Although they had the support of the system and the growth potential of the players far exceeded that of normal people, Terry and Jom's levels were limited, and they were still far from reaching the 'supernatural' level where they could be unfettered by worldly powers.
Although the two of them were very happy that the villagers had changed their minds and came back to support them, their help was very limited. In a battle in the era of cold weapons, when there was no specific equipment, the cavalry had an overwhelming advantage over the infantry.
After being startled by the appearance of the villagers, the mountain bandits charged forward again!
Most of the villagers only had hoes, sickles, and harrows as their weapons. Their armor was basically zero. Only a few hunters had weapons like bows and arrows, but they seemed to be homemade bows and arrows, which had limited power …
On the battlefield, they were no different from slave soldiers, used as cannon fodder to wear down the enemy's strength and spirit, their lives were as fragile as paper.
"Don't come any closer!" So Jom could only yell at the villagers, "Find cover in the back, shoot if you can, don't stick together if you can't, you'll get separated!"
It couldn't be helped, this was the real world, even with the system's hit correction, the players still had to rely on themselves when they used their skills.
As warriors and clerics, Terry and Jom didn't have any real area of effect skills, but skills like Divine Earthsplitting Blade could actually affect others around the target, sometimes even the players themselves would get headshot by their allies, not to mention the yellow-named villagers who weren't under the system's protection …
Even though the villagers didn't understand Jom's intention, they subconsciously obeyed Jom's order under the pressure of the enemy's stampede. They started to look for cover, only a few hunters were still trying to shoot at the enemy with their bows.
The number of chocobos far exceeded the afternoon's charge, kicking up a thick white cloud of dust in the snow, the Dindar effect under the moonlight made them look even more imposing.
At that moment, Jom's eyes narrowed, his scalp tingling as he sensed the magical fluctuations coming from the other side.
"Careful, there's a mage!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Bursting Fireball suddenly flew out from the cavalry and hit Terry, who could not dodge in time. Accompanied by a violent explosion, Terry was blown away in the swirling snowflakes. He fell heavily to the ground and rolled for several meters before coming to a stop.
Lying in the snow, he struggled to raise his head and puffed out a ball of smoke. "You should have told me earlier …"
Normal cavalry was already hard enough to deal with, but they didn't expect there to be mages among them, and mages who could cast spells quickly at that … Just who were these mountain bandits? Jem couldn't help but wonder.
While he was puzzled, he glanced at Terry and realized that although the explosion just now looked very violent, its power was only so-so. Terry still had more than half of his HP left …
Even so, Shi Feng still tossed a Health Potion to Terry.
Upon seeing this, Terry immediately jumped up. With the help of the potion, he held the bottle and gulped down the potion in big gulps. Only then did he let out a satisfied burp.
This gave Jem the impression that the guy was cheating him out of his potion.
But now that things had come to this, he couldn't care less. "I just leveled up to level 15 … I was going to wait and see if there would be a new class advancement, but it looks like that's all I can do."
He took out a small pouch and chose to accept the class advancement quest on his system page.
There was only one class that clerics could change to at the moment, and that was the Aquatic Saint!
[Ding! You have triggered the class advancement quest – Aquatic Saint]
[Quest Description: After a period of training, you are ready to receive the power of the sea's grace. But before that, you need to have the ability to listen to the sound of the sea, and be prepared to form a contract with the powerful, beautiful, or mysterious beings of the sea to fight alongside them.]
[Quest Requirements: 1 Listening Seashells (1/1), 10 units of Marine Beast Shark Skin (10/10), 30 Immortal Sedge (30/30), 1 Straight Coral (1/1), 1 Shallow Sea Red Squid (1/1)]
[Completion Reward: Cloak of the Listening Sea (Class-Specific equipment, does not take up space), Sea Contracts, 1 Coral Pen.]
[Remark: Quest Items can be obtained by exploring the 'Grey Fjord Inland Sea']
"I've prepared it!"
Jom took out a pouch from his backpack, it was filled with the quest items that he had prepared beforehand. After all, there were other players who had already advanced into the Aquatic Saint class, so it was only natural that the items needed for the quest had been leaked. Some of them were quite troublesome. For example, a perfectly straight coral was hard to find, and the System wouldn't recognize it if a random one wasn't big enough … That being said, clerics with or without the intention to change class would tend to collect a set of class-change materials in case of emergencies.
And Jem felt that now was the time for that 'just in case'.
The mountain bandits released a few more fireballs towards Terry and Jem. Even if they could dodge them, they would lose their balance and fall to the ground from the pressure of the explosions, and then they would be trampled by the chocobos.
Chocobos may look cute, but these guys easily weighed more than two hundred kilograms, and with the addition of the fully armored bandits, they probably weighed more than three hundred kilograms. Even if they didn't die from being trampled by these things, they would at least be half-dead!
But just as the fireballs were about to touch the two of them, a blue light enveloped Jem.
The next moment, the fireball hit its mark and exploded. Thick smoke and steam billowed in all directions, making it difficult to see what was in front of them.
During the winter season near the coast, there was no shortage of cold winds.
The mountain wind howled past, blowing away the smoke and steam to reveal what was there.
And there, was a giant … oyster?
"Just in time …" Jem spat out the bottle in his mouth, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
At this moment, his clothes had changed a little.
There was a blue and black scarf around his neck, and if one looked closely, one could see the texture of fish scales. Right in front of the scarf was a pin made of a conch shell. At this moment, the scarf was fluttering in the wind, giving the young man an elegant and otherworldly feeling.
His white robe hadn't changed much, but there was a small pouch at the back of his waist, inside it was a coral pen and the 'Sea Contract'.
"Sprite?" Terry froze when he saw the bottle Jem had spat out.
"It's' Spring Water from the Forgotten River '!" Jem corrected.
"Isn't that Sprite! Wow, I remember that stuff was super expensive! "
"After all, I'll have to reload my skill points after changing classes." Jem canceled his oyster (?) summon. "Regardless, we can finally start round two."
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