After leaving the Braze Valley, everyone advanced for two more days and now reached the edge of the Riskat Mountain Forest. The trees began to sparse, orange-red iron-rich soil appeared on the ground, and large chunks of white rocks were exposed in the valley.
A unique landscape is formed between the cliffs.
The terrain begins to rise gradually, but the shrubs on the road are still dense, heather and other plants can be seen everywhere, and occasionally you can see beasts and strange monsters living here.
Everyone was a little out of breath while walking. Keer and Half Apple were responsible for opening the way as usual, while Ning Ningxue was responsible for instructing Xinyu on how to use the crossbow effectively. Naturally, practicing crossbows cannot be without a target. Fortunately, there are many monsters nearby.
There are gray marsupials wandering around, and there are some large lizards further away. These are huge guys, and they are obviously very suitable for novices to practice long-range weapons.
What's even better is that the gray marsupial is not a monster that actively attacks. Xinyu nails it with an arrow. A -1 floats out of the head of a gray marsupial who is taking a nap. It raises its head and uses three pairs of small yellow eyes full of confusion.
He looked around for his attacker.
Xinyu is a little girl after all, and she immediately giggled at the silly look of the gray marsupial. Sophia also laughed when she looked at Xinyu, and the two little girls laughed together, which was even more lively than the market.
Xiao Fen is not an old-fashioned guy. He looked at Xinyu, who rarely showed a smile. He smiled slightly, shook his head and opened his knowledge system to start searching. Anyway, there seemed to be no danger nearby, so he might as well take some time to look up the information. Maybe his knowledge and skills would be better.
You can upgrade it by a level or two or something.
However, the slow-reacting gray marsupial finally found its enemy and stood up immediately, as if it was angered by the ridicule of the two little girls. It looked up to the sky and howled, and the two rows of sharp teeth in its huge mouth flashed in the sun.
A cold light flashed below, and the 10-foot tall body suddenly stretched out, with two strong and powerful front paws waving, and the bulging dark gray muscles represented its powerful strength.
"Wow!" Xinyu was immediately frightened to death by the gray marsupial charging towards her, and hid behind Sophia in fear, refusing to come out even after saying anything.
"Don't be afraid, it's stupid! If you raise the crossbow, aim at its eyes and shoot, it will hit hard! Come on, come on, if you hit it, I'll let Sister Yun sing to you. She sings
It sounds very good!" The little girl said to Xinyu in a coaxing and deceiving way.
The veins on Yun's forehead immediately began to beat.
"But...I...ah!" Xinyu reluctantly raised the crossbow in her hand, but she didn't dare to look directly at the huge monster. She closed her eyes and screamed while shooting randomly, but none of the arrows hit.
Quiet Xue sighed slightly and said softly to Ke'er: "It's better you do it."
When the little girl heard this, she turned her head over and looked at the gray marsupial, regardless of whether Xinyu wanted it or not, and said with a smile: "Watch what Sister Ke'er does!"
The gray marsupial was now about 50 yards away from them. Its huge body made a huge noise when it flew, and the ground shook slightly. Xinyu had a pale face, wide eyes, and looked frightened.
She looked like she had lost her soul... It's not her fault. She usually collects materials near the town. At most, she encounters some wild boars, badgers, wolves and other animals. She has seen such ferocious and extremely ugly animals there.
monster.
"Don't worry, if you want to become a professional player, you must first get rid of most of your negative emotions. Fear and disgust are the first ones that must be eliminated, followed by anxiety, impulsiveness and lack of patience." Half an apple took out the dagger and sharpened it on the sheath.
After a while, he warned calmly.
After everyone got to know each other for a few days, they felt that it would be more affectionate to call Xinyu the name "She Xin". As a result, this name, which was originally just a temporary misunderstanding, became Xinyu's internal name in Shining Gold Coin.
"Well..." The words "professional player" seem to be Xinyu's highest spiritual pillar and belief. As soon as this word is mentioned, this timid and shy little girl will become strong and brave, facing the oncoming gray.
The marsupial, she gritted her teeth. Although there was no trace of blood on her face, she tried her best not to scream.
But of course, Ke'er would not let the gray marsupial get any closer. She quickly took off the huge black bow from her back, twisted the string, drew the arrow, and opened the bow in one go. She shot three arrows straight towards the gray marsupial.
eyes, chest, and lower limbs.
