Chapter 123 Song of Victory

Chapter 123 "Song of Victory"

Most fourth-level professionals will face the bottleneck of breaking through to legend, which can take as short as one or two months, or as long as there is no limit. I don’t know how many people are trapped at this threshold for a lifetime, and finally die in depression.

Any profession has a peak period and a decline period. Taking three major categories of professions as examples, the peak periods are ranked from long to short as spellcasters, combatants and rogues. Especially spellcasters, their peak combat power is even higher than that of spellcasters. The latter two together will be four or five times longer.

Of course, the price is that the peak period of spell casters is indeed slower. Most spell casters who do not rely on face to make a living need a lot of time to learn the corresponding spell knowledge. They become formal spell casters almost from apprentices. It takes one Kun year, including two years of accumulation and half a year of practice.

Even becoming an official spell caster is not easy. They still need a lot of money and materials to hone their spell caster skills, and at this stage they begin to accumulate a huge amount of knowledge.

As long as they are an orthodox spell master, the knowledge in their mind is enough to build a small library. If they are a legendary spell caster, even the knowledge covered by a large library community is not as good as his own.

After all, for them, knowledge can actually be transformed into power and destructive power. Perhaps a seemingly simple one-link spell contains the basic principles of a discipline in nearly a million words. Therefore, it is better to say that the caster is a wizard, rather than a scientist. On the way to explore the truth, the scope of knowledge they master is absolutely beyond everyone's imagination.

Even if they are not legendary casters, their peak period is much longer than that of combatants and wanderers. Taking the average life span as an example, a fourth-level mage with rich experience and sufficient accumulation can even live to be more than 200 years old. If necessary, they can transform themselves into immortal lichs so that they can continue to delve into knowledge and explore the truth.

It is worth mentioning that almost every legendary spellcaster can easily live for more than a thousand years. Their exploration of the path of life is terrifyingly in-depth, and as they live longer and longer, their strength will only increase. Even more terrifying, no one would think of messing with a legendary spellcaster who is about to end his life. Who knows how many hidden tricks they have in their long life.

There was once such an example. A reckless deputy leader of a mercenary group offended a legendary spellcaster who was about to die of old age. Then, within five minutes, he and the mercenary group behind him, including a series of Family relationships, etc., all died suddenly, and without exception, all lost their souls, leaving only empty bodies.

After this battle, no force or individual dared to provoke the spellcaster, especially this old guy who was half buried in the earth. Thanks to the deputy leader of the mercenary group, everyone saw what the legendary wrath was.

Compared to the noble mages, combatants and rogues are a little bit tougher. They are both legends, and warriors can only live up to two hundred years, and this is only a theoretical lifespan. In fact, it is much shorter than this. As for the wandering legends, it's even worse. They often wander on the edge of death with an absurdly high mortality rate, and their average life span is only forty-five years old. These are legends, not sprouted potatoes that can be seen everywhere.

In addition, the decline period of the two is also very fast. However, unlike the duration of the peak period, if the fighter is not promoted to legend, his physical function will begin to decline around the age of thirty-five.

As the years go by, this decline will become more obvious. Until the age of sixty, a fourth-level warrior may no longer be much different from ordinary people.

However, this will be improved to a certain extent after being promoted to legend. A legendary warrior can maintain his peak period until he is about eighty years old before declining. Although it is still not long, it is still much better than not becoming a legend.

In this regard, rogues have an advantage. Most rogues are proficient in poison. As the saying goes, medicine and poison are indistinguishable, so they naturally have to study medical skills.

In addition, rogues do not overdraw their vitality as often as combatants to maintain abilities such as berserk or legendary rage. Therefore, although their own vitality is not as strong as combatants, it is basically not consumed if they cannot hold it back, so some smart and experienced people It is also very common for legendary rogues to be active in gray areas even over a hundred years old.

Of course, when compared with spellcasters, all professions are younger. Those who can maintain their health cannot compare with those who live longer. This is a professional gap. There is no way~ except that it is a little weaker in the early stage, but it is no weaker than any other profession in the mid-term. , in the later period, he defeated all those who were dissatisfied, and was affectionately called Master.

Strong strength, long lifespan, and even a long peak period have established the lofty status of spell casters. If given the opportunity, even Qiao Yang himself would not miss the opportunity to become a magician.

Looking at the remaining basic skill points and expertise points on the panel, without thinking too much, I first invested 68 points in Sword Skills, bringing the level of Sword Skills, which does not increase rapidly in proficiency, to 150, which is the third basic level. The three stages are also the threshold for him to upgrade the scimitar to the master level.

Most advanced specialties have high prerequisites. He now has proficiency in military weapons at the proficiency level, and then master level. However, he can only select individual weapon proficiencies among them to continue to advance. For example, he is now relatively Specialized in machete.

