After Jiuyao rose to level seven after the wind, Brando gave up his plan to go further in the short term. After the seventh level of wind, Jiu Yao needs as much as 250,000 experience, and even Brando can't keep up with the speed of extracting the experience of the Book of Mavikart. After the seventh-level wind, Jiu Yao can already generate eight phantoms, and the attack power of the phantoms has reached as much as 50%, and the distance from the highest nine phantoms is only one step away.
Brando also discovered that the residence time of Jiuyao phantoms after the wind is related to the level of swordsmanship. Only then did he learn that the residence time of a single phantom in Jiuyao after the wind works at about 0.23 seconds, but at level 7, the residence time of a single phantom is already It's almost a second, and almost every level can have an improvement of 0.1 second.
When Jiu Yao’s illusion uses the skills, it will extract his magic power as described in the description. The extraction method seems to be to convert the required physical power into magic power. The charge is 6 points and the piercing is 20 points. The magic power itself is much less than the physical power. Not to mention that nine illusions are drawn together. Brando has 250 mana, but nine phantoms can charge nearly one-half in one charge, and one piercing blow can completely drain almost all of the mana in the mana pool.
And if it is an illusion using magic—although the illusion stays for a while not enough for them to use most of the spells—but Brando happens to have a spell-like skill of Bark Toughness. He tested it with the toughness of the bark. The magic power drawn by the illusion when using magic seems to be double consumption. Brando himself uses the toughness of the bark to exchange 50 mana for a point of armor, and the illusion needs 100 points.
And Brando has also experimented that the illusion itself can't use Fenghou Jiuyao again to recreate the illusion, and it can't take the initiative to exchange positions with him.
After thoroughly figuring out how Fenghou Jiuyao works and its usage restrictions, Brando began to find someone to practice this swordsmanship. The most familiar person around him is naturally the old swordsman Kuran, but after two days of fighting with Brando, he yelled that he would not do it. After Brando returned from the ring of trade winds, his own strength basically reached the golden middle reaches. In addition, the swordsmanship of Fenghou Jiuyao is too weird. With Kuran’s strength, he was beaten to lose his armor and armor in a fight—normal people are unwilling to do this kind of abuse, even more. Not to mention the dignity of Kuran as a golden swordsman.
So the old man simply stopped coming the next day.
There is no Kuran, but Mephistopheles, the Grey Sword Saint, doesn’t know where he heard Brando is practicing swordsmanship and came to the door. The Grey Sword Saint never negotiates with others, and when he finds Brando, he just speaks. We must learn swordsmanship. Brando is still a little strange, as far as Grey Sword Saint's swordsmanship is concerned, there is nothing to compare with him.
But this belongs to the category of pillows given to people who want to sleep, and Brando is naturally impossible to refuse. But what he didn't expect was that Mephistopheles actually lowered his strength and played against him patiently. As a swordsman, the latter was naturally more aware of goods than Kuran. Brando's eyes changed when Jiu Yao made the wind. —The Heritage of the Ancients—Mephistopheles came to meet Brando and pointed out the loopholes in Brando's swordsmanship one by one.
Mephistopheles has nothing to say about Fenghou Jiuyao. His ancient skills have exceeded his level, but he is a great player in military swordsmanship. In fact, the military swordsmanship of various countries in this era is not much different, because it is after all. Basic skills, but some details of the gap allow professionals to distinguish at a glance which country is the swordsmanship.
Mephistopheles had studied Cruz’s military swordsmanship since he was a child, and Cruz’s swordsmanship and Eruin’s swordsmanship had a connection. After a little bit of him, Brando actually felt that he had stagnated military swordsmanship for a long time. There are signs of loosening again. This makes Brando both excited and curious. Naturally, the excitement is that if the 16th-level military swordsmanship goes further, the benefits will definitely be turned upside down, but what is curious is that every Juggernaut seems to have his own unique understanding of swordsmanship. , Otales is like this, Grey Sword Saint is like this, and their experience seems to be very good for the improvement of swordsmanship after the fifteenth level.
Brando couldn't help thinking, if he had searched all the sword saints of Warend and got the experience of the other party, would his swordsmanship directly enter the sanctuary
Of course, this is at best just thinking about it. Although there are not many existences that can be named the sword saint in the whole Vaughan, there are dozens of them. There are many eccentric and evil people, such as the gray sword saint Mephistopheles. , It can be regarded as a normal person among normal people. If you want to get all of these people's recognition, to be honest, this is an impossible task. Brando knows Veronica among the Extreme Sword Sages, but I don’t know if the Cruze’s goddess of war will give him enough eyesight to teach swordsmanship, Vero Although Nika joked that he wanted to teach him swordsmanship, the prerequisite was that he became an empire, which was also impossible.
