The Divine Hunter Chapter 12: New mounts and upgrades
The red sun rises from the end of the coastline, illuminating half of the orange sky like a blazing furnace.
Half of it is reflected in the sea water, like an egg yolk soaked in mulberry juice.
A small fishing boat floated in the waters near Udvik Island. There was a fish basket in the center of the boat, with several slender silver sardines jumping alive inside.
Wearing a sealskin coat and a straw hat, Braco sat comfortably on the bow of the boat fishing, bathing in the sea breeze and watching the gentle rippling golden waves on the sea.
The goddess Freya made a prophecy to the old man in her dream last night, saying that today is a nice and sunny day, suitable for fishing at sea.
This is indeed the case. The fish caught in a few hours is already worth the past few days. When I go home, I can prepare a sumptuous seafood feast for my grandson.
"Call——"
The hull under his feet suddenly began to shake, and the old man hurriedly held down the side of the ship to stabilize his body.
White waves appeared in the blue water, and whirlpools emerged on both sides of the wooden boat, as if something was swimming rapidly in the sea, making the sea surface a mess!
His eyes widened, and a black shadow suddenly flashed across his gaze. It was larger than the largest tuna he had ever caught in his life, and it was hovering in the sea below the hull of the boat.
At the same time, several slender figures were attached to both sides of the black shadow, following it around.
The golden sunlight shines through the blue water, vaguely illuminating a vaguely human shape, but not the elongated and streamlined shape of a fish.
"Hekna who hunts sharks?" Braco retracted his head that popped up from the side of the boat, grasped the harpoon, and hurriedly grabbed a sardine from the fish basket, cut a hole in it, and threw it into the sea!
The blood spread a faint red color on the sea surface, and was engulfed by white waves in less than two seconds.
"Freya bless you!"
The old man gritted his teeth and rowed towards the coast.
After rowing a hundred meters, a **** sardine was dropped.
However, his speed is too slow.
A huge oval-shaped object emerged from the water and blocked the front of the ship - a human head, but ten times larger than the normal size. The facial features were squeezed into a pile and looked extremely ugly. The nose was wide and the mouth was holding a huge tuna in its mouth, blood dripping from its teeth.
The eyes are like a pair of huge rubies, shining with a dangerous luster.
"Crash!"
Several monsters with human bodies and bird heads waving their wings broke through the water curtain and flew into the air. The falling water droplets shone in the sunlight.
The long beak-like pointed mouths each hold a sardine in their mouths. They circle around the fishing boat and make piercing screams one after another!
It's over!
Two monster birds can kill the old man, not to mention five, and a sea giant I have never seen before!
Braco let go of the oars, tightened his grip on the harpoon, and suddenly stood up in the rocking boat.
The old face, which was blown into ravines by the sea breeze, was full of determination!
Even if you are torn apart by these monsters, don’t be a coward! Be like a Skellige man and die bravely!
Unexpectedly, however, the giant suddenly turned around and walked toward the seaside with his back turned, and the monster bird followed him away.
When they approached the coast, Braco saw an unforgettable sight - a huge creature wearing a simple canvas coat and ice-blue skin broke through the water and walked towards the shore.
An ancient and desolate whistle came from its mouth.
The five-headed Hekna hovered above its head like pets and roared strangely in response.
The fishermen were stunned, their breathing almost stagnant, and another figure wearing a black cloak came into view - sitting firmly on the left shoulder of the giant, with two staggered scabbards behind his back reflecting the sunlight.
One hand grabbed the giant's long wet hair, and the other gently waved it backwards, as if saying goodbye to himself!
What can sit on the shoulders of giants?
Braco rubbed his eyes, and in the next second, the huge beast slid in along the green mountains by the sea and disappeared.
The old man immediately slumped down on the bow of the boat, feeling sore and weak. He breathed a long sigh of relief, and his gray beard and hair were wet with cold sweat.
"Goddess...the big ice-blue man who controls the demonic bird, is he the legendary ice giant sleeping on the top of the mountain?"
"But why doesn't it kill me? Who is the cloaked man riding on its shoulders? No! We must inform everyone immediately that the ice giant is alive!"
……
There was whirring in the witcher's ears, his cloak and hair flowing in the wind.
He sat on the shoulders of the Frost Giant and followed the giant's heavy footsteps as he walked in the dense forest in the mountainous area of Udvik. Every time the giant's foot landed, the ground shook slightly, and the sound of footsteps spread among the woods. Far.
A large number of small and exquisite snow migratory birds were frightened and jumped up from the branches, flapped their wings and flew to the quiet treetops further away.
