Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Shadow

"So, Mr. Jack, you are the Panta Bear Clan of the Far East?" Nia asked curiously. To be honest, it was the first time she had seen a living druid, and the transformation of this druid was obviously completely different from what was recorded in various documents.

Although the last time the human race and the elf race had official contact was ten years ago when the demon incident happened, Nia believed that her teacher's book collection could not be wrong, it was not an ordinary bear transformation technique! At the very least, the black and white bear is also a strange monster that has never been recorded in history!

The old man Wood, who was riding a horse in front, couldn't help but shake his hand when he heard this, and the beard that was already few was plucked off again, and the old man couldn't help but burst into tears at the beard: You must know that listening to the specific strength of others is a big taboo among countries, but it is obvious that Nia's curiosity is completely unstoppable.

Of course, Old Wood himself is also very curious, but after all, he is not young, and he is really embarrassed to pretend that he does not understand common sense.

And Roger, who goes by the pseudonym Jack Rowe, is obviously not aware of some common sense. Hearing Nia's question, Roger, a black wildebeest riding a black wildebeest that originally belonged to the leader of the black knights, replied with a nonchalant expression: "Yes, the Panta bear I transformed into is just a juvenile bear. It is said that the adult Panta bear should be a high-level magical beast. The fireball with its ears pricked up silently shook its big tail as long as its body, and lay on Roger's shoulder with a bored expression. In fact, Nia is actually interested in the clever fireball, but unfortunately the fireball ignores her.

Roger looked sideways at the fireball, his face a little complicated.

It's been six years since I've been in this world, and Roger is already a sixteen-year-old boy...... At least the body is really sixteen years old. Probably due to the influence of his body, Roger gradually regained his youthful nature, and gradually forgot the past after integrating into the druid tribe.

When he first learned the identity of the fireball, he became a druid, and Roger, who was no longer ignorant of the whole world, was surprised.

The little monster named Fireball by Roger, his real identity is the rare monster Hidden Treasure Raccoon, which was once popular among the aristocracy. It's just a low-level monster's treasure raccoon, and one of the racial talents is treasure hunting. There was once an adventurer who used the racial talent of the treasure civet to find a dragon's lair that had no owner and made a fortune in it. Since then, the tanuki has become one of the top three on the task boards of the major temples and professional unions, and is also very popular among the aristocratic circles, and owning a civet as a pet has become a status symbol for the nobles of real power. Of course, the already scarce Treasure Raccoon has been hunted down by adventurers and mercenaries and can now only be seen in the Elven Whispering Forest and the Druid's Forest of Mist. And back then, the place where Roger and the fireball met was actually on the periphery of the Misty Forest.

Subconsciously, Roger clicked on the attached pet panel.

Name: Fireball

Race: Treasure Raccoon (Mutated)

Attributes: Wind, fire

Level: 8 (4th)

Talents: Seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, treasure search, lucky star

Skills: Spray Wind Blade, Spit Fireball, Mimic Invisibility

The creature has entered into a covenant with nature.

I still remember that when I first received the gifts of nature and the natural inspiration of the elders, I became a druid by myself, and this system suddenly appeared. At first, I thought that this system could help me fight monsters and upgrade quickly to become a peerless master, but unfortunately, as a result, whether it was fighting monsters or doing tasks, the system didn't give any experience points or anything like that, which directly shattered Roger's dream.

After a long time, Roger gradually understood the main purpose of the system. This system does not have much direct help in battle, but the system can help Roger understand his own state and assist Li Lin in cultivation, analyze various spells and formations, and so on.

Roger tried to learn how to use the crossbow with the Ranger Rangers, and successfully integrated it with passive skills such as Slingshot Mastery into Ranged Weapon Mastery.

With this, Roger discovered the correct way to use the system very smoothly. If Roger wants to learn a certain skill, such as archery, he has to practice constantly, and the system will record the movement flow of archery and constantly compare and analyze it. Until a skill is accepted by the system, the system assists and optimizes it when using it. For example, if you aim with a short bow, the system will mark the approximate landing point. As the skill becomes more proficient and is systematically recognized (skill upgrading), the support will be more effective and accurate, and so on.

Having tasted the sweetness, Roger quickly tried to learn martial arts that were not part of the druid's profession. This made Roger's initial dissatisfaction with the system disappear in an instant. Roger began to think that the system was still useful. And the identity of the fireball was also discovered by the hint of the guò system during this time.

