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Chapter 342
chapter 288 part 2
"You thick-hided fool."
Kaleb was agile. He grabbed the ogre's right wrist a step ahead and used the upward force of its arm to flip over its head with ease.
"Throat Slit Strike!"
Kaleb clamped his legs around the ogre's head, preventing it from struggling, and his short sword quickly pierced its neck, followed by a sharp slice.
The ogre, which had just been about to struggle, suddenly lost all its strength and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Kaleb stood on the ogre's corpse and looked in the other direction. The young man had also taken care of the scattered goblins in an instant.
In the blink of an eye!
Only one iron ratman was left.
Faced with the two humans who had suddenly appeared before it, the iron ratman was clearly stunned. It then snapped back to its senses and let out a sharp cry, "Enemy attack!"
"His voice really sounds like a rat's."
The young man commented, positioning himself behind the iron ratman, blocking its escape route with Kaleb in front.
Under the effects of the "Silence" magic, no matter how much the iron ratman shouted, its voice could not penetrate the barrier.
"Is there a way to make this rat answer our questions honestly?" the young man asked loudly.
They had killed the goblins and the ogre first because those two races had low intelligence. The iron ratmen had higher intelligence, making it easier to pry useful information from their mouths.
"I don't know."
Kaleb squinted his sharp little eyes, sizing up the iron ratman. "If he were human, I'd have him telling me by morning what age he last wet his pants."
"As for a demi-human, it should be able to hold out a bit longer... We should disable it first, then we'll talk."
Hearing his companion's words.
"Understood, Mr. Kaleb."
The young man felt an inexplicable shiver. He strongly suspected that before joining this elite reconnaissance squad, his companion had worked in some kind of unspeakable line of work.
...
During this period, Tang Zheng had been living a monotonous life.
He teleported between three locations: the Sacred Kingdom, the Abelion Hills, and the Re-Estize Kingdom. Thankfully, he could use the seventh-tier "High-Tier Teleport," otherwise, using ordinary teleportation magic to travel between countries would require several transit stops.
At present.
Matters in the hills were gradually becoming more complex and intense, but overall, they were completely under Tang Zheng's control.
However, even without needing to guess.
Tang Zheng could predict that a relatively large conflict would likely erupt in the hills before long.
With the ogres and humans engaging in such frequent transactions, even the iron ratmen had been able to discover it. It was only a matter of time before other demi-human races found out as well.
Coupled with the destruction of the powerful iron ratman tribe, the scattering of a large number of its members, and the death of the "Gray King," one of the "Ten Evils of the Demi-Humans"...
This series of events would inevitably attract the attention of the other races.
Therefore.
Tang Zheng's main focus during this time had been on the hills. As for the Sacred Kingdom and the Re-Estize Kingdom, there wasn't much that required him to expend his energy.
As for the Baharuth Empire.
Tang Zheng had sent someone over in advance to leave a magical mark, so he had also gone there secretly a few times but was still unable to determine Fluder's location.
Royal Capital, Re-Estize.
Night.
In a noble courtyard.
Leinas and Imina were sparring in the spacious courtyard. The two beautiful figures would quickly pull apart after each clash.
Leinas wielded a spear, her long golden hair tied in a ponytail swaying in the air with her movements. Her heavy spear strikes transformed into afterimages in the night, relentlessly lashing out.
Meanwhile, Imina's movements were agile, showing no intention of engaging Leinas in close combat. She continuously harassed her from a distance with her bow and arrow.
It seemed that neither could get the better of the other.
"The gap is still quite obvious."
Tang Zheng sat on a wooden chair on the sidelines, watching Leinas and Imina in the center. He didn't think their skills were on the same level.
"Imina's attacks have little effect on Leinas, but if one of Leinas's attacks were to land, Imina would be severely injured. Such is the power of a high-tier job class."
"Ninjutsu: Detect!"
Under the perception of his detection magic, both Leinas and Imina's levels had reached 28.
"Stuck at this level again?" Tang Zheng frowned, thinking quietly.
Ever since he developed the "Dragon Blood Potion," which could increase life strength, Tang Zheng naturally hadn't been stingy. He had been traveling back and forth to the Re-Estize Kingdom during this time precisely to provide Imina and Leinas with the potion.
As for the other type of Dragon Blood Potion that could provide a "Berserk Effect," Tang Zheng couldn't be bothered to make it. It wasn't very useful and was a waste of dragon blood.
