Pale Emblem

Chapter 27
The next morning, Vertoc practiced blacksmithing as usual in the backyard of the mayor's mansion.He used to have simple thoughts, and he didn’t know how to hide when he practiced the two secret shapes of the barbarian bull and the monkey. Now that everyone who should see it has seen it, there is no need to hide, and the two secret shapes of the barbarian and the monkey can only be seen with the eyes. It is impossible to learn.

Yog imitated Vertok to practice the secret shape forging method, and he learned a lot after suffering a lot.However, this barbarian boy has an advantage, he will not ask others to do anything, no matter what he wants to do, as long as someone comes forward to stop it, he will obey.

If he really asks Vertok for the mystery of the forging method, Vertok is too troublesome and will definitely ignore his request and let him touch the ashes.

Precisely because Yog didn't impatient Vertok, he got a lot of benefits from Vertok's side, and he was treated almost the same as Vertok on the plantation.
Simple-minded and ignorant of the world, Vertoc didn't care about these trivial matters, but this naturally caused half-elf and barbarian slaves to hate Yog.It's just that the half-elves of the plantation all regard Yog as Vertok's personal slave, and even if they despise this half-sized barbarian, they will not bypass Vertok and bully him.

The question is, how could a barbarian teenager who has been rejected by the ethnic group since childhood have the scheming to find a backer?

Maybe Yog has no scheming, he just has a keen intuition and a natural understanding of how to survive in a perilous plantation.From a certain point of view, Yog has a terrifying innate instinct. He does not waste a little bit of the favorable living conditions. After getting up, in just half a month, his thin and weak body has become strong. Although his body is not as burly and majestic as a barbarian warrior, he is almost as strong as a few barbarian slave leaders with status.

Yog is like a withered seed. When encountering a suitable environment, he desperately absorbs all the nutrients he can absorb, showing a state of savage growth.

Vertok completed the last action of the monkey secret shape, and spit out a straight white mist from his mouth.Yog, who was squatting in the corner, stood up immediately and looked at him expectantly.

Vertoc beckoned to a half-elf bodyguard who was holding two short sticks, and the half-elf handed him the stick with a smile, and then threw another stick at Yog's feet.

The barbarian boy picked up the stick, walked over nervously and excitedly, and asked cautiously, "Vertok, are you going to start training?"

Vertok didn't talk nonsense with him, raising his sword was a ferocious thrust.The wooden stick in his hand passed through the air and made a sharp screeching sound, like a living poisonous snake. After compressing the body, it produced a strong force and ejected the sturdy chest of the barbarian boy like a fly.

Yog's footsteps slipped and he retreated rapidly, but no matter how fast he retreated, it was not as fast as Vertok's thrust.It's just that while he was retreating, the pace under his feet was slipping again, driving his body sideways to avoid the sharp and swift wooden stick.

What he used was Vertok's sliding and side-turning technique, which could avoid the opponent's straight stabbing blow. Next, he should swept with his stick, just to be able to follow Vertok's stick and hit his exposed chest. abdomen.

How dare the barbarian boy fight back against Vertok?

The two people ping-pong-pong battled together, the figures interlaced and exchanged, the stick shadows flew and turned, with bursts of sharp bursts of air.Vertok was attacking with all his strength, but Yog just evaded with sliding steps, cooperated with parry and blocked, and tried his best to deal with Vertok.

In four or five blinks of an eye, Vertok used the stick instead of the sword, attacked 19 times in a row, and finally made a homeopathic slash.

This homeopathic slash was not only used exquisitely, but Vertok did not keep his hand, and the wooden stick burst and shattered on Yog's head.With an "Ow", the barbarian boy hugged his head and squatted on the ground.

The half-elves onlookers applauded, and they were very happy to see Vertok beat up the barbarian boy.

Because Yog and himself are inseparable, eat and live together, and arouse the jealousy of John, Huck and others, Wiltok is completely unaware of this. 5 meters away, silently observing the changes of Yog.

There was a burning pain on the top of his head, and the half-elves around saw him being beaten, and their hostility to him was significantly reduced, but Yog felt very frustrated. He practiced against Vertok today, and he persisted for as long as yesterday.This made Yog feel that his martial arts had regressed from yesterday.But he didn't know what the problem was.

"Yorg, have you still not awakened to the blood rage and fury?" Vertok asked in dismay as he stood not far away.

Yog was even more frustrated. He rubbed the top of his head, stood up, and said with a sad face: "I... I don't seem to have the talent to be a savage fighter."

Vertok's blow just now took as much strength as he had, and even if he was replaced by an ordinary half-elf warrior, he would be seriously injured and stunned.But the stick fell on Yog's head, and there was nothing he could do except make his head hurt for a while.

Male barbarians have a special ability, they are strong and will not be stunned by a heavy blow to the head.Barbarian fighters can even turn their pain into terrifying power, launching a furious counterattack against those who hurt themselves.This is the blood rage rage talent of the barbarians.

