Half a day later.

Charles rode his light warhorse on a gravel beach, the Stormhorn Mountains had been left behind.

It's finally out!

Pulling the truce horse, Charles looked back at the rolling mountains with snow-capped peaks behind him, and let out a long breath.

The trip was not a smooth one. If he hadn't followed the Lionheart's ass, he wouldn't have been able to cross the trail and reach the other side of the mountain. Moreover, because of an unexpected encounter with an orc shaman, he was delayed in the mountains for two more days.

In the end, the journey is actually the same as the normal route, after a curve around the mountains, it takes to reach Tifanton.

That being said......

Charles pulled out a pendant from the collar of the Adamantite armor.

A round eyeball, the middle of the pupil is pierced by a thread with a subtle golden light, the end of which is seamlessly connected at the back of Charles's neck, and the whole ornament looks natural.

The core material of the accessory is the left eyeball of the Eye of Geush.

However, after Rodney's processing, the surrounding soft tissues have been removed, and after being soaked in an unknown liquid, the eyeballs have become **, like round gems, but the clear white eyeballs and black-brown pupils are still reminding Charles that this is the eyeballs of the orc general.

Grabbing his eyeballs, a cold sensation soaking his palm, Charles stared at the equipment information on the retina:

"[Blind Eye] +1

Type: Accessory

Quality: Excellent blue

Effect:

1. 'Listening' skill +5, 'Scouting' skill +5.

2. 'Guush's Vision', activates item magic to gain a 60-foot radius of dark vision, 3 times a day, for an hour each time.

Description: Legend has it that the Eye of Gułš was able to foresee the moment of his death through his left eye. The rumors are not credible, but the Rodney Sage perfectly retains the mysterious power contained in the eyeballs. ”

A blue pendant ornament!

Charles' neck gear slot was finally not empty. He was never willing to buy some junk to fill the equipment slot, and it was interesting to watch the equipment slot fill up bit by bit.

Not to mention the magic effect of this pendant for the time being, the wearing effect of 'listening' skill +5 and 'Scouting' skill +5 alone is impossible to ignore.

The 'Listening' skill allows you to detect incoming enemies, spot creatures approaching from behind, or eavesdrop on other people's conversations. Just by looking at the text overview of the system, you can see that this skill is very useful.

Then there is the 'Scouting' skill, which is mainly used to detect people or creatures in hiding, debunk disguises, lip-read and so on.

The effects of the Listening and Scouting abilities are somewhat similar, and both are related to the Perception stat.

Since that night in the Lizard Swamp, Charles has been looking for such an item with the [Dark Vision] effect, and now he has gotten what he wants.

The Blind Eye is a great help in finding the Nymph Temple. Although Charles can make [no fire torch] (three rings) and is not afraid to walk underground, normal people know that walking around in complete darkness with a torch is to expose one's position and properly look for death, for fear that monsters will not see themselves.

If you had known in advance that you would get such an accessory by taking a shortcut to the mountain road, no matter how many times you try again, Charles will still make the same choice.

No one wants to miss out on the best items.

Tuck the eye pendant back into the collar of your armor and place it snugly.

As soon as Charr thought about it, the 'Deep Sea Frost Flails' appeared on his right hand.

Netherworld/Deep Sea Frost Flails +1

Type: Weapon

Quality: Excellent blue

Effects: Piercing +3, Impale +2, Charged +2

Forged Rune: A faint 'Nether' that deals normal physical damage to imaginary creatures

DESCRIPTION: A terrifying weapon forged from the Deep Sea Iron, which deals additional Freeze damage and paralyzes its target when it hits its target. ”

There is an additional rune column in the weapon information, and the appearance has also changed.

On the surface of the black cold iron, there are strings of mysterious symbols connected into pieces, emitting a very faint golden light.

Holding the flail in his right hand, Charles's eyebrows moved, and he was surprised to find that the touch of the weapon on his palm was much colder than before. He suddenly remembered the meaningful look in old Goliath's eyes when he left the stone house with the dimensional bag this morning.

Could it be that Rodney was merciful and added a layer of frozen runes to his weapon?

You'll have to try it with monsters.

Charles sat on his horse and pursed his lips, and when he looked around the rocky beach, he saw a group of dwarf creatures wandering in the wasteland beyond the rocky beach.

Yellow-skinned goblins!

Goblins are one of the most common monsters around the Stormhorn Mountains. Charles felt that he should be the first player to set foot in this area, the map had not been swept before, and it was normal for there to be many monsters in the wild.

This weak monster is just right to test weapons. Charles did not hesitate, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and a man and a horse galloped out like arrows from the string!

Da-da-da-da.

The sound of horses' hooves echoed across the wasteland, and the dozen or so yellow-skinned goblins spotted Charles, cooing in panic and fleeing.

The first reaction of the cowardly goblin to the enemy is, of course, to flee, even if it is a warrior in the clan. But if you encounter a big goblin and a bear goblin, that's a different story.

"Huh"

It doesn't take much to be proficient in riding to deal with goblins, Charles leaned slightly, threw out the deep sea frost flail, and then just listened to the "bang", and the two goblins who happened to be 1 meter tall were swept away.

The goblin was screaming and rolling more than a dozen meters away. Charles grabbed his horse, ignoring the other fleeing goblins. This neutral evil creature is generally between level 1-2, and killing a group alone is not as experienced as killing an orc warrior alone, so there is no need to go through the trouble of chasing them.

Riding slowly towards the two goblins who had been knocked away, Charles leaned out halfway to observe the goblins under the horses.

The goblin was dead, and his emaciated body was still twitching.

"Sure enough......"

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for him to kill the goblin in seconds with a normal attack, although the goblin is very weak.

However, on the two goblin corpses, a thin layer of ice crystals condensed. Charles squinted slightly, took control of the light warhorse under his seat, turned his hind legs and trampled over the goblin corpse.

Click.

The goblin corpse was like an ice sculpture, shattered with a single step, its limbs torn apart, and the blood clotted in the severed limbs, showing no signs of flowing.

"This kind of freezing damage is not just weak."

Charles's face became solemn.

He was now sure that Rune Priest Rodney had manipulated the 'Deep Sea Frost Flails', and that the system had been tricked by a strange forging technique that showed no relevant information.

There was an urge to turn around and return to the mountain tribe to question, but it was suppressed by Charles. Now in this situation, it is difficult to go back and figure it out.

Charles felt that Old Goliath's actions contained kindness, and although he was very upset that the other party did not report it, he was helpless.

Who called it a rune casting master. Anyone else who wants to be cheated like this has no chance.

“…… Tifanton ...... I'm coming! ”

Sitting on horseback for a long time, digesting the changes in his weapon, Charles retracted the flail into his backpack and whispered as he looked out over the wasteland to the north.

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