Chapter 10: The Return
In the early morning anxiety, a group of people walked out of the corridor, led by a middle-aged man with a sheep's beard dressed as a snowy soldier, and his fiery face revealed a majesty that could not be hidden. Behind him was a team of snowman soldiers and chief mage Farenga, who had just met, and Ireles, the female Dark Elf Captain of the Guard.
"Who are you!?" The middle-aged man with a sheep's beard shouted angrily when he saw the early hours of the morning.
"It's you, how did you get in!" Farenga and Ireles, who spoke, were also surprised.
"You know him?"
"Yes, my lord, it was he and his companions who brought the news about the dragon."
'Sure enough, it's the Lord of Snowman City. Ling Chen hurriedly said: "I was wandering around the city, and suddenly found that there was a sewer here, so I wanted to hunt the underground hyenas, but I didn't want to destroy the magic array here, please forgive the city lord." ”
Deeply afraid that this city lord would kill him if he was unhappy, Ling Chen spoke very quickly: "I just released the soul of a dragonborn, and before he disappeared, he told me that the dragon was about to wake up and resurrect, and asked me to find the dragonborn to destroy the dragon." ”
"Do you know the whereabouts of the Dragonborn!?" The city lord Barguf really didn't think deeply about the wrong words of the early morning, but was shocked by the early morning.
"The Dragonborn has indeed returned...... "Fa Renjia and the others were also very surprised.
At this time, there is no need to hide the identity of the cypsaurs, fortunately, there are disappearing ancient dragonborn souls as cover.
Ling Chen hurriedly replied: "Yes, city lord. The Dragonborn is my friend, Saipu who you sent to find Dragonstone. ”
"Sep?" The lord of the city, Barguf, looked at Farenga.
"Is it really him?" Later, Farenga told the lord that Saipu was a man who seemed to understand the language of dragons, and that he had been sent to find the dragonstone by following the instructions of the Elder Scrolls prophecy.
The city lord was silent for a while, and then pointed to the big mound under Ling Chen's feet to Fa Renjia, who nodded, then walked up to look at the black coffin and said to Ling Chen, "Hand over the gems and soul stones." ”
Hurriedly took it out in the early morning, Fa Renjia took it and re-covered the coffin to set up the magic array, he held the dragon blood gem in one hand, pressed it on the magic array with the other, and closed his eyes again, the robe was windless and automatic, and the fluctuation of magic power emanated around his body.
After a while, Fa Renjia put away his posture and said to the city lord below with a solemn expression: "Without the suppression of the soul of the dragonborn, this dragon soul has slowly absorbed its strength and recovered, and the speed is getting faster and faster, or it will not be long before it can appear in the world." ”
"Damn it!" The city lord Barguf said angrily, "Waste three days of me here to strengthen the magic circle, and let you stupid boy destroy everything." ”
It turned out that this city lord was a descendant of the one-eyed hero who once defeated the dragon Numines, and his bloodline could strengthen the magic array to suppress the dragon soul, but unfortunately it was destroyed by the early morning.
In the end, the city lord left the four soldiers here to watch over the early morning, and then went out in a hurry to find the whereabouts of Saipu. In the early morning, he was lucky and saved his life. Now he can only hope that Saipu will return as soon as possible to solve the dragon soul below.
Early the next morning, Begonia and Lao Pao didn't see the figure in the early morning, so they used the friend system to send a message to ask:
[Begonia: Where are you?! 】
[Early morning: Longxiao Underground Palace. 】
[Begonia: ?? 】
[Old Cannon: ??? 】
[Early morning: It's hard to put into words......]
Early morning can only briefly tell the experience of last night.
As a result of last night's inspiration, he suggested to the two of them to hunt hyenas in the underground tunnels of the outer city. Already in custody in the early morning, the two had no choice but to try to go to the sewers to hunt hyenas.
Not long after, the two of them came with the news that there were indeed hyenas in the underground waterways of the outer city, which could be used as the mission target of side quest 1. However, although the hyena is only the size of a puppy and is not difficult to deal with, it is not easy to deal with in groups.
At this time, I remembered in the early hours of the morning that the equipment card in his trophies - the wolf gauntlet and the skill card - "Wolf Tooth Tearing" have special effects, which can enhance the damage to rats and wolf creatures, which was originally used here. It's a pity that he can't get out, otherwise he can brush it up with just the Steel Armor Suit, and the gold coins will drop big.
Fortunately, God, or the Lord God, didn't let me wait too long in the morning. Another night, just as it was almost dawn, our Dragonborn Saipu hero returned and successfully brought back Dragonstone.
