The excessive movement exposed his body to danger.
The risk of serious injury was exchanged for the hope of a counterattack.
This was originally Galen's confident strike that broke the mold!
"Shield Counter!"
The moment the fireball made contact with the shield.
Something seemed to flicker in heaven and earth.
As Galen completely swung out his shield, the blazing fireball changed its trajectory even more.
It actually turned around and flew towards Flan in a whistling manner!
The fireball spell itself did not have the ability to track or lock the enemy.
But when Galen used his shield throwing technique, everything became different again.
The fireball's trailing flame trailed a half-arc trajectory that eventually exploded beside Flan!
Dust and smoke rose, and the horse fell to the ground with a neigh.
The brief depletion of her mental energy prevented Flan from putting up her magic shield in time.
The power of the fireball spell was newly proven to her, the caster.
Fires burned on the charred tunic.
The severely injured body convulsed and spasmed involuntarily.
An agonized moan escaped Flan's lips, and the life-giving light in her eyes was slowly dissipating.
"Go on, it's up to you how much you can ask."
Galen said to Ivo.
The excellent shield that had accompanied him for less than a morning was now covered in scorched black and cracks.
It was obviously not far from being completely scrapped.
Ivo, who came from a noble family, had mastered quite good horsemanship and had stabilized his horse by now.
At that, he nodded and led Diana towards the dying assassin.
Galen, on the other hand, picked up the worn-out mannequin that had its mouth sewn shut.
As soon as he picked it up, a sensation of a needle tip against his skin traveled from Galen's palm.
Even wearing gloves could not isolate this feeling.
Galen knew that this was the aura of a curse.
"The battle just now actually didn't damage this broken mannequin, as a cursed prop, aren't you guys a little too lucky?"
Squeezing the body of the mannequin with force, a burst of blue smoke spread out from it.
But whether it was the concentration or the range, the effect was far less than before.
If one wanted to use this level of soot to make the target fall under the Curse of Silence.
Then Galen would have to dislike the mannequin on someone's face in order for the effect to be realized.
"It seems like the power of the curse has to build up again after each use of this prop."
Throwing the Silent Mannequin into his bag, Galen was still optimistic about this prop.
Cursed props themselves were not rare, and cursed items that could be used repeatedly were even rarer.
With the curse power built up.
This mannequin was simply a spellcaster nemesis.
"I also don't know how long the duration is, well, there's a chance to test it on Diana."
By this time, Ivo and Diana had walked back.
The assassin's injuries were so severe that Ivo asked almost nothing.
But he had retrieved a badge belonging to the Lazar family from Flan, which added a few more shades of gloom to his face.
The drama of family infighting and blood relatives fighting each other did not concern Galen.
He only cared about what kind of generous price Ivo-chan, who had been saved by himself several times, could give in the end.
Ivo really didn't let Galen down either.
He looked towards Galen's hand, the excellent quality shield that was already on the verge of being destroyed, and said with some astonishment:
"That move ... just now could it be the legendary, only by raising both 'Shield Block' and 'Shield Specialization' to an extremely skilled level, can one have a very small chance of mastering the Upanishad. Shield Reverse, an Upanishad level skill that has a very small probability of being mastered?"
Although he asked these words, Ivo actually had his own answer in his heart.
"Elder, can I learn from you? My father is Count Valentine Lazar, if you need more money ..."
This time, he would rather end his career as an adventurer early.
He also wanted to introduce the uncle in front of him to his father.
Galen just shook his head.
Ivo was a little disappointed, but it reinforced the idea of learning from Galen's side.
Such a powerful person who was strong and indifferent to fame and fortune.
It was simply the best interpretation of a man of the world!
Of course, Ivo didn't know the reason why Galen rejected him.
It was simply because he felt that an earl's family was limited and it was difficult to afford his child's milk money.
After all, in the parenting manual left to Galen by a certain dragon princess.
The outer skin of a Flame Goblin that was intact and retained maximum activity was only one of the most basic ingredients.
By the time Ivo, who was acting as a temporary carriage driver, had managed to drive the tattered carriage into Byron Town.
The time had already come to around one o'clock in the afternoon.
Looking at the carriages that were covered in scorched black and completely disfigured.
The people in the carriage rental line even wondered if this carriage had accidentally driven into a battlefield.
Ivo had utilized the forces of the Lazar family stationed in Byron Town.
The tedious compensation and various troubles would be handled by their own people.
...
Located in the center of Byron Town, in a restaurant of high class.
Galen swallowed the third carbon grilled steak.
And then drink a mouthful of fragrant cream of mushroom soup.
Finally, he burped with satisfaction.
In his hand, there was also a bulging money bag, which was his quest reward.
The head of the Flame Goblin, Ivo had already sent someone to the Adventurer's Guild.
The bounty received totaled seven hundred silver coins.
At Ivo's suggestion, three hundred silver coins were divided among Galen, who contributed the most.
Diana and Ivo themselves split the rest of the bounty equally.
In addition to the bounty, Galen's quest completion rate, adventurer credibility, and magical beast hunting degree and other stats were also raised a bit.
When these hidden benefits accumulated to a point.
The quests that Galen could pick from would become more numerous.
Some of the higher difficulty adventure quests would also gradually open up to Galen.
"Next up is repairing the shield and waiting for that reward from Ivo-chan."
As Galen thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Ivo who was talking to someone.
Hesitantly, he wondered if he should go up and remind the other party about the payment.
It seemed to have sensed Galen's gaze.
Ivo asked a member of the Lazar family, who was stationed in Byron Town, for a small money bag, and strutted towards Galen.
"Elder O'Shield, thank you again for your help, this is a small token of my appreciation."
Galen received the somewhat dried out small money bag.
Unwrapping it, twenty-five lovely gold coins lay quietly inside.
A smile appeared on Galen's face.
Twenty-five gold coins were equivalent to two thousand five hundred silver coins.
The promised two thousand silver coins, and there was an extra five hundred when the payment was made.
Ivo this young man is nice and can deal!
Seeing Galen smile, the smile on Ivo's face also got a little brighter.
He said, ''The family needs me to cooperate with the investigation of the assassination. After this period of busyness passes, I'll formally invite senior to a banquet to properly express my gratitude."
He and Galen left each other's addresses in Byron Town.
Ivo and the Lazar family left the restaurant directly.
The ringleader of the assassination incident had yet to be captured, these people still had their work cut out for them.
Diana on the side twisted her hands in the corner of her coat, her eyes tracing Ivo's departing back.
Said quietly, "Meeting Ivo as well, adventuring together as well, it's clearly all about me coming here first ..."
Ahem.
Coughing twice, Galen put both the small gold bag and the large silver bag close to his body and extended his palm to Diana.
"Hm? What do you mean?"
Diana was a bit confused.
"The universal potion." Galen reminded.
Diana's bright eyes abruptly widened.
"No way no way? There wouldn't really be someone who would even ask for a mouthful of potion money, right?"
"It's very expensive." Galen was somewhat helpless.
What was the quality of his own potion, couldn't the person drinking it have some numbers in his heart?
Slapping down twenty silver coins heavily, Diana angrily walked away.
"Not bad, the money for repairing the shield is there. The next step is to go to the trading plaza and see if there is anything that the children can eat. By the way, I also need to purchase some defense field skill scrolls and prepare to promote to intermediate level adventurer. After all, the intelligence of some dangerous areas is something that only intermediate level adventurers are qualified to acquire."
Counting the current savings.
Galen's teeth ached as he realized that if he really came across ingredients that his own children could eat.
I'm afraid that this amount of money of his own would all have to go into it.