The constant sharp pain from the top of the skull once stimulated the underage red dragon to almost go berserk. By this time, it had long forgotten the purpose of its visit, and its vengeful fury prompted it to wave its claws and attack Barrett. But just as the red dragon's claws were about to make contact with Barrett, it found that it could no longer move forward—no matter how hard it flapped its wings, it could not advance a single inch.

This is the effect of 'inertial conflict', and Claudia, as a real master, has finally seized the right opportunity to use it this time - the red dragon, who is enraged by Barrett, has ignored his preset safety distance and has fallen into the trap that the players have weaved.

Although he was firmly restricted by supernatural forces, he could not move forward or retreat. But this restraint only affects the movement of the red dragon, and its wings and minions are still able to move freely. At this time, any action that wants to take advantage of the fire will have to pass through the test of the dragon's 'battle armament'.

However, he faced a young red dragon who could not move freely, even if it was just unable to move freely. Barrett believed that the idea of turning it into his own spoils of war was born. But just as he adjusted his posture a little rustily and was about to charge in mid-air, a blue light actually glowed in the red dragon's bloody mouth. Immediately after that, the huge red body disappeared into Barrett's sight out of thin air.

Rielly, who found that something was wrong on the ground, immediately spilled a cloud of light dust. Unfortunately, the dazzling glow of the crystalline powder had not been able to outline any dragon-related contours in the area it enveloped. Based on the results of the previous identification, Rielly immediately shouted at Barrett with great certainty, "It's teleportation." The red dragon should have fled by now. ”

"Did you choose to retreat? Sure enough, it was the same as it had just been. It's a shame! After muttering a couple of sentences to himself. Barrett cast a slightly regretful glance at the 'broken peak' in his hand. After all, if the ability of the 'Dimensional Blade' had just been used, the red dragon would have no chance to teleport and escape.

However, it is not easy to kill a red dragon who is trapped in a beast state. What kind of price players will pay at that time is by no means something that players can confirm by guessing in their heads. So Red Dragon's departure is not good or bad, and Barrett is only slightly regretful. Fortunately, the original goal of the players has been achieved, and the damn red dragon is now at least 100 miles away, and there is no way to trouble the players in the short term.

Barrett, who landed back on the surface, immediately ordered, "Noodles, come with me to get those horses back." Rieli, you summon a new mount, and we must get to the town of Stoll as soon as possible. Who knows when that damn red dragon will come back. ”

The 'Bloodstained Gray Flower' squad is relatively lacking in air combat capabilities. After all, he was a little powerless in the face of the red dragon. Although this trap successfully made the red dragon choose to retreat, the other party would never dare to be so arrogant next time he came. But as long as the red dragon doesn't want to hurt people but only harass, the next journey of the players may become difficult.

Therefore, it became a necessity to get to the nearest settlement as soon as possible. Most of the time, dragons don't choose to attack towns directly. Because that kind of behavior is a serious provocation to the local regime, the 'Queen of the Dragon' church has a shallow foundation in the Cruze Kingdom, and it should not do that kind of behavior that makes itself uncomfortable.

As for the dragon that Barrett had provoked before, he had lost his mind and attacked the town? Judging from the red dragon's life-saving behavior just now, there is absolutely no such possibility. First of all, there must be their own weapons in the town, although it is not certain how much combat power they have, but if there are any special weapons, they can still cause some trouble for the red dragon.

Secondly, the buildings in the town will provide good cover for the targets pursued by the Red Dragon. Therefore, the Red Dragon would not dare to risk such a place - after all, he would deal with those who could sneak up on him in the wilderness.

The most important thing was after the attack on the town. The follow-up trouble that might have been caused to the red dragon was enough to stop it. You must know that the young red dragons still have many enemies on the continent that are difficult to fight, although they are evil, brutal, extremely destructive, and feed on intelligent creatures. But on the issue of his own life, he can still suppress the desire that is rooted in his blood.

As Barrett said earlier, a warhorse that has been trained and bred for a long time will not be far from its driver for a short time. It didn't take much effort to find them, and Barrett and the others got back on the road. However, this battle was far from a victory, which seriously affected the mood of the players, and your morale also seemed a little low.

Even Barrett, who was at the forefront, still felt something strange behind him. Feeling that he had to come up with a plan to boost his morale now, he said after a little thought: "Okay! That damn red dragon is troublesome, but if we can fight it off once, we can fight it off a second time. And didn't you notice that guy had left us with a very good experience? Even I have been able to increase my current level now. If you come a few more times, I don't think you're far from being upgraded. ”

"Barrett, you're about to be level 9? It's only been a few months since the last upgrade! Rielly immediately asked, with a slightly surprised expression. And the rest of the players also focused their attention on Barrett one by one. Sure enough, when it comes to leveling up, it immediately grabs the attention of players!

In order to have a better effect, Barrett turned his head and nodded: "It should be because I have more recent kill rewards!" In particular, there are a lot of good players among the enemies! And although the red dragon was just to drive away, its level was enough for us to gain a lot of money. ”

"Barrett, what you mean by level nine, that is, martial arts with 5 rings! That way, the next time we face that damn red dragon, it's going to be a lot easier. There was a hint of lightness in Klermatis's words. In her opinion, this is obviously good news. After all, in most cases, whether it's magic or martial arts. The high rings are always stronger than the low ones. This increase in combat effectiveness. Even more than feats and level modifiers.

Barrett chuckled in his heart when he heard this. However, in order not to affect the mood of his companion, he still said without changing his face: "Wait until tomorrow morning, the big guy will understand what has changed." ”

Perhaps because of the impact of leveling up, which is one of the player's pursuits, players who had become a little emotional because of the red dragon seem to have returned to normal. Aside from the time lost by the attack, the rest of the day's itinerary was not greatly affected.

