Act 76 The Legacy of Bones (Part 2)

Brando's eyes crossed Francis's Grip and stayed on the fourth item. It was a small mirror with a silver handle. The frame was engraved with very exquisite wavy patterns, a bit like a lady's item. There are hundreds of millions of equipment in "Amber", and except for some that are very famous or that he has used before, it is impossible for him to recognize them all. He picked up the mirror, and a light green light screen unfolded on the mirror. Looking at the text above, Brando couldn't help but slightly raised his eyebrows.

"So it's this thing..."

"What is this?" While Brando's eyes fell on the small mirror, Feras also noticed the most exquisite gadget among all the items. As a noble, he still instinctively prioritizes gorgeous appearance.

Brando held up the mirror——

Valora's dressing mirror.

【fantasy】

Life +20

Triple Slash Level +1

Additional skills:

Shadow of Truth - Valora's dressing mirror copies all lies. Using Valora's dressing mirror to select a target can copy its last used ability. This ability will be stored in the mirror as a true illusion. The user can cast this ability once and pay one-tenth of its cost. (cooling time, one day)

The dressing mirror of the Lady of the Night, this mirror is a very interesting prop in "Amber". It can copy abilities, but the abilities displayed are presented in the form of illusions, but this illusion is a real illusion - as long as the subject believes that the spell is real, then he must bear all the corresponding effects.

But if he doesn't believe it, this spell is just an illusion to him.

So using this mirror is very tricky. If the skills you copy are too bizarre, others may not believe it. But there are also people who go in the opposite direction and specialize in learning some very weird skills - such as the swordsman learning the skills of the elementalist. Often when you don't believe it, control spells such as Ice Claws will really fall on you. On my body.

Brando has heard the name of this mirror in the past. But I have never seen the real thing. He took the mirror and explained it to Feras. Of course, it didn't go into so much detail, it just said that it was a relic left by a beautiful female knight, and that the mirror had the ability to copy illusions.

Unexpectedly, these words made the latter's eyes sparkle. I couldn't help but ask: "Wait a minute, I have a gracious request, Lord Earl. Can you give me this mirror?"

Although Ferras looks carefree on the surface, he still received a noble education in his heart. According to noble etiquette, they found this skeleton together, but Feras knew very well that this was just a favor for Brando to sell him.

For a noble, inviting someone to inspect the trophies during a winter hunting event is already the highest level of courtesy. Ferras was not naive enough to think that he was really qualified to share these spoils. He could see that Brando could still find it here even without bringing him with him; however, he did not mention the word 'buy'. In their case, In the circle, such questions are undoubtedly very rude and even insulting.

Especially Brando's current status can be said to be higher than him.

Ferras spoke like this. In fact, it means that I will return the favor to him in the future. Brando also heard the implication of this sentence and looked at the other party in surprise. He didn't understand how important this mirror was to the other party, and he needed to repay it with a favor.

You should know that the higher the status, the higher the status. The less I like to owe people favors. Although Ferras himself is just a trainee knight. But don't forget that he will become a prince of the Cruz Empire in the future.

Seeing Brando's confusion, Firas explained: "My lord, you mentioned that this was a relic of a beautiful lady during her lifetime. I think it must be worthy of Laurenna. I’ve always wanted to give her a gift.”

"That's it." Brando then reacted, thinking that this guy was quite romantic. He looked at the silver mirror in his hand - to be honest,

This thing is a good magical item, even if he uses it himself, it can play a big role. But on the other hand, gaining the favor of Laurenna and Ferras is indeed a good choice.

He offended many people in the Cruz Empire, especially the killing of Williams, although Wood covered it up and described it as the deputy leader's death in a sneak attack by a demon. But these rhetoric can only fool the general public; after Williams is a member of a large Cruz family, his relatives and close friends are all very powerful figures. Even if they don't trouble him for a while, they will inevitably harbor feelings for him behind his back. Malice.

Not to mention that the daughter of a prime minister has been inexplicably added to the blacklist recently. Brando has never seen the prime minister's daughter in "Amber", but the famous imperial prime minister is a figure with great hands and eyes in the game. Moreover, his faction is completely different from Williams's Templar faction, so he is tantamount to offending the two major forces of the empire at the same time.