There was a crisp sound of'Dang', the earth sword in Brando's hand intersected with Mephistopheles' gray long sword, and a huge force came and almost made him fly out with the unsteady sword, and he quickly backed away. , The three phantoms behind him immediately interlaced with him, stepping forward to block Mephistopheles' route to continue the attack, and Brando was able to escape.
Mephistopheles watched the three illusions disappear in front of him. He didn't plan to go any further. He put away his sword and looked at Brando panting: "Did you lose your mind just now?"
Brando nodded, and breathed a sigh of relief: "En."
"That's it for today," Gray Sword Saint replied cleanly.
Brando nodded again. However, he stood up and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Earl, although we have not been together for a long time, it has been nearly half a month since the ring of trade winds. I know your personality very well, and regard you as a person. I would never take the initiative to bow my head or show goodwill to anyone, right?"
The Grey Sword Saint didn't say a word, which was regarded as acquiescing to Brando's statement.
"Then you should also know my temper. I don't mind joking about trivial matters, but since I promised Ms. Veronica to help you restore the country, then I will never regret or delay deliberately." Brando stopped. After a moment: "I think, what you came here today is actually to guide my swordsmanship...?"
"When are you going to leave the forest?" Mephistopheles asked.
"The druids have prepared their combat equipment, and the elves and human mercenaries are ready to go, but the vehicles of so many people are a problem. Even with the abilities of the druids and the tree elves, they can’t find so many for a while. Pegasus." Brando frowned, and Mephistopheles asked his most troubled question. Now there are troops, but how to send these troops out as quickly as possible is a big problem-he doesn't. I will forget that I am now in the depths of the Black Forest, at least a month away from the Eruin border: "But at the latest one week, I will let the army open, at least part of it."
Mephistopheles nodded: "I heard about the trouble in your territory, how confident are you that you will win?"
So I was afraid that I would lose? Brando was a little clear. He couldn't help but glanced at Mephistopheles and asked: "Speaking of this, I have always wanted to ask, Lord Earl, although I don't know what you have reached with the Duchess of Cruz. Agreement. But you chose my ship. Did you know that there are all my enemies in Eruin. Perhaps it is not a wise choice for you to choose my side?"
Mephistopheles' gray eyes stayed on Brando, and the young man's wit made him think of Veronica when he was young. No wonder the woman liked him so much. He rarely smiled: "Mr. Captain, you have many enemies, but I have only one enemy. What do you think?"
Brando was taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh. Indeed, there has always been only one enemy of the uncontested Grey Sword Saint, and that is the Cruz Empire. Mephistopheles was not even afraid of that behemoth, how could he be afraid of the chickens in Eruin
"Then Mr. Earl, what do you mean?" Brando asked.
Grey Sword Saint looked at him and asked seriously: "I came here to ask you if you are willing to accept my mantle and become the successor of my swordsmanship."
"What?"
Brando was stunned for a while, he resisted trying to touch his face to see if his appearance had changed since he came out of the ring of trade winds, why it seemed that he suddenly became so cute, The flowers are blooming. But fortunately, the ancient heroic spirit knight Otales taught him his profession. At this moment, even if a sword saint suddenly claimed to accept him as a disciple, it would not surprise him to be speechless.
He calmed down quickly, and it came to mind that Mephistopheles' move might have political intent. To put it bluntly, it is still for the restoration of the country. He knows that the Grey Sword Saint is actually not keen on politics. His resurrection is purely because of his personal beliefs. He is a rare and noble person in this era, but this does not mean that the earl is a fool. . The Grey Sword Saint understood very well that the principality might be able to get his asylum when he was there, but he couldn't always devote his energy to leading a country. His lifelong pursuit, to put it bluntly, was swordsmanship.
Brando is different. Anyone can see that he is a lord first and then a swordsman. He is not even a true swordsman. He may not be as passionate as Kuran in the pursuit of swordsmanship. This is indeed the case. If Brando had the experience of becoming a powerful wizard, he would not necessarily choose swordsmanship. What he pursues is the power that can help Eruin rise, not the magical way.
