smart.
As he quietly knocked on the door, as promised, a gloomy butler appeared and greeted Rokan. And soon Baron Truel came down. He must have come down after putting his sick daughter to bed.
"You have prepared what I said, so it seems that your skills are better than I thought. After all, it's like a cross road defender! If so, I believe in one more thing. Take the ingredients you've gathered so far and go to Tritika. Give him these and he will make something for you. You can bring it to me."
[Recovery of Baron Truel's young daughter 3][Quest]
Baron Truel has asked for your help to save his young daughter. Deliver the Cursed Troll's Blood, Hot Sheep's Blood, and Thick Sheepskin to Shaman Tritica and get one item.
-Completion condition: Deliver items to Shaman Tritika
-Reward: 10 gold
"Please leave it to me."
With a spirited reply, Lokhan received a box containing all three items given to him. And he was also secretly told about the location of the sorceress Tritika.
'Bastard, cheating.'
There was a reason why Baron Truel was so cautious. It was because the shaman, Tritika, was a 'goblin'.
Goblins, along with Orcs, Undead, and Trolls, are a race of the Black Dragonflight that opposes the Golden Lions. In other words, it is no different from the main enemy of humans.
No matter how much you try to save your young daughter, even if it is not harmful to the Golden Lion camp, it could be a problem if it is known, so you had to be careful and it could get a backlash from users, but it is still a deserved war zone once Since I hadn't seen it, most of them would have listened to it thinking it was a story.
But not Rokan.
'What are you doing to save your little daughter? It's all bullshit.'
Because he knew everything.
First of all, Baron Truel had no children.
A young daughter There must have been a small child sleeping in the upper room, but it was not Baron Truel's daughter.
Rather, it was a kidnapped child. As well as very tasty food.
"Why didn't I think of it then?"
In fact, there were hints. The fact that the baron only met people at 'night' was an obvious hint. Everyone was just blinded by the large amount of gold that was the quest reward and couldn't see it properly.
vampire.
Baron Truel's true identity was a vampire. And 'special blood' was flowing in the girl who was kidnapped and disguised as her daughter. Because she was none other than a 'high elf'.
Among the elves, those with a very noble bloodline. Just by drinking that blood, vampires can expect great growth.
And the quest that Baron Truel gave to the users was a kind of preliminary work to dilute her blood, which was so sacred.
Otherwise, the moment the high elf's blood runs down his esophagus, his internal organs will melt.
Not knowing if it was already a powerful true ancestor vampire, aiming for a high elf at the level of Baron Truel was excessive greed.
'It was a valley of fog.'
Locan, whose expression changed the moment he left Truel's villa, followed his instructions. He started moving quickly towards the Valley of the Mist, where the goblin shaman Tritika was located.
Unlike Baron Truel, you can meet him during the day, but this is what happened.
[Mist-Eating Hyena][Lv 115]
Cuckoo!
But the road to it was not smooth. As the name suggests, the valley of fog was an area covered in thick fog with short visibility, and monsters ranging from level 110 to 120 lay in it.
'It's annoying.'
In terms of stats, attack power, and defense power, they were no match for Rokhan, but the fog was covering the view, and the number was quite large, so I was able to hold on to their ankles quite a bit.
"A rush of destruction!"
Because of that, Rokhan pushed himself with his body. Whether ten or twenty, he wants to move comfortably after wiping them all out at a certain point.
oh!
Of course, in the meantime, those who were caught were stretched out as they were, but Rokhan was not very satisfied.
Rokan loves berserkers more than anyone else or any other class, but the only regret was that it was difficult to have fun in many-to-one matches.
Depending on the choice, it may get better later on, but for now, I had no choice but to accept the discomfort.
That's why they're afraid of being overtaken by the lead group who will start a sheep hunt as a group.
'Wait, is there really no way'
A question popped up in Rokhan's mind as he repeatedly charged and killed. A thought he had taken for granted began to stir up ripples.
'perhaps… … .'
At the same time, an idea also crossed my mind. Maybe, a pretty interesting picture will come out.
Continuing the idea, I hurried inside.
"Stop."
And after a while, Tritika, a goblin shaman located at the end of the Valley of Mist, appeared.
"No surprise. It was by fortune-telling that someone would come."
At first glance, Tritika was a typical shaman. She clutched a shabby but venerable wooden staff, and wrapped her robes with her luxuriant trinkets dangling, to the extent that she didn't know.
And as if he knew that Rokhan would come, he welcomed him with a bright smile.
"Baron Truel sent me to come."
Rokan didn't even bother to sharpen his blade. He tied the battle ax he was holding behind his back and handed it to him holding the box of materials he had brought with his hands full.
"Hmm, just like I said. Wait a minute."
Taking over the box in its entirety, he spread the skin of a sheep on the workbench, applied some kind of medicine, and performed light magic. Then the parchment, which had been a single sheet, began to stick together into one large sheet.
It was a sight that could only be described as witchcraft.
