Three miles was nothing on the plains, but in the Black Forest, it could cost a man his life. Leaving in the evening would sometimes take him until midnight. As for dinner, he could only hope that his companions would leave something for him to eat.
Of course, there was no hope.
The three judges were also a little distracted. Even Gaspard could see that these young people did not perform well, let alone Scarlet and Kodan. In Kodan's eyes, these young people were like children in a fight. They lacked tactics and were not organized. In short, Kodan could only say one thing:
They were still far from it.
Brando shook his head, but he knew that this was not something that could be rushed. At least these young men were much better than before. At first, they did not even dare to fight with the stone leopards. They had to rely on the mercenaries' boots to guide them forward. After a while, they were able to hold off the stone leopards for a while. Now, they could fight for at least ten minutes.
Their progress was fast. The Black Forest was indeed a good place to train people.
He looked at them for a while and turned back to the other side of the forest. The druids' camp was in that direction. Those guys who played with tree bark were as unsociable as ever. They met up with Brando on the second day after he entered the forest. There were seven of them, including the Gray Raven Archdruid.
Although the druids were eccentric, Brando still admired them. At least they kept their word. This time, the druids brought over a hundred young men, including ten elders, to assist in the defense of Abies. They also promised Brando that they would help Tónigel with the agricultural work in the coming year.
Brando did not know how many druids there were in the forest, but judging from the fact that the Archdruid promised to send over three hundred of them to Abies, there should be a lot of them.
These people would be a great help to him. The druids were very good at building a city's defense. They planted thorny walls under the city walls, reinforced them with vines, and also had a bomb fruit and spells like quicksand.
It could be said that a hundred druids were more useful than an entire army in a defensive battle.
However, Brando could see that the druids were still wary of him. At least this time, the druids were all Nature Manipulation Sorcerers. They should be from the outer circle of the Thorn Circle. None of them were from the Beast Spirit Circle, which worshiped the Spirit of Nature.
Thinking of this, he smiled slightly. Ordinary people might not be able to see the difference, but he was very clear. Among the twelve outer circles of the druids, the Circle of Flame, the Circle of Storm, and the Circle of Beast Spirit were the three with the strongest offensive abilities. The Circle of Thorns, on the other hand, was quite proficient in defensive spells.
Thus, the intentions of the Druids were clear.
But he was not in a hurry. There would be plenty of time in the future. He closed the travel journal and put away the quill. Then, he took out a pale yellow leaf from his pouch.
This was the Evening primrose.
These low-level materials were easily available in the Black Forest, and Brando could use them to practice alchemy. As described before, in The Amber Sword, civilians could raise their Alchemy to Level 5, while nobles could raise their Alchemy to Level 7. In fact, ever since he received the Princess Regent's reply, Brando's status on the interface had changed from civilian to noble, and even a lord.
A lord could even raise his Alchemy to Level 8.
Unfortunately, this status came a little late, because before that, Brando had already reached the level of an Elementalist. An Elementalist was the main profession of a Mystic profession. Under this profession, Alchemy could be raised to Level 10, which was far beyond the status of an ordinary noble.
Brando held the Evening primrose in his palm. The shape of this Evening primrose was rare, and the glossy color was far better than the same species that grew in other areas. Although the Black Forest was dangerous, it was worthy of being called the treasure trove of alchemists.
Then, the young man slightly moved his mind, and a scarlet magic circle immediately appeared in his palm. After a few days of practice, and after wasting countless materials, Brando was now very proficient in Blood Refining. Although this thing could still be used to simply extract materials or synthesize some small things, at least Brando did not have to draw a magic circle on the ground in advance and make a cut on his hand to bleed.
Not to mention the convenience, just the time saved was immeasurable.
But, except for those monsters hiding in the dark, he was probably the only one who dared to use a forbidden spell so blatantly.
When the scarlet magic circle became obvious, the Evening primrose began to vaporize in his palm, and then a drop of crystal clear water was left. But it was not a drop of water, but a droplet-shaped crystal.
Magic Essence.
Dissolve ten units of this thing in water, and it could make a bottle of Lesser Magic Potion. This thing seemed simple, but in fact, it required the support of at least Level 5 Alchemy. In The Amber Sword, this was probably the best alchemy product that a commoner could make in their lifetime.
