Can you become stronger without paying money?

Sure enough, Safiley didn't go into the details of Riel's words, but was attracted by the keyword Riel's elf secret. Riel immediately smiled, and stretched out his hand to pat the protruding piece of wood on the bank of the river. boulder.

"It's very simple. If you came here for the elf secret treasure, then you don't need to go into the water at all, because there are two conditions to open the secret treasure. The first is to defeat the guard of the elf ruins. For you who are good at elf skills , obviously this step is easier to complete on the shore, you don’t need to get close to monsters like Danquan water monster, the best way is to bombard with elf magic from a long distance, and depending on your actions, take off your equipment and go into the lake carelessly One jump, you didn't think you would run into the guards of the elf ruins at all, doesn't that explain the problem even more?"

It was also a simple trick to induce, and Sapphire's attention was indeed attracted to another key point.

"...there are two conditions for opening the elf secret treasure, so what is the second condition?"

"Hehe, if you want to know, just look carefully and don't blink~"

After all, Riel reached out and tapped on the boulder in front of him, and finally pressed on the boulder with one hand, and read four words, four very, very classic words...

"... Open Sesame~"

After the words fell, there was a rumbling muffled sound inside the boulder. Seeing this, Sapphire quickly looked around, but nothing happened. The boulder was still a boulder, and Danquan was still Danquan. There was nothing that shouldn't appear at all.

"Sorry..." Riel suddenly stretched out his hand in Sapphire's direction, "Can you lend me a coin? Just one copper~"

The purchasing power of a copper coin in this world is equivalent to [-] cents, so naturally it is not a huge sum of money, Safili was taken aback, then took a coin from her pocket and threw it at Riel.

"Thank you~" Riel immediately raised his hand to catch it, put the copper coin in his palm for a closer look, then immediately changed hands and threw the copper coin in his hand to Danquan...

"Hey, what are you doing, this is not the wishing pool..."

However, before the words were finished, something happened suddenly in Danquan, and amidst the sound of flowing water, something was rapidly condensing and forming.

Safili almost thought that the Danquan water monster had been revived, so she hurriedly retreated to distance herself from Danquan, her elf skills were ready to be launched, and she just waited for her head to show up, and then she would strike hard.

Of course, her actions were immediately stopped by Riel, "Don't worry, it's not the Danquan monster..."

While speaking, a half body of a woman was condensed in the alchemy. Although the whole body is made of flowing water, you can see the clear outline of the body and facial features. It is obvious that she is a beautiful woman with a good face and a full body. The beautiful sister opened her eyes eyes, smiled gently at the two on the shore, and then spoke slowly.

"Lost travelers, may I ask that the one you fell into the lake was this..."

"...I lost the current ruler of the Grand Duchy of Sophia, the general-purpose copper coin issued and minted by Grand Duke Sophia V in 993 of the new calendar. It is made of two-thirds yellow mountain copper mixed with one-third pig iron, and the purchasing power is equivalent to [-]% A common silver coin is of course not a valuable item, so please return it to me!"

Before Sister Spring Goddess asked the classic question of choosing between two, Riel took a step forward very calmly and burst out a large paragraph of content, not to mention Sister Spring Goddess immediately, Safirie on the side was listening. I was taken aback for a while.

She also subconsciously took out another copper coin from her pocket, just to see if the date of issue on it was 993 in the new calendar.

The result is of course needless to say, as long as it is a setting written by himself, Riel will never forget it after reading it once, so these parts are here.

And after Riel finished speaking, he immediately stretched out his hand without hesitation, making it clear that he was begging for the coin tossed down.

With such a shameless reaction, even though the Goddess of Spring Water is just a life of alchemy, and theoretically should not have the emotions of ordinary people, she couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth at this moment.

"You...you are a very honest person, so, in order to praise your honesty..."

The Goddess of Spring raised her hand and waved it lightly. Immediately, a rusty treasure chest was wrapped in spring water and sent ashore.

"...I'll give it to you."

This treasure chest was sealed in a special formation by the ancient elves using elf magic. If you don't activate the spring goddess to trigger the flag in the correct way, you can't find it by jumping directly into the water and turning the whole Danquan upside down.

Riel took a step forward without saying a word, raised his hand and put the rusty treasure box into the character's luggage, and waved to the goddess sister when he was done, "Well, thank you~"

"..."

Sapphire felt that before the ego dissipated, the goddess sister experienced an extremely painful psychological struggle. She must have thought at that moment that she wanted to use the elf technique to calm Riel down.

