Chapter 48: Thorns
"The apostle class I'm about to change to is biased towards ranged attacks and summoning, and I need a creature below the fourth order that is more loyal, can accept simple commands, and has thick skin!" Qin Lun looked into Beluuses' eyes and said.
Beruses grinned and smiled silently, he understood why Qin Lun didn't go to find the Moon Night Elf.
The Moonlit Night Elves belong to the camp of orderliness and goodness, and the entire race advocates freedom and peace, and has a respectful attitude towards life. They rarely assisted the Apostles in capturing minions, let alone providing them themselves.
In the Elven philosophy, turning a free life into a summoned creature is blasphemy and defies the laws of nature. Elven mages, druids, and archers, although they are sometimes accompanied by jungle creatures such as hounds, unicorns, and flower fairies, see them as combat companions, not summons.
For the Apostles, there is no way to bring them into the Atlas as simple combat partners, but only to turn them into minions. In addition, the elves pursue an elegant and gorgeous fighting style, and even the combat creatures they have cultivated are mostly relatively beautiful creatures. For example: unicorns, flower fairies, griffins, etc.
These creatures did not meet Qin Lun's requirements, according to his assumptions, the summoned creatures he wanted were obviously the kind of melee creatures with a simple and rough fighting style, which could be used as a meat shield for their master when necessary.
"You've really found the right person, in addition to our demon clan, the other four management races of the Demon Horn, Rakshasas, Wind Elementals, Gnomes, and Moonlit Night Elves, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to meet your requirements." Beruses said confidently.
Qin Lun smiled slightly, the cunning demon was not blindly arrogant. In fact, before asking Bersuites for help, he had already asked Didi to go out and inquire about the creatures that act as melee meat shields for other races. Except for the Demon Clan, it was indeed difficult for the other four management races to satisfy him.
Of course, that's not to say that the other four management races don't have meat shield warriors. Similar to the gnomes, there are various constructed golems that can be used as melee shields. However, constructing a golem is a puppet, and if you want to become a summoned creature, you must install an alchemy soul on it, which is too expensive.
The Wind Elementals have the Ice Crystal Giants, the Rakshasas have the Hydra and the Swamp Ogre, and the Moon Night Elves have the Dryads and the Mountain Giants, all of which are powerful creatures with strong melee abilities and vitality. However, these creatures are all high-level creatures, not to mention that Qin Lun can't control them, and these races will not be able to satisfy him.
Only the demon clan has a promiscuous temperament, and there are many hybrid hybrid creatures in the clan. These half-blood creatures are not pure-blooded demons and are born with low intelligence, but the thin demon bloodline in their bodies gives them strong vitality and combat ability, and they are the best material for low-level summoned creatures.
"I can give feedback to the clan about your request, however, there is one thing that you must understand......" Beluses spread his hands and looked at Qin Lun without saying any more.
"I understand, equivalent exchange, so how much Broken Crystal do I have to pay?" Qin Lun said lightly.
"Don't worry, we'll talk when I have the summoned creatures you need!" Beruteres said with a smile.
Seeing Beruses go out, Qin Lun sighed slightly, if it was possible, he really didn't want to deal with the demon clan. The demons are cunning and insidious, and although they are not yet able to deceive and blackmail the apostles, negotiations full of intrigue are never pleasant.
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"Whoosh!" With a subtle sound of breaking the air, silver light flashed in the air from time to time.
"Stop!" With a stern reprimand, Qin Lun stopped cultivating with a bitter face.
"The power of the bayonet sword lies in the stabbing blow, not for you to use as a burning stick!" A sky-blue melon seed face appeared in front of Qin Lun, and the snake-like vertical pupils stared at him mercilessly, making Qin Lun feel like a frog being targeted by a poisonous snake.
This is Qin Lun's swordsmanship instructor, the Rakshasa woman who once taught him basic swordsmanship. Although this beautiful young woman of the Rakshasa clan is choppy, her waist is like a willow, and her figure is better than that of many succubi. However, in Qin Lun's eyes, she was more like a demon than a succubus, and there were still redness and swelling on his body that had not subsided, all of which were drawn out by this rakshasa woman with a wooden sword.
"How many times have you been sed, don't slash, stab, stab, understand? Even if you are an apostle, I have to say the same thing, you have no swordsmanship at all, I won't come tomorrow, it's a waste of life! The Rakshasa woman twisted her hips angrily and left.
Qin Lun frowned and sighed, staring at the FN-500 that had turned into the Narnia Stabbing Sword in his hand. In the days following his meeting with Berrose, he spent the next few days at the training ground honing his newfound skills and swordplay.
That low-level skill scroll had already been used by him, and the basic sword technique had finally been upgraded to an intermediate sword skill. However, after using the Narnia stabbing sword for a while at the training ground, his enthusiasm for sword training began to drop dramatically, and even Joey didn't seem to be satisfied with the FN-500's stabbing form.
Although he invited this strict swordsmanship instructor again, and although this slender stabbing sword with a slender sword body had the good skill of sharpness, Qin Lun's cultivation did not improve in the slightest.
