Volume 1: The Nobles Who Lost Their Territory Chapter 5 The Mastermind
Level three professional!
It's a bit troublesome!
But for Marvin, it was just a little bit. Now that the other party was the only one left, his pressure was relieved a lot.
A member of a gang who uses a machete. His agility and strength are not low. He is most likely a [Gangster Knifeman]. This special first-level profession is a variant of a warrior, but is more offensive and has average physique.
Marvin quickly glanced at the data panel. He had just killed four members of the Akron gang and gained 59 points of killing experience, while the experience required for a second-level ranger was 50 points!
He quickly distributed 50 points of killing experience to the ranger. A current of heat flowed through his body, and he immediately became a level 2 ranger!
As the level increases, his health points increase by 13 points, totaling 50 points. At the same time, the new professional skill points are 24 points, and there are no free attribute points. Free attribute points are precious resources that can only be obtained by upgrading two professional levels.
Of the 24 professional skill points, he allocated four to stealth and kept the remaining 20 for the time being.
The gangster knifeman came with great force and chopped down with great power!
He wanted to chop Marvin in half!
Marvin remained unmoved and extremely calm. He dodged easily and went behind a big tree.
boom!
The knifeman swung his knife again! Marvin jumped back, and the knife chopped directly on the book, the bark shattered, and wood chips flew everywhere!
"Go to hell!"
The knifeman roared with a ferocious look on his face. He exerted force and pulled out the machete, but at this moment, Marvin suddenly rushed forward and crashed into his arms!
The knifeman was caught off guard and was knocked back by Marvin's charge. He staggered a few steps and almost dropped the machete in his hand!
It's now!
Even when moving at high speed, he can still make various combat-related judgments quickly. This is a combat instinct.
With a flash of cold light, the scimitar slashed across, slashing towards the swordsman's waist and abdomen!
The next second, a sharp pain came from Marvin's right hand. The knifeman grinned and grabbed Marvin's wrist with both hands.
"Did you fucking think you could hurt me?"
Marvin didn't say anything. He ignored the pain and the frequently flashing battle records:
[Normal attack failed, right wrist was grabbed, resistance identification in progress...]
[The power is suppressed and cannot be broken free! ]
Just when the knifeman was feeling smug, Marvin's left hand appeared near the knifeman's neck like the coldest poisonous snake.
In his left hand he held a dagger, a barely usable item among the spoils left by the thief.
"ah!"
A shrill scream pierced the night sky, and Marvin ruthlessly slit his throat!
The knifeman loosened his hands and fell to the ground in horror.
Blood gushed out, and soon the twitching gangster knifeman died.
Ma Wen rubbed his painful wrist and thought that the knifeman's strength was estimated to be more than 16 points. It was a pity that his combat experience was too little.
It is not unfair to die at the hands of the former master of the dark night.
After a quick search, he found that the gangster knifeman was quite wealthy, with a total of 29 silver coins and some miscellaneous items, but they were not of high value.
Unfortunately, Marvin did not find any information on the bodies of these Akron gang members as to why they wanted to kill him.
Why would a gangster go after a penniless aristocrat?
This is illogical.
You know, murdering a noble is a very serious crime. Once it is exposed, the Akron gang will definitely be destroyed. Even if Marvin is just a down-and-out noble who has lost his territory.
Killing him doesn't give you anything. The risk and reward are not proportional, which is very strange.
After hastily disposing of the bodies of the five men , Marvin really didn't have the heart to catch crabs anymore. He planned to return to the riverside city to find out who wanted to kill him.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed that there were some changes in the soul-bound task in the task bar.
In the task description column, add the following text:
[…The pursuit near Songzi River Beach made you realize that something was wrong. Someone wanted to kill you, and it was most likely related to the group of jackals that strangely appeared around your territory. The beach city is full of good and bad people, but no matter who is behind it, as long as he wants to achieve his goal, there will always be a day when the truth will come out.]
At the same time, this main mission also has a side mission [The Mastermind], which basically asks Marvin to find out the mastermind behind everything.
The rewards for the side quests were also generous, 100 points of general experience. Marvin was bound to find out the truth anyway, so these 100 points of general experience were almost given for free.
…
On his way back to the city, he carefully chose a secluded and safe route to avoid other possible members of the Akron gang.
As he walked, he flipped through the battle records. This is a good habit, which allows you to review the battle, calculate gains and losses, and summarize the problems afterwards.