-14, -7, -23, three blood-red numbers floated out. The gray marsupial wailed, paused, and then jumped sharply and rushed towards Cole from the air.
A huge black shadow crossed the distance of more than thirty yards and enveloped the sky above everyone. The little girl could only feel Xinyu in her arms and her whole body was shaking violently, but she didn't say a word. She couldn't help but secretly admire her and thought to herself, if she is a rookie like me, then
Yes, I must have fainted from shock.
However, Ke'er was calm and unhurried. She raised her head and fired three more arrows. She then retracted her long bow, rolled it to the side, and pulled out two scimitars.
The gray marsupial suddenly paused when it landed on the ground. The ground made a terrible roar, and the ground ten feet around shook...
Xiao Fen frowned and stepped aside a few yards, carefully avoiding the circle where Ke'er and the gray marsupial were fighting.
A fierce melee battle unfolded. With a pair of scimitars and super agility, Ke'er did not confront the gray marsupial and wandered away for a few minutes. Finally, she knocked the gray marsupial to the ground and exploded a large amount of it.
money.
"It's... so scary."
It should be so powerful, but I...I, I am so stupid."
"Where." The little girl said flatly, "I'm not as good as Sister Ke'er, and I'm not as good as Sister Xue... Well, it feels like I was just a freeloader in this team before!" As she said this, she also
He nodded seriously.
"You just know it!" Xiao Fen suddenly raised his head and laughed.
"Huh! Big bad guy!" The little girl hummed and tilted her head.
Xinyu looked at the exquisite crossbow in her hand, sighed softly, and whispered to the quiet Xue: "Sister Xue, I'm so... I'm so sorry, I... I must be stupid..."
Quiet Snow smiled slightly and shook her head calmly.
Xiao Fen waved his hand and said: "Don't say sorry or sorry casually. You have nothing to apologize to us and you don't owe anyone... Well, learning requires a process. We don't ask you to learn it in one go. Take your time."
Take your time, everyone believes you."
The little girl pursed her lips and hummed: "So gentle!"
Ke'er immediately leaned close to her ear and breathed: "Why, Xiao Nizi is jealous."
"Ah! You're going to die!" Sophia's face suddenly burned into pieces, and the two women laughed and quarreled again.
Xinyu looked at Xiao Fen blankly, a trace of gratitude flashed in her eyes, she opened her mouth, and finally said in an almost whispering voice: "Yes...I'm sorry, I understand."
Xiao Fen's feet went weak and he almost fell down, and said to himself: "MMD, you thought I didn't say anything before you taught me a lesson, and then you did it again right away... It's really... It's true." He shook his head helplessly.
So a few girls continued to teach Xinyu how to use weapons, and the whole morning was like this. Xiao Fen didn't bother to care about them. Anyway, it was just killing monsters and leveling up. He would get experience points while checking information and taking a walk. Why?
What's more fun than not? In the end, the girls' results were seven gray marsupials, two giant lizards and three displacement beasts. At the same time, Xinyu finally mastered the most basic fighting skills - at least when facing monsters.
The head no longer tilts to the other side.
At noon, the team temporarily stopped. Ke'er, who was in an excited state, set up the stove and took the initiative to show off her beautiful cooking skills - barbecue. Everyone gnawed on the barbecue with relish. At this time, Xiao Fen suddenly remembered an important question.
He raised his head and asked: "Ke'er, your cooking skills are so good, why do you usually let Ning Jingxue do the cooking?"
Everyone quietly lowered their heads. Although Ning Jing Xue, a quiet and gentle girl, is the most popular team member in Shining Gold Coin, as for her cooking skills, according to what Half Apple and others said privately - although Xue is level 3
Cooking skill, but its personal cooking modifier is estimated to be -10.
Ning Jingxue's face was slightly red, obviously she was very aware of her own shortcomings.
"I'm lazy, hehe, of course I have to trouble Sister Xue!" Ke'er answered matter-of-factly, and everyone fell into a coma.
"Also, I made an exception today just because I'm happy! Don't come looking for me in the future!" She smiled coquettishly and shook her white fingers.
In the afternoon, the girls continued their morning classes, but at this time Half Apple came to Xiao Fen. He took out a stack of sheepskin scrolls from his backpack with a smile and handed it to Xiao Fen, saying: "If it's not wrong, maybe we can do it this time
I picked a treasure... Uh, I mean, that little girl Xinyu chose a really good career!"
