The Hidden Knight of Mystra Chapter 001: 164250 Magic Exploding Frogs
In a wet cave.
The shallow sunlight refracted through the cracks in the rocks and fell on a moss-covered stone.
Buzz buzz buzz!
A daring blood-sucking mosquito was swaggering through the city, flapping its wings.
It had no idea what a ruthless hunter it was facing.
whoosh!
The forked tongue popped out quickly and in the blink of an eye, it rolled the delicious mosquito into its stomach.
It was a young lightning-attribute explosive frog.
Unfortunately, it also didn't know what kind of cunning and patient hunter it was facing -
call!
There was a sudden sound of wind.
A specially made frog net appeared in an instant and pinned it in place, making any struggle in vain.
The long-dormant hunter skillfully took out a slightly rusty dagger and ruthlessly ended the life of the Demonic Exploding Frog.
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"You have killed 1 Exploding Frog, bringing your total number of Exploding Frogs killed to 164,250. Your milestone: Yuntaishan Frog Hunter has set a new record."
"You gained 1 XP"
"Your spell resistance is slightly increased."
"Your spell resistance increases to 100% (cannot be increased further)"
"You have completed the first mark of sin and obtained the expertise: Ten Years of Swordsmanship"
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"Ten years."
"Finally got a little stronger."
In the cave, Roger sighed softly.
However, he did not stay in this mood for too long. After skillfully cleaning up the body of the Demonic Exploding Frog, he followed the path he remembered and quickly and carefully exited the cave area.
In this dark and humid place, he is not at the top of the food chain; as a hunter of the explosive frogs, he may just be a slightly stronger prey in the eyes of other monsters.
Ten minutes later. At the foot of Yuntai Mountain.
Walking on the gravel road covered with green grass.
Roger couldn't help squinting at the midday sun - it was just as bright as he remembered.
"How long has it been since you saw such scorching sunshine?"
He felt inexplicably touched.
It’s been ten years!
In the ten years since he traveled through time, he has been accompanied by the Exploding Frog every day:
I get up at dawn and go up to the mountain to catch frogs.
I return home at dusk under the moonlight and go to sleep.
Long-term cave activities have given him "low-light vision".
But correspondingly, when he basked in the sun for the first time in a long time, the system prompted him that he was punished by "strong light".
This represents mild vertigo and temporary loss of vision.
Fortunately, he had finished all his work for the day and was on his way home.
In Roger's opinion, this path down the mountain should not be dangerous.
"Don't be careless at any time."
"This world is too dangerous..."
Thinking of this, Roger quietly opened up Xiayin's professional specialty "Qi Gazing Technique".
"Qi-gazing (1st level feat): can avoid danger and seek good fortune, can identify enemies and friends"
"When activated, it consumes 2 points of physical strength and 2 points of energy per minute."
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If God could have told Roger in advance that downloading that strange career module would cause him to travel through time, then he would definitely not have done it.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
Roger is a serious internet addict who started playing games at a young age and has been playing for more than 20 years.
Before traveling through time, he was playing an unpopular DND-like game.
As a classic example of a person who is addicted to being a wimp, Roger was naturally stuck at the first level.
For a whole week, he was fighting to the death with the final boss, a cunning mage lord.
The end result was ninety-nine defeats.
To do this he had to resort to tricks.
As a result, when he was looking for a modifier on the Internet, he found a career module made and uploaded by netizens.
That is a profession called "Xia Yin".
Roger fell in love with it at first sight.
"Xiayin" is a cool profession designed based on the ancient Chinese knights and Western fantasy rangers.
The most important thing is that this profession has super high magic resistance.
The creator claimed on the message board that he hated mages.
The Xiayin profession is designed to be a magician.
It just so happened that Roger had just been abused by the Mage Lord for a week, and he was overjoyed to see this profession.
He couldn't wait to click download.
Then I traveled through time.
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"Basic information: Roger, 24 years old, human male, professional Hidden Knight Lv5"
"Attributes: Strength 9 Constitution 9 Agility 11 Perception 12 Intelligence 11 Charisma 9"
"Specialties: Steady/Qi-reading/Living in seclusion in the city/Light as a swallow/Ten years to perfect a sword (new)"
"Skills (Life): Gathering 49 Herbs 49 Climbing 49 Skinning 25 Wilderness Survival 20..."
"Skills (Combat): Concealment 49 Surprise Attack 49 Hidden Weapon Specialization 49 Agility 49 Taming Animals 49..."
"Special: Sin Mark/Kill Order"
"Resistance: Spell resistance 100%..."
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An hour later.
Roger lay comfortably on the couch in his cabin, checking the attribute panel.
"I finally got the first sin mark."