Originally, the attribute of the treasure raccoon was the wind system, but the fireball ate the flame fruit six years ago, and this magical fruit not only made the fireball obtain a second attribute, but also changed its appearance a lot. The current appearance of the fireball is very similar to that of the low-level fifth-level Demonic Beast Fire Rat. This made it impossible for even the Great Druid Elder to discover the true identity of the fireball at first. Roger, who knew the original appearance of the fireball, gradually determined the identity of the fireball under the prompting of the system.

After learning about the history of Treasure Raccoon's suffering, Roger disguised the fireball as a fire-chasing rat and forbade the fireball to use the Jet Wind Blade in front of outsiders, although it is best not to use it at full speed even when running and jumping. Ordinary fire-chasing rats are not as fast as fireballs.

And now it seems that the camouflage of the fireball is still very successful. At the very least, Nia, who is a low-level mage, and Old Wood, a mid-level knight, did not see through the identity of the fireball, but only regarded the fireball as a relatively clever fire-chasing mouse.

In this way, Roger and Nia chatted with each other, and soon arrived at Tucker Town.

"I've got some things to attend to, so how about we separate here?" Entering the town, Roger looked indifferent and prepared to act alone.

"This, this, oh! By the way, we haven't thanked you for your help yet! Nia looked unhappy and quickly found a reason to try to keep Roger.

Roger shook his head: "It's just a matter of the way, not to mention that those people also offended me." Roger touched the wound on his buttocks with a look of fear. Nima, at that time, Roger was turning into a giant panda to help a little fox caught in a hunter's trap break the iron clip, but a riding gun flew out of the sky, and he couldn't even dodge when he was busy, so he had to avoid the key point and take it hard. You must know that the gun almost exploded his chrysanthemum, which is why he was so angry at that time, which man was almost blown up by the chrysanthemum can not be angry? So the black cavalry was so tragic......

Nia wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Old Wood, and could only watch Roger ride away on a wildebeest. Nia turned her head and looked at Old Wood with a puzzled expression, and Old Wood sighed lightly: "I know, Miss Nia, you are trying to win him over, after all, having such a powerful helper at this time is enough to deal with a lot of ** annoyance." But he's not something we can recruit. ”

Old Wood sighed again, his hand gently stroking a few of his beards, "Compared to Miss, that young man is a little younger. Miss, you are only seventeen years old, you are already a fifth-level magician, and you may break through to a sixth-level great magician at any time, this qualification is already quite good. But that young man is younger than you, but he is already at the peak of the middle level ten and may break through to the high level at any time! This means that he has the potential to become a legend! ”

Nia covered her mouth slightly in surprise, and her face suddenly felt a little helpless. She was not stupid, and as soon as she heard what Old Wood meant, she understood that it was impossible for a legendary seed like this to come out and experience without an elder to take care of her. Perhaps co-opting Roger could temporarily have the help of a mid-tier professional, but it could also attract the wrath of a top-tier powerhouse by getting him into trouble. Obviously, this does more harm than good!

What's more, the Qi Spirit Ball in Nia's hand is a top-level strategic treasure that even legendary professionals may be tempted by, once the news leaks, the Violet Chamber of Commerce may not be able to protect Nia!

Nia and Old Wood's discussion Roger certainly couldn't hear it. Of course, even if he heard it, he probably wouldn't care, after all, he already knew which elder was quietly following him. As a child of nature, how could the elders of the tribe agree to let him run around alone.

Ten **, only one step away from entering the legendary realm, the twentieth level top-level ranger Uncle Blue must be hiding in a corner and secretly watching himself.

Roger sighed helplessly, put the trivial matter aside, and concentrated on finding the pharmacy.

This time, Roger was only able to come out to play, and it was under the pretext that he wanted to break through the mid-level lack of experience to get the Great Elder's consent. Even if you are a child of nature, you can't have enough say before entering the legendary level, there is no way, such as elves and tree people are quite long-lived, and the legendary-level powerhouses have a longer lifespan, and the legendary elders of the natural line are not too much.

Before leaving, Roger also asked his acquaintances in the tribe if they needed any help, and suddenly got [Continuous Mission: Herb Collection]. Roger, who received this kind of task for the first time, was confused for a long time. It's just a collection of herbs, what can be the follow-up?

"D+ Mission・Herb Collection: Recently, the production of herbs in the tribe has been strangely reduced, and my friends hope that you can collect some common herbs to replenish your inventory."

"Full Moon Grass 67/50, completed."

"Bay leaf 58/50, completed."

