At this time, the Dragon Crystal in Roddy's hand was glowing. The originally dark purple crystal was now translucent, which meant that the energy within was almost exhausted. It was not easy for Roddy to drain the energy of a complete Dragon Crystal. According to the "mission standard," Roddy had already completed the Advancement Mission.
For the Level-30 Advancement Mission, five Level-30 Perfect Magic Crystals were actually enough. A Level-65 Dragon Crystal basically exceeded the required energy of 200 Magic Crystals. When Roddy was absorbing the energy, he could feel the changes in his heart. A ring-shaped energy body was constantly hovering over his heart, and a warm feeling flowed through his body. Every time he absorbed the energy, he felt comfortable as if he was soaking in warm water.
After reaching the required amount of energy, Rody found that continuing to absorb the energy did not have much of an effect on the ring. He also did not feel the energy escaping or exploding. So, he simply continued to absorb the energy. He wanted to see what would happen if he completely absorbed the dragon crystal.
But now, as the last ray of light disappeared, Roddy's body trembled. He suddenly felt that the ring in his heart had undergone a qualitative change. At the stage where the mission was completed, he still needed to concentrate to feel the existence of this "ring". But now, he felt that the "ring" had solidified, as if there really was such a warm ring in his heart.
Its existence made the blood and energy in his whole body flow endlessly. Roddy clenched his fist, feeling the bursting vitality. He felt that the time zone was indeed much larger than when he was a Level-30 Ranger.
This ring, is the Heart of the Witcher mentioned in the mission?
He opened the mission bar and found that it showed that the mission completion rating was the highest. This result was not surprising to Roddy. He glanced at the title of "Witcher Level 30" and quickly flipped through the other glowing boxes to check the rewards of leveling up.
Crossing this threshold allowed Roddy's attributes to increase further. However, for Roddy, the most important thing was not the change in his stats, but the "Custom Skills" that could only be obtained after reaching Level 30!
[You have obtained 3 'Custom Skills' Slots.]
"You have the skill 'Heart of the Witch'."
"You have received an additional reward: 'The Last Witcher' title has leveled up."
"You have obtained an additional reward: Battle Stance 'Dragon's Shadow'"
Roddy clicked on the skill bar, and as he remembered, there was a "Custom Skill" page, and the blinking "Heart of the Witch" was a passive skill —
[Heart of Demon Hunter]
Effect: Increases all existing Advanced Talents by 1 point.
Effect: Increases your resistance to shadow spells by 245.
Effect: Recovers 0.25% HP per minute in non-combat state (0.1% in combat state)
Effect: All of your attacks have a 10% chance to trigger the "Shadow Burn" effect, dealing continuous damage to the target.
This passive skill was obviously too powerful. The HP recovery was calculated as a percentage, which was enough to give Roddy the ability to be close to "Immortal". Even if he was hit until his HP bar was empty, he could still recover after a nap. Roddy had never heard of this skill before, so he stared at it for a long time to confirm that he was not mistaken.
Obviously, this had something to do with the Shadow Dragon Crystal. The powerful and pure infusion of energy directly gave Roddy this reward skill that was far beyond the normal level of Level 30, which surprised Roddy, but also made sense.
After all, this was the Dragon Crystal of Dragons, not some subspecies or some random cat or dog. The special bloodline and power were enough to make this skill far surpass all the rewards that Roddy remembered for class advancement. He also found that the upgrade of "The Last Witcher" title was also related to Dragons — it added "Dragons' Deterrence" to the original, which had a deterrent effect on most magical beasts.
At the same time, the newly added battle stance was the same:
[Dragon's Shadow]
Effect: Increases the effect of "Dragon Slayer's Mark" by 15%
Effect: Receives the skill "Dragon Power Roar"
[Dragon Power Roar]
Consumes 100 MP
Cooldown: 6 hours
Effect: Releases a Dragon Power, and the surrounding enemies will be deterred for 3 seconds.
The Dragon Slayer's Mark itself increased Roddy's attributes by 30%. If this skill was activated, it would be equivalent to adding another crowd-control skill.
These two rewards could be said to be generous, but Roddy currently valued the three custom skills the most. So after he packed up the crystals, he looked out through the gap in the tent, then put on the conspicuous equipment such as the ring, necklace, and belt that he had previously collected in his bag. He picked up the short bow and began to edit the skills that he was once familiar with …
He was not worried that Zach and the others would suddenly come back, because according to his guess, Zach and the others' behavior of jumping into the pit would certainly lead to consequences that they could not bear …
*****
Outside the Sanctum City.
As it was far from the border, the 'Sanctum' had not faced a large-scale enemy attack for a long time. The influence of the 'Rose Cross' caused the surrounding devout believers to be much more stable in terms of security compared to other areas. Even the nobles rarely had battles or duels like other territories, but spent all their attention on worshiping the 'Rose Cross'.
Without external and internal troubles, the outer city of the Sanctum was not heavily guarded. Usually, the Sanctum did not impose a strict curfew. For the city defense team, patrolling on the city wall, changing shifts, and patrolling the streets of the outer city … The total number of city defense soldiers was no more than four to five hundred. Every day, they patrolled numbly in this kind of mechanical way. There was no technical content, and there was no opportunity to fight.
On the other hand, the Templars, who were used to defend against foreign enemies, were even more idle. The Templars were replaced every five years, and it had been more than twenty years since they fought in a war. Although they were equipped with the most magnificent armor and weapons because they were in the Holy Temple, the purpose of these equipment was more for show. Because the only time these Templars could be fully armed was when they acted as the 'guards of honor' during the festival.
Speaking of which, the life of the soldiers in the outer city was actually similar to that of the scouts in Norland Village that Roddy was in. In comparison, although their conditions were better, it was even more detached from the duties of a 'soldier', and became a symbol. The average level of the Templars in the outer city was 10, and the criteria to enter was not one's martial arts, but who could recite the scriptures more clearly, and who was more devout. Only a few of the guard captains were passable, but they could not be compared to the inner city.
At this time, the city gate was wide open, and pedestrians and merchants came and went under the watchful eyes of the city defense team. The bored soldiers were chatting in the shadow of the door, and as they were chatting, they saw a captain of the Templars in leather armor pass by in front of them, and the two quickly stood up and saluted:
"Sir Wright!"
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