Pale Emblem

Chapter 12 The Secret Ritual of Awakening
Vertok's dislocated wrist was a small problem, but he couldn't solve it himself, so he had to go to Sarah, the fat cook.And Sarah helped him connect his wrist at that time, but Sarah still couldn't rest assured, and called Dr. Cole overnight to diagnose the cause of the dislocated wrist for Vertok.

No one believed that Vertok had dislocated his wrist because he practiced the whipping technique, always thinking that something was wrong with his body, such as a natural wrist defect.

This incident caused quite a stir in the Adventurer's House.For adventurers who can even exchange information for money, Vertoc's physical problems can also be equated with gold.As for the buyers of intelligence, of course, those who are particularly interested in beauty traits are famous highland families.By the spring of next year, adventurers returning to Fallen Leaves City will be able to exchange Vertok's information for real gold.

So, there are adventurers who come to visit Vertok's "injury".Boss Bartom could never stop these "well-intentioned" adventurers because of this small amount of money, causing the collective dissatisfaction of the adventure group.

However, Vertoc surprised the adventurers who came to visit him, and even caused a stir in Braun Town.

Now that it was noon, Karl followed his companions out of the Adventurer's House. He was still wondering why he had to go outside the hotel to visit Vertok.When they circled around the stables behind the hotel, they saw a large crowd of people surrounded the place, and even the haystacks used to feed the animals were full of people.

Seeing that the four members of the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group couldn't squeeze in, Captain Charlie stretched out his hand, and his mighty force forcibly separated a path in the noisy crowd.

Ignoring the shouting and scolding of several people, the fourth-level shield guard Charlie led Carl, Annie, and Katie to the front of the crowd.They saw Vertok leaning motionless against the back wall of the hotel.His posture looks very special, his whole body is tightly against the wall, leaving no gap, only the tip of his left foot is used as a support point for the whole person, looking like a gecko sucking on the wall.

"Vill... is he sleeping?!" Katie's eyes widened and she exclaimed in a low voice in disbelief.

If you look at the back wall of the hotel as a bed from another angle, Vertok's posture with one leg straight and the other bent is indeed like lying on the bed.His left cheek was also pressed against the "bed board", his eyes were closed, and despite the crowd talking and pointing, there was no response. He really seemed to be asleep.

Annie's expression was extraordinarily serious. She quietly stood on tiptoe of her left foot, confirming that she could do a pose similar to that of Vertok, but she was a second-level bow fighter with the Awakening Dexterity Specialty. Others may not be able to sleep against the wall.

Could it be that Vertoc is a professional with Awakening Agility?
What's the point of him doing this?

Annie frowned, looking confused.She used her expertise to test Vertok by shaking hands to confirm that he had no awakening expertise, but now she began to wonder if she had made a mistake.

At this time, Thomas of the Jyn and Whistle Adventure Group walked over from the other end of the crowd and joined his companions.This morning, Captain Charlie arranged for Thomas to visit Vertok. He was the first to find it and witnessed the whole process.

"What's the matter? Vertok has been so strange all morning?" Charlie whispered.

Thomas nodded strangely and said, "So far, I've seen him change 15 postures, one is more strange than the other, this is the 16th... You have seen it too, is he sleeping on the wall?"

Everyone knows that Vertok has suffered a head injury and is an amnesiac.He has many bewildering behaviors in the Adventurer's House, and those who know him are not surprised.However, Vertok's behavior today is not simple.Swordsman Carl said in a deep voice: "To do this posture, you must have a strong sense of balance and excellent physical coordination... Oh, by the way, how long has he slept on the wall?"

"It's almost two quarters of an hour..." Thomas paused, glanced at the surrounding crowd, and continued to explain: "Before, someone opened a bet on how long Vertok could last. The most people bet half a quarter of an hour. They all lost, and then bet for a quarter of an hour, and more people lost, and now the bet is two quarters of an hour. The time is coming, and many people are chasing bets there..."

Following his line of sight, Charlie and the others found that in a corner of the stable, Pirou and a few shop assistants were busy opening a bet, and a group of adventurers surrounded them to pay their bets.

Annie pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Let's also go to bet, just bet that Vertok can hold on for more than two quarters of an hour, and we will definitely win."

Carl shook his head and said: "No need, I just meant that Vertok can maintain the posture against the wall for so long, which shows that he still has strong physical fitness. Judging from his performance, his sense of balance, coordination, and physical fitness have reached two levels. The level of a professional professional?"

Annie thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid a first-level professional with agility expertise does not have this level of balance and coordination, but I am a second-level bow fighter, imitating Vertoc's posture, and I can last for at least 4 quarters of an hour."

