Inside the Raven Castle, the previously captured captives are held in dark and damp dungeons, without medicine and food, and are forced to endure cold and pain!

The seriously wounded Sarion soldiers lay on the warm beds and groaned, and the lightly wounded soldiers relied on spirits to relieve their pain, and there were no injuries at all, sorry, and they were not found. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even the Commander of the 'Iron Sword' Kudan was left with a wound in his thigh by the bow and arrow.

Despite the victory, no one had the heart to celebrate, and the Baron's death was a heavy demoralization blow to the Salionian soldiers, and the commissions and bounties that all the mercenaries had hoped for were in vain.

Reluctantly mercenaries and Salion soldiers who drank to kill their sorrows ransacked the entire Raven Castle, but unfortunately 'Sir Raven' Boris seems to have used all the loot to build up his military strength, and we have not found much value in the warehouse.

One of the four Sarion captains was killed, and one was seriously wounded and unconscious, who died that night.

The remaining two captains and six squadron leaders were discussing something in the castle hall, and I was not interested, and after greeting Uncle Peter and the others, I went back to the resting room.

After making sure no one was following me, I locked the door and pulled out a black statue in the shape of a crow from my bosom.

This is what I found in the room of 'Sir Raven' Boris, and after we entered the Inner Fort, we ransacked the entire castle as a matter of course, including Sir Raven Boris's bedroom.

As soon as I entered the bedroom, I clearly felt that the inconspicuous crow statue on the bookshelf exuded a mysterious aura that attracted me, and I quietly took the crow statue in my arms while others were looting and snatching the boxes of jewels and gold coins in Boris's bedroom.

At this point, I was standing alone in the room, holding my back against the door, and the pain from the wounds in my lower abdomen and left shoulder made me feel a lot more refreshed.

I fiddled with the crow statue and accidentally touched the crow statue's head, and when I turned it, the two wings of the crow statue suddenly spread!

As if triggering something, the crow's belly popped open, and an egg-sized pink gem rolled onto my hand!

"Dragon's Tear Gem!"

I almost screamed, and the crow statue fell to the ground.

However, the gem did not make any changes, I remembered the method of dripping blood to recognize the owner that I saw on TV in my previous life, and quickly tore the bandage on my left shoulder and wiped a little blood on the gem with my hand.

As soon as my blood touched the gem, it glowed red!

The whole room is as bright as day!

The rich and bright red light flickered for a moment, and it all burrowed into my body!

I felt a tingling and itching sensation coming from the wound on my left shoulder and lower abdomen, and the wound was healing rapidly!

The voice of the long-lost old man appeared in my head again!

"Reina, I didn't expect you to collect new Dragon's Tear Gem Fragments so quickly, how did you get them?"

So I went through the details of today's history, including the fact that the Baron was a dragon-blooded warrior.

"According to your description, Baron Fred is indeed a pure dragon-blooded warrior, he has experienced many wars, with his extraordinary talent and understanding, activated the ancient bloodline, but unfortunately he died before he could fully grasp the power of the dragon-blooded warrior. ”

The old voice, who identified himself as Magandi, told me in detail about the fighting techniques of the Dragon-Blood Warriors, and drew enough energy from the Dragon's Tear gem hidden within the Raven Statue.

"Alright, Reina, are you ready to activate the bloodline? Please close your eyes, it might be a little painful..."

"I can't wait!"

With that, I sat down on the carpet by the door as instructed, and Magandi urged a red light to drill out of my body, and the red light surrounded me, not only quickly healing my injuries, but also giving me a strong sense of oppression!

It's like the air has become so much heavier!

In the middle of winter, I was steaming all over my body, and my clothes were completely soaked with sweat in a matter of seconds!

However, this is only the beginning, I feel a tearing sensation from the inside out, and each time it is much more painful than the last one!

I forced myself not to make a sound, lest the people downstairs hear it and go upstairs to check, I don't want this secret of my own to be made public, just like Baron Fred who concealed the identity of the Dragon-Blood Warrior, even Sergeant Gregory did not know his identity as a Dragon-Blood Warrior, presumably he must have his own reasons for not revealing it.

