Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Speed of Life and Death
Kane's situation was not a second, their whereabouts had been exposed, but with a few thrilling sneaks to avoid the beasts, they had already run a considerable distance.
"You're alright." Kane grabbed Oran's hand tightly and quickly weaved through the woods, the beast's roar behind him indicating that they were not safe now.
"It's going to hold up." As a woman, Oran, who is born with a lack of physical exercise, although she has the bonus of the lord template, but because there are not many opportunities to directly participate in the battle, the attributes brought by the level are few, and she is also added to the knowledge. In fact, this is not the main reason, because after releasing spells several times, Oran, who has exhausted his energy value, is not weak and unable to walk, which can be regarded as determined.
The Cleansing Technique is a primary spell, although it does not consume much for a junior mage, but Oran has not yet reached the level of a formal mage, she only accidentally obtained the release permission of this spell, and with her level, she is not able to control the primary magic, so the burden on the body and energy is quite large. But thanks to this magic, Kane and she were able to dodge the beasts with a keen sense of smell a few times, but now she couldn't release them again.
Sacrifice is a very popular profession, and it is common in some magical worlds. Their power comes from the gods they worship, such as the Sacrifice of the Moon God that is amplified by moonlight, and the Sacrifice of the God of War which is bonus in melee combat. Oran is such a priest, but the god she believes in is the god of fate, which sounds very powerful, but as the lowest-level Oran, who is not even a trainee sacrifice apprentice, his strength is still very low.
Oran established a line of faith in the god of fate by accident in the novice world, and obtained three spells from the gods to become an alternate sacrificial apprentice. One of the three spells is the fate favor of the blessing class, and the effect is that the luck value is increased by one for a period of time, which can be released on others. The other is the art of purification, in which each sacrifice must be kept in a neat and tidy posture. The rest is skill divination, which requires divination equipment to use, such as sets of cards and crystal balls, even dice can be used, but as the most elementary version of the Great Prophecy, it is obviously not very accurate.
For Hu Bin, if he had to choose, he would rather choose other professions, because the sacrificial power of most gods is biased towards support, and it is not his own power after all. If you want to increase your strength, you must first maintain a devout faith, which is difficult for most modern people who are atheists or false believers. Then it is to please the gods, and use actions to express the belief in the gods, which is also the fastest and most direct way to improve the strength of the sacrifice.
But the disadvantage is that if you encounter a believer from the camp of the hostile gods, then you will not die. The orders and restrictions given by the gods must also be observed, and if they are violated, they will lose their power, and if they are serious, they will be punished by the gods.
Oran is very satisfied with the gods she believes in, she is sensual, she already believes in fate, and the gods of fate do not have too many requirements for their sacrifices. It's that the growth of strength will be very slow, because compared to other gods, the need for the god of fate is pitiful, after all, many people believe in fate.
However, in the space where every bit of strength is precious, Oran has no choice, and is willing to pay his faith for strength, and it is estimated that Hu Bin will have to consider it, but as a weak woman, she must have the strength to protect herself until she meets Kane in the war group.
Kane felt Orlan's grip on his hand tightly, but he didn't have time to pay attention to the details. Inevitably encountering some beasts along the way, Kane's consumption was also very serious, although not to the point of running out of gas, but it was also fast.
Kane's power comes from himself, and compared to the legal professional sacrifice, his career system is quite practical in the early stage. Kane was in that unknown novice world and was qualified for the Berserk Samurai class, and his entire rating was spent on it.
Berserk, a skill that can enhance one's own combat effectiveness, is based on the principle of using the energy in the samurai's body as a raw material, and then transforming it into an external amplification. Unlike the traditional frenzy, it is more oriented towards transformation than excitation, which makes its amplification very stable.
The advantage is that the offense and defense are balanced, the increase is significant, the duration is long and the power is controllable, and there is no loss of mind. The disadvantage is that the side effects are more serious, and although the consumption of energy and blood at the same time can prolong the use time, maintaining the berserk state will cause permanent loss of attributes, and once this state is turned on, it will inevitably fall into a long-term weakness when it is closed. At the same time, because it is not a real means of energy use, it is not as powerful as orthodox energy attacks, resulting in a lot of unnecessary energy waste, and the most important point is that it is difficult to improve strength.
As a main profession, this kind of profession is not worth cultivating, but at this moment, Kane cooperates with a good weapon, and his combat power bursts out in an instant, which is not inferior to Hu Bin who does not have a holy sword. Under that layer of red mist, the strength he embodied has been slightly increased, and the defense has also been somewhat strengthened, and the most important thing is that the attack power can become quite terrifying, and the whole force can disassemble the huge beast with a single blow.
However, Kane found that his main attribute has been lost a lot, although this loss can be restored in space at the cost, but don't think about it in the mission world, but now that the state is lifted, then he will be devoured by the beasts in an instant, and he will also be affected by Orlan who is with him.
"Stop, Kane, I can't run." After running for another while, Orlan saw that something was wrong with Kane's state, and hurriedly stopped, finding that Kane was still in that state.
"Give up, Kane. If fate makes us fail here, let it be. Orlan looked at Kane with some distress, she knew that the side effects of such a powerful skill that could be maintained for a long time must be very large.
"No, even fate can't stop me from taking you out of here." Kane picked up Orlan and carried her on his back, then sped up the energy in his body and rushed towards the outskirts of the forest at a faster speed.
An hour later, a limp Kane was dragged by Orlan to a small stream, and the clear water made the unconscious Kane move his eyelids, but still did not wake up. Some time ago, he was in a frantic hurry, and although he controlled the flow speed of energy, he still ran out of his blood. Luckily they escaped the herd, and unfortunately both were horrified.
Oran wanted to help her glasses, but found that the glasses had long been lost, and the scroll in her hand had been used, it was a recovery scroll, which could continue to restore a small amount of blood for a long time, which was the reward she received by constantly praying to the god of fate during this time. She puts her position on the assistance and management of the legion, and her combat effectiveness is actually not outstanding, which is also related to her character.
The recovery scroll delayed the loss of Kane's attributes, but it still couldn't keep up with his consumption, and they were finally trapped here without resistance after running out of means.
Kane's internal organs and muscles have been damaged to varying degrees, and if it were an ordinary person, he would have been hopeless a long time ago, but with the physique of the numbered person, he can recover as long as he has time.
But what the two of them need most now is time, the smell of blood on Kane's body will attract beasts, and Orlan has no ability to unleash the cleansing technique, with their current state, any beast can kill two of them.
The roar of an unknown beast could be heard in the distance, but the weakened Orlan didn't care, and after using her last mana to give Kane a blow to fate, she lay down with Kane who had fallen asleep, and gave herself to fate.
A deep roar came from not far away, and Orlan looked up to see a giant wolf baring its teeth at him. Oran, who felt like he was about to fall asleep, closed his eyes, ready to accept his fate.
"Isn't it just a month, and the old lady will be a again thirty days later."
Unbeknownst to the sleeping Oran, a human in leather armor stepped out behind the wolf, who touched the wolf's head and handed it a piece of roast meat. The wolf grabbed the piece of meat and ran away, disappearing into the woods. There were two more humans behind him, the difference was that they were wearing a full set of plate armor, and they were the free knights left by Hu Bin in the camp.