Chapter 138 New Witch Shadow Dance

Chapter 139 New Witch Shadow Dance

For Muken's body, Richard took out the formic acid potion from his arms, which was also purchased from the Black Forest Market. However, Richard did not expect that he would use this potion so soon.

He only thought of this problem after experiencing the previous battle with three second-level wizard apprentices from the Ring of Noth.

In the gray fern wilderness of the Underdark, every monster's body can be used as blood sacrifice to the three-headed snake god Kumera. Even the slightly worse ones can be used as food for the fishman tribe. There is no need to use potions to deal with the corpse.

But it is very different after returning to the surface.

Many of the enemies Richard encountered are no longer mainly monsters, but mostly humans.

Therefore, destroying corpses and erasing traces is sometimes very necessary.

Although it cannot completely cover up the traces, it can at least greatly increase the difficulty of the other party's investigation.

Formic acid potion is a highly corrosive potion made from the saliva of black fire ants and mixed with other herbs.

For common items such as corpses, linen and ordinary fur, only a few drops are needed to turn them into a pool of black water.

But its effect on inorganic materials such as ironware and stone will be much worse.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

As a few drops of formic acid dripped, a strong corrosion sound sounded, and a faint black smoke instantly rose from Muken's body, emitting bursts of stench.

It was like the smell of rotten eggs that had expired for more than half a year, mixed with the smell of rice fields.

Richard, who had been holding his breath, shook his head!

After a while, there was only a pool of black water on the ground, and Muken's body and clothes disappeared without a trace.

At this point, Richard finished cleaning up and began to pack up his things. He simply counted the gains. If you don't consider the gains in knowledge such as witchcraft and potion formulas, just from the physical point of view, this time the gains are also quite large.

It is even richer than the spoils obtained from the three second-level wizard apprentices of the Ring of North before.

A single top-level witchcraft item [Storm's Fury] is worth about two thousand magic stones.

Moreover, Richard later found a top-level witchcraft item [Wind Spirit Pendant] on Muken that was triggered actively. According to Richard's estimation, its value may be even higher than [Storm's Fury].

[Wind Spirit Pendant] is a top-level witchcraft item. When the holder is attacked, it will actively trigger the zero-level witchcraft wind element shield and swift wind. At the same time, after the item triggers a special effect once, it only takes 12 hours to charge again.

Richard touched the prismatic transparent crystal pendant in his hand and could feel the two constantly increasing wind element forces inside the crystal.

It's a pity that it's impossible for Richard not to be envious of this kind of defensive witchcraft item that can be triggered actively, but he still decided to sell it immediately at the next wizard market.

Reduce the risk of being tracked or located.

Muken also carried seven intermediate magic stones and more than 300 ordinary magic stones.

In addition, there are a series of potions such as hemostatic potions, healing potions, and primary mental power recovery potions, which are also very valuable.

Added together, it must be worth about 7,000 to 8,000 magic stones.

A rich harvest!

Before he set off, Richard summoned three skeleton guards and guarded them in the middle in a triangular shape.

At the same time, he took out a set of black robes from his package and covered one of the skeleton guards.

With such an arrangement, it looks like two wizard apprentices with two skeletons.

This way it doesn't look very abrupt.

After all, a wizard apprentice, even a third-level wizard apprentice, with three skeleton guards, is too conspicuous.

As for why he didn't take out three sets of black robes?

It's very simple. The number of black robes in the package is limited, and you have to save them.

While he was on the road, Richard was also reflecting on the battle process, such as where he could improve and where he was still lacking.

In terms of combat awareness, his inspiration panel cannot be directly improved.

During the half year in the Gray Fern Wilderness of the Underdark, Richard spent most of his time in battle.

So, in terms of combat experience alone, he is no less than Muken, a third-level wizard apprentice at the Gulus Academy.

But most of Muken's enemies are wizard apprentices who are also human, unlike Richard, who are mainly monsters.

So from this perspective, Richard's combat experience is not rich enough.

Richard has a good habit of constantly summarizing and accumulating combat experience.

Good habits are cultivated and benefit you for life!

When he was in the Gray Fern Wilderness, he did this. After each battle with a strange monster, Richard would summarize his combat experience.

So in the future, whenever he encountered a familiar monster, Richard would be able to quickly find the opponent's weaknesses, formulate tactics, and quickly kill it.

This is also why the warriors of the blind fishman tribe admired Richard, the "wandering wizard".

