Mount & Blade: Wind of War

The Lord's Mansion of Gushan Castle, the secret room.

Sitting cross-legged on a soft square cotton cushion, Rhodes, dressed in a purple robe, closed his eyes tightly, stretched his hands across each other, and swung them quickly, performing mysterious tricks.

As he breathed and meditated, streaks of white-gold light circulated throughout his body at the same time. It was so complex and beautiful that it seemed to ignite the stars in the dark universe.

Five years ago, Gary, the last remnant of the ancient sage civilization, secretly implanted ogre blood into Rhodes, which had a great auxiliary effect on improving his combat power, courage, and many other aspects. However, when Rhodes When his age and strength reach certain invisible limits, this imperfect bloodline implant will kill him.

It leads to genetic collapse, and the symptoms are very similar to the severe scurvy of this era, and it cannot be treated well.

To put it bluntly, even if Rhodes noticed it, in order to survive, he would have to return to the ancient ruins again and make a deal with Gary.

However, Gary never expected that Rhodes' knowledge and experience were much broader than he imagined. He not only discovered it in advance, but also combined the extraordinary knowledge he acquired during this period with his own knowledge. , thought of a way to crack it.

The initial onset of genetic collapse was resisted by the "healing, first aid, surgery, holy healing" runes running crazily in Rhode's body. As time passed, when Rhodes gradually regained his perfect state of merit, a system prompt suddenly popped up in front of his eyes:

[Due to frequent damage, he is able to complete self-repair in time, and his heroic characteristics and tenacity are strengthened and improved. 】

[Enhanced Characteristics: Tenacity saving throw, after not being harmed for a certain period of time, the speed of injury recovery is accelerated. It also improves the hero's negative status resistance and greatly increases the chance of negative status damage immunity. 】

"People who are addicted to the power of blood often end up being trapped by the shackles of blood power."

After letting out a breath and slowly standing up, Rhodes walked to the side of the secret room, poured himself a glass of water, raised his head and drank it.

In the state of concentrating on self-study, Kress clearly knew that even the sound of her breathing might disturb her master, so she exited after sending him into the secret room last night.

However, she was still doing the daily maintenance in the secret room. Almost no one in the entire Lonely Mountain Castle knew about this secret room except her and Rhodes.

"Compared to other races, powerful magic races can more easily activate their own characteristics, but these characteristics are almost all controlled by their own bloodline. The greater the benefit, the greater the imprisonment."

"Rage has been modified by me into fanaticism, toughness has been modified into tough immunity by combining my profession, and the giant's strength and wisdom enlightenment have been neutralized. As long as the anti-magic skin is transformed into a light indestructible body... I will use my own Power breaks through the shackles of blood."

Of course, even Rhodes had to admit that a large part of the reason for his breakthrough was because this bloodline was not the original bloodline. After all, the bloodline transformation technology of the ancient sage civilization still had big flaws.

However, at this moment, there was a rumble. Even in the secret room, Rhodes felt the room moving sideways. At the same time, a long and ancient dragon roar came from the night sky of Gushan Castle.

"what's the situation?"

Not only the secret room, but in fact the city lord's palace of Gushan Castle withstood a blast of dragon breath from the hell dragon.

The wall of the banquet hall was bombarded with a large hole burning with blazing fire.

"Ooooooooooooooooooo..."

The huge black and red hell dragon took advantage of the dark night that was about to dawn, waving its wings and flying rapidly. After bombarding the Lord's Mansion of Gushan Castle, it flew around to the wall again and breathed dragon breath, but this time it didn't It was no longer in the form of a fireball, but a cone of terrifyingly high-temperature flames, burning everything in its path.

It is not that there were no brave soldiers defending the city to fight back. However, whether it was the continuous-fire heavy crossbows that Rodok's sacred heavy crossbowmen were proud of, or the heavy bed crossbows placed on the city walls, it was difficult to defeat this defense. The speed was amazing. The amazing Hell Dragon poses no threat.

The extraordinary creature at the top of the fifth-level legend finally chose to take action against Gushan Castle after taking a break for nearly three years.

"Like humble mortals like ants, His Majesty Truss has recognized your ability to run the city. Now, I grant you the supreme glory... Kneel down under the wings of destruction, and I will grant you the status of dragon vassal. , cheer and be grateful, mortals like ants."

The huge voice of dragon chants resounded throughout the entire city-state below. People who were immersed in the joy of the Sun Festival a moment ago were at a loss at this moment.

However, for the dragon Tras, what he did was just a notice.

"Two months later, I will prepare a mountain of gold coins and treasures. Depending on your offerings, I will decide how much bloodline I will give you. You only have one chance. Don't waste it..." After saying these words, The black and red hell dragon fluttered its wings and flew away.

The time from its appearance to its departure was not too long, but the terrifying shock it brought to everyone was hard to get over for a long time.

"You have obviously been waiting for more than two years, why can't you wait a little longer? Huh, this time it is really fatal."

After walking out of the castle, looking at the back of the dragon fluttering away as the sun rose, Rhodes also felt a little headache.

Until now, there has been no truly legendary strongman in Gushan Castle, not to mention someone who can compete head-on with the Hell Demon Dragon, who is also a strong player in the fifth-level legend.

"Even if Fatis, who is extremely talented, breaks through the legend, the chance of winning will not be more than 20%, and my legendary breakthrough is still far away... But at the same time, I cannot accept the blood of the demon dragon and become a dragon vassal, let alone it dares It doesn’t dare to accept a dragon-veined vassal like me, even if it dares, I won’t.”

"master!"

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

At this time, Kress, Moken, Fatis, and Raymond ran out and came behind and around Rhodes.

The scene of the giant dragon attacking the city just now shocked them greatly. Although the time was not too long, the impact and shock it brought was too great.

"Why are you panicking? Just do whatever you have to do. Moken, you lead people to pacify the people, restore law and order and resume production. Fatis, Alleyn, Caitlin, Jamila, you follow me."

Although Rhodes couldn't think of any solution in his haste, he couldn't panic. If he panicked, the entire Gushan Castle would be disbanded.