"The spell resistance is maxed out; the attributes of the new expertise are also pretty good."
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"Ten Years of Sword (1st Level Feat): In each battle, your first three attacks will have four layers of 'charged' features."
"Charge: The power of the move increases by 100%/per level"
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A satisfied smile appeared on Roger's face.
This is a recognition of his ten years of hard work.
Ten years ago, he traveled to this planet called "Mystra".
I have nothing but the "Hidden Hero" career module.
After learning about the general situation of the world from the old people in the town, he warned himself:
Don't be reckless, be steady!
There are two main reasons:
First, it’s because Roger is very self-aware.
This world is somewhat similar to the game world.
And he realized very clearly that in the field of gaming, he was undoubtedly a loser!
It's impossible that a noob can become a master player just because he traveled through time and space and had an additional career template.
It’s better to let others do the scenes where you overturn the table and kill people as soon as you travel through time.
The vegetables have to be timid.
The right way is to develop slowly and accumulate trump cards.
So every time someone invites Roger to go on an adventure, his response is:
"Maybe next time."
"No."
"I'm not very strong..."
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Second, because this world is very dangerous!
According to the creation myth widely circulated in Tongma Town, the world is made up of nine planets.
The smallest one among them is "Mistra" where Roger is.
Mystra once had a very glorious civilization, but that is now a thing of the past.
Rumor has it that the creatures on land angered the gods.
The furious god bombarded Mystra with a nineteen-ring spell for three days and three nights.
High-rise buildings were razed to the ground.
Fertile fields turned into desert.
What's even more terrifying is.
Those who survived the catastrophe were horrified to find that the aftereffects of the nineteenth-ring spell explosion were still lingering over Mystra - a large amount of lingering wild magic turned into a curse.
Under the radiation of magic power, more and more people and animals were transformed into monsters.
Of course, there are also people who benefit from the intensification of magic power.
They are the newly emerged adventurers in the Mystra Wasteland era.
But compared to the horror that grows in the shadows, humans are so insignificant.
Of the adventurers who traveled with Roger ten years ago, only a few are still active in Tongma Town.
About one tenth of them went to the south where magic power was more abundant to seek opportunities.
Roger didn't want to recall the rest of the people.
May they rest in peace.
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Now it seems that Roger's choice was undoubtedly correct.
Through hard work day after day, he finally became a little stronger and truly had the ability to leave Tongma Town.
Of course, there was another reason why he stayed in the Novice Village for ten years.
This is related to the profession of "Xia Yin":
As a knight-errant, Roger does not possess particularly outstanding attributes.
His six attributes are only slightly higher than those of ordinary people in Mystra (9 points on average), and slightly inferior to those of adventurers.
Xiayin's skill set is mediocre, and his expertise is only slightly unique.
Only the special abilities are eye-catching.
"Xiayin" initially comes with two special abilities, namely "Mark of Sin" and "Kill Order".
It was the former that forced Roger to become the natural enemy of the Exploding Frog.
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"Sin Mark: You can choose to lock the sin mark on a monster, and obtain excess attribute bonuses by continuously killing monsters of that type."
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For example, the attribute bonus brought to him by the Magic Explosion Frog is the improvement of spell resistance.
In the process of killing monsters, sin marks will continue to accumulate on a progress bar.
When the progress bar is full.
"Hidden Hero" will receive a special feat as a reward.
Correspondingly, he would no longer be able to gain any attributes from this kind of monster.
Commonly known as "graduation".
After obtaining this special ability, Roger tried some common monsters around Tongma Town:
Kill the Yellow Wind Rabbit to improve your hearing.
Kill the bush monsters to increase the X ability.
Kill the little earth monster and increase your affinity with the earth element.
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To be honest, these are all useless attributes.
Until one time.
While picking herbs, he accidentally dropped the mark on a young and ignorant Demonic Exploding Frog.
The story of the frog hunters in Yuntai Mountain begins...
The initial spell resistance of the Xiayin profession is 40%.
Ten years of frog hunting career allowed Roger to raise his magic resistance to 100%——
If one day he accidentally becomes a wizard killer, the 164,250 magic explosive frogs must take full responsibility.
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Now, having completed his first sin mark, Roger felt relieved.
He knew that the accumulation of the past ten years was enough for him to leave Tongma Town.
He lay on the bed and used the "Qi-Watching Technique" to tell his own fortune.
The hexagram is displayed.
Tomorrow is a good day, suitable for traveling and killing enemies.
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The next morning.
The Lord's Mansion in Tongma Town.
Roger came alone and tore off the bounty that had been hanging for three years.
"Shira demon, here I come."
He was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by two tall and strong guards.
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