Of course, he can actually change to other weapons. Military Weapon Mastery includes the nine most commonly used battlefield weapons. In addition to scimitars, there are also long swords, war spears, repeating light crossbows, repeating heavy crossbows, meteor hammers, and hand weapons. Crossbow, dagger and magic-breaking cone, these are all weapons that Qiao Yang can use skillfully.

However, when fighting on the sea, the scimitar is more suitable for cutting people. Other weapons have some disadvantages, so naturally they are not included in his consideration.

Today, Qiao Yang receives insights and knowledge more than a little faster than before. Although he has incorporated a large amount of brand-new knowledge, with the blessing of his perfect state, it almost only takes him more than ten seconds to master it and turn it into his own understanding. , completely unlike when it took time to adjust to improve dodge.

After the upgrade, there were still 52 skill points left, so he allocated 22 points to increase dodge to 100, and invested the remaining 30 points in reconnaissance, raising it to 102. At this point, these 120 skill points have been consumed, and his foundation is solid again. A lot.

Next came the improvement of expertise. Qiao Yang, who had already considered it, raised his machete proficiency to master level without even thinking about it, then upgraded Praise of the Sea to Ode to the Sea, and finally learned it directly through expertise points. An unmastered feat called Combat Reflexes.

At this time, the professional specialty column was blurred for a moment, and the first master-level specialty was added, which was shown as Scimitar [Master]. He can cause more terrifying damage when using the scimitar to attack, and has an additional 3 attack points. Added value.

The reality is that each sword will cause about 30% more damage than usual. This bonus will be more effective in the later stages. If a legendary strongman has master-level scimitar proficiency, he can even do it with just one sword. Split a giant bull demon in half without any hindrance.

Then the captain's professional expertise advancement brought him a combat skill called Sea Prison, which is also a spell-like ability. The current professional level can be used twice a day and can limit one large creature or three medium-sized creatures. biology.

In the future, as his captain level increases, the binding force and duration will also increase. Currently, it can only last for 22 minutes. The basic ten minutes plus an additional one-minute delay for each level will add up to this long time.

And because it is an eleventh-level combat skill, the Prison of the Sea can be regarded as a sixth-level spell, which is enhanced by Qiao Yang's intelligence and perception attributes. Taking his current attributes as an example, it is close to the fourth-level Deep Hell. Even the Demon Bask can't break free. If used properly in wartime, it is definitely a very useful killing weapon.

Finally, there is the combat reflex that Qiao Yang needs to master even at the cost of a specialty point. This is a combat specialty that requires a long period of special training to master. If possible, this is a specialty that almost every fighter and rogue must learn. .

Combat reflex can provide professionals with an almost instinctive self-protection ability. For example, when being attacked and the body is unbalanced, those who master this special skill can make an effective counterattack, instead of watching the attack coming, suffering from minor injuries to severe injuries. Then he lost his life.

There are many basic specialties similar to combat reflexes, such as iron will, tenacity, vigilance, and rock toughness. They are all powerful specialties that can be mastered through long-term training. Apart from the effort and time required, these specialties have no disadvantages. .

Time passed slowly, the sun hanging in the sky gradually set towards the west, and the dazzling golden color turned into a dull red. The wind stopped and the waves subsided, and the overall temperature was a bit stuffy, making people feel drowsy.

"Mom, I don't want to play anymore, I want to go home!"

On the sea about three hundred nautical miles away from the Tomb of the Three-masted Ship, a very embarrassed captain lay helplessly on a driftwood, drifting with the current. That is, there were no aggressive marine creatures nearby, such as sharks or They are monsters that spawn randomly such as sea monsters. If there is one, this unlucky guy will be blamed here.

There were several pieces of seaweed hanging on his head, half of them stuck to his face, and a lot of white crystals were precipitated on his clothes. They were salt particles that dried after being soaked in sea water. He must have experienced a shipwreck before, otherwise he would not have died. ended up like this.

"I hope you are worth the price, otherwise I will really lose my qualifications~"

If you look closely at his condition, you will find something wrong. Although there is only a piece of driftwood left under him, no matter how the sea surface fluctuates, he remains as if he is stuck on it, motionless. This person is by no means easy to deal with. , at least his true state is definitely not as embarrassing as it looks on the surface.

At this time, he was holding a sea chart that seemed to be alive, with fiery red lines on it, flickering like breathing, with a steady rhythm and flickering on and off.

The man looked up at the dying sun and took a deep breath. A wave suddenly appeared under him, pushing the driftwood under him hundreds of meters away, and thereafter maintained a speed of five knots per hour.

Meanwhile, Tomb of the Barque, Center Camp.