Of course, she still didn't do that in the end. After all, being able to start the "program" of the spring goddess means that the "guardian program" has been killed. You can't beat the two people on the shore even with your hands.

So she simply threw the things on the shore, the meaning was very clear, take the things, and get out of here quickly!

Before leaving, he didn't forget to splash Riel's face on the shore.

"Hey, it's becoming more and more difficult for people nowadays... elves, it's getting harder and harder to communicate..." Riel wiped the spring water from his face, and sighed like this, while Sapphire, who was next to her, twitched the corners of her mouth.

If I were an ancient elf, I would let you have a taste of the legendary power of the ancient elf technique that can smash the earth's crust if I knew that someone was ruining my relic mechanism so much.

With such thoughts in her heart, Sapphire took three deep breaths to calm down, and then she thought of another question.

"Why, why, Olande, you know so much about the elf ruins. Not only do you know such a remote mechanism, but you also know what you can get from it."

Regarding this, Riel shrugged his shoulders very calmly, "Well, don't be so outspoken, just call me Riel, and I have nothing to say about your question, for example, if I ask you, where did you get your elf skills from?" Learned, you also can't answer me, right?"

Of course, this anti-general made Safieli speechless immediately. Indeed, everyone has secrets that cannot be shared with outsiders. Since Safieli cannot clearly say that she knows elf skills, Riel can naturally keep them. Know the reason of the elven ruins.

"Well, it's true that I asked a question that shouldn't be asked without interest, so, I'm sorry..."

After all, Safili got up and was about to leave, but just when Riel passed by, he was stopped by him from behind.

"Ah, I'm sorry I want to ask, are you planning to go to Karot City?"

Karot City is the closest human city to Danquan Forest in terms of geographical location, so Sapphire is not surprised that Riel can guess her itinerary, although in fact Riel didn't use guessing at all.

"Well, any advice?"

"Hehe, it's not worth giving advice. I just plan to go to Carrot City for some repairs. Anyway, I'm going along the way. Why don't we go together so that we can take care of each other on the way~"

Safili thought about it for a while, and naturally nodded happily. After all, Riel saved her once, and she hasn't repaid the kindness. owe each other nothing.

However, Sapphire didn't notice that the moment she agreed, there was a meaningful smile on the corner of Riel's mouth.

In Sapphire's eyes, Riel should just be an adventurer who met by chance, and the friendship with the other party will probably last until the two return to Karot together, but Riel said...

...Girl, you are so naive, although I don't want to spoil it in advance, but how do you say that sentence, "The gears of history, it has started to turn again~" After the protagonist triggers the plot FLAG, what happens next? It's up to you to decide~

Of course Riel knows that this journey of the two of them is now... but it has only just begun~

Chapter 8 One step difference

Danquan itself is very popular as a "spectacle" in the Grand Duchy of Sofia. Every year, many adventurers come here for it. It is normal for several groups of people to come to the door in a day. About half an hour after the two left Danquan, two more visited Danquan.

The two men were dressed in black robes with hoods from head to toe. The hoods were pulled up to cover their heads and faces, and their whole bodies were shrouded in shadows, making it difficult to see clearly. Hide your identity.

Although from a practical point of view, it is more attractive to go out dressed like this, but it is better to show your head and face openly. After all, as long as you don’t look too distinctive, it is difficult for normal people to impress a stranger who passes by. From the bottom of my impression, even if you are a wanted criminal who is wanted all over the country, as long as you don't look like a good person or have distinctive features, the probability of being recognized on the road with a different hairstyle is very, very low.

Those two weird men in black robes stood still beside Danquan, but they didn't do what [-]% of people who came to Danquan for the first time would do, taste the spring water of Danquan, they just stared at Danquan for a while, Then, the one who was slightly shorter among the two spoke to the companion beside him.

"...Sister, the power of the elves has been exhausted. It seems that we are one step too late."

When the man in black opened his mouth, he uttered a clear girlish voice, and beside her, the tall man whom she called "sister" nodded slightly and responded with a calm female voice.

"Well, it's a step late..."

The short "sister" strolled to a raised boulder on the bank, reached out to tap on the boulder, and then pressed one hand on it and read a word of sesame to open the door.

After she was done, she took a copper coin from her pocket and threw it into Tanquan, but after waiting for several minutes, nothing happened.

"Hey, even the elf secret has been taken away, so it's a little troublesome now~"

The older sister who was standing still at the side responded.

"Well, it's troublesome..."