And what he took out was a brush. I wanted to take out a thick brush, but first I dipped it in plenty of hot sheep's blood and drew something on the parchment. Then comes the blood of the cursed troll.
Thick beads of sweat formed on Tritica's forehead as she wrote down certain patterns and letters sequentially using the two types of blood.
This is because the work of drawing patterns and letters is itself a form of magic. Thanks to that, he was exposed defenseless, but Rokhan waited quietly. May the spell be completed.
What Rokhan really wanted to gain through this quest was neither experience nor money, but this [stamped with blood].
"Okay, it's done. Take it now."
[Blood imprint] [Rare] [Quest]
It imprints blood like a tattoo on its body to contain strong vampiric energy.
-Activates [Blood Imprint] effect when used
It was an item that would further strengthen the power of the vampire Truel.
Of course, when he took it, he said that this was not enough and demanded to bring other ingredients to stain the blood of the high elves, but Lokhan had no intention of listening to them.
Even if you listen to his demands until your feet are sweaty, all you get in the end is a few pennies, but in that case, it would be more profitable to intercept his things.
[You used the blood imprint.]
[You have permanently acquired 'Life absorption (3%) on hit'.]
[Imprints cannot be enhanced or deleted.]
[The maximum number of imprints that can be acquired depends on the type.]
[Current number of imprints: 1/5]
Because of that, Rokan immediately used the blood imprint handed over to Tritika on himself. Since the imprint cannot be erased, it was necessary to choose carefully, but Rokhan had no reason to hesitate. Although he was a bit disappointed with the 'imprint of life' he originally wanted to acquire, he had already acquired titles that exceeded his expectations and had enough ability to replace them.
'Because life absorption imprints are more precious.'
Anyway, it was a long time before the imprinting system started to be used properly, and among them, the ability to 'absorb life force' was very precious.
In particular, the ability to absorb 3% of the attack power was difficult to find even later. In addition, it only occupied one engraving slot.
It was a quest item, so it was set at a high level, but Rokan didn't convey it and gulp it down.
After it was known that someone accidentally used it in a previous life, Condor stepped forward and patched it down to 1%. Those who had already obtained it could not help it.
"Now, come on, that… … !"
Tritika, who made a blood imprint with great effort, put on a puzzled expression, but it seemed that he didn't even know that he was predicting the future. Do you think that today will be your memorial day?
squeak.
After confirming that the blood imprint was working properly, Lokhan immediately decapitated the creature.
Since he had already lost a lot of strength because he was using a large spell, he couldn't even resist.
In an instant, his life force ran low, and an item called [Tritika's Neck] entered his inventory.
"It's a hundred times better than making pennies."
Rokhan immediately returned to the Crossroads using the Return Scroll.
I thought about returning after hunting some more, but at least not here. I would have fought if it was a 1 vs 100 fight, because he was not in the mood for a battlefield like now where visibility is not secured due to the fog.
However, there was no direct route to the garrison. It was because it seemed that if Malkin was shown Tritika's head, he would go after Baron Truel right away.
Killing Baron Truel and retrieving the kidnapped high elves is a must, but it's midnight. There was no reason to create an advantageous situation for the enemy.
Knowing Malkin's impatient nature, he headed to the shopping district instead of the garrison.
'You're doing good.'
First of all, Rokhan stopped by his own shop. Few people would stop by yet, but it was to check the products that came in and out of the vending machine.
And it was confirmed that there was a larger amount of gyropole leather than expected. Even so, it was a little less than thirty, but it was said that at least fifty were enough to get this number.
It seemed that if you stick to the tips, you could easily achieve 500 kills in six to seven days instead of ten days.
'Was it a medicine?'
And potions and herbs were sold quite a bit. The price was almost twice as high as the market price, but seeing as a considerable quantity was missing, it seemed that the hunting speed was increased while enduring with potion feet.
'As long as I have enough money, that's the fastest way.'
It's not a recommended way to buy time as money, but it wasn't such a bad way considering the benefits you can get by hitting early.
It wasn't exhausted enough to refill things yet, so after checking, Lokhan came out. He went to the berserker guild to implement what he had envisioned.
Fourth combination skill.
to make it
"Force and charge, hard body, and… … Please give me the Twist Attack skill book."
At first glance, it was a combination that did not match well. However, he paid the price and received the skill book.
"Creating combination skills."
[Please specify the action clip or skill book for the desired skill combination.]
After taking out his weapon for a while and making an action clip, Lokhan finished the skill combination with an excited voice.
"Register for action clips. Force, hard body, charge, twist attack."
[Combination is possible.]
[Look at the expected use of the combination skill and press the combination completion button.]
[When the combination is completed, the skill book disappears and the combination skill is automatically acquired.]
I was very satisfied with the appearance and explanation on the screen. I don't know what it would be like to use it, but it seemed like it could solve my troubles.
"Combination complete!"
[Please specify the name of the combination skill.]
With a throbbing heart, Rokhan shouted the name of the fourth combination skill.
"Wheel Wind!"