Qiao Yang lay on Tina's lap like the old rich man, enjoying the girl's knee pillow. Sisonia beside him was also idle, and she never stopped holding fruits in her hands, allowing someone to enjoy the blessings of everyone. .

If this scene had happened to other captains, not to mention rebellion on the spot, there would have been voices of dissatisfaction. Unfortunately, the person who enjoyed it was called Qiao Yang, and no one would question his treatment, and even felt that it was not enough.

No, Sharon, who was sitting not far away, whispered in Oriath's ear. She didn't know what she said, which made the queen's pretty face blush slightly. From time to time, she showed a look of shock and confusion, as if she was asking whether this was true. May I?

"If we don't take action, it will be too late. There will definitely be more and more people in the fleet. Even though there are only two of us with the captain now, no one can guarantee that our captain will reject other little naughties~ Sister Oria, you have to pay attention to Lillian, she is thinking about this matter day and night."

"Does that include you?"

Oriath's question made Sharon choke for a moment. She hesitated for less than half a second, and then answered with a certain certainty:

"Of course not me. My bloodline is not worthy of the captain, and the aesthetics of the Naga tribe are different from humans."

"Is it really?"

"Oh, wasn't I giving you some advice? What did you think I was going to do?"

Qiao Yang's ears on the other side twitched, and then quickly returned to normal. What could he say? He couldn't just ask the girl to come to his room. It didn't look right. This kind of thing was based on mutual consent, although as long as When he asked, there was probably no girl in the fleet who would refuse.

Ten minutes later, Qiao Yang returned to normal. He sat proudly on a wide wooden seat that was half a height taller. He glanced at the crew members below him. Almost all of them except the chef were here.

Taking Qiao Yang's position as the base point, a total of three long tables were set up. The relatively large Demon Crew and the Demon Crew sat on the outermost edge. The rest were arranged according to the current strength and contribution of the fleet. The core team was all Naturally, all the crew members were located closest to the center, including the earliest crew members.

Today, the strength of Triller and others has all reached the third level, and they are naturally qualified to sit in the inner circle.

"Brothers and sisters here, we have won this battle completely. I don't want to say any more unnecessary nonsense. Today is a day to celebrate for you. Eat and drink freely. When I have the opportunity in the future, I will give you special gifts. You open a brothel on the ship so that you don’t have to deal with me behind my back every day!”

"Hahaha!"

"How dare we? Captain, aren't you treating us poorly?"

"Who has any objection? How can such a talented and beautiful woman get the turn of ugly people like you to oppose her?"

The laughter spread wildly. In this relaxed moment, everyone is equal, and we are all brothers who have died. Who cares if you are my fucking superior. You have to be called daddy when you should be called daddy, just like little Carl and Randy.

Today, Carl has experienced a bloody battle and his strength has improved by leaps and bounds. Randy, who was once a teacher and father, has been left far behind by him, but this does not affect the status between the two. Who is the father and who is the son? clear?

"Okay, let's stop talking. I'll toast you with this cup. I treat you as brothers. Don't hold it, just go away!"

After saying this, Qiao Yang picked up the wine glass in his hand, which was as big as a small basin, and drank it down in one gulp, attracting applause from the whole room.

"good!"

"As expected of the captain!"

"What are you waiting for? Cheers!"

"Brothers, don't lose face, let's go!"

All the crew also drank a cup with high spirits, and the sound of clinking glasses one after another reached their ears. Everyone remembered this day. They experienced a bloody battle, and they won the final victory. They gathered together without missing a beat. Celebration, this is destined to be a great day. Even if one day they die completely or grow old, the current scene will become the most important memory in their lives.

"Stay away, the food is served!"

Robert walked at the front, followed by the new chefs Mike and Smith. They knew that their current cooking skills were not as good as this old man, so they volunteered to be assistants.

Thanks to the combined efforts of the three chefs, tonight's meal was extraordinarily sumptuous, with fragrant potato and cod soup, mint salad, ghost fish sashimi, beet and shark fin soup, luxurious fish stew, and a variety of dishes that are dazzling. , can’t finish it, can’t finish it at all!

Qiao Yang sat down again, and Robert held a small bowl containing a secret soup specially made for him.

"Captain, I left this specially for you. After eating it, I guarantee that you will be full of energy tonight."

"If you're interested, come back and eat as soon as you're done. You, who is in charge of everyone's food, can't go hungry."

He didn't pretend to be noble and refused. This was Robert's wish and he had no reason to refuse.

"Haha, if no one is hungry, the cook and you will be hungry."

Robert laughed, turned and left.

