One day later, a mercenary team rushing from Ludy County to Derud Town discovered this tragic situation.

"This...this..."

A group of people looked at the bloody earth that gave off a stench under the sun. The strong smell of blood, mixed with the stench, and the tragic situation made the mercenaries who approached felt sour in their stomachs.

"vomit--"

There were continuous sounds of vomiting, and only their captain, a pale man, walked over.

"team leader?"

"team leader?"

The low, confused calls from the team members did not stop him.

Having experienced more brutal battlefields, he frowned and walked among the piles of corpses.

As he was walking, he suddenly stopped.

In front of him, there were slightly raised mounds that were close together. Several broken wooden boards were inserted in front of the mounds.

"Lourdes? Hughes? Baft? Coius? Maia..." There is no doubt that these are people's names.

Why are there graves? Are there graves erected by attackers? Or are there survivors?

But judging from the brutality of this battlefield...

His eyes looked elsewhere. The carriage that was supposed to transport goods had only incomplete frames left, and the horses pulling the carriage had been torn to pieces.

The goods inside have also disappeared. None of the human corpses are intact, the limbs are in pieces. Only the corpses of the wolves that look like monsters are relatively intact.

"robbery?"

His eyes wrinkled deeply, and he glanced at the wolf corpses on the ground. The large number of wolf corpses showed that they were the main perpetrators.

Someone controls the wolf pack to rob?

"Team, Captain...Captain Karloff." A weak voice came to his ears, and the man turned his head. A pale young man stood behind him tremblingly, "The wolves seem to be

Went to Dilude Town."

"Going to Derud Town?" Karloff frowned deeply and looked at the wolf corpses on the ground again. Apart from wounds, the only thing on these wolf corpses that could distinguish them from ordinary wild wolves was

, only a slightly large and thin body, with slightly red fur, as if it has overdrawn its life force.

Demonized?

Demonized creatures will be extremely violent, but after death, the traces of overdraft of power will also be obvious.

Suddenly, he remembered a rumor he heard when he came to Delude a few years ago. Thirty years ago, there was a demon warlock close to the apocalypse level in Delude Plain. He was joined by Viscount Delude and a high-ranking priest who was about to be promoted to bishop.

Kill.

Wasn't it killing? Or was it the other party's revenge?

The other party had no intention of cleaning up the traces, and the wolf pack's route was not concealed, allowing Karloff to make assumptions based on these traces and obtain a lot of information.

"Let's go, change the route, let's go back!" Karloff gave a loud order after taking a deep look in the direction of Dirud Town.

That unknown being didn't even cover up its route, so they would be stupid to go into this muddy water.

"Yes!" The mercenaries did not object at all. Even though this return trip would cost them some profits, this benefit was nothing compared to their lives.

The mercenaries did not notice that not long after they left, a figure appeared here.

.......

Southeast of Dirud Plains.

In a forest, a young man was leaning against a tree, his clothes soaked in blood, smelly and dirty.

With his tired and weak look, anyone who looked at him would think that he was not far from death.

When the first ray of sunlight emerged in the morning, Art endured the severe pain and took out the tree fruits that Glora had collected from the inventory...

"Glora..."

Before leaving the slaughterhouse where blood and bones were everywhere, he collected all the items he could see and collect into his inventory, and two-thirds of the 1,010-slot inventory was already filled.

He looked at the [Bird Corpse] placed in the lower right corner of the inventory. The small icon had vaguely missing wings, which made him feel sad.

"Without power, nothing can be done..."

A few days ago, after he learned about dark energy erosion, he thought he could protect himself.

However, all this is just a joke. Using the storage capacity of the inventory to dig a hole in the ground, relying on other people's corpses to stack up, and escaping from death, I am still a weak person.

The weakest person at the bottom.

He still remembered the corpses piled up in front of him, with the mutilated upper bodies of Maia and Karens piled at his feet, looking like they were still dead.

Taking a deep breath, Art glanced at the inventory.

In the front row, there are all gems, all kinds of gems.

【......】

[Emerald Gem LV: A gem of extremely high value.]

[Light-colored beryl: a higher value gemstone.]

[Light-colored beryl lv: a gem with higher value. 】

[Sierra Heidite: A highly valuable gemstone.]

