Witch Monastery

Ekta, it is indeed much bigger than before.

This kind of change is within his reach.

and so……

After the events of Witch Night, Ekta's strength had indeed become stronger. And her figure, as her strength increased, began to change for the better?

As he thought about it this way, he could understand why Ekta had made such progress because he ate three Balrogs the night before.

but……

He couldn't help but frown, and another question that hadn't been answered before now came to his mind.

There are traces of Ekta's growth, but why did Heidi suddenly become stronger?

It can't be that because of your love for me, your power suddenly awakened, right?

Or……

Thinking of the reason why the Death Knight awakened, as well as the true nature of the Old Ones and the Witches, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Could it be that Heidi, the deep-sea witch, and the enemy of the Death Knight are of the same origin and species, so when the latter awakens, the former's power is also enhanced?

Chapter 769: Reaching Level

No way...it can't be like this?

Hawthorne had no clues or evidence, so he could only make wild guesses. But the more he thought about this conclusion, the more likely it seemed.

Finally, he couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand, and his heart was nervous again.

Sigh, I hope that guy's awakening can be slower, giving me enough time to prepare and fight against an Old One...

Headache!

He sighed like this, but then shook his head, shook off these distracting thoughts, and focused on what was happening at hand.

His previous savings and the harvest from Witch's Night, added together, were enough for him to reach level 16!

He stretched out his finger and lightly tapped the system interface. Then, a gentle purifying white light appeared and enveloped his body.

Hawthorne still had his eyes open, looking at the system interface in front of him. He saw the interface changing rapidly, and then came to the expertise interface, allowing him to choose.

Every time his level reaches a multiple of four, he will have a chance to improve his attributes or choose a specialty.

And every time, Hawthorne's choice was the same: "Choose Metamagic Feat: Powerful Spells!"

Attributes can be improved through diet and training, and ordinary combat expertise can also be mastered through continuous training. In comparison, the difficulty of learning each super magic expertise is much higher than the previous two!

Hawthorne was not afraid of hard work, but he was afraid that he was not talented enough and that no matter how hard he worked, he would get nothing in return.

After all, he also knew that his talent was limited. Before he traveled through time, he was just an ordinary small town test-taker, far from being a child prodigy.

In this world, even with the blessing of the system, it was already very difficult for him to learn a high-level spell. It was not that he had not tried to learn metamagic expertise, but the difficult and incomprehensible concepts made him wisely choose to give up.

Forget it, let's focus on improving attributes and practicing ordinary combat feats. As for super magic feats, leave it to the system's ability!

This was his idea and plan, and the powerful spell was a metamagic specialty parallel to the upgraded spell.

Upgrading spells consumes an additional three mana points and strengthens non-damaging spells, greatly increasing their effectiveness, such as Charm Person, Immobilize Person, Slow, and the Banishment spell that Hawthorne uses to deal with giant bull demons.

As for the powerful spells, they consume an extra bit of mana, and then strengthen those damaging spells to increase their power: for example, Burning Hands, Fireball, and the seventh-ring spell that Hawthorne mastered through learning, Flamestorm!

This feat can increase the power of these spells, and the extent of the increase is related to the level of the spell and the attributes of the caster. With Hawthorne's 20 points of charm, after adding this metamagic feat to "Firestorm", it is conservatively estimated that its power can be increased by another 20 to 30%!

At low levels, the cost-effectiveness of this feat is extremely low. After all, a first-level Burning Hands only consumes two mana points. Instead of using this feat to increase the power by 30%, it is better to save the mana and cast the spell one more time.

The value of this spell can only be reflected when it is at a high level!

Not only that, Hawthorne learned this spell to prepare for a higher level.

He is now level 16, and has 26,000 purification points left. If he saves another 4,000, he can reach level 17. By then, he will be able to master the Nine Rings spell!

There are many extremely powerful damaging spells in the Nine Rings spells. For example, according to the setting, the meteor explosion can destroy a city at once. With this specialty, his strategic deterrence can be taken to a higher level!

After he selected the result, the gentle white light quickly dissipated. Apart from this metamagic feat, level 16 did not bring him any more improvements.

But Huo Sang was not in a hurry, he knew what it meant to accumulate strength and then burst forth. When he reached level 17, not only would he be able to master the Nine Rings spell, his magic energy would also be able to burst into four, and his comprehensive strength in all aspects would have a qualitative leap!

Before that, I should just accumulate slowly!

He thought so, calculating in his heart the things that would happen in the future.

Improvement, the mood is quite relaxed and happy.

At this moment, on his right, Annuo's eyebrows moved slightly, and then she opened her eyes slowly and confusedly.

Hawthorne turned his head, saw her, and smiled: "Good morning, dear."

"Good morning." Anno responded subconsciously, and then noticed Ekta lying on the other side of him.

Recalling what absurd things she had done last night and what unbearable words she had said, her face suddenly turned red. Then she hit him in shame and anger and said, "You pervert! You really hurt me so much!"

Hawthorne smiled and did not refute, letting her beat him gently. He bent down, hugged her shoulders, and then kissed her gently on the cheek: "Thank you, dear."