So far.
Only four people had been provided with the "Dragon Blood Potion": Green Leaf Witch (Lvl 28), Lizardman Kuru Xue (Lvl 25), Leinas (Lvl 28), and Imina (Lvl 28).
The levels of these four had reached a point where no matter how much "Dragon Blood Potion" they consumed, they could no longer improve.
"Could it be the so-called 'bottleneck'?"
Tang Zheng wondered inwardly. "The description of the 'Dragon Blood Potion' clearly states it's 'effective below level 30,' yet they're stuck at level 28."
"'Heroic Realm' might not just be a simple title."
These four people consisted of two demi-humans and two humans. By comparing how they reacted to taking the "Dragon Blood Potion," Tang Zheng gained a much clearer understanding of the potion's true effects.
The most special case was the Green Leaf Witch.
She had already reached level 28 through the "Wild Transformation Ritual." After taking the Dragon Blood Potion, it had absolutely no effect on her.
"Normal level-ups are, in the end, an increase in job level. The life strength increased by the 'Dragon Blood Potion,' however, will drive a certain degree of job advancement."
"This should be related to the job the user is proficient in. The more proficient they are in a certain job, the more their level in that specific job will be raised."
This was a guess Tang Zheng had analyzed after asking the four about their level-up process. "But in reality, the most direct increase should be to their HP value."
When Tang Zheng had consumed dragon blood himself, the biggest increase was to his HP value. And the level shown by detection magic was not 100% accurate.
For example.
When the Bone King used detection magic to scout the Elf King, he found that the latter's life level was above 70, and his magic power value was comparable to Shalltear's.
Therefore, he judged the Elf King's overall level to be at level 70 or higher.
This was because the job data on a status panel could not be seen by anyone other than the player themselves. Not to mention the natives of this otherworld, who didn't even have status panels to begin with.
The level Tang Zheng detected with his ninjutsu was closer to an assessment of their HP values. Therefore, he guessed that the true job levels of Leinas and the other three had some degree of variance.
It was just that their HP values had increased significantly under the effect of the "Dragon Blood Potion," reaching a life strength equivalent to level 28.
(end of chapter)
"You thick-hided fool."
Kaleb was agile. He grabbed the ogre's right wrist a step ahead and used the upward force of its arm to flip over its head with ease.
"Throat Slit Strike!"
Kaleb clamped his legs around the ogre's head, preventing it from struggling, and his short sword quickly pierced its neck, followed by a sharp slice.
The ogre, which had just been about to struggle, suddenly lost all its strength and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Kaleb stood on the ogre's corpse and looked in the other direction. The young man had also taken care of the scattered goblins in an instant.
In the blink of an eye!
Only one iron ratman was left.
Faced with the two humans who had suddenly appeared before it, the iron ratman was clearly stunned. It then snapped back to its senses and let out a sharp cry, "Enemy attack!"
"His voice really sounds like a rat's."
The young man commented, positioning himself behind the iron ratman, blocking its escape route with Kaleb in front.
Under the effects of the "Silence" magic, no matter how much the iron ratman shouted, its voice could not penetrate the barrier.
"Is there a way to make this rat answer our questions honestly?" the young man asked loudly.
They had killed the goblins and the ogre first because those two races had low intelligence. The iron ratmen had higher intelligence, making it easier to pry useful information from their mouths.
"I don't know."
Kaleb squinted his sharp little eyes, sizing up the iron ratman. "If he were human, I'd have him telling me by morning what age he last wet his pants."
"As for a demi-human, it should be able to hold out a bit longer... We should disable it first, then we'll talk."
Hearing his companion's words.
"Understood, Mr. Kaleb."
The young man felt an inexplicable shiver. He strongly suspected that before joining this elite reconnaissance squad, his companion had worked in some kind of unspeakable line of work.
...
During this period, Tang Zheng had been living a monotonous life.
He teleported between three locations: the Sacred Kingdom, the Abelion Hills, and the Re-Estize Kingdom. Thankfully, he could use the seventh-tier "High-Tier Teleport," otherwise, using ordinary teleportation magic to travel between countries would require several transit stops.
At present.
Matters in the hills were gradually becoming more complex and intense, but overall, they were completely under Tang Zheng's control.
However, even without needing to guess.
