Brando saw the riders bringing people who wanted to see him in an open space between golden fir trees bathed in the sunshine after noon. No, not one person, but a group. He followed the mercenaries leading the way.
Sliding down the hillside covered with fir trees, as soon as I walked out of the forest, I saw about a dozen haggard-looking people scattered in the forest glade - two or three of them were carrying horses, and some were wearing bandages.
Most of them wore thick leather armor or tight chain mail, with a colorfully painted buckler and long sword hanging from their belts - they looked like mercenaries like Mano and others.
Standing not far away with Uriel was their leader. Brando had to admit that he rarely saw such a tall man in the southern Golan-Elsen province. He must be Anle from the north.
Keren, or at least with this bloodline - the other person has a striking brown-red beard, a square face, and a sword mark on the corner of his eyebrow. He wears an open-chested shirt, with the sleeves rolled up to above the elbows, revealing
The knotted muscles below.
This man must be quite confident in his own strength, otherwise he would not only be wearing a simple leather shoulder pad with no protective gear on his body. His weapon is a series of hand axes hanging on his belt, which is also a local product of Anlek.
Weapons commonly used by warriors can not only be used in close combat, but can also be thrown out at any time to kill people unprepared.
When this berserker-like man saw Brando, he took off his hat respectfully and lowered his head: "Dear knight, hello, I only pay respect to you on behalf of the Red Jackal mercenary. I am their leader,
Bottom."
Bottom means "red, crimson" in the Anlek language. Brando further confirmed his origin. He put one hand on the sword, nodded without leaving a trace, looked at the other person, and waited for him to express his intention.
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Brando's identity at the moment is that of a noble knight passed down among the refugees. Maintaining this identity is good for him at this time - so Brando will neither admit nor object, but will show a kind of concession.
His playful attitude and this sense of mystery help him establish prestige among these people.
Brando did not express his position, but Bottom became confused. He asked cautiously: "Excuse me, Sir Knight, are you going to lead these refugees to escape the pursuit of Madara's army?"
Brando glanced at him and nodded.
"Then I dare to ask, do you still lack manpower?"
"What, you want to join us?" Brando was startled, and immediately realized that these mercenaries had probably retreated from the Jianshi River Valley. They were exhausted and needed someone to provide them with shelter.
So, the battle between the White Mane Swordsmen and Magus the ‘Death Maggot’ has come to an end. Judging from this situation, Luc Besson must have lost.
Brando raised his head and looked through the layers of fir forests in front of him to the rolling hills outside. He thought that the retreating refugees and the soldiers of the White Mane Swordsmen would probably arrive here, so the refugees would
The scale is about to expand again.
Seeing the young noble holding the hilt of his sword with one hand and staring in front of him, Bartome felt a little uneasy. He nodded quickly and replied: "Yes, Sir Knight, we only need a little food and medicine.
After resting for a while, I can fight for you again."
"What's going on ahead?" Brando suddenly asked.
Bottom was stunned.
"I'm talking about how many undead armies there are in Madara in the Sharp Stone Valley."
"Countless, sir. Large groups of skeleton cavalry have been chasing each other since night, driving the refugees forward. That bastard Luc Besson didn't resist at all. He was chased all the way, and then he met the monsters of the large group.
Ambush, almost the entire army was wiped out——"
Brando is not surprised by Luc Besson's performance. 'Tiger' Luc Besson is indeed one of the best warriors in the White Mane Army, but he cannot escape the limitations of history, and failure is inevitable.
A large group of skeleton cavalry, Kabasi and Dead Maggots joined forces? He suddenly thought of this question: "A large group of monsters? What kind of monsters?"
"They were about the same height as humans, with smooth skin, green and black bodies, long iron claws, and a foul smell. They jumped out of the rocks around the river valley and attacked us. We were caught off guard.
Less than 23 out of 10 people survived."
Ghouls, I just don’t know if there are corpse demons. Brando said nothing. What he was most worried about was the ghouls. These undead creatures came from the black border area and were more powerful than the skeleton cavalry in Madara’s military order.
