What did you do with the dice?

Sanita didn't make any unnecessary moves. After taking a sip of milk tea, he got straight to the point and asked, "Give me a brief self-introduction and tell me about your specialties."

This was the first time in Challens' life that he had been questioned in this way. The last time was when Rusalka shone a fluorescent stone in his face in prison. He said helplessly, "I am a great knight, and my professional branch is fighting spirit warrior."

Seeing that he hadn't responded, Sanita took the initiative to induce him, "Tell me something about you that others don't have. If you're just a great knight, then can any great knight become king?"

Charrons felt mixed emotions: "Hmm... I received a good royal education?"

Rusalka fanned the flames: "Why is it a question? You faked your degree, didn't you?"

Challens crossed his arms under the table, looking extremely embarrassed. "I'm mainly a little overwhelmed, but I think I should be able to handle official documents and internal affairs. Besides that, I've also learned how to march, fight and command troops, but as for actual combat experience... to be honest, last month was my first time in my life to officially go to the battlefield alone, and I felt okay."

Rusalka turned to Phoenix and said, "Phoenix, Director of Human Resources, do you have anything else to ask?"

Phoenix gave a look of "?", and it was obvious that she was a little confused about the five words "Minister of Human Resources".

Rusalka: "Just ask a question."

Phoenix thought for a moment and asked, "How long can you hold out if I assassinate you?"

This question was a bit sharp in every way. Challens was silent for about a full minute before he spoke uncertainly, "If the environment is good, I'm alert and aware, and then we engage in a head-on battle, I can probably hold out for 5-10 minutes?"

He couldn't say that if you didn't enter the shadow plane and I had good weapons, you might not be able to defeat me in a head-on fight. Phoenix is ​​the lord's wife, and although he is the eldest prince, his status is now similar to Puyi. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

Phoenix nodded. Rusalka just asked her to ask a question, so she really just asked a question and didn't say what the qualification criteria were.

Rusalka: "So what do you think of your reputation among the people?"

Challens crossed his arms and took a breath. "Well... I think compared to my other three brothers, I'm still serious about governing this country."

Sanitieta: (He was assassinated. He was officially recognized as a good man by the Yellow Army. It’s really unnecessary for you to ask this.)

Sanita: "Okay, then what are your future development plans?"

Charron sighed. "I'd love to answer 'Restore the Royal Family,' but after spending time with everyone lately, I've realized that perhaps I don't really want to be king. Instead, I yearn for a free life among the people. Rather than issuing orders from a high position, I'd rather lead them personally to usher in an era of peace and then hand the country over to them."

Rusalka: "So do you still want Alice City?"

Challens: "Of course I want it. It's the legacy of our ancestors. How can I give it up to the cultists? But..."

Rusalka interrupted him. "Don't worry, it's all over if you want it. We're talking about planning now, not airdropping you to Alice City to attack it. So your next plan is to capture Alice City. Very good. Then I think you should join us in the Pearl Tear Territory, because our goals are the same."

Although according to the agreement, Alice City will belong to Theresa after it is conquered, it does not prevent Rusalka from tricking the Great Prince, who looks very elite and has his own halo of reputation, into joining her side.

Challens smiled self-deprecatingly, raised his glass, and said, "Having said that, I don't really have a choice."

Rusalka was unhappy: "What do you mean? It's like I'm forcing you. Then you can choose to repair the road in the sun. Oh, it's going to snow now. Anyway, I have no objection."

Challens quickly raised his cup with both hands and said, "No, no, I will rely on Lord Pearl Tear from now on. Here's a toast to you."

Well, although it is milk tea instead of red wine, it can be considered a consumption downgrade in a sense.

After recruiting Challens, Sanita asked two questions.

"How is the defense of Alice City?"

"If I go back, I can handle the Royal Guards, but my fourth brother has sufficient troops and the Seven Sins Church is incredibly powerful. If they insist on defending the city, I'm afraid only our ancestors in their prime can withstand it."

Sanita knew that Rusalka had chosen a negative talent, which resulted in the ancient technology and strength being more powerful than the modern ones, going against the development of the version.

The ancestors mentioned by Challens can only be evaluated as "barely able to fight". Looking at it from today's perspective, it can be translated into plain language as "Based on the current military level of Sinidi, if you want to attack Alice City, you might as well go home and dream about it."