In the long run, the combat level will definitely improve.
But what surprised him was that he found the following in the battle records:
[You repeatedly use a standard technical action in combat, which is more than 98% similar to the Phantom Assassin's professional skill, Throat Cutting. You can turn it into your own exclusive skill by spending 500 points of killing experience.]
[You repeatedly use a standard technical action in combat, which has a similarity of more than 95% with the Phantom Assassin's professional skill Shadow Cut Step. You can turn it into your own exclusive skill by spending 2,000 kill experience points.]
[Since you repeatedly use other professions' technical moves in battle, one of your personal specialties will move towards this aspect. Personal specialty formation progress: 9/100]
…
"Using the skills of other professions, can you actually transform them into your own personal skills?"
Marvin was slightly stunned; he had never heard of such a statement before.
But he immediately realized that it might not be that simple. The battle record clearly stated that one must repeatedly use a "standard" technical action, and at the same time the similarity exceeds a certain level, in order to convert it into one's own personal exclusive skill by spending killing experience. Personal exclusive skills cannot be increased by skill points, and can only be .
Marvin also noticed that it seems that the more similar the standard technical moves that are used repeatedly are to the original skills, the less killing experience is needed. Cut throat and Shadow Cut are both the signature skills of the Phantom Assassin, but the killing experience they cost is very different.
"500 killing experience points..."
To be honest, Marvin was somewhat tempted, but also somewhat bitter. Killing experience was very difficult to obtain, and it was one of the highest levels of experience. If he spent his killing experience on this, it would undoubtedly delay his leveling speed.
However, this problem has not yet reached the point where it must be solved, because the unallocated killing experience he has on hand is only 39 points, which is still far from the 500 mark.
What concerned him more was the personal expertise. In his previous life, he had never heard of any expertise that could be formed by repeatedly using other professional skills.
You know, there are three types of personal expertise: innate, acquired through training, and awakened through acquired talent. Marvin's body is quite useless, and he has no innate personal expertise, so he can only increase it through acquired training. For example, the personal expertise that is being formed now is probably of this type.
As for the last type, personal expertise that is awakened through acquired talent, it is quite rare. Marvin never counted on this, although his race clearly stated "human/?", which meant that he had the blood of other races, but it was very diluted.
In any case, it is a good thing to be able to develop expertise. Expertise is something that can help adventurers in addition to attributes and skills.
It was already late at night, and Hetan City was under a semi-curfew. Although the city gates closed late, no one was allowed to walk on the streets after midnight . The city gates were closed, and if one wanted to enter the city, some extraordinary means had to be used.
In the past, when Marvin was the master of the night, it was easy for him to climb over the city wall and enter the city late at night with his expertise in climbing walls and some special magic devices. As for now, he can only look for some loopholes.
He knew that cities like River Beach City did not have very stubborn monster forces around them, and the city walls were usually in disrepair. After searching carefully along the wall, he found a suitable gap. He was thin and could barely squeeze through.
After entering the city, you must be careful of the patrol guards. These guys are not easy to mess with. They are already full of resentment for being sent out by the city lord to patrol in the middle of the night. If they are caught by them, the consequences will be disastrous. As for resistance, please, these guards are at least second-level professionals, and the leading sheriff on duty may be third-level. It is far beyond the ability of a rookie like Marvin who has just taken office to resist.
Avoiding the main roads and walking in the alleys late at night like a fish in water, he successfully avoided the patrolling guards and unknown dangers in the city. However, when he went around to the back door of the Fiery Horse Inn, he discovered a sneaky figure.
"Someone is following us?" Marvin's heart moved. This was not common. The owner of the Fiery Horse Inn was said to have a powerful background, and no one dared to act wildly in her territory.
He walked around to the front door calmly and found two secret guards. However, these secret guards were too unprofessional. Although they were professional thieves and knew some mediocre hiding skills, they were full of loopholes in Marvin's eyes.
He checked again and again, and finally determined that there were three thieves watching the Fiery Horse Inn, two at the front door and one at the back door.
What they have in common is that they all have a bloody dagger embroidered on their cuffs. Although the painting skills are not praiseworthy, at least they are unified.
Marvin had seen this sign, just an hour ago.
Akron gang.
"Damn it, you want to kill me, and you're also targeting Sister Anna?"
Marvin was furious. Holding the scimitar, he turned on stealth and slowly approached the thief who was lurking at the back door.