When Barrett woke up the next day, he immediately clicked on the upgrade options in the character panel, and emptied a large amount of experience in the experience pool that had reached the standard at once. And as the level of the character increases, a large amount of data also begins to adjust. First, Barrett set his sights on the specialty. 9 is an odd-numbered level that will be able to gain a new specialization.

For this choice, Barrett already had a plan in mind. Although it didn't seem to help the current situation, he still chose the specialty of 'Piercing Spell Defense'. When he was fighting Mage Shoshone before, Barrett had a headache because of the opponent's protective spells. Considering that there will be more and more spellcasters in the future, this specialty has to be put on the agenda.

This feat, which allows the user to suppress the opponent's magical protection. The user can make a specially charged melee attack ignore any defense level bonuses from spells, including instant spells or stored spell effects caused by magic items (e.g., wands or potions). Once damage is dealt to an enemy, it will also immediately dispel all spells and effects that grant a defense level bonus to the opponent. In a sense, this is more powerful than high-level disarming magic, except for the narrower targeting.

As for the prerequisites for the specialty, the 13-point constitution and the 'Wizard Killer' specialty, Barrett has already reached it. So Barrett immediately added that specialty to his energy chain. And with the combination of the two specialties of 'Piercing Spell Defense' and 'Penetrating Spell Cover' to restrain spells. Most casters' defenses don't matter much to Barrett.

The next level 9 'Order Force' will receive an additional stance and martial arts. There are many options in this regard, so Barrett has to choose carefully. And in terms of posture, the first thing that entered Barrett's sight was Tie Xinliu's 'Sword Dance Posture'.

The user who learns this stance will be able to attack like a sliding snake. Stretch your body to the limit of your balance. This can cause his opponent to fall backwards unexpectedly, and surprise him at how far the user can reach him - by carefully distributing the weight of the whole body, building balance and weird stance, the user can attack opponents farther away than usual.

Although a warrior lacks training and experience, he will often fall into the mud when using this martial art. But the user has enough skill, focus, and grace to accomplish this complex move. When the user is in this stance, they are able to gain additional contact distance. When he performs a melee attack, his contact range is increased by 5 feet. However, in the case of special conditions such as an opportunistic attack, it is unknown whether the contact distance can be increased. You can't use this or any other combination of martial arts to increase your contact distance by more than 5 feet.

Although there are many restrictions, the extra five feet are just and simple. But it's worth it, and Barrett isn't sure.

Next up is the 'Auditor' of the Steel Soul: the user's senses become so acute that they can hear even the slightest movement of the air around them. Invisible creatures and other potential dangers lose any meaning in the face of the user's heightened sense of concentration. Using the user's combat training, keen senses, and ability to predict actions, the user is the strongest vigilant on the battlefield. Not even the slightest detail or the most stealthy target can escape the user's attention. When the user activates this stance, they can achieve a 30-foot blindness and a +5 insight bonus when performing the listening test.

Blindness is a very good ability, so this is called the strongest stance outside of combat. You must know that the spells that give the blind sense cannot be held all day. If you already have a combat stance, you must learn this. Of course, Barrett also understands that this can be solved by buying a True Gloomy Veneer, which is more than 9,000 gold, but he can't afford it - and it works better.

Finally, the Crow's grip advantage: this stance allows the user to move around the battlefield, accurately calculating the time it takes to move to avoid attacks from opponents. The user's sense of the battlefield and their intuition about the merits of the battle situation allow the user to remain defensive while moving. While others must move cautiously around the battlefield, the user can spot holes in the opponent's defenses and move with speed and confidence. With extra travel distance and quick dodge skills, it won't go out of style no matter how you look at it. The only problem is that it can be replaced by other abilities.

As for the last stone dragon giant. The biggest problem is that when the user moves 5 feet, the effect of this footwork is gone, so you will be out of the game without looking. After some hesitation, Barrett finally chose the ability of 'listening and arguing', after all, it is very good to be able to free up an equipment slot.

Although there are a lot of martial arts skills in the future, Barrett feels that there are not many options he should choose. After deducting a large number of martial arts that were repeated and unused with his existing abilities, he was left with two choices in front of him.

Steel Soul's Rapid Counterattack: The user unleashes an attack, wielding a weapon that leaves only an afterimage and slams the slightest gap in the opponent's defense. This trick allows the character to unleash additional attacks on reckless opponents. When the opponent can trigger an opportunistic attack by the user, the user can launch this move. As part of the move, the user is required to immediately launch a melee attack on the target that triggers the opportunistic attack. This attack does not replace the opportunistic attack that the user would otherwise have obtained. The user can also perform this move (or vice versa) before performing a normal opportunistic attack.

The attack obtained from this move is not an additional attack by chance. The user can use this move before or after the normal attack of the opportunity, or at the same time as the attack of the opportunity, and use this move instead of the attack of the opportunity.

An additional opportunistic attack is always good, but it is somewhat overshadowed by the rest of the Iron Focus. This is because Ironcore Concentration allows the user to summon the last remaining strength of their body and mind, and to get rid of the effects attached to their opponent's attacks between lightning and flint.

The training of Iron Heart Flow allows the user to have excellent reflexes, stamina and determination, and the user can rely on the results of the training to overcome various deadly effects. With a single thought, the user can re-certify the exemption test that has just been made, although the user must accept the result of the re-qualification, even if it is worse than before. Any re-identification ability is invaluable, as defeating an exemption could send the user into the streets, and it can save your life at a critical moment. (To be continued.) )

PS: The modification is complete. Thanks to the four big monthly passes, such as "Easy Sword and Leisure", "Walking Without Looking at the Point", "Xiyan Er" and "Dripping Leaves". At the same time, thank you for the big reward from the "Altar Fat Biao".