At this moment, Kelda took off his bright silver armor and wore only a brown cotton coat. He drank the soup he made in big gulps until he fell asleep.
He also heaved a sigh of relief like Geron and said with a sigh, "It was not winter when you came back. I should have been traveling in Kovir at that time. Since the demise of the Griffin School, I have been too depressed for the past hundred years. I just guarded the remaining glory of the Griffin School but did not find a way to revive it. That's why you came back to see only the ruins. I have to apologize to you, Geron."
This topic made the room silent again. Jielong looked at the heavy snow outside the house, wishing he could use his magic power at the level of magic source to evaporate them all in one breath.
"You disappeared when the Kyle Sirens needed their fighting power the most. I should be the one to apologize."
Jeron said gloomily, but he immediately sorted out his thoughts and became very excited: "But now I have discovered the future of the Griffin School. I have accepted an apprentice, and he is great!"
Although they are of the same generation, Kelda is now old and decadent, while Jielong still seems to be in his prime.
Looking at Geron's young face, Kelda felt as if he was still illuminated by the afterglow of the golden age of demon hunters, and he couldn't help but relax.
Kelda smiled and said, "Come to think of it, although I have been fascinated by magic research to escape reality for the past hundred years, I still found time to accept an apprentice. If he comes back to spend the winter, he can get to know your apprentice.
I can also help you teach your apprentice. Although our library was destroyed, all the knowledge has long been memorized in my mind. My apprentice has no magical talent, maybe your apprentice will be different."
Jielong laughed and nodded, adding: "I also found surprises when I was searching the snow recently. Many knives and swords were not taken away by those warlocks, and many materials in the laboratory are still there. I guess they don't like them..."
Before he could finish his words, Jielong suddenly felt the notebook in his arms shake.
"Ha, he sent me a message!"
The letters written by Lann gradually appeared on the [Griffin School Contact Notes] that came with Lann. When he saw the words "Dear Teacher" at the beginning, the corners of Jeron's mouth began to rise uncontrollably.
But then, his expression gradually became serious.
Kelda asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
"My apprentice...seems to be running away."
…
In the town of Brochilon, Lann felt his notebook vibrate slightly, and it was obvious that Geron had replied.
After reading it carefully, Lann smiled slightly. It seemed that before leaving, he had to go to Kael Siren with Mossak. After all, as a new demon hunter of the Griffin School, he had to report to the base camp.
A week later.
Lann had basically packed up his luggage and counted the entourage.
He is now the apparent head of Cintra, so it is naturally impossible for him to run out alone. In the words of the old butler Ens: You are no longer "going out" but "on patrol", and you are not even representing Lannister but Cintra.
Lann planned to take the remaining two followers with him. In addition, he selected forty cavalrymen from the city guards, who were the most elite among the existing troops.
Mossak and the old butler wanted to send more people at first, but the situation in Cintra still required troops to maintain, so they were rejected by Lann.
Similarly, Lann did not bring anything like a carriage, maids, or servants.
During this week, with the joint efforts of the City Guards, the Security Team, and the Lion Order, Lann finally heard the pleasant system prompt tone again.
[Character level increase +1]
The experience gained in Brokilon Town raised Lann by two levels in total, which was much slower than the experience he gained in the capital of Cintra at the beginning.
But it is understandable that according to the algorithm of the game mechanism in the previous life, the experience gained from side quests will gradually decrease as the character level increases. After all, the difficulty of side quests remains unchanged. It doesn't make sense that you can get the same amount of experience by catching a thief at level 1 as you would by catching a thief at level 50.
At the same time, after reaching level 20, the experience required for upgrading increases from 1500 to 2000, which further increases the difficulty of upgrading.
Fortunately, the experience gained from the main quest is the bulk, and this is also the quest that Lann needs to do personally; as for the side quests, if Cintra is successfully recovered in the future and Lann's territory is expanded, then his efficiency in clearing quests will be improved, and the upgrade speed will not be affected either.
At the same time, during this period of time, House and Milva, the two servants who obtained the follower panel, have been helping others in the territory and handling urgent commissions such as vendettas, kidnappings, and rescues that could not be sent to Lane for review and acceptance in time.
The 30% experience shared by the followers after completing the task also gave Lann a lot of improvement, and Milva and House also leveled up several levels in the process and felt the increase in strength, which made them look at Lann with more respect, the kind of respect that was no longer the respect they looked at the lord of oaths.
Therefore, within the territory, the Lannister retainers received unanimous praise, and these praises were eventually fed back to Lann, once again enhancing Lann's prestige.
At this moment, facing the two newly added skill points, Lann made the following arrangements:
The first one is to add points to the [Strong Attack] subcategory of the [Combat] category, which is jokingly called the "New Year's Greetings Sword Technique" by players - [Rage Burst].
