Goblin Heavy Dependence

Chapter 128 Promotion
The battle ended quickly.

The fighting style that has gradually taken shape through a large number of actual combat, coupled with highly adaptable combat skills, gives Xia Nan super mobility that ordinary adventurers do not have.

Roaming support.

The "Gnoll Archer" hiding in the shadows of the jungle was found and beheaded by him at the very beginning.

He moved freely on the battlefield, helped Abby who was in desperate situation, and then used his fighting skills to deal with the most difficult "elite monster" among the enemies together with Adeline.

The only two remaining gnolls, without their "Flesh Eater" leader, although they have not completely lost their will to fight like the green-skinned goblins, are not a concern at all.

Easy to attack and defend.

Their individual strength far exceeds that of the other side, and they also have the advantage of numbers.

Berg provided long-range auxiliary output, while Shanan and Adeline fought in close combat.

In just a few minutes, the battle came to an end.

hula-

The iron rod that fell from above was only seen as a shadow in the eyes of ordinary people.

In Xia Nan's sight, it seemed extremely slow, and he could clearly capture the trajectory of the stick falling.

His steps were light and his body leaned to the side in an exceptionally agile manner.

The iron rod that should have hit his head instead brushed past his nose and hit the empty grass.

He acted extremely relaxed, yet firmly controlled the rhythm of the battle.

Xia Nan took a light step forward, got close, and poked upwards lightly with the sword in his hand.

"laugh."

The tip of the sword instantly pierced through the wolf's soft jaw, piercing through the flesh and cartilage and reaching the skull cavity.

There was a slight stagnation in the hilt of the sword in my hand.

Just a twist of the wrist.

The gnoll's stinking body twitched and fell to the ground, his life force quickly draining away.

On the side, the last werewolf, with a bare arrow stuck in his eye socket, half-knelt on the ground and wailed miserably.

The iron hammer, reflecting cold light, came down with a whistling sound, and the howling stopped abruptly with the crisp sound of bones breaking.

Look back.

Xia Nan pulled out the beheading sword from the corpse at his feet, made some sword moves, and shook off the dirty liquid on the sword.

Stand still with your feet lightly on the ground.

I felt my body was noticeably lighter than before.

A thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

【Fang Hunt】, according to what the barbarian Fergan said before, was created by an ancient strongman from the far north, based on the movements and gestures of winter wolves when hunting, combined with his own combat experience.

These are definitely not the ordinary combat skills commonly seen among low-level adventurers on the continent.

There is an explanation for this.

According to Xia Nan's understanding, if combat skills themselves have different qualities in addition to levels, just like equipment items.

[Yashu] is probably at least a blue "rare" or even a purple "precious".

In fact, he had already anticipated this after he got the hang of it.

After all...it's really useful!
[Tooth Hunting] is obviously just a displacement-type combat skill, but it possesses exaggerated flexibility.

Advance, retreat, feint, pull, and even combine with other combat skills.

Even though he was only at level 1 at the time, it brought his actual combat capability to another level.

But despite this, I didn't expect that I still underestimated the value of this fighting skill.

From "lv2" to "lv3", it actually directly provided Xia Nan with some extremely precious attribute points!

You know, even if [Spin Slash] has been trained to the maximum level by yourself, it only gains attribute bonus after level 5.

Right now, the progress of [Tooth Hunting] is just halfway through, and there has been such an improvement.

It can be predicted that when it is upgraded to level 5 by Xia Nan, the benefits it brings to it will definitely not be much less than the previous one.

As for why there is no additional reward when [Tooth Hunter] is upgraded from level one to level two.

Xia Nan actually had a rough guess in his mind.

Long before, during his mission with the half-elf Hai'an, he had already learned from the other party about the division of combat proficiency levels on this continent.

Getting started, becoming proficient, and becoming proficient.

Combining the other party's description of the characteristics of the three levels, and corresponding to the panel level, it is:

lv1-2、lv3-4、lv5。

[Yashu] From "lv2" to "lv3", according to the saying of this world, it is from "entry level" to "proficient".

It’s a qualitative change!

And so on, if Xia Nan's guess is correct.