Of course, the city lord immediately took people to the underground. When I saw Saipu in the early morning, he immediately fooled with the words he had made: "...... That's right, your Dragonborn predecessors told me that you are a Dragonborn, and he saw you through the void, and you came to stop the dragon Alduin from destroying the world. Right here, there's a dragon coming back to life, and we need you to destroy him. ”
"......" Saipu was fooled, perhaps because of the high friendship in the early morning (+30% for the novice scene, +10% for the Nord skin card), or it could be the role of the protagonist's aura, Saipu was very interested in saving the world, so he quickly accepted his identity as a dragonborn.
After that, under the guidance of Farenga, Saipu dripped his blood on a magic array that had long existed under the black coffin, and then Farenga urged the magic array, and the earth shook suddenly, and the golden light from the magic array continued to be absorbed by Saipu......
"Oh, Duwakin!" With a dragon's roar, everything was calm.
[Adventurer early morning, complete side quest 6 - Long live Talos, +30 Rating + 5000 Gold + Silver Badge *3]
After Fa Renjia checked and confirmed that the dragon soul was gone, the city lord finally breathed a sigh of relief and released Ling Chen. Later, someone informed that the city lord had dispatched elite soldiers to prepare to go to Ximu Town at noon to defend the town.
[Adventurers, Main Quest - Message, Completed, +30 Rating + 2000 Gold]
[Adventurers, you can choose to return to the adventure space immediately, or stay for up to 12 hours, during which time you need to be in a non-combat state to return.] Please make your choice within 30 seconds. 】
After the convergence, the three decisively chose to stay.
"How's it going?" As soon as he saw Lao Cannon, he couldn't help but ask, and Begonia also stared at Ling Chen with sparkling eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey." Ling Chen grinned with an embarrassed expression, "Go to the dungeon, and after Saipu destroyed the dragon soul, I was prompted to complete branch 6." ”
"Completed Branch 6." The two were stunned for a moment, and then reacted:
"it, branch 6! This reward is 5,000 gold coins and 3 silver badges!? The old cannon shouted.
"Well, it seems like yes. Hahaha......" said Ling Chen, who couldn't help laughing and trembling with excitement.
"Are we any good?" At this time, Haitang spoke, and the old cannon also looked expectant.
Ling Chen smiled and said, "Because of my proposal, you gave up the task of finding the dragon stone and missed a lot of benefits, and now that I have the benefits, I will compensate you if you don't say it." After all, I brought you to this scene. ”
Then he traded 500 gold coins to Haitang, and tore the equipment card - wolf gauntlet and skill card - wolf teeth to the old cannon.
"If you have a conscience, come along." Begonia said with a smile.
followed the two back to the residence, it turned out that the two tied up a hyena and came back, apparently for the sake of the side quest 1 in the early morning, and he was just one short of completing the task. He was not hypocritical, and slaughtered the hyena with a sword in his hand.
[Adventurer early morning, kill 1 hyena, +10 gold]
[Adventurer early morning, complete side quest 1 - Animal Killer, +5 rating + 500 gold + animal killer (title - Newbie Welfare Edition)]
[Title - Animal Killer (Newbie Welfare Edition): In three scenes, the damage caused to animals is greatly increased, except for high-level intelligent creatures. 】
After that, the three of them had a good meal with Saipu, which was a farewell before the return. After the feast, Saipu suddenly took out a dragon claw made of gold and fiddled with it, considering whether to sell it.
Lao Cannon and Ling Chen's eyes lit up, this is obviously a quest item obtained from the ancient tomb where the dragon stone was taken in the original plot, and it should be a big reward for handing it over to the grocery store owner in Ximu Town.
The novice welfare scene, sure enough, the benefits!
The old cannon suddenly asked, "Saipu, can you sell me this golden dragon claw?" ”
"Sold to you?" Saipu looked at the old cannon hesitantly.
[Adventurer old cannon, your friendship is not enough, and you can't buy items from the protagonist of the plot - Saipu.] 】
The novice benefit plus the effect of the Nord skin card is a full 40% favorability! The old cannon said regretfully: "Forget it, right?" ”
Then the old cannon told Ling Ling and Begonia about the favorability in a private chat, and let the two of them try it, and Ling Chen let Begonia try it, but it didn't work, and finally he went on it himself:
[Adventurer early morning, you have 50% of the plot character-Saipu favorability, do you consume 30% to buy the item-Golden Dragon Claw?] 】
Of course I agreed.
"Okay, since you like it so much, I'll give it to you, let's go."
