Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 38 Future
As the sun rises, the men doing morning exercises are already covered in sweat.

"call!"

After completing another round of sword-swinging practice, Li En felt his whole body getting hot and something was not right, so he stopped early.

Looking down, I saw that the red gem on my chest had become even smaller.

But this time, he felt that the progress had almost slowed down and might completely fail within a week.

【生物等级：劣石，状态：力量4(13)，体魄5(11)，敏捷3(6)，精神5（16）】

Rean looked at the panel and saw that his strength and physique had increased a little, almost reaching the average level for adults here.

"I heard this stuff can make up for innate deficiencies. The stronger the person, the greater the demand and the more growth. Judging from my absorption speed, they won't wait more than a week. They can't afford the loss."

Rean even felt that his body had reached a bottleneck, and he also noticed two incomprehensible labels under the attributes.

[Dragonization: 3.1%, Awakened Racial Talent: Dragon Eye (Seeing the Truth)]

[Beastialization: 2.5%, Awakened Bloodline Ability: Language Compatibility (Understands Human Speech).]

It seems that with the continuous use of dragon eyes, the dragonization has also increased slightly.

I can understand Rean’s dragon transformation, but I really don’t understand his beast transformation.

Is this referring to the degree of beastmanship? He's clearly a Dragonborn, right? How can he have both dragon and beastmanship?

However, this extraordinary ability that allows it to easily understand other people's language is also quite useful, but it seems that the progress of its beast transformation has not increased.

"Since there's no problem now, I'll just use it. I'll ask someone about it when I get a chance. It always feels like another pitfall."

After resting enough, Rean stood up and continued to practice sword swinging.

He had already felt that the power of the Heroic Soul Sur was beginning to decline, and the Heroic Soul Card was gradually reaching its limit.

And when Brother Sur really passed away, the only thing that could be preserved was probably the swordsmanship he had mastered during this period.

"Since Dimon obtained the inheritance and also obtained a supernatural profession, he should be able to leave me with one or two levels of supernatural professions. He should also have heart and soul abilities, but they have fallen to the level of raw stones or even inferior stones. The strength must be very subtle."

The strength of the gold-level wall-breaker and the diamond-level wall-breaker is simply not the same. As for the lower-level wall-breakers, Rean can only keep them for the time being.

Judging from Rean's understanding of extraordinary combat during this period, if we only look at the short term, the most helpful thing about the Heroic Spirit should be the combat experience and instincts gained from hundreds of battles.

This is not only an improvement in combat power, but also the fact that through training and actual combat, these combat skills that take a long time to master can be engraved on one's body, forming new combat instincts.

Under normal circumstances, it takes half a year to practice basic swordsmanship, and several years to master the swordsmanship to a qualified level.

It is even harder to say how long it will take to master the "Holy Sword. Evil Slaying". Perhaps just the "War Sword. Armor Corrosion" will require countless actual combat experiences, and several years or even more than ten years of actual combat exploration.

But now, even without the support of the Heroic Spirit, Rean is confident in wielding the "War Sword. Erosion Armor".

He even began to practice the next move of the "Holy Sword. Slaying Evil" system, "Sword Collapse. Breaking the Boundary."

"I probably won't have enough time to fully master it, and my physical condition isn't good enough to use it, but I can at least master it a little bit. Even if it's just a juvenile form, it can greatly improve my combat power. It will be much easier to learn it now that I have all the necessary conditions."

The biggest weakness of melee professions such as Paladin is that they are not good at team battles. It is very satisfying to kill one person with one sword, but what if dozens or hundreds of enemies attack together?

At the same time, for large-sized monsters and dragons, the damage (wounds) of single swordsmanship has a limited range and the effect is average.

The Collapse Sword and Breaking Boundary is a specially developed large-scale sword technique, and its effect is much stronger than the Great Straightening Slash.

However, Rean's progress is quite subtle, and it seems that the hardware requirements are a bit too high.
"Senior brother."

At this time, the maid brought a visitor.

Dimon, the middleman and spy, has arrived.

"have you eaten?"

"have eaten."

"Practice?"

"Ah."

The man's conversation was simple and direct, and the next moment, the longsword and the battle axe collided.

The inheritance of Sur's heroic spirit is more suitable to be communicated with sword and axe.

However, Rean was at his peak condition at the end of the Heroic Spirit Possession, and when Dimon did not use the Hill Giant's gloves, the gap between the two was too big.

Even though Rean tried hard to suppress his strength and swordsmanship instincts and just used more sword skills, the axe was still knocked away again and again, and Damon had a wound on his knuckles.

But Rean didn't stop. He waited for Damon to get the axe back and continued.

Although he still couldn't last a few rounds, Rean could see that he was making rapid progress.

"Can you still hold on?"

"Yes." The deep voice revealed the awareness that this pig man never lacked.

So why should Rean hesitate? There are indeed only a few days left. Just think of it as helping Brother Soul and training a successor.

For some things, getting hurt during actual training is more effective than thinking about them for months on your own.

Some skills, some responses, and some insights cannot be learned if you have not experienced them and have no one to teach you in practice.