He whispered softly, and this sentence instantly melted An Nuo's heart. She collapsed in Hawthorne's arms, unable to raise her fists anymore. She lay quietly in his arms and responded softly, "It's nothing. We have decided that we will be together forever for the rest of our lives, right?"

"We will have to face a lot more together in the future. This little thing is nothing."

Hawthorne hugged her head and let her lean on his chest. He didn't say anything more and didn't rush to get up. He enjoyed the rare tranquility and peace of mind at this moment.

An Nuo also leaned against him lazily. Even though the sun had risen from the horizon outside the window, neither of them was in a hurry to get up. They enjoyed this rare lazy daily life.

"Oh, yes, there is one more thing I have been forgetting to mention, Hawthorne." Suddenly, An Nuo frowned slightly and looked up at him, "That dark elf is called Hannie Harlan, right? What kind of deal did you reach with her?"

Hawthorne came back to his senses, then shook his head, not taking it seriously: "Nothing, it's just that they are enemies of the dark elves who came to assassinate Sharma, so they came to me, and they informed me of this intelligence, and the reward is that I go and kill all their enemies."

"Well... the final result is that I succeeded and failed. Sharma's think tank was basically saved, but he himself was assassinated. Although I slaughtered all the assassins, the situation is irreversible..."

As he spoke, he turned his head away, not daring to look directly into An Nuo's eyes, and sighed: "Blame me, if I were stronger..."

Anuo held his hand and interrupted him: "Don't blame you, dear, you have done well enough. We have been fighting the Balor Flame Demon, and Ekta was unconscious because of it. It's normal that you couldn't provide support in time."

As she said this, she couldn't help but scolded, "You are such a fool. Don't take all the responsibility on yourself. If they didn't prepare for this kind of thing, the first responsibility must be themselves..."

Hawthorne smiled and stroked her hair: "My dear, you still care about me."

An Nuo curled her lips. Although she was actually very happy, she didn't want Hawthorne to see it so easily: "Don't give me that. I remind you to be wary of those dark elves. It's best not to deal with them as much as possible."

"Many people think they are smart and can see through the disguises of these guys, or have tamed them, but in fact, it is not the case at all. If you are not careful in the future, you will be eaten up by them!"

She warned him so, Hawthorne smiled, lowered his head, kissed her gently, and nodded: "Well, I know, dear, don't worry, I won't believe them easily."

On his other side, Ekta's eyebrows trembled slightly, and then she slowly opened her eyes and woke up from her sleep. Hawthorne also gave her a good morning kiss, and after a while of tenderness, he urged her to get up and wash up together.

The sun rises gradually in the east, and the port of Kendra, which has been reborn after the disaster, is about to usher in a hopeful beginning.

Chapter 770 The Harlan Family's Misjudgment

On the other side, in the old slums of Gendra Port, there is a completely destroyed and abandoned bungalow that no one cares about. It is the current hiding place of the Harun family.

After completing the goal of assassinating the Baenre family, the Harlan family did not immediately evacuate and return to the Underdark, but stayed here.

They have some extra things to do.

What Hanni and Annuo said was not entirely false. At least, it was not easy for a small family like them to complete a large-scale assassination, and it required financial support from all aspects.

Therefore, this time when they came to the surface, they also had to complete some poison business and replenish their family's finances. Otherwise, before the goal of revenge was achieved, their family would be in poverty because of insufficient income.

Besides this, there was another reason, that is, Hanni had another plan in mind...

This is a wooden bungalow that looks run-down, dirty, rotten and moldy. No one would want to live in it. Its surface is covered with thick dust, and it is exactly the same as other houses around it, with nothing special to see.

But in fact, the interior of the room had already been cleaned, and many of the furniture had actually been brand new. The living room in the center of the room had been emptied, and the space had been freed up. Now there was a brand new long wooden conference table inside, and twelve wooden stools were placed around it.

Zora Harlan, wearing a brown tight leather armor, sat at the end of the long wooden table, her tight thighs crossed, showing her family's current

The position of the main decision-maker.

However, it was not she who was presiding over the meeting at the moment, but her youngest daughter, Hannie Harlan, who was sitting on her right.

At this moment, the young dark elf prophecy wizard was not at all obedient and well-behaved in front of Hawthorne.

She was wearing a light blue magic robe with a simple white giant eye stripe decoration. She sat upright on the chair, holding a pen and paper in her hand. She had a stern face and swept her scarlet eyes over everyone present. She said in a deep voice: "Now, everyone, we must have a good discussion about the cooperation value of Nigel Hawthorne."

"As you all know, I was unable to be there in person that day to see him in action because of his request. Therefore, I need you to describe his situation to me in as much detail as possible so that I can make an accurate judgment."

She said in a deep voice, what she said was the truth, and also what she was most worried about. She had investigated Hawthorne and was sure that this guy was definitely not a harmless guy. Sometimes, after studying his past deeds, this dark elf had to be said to be insidious and cunning.