Tang Zheng could predict that a relatively large conflict would likely erupt in the hills before long.
With the ogres and humans engaging in such frequent transactions, even the iron ratmen had been able to discover it. It was only a matter of time before other demi-human races found out as well.
Coupled with the destruction of the powerful iron ratman tribe, the scattering of a large number of its members, and the death of the "Gray King," one of the "Ten Evils of the Demi-Humans"...
This series of events would inevitably attract the attention of the other races.
Therefore.
Tang Zheng's main focus during this time had been on the hills. As for the Sacred Kingdom and the Re-Estize Kingdom, there wasn't much that required him to expend his energy.
As for the Baharuth Empire.
Tang Zheng had sent someone over in advance to leave a magical mark, so he had also gone there secretly a few times but was still unable to determine Fluder's location.
Royal Capital, Re-Estize.
Night.
In a noble courtyard.
Leinas and Imina were sparring in the spacious courtyard. The two beautiful figures would quickly pull apart after each clash.
Leinas wielded a spear, her long golden hair tied in a ponytail swaying in the air with her movements. Her heavy spear strikes transformed into afterimages in the night, relentlessly lashing out.
Meanwhile, Imina's movements were agile, showing no intention of engaging Leinas in close combat. She continuously harassed her from a distance with her bow and arrow.
It seemed that neither could get the better of the other.
"The gap is still quite obvious."
Tang Zheng sat on a wooden chair on the sidelines, watching Leinas and Imina in the center. He didn't think their skills were on the same level.
"Imina's attacks have little effect on Leinas, but if one of Leinas's attacks were to land, Imina would be severely injured. Such is the power of a high-tier job class."
"Ninjutsu: Detect!"
Under the perception of his detection magic, both Leinas and Imina's levels had reached 28.
"Stuck at this level again?" Tang Zheng frowned, thinking quietly.
Ever since he developed the "Dragon Blood Potion," which could increase life strength, Tang Zheng naturally hadn't been stingy. He had been traveling back and forth to the Re-Estize Kingdom during this time precisely to provide Imina and Leinas with the potion.
As for the other type of Dragon Blood Potion that could provide a "Berserk Effect," Tang Zheng couldn't be bothered to make it. It wasn't very useful and was a waste of dragon blood.
So far.
Only four people had been provided with the "Dragon Blood Potion": Green Leaf Witch (Lvl 28), Lizardman Kuru Xue (Lvl 25), Leinas (Lvl 28), and Imina (Lvl 28).
The levels of these four had reached a point where no matter how much "Dragon Blood Potion" they consumed, they could no longer improve.
"Could it be the so-called 'bottleneck'?"
Tang Zheng wondered inwardly. "The description of the 'Dragon Blood Potion' clearly states it's 'effective below level 30,' yet they're stuck at level 28."
"'Heroic Realm' might not just be a simple title."
These four people consisted of two demi-humans and two humans. By comparing how they reacted to taking the "Dragon Blood Potion," Tang Zheng gained a much clearer understanding of the potion's true effects.
The most special case was the Green Leaf Witch.
She had already reached level 28 through the "Wild Transformation Ritual." After taking the Dragon Blood Potion, it had absolutely no effect on her.
"Normal level-ups are, in the end, an increase in job level. The life strength increased by the 'Dragon Blood Potion,' however, will drive a certain degree of job advancement."
"This should be related to the job the user is proficient in. The more proficient they are in a certain job, the more their level in that specific job will be raised."
This was a guess Tang Zheng had analyzed after asking the four about their level-up process. "But in reality, the most direct increase should be to their HP value."
When Tang Zheng had consumed dragon blood himself, the biggest increase was to his HP value. And the level shown by detection magic was not 100% accurate.
For example.
When the Bone King used detection magic to scout the Elf King, he found that the latter's life level was above 70, and his magic power value was comparable to Shalltear's.
Therefore, he judged the Elf King's overall level to be at level 70 or higher.
This was because the job data on a status panel could not be seen by anyone other than the player themselves. Not to mention the natives of this otherworld, who didn't even have status panels to begin with.
The level Tang Zheng detected with his ninjutsu was closer to an assessment of their HP values. Therefore, he guessed that the true job levels of Leinas and the other three had some degree of variance.
It was just that their HP values had increased significantly under the effect of the "Dragon Blood Potion," reaching a life strength equivalent to level 28.
(end of chapter)