I don't know how long it took, but I thought it was a long time, my eyes were black, and I almost collapsed to the ground!

"It's only been five minutes! Hold on! Hold on a little longer!"

Magandi's voice became stern, as if he were a strict governess, no, a military instructor without humanity!

I was on the ground with my hands propped up, and though all the colors were red and black in front of me, my consciousness was still clear, and I seemed to see my father, and I saw Uncle Sauron, Uncle Joy, and Knight Lake......

I felt as if I had seen the thrill of coming out of Walden, and I felt the chill of the night in the snowy ice!

I heard... I heard Uncle Sauron's dying cry!

I don't want to just give up, I want to be the most powerful dragon-blooded warrior!

The tearing came to an abrupt end, followed by a furnace-like burning sensation!

Just like Baron Fred today, the muscles in my body swelled rapidly, and my clothes were already torn apart!

My meridians flow with golden light, and my body is sometimes pink and sometimes red!

When I opened my eyes again, I felt a strong urge to kill!

"Roar-!!"

I let out a long roar, and it pierced through the Raven Castle like a dragon's roar!

"Boom!!"

Outside the window, there was a winter thunderstorm, and white lightning pierced the dark night over Raven Castle!

The long test was finally over and my body was back to normal.

"Reyna, congratulations, you've become a Dragon-Blood Warrior!"

Magandi said with relief: "Due to the particularity of your bloodline, you have an advantage over other dragon-blooded warriors, and you can comprehend more combat skills!"

"Combat skills?" I asked suspiciously, could it be a heroic skill like the Glory of Kings! Wow, could it be that the essential golden finger for a traverser that I haven't found for ten years has finally appeared!

"Yes, the average dragon-blood warrior has only one combat skill, and it is basically passive, those dragon-blood warriors who awaken through combat the day after tomorrow will not have more than three combat skills at most, as far as I know, in the history of more than five hundred years, there are less than a hundred people who have reached two combat skills!"

Magandi went on to say in one breath:

"Just like Baron Fred, his combat skills should be passive defensive skills, which allows him to continue to fight and kill Boris after being pierced through the chest and heart by the long sword!"

"That's... Do I have any skills now?" I thought about it, and I didn't seem to notice that I had changed much.

If you want to say that the only place where I feel stronger, it should be that my strength has become greater, and the twenty-pound cross sword used to be carried by both hands to fight, but now I can swing it effortlessly with one hand, and I even feel a little light!

"Hehe, in fact, through that loud roar you just now, I know what your skills are. ”

After Magandi finished speaking, a golden soul brand flashed in front of me!

Dragon's Roar

Unleashes a roar that resoundes across the battlefield, which can greatly increase combat effectiveness in a short period of time, quickly reduce the perception of pain, and stun enemies within a certain range of surrounding areas!

"Congratulations to you Reina, you have passed the test of the Dragon's Tear Gem and have become a Dragon-blooded warrior, pure!"

Before it was too late to get me excited, Magandi continued: "But your strength is still quite weak, before you grow up, you have to learn to conceal the edge, collect more dragon tear gems, and strengthen yourself!"

I took this to heart, the energy stored in the Dragon's Tear Gem had been depleted after helping me activate my bloodline, and silence had regained in the room.

I walked to the window, the winter thunder muffled my roar, and there was nothing unusual in the castle, except that the snow began to fall all over the night.

I didn't say anything all night, and I quickly fell asleep after being mentally exhausted.

The next day, several of the wounded soldiers had died, and their companions had hastily buried them in the castle's backyard.

The soldiers who survived the night were all in danger of their lives, and because of the light equipment, our logistical supplies were piled up in the deserted village that we had recovered yesterday, but fortunately there were many food and medicine reserves in the Raven Fort, so that we would not run out of food.

Although Boris is dead, what he left behind can still benefit us, and it can be regarded as one of the few contributions he has made.

Heavy snow fell overnight blocking the road down the mountain.

Outside the Raven Castle, the wind and snow have no intention of stopping.