The younger sister didn't seem to care about her older sister's response like a repeater. She squatted on the shore of Danquan Lake, then put her hand into the spring water, closed her eyes and meditated for a few minutes.

"There are traces of unnatural mobilization of the power of the elves, and the quality of the water seems to have changed in a short period of time. It seems that the 'guard' was killed not long ago. Those who have acquired the power of elves should have left not long ago."

"Well, I just left not long ago..."

The younger sister stood up and shook off the water drops on her hands casually, and nodded with her fingers against her chin, "That is to say, if you chase after now, you should be able to catch up in time, use your spiritual power to resonate, sister~"

"Well, let's resonate with spiritual power..."

The tall elder sister repeated her younger sister's last sentence again, but she didn't make any moves. The younger sister waited expectantly for a long time, but there was no result. Finally, she found that something was wrong, and she could only speak dumbfoundingly.

"...Sister, I want you to use spiritual power to resonate."

"Oh……"

This time, my sister finally didn't repeat the reply like a repeater, but responded simply and concisely. Immediately, my sister's body began to release faint, misty light spots, and this layer of light spots scattered around. , soon left a faint trace in the air.

Without further ado, the younger sister stretched out her hand to grab the remaining traces, put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed it lightly. At that moment, she immediately chuckled.

"Have you found it, Karot City? Very good, hurry up and catch up~"

"Well, hurry up and catch up..."

After the words were finished, the two figures in black robes flashed away at the same time, and disappeared into the dense forest together.

Karot City... As the human city closest to the Forest of Danquan, the size of the city itself can only be regarded as a third-tier city within the Grand Duchy of Sofia. Some well-known in the Grand Duchy.

"Hey, I finally feel relieved to have come into contact with the civilized world~"

Although it has only been half a day since Riel traveled to the present, too many things have happened during this period of time, and when I think about it now, there is an illusion like a world away.

"...I still really want to ask, Riel, where did you come from, and who did you learn your swordsmanship from? Did your master only teach you the method of exercising your body, but didn't teach you any basic skills? Swordsmanship?"

"...Uh, if I say that all my abilities are self-taught, do you believe that?"

After hearing this, Sapphire smiled slightly and didn't answer, but it was clear from the expression on her face that she definitely wanted to say, "Are you a melon when you're an old lady?!"

It takes more than half a day to travel from Danquan Forest to Karot City. Riel and Sapphire have been on the road since yesterday afternoon, and they didn’t arrive at the place until early this morning. Naturally, this section of the road is not smooth, as I have said before , for monsters, human beings are a top-grade tonic similar to Shiquan Dabu Wan. Monsters of any level will attack for no reason after seeing humans.

Fortunately, the legendary equipment in Ruier's hands has not yet expired. Based on the principle that if it is not used now, it will be wasted when it expires. Ruier cleaned up all the monsters along the way.

Although Sapphire's real occupation is an elf envoy, she has also systematically learned basic swordsmanship, and her swordsmanship specialization level is at least C-level (proficient), and it seems that Riel is only a swordsmanship specialization of E-level (acquisition) Of course, his skills are full of flaws. Basically, he doesn't even have the slightest foundation in swordsmanship.

Could it be that this person is pretending to be garlic on purpose?

After all, Riel has legendary equipment in his hands. Although Safili can't see the giant sword... what level of equipment is Phoenix's Skyfire, and he can feel the extraordinaryness of this thing. Secondly, Riel has equipment in hand. The four-dimensional attribute breaks through a hundred. This is hard power that cannot be faked. According to common sense, with such a good physical fitness, no matter how you look at it, you should have received professional training. It is already quite remarkable to practice to more than [-] o'clock.

Based on her many years of experience in knowing people (?), Sapphire, when the details are unknown, the person who treats others as trash at will is trash himself, because you never know that the old sweeper in front of you is really just a cleaner , is still a professional hooker who likes to sweep the floor.

So after walking together for most of the day, Sapphire had faintly labeled Riel a "master" in her heart, and regarded Riel's action of rushing to fight monsters along the way as a kind of deliberate confusion. s method.

(Deliberately using such a bad skill to confuse the public, unfortunately, it is too deliberate, this acting is too exaggerated, I can only give it three points~)

Riel didn't know what Safieli was thinking in her heart, if she knew, she probably could only yell that she was wronged.

Because his reasons for robbing monsters are nothing more than three points. First, the lady is by his side, and according to the plot, he is scheduled to be number one in the harem. In this case, men all have a desire to express themselves, and robbing monsters is nothing more than a desire embodiment.