Katie looked at her friend in surprise and said, "You mean, you are not sure whether Vertok is a professional? But his sense of balance and physical coordination is at least a level-one agile professional? "

Annie didn't speak, she bit her pink lips and nodded lightly.

"It's terrifying."

Captain Charlie said: "Don't you find that Vertok's stable mentality is scary? Being watched and pointing by so many people, he is as if nothing has happened, his expression is peaceful, like a pure-hearted baby."

Everyone's heart froze, and Karl, who was mentally sluggish, couldn't help but whispered: "Could it be... this is a special secret?"

Annie turned her head and said angrily, "Why say it, don't you feel relieved? Or I'm afraid others won't hear it."

Thomas smiled wryly and said, "We are not the only ones who think of the 'Secret of Awakening'. Everyone is watching Vertok's performance. There is no doubt that many people are stealing his posture."

Katie's eyes lit up and she said with joy, "How can this be called 'stealing'? Vertok showed it publicly, and he didn't say whether to watch it or not. Of course we can watch it, and we can also learn it."

Everyone smiled at each other, nodded, and then looked at Vertok intently, for fear of missing something, even if they couldn't see much, they tried to write down all the essentials of his movements.

Vertok doesn't care about this. He concentrates on practicing the barberry secret shape and the spirit monkey secret shape outdoors. Even if someone secretly learns these two major forging methods, he doesn't care.In fact, the three major forging methods are composed of pile method, breathing method and view idea. If you only observe Vertok's demonstration of pile method, you can comprehend the mysteries. Such people do not need to learn the secret shapes of barberry and spirit monkey at all. He was a remarkable figure in his own right.

Those who secretly imitate him, especially the barberry pile method, will be injured more or less. Muscle strains and tendon tears are all right. The most serious people have injured their spine and cannot lie in bed for ten and a half days. May not recover.But there was nothing wrong with Vertok practicing the stance, and this obvious contrast aroused the interest of the adventurers even more, believing that Vertok was practicing a rare awakening mystery.

However, there are only a few knowledgeable people, and those who understand the secret ritual of awakening are secretive and never mention it to outsiders.Those ignorant and fearless people have suffered a few times, no longer blindly imitating Vertok, and even bothered to watch him practice jigsaw.

The cautious thoughts of the adventurers have nothing to do with Vertok. That night, the experience of dislocating his wrist made him cruel. He must practice the three major exercises ten times to make himself strong quickly. He even asked Rhodes to learn writing. Put things aside.He practiced the barberry secret shape and the spirit monkey secret shape outdoors every day, and then went back to the hotel kitchen to have a feast, and at night, he practiced the golden toad secret shape to adjust his body and mind.

When you focus on one thing, time always flies by quickly.On the ninth day, Vertok clearly felt that his physique, perception and life attributes had improved by leaps and bounds.And tomorrow is the tenth day of practicing the forging method. After the ten practice of the three major forging methods, his elemental attributes will reach the current limit.Just when Vertok was triumphant and full of expectations, the owner of the Adventurer's Home, Bartom, couldn't help it.

On the third floor of the hotel, in the innermost room of the corridor, the brown-red-haired, brown-red-bearded Boss Bartom was smoking his beloved pipe, and said to Dr. Cole, who had a slender cheek and a gloomy temperament, "Your business has been good these days. what."

Cole said with a smile: "Thanks to Vertok, I made a small fortune."

Bartom pointed at Cole with his pipe, and laughed: "Vertok let you earn medical bills, and he let me spend it... Do you know how much he has to eat for a meal now? 10 Silver Pagoda, enough food for an adventurer for three days. You said he was tall and thin, how could he be so edible?"

Cole's expression sullen, nodded and said, "He suddenly overeats, and Sister Sarah is startled, and grabs my neck to check his body. My conclusion is that everything is normal."

Bartom took a sharp puff of his cigarette and said, "He ate so much all of a sudden, and he didn't see him gain weight. If you say he's normal, that's not normal."

Doctor Cole said lightly: "If Vertok is normal, how can it be worth 5 gold towers."

Bartom pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Vertok's beauty is worth 5 gold towers. Is he more than that price now?"

"Head, I know what you mean." Cole said, "I examine Vertok every day, and with Sister Sarah, he is very cooperative. Since he started practicing those dozens of weird poses, his appetite has increased. The big increase is just one aspect. I found that his physical strength has reached the level of the 2nd-level Constitution feat. His strength is equivalent to the 2nd-level Strength feat, and his agility has reached the 2nd-level agility feat. How is he different from before? One thing I can confirm is that he did not respond to the professional test potion, which means that he did not condense the secret blood, and he is definitely not a professional with the awakening expertise! You suspect that the posture Vertok practiced is some kind of awakening secret Yi, I don't dare to agree with... specialties, specialties, if his three specialties of physique, strength, and agility can be improved simultaneously, is it still a speciality?"