With the intermediate swordsmanship of the law body, he does have a good sword grip, and he can even use the blade to shave off the wings of flies. But from time to time he would slash his sword like a burning stick, and this habit was as unshaken as a drug addiction, and as long as his attention was slightly relaxed, he would use it unconsciously.
After a few days of exploration, Qin Lun finally understood that the intermediate swordsmanship of the Shattered Starry Sky could not replace the real swordsmanship skills. The intermediate swordsmanship of the Shattered Starry Sky is equivalent to a kind of physical touch, which can only make his law body feel familiar with the weapon, which is the so-called hand feeling.
If it is a firearm, then there is a feel, there is a calculation of the combat model, he can fully exert the power of the firearm, and the intermediate firearm mastery seems to be no problem. However, the stabbing sword is different, the swordsmanship is much more complicated than the spearmanship, obviously it is not just a touch can be mastered, he also needs the corresponding swordsmanship skills.
Perhaps Qin Lun was born with a talent for shooting, but not a talent for swordsmanship. He always felt that the Narnia sword was too light and thin, and it was as light as a burning stick in his hand.
Qin Lun cleaned up and walked out of the training ground, thought for a while, and walked towards the auction house. He gave most of the Apostle currency to Didi, not that he didn't pay attention to the auction house at all.
Originally, 30,000 broken crystals and 1,000 huàn coupons really couldn't buy any good things, not to mention that he still needed to replenish the recovery items. It's better to leave it to Didi to toss, whether there is a surprise or not, the little goblin will not use up all the apostle currency, and the rest plus the remaining more than 6,000 broken crystals on his body is just enough to replenish the recovery items.
However, now he still has two "Ground Thorn Technique" and "Arc Shooting Technique" that he wants to use to exchange for other skill scrolls, which is not without capital.
The FN-500 has a slow rate of fire, and although it is powerful, it has a cooldown of 30 seconds, which is not suitable for the "combat marksmanship" that requires the rhythm of battle, and he needs to find two more fast guns.
Sitting in the box of the auction house, Qin Lun was not in a hurry to find a fast gun suitable for him in the projector. Firearms and weapons are the largest number of consignment items in the auction, not one.
He first searched for the classification of skill scrolls in the auction category, perhaps because the transactions have been relatively cold these days, and there are still more than ten skill scrolls in the consignment of skill scrolls that have not been sold.
However, after Qin Lun finished reading the consignment introduction of those skill scrolls, he rolled his eyes and was speechless for a while. Although he was not as familiar with the price fluctuations of the auction house as Didi, the asking price of these dozen or so skill scrolls was too outrageous, and the failure to sell was entirely due to the fact that they could not be sold.
One of the low-level scrolls, "Spike", actually asked for 100,000 broken crystals or a specified type of dark gold equipment. This kind of price, not to mention the transaction, is simply a sight to behold.
No matter how rare skill scrolls are, the price of low-level scrolls is rarely higher than that of dark gold equipment. Although the fusion skill is the foundation of the apostle's strength, the equipment skill that comes with the dark gold equipment is also very good, and there are basically more than two, and you can sell it if you don't use it.
This low-level "Spike" skill is actually just a big road product, worth 30,000 to 40,000 broken crystals, which is one or two thousand lower than the most ordinary dark gold, and selling 100,000 broken crystals is completely insulting to other people's IQ, and it is not surprising that it can't be sold.
Among these more than ten skill scrolls, Qin Lun actually fell in love with a low-level scroll called "Thorn Technique", which was a wood-based spell.
Thorns can use the life force of plants to make the roots and trunks of plants give birth to a large number of wood thorns, which not only have offensive abilities, but can also be turned into defensive skills under certain conditions. Of course, judging from the introduction, it is too demanding for the environment and not very applicable.
However, Qin Lun's mind instantly flashed the tree vine seeds he had used. He had used Tree Vine Seeds in the Undersea Temple of the Illusory World, and the elven plant given to him by Marfa could turn into a Tree Vine Man for a limited time. Although it can't move, it can automatically attack enemies, and if you add "Thorns", it seems to be a good combination.
The asking price of this thorn technique is 45,000 broken crystals, which is much more pleasing to the eye than that "spike", but in Qin Lun's opinion, this price is still at a premium of 50%. With the application of the thorn technique, 30,000 broken crystals are reasonable.
Perhaps Thorn Technique, paired with certain plant seeds, is a good combination of offense and defense. But you know, plant seeds that can be brought into the other world by the apostles are not all over the street. Take the vine seeds used by Qin Lun as an example, one is worth hundreds of broken crystals. Using a single thorn spell will definitely waste several of them, which is equivalent to an extra cost.
What's more, if the Thorn Technique wants to exert great power, it also needs the Apostle to have the affinity of the wood element. Otherwise, it is still unknown how powerful this low-level skill is, and maybe it can only be pricked like a rose.
Qin Lun glanced at the auction information of the Thorn Technique again, and when he saw the number of days of consignment and the many unsuccessful auctions, he finally smiled and clicked on the contact number of the consignment apostle.