One level higher, one level lower than the Black Warrior and Pale Knight, but it is the highest level of Madara's low-level arms that can be gathered on a large scale in this era——
He wanted to know how many ghouls Maggus had in his hands at least? One hundred? Two hundred? Ghouls are level 20 creatures. Each one has the strength of the Black Iron Downstream. The white-maned swordsmen group suddenly
Being defeated by them during an attack is a matter of course.
"Sir Knight?" Bottom looked a little worried when Brando didn't say a word.
Brando then nodded: "If you want to join my team, you must abide by my rules. I am hiring you. In addition to the remuneration, I will also give you a place to rest. If you follow him, he
I will give you some food, medicine and bandages. After you have rested, you will be ready to fight at any time."
As he spoke, he patted the mercenary beside him on the shoulder: "Take them over."
"Thank you for your generosity, Lord Knight." Bottom bowed quickly and deeply. Brando's conditions had greatly exceeded his expectations. He had been to many places, but he had never seen it before.
Such a generous nobleman.
But the rider who came down with him asked: "What about you, my lord?"
"You guys go back first and let me be alone for a while." Brando looked at the surrounding environment and felt that it suited his needs, so he replied.
Brando, of course, does not want to be alone for a while, but to complete an alchemy. Alchemy is not a mysterious skill in Warnd. It is determined by the civilization of magic. Many workshop craftsmen know more or less alchemy.
However, to elevate it to a magical art requires profound knowledge and long-term accumulation.
In the language of the game, the alchemy skill is two skills before and after level 5. Before level 5, it looks more like chemistry. Craftsmen use this skill to obtain some materials that are different from ordinary ones.
After level 5, it becomes a mysterious art. Wizards use high-level alchemy to extract pure crystals and magic materials, and even create magic potions and some natural magic items.
And combining it with skills such as forging, crafting, and enchanting, it is the legendary magic equipment making skills.
There are many craftsmen among the refugees and there are many apprentices in the workshops. It is not difficult for Brando to learn alchemy. He only needs to find one and ask a few casual questions to get started with 'Basic Alchemy'. As a noble, no one will doubt that he will steal.
Teacher learning art——
But Brando happened to want to steal his skills this time.
A total of 122 skill experience points are needed to upgrade Alchemy from level 0 to level 5, but this is not a problem for Brando now. After the battle the previous night, he had a total of 967 experience points on hand.
Let him upgrade his professional level to mercenary level 9 - in this way, the free skill experience will reach 164 points, which is more than enough.
It's a pity that alchemy is a skill of the mysterious system, and physics professions can only place it under the basic status of civilians. Because the basic status is different from the profession, any skills under this status are regarded as their own profession - but because the basic status cannot
Upgrade the level, so a skill can only be upgraded to a fixed level under this identity.
For example, civilians can upgrade alchemy to level 5, nobles to level 7, and alchemists to level 15. In fact, in 'Amber Sword', the matching of identity and profession is a very particular skill. Sometimes warrior players in order to obtain
The wizard's skills, or the wizard player's desire to obtain the warrior's skills, if he doesn't want to waste experience and attributes part-time, he will think of changing his identity.
Brando's ideal situation is to upgrade his alchemy to level 6 so that he can create magic potions, but at this time, due to limited conditions, he can only give up.
He waited for Bottom and others to follow the rider and left. After waiting for a while to confirm that there was no one around, he came to the center of the open space alone, carefully cleared an open space on the ground, and then pulled out his sword and painted on the open space.
Made a simple magic circle:
Energy conversion array——
The knowledge of the magic circle comes from level 4 alchemy, which is used by craftsmen to extract free energy from material entities and seal it into a crystallized state.
Then there is the Blood Refining Array.
This is why Brando avoids other people. Blood refining technology actually comes from Madara's alchemy skills. It is one of the forbidden arts that is strictly prohibited within the scope of the Temple of Fire. This is mainly because
Or is it because blood refining will cause harm to the caster itself, which is inconsistent with the basic teachings of the Temple of Fire.
But I have to say that blood refining is a very practical skill, because it can ignore alchemical equipment, allowing alchemists to complete some simple material synthesis under any circumstances.
To be honest, even though the Temple of Fire strictly prohibited it, not many players like Eruin and Cruz used this technique. Players only focused on practical results, and at most they would only lose one level if they were discovered.
Besides, it usually won’t be discovered, right?
