Pale Emblem

Chapter 64 Change
The professionals of the Iron Cross and the three members of the Adventurer's House sat in a circle, chatting while eating.Mainly Vertok was eating, and the others started chatting and exchanging information after filling their stomachs.

"The city wall of Braun Town was captured by orcs, and many people fled to the south, which is the closest way back to Fallen Leaves City. But we considered that the barbarians did not participate in the siege battle and preserved their relatively complete strength, and were a little worried about being robbed by the barbarians. Predators chase them. Those guys are not easy to deal with. So, I decided to take a gamble and run away to the north. I didn’t expect that my decision would kill many brothers.”

Slave trader Rhodes sat cross-legged on the snow and said with a dejected expression: "As you can see, there are only five of us left in the Iron Cross Adventure Group."

The Iron Cross is wearing the guise of an adventure group, specializing in the business of selling slaves in the Braun Lake basin.This business has been monopolized by them for ten years, and the barbarians of Lake Braun know them.

Originally, this is what everyone wants, what you want and I want.However, who of the little barbarian slaves sold by Rhodes has no parents?
The barbarian tribe was sacked by the Blackfire Orcs every autumn, and the food in the tribe was not enough for the winter, so they sold their children to Rhodes as slaves.

Nobody really wants to do that.

The barbarians did not dare to resist the oppression of the Blackfire orcs, and inevitably turned their hatred on the head of the half-elf slave traders.

The Iron Cross knew that they would be the main target of the barbarian raiders.They deliberately made a detour from the north, hoping to confuse the pursuers behind, but were surrounded and killed by the shadow beasts in the shadow forest, damaging most of the members.

Rhodes sighed and asked, "What's your situation?"

Huck and Vertoc just bury their heads in eating, and the undercover hunter Max said vaguely: "Our experience is similar to yours... By the way, the Jyn and Whistle Adventure Group seems to be with you, why didn't you see them? ?"

Rhode said with a smile: "The young members recruited by the Whistle Regiment in Braun Town are not even Awakened. Captain Charlie thinks that it is easy to be caught up by the barbarian looters with them fleeing west, and he also wants to gamble on his luck. Join us and make a detour to the north. As a result, we were besieged by beasts in the forest, and we had to break through individually, and I don’t know if they ran out.”

"Professionals in the whistleblower regiment should have all escaped, but those newcomers are all dead." Huck said in a sullen voice after eating the dry food in his hand.

The new members recruited by the Whistle Adventure Group are all young people from the training camp in Braun Town.Captain Huck has some affection with them, but the victims are more than these young people?
He thought of his comrades who died in the shadow forest, and his heart was even more uncomfortable. He punched the snow with a heavy noise, and said angrily: "The dragoons of the golden oak did not come to hunt the shadow lurker. There must be something wrong with this matter. If the Orcs who attacked Braun Town were brought here by them, I will never spare them!"

This is unreasonable talk.

Rhodes and others saw that the attack of the Orcs from Outland was organized and premeditated.Besides, who ordered the Golden Oak Dragoons to hunt Shadow Lurkers?
Rhode thinks that Hewlante has discovered the change of the orcs and decided to temporarily change the itinerary.They didn't know this situation, and they wanted to follow the dragoons to escape the pursuit of the enemy, and then they broke into the territory of the shadow lurker.

What's more, it's a joke for a behemoth like the Golden Oak Famous Sect to want to take revenge on them with Huck.Anyway, Rhodes didn't have any unreasonable thoughts about the Golden Oak Famous Family.

He's in a big trouble of his own that needs to be resolved urgently.

The Iron Cross Adventure Group suffered a heavy loss this time, and now there are only five members left from more than 40 members.Many of those members who lost their lives were professionals who had lent Rhodes from the famous Yinpanjiao family.Rhodes was able to do the slave trade business, all thanks to the secret support of Yinpanjiao's famous family.He is responsible for this loss, and the famous Yinpanjiao family has a fierce style, and it is impossible to let him go easily.

Half-elf professionals in the border areas are relatively rare, but there are many professionals in the major city-states.For example, the regular legion in Fallen Leaves City should maintain a ratio of half professionals and half awakened soldiers; even the gang of villains in the lower state have many professionals acting as thugs.