Secondly, as mentioned earlier, it is because the legendary equipment can only be used for three days, and it is wasted if not used. Of course, it must be used well.

As for the last and first purpose, it is to brush a wave of monsters while still having the legendary equipment in hand, so as to accumulate some skill proficiency. , The level of swordsmanship specialization has not increased, and the proficiency is currently about 90.00%. It is estimated that it will take several monsters to brush the swordsmanship specialization level to level D (mastery).

And all the way to spawn monsters, Riel didn't get a level up, it seems that his character's experience bar has been locked, the way to level up monsters has been blocked, we can only see if there are other ways to level up .

To talk about other methods, missions have reward experience, but Riel has not received a single mission so far, and there is no guarantee that the mission system is also locked. If this cannot be used, then only the last one can be used. Means, krypton gold upgrade props...

That's right, Riel saw a six-star (epic) consumable item in the mall called "Singular Sweets". The experience required for the current upgrade, whether it is just a little bit of experience upgrade, or the entire experience upgrade, is used to upgrade one level, and the experience value in the current experience bar will not be retained)

In short, Riel was indeed trying to grab monsters consciously, but it was obvious that what he thought in his heart was completely different from what Safieli thought in his heart.

"Okay, this is considered to be entering the city. Then, next, I will find an expert who is good at lockpicking skills to help me open the treasure chest I got from the Elf Secret Vault. What about Sapphire, do you have any plans?"

According to the agreement, the team-up action between Riel and Safiley will only last until the two of them enter the city. Now that they have entered the city, they will naturally be prepared to part ways, so there is no problem with Riel's questioning. After all, Safieli It's not like Riel has read the script... No, the script was written by Riel himself. In short, Safili, who has not read the script, of course would not know that the two of them have a long way to go as a team.

"I will stay in the city for a few days, and after fusing the power of the elves I have obtained, I will look for the next elf relic."

Anyway, they were about to separate soon, and Safiley didn't hide anything. Besides, since Riel knew about Safiley's absorption of the power of the elves, she could of course think that it would take time for Safiley to integrate the power of the elves she absorbed.

After all, fusing the power of elves requires a relatively safe environment, and a place full of monsters in the wild is not a good choice.

After that, Safili seemed to remember something again, and pointed to the location near the north of Karot City, "By the way, if you want to find a reliable locksmith, I suggest you go to the Old City Look around, there are quite a few professional thieves there, and their skills should be pretty reliable."

"Is it the old town?" Riel touched his chin with a look of embarrassment, "I'm really not familiar with that place, um, can you take me there?"

Anyway, they have been walking together for a long time, so of course they don't care about the time, Safili didn't think much about it, and immediately nodded.

"Okay, anyway, I don't have a few steps to go, let's go..."

Hearing this sentence, Riel immediately felt determined...

...Okay, FLAG has been plugged in, next, just wait for the triggering of the plot~

Chapter 9 Old Town

When it comes to the old city, most people in Karot City shake their heads. At the beginning, the urban construction planning was not enough, and the three areas in the east, west, and west of the city have been renovated and repaired to varying degrees. Only the north of the city has been demarcated several times due to some special reasons. None of the repair plans were implemented.

In the next few years, some people in the city began to consciously gather in the north of the city, where the law and order and management were relatively backward. In this way, the north of the city became a dirty place. Organizations of all sizes controlled the entire northern part of the city, completely turning the northern part of the city into a mixture of the so-called three-way zone and slums.

After all, Karot City is just a small border town far away from the political center. More importantly, although this place is a border, it does not border any other countries or human forces. It's too much, and people who do low-level activities in the city always have to give them a breathing space, so the old city in the north of the city has been subtly maintained.

And if there are no accidents, this place can continue to be like this.

"Uh, although I've heard of it, but...the gap is too big..."

When Riel and Sapphire came to the old city in the north of the city, Riel even sighed subconsciously because of the huge difference in the style of painting he saw in front of him. Before Riel and Safieli entered the city from the west of the city, at that time What I saw was a very ordinary medieval magical city, and you can find similar ones everywhere in stand-alone games with similar themes.

However, when you came to the old city, it was only a few streets away, and everything you saw immediately became dilapidated in a second, as if the scene was cut in the RPG map, and a prompt box popped up beside it to remind you that you are now It has successfully entered a map called "Old Town" that has a distinct change.

(Which idiot designed a city that suddenly changed its style on half a map!)