This time of practice lasted until noon. Dimon's hands were already covered in blood, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

Perhaps, he also knew that Rean would not live for many days, so he tried hard to remember all this in his body.

"Dangdang!"

Finally, after the axe slipped out of his hand again due to blood, the battle could no longer continue.

He can't even hold a weapon tightly, so what's the point of practicing?

"Almost done. Go get treated, then have dinner and talk again. Uh."

Seeing Damon stretch out his hand, a faint golden light gathered on his hand.

When the visible wounds healed, Rean was almost unable to hold on.

Is your talent that good? Has this already mastered "Cure Light Wounds (First Ring)"? I don't even know it!
A normal paladin, who is not a priest good at healing, often needs to reach level two or three before he can master this low-end healing magic.

But the classic oath paladin can do whatever he wants.

Why can't Rean do that? He's not good at it, he's not pure enough, he's just a knife rider.

"continue?"

"Ah."

Since you can heal your wounds, you can take it seriously.

And this time, it didn't last long.

When Damon tried to heal again, he failed. His holy power was not enough, and the effect of the most basic healing was also average. Low-level paladins did not like to use healing abilities because the consumption was too high.

There is still a clear gap in the healing abilities of priests and paladins. With the same amount of holy power, the effect may vary from three times to ten times or even a hundred times.

For ordinary paladins, they may consider issues such as piety and professionalism, but old knights like Sur know that this is because the paladin's holy power has actually deteriorated and become more aggressive.

From some fragments of memory, it can be seen that Sur does not seem to like using healing abilities. This may be because the purity of his holy power combined with the abilities of his mind and soul is too high and its aggressiveness is too strong to heal people at all.

So, to achieve the same healing effect, the Paladin, who already has limited Holy Power, will have to consume more Holy Power and also need to reserve some for combat. Except for a very small number of Paladins who specialize in healing, the healing ability of ordinary Paladins cannot be expected.

This is also the reason why in many cases, the Paladins are followed by a large number of priests in actual combat.

"It's incurable." It seems that Damon, who has integrated the holy power of the heart and soul, is not good at treatment.

This time, I’m really going to trouble the people in the house.

While eating, Damon was still asking the maid to bandage him, while Rean was happily eating and drinking.

Sallyman seemed to be busy with something and came over halfway through the meal. This time it was not her who cooked the meal. The lunch was quite rich and she could not handle it alone.

It seemed that this family did not have the habit of not talking while eating, so Dimon directly talked about the business for which he had come here.

"They have already freed the first batch of slaves." Since he said it now, it means that this matter is not urgent.

This is a bit beyond expectations. Is the slave market moving so fast?
"I had them sign a three-year contract to stay in the docks and then set them free, but they seem to need some starting capital."

Well, so he was specifically asking for money. No wonder he waited until Sallyman was seated before speaking. But Li En had already made a deal with Sallyman, and she wouldn't refuse such a small amount of money.

"I thought they would deliberately delay for a while." Li En was a little surprised. Didn't he offend them badly yesterday?
"To them, slaves are cheap and easily available resources, nothing at all. They fulfilled the contract so quickly, probably because they wanted to finalize the deal as soon as possible, worried that you would feel you'd lost out and regret it." Sallyman saw it very clearly. Behind the slave market were those profit-seeking creatures, and all their actions were calculated.

I have started delivering the goods, the deal is done, and that bag of hero's blood no longer belongs to you. Perhaps this is the attitude they want to express.

But Li En read something different from it.

"Dimon, take a break this afternoon to adjust your condition. No more training. I guess the battle is not far away."

Dimon was a little confused, but still nodded in agreement.

"You mean they are confident that they can find the tail cutter soon, so they want to deal with you as soon as possible, and are even willing to take the initiative to compensate you." Sallyman had some guesses and her face turned a little ugly.

Under normal circumstances, they could have delayed it for a while, at least to avoid embarrassing themselves when the heat was at its highest.

And now it's so urgent, it feels like we are very confident that we can find the one who cut off the tail soon.

The slaves will be released today to complete the transaction, and maybe they will be arrested tonight. This doesn't seem like a search result, but more like a casual betrayal by a partner.

After he had some free time in the afternoon, Lien also took out some of Sur's past memories and talked about them with Damon.

He tried his best to orally explain the essentials and experience of the sword techniques of Shijia and Collapse to reduce the difficulty of learning.

When talking about the training of the Paladin, Sallyman suddenly interrupted and asked a question.

"Rean, what are your plans for the future? After your strength has completely declined."

"I?"

Rean rubbed his chin.

In fact, he will re-study Paladin, but not as his major.

Degenerate species cannot follow the same path because something is completely "broken" during degeneration.

The shattered soul is a permanent loss, which is difficult to make up for. He can still become a paladin, but theoretically it is impossible to awaken the same soul as before. The same path will be completely stuck after reaching a certain point, and it is no longer a path you can take.

You have to open a new path on the same road. But the previous path may have been the most suitable for you. The second path is difficult to open and the upper limit is extremely unstable.