Picking up two palm-sized sea bowls, Qiao Yang opened the top lid. The next moment, turbid white steam evaporated and turned into mist. When the steam dissipated, an almost golden color came out from the bottom of the bowl. When it comes out, the whole bowl of soup is reflected in a golden color, which looks very tempting.

However, what is puzzling is that the soup, which looks quite good, has no aroma at all, as if it is not a carefully cooked delicacy, but just a bowl of water.

In order to find out, Qiao Yang picked up a spoon, filled half a spoonful of golden soup, and then gently put it into his mouth.

The moment he entered the mouth, an unparalleled sense of pleasure rose from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't say how delicious it was. The flowing feeling of clear and sticky mixture surged back and forth on the tip of his tongue and throat. First, there was a surprising feeling. The freshness, followed by the blazing temperature, fully stimulated the sweet and salty aroma that followed. This ultimate enjoyment for the taste buds even made his soul clear for a moment, and then he was surrounded by a strong sense of happiness.

Then I took another big sip, this time with some gelatinous solids that went into my mouth along with the soup. The completely different sweetness and spiciness swirled around the back of my tongue, neutralizing the blandness of the soup itself, just like It was watching a volcanic eruption in a world of ice and snow. The feeling of ice and fire further stimulated the taste of the soup itself. There is no doubt that this is definitely one of the top enjoyments in the world.

After thinking about it for a moment, Qiao Yang served bowls to all the girls around him. As for the rough men, they didn't get this kind of treatment. There weren't many in the first place. Of course, ladies were given priority.

Tina, who was closest to Qiao Yang, couldn't wait to take a bite, and then showed an expression of great enjoyment. Like a greedy kitten, she devoured the remaining delicious food in a few mouthfuls.

Looking at the empty bowl that had reached the bottom, she subconsciously narrowed her eyes and focused on the good sisters around her. To be precise, the bowls in their hands.

"Sister Nia, give me a bite, just one bite."

"Don't think about it, you don't know how much you can eat."

Sisonia was the person on board who knew Tina the most except Qiao Yang. Naturally, she understood what she was thinking. She protected the bowl with both hands and decisively refused.

But this did not stop Greedy Cat, who had awakened the soul of a foodie, and changed her target to Miss Naga.

"Sharon, you (ellipsis)"

“It’s not often you get to taste the best chef’s skills.”

Sharon did not say a clear rejection, but the meaning in her words was quite clear.

"Okay, okay, you can't blame me at this time, bring it to you!"

"I'll dodge!"

"Don't stop, it's sprinkled, it's about to spill!"

The sounds of the girls playing together formed a charming scenery. Everyone else looked at them with their eyes and noses, and they didn't dare to look at it.

No one is a fool. Everyone in the fleet knows that these charming and powerful women are the captain's favorites. They naturally know what to see and what not to see. If you move your eyeballs randomly, you will be gouged out.

This was just an incident during the banquet, and the new crew members didn't act too unfamiliar. They listened to the old crew members telling Qiao Yang's legendary stories, and quickly became mingled with everyone.

The newly arrived navigator Jin and historian Luden joined Yasir's small circle. They are both traditional scholars. When they get together, they seem to have endless topics to talk about. They behave elegantly and properly, and the topic is always about Qiao Yang. .

The strange combination of Basque, Thane and Baden was also very conspicuous at the banquet. These two legendary crew members recruited by Qiao Yang in a special way actually blended into the group of demons and demons, and used very fluent Infernal language and Abyssal language are chatting and laughing, which is strange no matter how you look at it.

But considering their past experiences and identities, it seems not surprising. Theoretically, Thane can be regarded as an ice demon, and Baden is a legendary Balor fire demon. Compared with the human crew, they are more familiar with these familiar people. Demons are even more topical.

What’s interesting is that the two supposedly opposing entities under Qiao Yang’s command, the Demon and the Devil, did not show any hostility or opposition. Even because of their similar origins, these strange-looking guys actually got along well with each other. Although He didn't know the specific reason, but it was always a good thing. He didn't have the patience to adjust the racial conflicts among his crew members.

Nasreen played his music in the center of the banquet as always, but the difference from before was that this time there was an additional artist sailor, singing and dancing, showing the joy after victory.

Today's scene is that of the triumphant return and a feast in all directions!

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Class Feat: Ode to the Sea

You are the favored child of the sea. He noticed your existence at some point. He hopes to see you go further and become his agent to punish those who have lost their respect for the ocean.

(Captain’s sailing skill +100, water element affinity +3, you can sacrifice valuable items to him for help, and have a high probability of getting positive feedback. You will get a random task every three sacrifices, and the task limit and rewards will be determined by the captain’s strength. )

(Prerequisite for professional expertise [Apostle of the Sea])

This chapter slows down the pace a bit. A few days ago, a book friend said that the plot is too dense, so I will adjust it.