A brief trade-off flashed through Mark's mind.
"Can."
Mark finally spoke, his voice steady, "You can observe. But only after you leave here, in a safe environment, and with me present."
He did not say research, but used observation, and first drew the boundaries.
Only when Enzo truly gains the recognition of everyone in the team will he be qualified to study his own equipment.
"Deal!" Enzo's eyes lit up again, and he slapped his thigh excitedly. "Captain, that's straightforward! I... I promise not to mess around! Just take a look! Pure research!"
He rubbed his hands impatiently, his eyes glued to the holy book, as if it were the most beautiful treasure in the world.
"Alright." Mark interrupted his reverie and put the holy book back into his arms. "We can't stay here for long. Pack up your things and leave immediately."
Speaking of which, he killed the sixth-level monster, the Star Rock Bone Leech King.
Team Mark naturally benefited a lot.
Mark's strength growth is the most obvious as his equipment and experience have been improved.
[Name: Mark Stewart]
[Occupation: Cleric (III)]
[Level: Lv.26 (10%)]
[Body: 33 (40)]
【Strength: 38 (20)】
【Intelligence: 38 (50)】
【Min: 30】
【Essence: 38 (80)】
【Charm: 38】
With the support of two mythical equipment, Mark's personal six-dimensional attributes are no less than those of the Star Rock Bone Leech King.
Xiaomu seems to be completely bound to Mark. Its level and experience value are exactly the same as Mark's, which is also Lv.26 (10%).
Monica's Shadow Assassin level is increased from Lv.31 to Lv.33.
Perhaps because Anna wanted to increase the experience of both combat professions at the same time, her two professions were only increased by 3 levels, from Lv.25 to Lv.28.
Although judging from the strength of the Bone Leech King and the current strength of the team, the strength of the bone leeches in this mine at the bottom of the Falling Star Lake seems to be just so-so.
But the dwarf warriors of the Graybeard Clan who were infested with bone leeches that they had encountered in the mines before should not be underestimated.
Humanoid monsters and monsters are certainly not the same.
Although the individual strength of those dwarf puppets may not be comparable to that of the Star Rockbone Leech King, they are an organized combat team.
Their weapons, equipment, and combat coordination are not comparable to those of the waves of leeches lacking in intelligence summoned by the Leech King.
Even in the Holy Dragon Continent, almost all professionals follow the logic that the strong are respected.
However, the army is still one of the basic factors that determine the ownership of resources in the Holy Dragon Continent.
Otherwise, why would the vast and fertile central area of the Holy Dragon Continent be divided between the two major races, humans and orcs?
Do you really think that the dragon clan has no ambition to dominate and rule over all clans?
It’s not that they don’t have it, but that they lack the basic conditions to rule all races.
This is also the fundamental reason why the Warcraft Mountains may experience beast tides of varying sizes for several years, but still cannot eliminate the thirty-six adventure towns established by Dragon Slaying City on the border of the mountains.
Their team might be able to wipe out the dwarf army, but it might not be as easy as dealing with a boss like the Star Rockbone Leech King.
At least when he was not in a numerical advantage, Mark could not guarantee that his cross shield could really defend against the attacks of those dwarves.
In addition, Anna is almost completely out of the mutated state at this time, and Mark will not easily joke about the lives of his team members.
Adventure is not a game.
His Mark team is not an ordinary adventure group like those in the adventurer town. If a teammate dies, they can just recruit a new one.
As a qualified team leader, he needs to avoid any behavior that may lead to team reduction.
"No problem!" Enzo was full of energy and immediately bent down to carry his huge animal skin package with quick movements.
The package, which was bigger than him, made a dull clattering sound as he moved.
Anna looked at his funny appearance carrying the "hill", then looked at the animal skin waist bag on his waist, and couldn't help asking curiously:
"Hey, Shorty, don't you have a storage waist bag? Why don't you just stuff everything in there? Why do you have to carry such a big bag?"
Enzo stopped walking after hearing this, and glanced at Anna with a look that was a mixture of contempt and pride, as if he were looking at an outsider, and snorted in a rough voice:
"What do you know! This storage waist bag is my dearest treasure! My father carefully crafted it for me using the finest void lizard skin and space stone! It only holds finished equipment! A perfect work! Do you understand? Perfect!"
He patted his waist bag, with a solemn look on his face:
"These?" He nudged the large bag on his back with his elbow, making a clanking sound. "Ore? Rough pieces? Semi-finished products? They don't even deserve to go in! This is respect for the art of forging! Respect for the equipment! And also respect for my wallet! Unfinished things only deserve to stay in the bag!"
"Besides, my name isn't Shorty! You skinny bastard!"
After saying this, he no longer paid attention to Anna's murderous expression.
With a whoosh, he threw the huge package onto his shoulder, took off with his short, strong legs, and headed towards the cave exit, muttering to himself:
"Let's go! Get out of here early so I can study that precious holy book... and teach you how to fight..."
At the exit of the cave, the passage that was previously blocked by a mountain of bone leeches and flesh was quickly cleared into a barely passable path with the joint efforts of Mark and Enzo.
Gravel and dust fell, revealing the familiar and oppressive darkness of the mine outside.
However, as soon as the passage was opened, a murderous atmosphere hit us in the face!
“Crack! Crack! Crack!”
The sound was uniform, like the footsteps of a steel torrent rolling over gravel, accompanied by the clanging sound of metal armor plates rubbing and colliding, like the drumbeat of death, hitting everyone's eardrums.
As soon as Mark stuck his head out, his pupils suddenly contracted.
The mine tunnel was not very wide, but less than thirty meters ahead, two teams of dwarf skeleton warriors wearing heavy silver steel armor, holding battle axes, crossbows and kite-shaped shields, were pressing towards them in a tight formation like a cold steel wall!
The heavy footsteps on the ground caused the small gravel to tremble slightly.
The giant shields overlapped to form a barrier, the battle axes flashed with cold light, and an iron-blooded murderous aura, like a real wave, slammed towards the cave entrance!
"Damn it! We're blocked! Two teams of heavy armor! What should we do?"
Anna quickly drew her bow and arrow, the emerald green arrow condensed at her fingertips, her expression solemn.
Monica's figure silently merged into the shadow beside Mark, and the shadow wings were ready to take off.
Xiao Mu also tensed his body and made a low "mumu" sound.
"Two teams of heavy armor and heavy crossbows... Let's just break through! No need to get entangled with them." Mark frowned as he looked at the two fierce teams of dwarves.
All of them are level four.
The equipment seemed to be no worse than Monica's.
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