In the evening, a bonfire was lit at Sora Sentry.
To Hanks and the others, Roddy's return was like a piece of good news that fell from the sky. Hence, when they heard that Roddy and the others had returned to the sentry post, a "bonfire dinner" was a necessary celebration ceremony.
Cows and sheep were slaughtered, and there was enough ale. The soldiers, who were originally in dire straits, finally welcomed a feast where they could eat and drink to their hearts' content. Excitement pervaded the camp. The soldiers relaxed and chatted loudly, enjoying this rare moment of leisure.
For the soldiers who had followed Roddy and stayed in Elsen City, the High Elf city was ultimately different from the human city. Living there and eating High Elf food every day made them feel like they were living in a different world.
Everything in front of them was the life that they had truly adapted to.
Carter, who was the most lively person, led the soldiers in singing beside the bonfire. Ruger hugged his longsword and sat in a corner, staring blankly out of the sentry post. Sodelor and Hanks were discussing in a low voice what they had seen in the past few months. In this world, the most tempering thing was war. Although it had only been a year, these young and naive soldiers had now become "veterans." They no longer had the nervousness and restraint that they had when they had just received training. Instead, their eyes were calm and their steps were calm.
The restlessness in the past had gradually faded. After drifting on the edge of life and death for a long time, they now even had an imposing manner similar to that of Wellington and Titus. However, the more this was so, the more they realized the role that Rody, the 'commander', had played in the previous wars. He was able to survive the predicament that Elson was in. At this time, when they recalled it, they could not help but feel that they had killed their way out of hell.
As the leader who had led them out of the encirclement time and time again, Roddy was not immersed in the joy of "celebrating". Instead, he sat in his own bedroom in the sentry post, narrowing his eyes as he carefully sewed his leather armor.
The few high-intensity battles had made Roddy suffer a lot. Belorme's attack power was really not to be trifled with. The damage to his leather armor made Roddy's heart ache. Now, he finally had a suitable material to repair it. After temporarily fixing the cracks on the leather armor, he picked up the "Blood Drinker" that belonged to Sauron. His eyes stared at the sharp blade that was full of cracks. He frowned slightly and thought about the fate of the original owner of the axe …
In his memory, the "King of Ten Thousand Axes" had only completely unified all the Orc tribes in 591, and had the confidence to fight a large-scale battle against the humans. Before that, a company of 100 Wolf Riders could be called an "elite core force." After the Orcs were completely unified, there were thousands or even tens of thousands of Orc infantry groups everywhere. Roddy clearly remembered that in the first battle against the Orcs, the Eiferta nobles had gathered four to five hundred knights and three thousand squires and infantry. It was definitely a large number.
However, when they found out that there were more than six thousand Orc infantry and two thousand Wolf Riders charging at them, these nobles collapsed on the spot without even fighting. They did not even have the courage to charge.
The nobles of this country had long been used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong. So when faced with an unprecedentedly strong enemy, not many people dared to raise the sword in their hands!
Thinking of this, Roddy could not help but tighten his grip on the cold and heavy battle axe …
Before the banquet, Hanks had already reported the general situation in the territory to Roddy. Next, he would have to face this group of greedy nobles who had "laid their hands" on the aged Dukes Of Angmar.
It was time to give these guys a beating.
This was what Roddy thought. He then shifted his gaze and said, "[Quest Panel]."
After opening the panel, Roddy could see that there were no more notifications after the completion of the first stage of [Judgment of the Bone Throne]. There was also no need to look at the quests related to Elsen City. However, because of the purpose of this trip, there was now an automatically generated quest in the panel: [Arcane Control].
Quest Description: The Energized Crystal was the most powerful energy source during the High Elves' era. Controlling it means controlling everything.
Quest Requirement: Find all the volumes of [Energized Crystal Production Theory] and master the production method.
Quest Reward: Unlocking the sub-profession "Crystal Embedder".
This was a notification that surprised Roddy. He had been a PVE player for a long time and had some understanding of all the sub-professions. He was also the owner of several master-level sub-professions. However, after going through the "Earthbreaker" many times, Roddy had never heard of the strange sub-profession "Crystal Embedder".
As the name suggested, "Crystal Embedding" might be something similar to "Rune Embedding"? In that case, he would be able to obtain a rare "sub-profession" through the quest. That sounded pretty good …
The level of the sub-profession was closely related to the character's growth. The reason why Roddy decided to go in the direction of "Bow Crafting" was that there were far fewer excellent "Bow Craftsmen" than excellent "Blacksmiths". Roddy's "Master Bow Crafting" skill was enough for him to have the advantage of making equipment before he reached Level-60. For those who could only get their weapons by buying, this meant that their attack power was almost double.
