When Umberto saw Goofy choose a rapier, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and he said to Claire and Mario: "I thought this kid would choose a long-range weapon like a crossbow, but I didn't expect that he actually chose a rapier."
"It can be seen that although he is not very old, he is very courageous!" Mario said with approval.
"Musk, let me tell you a little secret!" Claire said to Gao Fei with a smile, "Brother Umberto's favorite weapon is also a rapier. If you can pass this test, you can look for opportunities to learn more from him in the future.
Recruit sword skills!"
Gao Fei nodded quickly, showing an attitude of being open-minded and willing to be taught, while secretly guessing.
Since Umberto Esposito is good at rapiers, and according to Claire, his swordsmanship is quite good, it can be speculated that his extraordinary occupation is probably an agile swordsman such as poet, ranger, and rogue.
As for whether it can cast spells, there is no way to tell yet.
After choosing his weapon, Goofy followed "The Thief" Mario Ricardo to the back kitchen of the tavern, climbed down an escalator, and dived 30 feet deep to reach the bottom of the culvert.
Simba, disguised as a poodle, refused to stay in the tavern and wait for his owner to return, so Claire had to take him into the sewers.
"Hey! Brother Musk, look at that big dog!" Mario looked up at Simba who was climbing down the escalator, his eyes full of surprise, "Even your circus dogs have learned acrobatics.
, can you climb a ladder?"
"It's not worth making a fuss about, Brother Mario, the bear in our troupe can even ride a unicycle!" Goofy replied nonchalantly.
"Oh~ sounds really interesting! One day I have some free time, I would also like to go see a circus show."
"On behalf of the troupe, I welcome you, Brother Mario. Remember to say hello to me in advance. Maybe I can get free tickets."
"Haha! Brother Musk, a loyal boy like you is best suited to join a gang. I am very optimistic about your future."
Mario smiled and patted Goofy on the shoulder.
Claire jumped down from the escalator, followed closely by the "big dog" Simba, who sniffed around and shook his head in disgust.
"Bear with it, my poor friend, the smell of this ghost place is indeed very uncomfortable." Claire covered her nose, but she couldn't block the rancid smell of sewage.
"Musk, hurry up and work. I don't want to stay by the smelly ditch for too long and be pickled alive!"
"Okay, Sister Claire."
Gao Fei touched the thin sword slung at his waist and walked forward along the culvert.
Avalon's underground trench system is indeed as complex as a maze.
The cylindrical cement culverts more than two meters high are like building blocks spliced end to end, crisscrossing and weaving together to form the underground neural network of this metropolis. They also provide shelter for shady monsters and gangsters.
Not far away, Goofy saw a fork in the road. He was hesitating whether to turn in and take a stroll when Mario's advice came from behind him.
"Brother Musk, unless you are like me and are more familiar with the underground ditches of this city than your own palm prints, you'd better not go astray."
"Okay, Brother Mario, thank you for the reminder."
Gao Fei ignored the fork in the road and continued to explore.
Not far away, I heard a strange creaking sound coming from the darkness ahead, and two ghost-like light spots were shaking.
"Oh, the fun is about to begin!" Mario said with a smile.
Gao Fei heard that he was reminding himself, and quickly stopped and looked towards where the squeaking sound came from.
Sure enough, a giant rat as big as a wolfdog jumped out, with a pair of small eyes, warily and fiercely looking at the young man who had intruded on his territory.
Claire took a step closer to Gao Fei, holding the whip in his hand, and his eyes could not hide his concern.
She praised Gao Fei so much in front of Umberto, but she actually didn't know what she was doing.
After all, she didn't witness how Goofy beat up Mike and Billy, so she didn't dare to say whether this little guy was confident of taking on the giant rat alone.
Gao Fei himself is very calm.
He saw a lot of giant rats when he was on a mission in Jiuzhaigou, and he killed no less than twenty giant rats with his own hands.
What's more, he has seen countless monsters far more powerful than giant rats in the game and in reality. He has experienced hundreds of battles and has rich experience. This small scene can't scare him.
I opened the astrolabe and took a look. The challenge level of the giant rat opposite was 1/4. It was a small mutated beast with a health value of 9. Its attributes were strength 10, agility 17, constitution 13, intelligence 1, and perception 12.
Charm 4.
Compared with similar monsters that Goofy has seen before, this giant rat living in the sewer looks filthier.
In the special abilities column, in addition to "Sensitive Smell" and "Group Tactics", there is also an additional item of "Pathogenesis".
Simply put, if you are bitten by this thing, or accidentally eat food or water contaminated by it, and fail a DC13 Fortitude save, you will be infected with the plague.
Goofy naturally thought that Musk Justice's mother died of the plague. This vicious infectious disease was not uncommon in Pattus Street and even the whole of Avalon. Hundreds of people died in the city every year.
People died from the plague.
It can be seen that it is necessary for "street angels" to regularly sweep away the giant rats in the sewers. If this kind of intermediate host carrying the plague bacteria becomes rampant, the city will face the nightmare of a Black Death pandemic.
!
At this time, the giant rat had already approached within 30 feet of Gaofei, and seemed to be hesitating whether to take the initiative to attack.
Goofy did not just draw his sword and rush forward as Claire and Mario expected. He quietly switched the "Druid Mask" to the "Warlock Mask", waved his hand to create a "Whip of Thorns", and swept it across with a swipe.
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The thorny vine flew 30 feet away in an instant, slapped the giant rat hard on the back, leaving a bloody whip mark, causing 5 points of puncture damage, then wrapped around the giant rat's neck, and dragged it 10 feet horizontally, and then plopped it.
It fell into the sewage drain with a loud sound, causing a splash of smelly water.
The giant rat screamed in the puddle and finally struggled to climb up. However, what greeted it was the second "Whip of Thorns", which lashed it and dragged it into the ditch again.
This time, the giant rat failed to climb up again and floated belly up in the sewage, dead.
Gao Fei used the "Whip of Thorns" again, dragged the giant rat's body ashore, pulled out the stabbing sword from his waist, looked at the cylindrical sword body like a large steel awl, and inserted it back into the scabbard.
The rapier has a sharp edge but no edge. It can only stab but cannot cut.
"Brother Mario, do you have a dagger? Let me use it." Gao Fei turned around and asked.
"Oh! How about a dagger?"
"As long as it's sharpened."
Goofy took a sharp dagger from Mario, cut off the giant rat's tail, and put it into a brown paper bag prepared in advance as a mission item.