Richard had fought with almost all the monsters outside the Gray Fern Wilderness. Later, as soon as they met, Richard instinctively knew how to kill the monsters most appropriately and killed them quickly. Ordinary murloc warriors only needed to cheer on the sidelines and collect the spoils after the battle.

At present, Richard feels that the problems reflected in this battle are that he still has too few powerful single-unit witchcraft. Although the Shadow Grip is comprehensive and belongs to the hexagonal witchcraft, it can only be considered strong in terms of attack power, not the top.

Secondly, in terms of long-range attack means, the longbow originally from the Shadow Hunter has gradually failed to keep up with the increasingly powerful enemies.

His current enemies are getting stronger and stronger, from the original first-level and second-level wizard apprentices to the current third-level wizard apprentices.

From the Ring of Noth to the Gulus Academy, the origins are getting bigger and bigger.

Moreover, Richard found that the Gulus Academy is worthy of being the strongest among the three undead wizard academies. The third-level wizard apprentice Muken just now is quite powerful.

Not to mention the top-level witchcraft props, even the disguise potion and the goblin, etc., are extremely rare, but the opponent can actually collect them. It can be said that various means are endless.

If Richard had not had enough back-ups and was not vigilant enough, he might have capsized.

According to Muken's memory, Richard found that following the Black Forest Trail, heading south, after entering the territory of the Kingdom of Heron, but before arriving at Rosby County, there were two county towns to pass through. There was another wizard market near Andel City in Andel County.

According to his own speed, it would take about two and a half days to reach Andel City, but if he worked hard and traveled day and night, the time could be compressed to one and a half days.

It's hard work!

Richard planned to rush to this wizard market quickly, deal with the things in his hands, and then see if he could find a strong bow suitable for himself.

Many wizards and wizard apprentices in this world are from noble families. For them, bows and arrows are a basic skill.

So many people, even if they become third-level wizard apprentices or even wizards, will try to make or buy bows at the level of witchcraft props, that is, bows engraved with special witchcraft arrays and with special effects.

If you can buy this kind of strong bow at the next wizard market, it will be a good improvement for your long-range attack power.

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Time passed as Richard continued to travel!

Richard looked up unintentionally, and he didn't expect that today was a full moon. The moon in the other world was as bright and flawless as in his previous life.

The moonlight shone on the black forest with intertwined branches, and sprinkled a little moonlight, making the originally strange trees even more hideous and weird at this moment.

The trees on both sides of the path were dancing in the breeze, making bursts of rustling sounds, as if laughing strangely.

If ordinary people saw this scene, they would be scared sick.

No wonder that in the night of the Black Forest, even first- and second-level wizard apprentices generally would not choose to travel at night.

This atmosphere alone is terrifying enough!

Only Richard, who is skilled and brave, dares to travel at night, but he also noticed several groups of breaths that followed him all the way. Some had already left, and some were still following closely in the bushes on both sides of the path.

As the dawn broke, the sky gradually brightened.

After traveling all night, Richard, who was a senior knight, was a little tired at this time.

The unknown creatures on both sides of the Black Forest trail followed Richard for a while, but they didn't dare to rush up to attack him. It might be because the two fully armed skeletons holding swords and shields looked meatless and unpalatable.

Looking at the tall trees on both sides of the trail, which gradually became sparse, Richard knew that he had left the core area of ​​the Black Forest. Now he was about to enter the border of the Kingdom of Heron.

The borders of this world are basically only roughly divided, such as a certain river as the dividing line, which is just an approximation.

There are no barbed wire, boundary markers, and patrolmen patrolling along the border 24 hours a day on the border line like in the previous life.

So, it was peaceful all the way.

After walking for about an hour, Richard finally walked out of the Black Forest and began to enter a plain area.

As the morning sun slowly rose and the mist gradually dissipated, Richard, who had excellent eyesight, could already see from a distance that there seemed to be a human village dozens of miles ahead, with scattered houses faintly visible.

Richard's face lit up immediately. If there was a village, it meant there were people.

He could take a short break and buy some food, water and even horses.

Although the speed of ordinary horses is certainly not as fast as that of mutant winter wolves, it is not necessary to be so particular if it is just for transportation.

Since there is no mutant winter wolf, a mount that is good at crossing mountains and ridges, and he has to go to the wizard market near Andel City, Richard changed the original plan of crossing mountains and ridges to quickly go to Andel City along the road.

As he got closer to the village, Richard saw that the environment on both sides of the trail had changed significantly.

The originally messy bushes of different heights had turned into uniform winter wheat fields.

Since it is now the month of green grass, winter wheat has survived the cold winter and entered the greening period.