Sep threw the things to the early hours of the morning and waved his hand and left, he will be here, in the snowy city, officially start his protagonist adventure, kill the dragon, meet Graybeard, learn the dragon's roar, cooperate with the Blade Warriors, go to the Imperial Army and the Storm Cloak Army to investigate the mission, and finally defeat the dragon Alduin and save the world......
And in the early morning, the three of Begonia, Lao Cannon, they will also end their novice trial scene in one day, and then return to the adventure space to start the official adventure.
The three of them followed the soldiers sent by Xuemancheng to Ximu Town and arrived at Ximu Town safely, two hours before the 12 hours of return.
They rushed to the grocery store in Ximu Town, and took out the golden dragon claw in the early morning, and the boss saw this and hurriedly said that it was his family heirloom and wanted to go back. After some bargaining, it was finally sold for 100 gold coins, and enjoyed the benefits of 20% off shopping.
As a second-order scene world, there are still some bronze-level equipment and skills in the grocery store, and the three of them have won the task reward and have money to shop, but they are very happy.
However, since there are only three free skill slots per person at present, and there are a lot of equipment, they are all quite modest.
The old cannon, which cost 160 gold, bought the skill book "Latent", and spent 640 gold to buy the bronze equipment - the black cloak.
[Latent - Black Iron 1 Star: Thief is a primary skill, the skill of hiding in the shadows, reducing one's ability to be perceived by others, and greatly increasing the instantaneous speed when the raid appears. - Study requirements (none), upgrade requirements: 100 gold + Black Iron Badge *1]
[Black Cloak Bronze 1 Star: Made of magic materials, it can reduce the perception of others to the wearer - Stunt-Shadow Collection: When in the dark or in the shadows, it emits black energy to hide the body. Constitution +5, Durability (20/20), Weight +1KG】
In terms of skills, he already has "Latent" and "Wolf Tooth Tearing" given by the early morning, a total of two, temporarily enough, his conservative personality not only left a spare skill position, but also saved more than 1800 gold coins.
(Black Iron - Bronze - Silver - Gold - Diamond)
Begonia, spent 240 gold coins to buy the skill book - "Elementary Meditation", and then she did not buy anything more, but first learned "Elementary Meditation".
[Elementary Meditation - Black Iron - Black Iron 1 Star: A spiritual primary skill, used to visualize elements, increase elemental affinity, and speed up the recovery of spiritual power. - Learning Requirements - Spirit (5), Upgrade Requirements: 100 Gold + Black Iron Badge *1]
She explained: "Because of the Dark Elf skin card, I have a good opinion of the captain of the guard, Ireles, and I heard from her that the magic that everyone can meditate on is different, which also determines the direction of your future development." Meditation skills can help us determine our own, well, qualifications or physique. ”
"We're adventurers, so we should all be able to learn, right?" The old cannon said.
"I don't know, I'll try." Begonia began to close her eyes and meditate as she spoke, and it took about three minutes before she opened her eyes, and she said in surprise and joy.
"It's so funny, after I used meditation, I felt something cold and cold around me, I couldn't see what shape and color, I just felt cold and comfortable. Also, I can feel your presence, or feel some of your emotions, which is a strange feeling. ”
"That's the Ice Elemental." Ling Ling said.
"Uh-huh, I think so. Then I'll buy an ice skill book. Begonia said happily.
At this time, the grocery store owner suddenly said, "What's more, you should also have a good talent for learning soul magic. ”
"Does the boss also understand magic, what is soul magic?" Begonia asked.
"I don't know about magic, but I've heard of some, psychic illusions, summoning spells, this kind of soul-related, it should be considered soul magic." The boss said with a smile.
So under the enthusiastic promotion of the boss:
384 gold coins for a "Frost Technique", 1300 gold coins for a "Frost Element", 880 gold coins for an apprentice's robe.
[Frost Technique--Black Iron: Ice primary magic, consuming mental power to release cold frost. - Learning Requirements - Spirit (8), Upgrade Requirements: 190 Gold + Black Iron Badge *1]
[Frost Elemental--Bronze: Ice low-level magic, summon an immortal Frost Elemental to fight for you, continue to consume mana/spiritual power - learn some requirements - spirit (18), upgrade required: 900 gold coins + bronze badge *1]
[Apprentice Robe: Bronze 1 Star: Enchanted with fine fabric, it can enhance the wearer's meditation effect, speed up the recovery of mental power/mana, and reduce the cost of low-level magic. - Spirit +5, Durability (30/30), Weight +2KG]
As a woman, after this shopping, all the rewards of Begonia are only 3,400 gold coins, of course, I have to say that learning magic is indeed more expensive than warriors and assassins. However, the attribute bonus achievements of bronze-level equipment are real, and the single attribute is doubled in basic wear.
