Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 22 Main Path Final Target——Cyclops

After walking out of the cemetery and crossing the river, Cheng Tian and others successfully entered the jungle area full of towering trees.

Under the shade of dense trees, the already dark jungle appeared even darker.

It was also fortunate that Yizhier and his friends left behind the lighter they found when they crossed the river, otherwise they would have to grope their way through the jungle in the dark.

He cut off a thick branch, tore off a few strips of cloth from the blood scab with a resentful look on his face, and used the makeshift fire and Cheng Tian's helmet to melt some of the resin that had just been scraped off, and finally combined them into an obviously durable torch.

One per person.

As for how to find the correct path to the end of the level...it all depends on the carnivorous plants distributed on the jungle floor along the necessary path.

Perhaps it is still the mercy of the chosen space. Since the enemy strength has been increased for novice players, it can be considered as a mercy in terms of path finding.

These carnivorous plants, positioned like signposts, have the instinct to indiscriminately attack any living thing, and the fireballs they spit out from their mouths from time to time to kill small animals are particularly eye-catching in the dark jungle.

...Aren't they afraid that they will be burned as well?

Although he had doubts in his heart, Cheng Tian did not stop working at all. While pushing the map, he used the straight sword in his hand, which was infused with holy damage, to throw accurately at the carnivorous plants and a group of newly appeared monsters.

This is a ghost-type monster of the same family as the Ghost Armor. It looks like a mini wizard wearing a cloak with only a hood, and its eyes are faintly visible under the shadows.

Compared to the zombies refreshed in the cemetery, the advantage of these ghost wizards is that they can fly and are not restricted by the terrain at all. They also have the long-range attack ability of throwing strange projectiles that look like onions.

This is the kind of enemy that can be very difficult to deal with once it reaches a certain size.

But their weakness is similar to that of zombies, that is, their blood volume is very low, and they may even be worse than zombies with blood (dry) and flesh (rotten).

Cheng Tian simply reloaded the vampire hunter template and added the vampire killer's holy damage to the white straight sword, successfully achieving an attack effect that could kill the vampire in one blow.

Like the strength attribute, the spirit attribute also has the effect of self-mana recovery. With the blessing of the gentleman's cane in his off-hand, Cheng Tian's 14 points of spirit provide a recovery rate of about 1.4MP per minute, and the "Knight Throw" attached to the pants consumes 5 MP each time. In theory, Cheng Tian needs 3 minutes of sage time to make up for the MP consumption of the Knight Throw.

But don't forget that Cheng Tian also has a template skill called "Soul Salvation", which allows him to obtain "innocent souls" while killing monsters.

The loading and unloading of the Vampire Hunter template did not reset the number of souls Cheng Tian had accumulated, which left Cheng with nearly a hundred innocent souls.

What surprised Cheng Tian was that the "Soul of the Innocent" from the "Vampire Hunter" template actually had a very high degree of compatibility with the "Knight Throw" from the "Proof of Arthur".

Only one innocent soul is needed to directly offset the 1 MP consumption thrown by the knight.

Cheng Tian estimated that this should be due to the superposition of templates, and Arthur's throwing ability was judged as Simon using a secondary weapon.

In the first generation of Castlevania, in addition to being able to use a whip for melee attacks, players can also throw and use secondary weapons, such as knives, throwing axes, crosses, and holy water bottles for long-range kills. There is even a "time-stop pocket watch" that is as the name suggests, a powerful weapon!
...Okay, it's a bit of an exaggeration to call it "time stop", but after activation, it can temporarily pause the actions of most non-BOSS monster units in the entire Castlevania in the current scene, while you can move and attack without restraint.

These secondary weapons require the souls of innocent people as casting materials.

Secondary weapons like the Knife and Axe only cost 1 Soul each time, and even something as diooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, like the Time Stop Pocket Watch, only costs 5 Souls.

