The Hidden Knight of Mystra Chapter 73 Frost Heart
Accompanied by a deafening sound.
The mining vehicle slowly stopped at an empty platform.
The driver yawned and kicked open the car door.
He was just about to ask the newcomer to unload the goods.
Who would have thought that when I looked over there was no one in the second carriage.
The driver rubbed his eyes.
After a while, he rolled up his sleeves, cursing.
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The town of death.
Between the rising and falling hills, there stand terrifying tentacles.
Even those unscrupulous bandits would silently choose to walk away when they encounter these tentacles.
Between the scattered barracks.
There are some guard posts on duty .
A ferocious-looking bandit yawned and left his post.
While the patrol officer is away.
He sneaked into the woods to the left of the barracks.
He quickly pulled out a crudely made cigarette from his waistband, put it between his lips with great satisfaction, and then skillfully lit the cigarette butt with a flint.
call.
Blow out a smoke ring.
The whole body feels much more comfortable.
There was a rustling sound coming from the woods behind me.
He looked back and saw a member wearing the uniform of the "Dragon Group".
"Good brother, excuse me for cigarettes."
The man's face was all smiles.
"roll……"
The impatient scolding hadn't even come out yet.
A pain like ascending to heaven came from his crotch!
A piece of sackcloth was skillfully put over his mouth.
His eyes were instantly filled with bloodshot.
The branches outside the bushes trembled quickly for a while and then fell silent.
After a while.
A bandit wearing a Raven Crew uniform swaggered out of the bushes and headed toward the barracks.
When passing the sentry post.
A guard glanced at him and then looked no further.
Roger breathed a sigh of relief.
Speed up the pace of progress.
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After entering the Death Town.
Roger found an opportunity to leave the mining truck.
From the perspective of time.
More than a day had passed since he single-handedly took down the Capone estate.
Without knowing for sure the efficiency of the Red Sleeves Brotherhood's intelligence transmission, it might be risky to continue.
And according to his observation.
The defense force of Sizhao Township is typical of being tight on the outside and loose on the inside.
There are barracks everywhere among the hills.
There were about three or four hundred bandits coming and going, so it was not difficult to fish in troubled waters.
His current target is the second leader of the Red Sleeves Brotherhood.
The leader of the "Raven Group".
A spellcaster named "Capella".
After interrogating several lone bandits, Roger confirmed two very important pieces of information.
Article 1.
The Death Village headquarters is currently unaware of what happened at Capone Manor.
This means that Roger's letter of recommendation and the identity of the female assassin "Vicky" can still be used.
Article 2.
The Red Sleeves Brotherhood is at war with the Duergar.
It is said that the fight lasted for several months.
The battle line stretched from the underground city in the east of the Great Wetlands to the surface in the northwest of Hall Countryside.
A week ago.
The gray dwarves' attack suddenly became fierce.
The brotherhood boss had to go to the front line to supervise the battle.
Therefore, the person in charge of Death Village is currently the second leader Capella.
in other words.
As long as Capella is killed, Death Township will be in a situation of being leaderless!
That was the scene Roger was most happy to see.
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evening.
Raven Group barracks area.
In the northernmost barracks.
A serious middle-aged man was copying a scroll quickly under the light of candlelight.
Under the quill pen, there is a shocking blood color.
Although the smell of blood had been diluted a lot by several spices deliberately sprayed in the barracks.
But the buckets of human blood displayed next to the desk still silently revealed this person's evil deeds.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
Capella raised her eyebrows in displeasure.
"What's up?"
His expression was grim, as if he would punish the other party severely if he couldn't explain himself.
"Sir, a brother said he has a treasure to give to you!"
A servant's powerful voice came from outside the door.
This shows that in his opinion, Capela would definitely like this treasure.
"Let him in."
Capela showed some interest.
After a while.
A greasy-looking robber walked in carrying a black object.
"Look, sir!"
"I found what you offered a reward for earlier!"
The man looked excited.
"Gargoyle statue?"
Capella’s eyelids twitched, and she suddenly shouted coldly:
"Stand still!"
The robber looked confused, but he was tactful enough to stand still and slowly raise the gargoyle statue above his head.
Capella calmly opened the drawer and took out an identification scroll.
With a snap.
The scroll was torn apart.
A pale yellow arcane rune flashed by.
Capela immediately breathed a sigh of relief and showed a look of joy:
"Bring it here so I can see it!"
The man handed over the statue without saying a word.
Capela took the statue with a smile on his face.
Next second.
The gargoyle's wings moved slightly.
Capella’s heart suddenly sank.
It is difficult to say in which order the two events of "feeling pain" and "losing consciousness" occurred.
