless, I am afraid that it is really easy to be deceived by the other party.

It's just now......

Duran pretended to be careless and took a step, the oak thorn in his right hand hidden behind him with his backhand, his gaze seemed to be attracted by the contents of the wooden card, but the afterglow was still paying attention to the strange shadow.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, but the expected sneak attack did not come, and Duran could even read the words on the wooden sign.

"This shadow creature has a lot more patience than I thought." Duran no longer hesitated, the other party was patient, he didn't have the patience to play with a shadow creature.

At that moment, he suddenly stepped out and stepped on the shadow fiercely!

"Zz!" A terrible wail came from under his feet, and before the shadow could make any movement, Duran's fierce attack had already arrived. The oak thorn stabbed out succinctly and powerfully, digging a hole deep into the Shadow Beast's body.

Shadow creatures are very stealthy, but once they are disguised through them, they are not much of a threat. Their lives were very fragile, and Duran was able to easily deal with this shadow beast with two swords. The shadows on the ground trembled, and bits of black particles drifted out of the shadows, eventually silently disappearing into thin air.

Duran let out a sigh of relief, and the contract assistance system flashed Duran's somewhat numb hint again: gain 588 experience points. Each shadow creature can contribute a lot of experience, and in normal times, Duran might feel greedy, but now he is a little hot in his hand. He had already comprehended the cunning and patience of the shadow creatures, and if it weren't for the cautious Heavenly Surname and powerful perception, he would have been reduced to a feast for the other party.

After destroying the shadow creatures, Duran had the heart to set his sights on the wooden card.

There were three lines written on it, and Duran took a cursory look at it and realized that it was actually just a sentence. The three lines of characters are written in Anzedi, Yuyan, and Elven respectively, and Duran can only be said to have a slight understanding of Anzedi and Elven language, but Yuyanren is the prototype of the human lingua franca, and he can finally understand the meaning of the words in the middle:

[Wisdom on the left, courage on the right, the choice of fate, carefully consider]

"Wisdom on the left, courage on the right? What does that mean? Duran scratched his head, a little strange. Is this a multiple-choice question that allows latecomers to make a choice between wisdom and courage? That's weird, isn't it?

Wisdom and courage are among the things that people yearn for. Duran knew Ravenkin well, a man from an ordinary background, who was just a street thief at the beginning, and at his most glorious time, he was the thief boss in a few blocks of a certain city. Later, he apprenticed to the King of Thieves, and it took him eleven years to learn all the skills of the King of Thieves. Legend has it that when he was a teacher, he once stole the fairy clothes that the goddess Bitchiran took off when she was bathing in the world, which caused Lady Kazuki to be furious, but because Ravenjin's concealment skills were too strong, he was never found.

Later, the legendary thief inadvertently gains the favor of another god, the Prince of Shadows. Inheriting the wisdom of the Old Gods from the Prince of Shadows, Ravenjin became a rune mage and carried forward the rune sect at the same time.

It can be said that Ruiwenjin's life is synonymous with legend. It quickly occurred to Duran that if wisdom and courage represented Ravenjin's mastery of runic magic and thief skills, respectively, would the two sides of the road be for future generations to choose between these two treasures?

It's just that Duran thinks that this consideration may be a bit far-fetched, and there shouldn't be much problem with wisdom representing witchcraft, but courage and thief skills are a bit of a problem. For many periods in history, the profession of thieves has been rejected by the mainstream and considered a bunch of scum made up of shameless scum who lack courage and faith. It was only in the special Third Age, when thieves and assassins showed far more destructive abilities to the Dragonman Empire than ordinary warriors, that the popularity of the profession improved among the people.

Where does such a profession hang with courage? Duran had to suspect that his associations were skewed.

However, it occurred to him that Ravenkin seemed to have famously said, "The definition of courage in the eyes of the world is too narrow, and it seems to me that it is a great courage to hide oneself in the darkness and make all sacrifices for the sake of the purpose." This purpose has nothing to do with nobility and humility. ”

When Ravenkin said this, it was in the spare time of a meeting of many representatives of the magic school, and most people, including the clerk who recorded it, thought that Rivenkin was just trying to cover up his once less glamorous resume, but Duran felt that it was really possible for this guy to think so in his heart.

If Duran's reasoning was correct, there was no doubt that he would have to choose between inheritance rune spells and shadow thieves - a seemingly easy decision to make, since Duran was an assassin himself, and while it didn't hurt to be a part-time rune mage, he would undoubtedly choose the latter if he had to choose between the two.

"Can I only choose one of the two?" Duran frowned, it wasn't quite what he expected. In fact, Duran's goal in finding the Tower of Shadows was to obtain the treasures left behind by Ravengen, including the Shadow Thief Technique and the Runemage class.

Duran remembered that in the Tower of Shadows, there was a Shadow Thief Training Base established by Ravenkin himself, in this training base had all the thief skills that Ravenkin had learned from the Prince of Shadows and the King of Thieves at that time, as long as he could train in this training base for a period of time, Duran's assassin level would inevitably increase rapidly - after all, assassins and thieves are very similar professions, except for the slightly different surnames of the professions, many skills have something in common.

Rune mage is also one of Duran's long-coveted sub-professions, Ravenjin has long proven that rune spells and legendary thieves can be perfectly combined, and on the continent of Fanan, the power of witchcraft is very powerful. Duran considered all the schools of witchcraft, and finally determined that rune mage was the most suitable subclass to cooperate with assassins, and he came to the Tower of Shadows this time with the idea that he would get all the benefits, and now he could only choose one of the two, which was a little unwilling.

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