Greening, as the name suggests, means that winter wheat starts to grow new leaves again, and the leaves that originally turned yellow and green to survive the cold winter will now turn green.

With the unique fragrance of new leaves of winter wheat and the smell of wheat field soil, Richard's mood began to improve unconsciously.

Before entering the village, Richard collected the three skeleton guards.

With a warm smile on his face, he walked into the village like a sunny boy.

Soon, Richard was treated like a VIP in a slightly wealthy farmer's house, of course, after paying a gold dinar.

After a breakfast that was quite luxurious in the eyes of the farmer's family, Richard asked for a room to rest for a while.

The bedroom on the second floor of the farmer's house.

Richard looked at the 76,598 energy points accumulated in the past six months on the inspiration panel and fell into deep thought.

The original plan was to keep this large amount of energy points and use it to break the limit of meditation, but now it seems necessary to improve [Shadow Dance] first.

This rare zero-level witchcraft has the effect of integrating itself into the shadow. In the shadow, the caster's movement speed is greatly improved, and the damage suffered when attacked will also be shared by the shadow. The specific effect varies greatly depending on the degree of control of the witchcraft.

If you master this witchcraft that focuses on improving movement speed, Richard's strength will have a small leap again.

[Discover that the host is practicing the zero-level witchcraft shadow dance. Do you consume energy to get inspiration for practicing the zero-level witchcraft shadow dance? ]

Richard thought about it, dragged the slider to 5000, and selected "Yes!"

Instantly, Richard entered the dream space. This time the location seemed to be in a forest. Richard was possessed by a black-robed man and began to chant the spell of the shadow dance. In his mind, he simultaneously outlined the six witchcraft runes involved in the shadow dance.

With repeated attempts, Richard's understanding of the shadow dance was also rapidly improving.

After an unknown period of time, Richard's figure began to fly in the mottled light and shadow of the forest. As long as he entered the shadow area, Richard's speed would increase. At the same time, the whole person seemed to be covered with a layer of dark gauze, and it was not very clear.

After thousands of times of practice.

After a while of dizziness, Richard returned to his body.

After calling up the panel, the following is displayed in the [Witchcraft] column:

Shadow Dance (Master 38%, Special Effect: Primary Shadow Damage Reduction)

[Primary Shadow Damage Reduction: When the caster is in the shadow area, all damage received will be reduced by 20%. 】

Richard's face was delighted, because this special effect is very practical.

So, Richard did not hesitate to start to improve it again.

After several dream shuttles, Richard spent a total of 12,000 energy points to improve [Shadow Dance] to the limit.

At this moment, the relevant information on the panel is as follows:

Shadow Dance (Extreme, Special Effect: Shadow Damage Reduction)

[Shadow Damage Reduction: When the caster is in the shadow area, all damage received will be reduced by 50%. 】

Looking at the above information, Richard smiled with satisfaction.

Half-closing the window, Richard couldn't wait to test the witchcraft [Shadow Dance] in the room.

Richard's speed remained unchanged in the bright area. When he entered the shadow area where the sun could not reach, he was covered with a piece of black gauze, like a human-shaped black fog, and his speed doubled.

But once he left the shadow area, Richard's figure returned to his original speed. This fast and slow change, the more times, immediately made people feel dizzy and want to vomit.

It is conceivable that if the opponent is not prepared, he will be killed by Richard's witchcraft.

The shadow dance at the extreme control level doubled Richard's movement speed in the shadow area. You know, Richard himself has the physical fitness of a senior knight. On this basis, it is a doubled concept!

Its mental power consumption is about 2 standard units of mental power per minute.

This point is not a big problem in Richard's view. Generally, the formal battle will last for a few minutes.

If you can't win in a few minutes, it is better to choose a strategic retreat!

Half an hour later, Richard rode a horse with a helpless look on his face and said goodbye to the enthusiastic farmer's family.

This horse was the best one that the farmer could find for Richard after searching the whole village.

But the speed of the horse was not much different from Richard's walking speed. The only advantage was that it was not so tiring.

So Richard rode the horse along the wet path towards Andel City.

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After a day and a half, Richard, who had traveled day and night, finally arrived at the wizard market near Andel City.

After paying a magic stone for the entrance fee, Richard walked into the Andel Market, which had the same name as the nearby county town.

At both ends and in the middle of the street, there was a signboard with the pattern, name and sales types of the official store marked on it.

For example, the sword and axe cross sign represents a store called Dwarf Hammer Blacksmith Shop, which sells various well-made weapons.

