After becoming the castellan of Elsen City, Roddy's quest bar automatically triggered a quest called "Arcane Control". The quest requirement was to find all the volumes of "Recharged Crystal Making Theory", and the reward was a sub-profession called "Crystal Embedder".
This book, Making Theory of Charged Crystals (Volume One), was the only one missing in the whole set of books in Elsen City. The moment Rody held it in his hand, the task of 'Arcana Control' was automatically 'completed'. Rody accepted the frame of adding a 'sub-profession', and then he roughly figured out what 'Crystal Embedding Master' was.
At first, he thought it was a profession similar to "Gem Embedder", but after reading the description of the profession, Roddy realized that it was not the same concept at all. "Gem embedding" was to embed gems of different attributes into equipment to achieve the purpose of enhancing the attributes of the equipment. As for "Crystal Embedding" … as the name suggested, it was no longer "Gem" but "Magic crystal".
In contrast, the effect was not "+ 5 Strength", "+ 2% Critical Hit Rate" or "+ 3% Movement Speed".
Opening the "sub-profession bar", under the description of "Beginner Crystal Embedder", there was a row of manufacturing instructions such as "Rough Crystal", "Fine Crystal", "Perfect Crystal" and so on. On the other side, there were four big words "Arcane Infusion", "Weak Arcane Impact", "Short Time Feather", "Light Recovery" and so on. The essence of "Crystal Embedding" was undoubtedly revealed. Its fundamental purpose was to embed "skills" into equipment!
Not only weapons, such crystals could also be embed on equipment such as Peephole, Gloves, Breastplate and so on, but the price was that certain attributes of the equipment would be reduced when the "hole" was made, and the skills often needed to be recharged after being cast.
The stronger the skills stored in the crystal, the bigger the hole needed, which led to a greater weakening of the attributes of the equipment. Roddy understood that this was a measure of "balance". But in the end, this sub-profession did not appear in the game, obviously because it was too IMBA and impossible to control.
The "strength" of this subclass was foreseeable. A suitable "skill" would definitely have a more immediate effect than "attributes" at a critical moment. For example, a "witcher" like myself, who relied on explosive damage from skills, would have more short cooldown skills. Obviously, he would have a stronger survivability and DPS in a battle!
"Roddy, why are you in a daze? We are about to reach the Temple. Is that the team in front of us? "
Sally's words woke him up from his thoughts. He looked up and nodded. "It should be Rubens' team. I'll go take a look."
After saying that, Roddy urged his horse to speed up. Before leaving, he did not forget to look back and say to Naifei: "I will help you find some clues."
"Thank you … Big brother Roddy."
Naifei replied timidly. Seeing Roddy walking away, Sally asked her with a smile, "Why do you always seem to be afraid of him? That guy is good except that he is a little silly. There is no need to be afraid of him."
"Big brother Roddy is very good, but the light on him —"
Naifei was a little hesitant. She whispered in a voice that Sally could not hear, "Black … looks a little scary."
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Time passed. When the sun was setting, the team finally arrived at the outside of the Temple.
To Sally's surprise … Rubens, who had been promoted to "Cardinal", appeared outside the city gate in a white formal robe. He personally welcomed her team of less than 600 people.
In fact, from the point of view of the "Rose Cross", even if they lost the battle from beginning to end, even if they had to swallow all the bitter consequences, they still had to appear in front of the public to give an "indomitable" image. So for Rubens, who had taken over the battle, the importance of "crisis public relations" was self-evident.
The "Rose Cross" was not afraid of failure, but it was afraid of being unable to recover after a setback.
Because of this, Sally, who killed Goethe, became the only "hero" that the "Holy Cathedral" created to save face after the end of the battle. The knights of the Holy Cathedral in silver armor were blowing their horns at the city gate, and the civilians were waving handkerchiefs and flowers … When the surviving soldiers walked on the road, they could hear the cheers of "the heretics will be purified", "the hero is welcome home", and so on.
This kind of treatment finally made them feel a little relieved. Rody, who had played a decisive role in the battle, was now wearing a gray robe and mixing with the ordinary members of the team without any sense of presence.
He knew very well that in such an occasion, only Sally could stand in that position.
Rubens used a large-scale "Holy Blessing" to make the sky above the city appear golden. After a simple speech, he personally led the team to the center of the city. While receiving the blessings and flowers from the people, he walked next to Sally and quietly arranged the schedule for the next step. "The team will be settled at the Church of Nefarim in the east of the city. I will let the Holy Cathedral guards bring them there. And you need to change into a priest's robe. An hour later … Come with me to see the Pope. "
Sally stopped in her tracks. Seeing the Pope, this was an honor that not everyone could have.