Xiao Fen's ears were filled with the screams of the two crazy girls Sophia and Ke'er. He frowned and flipped through the stack of scrolls casually. The top pages contained some drawings that he couldn't understand, but the bottom ones were...
It is a table with complete data.
"Hey, this is it?" Xiao Fen was stunned.
"This is compiled by Xinyu. The information on the monsters we have encountered. The naturalist's data analysis can not only list the information completely, but also analyze them and come up with the best way to deal with the monster.
, This is the biggest difference between naturalists and other professions." Half Apple smiled and showed his white teeth.
Xiao Fen raised his eyebrows. Naturalists are not unavailable. In fact, in order to quickly acquire relevant knowledge, many life professionals have taken natural history as a secondary profession. However, they generally only take the naturalist profession to level 3, which provides additional knowledge.
With the two feats of Expertise and Reading Proficiency, there is no intention to increase the naturalist level.
However, the naturalist's first skill, primary data analysis, does not appear until level 5. Therefore, most professional players who study naturalist do not have this skill, let alone understand the beauty of this skill. Even a few have this skill.
Yes, I spent a day in a town, where I had the opportunity to learn that this skill can actually be used on monsters.
"There are very few people who know how to use this skill, but Xinyu is definitely not the only one." Xiao Fen thought for a moment and continued: "But there is no such knowledge on the forum, which only means that he knows this secret.
People have chosen to hide it, which means that this skill is a secret worth hiding...that is to say, it will be very useful!"
"Correct, but to be precise, its advanced version should be very useful!" Half Apple said with a smile.
"Then what is this?" Xiao Fen asked curiously, twisting the pages of drawings that he couldn't understand in front of half an apple.
"This is the trap design made by Xinyu! This is the coolest part! It is also the part that I value most...because they are from the hands of a hidden professional player. You must know that the skills of a naturalist may one day dominate the world.
Everyone knows, but there is only one hidden profession." Half Apple waved his hand and suddenly became excited.
"Yes, this is exactly what I thought, and it was probably the fundamental reason why I finally decided to join her in the team." Xiao Fen said calmly.
"Okay, let's not talk about this first... let's continue talking about traps!" Half Apple pulled the design drawings. "Did you know? A thief goes from level 1 to level 40, even if he advances to '
The Shadow Ambusher' or 'Trap Expert' can only learn 14 to 22 types of traps at most, and these traps have limited power or limited effect."
"As you know, I! Yes, I am such a thief. So far I have only learned two kinds of traps - well, although I don't use them often." He continued, "These two traps are the sharp trap and the trap.
Secondary containment trap, these two traps, one can cause 2D6 points of damage to enemies within 5X5 feet, and the other can stun the enemy who passes through it for 15 seconds, if he fails the Strength check!"
"Yes, I know." Xiao Fen nodded. "These two traps are pure garbage. The first one costs 10 GP material fee, but can only cause up to 12 points of damage, while the other one only requires 1 GP material fee.
It costs a lot, but even a kobold can pass its saving throw with an 80% chance."
"That's right!" Half Apple waved the two blueprints, "But it's different now. Let me show you what this is. The first one is a venomous sharp thorn trap. It costs 15 GP material and can target enemies within 5X5 feet.
Causes 2D6 points of damage, with a poison effect of -2 strength and constitution, the effect lasts for 20 minutes; the second one, a secondary thorn containment trap, costs 5GP material, and can stun enemies who pass through it for 15 seconds. Even if they pass the saving throw, they will
The stab wound to the foot will reduce flexibility by -1 for 15 minutes."
"It's indeed a good thing, but it doesn't seem to be of much use to us." Xiao Fen replied. He was not a thief, and he obviously didn't have that deep understanding of things like traps.
"No, no, no, of course it works. You have to look further. It's so great in the early stage. What will happen in the later stage? According to Xin Yu, you can also create brand new traps in the later stage!" Half an Apple jumped with excitement.
Got up.
"Maybe, but what I value more is her alchemy skills." As he spoke, Xiao Fen suddenly stopped. In fact, the entire team stopped at this time, because a strange valley appeared in front of them.
The valley is covered with tender green ferns and thick vines.
"Where is this?" Xiao Fen was stunned.
Half Apple opened the map as usual and said, "Oh! This is the Dragon Snake Valley, and further ahead is the Ranwu Peak!"
"Dragon Snake Valley?" Xiao Fen narrowed his eyes.