But if you think about it carefully, you'll understand. Rusalka's rise from a small baron with a dozen men under his command to the rank of marquis today was due to his own talent and hard work. Or was it simply because his enemies were too weak and he had no generals who could match him?

If there was a knight of ancient level who could fight Rusalka on equal terms, and had half the military proficiency of Esdi next door, the opponent would not have been defeated so quickly.

It's no wonder that the two grand dukes have to unite with the elves and the God of Law and Contract. Without introducing some invasive alien species, they really can't control the Church of the Seven Sins.

The last question is: "Do you know any other ways to remove the seal of this artifact?"

Challens was surprised. "I never knew there was another way to unseal this artifact. Did Master Sanita Tieta read about this in some ancient book?"

Sanitta: "It's a simple deduction. If the seal can only be lifted by severing the bloodline of the Mobius family, then the Seven Sins Church would never have let you escape alive, nor would they have allowed the Fourth Prince to surrender to the enemy knowing he would die. They must have mastered a second method. It's okay if you don't know."

The topic ends here.

Rusalka made the following closing remarks for this story session: Now that things have come to this, let’s eat first!

Rewi Alley was the first to express his agreement.

Well, judging by her appearance, she probably has no memory of being possessed, so don't ask.

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When going to bed tonight, Rusalka entered the familiar upgrade interface again.

He had never quite understood the system's experience settlement mechanism. He always felt that the system had been upgrading a bit too fast recently, as if it was hinting to him that a war was about to come, so it was secretly sending him supplies.

He reached level 11, and his neighbor reached level 10.

Sani Tower has an ability called [Diligent Genius (15 points)], which allows it to obtain the highest possible ring position.

This ability is very ordinary in the early stage, but very invincible in the later stage. That's why he had multiple three-rings before, but now has two five-rings at level 9.

The level distribution of 6 riders and 5 sorcerers makes Rusalka's ring position a bit compact, and the sixth-level paladin gets a close-fitting aura (Guardian Aura).

[Guardian Aura]: Allows allies within a 10-foot radius to gain a full immunity bonus equal to the aura owner's Charisma bonus. (One foot is 0.333 meters)

This aura is very strong in tabletop role-playing games, quite strong. A Rusalka with 20 Charisma is equivalent to adding a +5 immunity modifier to all friendly forces (including herself) within 2 squares around her (one square is 5 feet in the game).

But in reality, it is very subtle. How could there be friendly forces within 3 meters around Rusalka when he is fighting? He might be accidentally killed together. This is why he didn't want to upgrade to level 6 before.

Never mind, let’s exchange 5 points for a talent first.

[Ring Split (5 points)]: You can split a ring into any number of rings whose total is equal to that of the ring and use them. This is irreversible, and the extra rings will disappear after a short rest.

Rusalka doesn't really need the 3rd ring. It may be used when fighting the boss to increase damage, but in the previous battles, she hasn't encountered any cheating guys like the Dragonborn.

In this way, the two three-rings of the warlock can be split into two one-rings and two two-rings. They can be restored during each short rest, which is more flexible. Anyway, there are a lot of points, so you can spend them later.

However, when he was about to choose the next 20 abilities, a prompt popped up, asking Rusalka to make a choice.

[Retain the original class characteristic effects/consume 20 enhancement points to unlock special class characteristic effects]

Rusalka: "See what the special feature effect is."

The system ignored him.

Opening a blind box, right? Damn it, I have to choose!

[Special class characteristic effects have been unlocked.]

【Please select from the following branches. 】

[Guardian Aura+]: Retains the original [Guardian Aura] effect, but increases its radius to 100 feet. At 18th level, it increases to 1000 feet.

【This is the initial fire of faith.】

Rusalka feels that the old halo isn’t effective enough, so what’s the point of buying the rulebook effects after spending points?

Although he admitted that the halo became very useful after the distance was expanded, but after careful calculation, the radiation range of 33 meters was just so-so. Rusalka disliked that it was not a full-map effect and was not strong enough.

After level 18, there's a qualitative change. However, at level 18, Sanita is a fully developed Ultimate Mage, with devastating 9th-level spells. Just like Purple Potato Head, making a wish solves all problems. Rusalka even leads an army into battle. Isn't that a bit...