When [Tooth Hunter] is upgraded to lv4, it should be just like lv1-2, with ordinary increase in proficiency without any additional improvement.

The next attribute point reward and even corresponding expertise should be when it reaches lv5 "Mastery".

Of course, this is a story for another day.

Right now, the specific performance of [Tooth Hunter], which has reached level 3, in battle has vaguely resembled what Fugan demonstrated to him before.

Not only has it been comprehensively improved in terms of displacement speed and explosive power, but even without additional attacks, it still has a certain amount of damage.

Even the "fashionability" has evolved. In addition to the original wolf howl, the surrounding air will condense the shadow of a wolf head when it is released.

Compared with before, the improvement is huge.

Then, the most critical thing is that precious agility attribute point.

From "6" to "7", it seems to be just mediocre, a slight improvement.

But what was actually reflected in Xia Nan's body was a significant enhancement of many abilities such as "reaction speed", "balance ability" and "agility".

It is no exaggeration to say that up to now, the battle is completely over.

The discomfort caused by the sudden improvement in physical fitness still made Xia Nan feel light under his feet, as if he could fly into the sky as long as he exerted a little effort.

It’s like swimming in the water for a long time, getting used to the resistance of the water flow, and when you return to the shore, your legs feel light.

"How are you? Are you injured?"

Beside him, Adeline, who was holding a hammer and breathing rapidly, came closer and spoke with concern.

It seemed that because Xia Nan felt the changes in his body and stepped lightly on the spot, she mistakenly believed that he was injured in the battle, or used some explosive combat skills with strong side effects.

Hearing this, Xia Nan waved his hands to indicate that he was fine.

By the way, although this battle looks very fierce, the enemies encountered are much stronger than the previous goblins and "Gap-Tooth".

But in fact, everyone in the Green Blood Team is in pretty good condition.

Needless to say, the time he spent fighting with each enemy basically did not exceed seven seconds.

[Tooth Hunting] and [Spinning Slash] are used alternately.

Those jackals often didn't even have a chance to fight back before he chopped off their heads.

All in all, the actual fighting time may not be as long as the time spent traveling across the battlefield.

There is no injury at all.

Abby ran away without even looking at the jackal for two seconds. The only muscle on his right arm was a little strained because of his initial rash action. Berg sweated a little.

He used his own speed-up skills to outrun two gnolls in a whole battle. Although he consumed a lot of energy, he did not suffer any injuries.

In contrast, it was Adeline, who was relatively strong, who had to fight off two jackals including the "Flesh Eater" alone before Shanan came to support her, and suffered minor injuries that required bandages.

After the battle, it is naturally time to clean up the battlefield.

Unlike clicking the mouse in the game, the character on the screen can symbolically touch the enemy twice to take out various treasures; or a loot chest may suddenly appear from the void.

In the real world, you really need to touch the corpse covered with blood and unknown stolen goods inch by inch, strip off the enemy's armor and clothes yourself, carry the stench and rotten flesh all the way back to the city, and haggle over the price with the stingy grocery store owner for half a day.

Only the fragrant gold coins will fall into your pocket.

Not easy.

And perhaps it was because he felt that he was of no use in the previous battle and even hindered the team a bit.

Abhi was very positive.

Without needing anyone to remind them, they took the initiative to do the dirty work of cleaning up the corpses.

It is worth mentioning that the enemy that we were worried about on the way back finally showed up and the battle was won.

Berg, who had been a little uneasy for the past two days, briefly returned to his original energetic state.

Apparently, the situation will gradually recover as everyone leaves the Misty Forest and approaches the safe River Valley Town.

The harvest was average.

This tribe of gnolls, who have been wandering in the wilderness for a long time without settling down somewhere, rarely have the habit of saving.

The only valuable equipment they had was the second-hand equipment they had scavenged from other adventurers.

It’s just that these upright beasts have absolutely no concept of care and maintenance.

Due to poor usage and the harsh environment in the Misty Forest, these equipments began to decay in just a few days.

Even if you bring them all back, they can probably only be sold for around ten or twenty gold coins, which is not worth much.

After searching the entire battlefield, the most valuable item turned out to be the head of the "Jackal Flesh Eater".

