Should I focus on offense or defense?
Brando gritted his teeth. He felt a little strange. Although the automatic enhancement of the space-time attribute was a little depressing for him, it was not irreversible. But it wasn't irreversible — it just meant that he might have to give up on the path he had previously planned.
He hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he put his hand on the Templar Knight profession.
In the past, there were often players who changed their profession path because of a powerful weapon. It was much more reasonable for him to change his profession path because of a powerful element. After all, the element was something that would accompany a person for a lifetime, especially the space-time element, which was too powerful. The general element enhancement was at most 50%, but the conceptual element would directly double it.
Of course, he would not give up such a strong advantage.
Besides, he had considered the path of the Warrior Knight. His attack might be a little weaker than his previous profession path, but it would not be too far off. Because he still had the Templar Knight's Conflict Aura and the Crown of Thorns.
Brando instantly decided on the path he would take.
Then he looked at his Templar Knight skill, and the skill panel had completely changed. After the element enhancement, the skill had its own rules:
Blood of the Sun
(Level 10)
[Master] (Element Normal)
Any enemy who causes melee damage to the Templar Knight will receive 50% of the damage.
(Element Enhancement) Now the Blood of the Sun can ignore the constraints of space and reflect long-range damage.
Crown of Thorns
(Level 10)
[Master] (Element Normal)
Continuous use, increase 20 points of Endurance and Resistance.
Active activation, all defense, resistance, and Endurance will be converted into attack power, last for half an hour. After the effect ends, the Templar Knight will lose all defense, resistance, and Endurance for the same time. This ability can be used once a day.
(Element Enhancement) After active activation, the duration will be doubled, and the side effects will be swallowed by the time rift.
Conflict Aura
(Level 10 + 1)
[Master] (Element Normal)
Increase 7 points of defense for all allies within 100 meters, including the user.
(Element Enhancement) Coverage area doubled, and an additional 2 points of defense.
The enhancement seemed to be over in an instant, and Brando finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw these enhancements. Different elements had different effects on the strengthening of skills. For example, if the Crystal Stag's healing element was used to strengthen the Blood of the Sun, it would most likely be because the Blood of the Sun would heal itself slightly when it dealt damage.
However, space and time were very compatible with the enhancement of these defensive skills. Especially the Crown of Thorns' side effect of being devoured by the time rift. Brando was so happy that he almost laughed out loud.
In fact, he currently had 952 points of Vitality, which was equivalent to an additional 500 points of HP and 4 points of Natural Defense. After equipping [Firefly] and [Bahamut's Grip], as well as adding the effects of his talents and skills, he would have about 40 Resistance, 30 Endurance, and 17 Defense. Once this attribute was converted into attack, it would be a total of 87 attack points.
In The Amber Sword, attack was a basic attribute. On top of that, it was a combination of strength and a series of skill bonuses. Only then could it be considered the final damage. Even the Halran Gaia, a Fantasy grade holy sword, only had 42 points of attack. The Lionheart's pure attack was probably even lower than that. What about the Azure Lance with its first seal? It only had 122 points of attack.
The meaning of 87 points of attack was clear at a glance here.
It could be said that after unlocking the Crown of Thorns, he unlocked Frenzy. Brando's Berserk state was basically the true Mad Dog mode. How could he not be satisfied with a state where his attack was increased by nearly three times in an hour without any aftereffects?
He had both defense and attack. Brando suddenly found that the choice of his Space-Time Element had given him a perfect answer.
But the gift of Elemental Activation was far more than that, because Brando finally saw a list of status at the bottom of all the attributes that made his heart skip a beat:
Elite Skill —
(Level 1)
[Basic] (Elite/Normal)
For a short period of time, disguise the aura of the body as the aura of a magical creature, so that magical creatures below Lord-tier will not take the initiative to attack. This effect lasts for one minute or until the user initiates an attack.
Elite Template. This was the attribute he had obtained since he saved Sifrid in Tónigel. Finally, after his Elemental Activation, it completely blossomed. After the first column of the Elite Skill was unlocked, it brought him a completely unexpected surprise.
Demonization.
Brando finally understood how this skill came about.
Back in The Amber Sword, there was a player called the Nightingale Lord. This guy could be said to be the idol of all Nightingales. Lone Ranger was an individual hero. He never teamed up with others. He roamed the dungeons and Instance Dungeons alone. Other than those large-scale Instance Dungeons with special settings, Legendary Instance Dungeons, and battle scenes, there was almost nothing he couldn't steal.
And the skill that guy relied on at that time was later verified by people. It was Demonization. This divine skill could mask the player's aura and turn the magical creatures in those top areas into non-aggressive monsters.
But unfortunately, no one knew how this skill came about. Because most people knew that this was a real monster skill. In that era, perhaps only the heavens would understand how this skill was learned.
But today, Brando finally understood.
This was a skill that came with the Monster Template. No wonder the players almost turned the whole world upside down and could not find the NPC who taught it. But he was a little puzzled. How could a warrior like him be randomly given a skill with such a strong Rogue aura?