At an altitude of several meters, the view is completely different from before, as if entering another world——
The air is fresher and colder.
All you can see are pale ice edges and branches.
Roy grabbed a handful of frozen pine nuts and patted a large snowflake on the top of the pine tree. A bird's nest was revealed, where several cubs waiting to be fed were chirping, their pink beaks wide open, Crane your neck, ask for food, call for mother.
However, their mother bird has long been frightened by the giant and sent to the other side.
The witcher patted the giant's head, and it immediately bent down docilely and put its head in front of the bird's nest.
Let the owner tear the fish into strips and stuff them into the baby bird's mouth.
Roy snapped his fingers, and the giant continued walking.
In the bushes at my feet.
A fox or hare covered with fluffy white fur emerged cautiously, with curious and fearful eyes. It roared and stepped out of the dense forest.
"Run, Leviathan!"
The ice giant suddenly started running wildly,
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The explosive power of his huge body was astonishing, and he could run a hundred meters away in five seconds.
Speeder than the best horses in the world.
The sound of majestic footsteps echoed endlessly, as if a blue iceberg was moving at high speed among the white snow and mountain forests. A small earthquake seemed to erupt wherever it passed, shaking the mountains and the ground.
The witcher flies with it.
Run out of the vast flat land.
Arrived before the snow-capped mountains and cliffs.
The giant climbed up on his hands and feet, his powerful fingers and toes digging deeply into the rock.
The instinct to climb is engraved deep in their genes.
The skin of the hands and feet kept emitting strange power and adhering to ice and snow.
From the top of a snow-capped mountain, he jumped over tens of meters of mountain canyons in one fell swoop and landed on another mountainside. On the back of the rugged mountain, he crawled astonishingly and quickly like a gecko. Hanging on a protruding rock with both hands, he was like an ape in the forest, rippling his body, leaping up, and flying down to the top of another mountain.
Its strong and huge body is not bloated, but flexible and balanced.
……
Finally, under the command of the witcher and the navigation of Hekna, the frost giant climbed over the mountains and ridges, and climbed to the highest peak in the northern mountains of Udvik, the top of its former lair.
It beat its chest excitedly and roared, announcing its return to the world!
And Roy stood in the center of its head, looking up at the golden sun in the distant sky, and looking down at the tadpole-like things below. At this moment, everything about Udvik was crawling at his feet.
The demon hunter suddenly felt heroic, his eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but shout loudly,
"I am——King of Udvik!"
……
Ice giant lair.
Next to the campfire.
The witcher stuffed a ball of cotton into his nose.
Even if Leviathan just took a shower and changed his clothes, the "biochemical odor" he brought with him was still very powerful.
Being in the same room, the witcher had to take some protective measures.
Leviathan sat obediently at the other end of the cave, with a hint of fawning on his big ugly face.
It knows exactly what will happen if it resists.
"Leviathan, after I leave Udvik, you will go to the sea to fish every three days to fill your stomach. The rest of the time, you will stay in the nest and hibernate for me!"
"It is forbidden to actively attack humans. You did a good job of avoiding the fisherman today. It doesn't matter if you are seen. Run back to the nest and hide. If there are other unexpected situations, contact me telepathically. Remember, restrain your men. Hekna, stop preying on humans. There are enough fish in the sea to satisfy their hunger!"
Under the stern instructions from the demon hunter, the "big man" lowered his eyebrows and nodded, completely without the ferocity and violence in the previous battle!
As soon as Roy stretched out his hand, the giant immediately bent down and put his head next to him to caress him, his posture was as humble as the dust.
He nodded with satisfaction.
It was worth meditating several times, enduring the dizziness and nausea that drained my magic power many times, and saved its life.
No matter how powerful it was in the past, it now obeys its own words and cannot disobey it!
From now on, the demon hunter can be considered to have strategic weapons, with copper skin and iron bones, infinite strength, and a two-story body, enough to deal with the army! This can be regarded as one of the measures to solve the Wild Hunt crisis in the future.
It is worth mentioning that after taming the ice giant, Roy read its memory and discovered that this guy had been hibernating for a full 110 years.
It used to live at a pace similar to that of a pig, sleeping when it was full... It could be as short as five or six years, or as long as one or two hundred years. If it hadn't been awakened by Roy, it would have slept for at least eight years.
But if you like hibernating, it saves Roy from spending time controlling it.