"It's really ruthless for women to buy things." Ling Chen smiled and said to the old cannon.
"Who says it's not, it's like my wife, I'm afraid every time I pay my salary." The old cannon has a face, I am the bitter face of the people who have come over.
"Did I do something wrong?" Begonia, who was dressed in a gray apprentice's robe, recovered from the joy of shopping, after all, it was a precarious adventure space, and everyone panicked.
"No, no, to put it mildly, all of you can be transformed into combat effectiveness, as long as you firm the direction of your own development. And I'm sure that if you miss this time, you will have to pay more gold to get these in the future. Ling Chen analyzed seriously, "After I go back, I will sell the things that I don't need, so I must find a way to improve my strength as soon as possible, obtain the mage profession as soon as possible, and meet the learning conditions of the frost element." ”
There are only three free skill slots, and she has already learned "Insight" and "Elementary Meditation", so "Frost Technique" and "Frost Element" can only learn one for the time being, and the learning conditions for these two skills are Spirit 8 and 18, she only has 6, and the attributes of equipment bonuses cannot be included in the learning conditions.
"Well, meditation should be able to improve mental power, and I'll find another way when I return." Haitang said that he listened.
Otherwise, if you buy something, you will die before you have a chance to use it. Ling Chen is also thinking about his own path.
The Dragonborn bloodline card must be used, but the first stage of enhancement requires a physique of 8 and a spirit of 10, and he is still far behind, especially the spiritual attributes.
[Item:WX-3-952723]
[Nickname: Dawn - Nord Skin]
[Title: Animal Killer (Newbie Welfare Edition)]
[Lineage: None]
[Occupation: None]
[Talent: (Unawakened)]
[Skill: Warrior's Stone Aura]
[Equipment: Steel Armor (Set), Steel Sword, Short Wooden Bow (Iron Arrow), Knife Cat Eye Necklace]
[Items: Charge-Skill Card, Double Strike-Skill Card, Dragonborn Bloodline Card (not activated), Primary Mana Elixir*3, Primary Stamina Elixir*3, Bandage + Trauma Potion]
[Gold: 7367 Gold, Bronze Badge*1, Silver Badge*3]
[Combat Power Evaluation: Mundane - 1st Tier - 1 Star: Constitution (4), Spirit (4)]
The mage needs to meditate, and the warrior only needs to exercise his physique to improve his physique, so that he saves a skill compared to the mage, and after thinking about it again, the shopping list for the early morning is:
240 gold coins for "Elementary Meditation", 1100 gold coins for "Armed Charge", 400 gold coins for "Lightning Technique". In terms of equipment, the current steel armor suit is enough, and the demand for weapons is not large, so it is better to leave gold coins to strengthen skills and bloodlines, it can be expected that once the self-strengthening system is determined to take shape, this gold coin and badge demand must be indispensable.
[Armed Charge - Bronze: The skill of holding a weapon to launch a charge and heavy attack, speed and its own quality determine the power of the power. - Learn some requirements - Physique (15), skill "Charge" reaches the top level, upgrade required: 800 gold coins + bronze badge *1]
[Lightning Technique-Black Iron: Electricity-based primary magic, consumes mental power to release a lightning attack. - Learning Requirements - Spirit (8), Upgrade Requirements: 200 Gold + Black Iron Badge *1]
In fact, Ling Chen is not sure what to strengthen, after all, the spirit of the dragonborn bloodline enhancement is higher than the physique, just look at Saipu's attributes, and his existing equipment is a better warrior outfit, embarrassing.
In the end, I chose the advanced skill "Armed Charge" of "Lightning" and "Charge", no matter how many advanced skills there are, they only occupy one free skill slot, and they have both displacement, damage, and control, and they are absolutely not wasted.
As for "Lightning", of course, it is the result of using skills to meditate on the lightning element. Once the dragonborn bloodline is strengthened, it is inevitable to learn magic under the advantage of high spirits, as for whether to make up your mind to double cultivate magic and martial arts? It depends on whether you have the opportunity to come across this type of profession.
"When you're done shopping, let's go back." Out of the grocery store, I said in a trance when I saw this former game world in the early morning.
"yes, I can finally go back......"
The three of them turned into a streamer of light, flew into the sky, and disappeared, while the surrounding residents of Ximu Town ignored it.
What they didn't know was that as soon as they left this world on their front feet, Snow City was attacked by a dragon......