Of course, it was not that he was dissatisfied. It was that he was too satisfied. This skill was simply too useful for him. Especially in this Stained Frost Forest.
If before he got this skill, he only wanted to stab Grand Duke Arreck in the back, now he was really confident that he could teach him an unforgettable lesson.
Even if it was to avenge Her Highness the Princess in his previous life.
Brando thought so.
He couldn't help but exhale softly. Then he came back to his senses and found that Maynild was standing not far from him, looking at him with some confusion. Obviously, he had been standing here with the card in his hand for a long time.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Nothing …" Brando put the 'Hymn of Samsara' into the spare deck. He took one last look at the White Deer and Fairy on the card, and then the card flashed slightly and disappeared. Fortunately, he had an extra card space because of the expansion of the Elemental Pool. Otherwise, it would have been a little difficult at the moment.
He looked at Maynild again before explaining, "You should have already felt it —"
"Congratulations, you have entered the realm of Elements." The expression on the female Knight's face softened a little. "Mr. Count, you are only 21 years old this year, right? Your achievements today have already surpassed the Flame King Gretel."
"Uh huh …" This was a difficult question to answer. Brando looked back perfunctorily. The newborn Crystal Stag was still lying in the grass. Because it was still too weak, it seemed that it couldn't even open its eyes. It lay there trembling.
Maynild's expression turned to some confusion. "Speaking of which, it's strange. You should have had the same dream as me, right? How can you remember it so clearly? Are you really Brando … or Sophie? "
Brando looked back at her. "Of course I'm not Brando, but I'm also Sophie. I don't reject the memories of another world. It's just like everything you saw in the dream — it's still your experience."
He seemed to have just realized that Maynild seemed to think that he had the same dream as her. This point of view made him feel a little strange. Could it be that she didn't realize that it was a real world? But he shook his head and decided to go along with what she said.
Unfortunately, the female Knight seemed to be very cautious about this. When it came to memories and dreams, she immediately shut her mouth and didn't talk about it.
Brendel looked at her carefully, and Maynild turned her head away slightly. Once he was sure that the other party would not continue on this topic, he turned back to look at her.
He walked to the trembling Crystal Stag, bent down, and touched its forehead with his hand. He asked, "Little guy, what's your name?"
The newborn fawn trembled slightly, but didn't answer. In reality, it couldn't answer. Before it reached adulthood, the Crystal Stag only knew some simple water language.
Brando naturally knew this. He looked beside it. The Crystal Stag was lying in the ashes of Malourcha's corpse. Brando quickly saw three sparkling things there.
Of course, these weren't drops.
He knew very well that these were the mission rewards in the game.
Usually, creatures like the Crystal Stag that lived in harmony with magic rarely dropped anything. They were very sensitive to magic. It was very easy for them to control their belongings and dissipate all their magic. But at the last moment, he chose to help Malourcha and successfully solved the mission.
Because of this reason, the guardian of the Forest of the Holy Seal left him these three gifts.
But Brando still felt a little regretful. The highest completion status for the mission was perfect. Next was outstanding, and then excellent. He guessed that the final problem lay with the fairy lady. If she hadn't sacrificed herself, the completion status for the mission might have been perfect.
Under the conditions of a perfect reward, it was very likely that there would be more than these two items.
Of course, it was better than nothing.
He picked up the three sparkling magic items from the ashes. Two were sky-blue crystals similar to magic cores. The other was a golden ring. Brando remembered that this was originally worn on Malourcha's long horn.
"This is …" When he saw these two items clearly, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"This is the Raw Stone of Strength, the Ring of Portability … it actually left these two items to you. It seems that you are very grateful … "Maynild answered softly behind him.
…
The Raw Stone of Strength was also called the Experience Crystal in The Amber Sword. The wizard's definition of it was a substance formed by a large amount of purified holy magic gathered together. Because it was pure, it could be absorbed by most creatures in Wohnde, and even magic creatures. Therefore, it could be said that the crystal in Brando's hand was something that the frost demons outside the Forest of the Holy Seal had coveted for thousands of years.
But when he held the crystal in his hand, he felt a heavy weight in his heart. Malourcha had guarded this holy magic for thousands of years, but in the end, it had given it to a stranger like him.
"Yes … this is the Raw Stone of Strength. I've only seen its existence in storybooks. Legend has it that before the War of the Holy Saints, the great mages would also make this thing, "Brando replied.
"You said you've only seen it in storybooks. Are you referring to Sophie or Brando?" Maynild asked with some concern behind him.
"Both." Brando lied, so as not to go too deep into this topic. He felt that he should try to avoid talking about the past with the female Knight, so that she wouldn't point a sword at his head again.
That wasn't a good feeling.
But he felt a little strange. He always felt that Maynild seemed to care about her dream, but also seemed to be deliberately avoiding it. It was a little contradictory.
"You should know what it does, right?" Brando turned around and asked.