Besides, this thing is worth 20 points! Another 1.5 times that to get 50 points is the strength of Hamlet's Shield. Even if the sunset comes three times, the three resurrections are only 30 points, and this is the original class characteristics added in. And you give me this?

[Concentration Aura]: You and allies within the aura's radius can cast spells without interruption. Radius: 100 feet, increasing to 1000 feet at 18th level.

Our faith is indestructible!

I'm a physicist, this is boiling matter, next one.

[Tenacity Aura]: Adds a layer of holy light barrier around the body that can be immune to any damage/effect once. It is triggered when attacked and disappears after 0.2 seconds. The cooldown time is 100 seconds.

【In despair, there is still a glimmer of hope. 】

It's very cool, but useless. I have 175 HP now. What effect can kill me in one second?

Moreover, Rusalka has been fooled once by this effect triggered when being attacked. Effects such as loss of physical strength/blood loss due to failed tests cannot trigger the test "when being attacked". This damn accuracy makes his Hamlet Shield not seem so perfect.

Let’s look at the next option.

[Vengeance Aura]: When a friendly unit dies within 30 feet, gain +1 physical damage (stacking). Cooldown: One long rest.

I will carry on the legacy of my compatriots and continue forward until the end of the road.

The classic halo of human blood steamed buns, Rusalka feels that this thing is indeed the one with the highest growth potential at present.

As long as it fights for ten consecutive days and a friendly soldier dies around it every day, it can grow into a [Giant Weapon Master] talent.

If you open Tata every day and learn from your neighbor Kira Yoshikage to maintain good quality sleep, within a year, you will be invincible even if you stack hundreds of layers, let alone thousands of layers. You can really kill everything in the world with one sword. It is hard to imagine that there is any creature in the world that can withstand the damage of this sword.

However, if it is modified according to the realistic style, it should not kill people even if it does not hit the vital points. The most manifestations of excessive attack power are "cutting iron like mud" and "ignoring armor".

But it still feels too crude. This thing that has nothing to do with the board game should be deliberately used as a correction for the time travel. Rusalka feels that using this thing will damage one's virtue, and deliberately harming teammates in order to stack layers will definitely break the oath, but if it is stacked passively, it seems a bit like a battle mania. He has fought almost ten battles and I don't even know what level I was at that time. This little physical damage is not a big deal.

So he looked at the last option.

Awakening Aura

The effect has not yet been seen, but just by looking at the name, Rusalka feels that she can already make the choice and awakens fiercely.

[Awakening Aura]: When you lose all active resources, you enter the awakening state. In the awakening state, you are immune to radiant damage, and friendly parties within 1000 feet are immune to panic. In addition, your Holy Slash no longer needs to consume a ring, and the default is the Holy Slash released by the highest ring you currently have.

If the available active resources are restored in the middle, the awakening state will end automatically and the aura will have no cooldown.

【The light is out, but we still fight.】

It has a very subtle halo effect. Immunity to radiant damage and unlimited morale for friendly forces are a bonus. Emptying the active resources means no holy healing pool, no ring slots, nothing at all. You have to rely purely on hacking the opponent with a kitchen knife. That means you have run out of ammunition and food, and if you don't wake up, you will be in a state of sit-ups.

The Holy Sword combined with the Warlock's 3rd ring is indeed very powerful, but it seems a bit cumbersome in reality. A month ago, it was the same whether you had it or not, and you would be kite-followed by the elves.

But strength is temporary, while handsomeness is lifelong.

Rusalka: Just choose this one. I want to fight until heaven and earth are exhausted!

Chapter 172 Return to Silver City

Sanita's upgrade to level 10 is a small improvement, turning his poet dice into d10.

The contents of the career upgrade were all ordinary. He only had five free enhancement points. After thinking about it, he decided to use them on the upgrade, catching up with Rusalka's previous level skipping progress. He skipped one level to level 11, which was almost equivalent to a free level upgrade, and had a noble 6th-ring spell slot.

Combined with his own talents, he now has two 6th rings and can finally use the strongest single-target spell of the mid-level mage profession: Noble Disintegration.

Disintegrate: Fires a thin green ray. The target creature must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 10d6+40 points of force damage. If the target's hit points are reduced to 0, it is disintegrated. The disintegrated creature, along with all its belongings, except magic items, turns to dust. It can then be resurrected only by true resurrection or wish.