……
After training the newly recruited younger brother, Roy's mind sank into the template. A large number of new ship information kept bombarding him. Half of his body was knocked off by an anchor from the ice giant. He had no choice but to upgrade his level——
Demon hunter lv12→13 (100/14500) (3000 deduction, upgrade the sword spirit Xuerui)
Main attribute will: 30→32
Remaining: 1 skill point, 1 attribute point.
Meditation level 10 brought him too many benefits.
His first goal now is to obtain the second level 10 skill, so he made a thought.
Slaughter lv8→lv9,
(Bloody breath: Hostile creatures that enter a 3-meter range around you and launch an attack have a 20% (locked) probability of being frightened by the killing breath. If the will attribute is not higher than yours, they will temporarily lose body control. Up to 3 seconds.
Your damage to hunted creatures is permanently increased by 35% → 40%
Shock: Actively release the killing breath to stun single, multiple, or all targets within 3 meters, and make a forced will test. If their will is not higher than yours, they will lose control for up to 3 seconds. Cooling time 1.5→1 minute
Note: This skill will upgrade with the type and number of creatures you kill.
"Well, the attribute will corresponding to the killing skill has reached level three. When this skill reaches level 10, it should further transform!"
As for the attribute points, the demon hunter has not used them for the time being. The current highest attribute, Will, has reached 32 points, which is completely enough. If you continue to add more points, your strength will not increase much in a short period of time.
……
Roy turned his eyes to the bound weapon.
In the space, Gabriel's crossbow body, which was originally covered with gemstone dust and as elastic as flesh and blood, completely turned into a smooth and cold texture like white bones, and the bowstring turned into a large blue-gray tendon. When touched, it moves like a poisonous snake.
Hand Crossbow——Gabriel
It was detected that there were dragon bones, dragon tendons, and hand crossbows in the loot package, which were specially enhanced——
Black Arrow: The bow string is replaced from the Cyclops's sinew by Mirmenir's sinew, the penetration and range are further improved, and every time nine arrows are shot, the tenth shot, the material containing powerful magic will strengthen the crossbow arrow... An arrow with infinite power.
Material: Mulberry → Dragon bone, hemp, magic, Cyclops tendon → Dragon tendon,
Features: Weight 9→15 pounds, bow length 0.90 meters, draw weight 140 pounds→200 pounds, effective range 143 meters→200 meters.
Enchanting——
Simplify, Guidance Arrow (enhanced), Blink (enhanced), Stun Arrow, Cyclops Wrath (enhanced) → Black Arrow, Gem Mark.
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Roy continuously pulled the trigger toward the frozen wall of the lair...
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—
The arrows formed a dazzling afterimage and continuously shattered the hard cave wall. A large area of ice crystals and gravel flew away, revealing a row of pits.
However, the tenth arrow.
The sharp sound that broke through the air was no longer replaced by an unusually slight whistling sound.
The demon hunter's body was shaken, and with his eyesight, he was unable to capture the trajectory of the arrow.
There are no cracks or flying debris on the walls.
He stepped forward and found a small hole. The wind blew in, and the sunlight passed through the small hole to form an inclined beam of light in mid-air.
The tenth arrow penetrated the half-meter-thick wall of the cave and shot into the air outside the cliff.
Ultimate penetrating power!
He couldn't imagine anything else that could stop the sharpness of the black arrow. Let alone plate armor, dragon scales were probably not enough!
……
After half an hour of testing, the demon hunter put away the crossbow with satisfaction.
On the other side, the ice giant sat on the ground. He really couldn't understand the series of actions of his master. He stared at his back, frowning and falling into a sluggish state.
Roy reached out and grabbed a long sword from the void.
The former steel sword, with its flat, smooth and shiny blade, has turned into a bone sword carved from keel and white jade, slightly rough to the touch.
The spine of the sword and the sides of the blade form a subtle arc.
Sharp yet exotic.
Steel Sword—Guweixir
It is detected that there are dragon bones, dragon scales, and dragon blood in the loot package... Part of the original material of the steel sword has been replaced. It is detected that you have mastered the ability of dragon soul sublimation. It is detected that you have long sword specialization level 3. You have obtained a special Strengthen——
Sword Style—Dragon: The soul of the sword holder sublimates into the dragon soul, which resonates with the dragon bone, dragon scale, and dragon blood in the long sword, and sends out a sword that is close to the dragon's attack. The power will depend on the long sword specialization level and soul strength. And the change - after you have upgraded thirteen times and practiced Dragon Soul Meditation, the current cooldown time is 20 minutes and 54 seconds → 17 minutes and 54 seconds.
After the upgrade, Roy's soul was strengthened again, and the cooldown time of Dragon Roar was also reduced by three minutes.
