Chapter 21: The Knight's Power

  【Basic Swordsmanship】At Lv1, damage, hit rate, and block rate +2.5%. Similarly, 【Cold Weapon (Sword/Mace/Spear)】, at Lv1, only has a 0.05 power and agility judgment bonus. As for 【Military Swordsmanship】, Lv1 is no exception; each skill upgrade will have an exponential change, although it's not noticeable at low levels, but as the skill level and character level increase, the effect won't be simply 1+1=2.

  However, the original Dean didn't have such rationality, and he was blinded by hatred, only knowing that every time his professional level was upgraded, it would be several times stronger than his skills - after all, each upgrade of the Warrior profession would gain +0.2 strength, +0.1 physique, agility; Every two levels +0.1 perception, willpower attributes.

  Such comprehensive and rapid growth far exceeded the effects brought by skills.

  Thinking back to when he thought he had found a 'shortcut', Dean couldn't help but smile bitterly; and with this bitter smile, Dean's gaze fell upon the basic skill 【Long-range Weapon (Bow/Crossbow)】; in an instant, within this bitter smile, Ye Qi gained an extra bit of confidence.

  Compared to swordsmanship and other skills, Dean has considerable confidence in his expertise with the bow and crossbow - a confidence that was clearly not unfounded given their previous performance; moreover, after continuously using the bow and crossbow to kill enemies, the 【Long-range weapon (Bow/Crossbow)】 has now reached 【Lv1：2/10】.

  To far surpass other skills.

  Of course, the reason why I didn't choose [ranged weapons (bow/crossbow)] as an upgrade target is mainly because the basic skills [Basic Swordsmanship] [Cold Weaponry (Sword/Mace/Spear)] and applied skill [Military Swordsmanship] are clearly complementary to each other, making it more advantageous for him to deal with the current situation!

  In fact, if possible, Dean would very much like to use practice to replace the extremely precious experience points; because Dean is very clear that even if he is not good at these skills, it is enough to achieve the purpose of rapid upgrading at a low level; however, apparently time does not allow him to do so.

  After all, there were just too many things he needed to do during this period of time!

  Of course, under the current premise of a huge gap in strength, Dean would be even less concerned, relying on his setup to complete the current situation.

  The shouting voice behind him grew fainter and fainter, eventually disappearing. It was clear that Captain Potts had once again lost Dean's trail.

  To this, Dean was not surprised, or rather, it was what he had expected.

  The other party will definitely catch up, but it takes a period of time that is neither long nor short. Dean naturally won't waste this time.

  Although the opponent was left with only one person, the danger of this person far exceeded the sum of all previous ones; therefore, he needed to prepare for it, at least the captive in front of him had to be properly handled.

  "Wooo..."

  When Riddel's body trembled with Dean's cold gaze, his hands and feet were tied up and his mouth was stuffed, but even with his mouth stuffed, he couldn't stop the whimpering sound; however, Dean didn't pay attention to him, and instead loaded another arrow onto the crossbow in his hand.

  Although the crossbow's firing speed was extremely slow, the tremendous penetrating power brought out by its mechanism was something that even a true knight couldn't ignore. In Dean's upcoming battle with Pots, such a weapon would be necessary - however, it was somewhat unfortunate that the slightly outdated crossbow he had obtained from Basam was left behind in his hasty departure, as Pots' return speed had exceeded Dean's expectations.

  So, at this moment, Dean had in his hands a standard longsword of the Central Knights' Regiment, a brand new crossbow bought from Galen's Do with ten bolts, two longbows of unknown origin, and several flying daggers and knives purchased on the way to Lettie.

  Of course, there is also what Dean considers a trump card - a repeating crossbow and... homemade poison.

  A knight's duel, dueling does not allow the use of poison, this thing that damages a knight's honor.

  But now?

  For Dean, this is the start of war and in war everything goes; all the more so since Dean does not acknowledge his identity as a knight, even if he has the title of apprentice knight.

  A palm-sized container, made from a cow's stomach and leather, resembling an exquisite wine jug, was carefully taken out by Dean, who then slowly twisted the stopper on top.