Yog had never received the salute. Logically, he could also awaken the blood rage and rage talent of the barbarians, but it backfired. Vertok hit him hard every day, and he didn't find any signs of awakening his racial talent.

Yog was very grateful to Vertok, thinking that he was teaching his martial arts and trying to help him awaken his blood rage talent.

In fact, the barbarian youth will be wrong.

Vertoc insisted on practicing with Yog once a day, and specifically beat him on the head. On the one hand, it was to satisfy his own curiosity and to see what the blood rage talent of the barbarians looked like.But his main purpose is to verify how much progress he has made after practicing the three major exercises.

After the mental strength reaches 15 points, the upper limit of physical attributes is increased to 18 points, the upper limit of perception is 22 points, and the upper limit of life is 25 points.Through the practice of the three major forging methods, Vertok has increased his physical attributes by 2 points to 14 points; his perception attributes have increased to 15 points, and his life attributes have increased to 17 points.The problem is that the strength of these elements increases and changes, the "knowledge puzzle" gives specific quantitative data, but Vertok lacks external references.

In other words, he only knows his own elemental strength, not the elemental strength of others.He can feel the overall improvement in strength, physical fitness, and perception, but he can't compare with others.

So, is one's own strength, physical fitness and perception really enhanced, or is it an illusion given by the "knowledge puzzle"?
Therefore, beating Yog with a stick every day has become a test method for Vertok to judge the degree of strength improvement.

A few days ago, his perception attribute was still 14 points. Today, after practicing the mysterious monkey form, he increased his perception by 1 point, and hitting Yog's head with a stick is easier than a few days ago.

However, Vertok clearly felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to use the three major forging methods to increase the strength of his attributes.

"Knowledge Puzzle" calculated a conclusion based on his current attribute improvement progress: Under the current circumstances, Vertok practiced the three basic forging methods step by step, and in another year, his physical attribute can be improved to the upper limit of 18 After 6 months, the perception attribute stopped at 19 points; after 10 months, the life attribute also stopped at 19 points.

As for the barrier with a strength of 20 points of perception and life attributes, it is almost impossible to break with Vertoc's existing conditions.

This is actually quite normal. Dissa half-elf has to risk his life to take the secret medicine of awakening and sublimate his expertise.Not all strong barbarian men can acquire the blood rage talent.

It seems that if you want to break through your own attribute barrier and master the talents of regeneration, gluttony, and tenacity, you can only seek the support of potions... Weltok thought deeply, he dropped half of the wooden stick, clapped his hands, and said: " Let's go, have lunch first, and then visit the plantation's apothecary in the afternoon."

After listening to the Braun training camp's chief officer John, he was hesitant to say anything. He turned his head to look at Captain Huck, and saw a vague look from the other side, indicating that he had already made arrangements and would not let Vertok go to plant again. The pharmacy in the garden leaked precious medicinal formulas.

In the afternoon, Vertok and Yog finished today's course at the Mayor of Maine, then left the mayor's mansion and took a few bodyguards from the Adventurer's House to the pharmacy of the plantation, where they happened to meet Qin and Shao. A group of people from the Sound Adventure Group.

Katie and Anne waved to him from afar. Besides the more than 20 young members recruited from the training camp in Braun Town, beside them were five huge tusked wild boars.

These guys are much smaller than Dr. Cole's herbal boars, but each one weighs at least 500 pounds, with a chubby belly full of fat, and a bulging muscle line under the fur on the back. , appears to be powerful.

Vertok looked at the five big wild boars curiously and asked, "Katie, are these your domesticated pets?"

The petite Katie nodded vigorously, pursed her lips and smiled: "I have tamed them for several days, and then I have been adjusting their state, and now they can be used for battle."

"Why did you choose wild boars? Isn't there a lot of big dogs in the plantation?" Vertok asked enthusiastically.

"Dogs? How can those animals show the skills of a professional animal trainer?"

Katie wrinkled her nose and said sweetly, "Ordinary half-elves can train hounds, only a professional animal trainer like me can domesticate and enslave wild beasts in a short period of time. Don't underestimate these long-term beasts. Tooth boars, they are powerful, tenacious, have a better sense of smell than most hounds, and are also smart, just don't listen to commands. But to me, that's not a problem. I can drive them like a command hound now. As long as wild boars obey orders, they are excellent meat shields, which can disrupt the enemy's position and attract enemy attacks. Because long-toothed wild boars are cheap."

A wild boar made a grunting sound, as if responding to the owner's evaluation, which made Katie smile.Annie, who was next to him, took the opportunity to joke: "The biggest advantage of wild boars is that they are not picky eaters. They eat everything. When we can't find food in the wild, we can use them to fill our stomachs."

Katie was very dissatisfied, and immediately said coquettishly: "Don't eat my pets! I bought them for 80 gold towers."

No matter how Huck looked at it, he felt that these two young and beautiful female professionals were seducing Vertok. He sneered quietly, and said to the head of the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group: "Charlie, are you going out?"

This group of people, from the head of the regiment to the ordinary members, all wore hooded gray cloaks to keep out the cold and rain, carried crossbows, javelins, and hung melee weapons, and seemed to have plans to go out on adventures.