Cheng Tian's mana bar has a maximum limit of 140, and he has accumulated more than 90 innocent souls on his body. He can continue to drop souls when he kills monsters, and he has even stacked the damage to the point where he can kill monsters in one hit.

So, as the fight progressed, his energy meter actually reversed. Because of the alternating use of mana and souls, not only did his mana bar remain relatively stable, but the occasional innocent soul (large) drops actually increased his overall reserves. This situation left Guichan completely bewildered.

There is indeed no shortage of capable trainers in the world of Pokémon, and there are also many trainers who know fighting techniques and telekinesis. However, trainers like Cheng Tian, ​​who chase the enemy the entire time in order to save mana for Chinchilla and not let it play, can only be described as rare.

An ear and a blood scab once again strengthened his belief in clinging to the powerful.

The straight-line distance from the river island where the Ghost Armor is dealt with to the main gate of the Demon King's Castle where the final BOSS of this level is located is only about 5 kilometers, but the road in the jungle is not a straight line. Even the road trampled by the bodies of the sacrificed knights of the kingdom is generally quite rugged.

Not only was the road rugged, but a darkness that seemed to carry an evil will always loomed over everyone's heads. Coupled with the harassment from the carnivorous plants and mini ghosts, only Cheng Tian and Gui Chan were able to fight. They also had to take a temporary break to replenish new torches and boil water. It took them almost two hours to walk the five kilometers in a straight line.

But it’s not completely without extra benefits.

Cheng Tian’s main and secondary equipment slots were filled with a straight sword and a cane, and the two slots on the item bar were filled with “Devil’s City Map (Limited)” and “Red Devil’s Wings (Material)”.

Cheng Tian has temporarily given up on the two-handed hammer and one-handed axe, and they are now assigned to Yi Er and Blood Scab. Considering the size and strength of the Cyclops, he can only fight the opponent head-on in this lifetime, so power weapons are useless. Movement speed and firing rate are the key.

The third and fourth compartments contained two stacked money bags and three stacked king statues respectively.

[Money Bag: Valuable Item. The universal currency of the Devil's World. Contains 50 Kingdom Silver Coins, which can be exchanged directly for 50 Chosen Coins in the Chosen Space.]

[King Statue: Valuable Item. Crafted from special materials, this King Statue is quite valuable and can be exchanged for 40 Chosen Coins.]

[Additional Note: In other worldviews, valuable items may be exchanged for more than directly redeeming them, but they may also be worthless.]

Unlike opening a treasure chest and directly putting the valuables into the wealth column, these valuables need an extra step to be converted into cash, which means that they will probably have to occupy the inventory to do something.

In addition, the valuables in this Demon Village may also be used in other copies.

Fortunately, valuables can be stacked, which is a slightly comforting setting among a lot of troubles.

Just in case, Cheng Tian reserved an empty space, and the fifth space contained a Mi Qi windmill that he had not dared to touch before.

Of course, this is not the one with negative effects, but the second easter egg triggered on the second island in the river before the end of the level. This Mi Qi windmill is a valuable item and can be directly exchanged for 500 Chosen Coins, which is one-third of killing the Red Devil and ten times the money in the purse.

At least on the surface, the other two people had no objection to the fact that Cheng Tian took away all the valuables, and Cheng himself, who had been fighting all the way, had no intention of making any concessions.

I deserve it! It's my money!
……

Yi Er and Blood Scab were swallowing their saliva subconsciously, because the huge monster that prevented them from leaving the Demon Village alive had already entered their sight.

Even when he was sitting cross-legged on the ground and dozing off, one could see that his buttocks and hunched upper body were almost taller than a two-story residential building. His arms and thigh muscles were as thick as huge rocks, and he was wearing a sleeveless metal armor with spikes on the surface.

The towering horn on the top of its head and the huge upper and lower eyelids on its ugly face, which were obviously closed due to dozing off, have already proved its identity.

It is one of the six demon generals guarding the first gate to officially enter the Demon King's City - the Cyclops!
　Thanks to "Wo Ben Wu Di" for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)