——Its bounty on the association's mission board is as high as 120 gold.

This is exactly the opposite of the situation when we were clearing out goblins in the past.

The spoils of war were average, but the rewards from missions became the bulk of the income.

Of course, according to the usual practice of reward distribution in the Green Blood Squad.

Xia Nan, who made extra contributions and played a huge role in the battle, will be able to get at least half of the gold coins after returning to River Valley Town.

Although it is still not as good as my previous missions, it is still a good income.

"Have these gnolls fought against many adventurer teams before us? Why are they all injured?"

Abby was diligently picking up the bodies scattered on the ground, with a confused look on his face.

The injuries caused by the Greenbloods were easy to discern.

Ignoring himself, Adeline was hit by a hammer with a blunt force wound, Berg often used a bow and arrow, and Shanan only chopped off the head.

Apart from these, the other wounds on the bodies of the werewolves were inflicted before the battle began and had nothing to do with them.

Hearing the other party say this, Xia Nan also felt strange.

He had already noticed it just now.

Most of these jackals had burns all over their bodies, as if they had been engulfed in flames.

The hair on the backs of several of them was almost burned off, leaving only a charcoal-black scorch mark.

The injury was serious.

The combat power of the elite gnoll "Flesh Eater" that was originally on the same level as the bugbears was significantly reduced, and was easily defeated by Xia Nan who upgraded [Tooth Hunter] to level 3.

"Perhaps... it was left behind by the 'Iron Hand' team?"

Xia Nan became more certain of his previous guess.

After all, the opposing team is quite strong. Apart from myself who joined temporarily, they are much stronger than the Green Blood Team as a whole.

Even when facing a sudden attack from the gnolls, it is impossible to be completely defenseless.

Even Captain George was captured and tortured to death, which must have cost the Jackals a certain price.

As for the special scorch marks on the gnolls...

Although it is unlikely that there are any spellcasters left behind - a low-level adventurer team like theirs cannot possibly have a teammate who practices magic.

But projectiles such as "kerosene bombs" are also sold in stores in the city.

I have three in my pocket right now.

Not surprising.

"Hurry up and pack up the bodies. We have to set up camp somewhere else in the dark."

It is now the most dangerous time in the forest, late at night, and many nocturnal monsters are active.

Jackals have no concept of bathing, and the stench from their bodies can be smelled from dozens of meters away. Coupled with the smell of blood, it is very likely to attract nearby hunting monsters.

For safety reasons, the Green Blood Team naturally could not stay where they were.

Fortunately, Adeline's rich adventure experience allowed her to consider this situation before setting up camp and she had memorized several alternative camping locations in advance.

The terrain is suitable.

Right now, they only need to deal with the corpse a little bit, pack their luggage, and they don’t even need to extinguish the campfire, they can just leave.

Although there is still a possibility of encountering danger during the journey of dozens of minutes, it is obviously much safer than just finding a place to camp in the dense forest.

Not even a second was wasted.

After the battle, Adeline simply bandaged a few wounds on her body that needed urgent treatment, then immediately stepped forward and joined the ranks of cleaning up the battlefield.

And it was not until this time that she had the opportunity to carefully observe the bodies of the werewolves lying motionless on the ground before her feet, which might have left the entire team in the forest.

"Behead, behead, and behead..."

An iron-gray sword light flashed by, and it was Xia Nan who was standing by, removing a piece of sticky meat from the surface of the sword.

Adeline couldn't help but wonder.

I wonder if the other person has any strange habits.

That's normal.

After all, this line of work is extremely stressful, and after staying in River Valley Town for so many years, the familiar adventurers all have some psychological problems to a greater or lesser extent.

Compared to alcoholism and gambling... just being keen on "beheading" is not a problem at all.

While cleaning up, he saw the torn body of the Flesh Eater.

He couldn't help but recall the illusory wolf shadow made of air and grass that just whizzed past him.

For the first time, Adeline felt that there was something wrong with her judgment.

He subconsciously looked up and glanced in Xia Nan's direction again.

His eyes were looking over his body.

"This kid..."

"You really haven't obtained the professional level yet?"

(End of this chapter)