For example, the test tube and beaker sign represents a store called Yedel Pharmacy, which sells various alchemical potions.

And so on.

This allows wizard apprentices who have just come to the market to quickly find their target store.

Richard looked around and found that there was actually a small auction house here.

In addition, the market seemed to intentionally avoid vicious competition, so there would be no more than three stores of the same type. Richard looked around and found that there were basically two stores.

This should be the result of deliberate guidance by the market manager.

On both sides of the street, like the previous Black Forest Market, there were wizard apprentices setting up stalls everywhere.

The size of the entire market is half a chip higher than the Black Forest Market. Probably because they are far away from large academies, the trading needs of wizards and wizard apprentices have also begun to increase.

After thinking about it for a while, Richard decided to go to the auction house to take a look first. Generally speaking, if something goes to the auction house, it must be a good thing.

Moreover, the few things I have on hand may not be affordable in ordinary stores.

Therefore, Richard went straight to the only three-story building in the middle of the street. On the way, Richard slightly adjusted the special effects of breath gathering, and displayed the fluctuations of the third-level wizard apprentice.

In an unfamiliar environment, you can avoid a lot of trouble by showing your strength a little bit.

Just as he was about to enter, a beautiful girl came into the gorgeous lobby. She was about twenty years old and exuded the mental fluctuations of a first-level wizard apprentice.

Obviously, the other party noticed the young Richard immediately, not because of his handsomeness but because of his unfathomable aura. The girl immediately understood that the young man in front of her might be a big customer.

"Sir, Peter Auction House welcomes you. Do you want to consign or buy?" The girl's voice as clear as an oriole sounded from the side.

"Buy."

The girl smiled and continued:

"Sir, please come with me to VIP Room No. 3 to take a rest. At that time, I will introduce to you the collection of our auction house in detail. By the way, do you have any requirements for the items you want to buy?"

"Do you have a better bow?"

Richard pondered for a moment and then said: "If there is a good knight's long sword or half-hand sword, I would like one too."

Hearing Richard's words, the girl looked happy and said hurriedly: "Sir, you are so lucky. Yesterday, someone just sold to our auction house a high-end witchcraft prop-level longbow.

Moreover, our auction house also has two intermediate-level witchcraft prop-level longbows. If your time allows, there will be a small auction in three days."

Richard immediately frowned, stopped and asked, "Can't the items in your auction house be sold in advance?"

"Well, it's not impossible, it just needs to be increased by 50% from the auction's base price before you can buy it directly. In this case, the price may be lower," the girl explained awkwardly.

In her opinion, this business may go bad again. After all, a 50% increase is really not something ordinary people can afford.

"The magic stone shouldn't be a big problem, as long as it's good enough." Richard breathed a sigh of relief, then waved his hand, interrupting the girl's answer.

Of course, it was impossible for Richard to spend three days here just to buy a longbow.

Moreover, there might be someone competing with him at the auction, so if he could buy it directly, it might not cost much more magic stones.

"Okay, sir, please rest for a while. This is honey tea, which has the effect of calming the mind and relieving fatigue. I will go get the long bow." The girl turned around happily and walked out of the room.

Richard didn't touch the honey tea.

After a while, the girl fetched three long bows.

The first thing that caught Richard's attention was a pure white long bow with a hint of cold air. It seemed to be made from the backbone of some kind of marine creature. Circles of polished joints could be clearly seen on the bow. .

"Sir, it is said that this longbow is a weapon from the naga, a rare sea-type intelligent creature. Since it was transported from the distant Vitral Continent Commercial Alliance, the price will be higher."

When the girl saw Richard's gaze, she first noticed the white long bow, so she quickly introduced it.

"[Naga Heart Piercer] Advanced witchcraft prop-level longbow, with zero-level witchcraft ice arrows solidified. Three special ice arrows condensed from ice can be used every day. It needs to be charged for 24 hours after use. Use again.

The basic price is 780 magic stones. If you want to buy it directly, you need to pay 1170 magic stones. "

Ice arrow? When Richard heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he said, "Three times a day, how powerful is the attack power of the ice arrow? Is it comparable to the ice arrow technique?"

The girl suddenly felt embarrassed: "Sir, how is this possible? If you can use the Ice Arrow technique three times a day, then this [Naga Heart Piercer] is at least a top-notch witchcraft item.

After actual measurement by our appraiser, the ice arrows condensed into ice arrows, and when used with longbow shooting, their power is about half of the zero-level witchcraft ice arrow technique. "

This immediately made Richard frown. This power was still too weak.