However, those experienced and highly skilled professionals are also valuable strengths to the nobles.

Huck and Max of Adventurer's House are such professionals.If he can introduce them to the famous Yinpanjiao family, Rhode thinks he can tide over this difficulty.

As for Vertok, none of the famous Yinpanjiao families are qualified to recruit him.Rhodes actually had other plans for Vertoc.

"Oh, I don't even know what to do next?" Rhodes sighed.

Huck and Max are bereaved dogs, and that should resonate with them.

However, the Adventurer's House is finished, but they have very considerable wealth hidden in several city-states.Undercover hunter Max is suspicious by nature, and has deep suspicion for slave trader Rhodes.

"The snow has stopped." Max looked up at the sky and said lightly.

"what?"

"The snow has stopped, and the beasts and monsters in the forest will come out for food. I'm not familiar with this forest, and I don't know what kind of predators there will be. But..."

Max changed the conversation and continued: "Those who can be neighbors with Shadow Lurkers should not be ordinary beasts, or at least ferocious animals."

Dire animals have physique and strength far beyond their counterparts, they are synonymous with toughness and danger.Rumor has it that there is a terrifying and violent white wolf beside Bertina, the wolf shepherd girl.Its size is comparable to that of a healthy horse, its strength is infinite, its intuition is keen, it can detect danger in advance, and master the power of bloodthirsty.Just because of the ferocious white wolf, it was almost impossible for Bertina to be rounded up by half-elf professionals in the wild.

If the lord of this forest is a ferocious beast.It has just experienced a cold winter, is hungry, and will become extraordinarily ferocious.

The quiet snow forest hides dangers invisible to the naked eye.The slave trader looked around nervously, then turned around and asked, "Max, what should we do now?"

Max stared at Rhodes' eyes and said unhurriedly, "We have to find an alliance village settlement as soon as possible, but I am injured and cannot move easily. If you think I am a drag, you can go first. "

Rhode shook his head and smiled: "We should unite and help each other at this time. One more person is more strength. I suggest everyone to act together, what do you think?"

Max and Huck exchanged glances, shrugged their shoulders and said, "Okay. I guess we're about to enter the boundaries of Riptide. We can't go back at this time, we can only change direction and explore northwest..."

"Uh, let me interrupt, we are in trouble now." A third-level swordsman from the Iron Cross pointed to Vertoc.

Vertok is like a different person now, not only the appearance has changed, but also his temperament is completely different from before.

In Rhodes' impression, the former Vertok was an assertive and tough half-elf. He rarely expressed his opinion, but he would do whatever he said, and no one could make him change his mind.

However, due to Vertok's natural charm, everyone took it for granted, ignoring his stubborn personality, and no one would be disgusted with him.

The current Vertoc gave Rhodes and others the feeling of gentleness, tranquility, and unfathomable depth.Moreover, his extraordinary charm seems to disappear with the change of appearance.

Rhode really wondered if he had admitted the wrong person, otherwise, how could a person have such a big change in just a few days?

Now is not the time to explore this question.Everyone's eyes were fixed on Vertok, to be precise, on a piece of dry dough in his hand.

The dry noodles made by Braun Town can't talk about the taste, but the texture is firm and definitely hungry.The average person eats two dry flour cakes, which can last a day.

Before everyone fled, everyone carried at least fifteen days' worth of dry food with them.When the Iron Cross was besieged by the shadow beasts, they lost a lot of supplies, and they didn't have a lot of food left.

When Vertok woke up, he was hungry, and the Iron Cross generously took out all the dry food and invited them to eat together.If everyone didn't pay attention, Vertok destroyed most of the food by himself.The dry bread in his hand is the last ration.

Noticing that everyone's eyes were focused on the dry bread in his hands, Vertok didn't stop, he raised the bread to his mouth, took one, two, three bites, filled it into his stomach, and asked, "I'm not full. ...any more?"

It was over, and the last dry food was eaten by Vertok.

The five professionals of the Iron Cross regiment regretted to death. They pretended to be generous and took out food to express their solidarity and cooperation to Huck.

Who would have thought that Vertoc could kill more than [-] dry flour cakes in one go, and eat so fast without choking.
The question is, is this guy actually not full?