So Mephistopheles is the opposite. He pointed out that Brando is like Veronica, which is actually a metaphor for this matter. The same is true for Veronica and Brando. She is first a soldier, a general and duke of the empire, and a swordsman second. Therefore, she is far behind Mephistopheles in swordsmanship. Mephistopheles has been famous for a long time as a sword master, and Veronica's fame in the title of'Goddess of War' is far greater than that of her sword master. The title.
After figuring this out, Brando calmed down completely. Gray Sword Saint wants to accept him as a disciple, which is naturally a good thing, let alone Mephistopheles's own system of swordsmanship, at least it is a skill above the intermediate level. It is also a good thing to be able to do the backing of such a great power.
But at this moment Brando has actually accepted the inheritance of Otales. Otales can ignore the Dark Dragon. That's because they are contemporaries. It is understandable to say that they are sympathetic to each other. But whether the female knight can accept a fellow who may not be that powerful in her opinion to be on an equal footing with her, it is difficult to say.
But to Brando's expectation, Otales did not object.
"I suggest you accept." After receiving Brando's inquiry, Otales felt a little satisfied, because it showed that Brando did not just regard her as a ring spirit, but really regarded her As a teacher. Although the heroic spirit who has gone through thousands of years does not really care about this, she is still satisfied to find a young man who has inherited an outstanding character as the inheritor: "Mephistopheles' swordsmanship is very special, self-contained, and After all, my vision is limited to a thousand years ago. The fellow Odin only gave you the inheritance of blood. In comparison, what he knows may be more helpful to you. You don’t need to pay too much attention to my opinion. For my sister, You can become stronger, which is what I want to see."
"Thank you." Brando was a little touched. Otales's concern for him seemed to be the wing guard of his sister to his younger brother.
However, he did not immediately agree, but said to Mephistopheles: "Thank you for your kindness, Lord Earl, but let me think about it for a day."
Mephistopheles showed appreciative eyes. He was very confident in his swordsmanship. Normal people would faint immediately after hearing that he was about to accept a disciple. But Brando showed calmness. For swordsmanship, it is necessary to keep calm all the time, and as a lord, it is naturally the same.
"This is naturally no problem, but you should understand that I want to teach you swordsmanship not only because you are the future lord. It is not because I need to use you to restore the country, but I do think that you are good enough to inherit my swordsmanship. , Although I haven't been with you for a long time, I believe that Veronica sees people's eyes." After thinking about it, he added.
"You and Veronica have known each other a long time ago?" Brando couldn't help blurting out, but he regretted it after he said it. This is too gossip, and the habit left by the player will be really irresistible for a while.
However, Mephistopheles didn’t think that he didn’t mind this question. He nodded: “My principality was actually a vassal of the empire in the early years. When I was young, I completed my studies in the empire, and Veronica was me at that time. Classmates."
"Huh?" Brando's gossip soul suddenly burned, and he couldn't help but yelled. He only knows that Mephistopheles is the mortal enemy of the Cruz Empire and has fought Veronica many times, but he didn't expect that these two men turned out to be childhood sweethearts to some extent.
However, he was about to continue to ask, but Mephistopheles interrupted the topic first. He said, "Remember when I asked you before, when can your army be deployed?"
"En?" Brando looked at the old-fashioned swordsman with an expression on his face that was carved out of wood.
"Actually, this is not a problem. The two archmages of the two silver alliances who stayed in the Green Tower. Master Tulaman has a relationship with me, or he owes me a favor. I can ask them to help." Mei Fister replied.
"Temporary teleportation circle!" Brando jumped up. The circle of thousands of people sounds incredible. If William and Tulaman join hands to teleport hundreds of people at a time, it is definitely not a problem. The rest can use it. Pegasus sent away, so that the problem of the vehicle will be solved!
He was delayed here for so many days. To put it bluntly, the biggest problem is how to send these people out of the Black Forest as quickly as possible. Although the druids have been raising Pegasus, how can the Green Tower, which has only experienced the wolf disaster, raise so many Pegasus
But Brando immediately reacted and asked suspiciously: "But Tulaman is a people of silver. According to the sacred oath, they cannot interfere in mortal disputes."
He wanted to see how Mephistopheles would answer, but he didn't expect that this old-fashioned Sword Master put his index finger to his lips and said to him, "Don't you say it, I don't say it, there is Who would know the gesture of'.
Brando was stunned and cheated! ? This is absolutely cheating, I rely on...