But Brando is still a little nervous at this moment. For players, losing a level is like losing their head. Although there are already Charles outside to help him show off, he really doesn't dare to do this.
Blatantly challenging the authority of the Temple of Fire.
He took a breath, took out the teeth he had pulled out from the mid-level corpse witch in Lidenburg and placed them in the center of the magic circle. Then he stood up and pricked his finger with the tip of the sword, and a drop of blood oozed out. He stood flatly.
He let go of his finger and let the blood drip onto the center of the magic circle. The red light of the magic circle flashed, and the tooth immediately turned into a gray crystal the size of a little finger.
The moment the alchemy was completed, Brando felt his heart beat slightly, and he had already suffered -1 backlash damage.
He wiped a handful of cold sweat on his pale forehead, and then picked up the crystal. This thing is actually a pure crystal of soul energy. But unlike the soul crystal, this turbid soul energy may be absorbed by others.
You should be poisoned and die immediately.
But even though this thing is crude and small, it is one of his most important props tonight.
But he can't breathe a sigh of relief now, because he still has more work to do. Thirty-two teeth, four fingers, Brando is already planning to squander his bottle of No. 5 holy water here. He
We can only hope that these investments can recover sufficient returns.
But he had just finished half of it. About a quarter of an hour later, he heard Ciel's voice outside: "Who?"
Brando's heart tightened, and he quickly smoothed the magic circle on the ground, put away all the materials, then grabbed the Thorn of Light and ran outside. As soon as he reached the edge of the fir forest, he saw a middle-aged man standing at the edge of the fir forest.
Opposite Charles, he was stunned for a moment and realized that this middle-aged man was the one he saved last night.
How did he get here?
In Brando's memory, this middle-aged man was quite courageous, and he dared to resist under Markov's guards. But it seemed too unwise.
But what he didn't expect was that the middle-aged man's first words when he saw him were: "Sir, are you using the blood magic circle? Please put your own body first -"
This sentence was like a bolt from the blue. Not only Brando, but also Ciel was stunned. How did he know? Could it be that he had been here for a long time? Impossible! Ciel didn't believe that he couldn't even detect it as a civilian.
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The young wizard's retinue subconsciously prepared a spell.
But the middle-aged man saw their doubts and bowed deeply: "Sir, I haven't thanked you for your rescue last night. My name is Tamar, and I am an alchemist."
"Tamar?"
"You are Tamar!" Brando felt that the name sounded familiar at first, but then he remembered that this was not the chief palace alchemy master of Madara three hundred and eighty years later (the year of Venus)?
He was almost shocked by the name for a moment.
He couldn't help but look at the other person up and down, wanting to see if this was the Tamar. But it seemed that it was probably the one. It turned out that Tamar was not originally from Madara. He must have been captured during this war.
Transformed into an undead. If it was because of that bastard Markov, it is not impossible for him to turn to hate this country. Presumably the reason for the hatred is the death of his son. If you think about it this way, everything will fall into place.
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But what really made Brando confirm was the opponent's keenness in alchemy. He could tell that he was using a forbidden technique just from the backlash effect. This was not something that ordinary alchemy talents could do.
Tamar in history was a powerful man who defied the odds. Most of Madara's high-level undead transformation results were completed by him, Messat, and Serilando, three ancient undead alchemy masters.
.And Tamar's most famous achievement is the black magic circle technology that directly transforms skeleton soldiers from corpses. This technology can be said to have directly doubled Madara's military strength——
But now, it seems that it will be a bit difficult for Madara to achieve this result again. Brando looked at Tamar, who was still a human in front of him, and couldn't help but smile a little.
"Sir?" His smile didn't matter, but it startled Tamar. Could it be that this knight master actually has a special hobby? He had heard the dirty rumors among the nobles, so even though he was already old,
I was almost confused and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
However, it was Charles coughing unhappily on the side that made Brando wake up and hurriedly explained: "Are you the alchemy master from Lidenberg, Tamar?"
Master of Alchemy? That is one of the top titles in the field of alchemy. Are you that famous? Tamar was stunned and shook her head: "I am just an unknown little alchemist. Sir, I have always been
The work of the Council of Nobles has not yielded much results——"
Not famous yet? Now he has found a treasure, and Brando is very happy.