[Broken Noble Blood lv11: A gem containing blue blood, extremely beautiful, but broken, and of high value. After collecting three of them, you can get skill point 1]

[Broken Noble Blood lv9: A gem containing blue blood, extremely beautiful, but broken, and of high value. After collecting three of them, you can get skill point 1]

[Blood of Nobles: After the death of a blue-blood noble, the blue blood remaining in the body is a gem formed by it. It is extremely beautiful. You can obtain 1 skill point.]

[Noble Blood LV: After the death of a certain blue-blood noble, the blue blood remaining in the body formed a gemstone, which is extremely beautiful. 】

[Noble Blood LV: After the death of a certain blue-blood noble, the blue blood remaining in the body formed a gemstone, which is extremely beautiful. 】

[Rose stone lv: a gem with higher value.]

【......】

This was found from the corpses and goods of those merchants.

Two broken noble blood gems, two complete noble blood gems, plus the one he got from a merchant in Ferro Town, a total of three.

The previous one could no longer be used. Before leaving the bloody camp with corpses everywhere, he had already used one, leaving only one unused one.

Before use, it has no grade symbol, but after use, it has a grade symbol.

Moreover, the two [Broken Noble Blood] also have grade marks, and their grade is higher than the used Noble Blood Gem. The grade of the used Noble Blood Gem is the same as other ordinary gems.

In other words, there is some power in these gems that causes the evaluation to increase, and the complete blood of the nobles does not even show the level.

In the original game, only items with level lv1 did not display the level. When he got the first [Noble Blood], because it did not display the level, it was a bit strange that its level evaluation was only lv1. Now it seems that it should be

There is another reason.

After all, [Blood of Broken Nobles] has level ratings of lv9 and lv11.

He frowned and didn't think much about it. Even if there was some underlying reason, he couldn't explain it now. The only thing he wanted to think about now was——

Live, improve your strength, and then...live.

Until you reach the highest position, you can truly feel safe.

Without hesitation, he used the unused noble blood.

Seeing that the mark [Skill Points Available 1] at the back disappeared, there were a few more skill points in his career column.

[Skill Points 0 available]→[1]

He took a deep breath and looked at the skill bar.

The original plan was to use [Meditation Method·Dark Night Poetry] as the first priority. It is the only skill in the skill column that can improve the blue bar and mental power. Improving it also lays the foundation for future strength improvement.

After a certain level, using [Capture Crow], [Crow Transformation], [Capture Crow], [Feedback Dedication], and [Crow Shield] as routes, the core skill of [Capture Crow] can allow him to increase his combat power while improving

The ability to continue fighting and save life.

Supplemented by attack skills and control skills, a complete and comprehensive, stable growth-oriented combat power system is formed. It is moderate in the early stage, develops rapidly in the mid-term, and not to mention high speed in the later stage, at least it will not be slow.

However, his previous encounters made him deeply understand that accidents always exist, and all your development plans cannot withstand the crushing force of strength.

If the living environment is not peaceful enough, then he must change his previous gentle development plan and take other routes.

Either try your best to improve your survivability until you reach the strong stage, and you will basically have no ability to resist in the early stage.

Either choose to increase the burst, gain combat power as quickly as possible, and be able to fight when encountering dangerous situations in the early stage, instead of just running away like now.

Art's eyes swept over several skills, and then his eyes settled on one skill.

[Capturing Crows lv: You can contract crows by consuming spiritual power, and they will be your good helpers and good soldiers. (5/5) - Of course, you can also contract other little birds, but no matter they

Neither you nor you will receive preferential treatment.]

Sensing the five faint star points scattered above the branches, he squinted his eyes:

The fastest way to improve your strength is the skill [Capture Crows]. Without qualitative changes, quantity is the strongest combat power.

Capture more crow servants to improve combat ability by increasing the number. If one shot of dark energy cannot erode, then use five shots. If five shots are not effective, then use ten shots.

More is beautiful. Big is better. Although the view of the multi-turret religious cult in the previous life was classified as a cult, it is undeniable that this view is correct without qualitative change and stronger firepower.

In the previous life, many summoning stream players other than him had taken this route. In the early stage, the summoning stream dominated various major cities and countries - until the first core breakthrough players appeared, these multi-turret divine cult players were all defeated.

Hanging.

If you take this route, the weakness lies here. As long as the opponent kills all his crows in seconds, he will lose his combat effectiveness.

However, there are gains and losses. Originally, if you choose to develop slowly, you have to endure the situation of inferior combat effectiveness in the early stage, or even insufficient combat effectiveness. And this early-stage strong school also has to bear the existence of weaknesses.

Art took a deep breath.
Chapter completed!