"Moonshine 21/50, unfinished."

Full moon grass and bay leaf are common herbs that have been collected on the way here. But strangely enough, not many equally common moonshine flowers have been found.

There was no way, Roger had to go straight to the pharmacy to buy it.

"Don't you have any goods here?" Roger frowned. This is already the third pharmacy, and under normal circumstances, moonshine flowers, which are in full supply, will be out of stock? The fireball on his shoulder also made a puzzled expression, which didn't look too cute.

The shopkeeper glanced at Roger, and saw that Roger was only about fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was dressed in well-made leather armor, and the white robe with a hood knew that it was not something ordinary people could afford to wear. The owner of the pharmacy with a vicious eye immediately classified him as a child of the nobility, and came out with first-class experience. At that moment, the shopkeeper put down the medicinal herbs in his hand and said regretfully: "Recently, the adventurers who went to the northern woods have said that there are many fewer medicinal herbs than before. Especially the moonshine flower, only more than 30 trees have been purchased in the past two months, which is not enough to make many sober potions. ”

As the name suggests, the low-level Awakening Elixir is a potion used to keep the mind clear, and it is a very common auxiliary potion for meditation for low-level spellcasting classes, and it is also quite cheap. The large-scale reduction in the production of sober potions will inevitably have a considerable adverse effect on the low-level priests of the major temples and the mage apprentices of the Nine Ring Mage Council, and low-level spellcasters who are used to using sober potions will not make trouble with geniuses. The principals of the major temples and the Council of the Nine Rings Mages will certainly not sit idly by.

Roger frowned and left the pharmacy. This is already the last pharmacy in town. Since the three pharmacies couldn't buy the herbs he wanted, Roger had to collect them himself.

Seeing that it was getting late, Roger decided to stay in town for one night before leaving.

At this time, in the Barak Castle where the lord is located, Viscount Barak is sitting in his study and dealing with large and small territorial affairs.

A cloud of black smoke rose on the ground in front of the desk, and when the black smoke cleared, a masked man in a black night suit appeared. The masked man fell to one knee and knelt quietly at the viscount's desk.

Viscount Barak glanced at the masked man faintly, his eyes seemed to be full of malice, but the quill in his hand was non-stop. The masked man's forehead was slightly sweaty, he buried his head lower, and said a little nervously: "The secret agent has sent back news that Andrew Knight's operation has failed. ”

The viscount suddenly stopped the quill in his hand, glanced at the masked man very sharply, and asked lightly, "Tell me, what happened?" Even if Andrew can't beat Old Wood, it's still okay to hold him back, can't a team of cavalry solve a little girl? ”

The masked man's head was sweating more, and he lowered his head and returned: "According to the secret agent's report, the cavalry led by Knight Andrew had successfully surrounded Miss Nia and Knight Wood of the Violet Merchant, but suddenly a mid-rank druid ran out. The druid who passed by knocked down Andrew Knight with a single blow in a bizarre bear-like monster stance. Later, in Tucker Town, the Druid had separated from the two members of the Violet Chamber of Commerce, and the two members of the Violet Chamber of Commerce entered the Chamber of Commerce branch in Tucker Town. ”

Viscount Barak muttered the word "one blow" in a low voice, frowned, casually put down the quill in his hand and slowly stood up. After walking back and forth in the study twice, the viscount ordered: "Inform the knight of Shante that the action is suspended!" In addition, I will send more people to keep an eye on the Violet Chamber of Commerce! ”

The masked man breathed a sigh of relief, solemnly responded to the task, and quietly disappeared into a cloud of black smoke.

The viscount stood quietly at the window for a long time before he said slowly: "Druid, what are the long-lost natural messengers running out to do at this time?" Could it be that you have already noticed it? …… No, it can't be. Not even the Church of Dawn was aware of this, let alone the Druid Council, which was still far away in the backwoods. ”

The glass on the window imprinted Viscount Barak's face, and there was a faint blood-colored glow in the depths of those gloomy eyes: "So, should it just be a coincidence?" Hmph, it's better to be like this! Otherwise...... Gorgon! Andrew's waste will be left to you! No one in the room answered, but the anger on the viscount's face eased a lot inexplicably.

"These so-called ninjas from foreign countries are really useless, and they can't even get back an Eternal Orb. I had to send my troops to support, but it still didn't work, what a waste! ”

The flame of the lampstand on the desk shrank slightly, and in the light of the fire, a pair of short horns faintly grew on the head of the shadow of Viscount Barak......