Compared to the turmoil of the entire world, the stillness of the Stained Frost Forest was more like a pool of stagnant water without ripples. The world inside and outside seemed to be separated by an invisible wall, leaving only the skylight that filled the dark night sky.
The Knight passed through the forest, the pine trees rustling in the night wind, and it was not until the early hours of the morning that they gradually recovered some of the missing people. But what surprised Brando the most was that Freya and Laurenna found the sleeping huntress in a small forest.
Peya was also the last person to return to the team, and her return was beyond Brando's expectations. The more confusion there was in the dream, the greater the power of seduction. Everyone knew about the nightmare in the huntress' heart, and it should have been impossible for her to break free from the terrible dream that belonged to her.
But she succeeded, and when she was found, she was sleeping quietly in a mossy field. The look on her face was like that of a sleeping princess, without the usual wildness of a hunter, but there were traces of tears on her face.
Brando asked Maynild to check on the other person's condition, and after confirming that there was no major problem, he told the others not to disturb her. Peya's dream had reached the final stage, and all that was left was to wait quietly for her to wake up. As long as she appeared outside the world of fog, it meant that she would wake up.
There was no need to worry too much about the rest.
The Knight scattered among the woodland for a short rest according to Brando's orders. Brando also sat down against a cedar tree, and the little prince came over and asked for his sword back with a red face, and then ran away.
Not far away, Maynild gave him a strange look, which made Brando feel a little guilty. Although he did not know why Maynild appeared in his and Haruz's dream, presumably she had seen Haruz's female attire.
"I hope that guy doesn't tell Her Royal Highness, he probably won't. Maynild doesn't seem like the kind of woman who gossips." Brando thought to himself. He suspected that if Princess Gryphine knew what he had done, she might really stab him to death.
Thinking about these messy things, he took out the equipment dropped by Viscount Cauldell's negative emotions from the Dimension Cave to appraise.
He twisted the shiny object out. It was a necklace. He placed the necklace in the palm of his left hand. The chain shone with a faint luster, as if it was made of silver. The pendant was in the shape of a circling heart. He vaguely felt that he had seen this item somewhere before.
He thought for a moment and suddenly thought of a possibility. "Could it be that thing?" Brando's heart flashed with joy and he hurriedly opened his status panel.
Atoya's Determination
[Magic]
Strength + 20
Physique + 20
Wind resistance + 5
Fire Resistance + 5
Water resistance + 5
Earth Resistance + 5
"It really is this thing." Brando felt a strange surprise in his heart. He subconsciously lifted the necklace and turned it around. Sure enough, he found a simple sentence engraved on the back of the pendant:
"T 'ya OssEaamFlame —"
It meant, "All elements are for my use." This ancient text was the magic runes from before Wohnde was born. It existed even longer than the witches' words. However, these words had lost their magic and become a mere tool to store information.
The text actually referred to the Azure Dragon, the ruler of the elements. Atoya was her name. However, after the fall of Babel Fortress, mortals preferred to call her the Calamity.
This necklace could only be considered average at this level. However, it had a special meaning to Brando because, like the Ring of the Wind Empress, it was actually a quest item.
"The Beginning and End of the Calamity, the Jewel of the Dragonborn Crown." This legendary item was the final reward of this series of quests. It could expand the pool of the four elements at the same time. It was one of the divine necklaces of the Elementalists. It was also something that Brando was now determined to get. Originally, Brando planned to find a way to buy this quest necklace, but he did not expect to get it so easily.
However, Atoya's Determination itself was not a rare thing. The difficulty of this quest lay in the process, not the means to trigger it.
Brando took off the Star of Flame from his neck. This necklace had been with him since the Eversong Forest, but the ruby on the pendant had long been shattered and destroyed in the last war in Ampere Seale. He put the Star of Flame beside him and took Atoya's Determination with him. Although Atoya's Determination was not the best, it was always better than nothing.
Then Brando took another look at the Dimension Hole that was divided into two lines. In the Dimension Hole, there was a large pile of spoils from the Loop of Trade Winds. Brando had never thought of organizing them. Among these messy things, there was a cylindrical object about the length of an arm that flickered with a dim light.
He was slightly startled, and then remembered that it was a spoil from the battle with the demons. At first, Amandina had this thing, and then she passed it to him. He still had not figured out what it was used for.
However, there was really nothing to understand about demon items. They were not things that could be controlled by mortals. Most of them had side effects of one kind or another, and the consequences of using them without authorization were generally not good. For example, Countess Dilferi was still unable to get out of bed and walk for a long time. The priests of the Holy Cathedral also said that her body had a hidden disease, and Brando had always felt guilty about it.
However, this was still considered to be relatively light. It was not uncommon for people to lose their lives or even have their souls imprisoned forever because of using demon items.
Brando thought of Dilferi and lost interest in the thing. Although the witches in the Cynthia area were good at inspecting demon items, he did not need to go there specifically.
After inspecting the thing in his hand, his heart inexplicably calmed down along with the forest. The morning breeze began to blow through the canopy, making a soft sound that almost made people want to fall asleep.
But no one could sleep, because as soon as they closed their eyes, they would think of the nightmare from before.
Brando felt someone sitting beside him. It was Scarlet. She did not even need to ask for the permission of her lord to sit beside Brando. She looked back and watched Brando's movements quietly with her beautiful amber eyes.
"What's the matter?" Brando asked.
Scarlet took out a ring and handed it to Brando.
Brando saw the ring in her hand. The ring looked very strange on the surface, a bit like someone had polished it with pebbles, very smooth and plain. But he froze for a moment before realizing that it was a magic ring.
"Is this your loot?"
Scarlet nodded.