But her own mother was a pure warrior who would do anything for revenge. So she was very anxious now, wondering how much Hawthorne had gained from her mother that night.

just in case……

She couldn't help but think of the worst, and the more she thought about it, the more anxious she became, and she felt that she was in a very passive position.

She thought she had to make a decision as soon as possible, whether to trust the other party without reservation, or to withdraw immediately and make sure that the other party could not hurt her even if they got the information...

Below the long table, several other dark elf warriors who served their families were originally quite calm, but after hearing her request, they looked at each other in bewilderment.

They looked at each other's faces, and then one of the dark elves couldn't help swallowing.

"Well... we have to admit that he is indeed much stronger than we initially expected." He said, "Compared to us, he is more like an assassin. When he falls from the sky, he will definitely kill us with one strike."

"Our opponents are obviously the most elite warriors of the Banrui family, but not a single one of them can struggle under his hands for a few seconds!"

Opposite him, another dark elf had a strange expression on his face: "Hmm... he should have found some targeted method. I saw it with my own eyes. The poisonous crossbow arrows of the Baenre family hit his body several times, but he was almost unscathed from beginning to end."

"It's hard for me to believe what I saw. After all, it was an arrow with a magical effect, and it was coated with a deadly poison... It's hard to imagine how many magical items he had on him to form such a powerful defense."

As he said this, several other male dark elf assassins nodded, indicating that they had also seen it with their own eyes.

At the end of the long table, Hanny's sister, a female dark elf wearing a purple low-cut nightgown embroidered with pink petals, exposing her deep cleavage and emitting a strong scent of perfume, could not help but roll her eyes and sneered at the assassins present: "So, what you mean is that a group of elite assassins with one or two hundred years of combat experience are not as good as him, a human who is less than twenty years old?"

She did not participate in the assassination. As the eldest daughter in the family, she was not good at it and did not like to be in danger. Therefore, her main job this time on the surface was to negotiate poison business with some surface customers.

The progress on her side was pretty good, and by using her own body as a weapon, the financial pressure on the Harlan family was greatly alleviated.

And not understanding the actual situation on the battlefield became the root of her arrogance and ignorance.

Upon hearing this, many of the assassins present were embarrassed, and a few were angry, and were very dissatisfied with her remarks.

At the end of the long table, Zora Harlan looked up and frowned at her eldest daughter: "Don't speak at a time like this!"

The latter uttered a soft "tsk", then turned his head away and stopped talking. Zora took a deep breath, looked at Hanni, and took the initiative to say: "It's hard for me to describe to you how shocking the scene we saw that night was."

"He spread his blue magic wings and flew in the sky like an eagle, and all of us were little chickens that he could hunt at will."

"In the ten minutes of fighting, we hardly killed any enemy ourselves. All we did was to force the members of the Banrui family out of the bushes and make them appear in Hawthorne's sight. Then, he would drop from the sky and take the target's life!"

"I have lived for hundreds of years, and I have never seen the elves' lives being so fragile as I did that day. They were wantonly ravaged and killed by him. But at the same time, every time I think of his heroic performance that night, I feel as if I have seen a god's messenger who specializes in killing..."

As she described it, the more she recalled the scene of that night, the more excited she became. Her towering breasts wrapped in soft leather armor rose and fell, her dark face turned slightly red, her little mouth panted slightly, causing her whole body to tremble slightly.

She even looked a little fanatical, as if she were some irrational fan who suddenly saw her idol.

Hanni couldn't help but look up and looked at him strangely.

Seeing her mother's current state. Hearing her exaggerating praise of Hawthorne, for some reason, Hannie suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Calm down, Hannie, don't be swayed by your emotions, analyze his value rationally!

She warned herself in her heart, then took out a pen and paper and began to take notes in her notebook: "So, if that's the case, then when he was flying in the sky, he should have used the sixth-ring spell 'Tasha's Transcendent Form'..."

She tried to picture the battle that night in her mind, writing quickly in the notebook under her hand. But after writing a few strokes, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Wait!" She raised her head suddenly and looked at Zhuola, her expression stunned. "Mom, how long did you guys fight?"

Zhuora frowned and thought carefully: "About... ten minutes? Or fifteen minutes? I can't remember clearly, but it won't be too long."

She said this, but in Hanni's opinion, this time was already scary enough.

She then turned her head and looked at the other elite assassins in the family: "Did you notice? He was flying in the sky during the entire battle?"

The others looked at each other for a few seconds, then nodded in unison: "That's right, he has been flying in the sky and has never come down."

Hanni's pretty eyebrows were tightly furrowed.

How can this be?

Tasha's extraordinary form is a sixth-level spell. Even if he uses the "Extend Spell" feat every time and uses the opportunity to cast higher-level spells to cast this spell...

Even if we assume that he has mastered the nine-ring spell, six, seven, eight, and nine, and then multiply the extended effect by two, the total transformation time is only eight minutes!

He had previously flown in the sky, exiled so many giant bull demons, and fought with the Balor Flame Demons for so long...

No matter how I try to make it work, the timing doesn't match!

unless……