At the same time, the evolutionary species that cooperate with the profession will also be missing, and the permanently missing piece of hardware will also lead to difficulties in the journey back to the top, or even a lifelong bottleneck.

Therefore, even if the degenerate species is rebuilt, they will often simply change the route.

For example, the Paladin has a high chance of directly becoming a pure warrior.
"I can introduce you to a weapons master. Your swordsmanship is very good." And Sallyman, in accordance with His Highness's request, is also willing to invest in Rean's comeback.

But Li En shook his head, he already had a plan.

".Uh, like I said before, I'm actually quite interested in spellcasters. Maybe I have a talent for it."

At this moment, everyone present looked at him with subtle eyes.

The rumor that you shattered a fireball with a roar has become a new urban legend.

Are you sure you have a talent for spellcasting, not spell destruction?

Now, in addition to the title of "Mad Knight", you also have the title of "Mage Killer". Are you sure you want to become a mage apprentice with this reputation?

Li En smiled confidently, and what he said was the truth.

After all, people from other worlds who travel to the world of swords and magic are naturally very interested in magic.

Whether Rean has talent or not actually has little to do with him. It all depends on when he can draw a magic hero card!
"I am confident that the next card will definitely be a Mage card!" Perhaps some card drawers are so confident when facing the card pool.

Rean was looking forward to it, and Sallyman hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not deny this dream.

Spellcasting requires too much talent. Too many nobles have spent years without being able to perform even a single trick.

"I can give you a letter of introduction. Go to my teacher and try."

"Really? That's great." Li En was overjoyed. He was worried about having no way to study.

At this moment, the others present were even more furious. "Are you serious? You're just a knife warrior, are you really talented in magic?"

Sallyman nodded. This was also good for her plan.

Rean has offended some people badly this time, so it is a good thing for him to go to his teacher to avoid the limelight. As long as his teacher is willing to help, wizards don't have to give face to people in the aristocratic circle.

As for his talent? Haha, there are so many young people who think they are talented every year, not just one more.

"Strong willpower is a good thing for a paladin, but not necessarily for a spellcaster. Flexible and meticulous logical thinking is the most important." Sallyman was not optimistic about him at all. The compatibility between paladins and mages was the worst.

After lunch, Rean and Damon continued their training, and this time they focused on getting familiar with the feel of the ball.

And some things are often the more you think about the worst, the more likely they are to happen.
By dusk, the best or worst news came.

It was delivered by Larry himself. She walked into the house of her family's political enemy without any hesitation and offended her old father again.

But she didn't care about her extremely ugly expression at all.

"The Tailbreaker has been found. We actually met her in person."

The reason why she was found out was quite simple. Her "buyers" of the life fruit sold her out without hesitation in the face of greater profits.

And this person's identity made Rean and his party drop everything without hesitation and head to the dock area.

"Damn it. How could it be her?"

The group arrived at a familiar place, but what they saw was a completely unfamiliar scenery.

The dilapidated yet cozy welfare home has turned into ruins. Gangsters and thugs are searching inside, and the extraordinary people are looking at these newcomers with caution.

"How could it be a nun? Sister Maria from the orphanage."

Larry was in a very confused and bad mood, and that gentle lady even guided him on his views on justice!
Li En was also a little confused. He had also seen that gentle lady, but he never expected that the killer behind the scenes would be her?

Could this be a mistake? Could this be a frame-up?

".No, it's true."

Rean put away all his hopes. Judging from the current situation, the nun fits all the previous profiles.

If it were really her, no child in the docklands would shy away from her, no one would refuse her midnight knocks.
So, what were those children raised in welfare institutions? Were they the food reserves she kept by her side?!

"Damn it."

Looking at the ruins of the welfare home, Li En was really a little anxious.

He believed that with the slave market and its backers' ability to hold the sky with one hand, it was only a matter of time before the nun was found, but by that time, the children would have been dead.

Find it yourself? Where to start?
"No, there is a way." At this time, Larry stood up with a happy face.

She opened her empty pockets, her face full of excitement, as if she was showing off a medal of victory.

"My wallet and pockets were emptied by those kids. I mean, a lot of the small things I carried with me were given to those kids!"

At this moment, everyone was confused at first, then suddenly realized and was surprised.

"Some special items on the bodies of noble children, especially heirs, have positioning magic!" Larry didn't care about throwing these things away before, and just regarded them as some expensive little gifts.

But now, it has become a key node guiding the coordinates.

"Let's go." Well, what are you waiting for?

At the same time, in a dark passage, the gentle and friendly Ms. Maria was walking forward with more than thirty children, holding an oil lamp.

One of the little boys, named Kevin, was happily waving a small silver dagger as if it were a saber as he walked.

A child who was tired from walking took the initiative to ask.

"Sister Mother, how much longer will it take? How much longer will the amusement park last?"

"Mother Maria, is the playground really fun? Can children like us play there?"

The children are full of longing. For them, a "spring outing" is too precious.

"It's almost there, children, it's almost there, you will be very happy, and you will be happy forever."

(End of this chapter)