These 2 skills are ranked C.
On a side note the Swordsman has another basic skill, Heavy Strike. But I am unable to learn that skill. This is due to the fact that one of the requirements in learning 【Wind Blade】was to forgo the chance of learning【Heavy Strike】. Fortunately, 【Wind Blade】 has 3 times the damage output of 【Heavy Strike】, thus alleviating my disappointment.
Today I am going to grind 【Haste】 and 【Defense】 to LV 4, so that my overall prowess is greatly boosted.
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Carrying the Jade City Sword I steadily walk towards Beast Tamer Dalin and respectfully say, “Teacher, are there any quests for me today?”
Dalin was using a tree branch to floss his teeth and with a “pui” spits out a monster bone with a radius of 5 cm. Then with a “hehe” laughter, he says, “Lad, you are improving swiftly. Since this is the case, help me chase away the Orcs from the southern forest of Dragon City. These indescribably dirty Tigermen are simply too vile. They have already consecutively robbed us of our supplies three times. Go there and find the camp of the Tigermen and destroy their entire camp. Kill at least 1000 of these Tigermen and afterwards I will bestow upon you great rewards and honor!”
I nodded my head and said, “Yes, teacher!”
“Ding!”
System Notice: Received quest 【Exterminating Tigermen】!(Quest Grade: A)
Quest Description: Head towards the southern forests and look for the Orcs’ brethren -Tigermen’s camp and kill 1000 Tigermen before reporting back to Beast Tamer Dalin. When executing the mission, do exercise great caution as the Tigermen are incomparably vicious and possess great might; a misstep could cost you your life. Hundreds of adventurers had already lost their lives from their sharp claws.
A quest grade of A, this would surely prove to be difficult. This also means that the level and abilities of the Tigermen are above mine. Fortunately my skills and equipment are sturdy. Let’s go!
Baby Bobo shook his stinger and flew gracefully towards me, landing on my shoulders. Together with my big yellow bee, we head off!
Heading south through the verdant greens protected forests of Dragon City for around 10 minutes, another new field appeared before me and the system notice warned —
“Ding!”
System Notification: The area ahead is classified as a danger zone. In recent times, the Orc tribe began a large scale migration from the wilderness and a large group of Orcs are currently resting at the forest ahead!
Raising my head, I unsheathe the Jade City Sword and with the shake of my arms Baby Bobo flew up and entered battle mode.
“Roar!”
Before I got a chance to get close, the leaves of the forest shook and a large shadow lunged out. Not only me, but even Baby Bobo was frightened and squealed in fear. It was a male beast crawling on the ground, weighing at least half a ton. His body was covered with thick black fur and his head was hideously distorted. On his hands were claws and on his butt was a round hairy ball. Actually that would be his tail —
【Merciless Bear】(Normal Monster)
Level: 39
Attack: ? ? ?
Defense: ? ? ?
Life: ? ? ?
Skills: ? ? ?
Description: A brethren of the Orcs, the Merciless Bear harnesses strength equal to that of wild bears and yet retain a portion of their human intelligence. It’s rumored that their ancestors were humans living in the wild mountains and jungles. These intelligent humans were able to understand the art of changing one’s form and were able to transmogrify into wild beasts, one of them became the founder of the bear tribe.
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“Kid!”
The Bearman lowers his head and looks down towards me with some kind of sticky substance trickling down from the edges of his mouth. He laughs ferociously, “Such smooth skin and tender meat. You would do fine as my meal. That small wasp, what is it?”
I lift my sword and slide my feet, drawing a semicircle in front of me with my blade. At the same time, appearing beneath my legs were the markings of an Eight-Trigram formation. In a split moment, I activate 【Defense】and raise my defensive abilities by 1%. At the same time, I shake my arms and a flash of dazzling light envelops me activating 【Haste】, increasing my attack speed by 2% and movement speed by 1%. Time to start attacking!
I run forward with my blade slightly lifted. A golden hexagram starts shining on it and along with whizzing sound of the wind, I used a level 4 [Combo] strike to hit the Bearman squarely on its head.
“334!”
“319!”
“297!”
“319!”
“297!”
Tsk tsk, the defensive ability of the Bearman surely isn’t something to laugh about. It’s comparable to that of Jian Feng Han…
Suffering from the pain of the blows, the Bearman howls angrily at me. Raising its sharp claws, he swipes towards me.
“Pah!”
“412!”
Sharp pain immediately gushes to my arms, giving me a big shock. It’s a fatal(better than critical) blow against me. Despite the pain, I don’t retreat. Instead I roll forward and a white aura starts to emanate from beneath my feet, I activate the skill 【Strength of a Thousand Men】!