Of course, if you could stand out from the ordinary and become an alchemist, it would be a different story. A low-level alchemist apprentice could raise their alchemy to Level 8, the same as a Lord, and after becoming an official alchemist, they could raise their alchemy to Level 15.
After Level 15, they would reach the peak of the Master Realm, and they would no longer be calculated according to the usual channels of skill EXP.
After Brendel finished refining the Mana Essence, he extracted the Luck Essence from the Four-leaf Alfalfa a few more times. Unfortunately, the cost of using high-level techniques at a low alchemy level was huge. After failing six times in a row, he barely succeeded once by relying on luck.
But this time, he did not get a finished product, but something called 'Incomplete Luck Aura'.
Brando put the cloud of mist into a bottle, but suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He turned around and saw Felaern looking at him with a displeased expression. Refining the Luck Essence required ten pieces of Four-leaf Alfalfa. Even though they were common in the Dark Forest, it took a lot of effort to find them in a large field of alfalfa. Apparently, even the Wild Elf girl could not stand Brando's prodigal behavior.
"My Lord," the Wild Elf sister calmly warned him, "We Wild Elves have a saying, before you learn to run, it is best to learn to walk —"
Brando thought that the humans also had this saying, but he could not wait to level up his skills so slowly. If he had used the skill EXP earlier, he could have directly increased his alchemy to Level 10, but now he looked at the empty skill EXP column and could only sigh.
He had no choice but to use this stupid method.
Of course, in the past few months, the young man had continuously obtained the Elite Template, entered the Gold Realm, and became a Level 20 Elementalist. It seemed that he should have a lot of free skill EXP, but in reality, that was not the case. Sometimes, plans could not keep up with changes.
When Brando left the Schafflund Silver Mine, he released the female Knight Orthlyss's Spirit Seal from the supposedly authentic Ring of the Wind Empress. After that, he got an opportunity.
An opportunity to increase the level of Erouine's Military Swordsmanship to Level 15.
Of course, Brando could not refuse such a good opportunity, because after reaching the Peak of the Master level, the benefits of leveling up a skill were earth-shattering.
In fact, the skills in The Amber Sword were set in such a way. In the first five levels, if the benefits of leveling up a character were about 1, then after reaching Level 5 or higher and entering the Expert level, the benefits of leveling up a character were about 2 to 3.
After Level 10, it was called the Master level, and the benefits of leveling up in the Master level were at least 5. However, the skill experience required to reach Level 5 was ten times that of the previous ten levels, and the Master level also had requirements for the profession. Skills that were not of the profession could never reach the Master level.
As for the formula for leveling up after Level 15, no one had calculated in detail, because different professions and skills had different benefits, but it could be concluded that it was between 15 to 20.
In other words, after reaching the Peak of the Master level, the benefits of leveling up a skill were almost three times that of leveling up a skill at the Master level.
The gap was shocking.
Unfortunately, when a skill reached the Master level, the channel for investing experience in the skill would turn gray, and from then on, the skill could only be leveled up through practice and inspiration.
As for the probability, most of it depended on one's face, or one's understanding of the skill. A Level 16 skill was called the Realm of Creation, which meant that it contained a character's unique understanding and pioneering experience of the skill.
Under normal circumstances, if a character could invest a skill to Level 16, it would be their core skill.
And if a character could invest a skill to Level 17, then they could indeed be called a Grandmaster in this field, whether it was an NPC or a player, they could at least leave their name in history.
As for Level 18 and Level 19, at least Brando had only heard of them, but never seen them.
Although players often joked that perhaps with the upgrade of The Amber Sword, the average level of the players would continue to increase, and maybe in the future there would be Level 20 and 30 skills called the Realm of Gods, but Brando also knew that it was just a beautiful dream.
Brando didn't even think about leveling up to Level 16 for the time being. His Erouine Military Swordsmanship was stuck at Level 13, and every level after that required nearly 500 skill experience, which was a huge expense. Before he considered the future path of training, he wouldn't be so extravagant as to invest the experience.
However, since the appearance of the Soul-Sealed Knight Orthlyss, things seemed to have taken a turn for the better. After the female Knight imparted some of her personal swordsmanship insights to Brando, he received a system prompt:
'Erouine Military Swordsmanship Additional Level Unlocked.'
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