  As soon as the bottle cap was twisted open, a faint and slightly pungent aroma with a hint of strangeness immediately appeared around - this is a poisonous medicine mainly made from Wolf Moon Grass and Lizard Flower, mixed with several other herbs, not only has a strong paralyzing effect but also damages nerves.

  It was a formula bought by Dean at a high price from a retired assassin in his previous life, which had helped him complete several extremely difficult tasks many times.

  Every single arrow, whether it was a bow and arrow or a crossbow bolt, or even the segmented arrows on his hand crossbow, Dean dipped the arrowhead into the small leather flask; after all the arrows had been soaked, Dean pulled out a piece of sheepskin cloth and poured some of the poisonous liquid from the flask onto it, watching as the white cloth was stained with a faint blue color, Dean began to carefully wipe down his longsword, dagger, and flying knives.

  Then, with a more careful posture, he put these weapons other than the long sword into his characteristic inner lining - said to be an inner lining, in fact it was an inner armor in the shape of a breastplate; of course, apart from providing some effective defensive power, its greater role was to allow people to carry more weapons in a more covert posture.

  Just like Dein now, six flying knives, one dagger, and a hand crossbow were all placed in their respective leather sheaths and straps inside the lining, and after wearing a quilted jacket over them, no one could discover that Dein was carrying so many weapons - this is the equipment that every assassin would have, and Dein was no exception.

  Similarly, to make this lining, Dean paid out a pearl of the same size as that carriage and horse - it's characteristic of thieves' guilds everywhere to charge high fees; of course, paying a high price will naturally bring corresponding gains.

  At the very least, it's still reassuring in terms of confidentiality; however, this doesn't mean that Dean would be stupid enough to enter the Thieves' Guild with his true identity - in fact, anyone who does so, whether a rookie or a veteran, is practically asking for a close encounter with death... or a direct collision!

  After adjusting the lining and putting the crossbow and longbow within easy reach, Dean yanked down the tattered cloth from Riddell's mouth, his sword sweeping across the opponent's knee joints as he viciously kicked him in the waist.

  "Ahhhhh..."

  With a series of miserable cries, Riddell fell from the twenty-foot-high tree, and Dean clearly heard the sound of his bones shattering; however, Dean was indifferent to this, his eyes had never been on this 'bait', in fact, if possible, he hoped that the other's cry would be louder.

  Otherwise, how can we bring Colonel Potts and his opponent together?

  As for the prisoners' escape?

  His opponent, who had his knee ligaments severed by a single sword slash and more than one rib broken, could still escape if he wanted to, and Dean wouldn't mind giving him a way out!

  However, it is apparently somewhat difficult ——

  Wa, wa, wa......

  In the dense snow forest, the trees in the distance suddenly shook violently. By closely looking at the swaying of the treetops and the swirling of the snow, it was clear that this was a big one.

  In another direction, belonging to that Fichtelgebirge Knight Commander, the sound of boots and snow friction, of course, more importantly, the extremely angry shouting voice also rang out at the same moment.

  "Dean, I'm going to catch you, break your four limbs and hang them in the snowy forest to freeze!!"

  With such a venomous cry, the leader of the Fichera Knights, Pots, appeared in Dean's field of vision, and when Dean saw Pots, the other side also seemed to have seen Dean.

  Clang!

  Without hesitation, the other party drew out a long sword from his waist and leaped towards the big tree where Dean was, twenty feet high straight distance for ordinary people without tool assistance is as difficult as climbing to heaven, but for real knights it's extremely easy.

  To know, when the body reaches a certain degree, every knight who receives the 'Knight's Baptism' will gain extraordinary power beyond ordinary people's imagination; for example: The leader of the Fichtner Knights, Pots, after receiving the 'Knight's Baptism', gained the special power of 【Power Explosion】!

  【Power Burst】, it's not a rare power among knights, but even so, it's not something anyone can look down on; after all, being able to burst out with multiple times one's own strength in an extremely short time is something no one would underestimate; of course, Pots can't reach that level.

  Otherwise, the other party would not be able to become a local knight leader in remote areas and would have to curry favor for a higher position.

  It is worth knowing that a truly good and talented knight is welcomed by all people.

  Whether it is local nobility or royalty, they will all throw out an olive branch.

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