From the practical effect, if you can avoid it, nothing will happen to anyone. If you can't avoid it, you can skip the cremation stage directly.

This thing is indeed deadly when used to hit people, but it is not usually used to deal damage. Its strength lies in the disintegration effect, which can instantly kill non-magical objects and create an irreparable hole with a 10-foot radius in any magical barrier. Like the force field wall, it is a spell with a conceptual effect.

But after reaching level 11, his HP is only 68, which is getting closer and closer to the fraction of Rusalka's HP (175HP).

Of course, Sanita can also use the [Prohibition Technique] that Rusalka has always been thinking about. It has the same effect as the space confinement magic ball, and is stronger than the fourth ring [Modern Ken Private Chamber]. It can create a 4 square foot space to prevent the creatures in it from traveling through planes.

But it is more powerful than the magic ball, and can also select one kind of "celestial creature, elemental creature, fey creature, demon and undead creature" to suffer 5d10 points of radiant or necrotic damage each round (10 seconds) when entering/staying in the space.

Cats are ordinary biological units and are not within the range of damage types that can be caused by this spell.

Catgirl is not a cat transformed into a spirit, so she is not a spirit creature. The word "elf" in her name means "spirit", but she is not a spirit creature. It is not known whether Theresa is a celestial creature. Her true identity is now mysterious, and there are all kinds of rumors.

The group from the Church of the Seven Sins should not be considered evil demons. The summoned ones can take damage, but the scope of their use seems to be quite limited.

But treemen are definitely considered fey creatures, which means that next time you encounter elves summoning an army of treeman guards, Sanita can directly use this thing to blow them up.

Now that his brother has leveled up, Rusalka can't wait to take him to relive the Sicily battlefield again. When will the event be re-enacted?

Rusalka: (Why do I always find out after I've finished a fight that the upgrades I've made can be used in the previous one? What kind of afterthought upgrades are these?)

Sanita: (This battle may seem difficult, but that's only because you're facing the strongest enemy in this battle. In reality, the enemy isn't that strong either. Are you still not happy about leveling up? You have to know that the experience bar grows exponentially in the later stages, and you earn a level for every level you gain.)

After the upgrade of Sani Tower, the magic reserve has also increased to a certain extent. He currently does not have any 5-point talents that he particularly wants, but there is a 10-point talent that he likes, so he retains these 5 free enhancement points. This is what poor people do. Unlike Rusalka, he can easily take 20 points to gamble on blind boxes after upgrading.

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After all the post-war work was basically completed and the distribution of military merits was resolved, Rusalka, who had no reason to stay in Mingyue City, bid farewell to Mengjili and led the troops back to his own nest in Silver City.

There is no place like home. Going home now is just the right time to catch the tail end of the autumn harvest. The soldiers were also eager to go home to help with some work. In this atmosphere, everyone traveled very fast. The whip used to drive the prisoners cracked on the ground very vigorously. It took less than ten days to get home.

Although the strategic plan initially formulated by Sanita and Rusalka had exceeded its goal of wiping out the two marquises' military strength, and even captured a large number of laborers to contribute to the Pearl Tear Territory, the "Expedition to Alice" plan that had deceived people at the beginning did fail from the moment it turned back, which made Ai Li quite disappointed. He asked Rusalka when he would gather troops to attack the Church of the Seven Sins next time.

This little girl is so green and playful, she refused to stay in Mingyue City and insisted on following the warmongerer Rusalka. As a result, she was scared out of her wits on the battlefield and had to rely on Theresa's possession to save the situation. Surviving the battle was already worth celebrating, but she was not satisfied. She kept thinking about becoming a part of the legendary epic, and now she was rushing to be beaten.

Although Rusalka admired her spirit of tirelessly seeking death just for the sake of creating a dramatic plot or simply for fun, like a player, if he were on Earth, he would be eager to have a group of like-minded people like Ai Li to play board games with him.

Moreover, just because she is a cute female player, Rusalka is even willing to tolerate her character card being weaker - but not too weak, for example, she will definitely not bring a wanderer (DND joke, a pure sewer profession), you can just go wander outside the door alone.

But considering that he is not sitting at the table rolling the dice, but taking the beating himself, I can only answer that he will definitely do so next time.