The cold wind pierced through the walls, people lit fires in the houses, wrapped in thick leather coats to protect against the cold wind, and when I went downstairs, I saw bottles and empty barrels in the corners.

The body of Knight Ryker was recovered from the battlefield by us, and Uncle Peter and I dug a deep pit and buried the coffin in it.

I placed my brand-new short sword and the half-sword that Knight Ryker had used when he was alive on the coffin, knelt on my knees in the snow, and kowtowed to the coffin.

"Knight Lake, go all the way. ”

We spent the morning hastily trimming the floor and erecting a wooden tombstone with a simple carving of the life of Knight Lake.

When we returned to Raven Castle, we found that all the other Salion soldiers had gathered in the hall of the lord, except for a few guards who had been guarded.

Two Sarion captains, Dan and Jeniel, were also present.

Compared with the huge team of nearly 1,000 people when they set out yesterday, there were only more than 200 people gathered in the castle hall at this moment!

I noticed that the Iron Sword Kudan and his adventuring group of mercenaries were not here, but there were still twelve scattered mercenaries left at the outpost, sitting around two round tables leaning against the door, waiting for us to return.

"What's going on?" asked Uncle Peter.

"Captain Kudan and they braved the wind and snow to leave, he said that he did not want to stay in the Great Wasteland for another second, after the Baron died in battle, they could not stay in the Kingdom of Sarion any longer, Captain Kudan said that he would go to the Kingdom of Ravenston to rest for a while. ”

Dan, the captain of the 1st Brigade with a bandage on his left arm, said that Dan is a senior sergeant major, and he has participated in no less than 50 large and small battles in the army in ten years, but this is the first time he has encountered such a thing as a commander.

Jenny, the captain of the Fourth Brigade, had seven or eight empty wine bottles in front of him, Jenny blushed, took a bottle of rum and said, "When the snow stops, Gregory wants to take the baron back, oh! God knows what punishment we will get when we go back!"

These Sarion soldiers had families, and it was impossible for them to abandon their wives and children and wander the wasteland.

Uncle Peter glanced back at me, obviously, although we are not soldiers of the Kingdom of Sarion, but the army of nearly 1,000 people went to exterminate a group of rogue knights entrenched in the Great Wasteland but suffered a crushing victory, and the commander was killed, and it is difficult to guarantee that the Kingdom of Sarion will not trouble us.

"It's a bit tricky, but we have to get rid of the loot first, so that when the snow stops, we will set off early, first go to Bigren Town to find Mr. Lumier, get enough supplies, and then quickly move south to the Bacchus Empire to seek development. ”

After thinking about it, the rich Bacchus Empire in the southeast of the Kingdom of Sarion seemed to be a good place, and I decided to form an adventure party and go to the Bacchus Empire in search of new Dragon's Tear Gems.

Uncle Peter spoke to the two captains, and they both agreed that after the snow had stopped, they would wait for us to walk for half a day before they set off for their own journey.

As for the twelve mercenaries, four of them are willing to follow us, and the remaining eight mercenaries are tired of the war and intend to use the money gained in this war to live a stable life.

As for the four new mates, we naturally welcomed them with both hands, and it was natural that we needed these war-tested mercenaries to form an adventure party, not those country farmers.

These four people are:

Nirod, a Fieldwield, a drunken and strong man sitting at a round table, skilled in using a giant battle axe, 1.9 meters taller than the other soldiers, in yesterday's battle, he not only did not panic in the face of the siege of three crow warriors, but also killed two of them!

Nirod said that his ancestors were the Nords who had wandered from the distant continent of Calradia to the continent of Pande, and that he had been a mercenary for three years since he was seventeen!

Kane, a native of Saarione, is also an old buddy of my second squad, good at riding and swordsmanship, a very strong blonde lad, and his whole family died in the war of aggression of the Daxia people against the kingdom of Saarion.

Kane's dream is to become a real knight and lead an army against the Daxia, and he chooses to become a wandering mercenary.

The other two are cousins, Huck and Gus, born in my hometown of Livingston, and they are fighting for the first time, and their desire is to save as much money as possible.

Oh yes, their hobbies are beauties and dinars, the more the merrier.

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