Because Roger's "knee strike" and the gargoyle's "anginal strike" landed on him almost at the same time!
The poor wizard slowly collapsed.
The smell of blood in the barracks became slightly stronger.
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"You killed Capella (Human Mage/Elite)"
"You gained 36 XP"
"You have gained 44 chivalry points."
"You obtained Agility Fragments*9 (Quest Item)"
"Getting the reward for the killing order..."
"You have acquired a feat from Capella - Fast Casting. After checking, this feat is found to be invalid. Do you want to convert it into a valid feat?"
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Roger chose "yes" without hesitation.
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"You have acquired a new feat: Elemental Deactivation"
"Detected the existence of a close expertise (Spell Devouring Blade), do you want to merge?"
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"Well, similar specialties can be combined?"
Roger thought about it for a moment and still chose to confirm.
After the merger, the properties of the Spell-Devouring Blade changed quietly.
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"Spell Devourer (3rd level feat): You can designate a weapon to gain the properties of Spell Devourer in close combat.
Spell Devourer (New): Each attack has a 3% chance to permanently steal the enemy's mana and store it. When the mana is full, you can launch a "magic explosion" (magic explosion has a high damage to the weapon itself)
Each attack will cause the elements in the target area to become degraded. The longer the time, the more serious the degraded phenomenon. The upper limit of the degraded elements in the same area is 33%."
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The improvement is quite obvious.
Increasing the mana extraction effect to 3% is already a significant improvement.
The effect of "element passivation" made Roger's eyes light up.
This thing can significantly reduce the mage's casting speed.
Cutting 33% of the elements means that in order to gather the elements to the original level, the caster needs to increase the casting power by 50%.
It's a pity.
The Spell-Devouring Blade doesn't quite match Roger's current fighting style.
He doesn't seem to be very suitable for a protracted war.
Based on the fighting style that Roger currently masters.
Only the martial artist system can barely match the effect of the Spell-Devouring Blade.
"If you can handle the negative effects of "Violent Fists", this weapon is a great vehicle for the Spellblade."
Roger thought with some regret.
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The easy kill of Capela was certainly the result of deliberate action.
But the existence of gargoyles also played an important role.
In fact, just now when Capella took out the identification scroll.
Roger was almost ready to upgrade.
Who knew that the gargoyle could actually withstand the effects of the identification technique.
It is estimated that the result that Capella saw was something like "Gargoyle Statue (Forbidden Item) (Unsealed)".
This made Roger look at the gargoyle differently.
After repeated examination using the Qi-Watching Technique.
Only then did he see the hidden attributes of this guy.
That's the gargoyle's third quality!
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「Trait 3: Good at learning」
"Good at learning: Elite gargoyles have a strong learning ability, especially good at imitating; they can also gain experience in battle and develop new skills."
"Skills mastered: Camouflage, Beast Mimicry"
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"The disguise points are quite high. It actually passed the appraisal."
"But...what the hell is being good at imitating?"
Roger's expression was a little complicated.
Seeing these data, there is always a sense of pointing the finger of blame at him.
But see the last line.
Roger couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Tao Gang was classified as a "beast-like tactician" by the system.
This shows that the other party has another master.
It's not Roger's fault.
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After killing Capella, most of the advanced tasks were completed.
As was customary, Roger conducted a careful search of the barracks.
Anyway, no one dared to come in for a while.
The most common thing Roger found on Capella was a bloody scroll.
It is rare that the Qi- watching technique cannot be used to identify the cause.
I guess it’s not a serious thing.
Roger chose to accept it all.
The second thing is money.
Roger found currency worth about 1 gold disc in the barracks.
Immediately following.
He found an identical gargoyle statue on Capella's bookcase.
The Qi-Watching Technique shows that it has not been unblocked.
It seems that Capela is still quite cautious.
"Hmm? What is this?"
Roger curiously picked up a blue stone that was placed next to the statue.
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"Frost Heart (Construct Core)"
"Description: Can improve the quality of constructs/magical beasts"
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Roger glanced.
The gargoyle lay aside knowingly, with longing in his eyes.
Roger threw the gem over silently.
The latter instinctively swallowed the "Frost Heart" into his stomach.
A few seconds later.
It flapped its wings and flew over.
He opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, and actually spat out the gem!
Roger smiled.
He touched the bald head of the gargoyle with satisfaction.
"Eat it."
He urged, "We are in a hurry."
The gargoyle then swallowed the Frost Heart with confidence.
A cold breath emanated from it.
Everything returned to normal after a while.
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"The quality of your Servant: Elite Gargoyle has been improved."
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「Frost Gargoyle Lv35 Magical Beast/Elite」
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