Material: black iron + pine → dragon bone, meteorite iron, lava, leather → dragon scales, powerful monster organization, dragon blood.
Features: Weight 3.06→6 pounds, handle length 9.3 inches (0.23 meters), blade 36 inches (0.91 meters),
Enchanting——
Cycle, Ignite, Thrash, Teleport (enhanced), Suppress (enhanced), Cold Invasion, Gluttony (enhanced), Sword Style - Dragon.
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Roy clenched the hilt of the sword with both hands and faced the ice giant Leviathan. His dark gold and silver-gray pupils blinked. In an instant, a stream of air visible to the naked eye surged out of the plate armor around him, and a whirlwind and dust blew on the ground. Aroused by invisible power, it permeated the low sky.
The ice giant tensed his body as if facing a powerful enemy, clenched his giant fists, and in his scarlet pupils, the demon hunter was still a demon hunter, with a small body.
However, behind him, an armored black dragon stood up suddenly appeared, overlapping with the demon hunter.
The illusion of black wings appears behind both arms, and the legs overlap with the dragon's hind claws.
The dragon's head is close to the top of the demon hunter's head, its pale fangs baring at each other.
The eyes are cold, with a kind of arrogance that looks down on all things!
"Shua——"
Roy held the long sword with both hands, took a lunge and bent his knees, with the blade of the sword facing the side of his face in a bull position, taking a step forward, charging forward, pointing the tip of the sword into the void, and made a thrust!
The buzz of the sword shreds the air, and the roar of the dragon echoes through the lair.
The power recorded in the template increased from 16 points to 30 points in an instant.
The phantom of the black dragon swung a long cone tail, sweeping the ground, opening and closing its fine scales, and flapped its dragon wings as the demon hunter lunged forward. Its huge body jumped into the air and pounced, leaping ten meters with a grin. The serrated fangs aimed at the target pointed by the tip of the sword, opened angrily, and bit!
A terrifying black shadow passed through the air.
Bang!
The entire wall was hit by a terrifying illusion, and a huge hole was opened.
The cold wind and snowflakes blew in through the hole.
The demon hunter stood in the wind and snow, exhaling white breath, shaking his wrist and returning the sword to its sheath.
The black dragon illusion suddenly dispersed into the air.
Roy curled his lips. Although the dragon is an illusion, it can actually interfere with reality.
As long as he activates the sword style-Dragon, he will have a chance to compete head-on with the unparalleled power of the Frost Giant.
……
Arondette took out the sheath, and the originally dark red sword blade was mixed with the white color of bone.
Like blood mixed with winter sunshine.
Silver Sword—Alondette
You have spent an additional 3,000 experience points to improve your soul characteristics - Guardian: When holding the sword, Xuerui will fight side by side with you, increasing all your attributes by 10%→15% (not higher than 20→25) , and improve any skill of the holder (not higher than lv4 → lv5), or a weapon enchantment (not more than 2 → 3 enhancements), which can be switched once a day.
Note: Each time a weapon is upgraded and strengthened, the spirituality of the weapon will grow simultaneously, but additional pure souls will be consumed.
Roy flicked the sword.
The blade crackled.
A translucent and slender figure suddenly jumped out of the air, dancing behind Roy, letting out laughter like silver bells.
The figure of the girl in yellow dress Xue Rui has become more solid than before. The smile is beautiful and lifelike.
Roy quietly admired her dancing. After a moment, he looked at each other in tacit understanding and watched her disappear.
The sword blade in his hand changed——
Silver Sword—Alondette
Material: tear stone, black iron → dragon bone, dragon leather → dragon scales, powerful monster organization → dragon blood, nymph blood, silver
Features: Weight 6.06→9 pounds, handle length 11 inches (0.27 meters), blade 40 inches (1.01 meters),
Soul characteristic—Guardian (blessed with gluttony)
Enchanting——
Destroy Demon, Water, Call of Water, Teleport (Enhanced), Suppression (Enhanced), Gluttony (2 Enhanced), Sword Style - Dragon. ~IndoMTL.com~ Note: This sword was given to Roy by Vivian, the goddess of the lake - only you who pass the test can wield this sword!
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Breathe...
The demon hunter put away the three weapons and gave the ice giant, who was cowering against the wall and restless, a comforting look.
"It's time to go."
With this upgrade, his trump card continues to increase——
Shock, Black Arrow, Dragon Roar, Sword Style-Dragon, Ring of Time, Gate of the World.
The witcher looked through the cracks in his lair at the easternmost island of Indarsfeir. Everything was ready now.
"Ortolan, I'm coming to find you!"