"Me?" Maynild thought for a moment. "The literature says that the Raw Stone of Strength can increase a person's strength, and sometimes even help those who have no hope of entering the next realm to break through. But I think that's nonsense. There's no such thing as unearned power in this world. "
"Not all of it." Brando looked at the crystal in his hand. He knew that what Maynild said was actually correct. This thing called the Experience Crystal actually only had one function — that was to convert the holy magic in it into experience and inject it into the receiver.
In the entire Amber Sword, there weren't many things that directly increased experience like this. Fragments of the divine artifact, Raw Stone of Strength, Fountain of Blessing, and a Golden Apple.
But because of this, they were particularly precious.
Brando threw one of the Raw Stones of Strength to the female Knight and said, "But no matter what the legend is, don't you want to try it?"
"I …?"
The female Knight caught the crystal and held it with both hands, a little surprised. "Why are you giving it to me?"
Brando smiled. In fact, he didn't know either. Probably because this thing was no longer useful to him, the Raw Stone of Strength was a relatively low-level item that increased experience. In fact, it was the most effective for Silver to Gold rank existences, and it could almost transfer experience without any loss. And for people like him who had already Elemental Awakened, the effect was naturally much smaller.
Of course, he could also consider Metisha, The Shire, or Hipamira.
But for some reason, he just saw Maynild's appearance and subconsciously made this decision. "Legends may not be true, I'm going to use you for an experiment." He replied.
The female Knight looked at him deeply.
She suddenly lowered her eyelashes and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to give the other one to Freya?"
Brando was slightly startled. "You know?"
"Because I had the same dream as you." She replied softly, and then her voice softened. "But anyway, thank you."
The female Knight looked carefully at the crystal in her hand, and then carefully put it away. She raised her head and looked at Brando seriously. "I like this gift very much."
"Because you want to become stronger?" Brando suddenly noticed something, and he narrowed his eyes.
Maynild nodded gently.
"Let's look at the other thing." She replied.
Brando was actually a little impatient. He picked up the Golden Ring in his hand. The name of the Ring of Portability actually explained the function of this thing. This thing belonged to the same category as the Dimensional Hole, the Dimensional Bag, or the Ring of Drawers. It was a magic item that stored space.
But slightly different from the Dimensional Hole, the Ring of Portability only had two spaces and could only store two items. But it had a feature that other storage equipment did not have. That was, it didn't require any action to take out the stored items. With just a thought, the item would instantly appear in the holder's hand.
Because of this feature, it was called the Ring of Portability. In the game, this bracelet itself was a very precious equipment. Players who owned it often used it to store weapons. This way, they could be able to switch weapons in an instant and catch people off guard.
Just this feature alone, regardless of whether there was anything in it or not, Brando could be said to have profited by getting this bracelet. But he was still very much looking forward to what was in it. After all, most of the things in the Ring of Portability were weapons.
And weapons were the most valuable type of magic item.
But when he picked up the Golden Ring, a thought flashed through his mind, and he could not help but be stunned for a moment.
There were two items in the bracelet.
One of them was almost worthless. It was a piece of stone, but that stone was very familiar to Brando. Because he had seen almost the exact same thing in another person's belongings.
He immediately remembered that he had obtained the dark stone from Amandina's father, Borg Nesson's belongings. Because he had never figured out the use of that stone, he had always carried it with him. When he saw the item in the Ring of Portability, his heart immediately thumped, and he immediately took out the stone from his pocket.
He compared it to the stone and was immediately stunned.
It was exactly the same.
Other than the shape and size, the other features were almost exactly the same. The color, the texture, and even the fact that there was not a trace of magic was exactly the same.
"What is this?" Maynild saw the stone in Brando's hand and could not help but ask.
But Brando shook his head and answered honestly for the first time, "I don't know either …"
The female Knight looked at him suspiciously and did not speak again. Brando, of course, noticed her expression. He could not help but feel a little troubled. If he spoke the truth, no one would believe him. He did not know if this was a classic example of the boy who cried wolf.
But after thinking for a moment, he still put away the two stones. It was a good thing that Malourcha had been sealed into a card. There would always be a chance to ask it about the secret of this stone. As a Crystal Stag that had existed for thousands of years, Brando did not think it would collect a worthless stone like Borg Nesson.
After putting away the stone, Brando took out another item from the Ring of Portability.
It was a piece of parchment.
In fact, when he first met Babasha, he had seen something similar. There was only one name for this type of item in the Amber Sword.
Skill Scroll.
However, the skills recorded on this Skill Scroll were very different.
Rebirth Nirvana
(Transcendent Primordial)
Burns life and transforms it into elemental power.
Prerequisite: Sage Domain, Bloodline Attribute 300 +
Brando's gaze slowly swept across the blood-red parchment. All the words on it seemed to have become a blur. And in his eyes, he seemed to only be able to see those four simple words.
Transcendent, Primordial.
Above, Martha. Brando groaned with difficulty in his heart.
(PS: Today's update is here. = =, another large wave of data and settings. I wrote until tears streamed down my face. Every time this happens, I want to pull my hair out. But I finally finished writing. Okay, it's a little late. I hope everyone will forgive me. Two more chapters. It's about ten thousand words.
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