Is his stomach a bottomless pit?
Rhode was silent for a moment, then smiled dryly: "That's our last dry food..."

"Vill...Victor, aren't you full?" Huck, the shield guard, jumped up immediately, patted his generous chest and said, "Wait, I'll go find you something to eat right away!"

Vertok also stood up, closed his eyes, and inhaled deeply through his nose, as if sniffing for the smell.After a while, he pointed to the northwest and said, "There is a group of wild boars over there, about 2 kilometers away from us."

In the icy forest, Vertok can smell the wild boar herd 2 kilometers away?
Everyone else was dubious, but Huck said cheerfully: "Okay, I'll go and bring back the fattest wild boar!"

"Wait." Rhode stopped Huck and said with a smile: "Captain Huck, we only have you, the shield guard, now. You have a good rest, save your physical fitness, and leave the hunting to us."

He gave his subordinate a wink, and several professionals of the Iron Cross regiment all took up their weapons and walked into the depths of the forest together.

"These guys don't want to leave us and leave alone, right?" Huck rubbed the beard under his jaw, looked at the backs of the half-elves, and said uncertainly.

Max shook his head and said, "They just wanted to talk privately, but they didn't want to be heard by us, so they made an excuse to leave."

There are only 2 bow warriors and 3 swordsmen left in the Iron Cross regiment. This combination desperately needs a shield guard who can hold the enemy.However, a profession like a shield guard also requires a trusted companion.Because their rock skin technique increases base strength and defense, and reduces movement speed.Once encountering a strong enemy, the Shield Guard becomes a broken person.If the companion did not want to rescue him, but instead chose to escape, the shield guard would definitely die.

The Iron Cross wanted Huck to join them, but Huck didn't necessarily trust them.At this time, Max and Vertok, who were inconvenient to move, became Huck's soft underbelly.

With Vertok awake, both Max and Huck were relieved.

Vertoc's combat effectiveness is obvious to all, possessing the strength and physical fitness of a fourth-level shield guard; the explosive power of a fourth-level swordsman; the agility of a third-level dark hunter; and the shooting skills of a third-level bow warrior.

Max believes that Vertoc's comprehensive strength is much stronger than most fifth-level Venerables.He asked in awe: "Mr. Vertoc, I heard Huck say that you killed all the shadow beasts in the forest, and the bald butcher died at your hands?"

Vertok nodded and said lightly, "I did it."

Captain Huck said excitedly: "Lord Vertok, that bald butcher dared to challenge Sister Sarah, but you killed her. I guess you must have been a seventh-level, oh no, eighth-level! Yes! , Your Excellency must be an eighth-level Venerable!" Then, he asked worriedly: "My Lord, your eyes have turned green, do you have a brain attack? Are you okay now?"

Vertoc pondered and said: "There is no problem with the action, but I am weaker than before, and it will take a while to recover."

The dark hunter Max breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Excellency is already very strong if you can retain some of your strength. Unlike me, I was cursed by the Orc Shaman and became a crippled... Your Excellency, you just said that there are wild boars in front of you. Group, is it true?"

Vertok smiled and asked: "What if it is true? What if it is false?"

Max thought for a while and said, "If the adults deliberately make an excuse to start the Iron Cross Adventure Group, that's fine. If the adults can really sense the location of the wild boar herd, then we don't have to worry about finding food. The Iron Cross Regiment ran over to check, and when they caught the wild boar, they would definitely follow us, and the Iron Cross Regiment could not be chased away. The background of the Iron Cross Regiment is complicated, we better not mix with them. Why don't we go on our own?"

Vertok is still not sure that there is really a wild boar herd in that direction. It is the first time that he uses a special ability in the "gluttony" talent - to search for food - to find the most valuable at the nearest distance with spiritual intuition. food.

He didn't have this ability before.Vertoc passed the test of the Dream Arena, and many abilities were changed.

First, the golden spheres of light and the "knowledge puzzle" of the world of consciousness disappeared.

Vertoc determined that the golden light group and the "knowledge puzzle" were the manifestations of his own soul, and they have now materialized into the dream arena.

