I rely on myself

Chapter 371 Effect Display
The two sides confronted each other again. Looking at the cat-girl, the human youth was alert in his heart, but also surprised at the effect of the magic props he used.

As adventurers of the same clan and the same level, how could the human youth not know how agile the cat-girl was? Under normal circumstances, a powerful vanguard like him would not be able to catch up with her, not to mention that the cat-girl had been blessed and her speed was even higher.

But there was no doubt about the situation just now. Before the straight knife was about to pierce his back, he reacted and even put the somewhat heavy two-handed sword in front of his back in time, thus blocking the opponent's surprise attack.

The reason for this result is that the earring on his left ear is also a magic item, which contains the special effect of "reaction enhancement".

Although it is different from other blessing magic, such as the "acceleration" of the cat girl, which has a direct effect and seems a bit mediocre, it is undoubtedly very suitable for the current situation.

It is precisely because of this blessing that the human youth's reaction speed is enhanced, so that he can see through the cat girl's extreme speed, which allows the human youth to block the opponent's attack so calmly.

The two sides soon started fighting again. The cat girl, as always, relied on her high agility and kept moving around the human youth looking for opportunities. From time to time, she would suddenly launch a surprise attack and take a hit-and-run approach, never putting herself in danger.

The human youth was unable to seize the initiative in the battle against the highly agile, constantly moving cat-girl, and could only passively deal with the opponent's attacks. However, he was not discouraged.

After all, with the help of 'Enhanced Reaction', he was able to calmly block each of the opponent's attacks, and even launch a counterattack to force the opponent back. As long as he persisted in this way, the cat girl who kept moving around would definitely be the first to give up. Then it would be time for him to counterattack, so the human youth did not have the slightest impatience and took a very stable defensive stance.

The two sides remained in a stalemate, each side looking for or waiting for the other side's weakness.

The people surrounding the siege also expressed their opinions on this.

"The effect is much better than I expected. I thought that even if there was an improvement, it would only be a few dozen points higher in ability value. But now it seems that both sides have seen a considerable improvement. It's really amazing."

The one who uttered this praise was Finn. As the leader of Loki's family, he certainly had a certain understanding of the abilities of his family members. In his impression, although both the human youth and the cat girl were good talents, that was all.

Now, with the help of different magic items, they have displayed amazing combat power. Although it is not as exaggerated as that across levels, their performance can be considered top-notch at the same level.

Seeing that the strength of their family members had been improved to such an extent by using just one of the magic props they carried, Finn couldn't help but reveal an undisguised eager smile on his face, and was even more looking forward to the effects of the remaining magic props.

Although the other members of Loki's clan did not say anything about Finn's high evaluation, they all showed their agreement.

"Although there is indeed a huge improvement, that is only due to their low level. If a high-level adventurer uses the same magic item, it will not be able to achieve such an exaggerated improvement. At most, it will be about half, or even less."

The person who said this was Lin Yuan. As the designer and maker of these magic props, he was very familiar with their performance. So after hearing Finn's high evaluation, he decided to remind the other party out of kindness.

Finn's eager smile did not diminish at all, and he replied directly: "It doesn't matter. I am aware of this. After all, even adventurers of the same level have a huge gap in ability, skills, magic and other factors, not to mention the difference of one level. So I expected that higher-level adventurers would not be able to get such a big boost when using these magic items." "But even if it is only a half-cent improvement, it will still have a great impact on the battle between high-level adventurers. After all, this half-cent improvement may become the last straw that overwhelms the opponent."

After hearing what Finn said, Lin Yuan did not refute it because it was the fact.

It is true that these magic items may not be that powerful for high-level adventurers, but that does not mean they are ineffective.

The most obvious example is the previous confrontation between Lin Yuan and Bert. Although Lin Yuan indeed possessed skills far superior to Bert's, he was able to exert ten or even dozens of times the effect of one part of strength.

However, if the basic capabilities of both sides are too great, they may still be defeated at any time.

Lin Yuan's countermeasure at the time was to cast a series of blessing magic on himself. With this series of blessings, although it was not possible to make the basic abilities of both parties equal, it at least reached a level that was only slightly inferior.

Lin Yuan's skills were enough to equalize this gap in basic abilities, and he could even suppress Bert.

Knowing this, Finn and even the others were not disappointed that the magic items' effects on higher-level adventurers were somewhat weakened, because it was still an improvement after all, wasn't it?

Everyone's attention returned to the two people who were still fighting.

After constant roaming and raiding, the cat girl obviously consumed a lot of physical strength. After all, as the attacking party, she still had to roam around constantly, which would inevitably consume a lot of physical strength.

Although the human youth also suffered some losses, he was still the defending party and just stood there to block the opponent's attacks.

Although he had to be on guard against the cat girl's sudden attack all the time, which consumed a lot of his mental energy, it was still less than what the other party consumed.

After many surprise attacks, the cat girl had to admit that the opponent did not reveal any flaws. No matter how sudden or fast her attack was, the opponent would always react at the last moment and block the attack.

It would obviously be disadvantageous for her to continue fighting like this. Realizing this, the cat girl's face became serious.

Although this battle was not that important and it didn't matter if she lost, the cat girl did not want to admit defeat, so she wanted to fight one last time.

(End of this chapter)