[Rage Burst]: Charge to make the strong attack ignore the enemy's defense, inflicting additional damage proportional to the energy consumed. The types of energy that can be consumed include but are not limited to physical strength, magic power, and adrenaline. At the same time, the critical hit chance of the strong attack is increased by 10%. (1/5)
Although Lann is now a demon hunter of the Griffin School, majoring in Signs, many specific enemies have excellent magic resistance. Lann's current level of Signs makes it very convenient to clear soldiers with the bonus of magic power, but he is at a loss when facing these enemies with high magic resistance.
Therefore, the sword is still his indispensable means and an indispensable fighting method for all griffin hunters.
After learning the New Year's Greetings Sword Technique, Lann's sword combat system was basically formed. From now on, unless he needs specialized skills when facing specific enemies, he will no longer use his skills in the [Combat] category.
The second skill is naturally used in Lann's long-awaited [Seal] series of skills.
The four-level skills of the seal skills are very regular:
The first-level skill is to add a small special effect to each seal;
The secondary skill is to add a way to express the seal, such as changing Quen from a passive protective film to an active protective shield;
The third-level skill increases the strength of each seal by percentage, which is simple and crude;
The fourth-level skill is an advancement of the first-level skill, adding a major special effect to each seal.
Similarly, you need to invest 8, 20, and 30 points at each level respectively to unlock the skill points for the next level.
However, because Lann has the characteristic of [Magic Tide] which increases the level of each learned magic skill by 1, Lann only needs to open the first level of 4 different magic skills to activate the second level skills.
For Lann now, what he is more envious of are the new special effects that can be obtained by clicking on new skills. Instead, he doesn't care much about the enhanced special effects that continue to be upgraded. The magic support of the magic source level can make up for the skill level to a certain extent, so many skills only need to be learned at one level or even not at all.
For example, [Long-range Alder], which increases the attack range of the Alder Sign, is useless to Lann now and is not worth spending his precious skill points on.
Among the four first-level skills, considering that he would need to frequently socialize in unfamiliar environments when negotiating with other countries, Lann carefully considered and clicked on the following skills:
[Seal] major category, [Axis] seal classification - [Charm].
[Charm]: When casting the Seal of Axis, enemies will no longer move towards the caster. The caster's preparation time for casting Axis is reduced, and the duration of Axis's influence is increased. (2/3)
The above is Axi's description during the battle, and Lann knows that [Charm] has a greater role in daily life - hypnosis!
Helping the demon hunter to obtain information without leaving any trace and acquire mission items is a must-have skill for home and travel!
Of course, in the game, this skill needs to be upgraded to level 3 to exert its maximum effect. Lann wants to try to see if using more magic power can achieve this effect earlier.
Even if hypnosis is not possible, this skill can still play many roles at this stage, such as increasing other people's favorability, influencing other people's judgment, etc. It is also the first choice in social occasions.
Now, Lann's attribute column becomes as follows:
[Name: Lann Lannister Rhaanron
Gender: Male
Race: Demon Hunter
Level: 22
Talents: Ancient Blood (partially awakened), Sharpshooter, Magic Aura
Experience value: 233/2000
HP: 2270/2270
Mana: 3000/3000
Inventory: Slightly
Skills: Muscle Memory (5/5), Precision Blow (5/5), Strength Training (5/5), Immovable (5/5), Undead (1/5), Whirling Sword Dance (1/5), Rage Burst (1/5), Improved Endurance (5/5), Charm (2/3), Survival Instinct, Metabolic Control, Gourmet, Griffin School Skills, Rage Control, Magic Sense, Poison Blood, Death Strike, Magic Tide
Followers: Black Wind, Milva, Ace, House
Missions: Hear Me Roar, Part 1, Heart of Stone, Part 1]
After completing a wave of tasks and gathering all the people, there is only one thing left before departure -
In the back garden of the lord's mansion, in front of Lann and Mossak, a portal opened and the wind blew violently.
This portal was not opened by Mossak, because the other end of the portal was a place that even Mossak, who had traveled to most of the continent, had never been able to set foot on - the headquarters of the Griffin School, Kell Siren.
Lan took a deep breath and prepared himself, then rushed in, landed, and retched.
Standard process.
When Lann regained some energy, he looked up and saw the familiar Geron and another less familiar old witcher from the Griffin School waiting for him.
...Wait, when did the Griffin School have one more person?
A question mark appeared in Lan's mind. He looked past the two men and behind them, only to see that everyone was in a place that looked like a magic laboratory. Behind the two griffin witchers were all kinds of bottles and jars, alchemical bombs, and various small props.
"Lane, won't you introduce me to him?"
Behind Lann, a kind voice full of natural atmosphere came, and the old druid's voice was full of the kindness of an elder:
"Good morning, both of you. I'm Mossack of Skellige, Lann's first teacher and his uncle."