Secondly, the moment he opened the arena treasure chest, Vertok knew that he had regained his memory.His name is Victor, not Vertoc, but after leaving the Dream Arena, those memories disappeared again, as if blocked by some force.

However, Dream Arena is more powerful than Knowledge Puzzle.Vertok forcibly synchronized the "knowledge puzzle" and killed the bald butcher. His mental strength was also severely damaged, and his mental attributes were reduced to the level of a child.Through the Dream Arena, he recovered his mental attribute from 4 to 13 in just five days.

Just imagine, it takes an infant more than 20 years to grow to the peak of life, but the Arena of Dreams only takes five days to repair Wiltok's mental loss, which shows how miraculous its function is.

Virtok won five rounds in the arena, not only repairing the mental damage, but also earning some rewards.Including, primary Vientiane original method, gluttony talent, self-healing talent, activation talent, surging talent, extraordinary vitality, water element affinity, and a title of "goblin slayer".

In addition to the title of "Goblin Slayer", Vertoc has always had all the other innate abilities.Just because of the limitation of spiritual attributes, some abilities cannot be used and cannot be awakened.

Vertoc's current talents match his current spiritual attributes.

Elementary Vientiane Original Technique: It is an extraordinary combat technique composed of major forging techniques, breaking techniques, and combat breathing. It is limited by 13 spiritual attributes. It is currently in the primary stage and can be proficient in using various weapons and basic combat techniques.

Gluttony talent: Blessed by the affinity of the water element, Vertoc's ingestion efficiency of food and medicine is increased by 300%; poison resistance is increased by 200%; the ability to absorb water element is enhanced, and the mental body can be slightly changed, giving birth to spiritual tentacles, perception Foods with abundant water elements nearby.

Finding food is an active ability, which requires energy consumption and has a cooldown of 70 minutes.

Self-healing talent: With the blessing of extraordinary vitality, Vertok's wound self-healing speed is increased by 15 times. When he uses the activation or surging talent, the self-healing talent is promoted to the healing talent, and the wound stops bleeding quickly and recovers quickly.

Healing is also an active talent that requires energy and water in the body.

Activation talent: Blessed by the affinity of the water element, Vertoc stimulates his inner dive, instantly recovers 40% of his physical energy, and actively heals wounds. The cooldown is 6 hours.

Surging talent (partial): Blessed by extraordinary vitality, Vertoc stimulates inward diving beyond the limit, mobilizes the water element in the body, instantly restores all physical energy, actively heals wounds, increases basic strength by 50%, and strengthens body by 50% strength, resulting in higher defense.

Due to the lack of mental attributes, the surging talent lasts for 160 seconds, consuming energy and the water element in the body.After the effect ends, Vertoc falls into a weak period, his mental attributes are reduced by 2 points, and his health attributes are reduced by 4 points, but he can restore his attribute values ​​through Golden Toad Secret Form and gluttony.

It should be noted that the activation talent cannot be used until the spirit and life attributes are restored, and the self-healing talent is also affected.

Goblin Slayer (title): Veltok slightly changes his mind and body, giving birth to psychic tentacles, which has a shocking effect on the goblins, making the surrounding goblins fear and stiff, but can be resisted.After the stun effect ends, Weltok will be fiercely hated by the goblins.

Of course, Vertoc still doesn't understand the concept of mental body, and he thinks the title of Arena reward is very interesting.If he didn't want to scare the goblins, he didn't use the title "goblin slayer".The goblin family will certainly not be deterred by him.

In fact, the titles "Food Catch" and "Goblin Slayer" both belong to the category of Touch of the Mind.Dissa half-elves are used to calling this "Dream Shadow", which is a higher realm than "Mirror Heart".

It cannot be said that Vertok has directly mastered the "Shadow of Dreams" beyond the "Heart of the Mirror". It is also a very rare case.What's more, he did it easily, with almost no effort.

Dream Arena is very real.Vertok wanted to know now whether the reward he received was real or just a dream.

The two talents of activation and surging have a cooling time, and they must not be tested casually.There are no goblins around, so Vertok can verify the title of "goblin slayer".

He shook his head and said, "I also want to see if Captain Rhode can catch a wild boar in the place I pointed out. Let's wait."

(End of this chapter)