Lord Saren: I have a proficiency panel

Chapter 9 Second Stage: Sword Skills
  After taking care of Jack and his guards, Lodi came to Maximilian to add another blow. Although the trainee knight's head was penetrated at this moment, he was not dead for a while, and his body was twitching unconsciously.

Lodi snapped his neck in one stroke, ending his suffering once and for all.

Next, he dragged the corpses of four people and two horses and threw them into the barren mountains beside the road. He used his magic energy to condense an ice pick and stirred up the wounds of each corpse. It's a mess, the weirder it is, the better.

Returning to the road again, one of the two horses that was still alive escaped, and the reins of the remaining horse were inexplicably caught on the hard thorns on the ground. It was unable to escape for a while and kept whining there.

Apart from the two horses, the woman who was dragged just now was still lying on the roadside, motionless. The slight rise and fall of her chest proved that she was still alive.

Luo Di walked to her side and raised the dagger with the intention of killing and silencing her. After thinking for a moment, he decided to check her condition first.

He leaned down and took a closer look. Her consciousness was blurred, her cheek was swollen, and there was a shocking wound on each side. The flesh and blood were turned out, and the dirty blood was mixed with ice and mud. It was almost unbearable to look at. Her eyes were very swollen and covered in blood. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't even find her eye slits.

There were wounds everywhere else on the body. Some are man-made, others are scratched on the road. This sentence "Broken body" perfectly interprets the word "covered with bruises".

I don’t know how this woman offended Jack and received such treatment.

Or is it that the two people actually have no grudges and Jack just likes to torture others for fun?

"Damn it."

Roddy said with emotion that he killed Jack originally out of personal hatred, but at this time he actually felt like he was doing something for heaven.

Fortunately, these are all skin injuries. Although the woman at this time seemed confused and had a high fever, according to Lodi's understanding of the world, the apprentice priests in Black Rock City or the manor could rescue her.

He took the horse that had just failed to escape, picked up the woman, put her on the horse's back, and tied her tightly with a rope.

After doing this, he leaned close to the woman's ear and whispered: "Sanna is here for revenge. Shanna is here for revenge."

The woman gave some reaction to these words. She wanted to open her eyes, but what was in front of her was blood. So she whispered softly: "Sanna. Shanna has come for revenge. Revenge, revenge."

After hammering this into her head, Lodi let go of the reins and patted the horse's butt.

The horse regained its freedom, neighed, and ran towards Xilin Village.

Two days later, Jack's body was discovered by his family members who were out searching for him, and word of the murder spread throughout the barony. Even Black Rock City has people talking about finding a topic.

After all, Jack is a scion of the Saren family. The unprovoked murder of a nobleman is a big deal. Moreover, the process of this murder is very strange, and it is very topical.

It is said that Jack's body was so horrific that it looked like it had been bitten by a wild animal or caused by some strange cone-shaped weapon. And the only one who survived was a woman covered in wounds. She was a prostitute at the Flower Tavern in Black Rock City, and she was bought by Jack that night.

She came back strangely on the horse guarded by Jack. After being rescued by the people from Jack's manor, she kept muttering: Zannah has come for revenge. Zannah has come for revenge.

Since she was the only witness at the scene, most people believed her. After all, necromancy is not a rare magic in the Norwell continent.

People were curious about who this Shanna was, so Jack's story of seizing Shanna and torturing her was revealed, and then spread wildly throughout the barony. The manor's guards and Jack's family set up an investigation team, which caused panic in Xilin Village. However, Shanna's family had already fled far away, and nothing was found.

This incident also had some impact on Lodi.

Due to Jack's sudden death, the administrators of the village committee could not find anyone to make a decision, so they all thought of Lodi, the de facto village chief. Luo Di's smart and friendly way of doing things left a good impression on them, so the power of the village chief gradually returned to Luo Di.

The Jack family became notorious due to Shanna's incident, which seriously affected the reputation of the Saren family. They were criticized by other noble members and have lost their right to speak in Xilin Village. In addition, Lodi often showed kindness to the Jack family, and they did not express any objection to Lodi's return to power.

With Jack's death, Lodi gradually regained the power of the village chief. But he did not waste his time on this, but handed over the affairs of the village to Ogbai.

Anyway, it is now a severe cold winter, with no agricultural harvest, no business travel, everything is silent, there is no big thing to do, and there is no money to be made.

For Lodi's entrustment, Ogebai naturally went all out. He sometimes thinks of what Lodi ordered him to do before Jack died, and he always feels that Jack's death may have something to do with Lodi. Every time he thought about this, he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe towards his master.

This made him more obedient to Lodi and he did not dare to disobey his orders at all.

After briefly establishing his authority in the village, Lodi went to find old Barron without stopping to discuss the next stage of cultivation with him.

The second stage of the first level of Qingshuang Breathing Technique is the sword skill. Use swordsmanship training to coordinate and mobilize the magic in the body, and then feed back the power of magic into sword moves.

The difficulty of sword training is almost the same as that of fighting skills. However, in terms of strength improvement, the two are completely different.

After all, weapons are certainly more lethal than bare hands.

Moreover, if the weapon you hold happens to be a magic weapon that matches the magic attributes in your body, the improvement in strength will be a qualitative leap.

According to the records in the copied book, the long sword required for Qingshuang Breathing Method is about 105 centimeters and weighs about four kilograms. For this reason, Luo Di found someone to make a sword made of black iron, which cost him 6 gold coins.

According to Old Barron, weapons made of black iron are the basic materials for enchanted weapons. It may be possible to upgrade to enchanted weapons in the future.

However, the profession of enchanter is one of the magic professions and is very rare in the entire Nowell continent. Even the big city next door, Black Rock City, has no permanent enchanters, and they can only appear at occasional weapon auctions.

Therefore, he did not expect much from a painting like Old Barron.

He named this black iron sword 'Frostmourne' to improve the weapon's quality, and then started training day and night again.

Through the last assassination of Jack, Lodi discovered that performing actions in real combat will gain more experience points.

In order to get more opportunities for actual combat, he began to consciously go deep into the sycamore forest and set foot in the inaccessible dense forest area in the northern part of the barony. This is the habitat of many ferocious beasts, including forest wolves, giant bears, wild boars, and giant pythons.

Luo Di very much hopes that this group of cute friends can help him improve quickly.

(End of this chapter)