Thinking of the "Witcher" sub-profession from the High Elves' era, Roddy thought that "Crystal Embedder" should be one of the IMBA sub-professions. Otherwise, there was no reason why he had never heard of it.
While he was thinking about his next plan, someone knocked on the bedroom door. Roddy answered, and the wooden door was gently opened. Natha walked into the room in a black leather armor. She said as soon as she entered the room, "Patrol complete. Safe."
Her movements were silent and quick, inadvertently bringing with it the fragrance of grass. After leaving Elsen City, Natha became the only woman beside Roddy. But for the past few days, her performance was no different from before. She was silent, hardworking, and completed the training tasks arranged by Roddy on time. Just like now, after a routine patrol, she came here to report the surrounding safety situation to Roddy alone. After getting a reply, she was ready to go back to rest.
But after all, today was the first day back to the sentry post. Roddy thought for a while and said, "You don't have to be so nervous today. It's not a bad thing to relax a little."
"Okay."
Natha's eyes were slightly lowered as she responded.
"I guess you won't relax much even if I say so. Anyway, I have something to talk to you about. Sit down first."
Roddy sighed. His eyes swept over Natha's head. Her basic level had reached the threshold of Level-10. This made Roddy think about the direction she should go in the future. The former "Ranger Mentor" had become his disciple, but how could he let her change her profession?
This was the problem he had been thinking about all the way.
Natha did not know that her rapid increase in strength had brought such troubles to Roddy. At this time, she sat in the chair in front of Roddy. Her cold eyes were much gentler. She held the longbow with both hands and was quiet like a perfectly proportioned statue.
As a Wood Elf, Natha had inherited the most conspicuous feature of the "High Elf bloodline". Her appearance and figure were incomparable to humans. According to most people's aesthetic standards, she was more beautiful than Akasha, Sally, and Camilla. Her figure was close to the golden ratio. She had a full chest, long legs, fair and flawless skin … Coupled with her always cold face, Natha's unique temperament was enough to make many nobles go crazy.
Regarding this, Natha had enough understanding. So, she was even more curious. Why did Roddy never show the slightest bit of desire for her?
Of course, she did not know that in another part of history, Roddy had been tortured to death by her. There had long been a shadow in his heart. Not to mention "desire", it would be an improvement if he did not want to hide when he saw her.
"In the past three months, your archery skills have improved a lot."
Roddy put the "Blooddrinker" battle axe aside and looked at the "disciple" in front of him who was always silent. He said with some emotion, "Actually, training is very slow in improving one's strength, especially when it comes to archery … I am very satisfied that you can improve so much."
Natha did not know what he wanted to say, but she was still a little happy to hear such praise. She looked up a little, but suddenly found that Roddy had been staring at her, as if waiting to meet her eyes …
"But you secretly increased the training load by three times. This is actually … a little too much."
Roddy did not want to say this, but he was afraid that Natha would continue like this, so he pointed it out. Such words made Natha raise her head in surprise, and then she slightly opened her mouth, "How did you know …"
Such words were equivalent to a disguised admission. Her ears were a little red, but she tried hard to suppress the shyness on her face.
But hidden in the bottom of her heart, there was still a trace of indescribable sweetness. She thought that Roddy could not see her struggle, but she did not expect him to know that she had done these things for him …
Speaking of which, it was quite a feeling of "putting in effort" and "reaping rewards".
But at this time, Roddy could not understand the complex and changing emotions in her eyes at all. He asked, "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well? "
"No."
She shook her head, and the longbow in her hands was slightly clenched, and then slowly loosened. That feeling was suppressed in the bottom of her heart. Natha looked away and repeated again, "I'm fine."
Roddy did not think too much about it, because he was thinking about how to bring up the concept of "changing professions" to Natha. But before he could speak, there was an abrupt knock on the bedroom door …
"Come in."
Roddy got up and looked, and found that it was Sodelor who entered the door with a solemn expression. He said bluntly, "What happened?"
"A carrier pigeon from Hollier City. The news was about two days ago."
He reached out and handed the long letter to Roddy, nodded to Natha, and then said, "The other party moved faster than expected. A village in Paar was looted. The team in the Forest of Silent Words also showed signs of being followed, but with Chief Brody's protection, nothing went wrong."
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