Rubens did not say anything else. He just looked around and saw Roddy in the crowd. He nodded and then said, "The scepter in your hand, is it the one that Goethe used?"
"Yes, it is."
"Hold it, hold it well."
The old man let out a sigh of relief. He did not carefully examine the scepter, but sighed in a low voice. "Holy Light, to be able to return safely, that is better than anything …"
These few days, the news of the "Viper Cross"'s crazy manhunt had spread like wildfire. Several times, there were news that the enemy had already caught up to the rear of Sally's team. Just when everyone thought that the team was about to be ambushed, the enemy inexplicably changed the direction of their pursuit, allowing them to escape several seemingly unsolvable disasters.
Rubens knew about this, but Sally obviously did not. Not only her, but the other team members also did not know that there were two thousand cultists madly chasing after them.
Since Sally did not ask, Rubens also did not say anything. When the group of people parted at the fork of the road, Sally did not forget to remind him. "Roddy, you must take good care of Camilla, don't run around!"
Roddy's mouth twitched, and he nodded. After that, he followed Naifei closely. When Sally's figure gradually disappeared at the end of the street, Roddy, who was really alone with Naifei for the first time, remained silent.
Without Sally, Naifei's only support in this strange city was Roddy. The soldiers returned to the dormitory arranged by the church one by one. Because of Rubens's advance notice, Roddy and Naifei were now arranged to live in a separate house that was closest to the bustling street.
Naifei still seemed to be at ease, but because there was no one to talk to, the lively and energetic her had also become somewhat taciturn. It was not that Roddy did not know how to adjust the atmosphere, but when facing Naifei, he was inexplicably timid, so he did not know what to say even when he opened his mouth.
So he simply chose not to talk nonsense. On the road, he strolled around the shops that were not closed yet, and when he came to this independent courtyard, he pulled the carriage filled with books and stopped it in the courtyard.
Although the room arranged by the church was spacious and clean, it was not as luxurious as the life of the nobles. There were no servants to take care of their daily necessities, only a very old garden watcher. After greeting the garden watcher, Roddy checked several bedrooms and then came to Naifei. "Go upstairs, the bed in the bedroom on the left is not close to the window. You sleep there tonight, I will sleep downstairs. If you need anything, just call me at any time."
Then he looked at the setting sun outside and continued: "I will go prepare some dinner."
"… Ok."
Naifei stood there in a daze. She felt strange in her heart. How did Roddy know that she was afraid of the bedroom with the window next to the bed?
But she really could not ask such a question. Naifei felt that Roddy was the complete opposite of Sally who liked to chat. From the beginning to the end, he just did things silently. Occasionally, he would not ask for advice, but directly arranged things … Although his arrangements were very reasonable, it still made Naifei feel a little uncomfortable …
She stood there helplessly, thinking whether she should go to the dining room or not. Then she heard Roddy's voice coming from outside: "Go inside and rest for a while. I bought some snacks for you on the table. I will call you when it is time to eat. Sally will come back later, don't worry."
"Okay, okay."
Hearing this sentence, the little Lolita finally felt relieved. She replied timidly and then walked into the hall with small steps. It was late and the lighted candles brought a warm candlelight to the room. Naifei curiously looked at the decorative crosses and swords on the wall. Her fingers touched here and there. Finally, she walked to the armchair which was a little heavy for her. After spending a lot of effort to climb up, she found a buckled dinner plate and a silver pot on the table.
Obviously, this was prepared by Roddy for her. Naifei did not hesitate. She knelt on the chair and opened the silver lid. But the next moment, she was completely stunned …
The "snacks" in front of her were cream pudding, puffs and hazelnut biscuits. They were not luxurious, but without exception, they were Naifei's favorite food.
Because the life in Mogra village was not rich, she often only ate such snacks a few times a year. At this time, as if her long-cherished wish of many years had come true, she suddenly could not help but reach out to take a few pieces and stuffed them into her mouth. When she felt a little choked, she picked up the teapot and found that it was the same grape juice that was poured into the teacup!
Naifei was surprised and stopped moving. She stared blankly at everything in front of her. She was sure that only her mother, Camilla, knew what she liked to eat. However, Rody had simply strolled around the street and was able to accurately pick out her favorite snacks and drinks from hundreds of snacks.
Was this just a coincidence?
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