That was the relic of the Lost One. It seemed that Scarlet's luck was not bad. He took the ring. The stone ring was very smooth to the touch, and the surface seemed to be satin, but he could not tell what it was.
But Brando was not in a hurry to guess its attributes. This kind of stone artifact was very rare in Wohnde, and some even witnessed the beginning of the whole world. He rubbed the inside of the ring with his hand and felt a line of thin dents.
It was the text of the Marr people.
"This is an ancient artifact!" Brando could not help but exclaim, "Scarlet, you're really lucky!"
"Huh?" Scarlet looked at him, puzzled.
"Most of the magic items after the destruction of Babel Fortress came from after Tuman discovered the Mageweath, but before that, there were already all kinds of magic items." Brando explained, "These magic items are not necessarily more powerful than what we see now, but they are very strange —"
He held up the ring as he spoke, and the faint blue light in the sky shone through the leaves and branches, projecting from the hole in the middle of the ring, forming a beam of light. The attributes of the ring also appeared in his field of vision at the same time.
Ring of Stone
[Fantasy]
Strength + 75
Additional Skills:
Eternal Kinship — When the ring bearer is on the ground, the additional attributes of the Ring of Stone are doubled.
A Level-40 ring added 150 Strength. Although it was only on the ground, such extreme attributes were very rare in the magic items of the Mageweath era. Its additional skills also happened to illustrate this point. Ancient magic items generally focused on one aspect, but had a variety of restrictions.
In the game, players said that they belonged to a special category of cursed items, and Brando felt that this was understandable.
This ring did not have too many special skills, but just the increased attributes itself was enough to be amazing at this level. In particular, Brando suddenly thought that this ring was tailor-made for Scarlet. Because of the attributes of the Azure Lance and the strong physical recovery of the Dragonborn, she did not need to pay too much attention to defense — and this Ring of Stone was undoubtedly the best illustration of an all-attack warrior for her.
"This is a ring blessed by Gaia." Brando put down the ring and replied to Scarlet, "You are very lucky, it is a trophy that belongs to you."
Scarlet listened to Brando's answer and was a little quiet. She could roughly guess the preciousness of the ring, but only replied, "I don't need it, my lord."
"Believe me, compared to me, it suits you better." Brando smiled at the Highlander girl, "Give me your hand, I'll put it on for you —"
Scarlet was stunned.
Brando was completely immersed in his own imagination. Offensive warriors were rare in the game because the way of combat determined that the survival ability of melee physical professions must be stronger than other professions. Close range meant that it was more difficult to avoid some range spells and attacks, and the necessary health and defensive ability to survive these battles.
Professions like the Nightingale could compensate with high-speed movement and dexterity, but what did a warrior have? What a warrior could rely on was nothing more than solid armor and a strong physique.
But nothing was absolute, and Brando yearned for such a spirit in his heart. Because focusing on strength, a warrior became like an extremely sharp, but also extremely easy to break glass blade.
Brando felt that this trait was very suitable for Scarlet's combat style. The girl inherited some of the characteristics of the Highlanders, and was unyielding in battle — so much so that when you watched such a lady in battle, it was difficult to imagine her usual temperament.
But when Brando thought about it, he did not think about what his request meant to the Highlander girl. According to the customs of the Highlanders, only the most intimate of lovers would give each other rings.
Of course, their rings did not have so much power, and sometimes were even just a garland, but it symbolized each other's restraint and admiration.
Scarlet let Brando put the ring on her in a daze, and for a moment felt as if time had stopped flowing.
Brando held her hand and carefully put the Ring of Stone on, then looked up and asked, "How is it?"
"Huh?" Scarlet seemed to have just reacted. She tried to put aside those irrelevant thoughts and carefully felt it, then muttered, "It's amazing, my strength has increased by twenty to thirty percent. According to Miss Aloz, it should be the strength of a young dragon —"
"Then it's close to the power of Elemental Awakening, but only at this level of strength. You can feel it carefully, this will be good for your Elemental Awakening in the future. But remember, you only have this kind of strength when you're on the ground. If you fight, try to avoid being led to other battlefields by others. "Brando warned.
"Okay." Scarlet was silent and nodded, but then whispered, "I can also Elemental Awakening, my Lord?"
"You're more knowledgeable than others, and the Elemental Wall will not be your threshold. Besides, the blood flowing in your body is golden, you should be more proud than others, you never have to belittle yourself, Scarlet. "
Brando looked at Scarlet and whispered encouragement.
The Highlander girl did not answer, but clenched the Azure Lance in her hand. Brando noticed this detail and guessed what she was thinking.
He looked back, the whole dream quest was a complete dungeon quest, there were quests and experience, and there was a lot of it. He opened the panel and found that with the remaining part from before, it was almost enough to upgrade the Templar Knight to the next level. Originally, in Brando's plan, continuing to upgrade the Templar Knight's level was not the best choice, but since he found that his physique had been further strengthened after Elemental Awakening, he changed his mind.
Since the strengthening was the physique, then the Templar Knight's tank-type route did not seem unacceptable. He thought about it for a moment and chose to upgrade his level.
The attribute bonuses of high-level professions had become extremely high in the later stages, and after ten levels, Brando could almost feel his overall strength rising by a level, almost a third of the original.
In fact, the period after crossing the Elemental Wall was the fastest time to level up, he had experienced this in the game, but after going through the Elemental Enlightenment, the speed of gaining experience would slow down a thousand times.
After that, he would have to slowly accumulate experience.
Fortunately, the players with the system were several times faster than the natives.
Not long after, the news of the hunter girl's awakening came. Freya brought him the news, and when Brando and Scarlet went to take a look, they saw the hunter girl's thick eyelashes move slightly, and then she opened her eyes.
… (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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