Bartom glanced at him, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Then let me say it straight, I was born in the Alliance Legion, and I learned the awakening secret art provided by the army. Not to mention the low awakening probability, the fourth-level occupation will reach the top. And the Awakening Ritual of the Academy and the Earth Temple can raise the professional to level [-]. What about the Secret Ritual above the fifth level? Have you seen it? I haven't seen it, but we all know that the most potential awakening mystery is mastered In the hands of the famous highlanders."

"Unless you have seen the awakening secrets of high places, how can you say that Vertok's postures are not part of the secrets?" Bartom asked rhetorically.

Cole said angrily: "Head, you don't believe me!"

Bartom said unhurriedly: "Cole, our 30-year friendship, have I ever inquired about your secret? Back then, my brothers and I picked you up in the Red Grassland and saved your life. You saved the lives of me and my brothers, we are partners. You never talk about your past, and we will never ask, and it will be the same in the future."

Cole gritted his teeth and roared: "I won't say it, it's for everyone's sake!"

The red lion Bartom nodded heavily and said: "I didn't doubt you, but you know what we paid for to take root in Braun Town. Not to mention, John and Huck are all raised by us. Successors, although they didn't disappoint us, they are not professionals after all, can they support the adventurer's family in the future? Do you have the heart to watch the situation we finally created is finally replaced by outsiders?"

Dissa's half-elf awakening expertise, condensing secret blood, and becoming a professional have many steps to complete.The previous awakening steps are not bad, they can basically be used in general, but the awakening secret instrument is the last step and the most critical step.In general, the Ritual requires a specific ceremony, an elixir of awakening, and a Dharma-bearer.These three conditions are indispensable.

Bartom is familiar with the secrets of the army, and he can also act as a preacher himself. Unfortunately, the awakening secrets of the alliance army have limited potential and a low success rate.An adventurer as good as Instructor John failed to pass the Awakening Secret Ritual, otherwise his future would be limitless.

Red Lion Bartom is old, has lost the confidence to make progress, and began to think about the future of the Adventurer's Home.Cole looked at Bartom's eager eyes and sighed silently in his heart. His face was gloomy and he struggled to say: "Well, I suspect... Vertok is a test product of those people's transformation. But you Don't ask, it won't do any good. My opinion is whether to sell him or recommend it to a famous family, and send him away quickly."

"Hey, even if Vertok is sent away, it will have to wait until next spring at the earliest."

Bartom took two puffs of cigarettes and said leisurely: "I won't ask you, who those people are. They are definitely not famous, right? Since Vertok is not from a famous family, then we steal what he has mastered. Mysteries will not be pursued by the city-state council."

"It's not the secret ritual of a famous family, so you dare to steal it?" Dr. Cole looked at Bartom sympathetically and said seriously, "Head, you're crazy, I can't cure it."

"I even dared to take you in, what else would I dare not?" Bartom glared and said disdainfully, "You can't even cure Sarah's madness, so I didn't count on you."

Cole was stabbed to the core by Bartom, and he was immediately discouraged, and asked listlessly, "What are you going to do?"

Bartom lowered his voice and said: "Don't worry, so many people have seen Vertok practicing the secret ritual, what are you afraid of? The key is the secret medicine... To be honest, I like Vertok quite a bit, stupid, no Bad-hearted, that is, his background is mysterious, I dare not take him in. My idea is that you have to send him away anyway, and before he becomes smart, you can find a way to get the secret medicine formula from him. "

"Isn't it easier for Sister Sarah to come forward for this kind of thing? That kid just listens to the elder sister."

"Are you an idiot? How can you ask Vertok directly about this kind of thing? We have to let him remember it and leak it out, and we don't know it yet."

Cole suddenly realized, gave Bartom a thumbs up, and said, "Okay, you find a way to get him to work in my pharmacy, I'll create conditions for him to see what he can remember. But I can't guarantee, Will The posture that Tok is practicing now is the Awakening Secret Ritual... and, even if it is the Secret Ritual, how to solve the problem of the preacher?"

Bartom's eyes gleamed, and he said, "If what he practices every day is a secret ritual, he is likely to think of the secret medicine. As for the preacher? I bet Vertok's secret ritual does not require teaching. Or... Anyway, we don't have to bet, we only win without losing, we only win without losing... In case, it really isn't the Secret Ritual of Awakening, so we'll post it!"

(End of this chapter)