Charlie nodded and said indifferently: "We have been integrating with Braun Town and the plantation for a while. I am going to take the team out to train for a few days and come here specially to buy some common potions."

Huck deliberately looked up at the sky full of dark clouds, and said with an exaggerated expression: "This time to go to the field for training? It's about to enter the freezing rainy season, and it's hard to find traces of beasts even if you want to hunt them, and it's hard to find them in the wild. Supplement food... I suggest you, it's better to wait until next spring to venture out, so you don't come home empty-handed."

Charlie said confidently: "I think this season is suitable for our first field training. In the freezing rain season, beasts and monsters should hide for the winter, and we are unlikely to encounter bone gatherers and looters. We go out for training at most ten One day, I will return to the Botanical Garden."

Huck was stunned for a moment, and said dully: "I forgot, the Jyn and Whistle Adventure Group is not short of money at all."

"Yeah, we're just going out camping." Annie said with a crisp laugh, "Vertok, do you want to go camping with us?"

She may have just asked casually, but Vertok's eyes were shining, and he seemed very moved.John suddenly felt bad, tilted his head, and asked Captain Huck with confused eyes:

Is this how you stopped Vertoc from coming to the pharmacy to practice dispensing?
Huck also complained secretly, and was about to stop Vertok from agreeing to Annie's invitation, when he suddenly heard someone calling Vertok's name from a distance.

"Mr. Vertoc, is that you?"

A half-elf woman wearing a professional suit with two machetes on her back is walking quickly towards this side.

Vertok recognized that she was Dr. Cole's personal maid Britney, and waved to her and asked, "Britney, haven't you and Dr. Cole already returned to Braun Town? Why are you here again?"

Britney walked to Vertok, took a breath, looked at the strangers around her vigilantly, and replied with consideration, "Mr. Vertok, Master Cole asked me to come to you. He specially asked me to come here. Let me tell you, he already has an eye for the kind of potion you want, but now he has a problem, and I hope you can go back to Braun Town and discuss it with him."

Virtok was overjoyed and asked: "Dr. Cole found those alternative medicines so quickly?"

Britney nodded, and only cautiously said "um" before closing her mouth.

Vertok didn't care about going out for camping or learning to write, and said excitedly: "Okay, I'll go back to Braun Town with you now!"

Hearing this, John looked at Huck with admiration.Huck couldn't help but feel proud. Vertok had inadvertently leaked the secret recipe for zircon iron smelting, which had already caused them a big loss. He didn't want to repeat the same mistakes in the plantation's pharmacy.

On the surface, Boss Bartom has a cold relationship with Mayor Maine, but in private, the Adventurer's House has bribed the sage who was exiled to Braun Town.However, after all, Maine and Joseph were not members of the Adventurer's House, so the benefits that Vertok brought should not be shared with them.

Vertok walked out without hesitation, not even planning to go back to the temporary room to get his things, and then say hello to Mayor Maine.The barbarian boy Yog naturally followed him closely.

Huck was instantly furious, and scolded fiercely: "Yoge, stop for me, I didn't say take you!"

Vertok turned his head, looked at Yog who was at a loss, and looked at Captain Huck again, and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Those deep and pure amber eyes reflected on his face, and Huck felt empty in his heart, unable to say anything.

John knew why Huck was hostile to Yog.Some time ago, Vertok went to the blacksmith to practice blacksmithing every afternoon, and Yog was always there.Vertoc used zircon to forge an alloy sword, and two senior blacksmiths, Huck and Big George, murdered the barbarian boy.

Vertok casts a 2:3 fine iron alloy sword, using only one zircon solution ratio scheme.The people present at the time were either Big George's apprentice or the Awakened of the Adventurer's House. There was only Yog, an outsider, and he was also an alien.

Regardless of whether Yog remembered the formula of the zircon solution, Huck and Big George both had the idea of ​​killing people.

They are professionals of the Disa Alliance, and it is not a matter of one or two days to fight against the barbarians.

John has been nurtured by adventurers since he was a child, and he is also hostile to the barbarians. He has no sympathy for Yog, so he explained to Vertoc in a low voice: "Vill, the Hemer female warriors in Braun Town have always despised men, and they are about to hold a meeting. Life sacrifice, his character has become sensitive and irritable. Yog has not been polite, and the Hemers may kill him if they smell him!"

"Why? Yog is very obedient." Vertok asked inexplicably.

John said with a wry smile: "Winter is the time of birth and conception of Hemo females. These female Hemo warriors will undergo metamorphosis and become weak. Barbarian males are a potential threat to them. He won't reason with aliens. Believe me, Yog really can't go to Braun Town, as long as he dares to go there, he will be killed that day."

Vertok had to tell Yog: "I can't take you to Braun Town, you stay here first, look after my room, and wait for me to come back."

Yog stared blankly at Vertok, surrounded by a group of half-elves, walking farther and farther, only to feel that the surrounding air was getting colder and colder, as cold as an ice cellar.

(End of this chapter)