Therefore, he had to consider winning over the moderates in the empire. After all, a sage from Eruin once said that when it comes to Eruin's politics, the empire and the wind elves cannot be ignored. Although it is a bit helpless to say this, it is a true portrayal of this ancient kingdom. Not to mention that the princess's party has not yet unified Eruin. Even if it is full-fledged, Eruin's geographical location makes it impossible for Brando to completely separate the kingdom from the influence of the Cruz people and the wind elves.

Although he kept saying that he wanted to break with the Temple of Fire, Brando actually knew it very well. Before Eruin truly becomes an empire, the best choice is to remain neutral between the Temple of the Wind Queen and the Temple of Flame.

His views also come from that sage.

The sage's name was Varatirang, and he was Turaman's teacher in his mortal life. The Corcovado dynasty was established, and Edward, the 'White King', ascended the throne and became an important minister of the kingdom for nearly a hundred years in the early days of Anson XI. He was also the founder of the ZTE era. To say that Tulaman and his own grandfather Darus were just shadowed by this sage.

Brando's promise to help Veronica was actually without such considerations, and Laurenna and Firas' families also have considerable influence in Cruz. The key is that Ferras's family has a good relationship with Faina's family. If these two big families can be won over at the same time, the empire will have the power to check and balance those potential enemies.

Of course, the most crucial point is. Brando has a good impression of Ferras and Laurenna, although both of them are descendants of great nobles. But he didn't appear arrogant or arrogant. Compared to these two. He had to doubt the family education of the so-called imperial prime minister and Grand Duke Huaye.

Fortunately, although Faina is rude and rude, she is not bad at heart. He really couldn't compliment the prime minister's daughter.

Brando has always believed that personal quality can determine many things. If Feras and Laurenna have the same virtue as those unsightly noble children. No matter how powerful the family behind them was in Cruz, he would probably be dismissive of it. Although he has long said goodbye to everything about his past self, Brando still maintains the aloofness and pride of being a gamer in his heart. Otherwise, if he could compromise, he wouldn't be in so much trouble today.

In the final analysis, Eruin itself has nothing to do with him.

He glanced at Feras and threw the mirror away. "You are the guests, and I am the host. A host should give gifts to guests, and there is no need to be so polite. Besides, these are ownerless things. Maybe Ms. Laurenna is the owner it chooses."

"That's true." Ferras' eyes lit up: "But Lord Count, you are really the most generous gentleman I have ever seen. Please come to the Cruz Empire when you have the opportunity. I will definitely treat you as my most distinguished guest." "

Brando smiled slightly. When this guy said this, he basically regarded him as a person worth dating. But he nodded without paying too much attention. This is just an opportunity. To truly have a close connection, interests are needed.

But he has plenty of opportunities. So there is no rush. Brando has the idea of ​​​​developing the Black Forest. The Black Forest contains the most rare products in Warnd. With special products that are hard to find, he does not believe that the Cruz nobles can sit still. Even the nobles of the empire still have to support their families. The larger the family, the more staggering the expenses are. Do any of the imperial nobles have their own property? Especially for Cruz, who pursues a luxurious life in the upper class, what he has in his hands will definitely arouse the other party's interest.

Ferras indeed has the spirit of a scion of a large family. As a noble, he certainly understands the value of the Night Goddess's dressing mirror, but when he puts it away, he doesn't care as much as he puts away an ordinary mirror. Then he looked at the other things on the ground and asked, "Where are these things? Sir, you should know them, right?"

Brando nodded slightly and introduced him to the Ring of the Double-Circuit Snake and the Grip of Francis one by one. But of course he didn't go into detail, he just pointed out the approximate value and history of these two magic items. In fact, he knew very well that noble children like Feras would not be interested in the actual uses of these things. On the contrary, the background of these magic items attracted them more.

After telling the story of the 'unjust knight' in Francis' Grip, Brando's eyes fell on the last thing. The tooth he saw before looked a bit like a wolf tooth, but Brando took a closer look and found that it turned out to be a bone dragon tooth.

This is an extremely good thing. As one of the most precious materials in "Amber", the bone dragon's teeth can be used to cast armor and gain the special ability to resist the aging curse. By embedding it into a weapon, the weapon gains the special power of the aging curse.

In the previous life, the price of a bone dragon's tooth was as high as hundreds of thousands of Thors. Brando once tried his best to get one, but the weapon made by this thing was not of much use to him at that time, because it was recognized in "Amber" that the most suitable players for it were players with the element of time.

the reason is simple. The triggering probability of the aging curse provided by the Bone Dragon's Fang ranges from a minimum of 1% to a maximum of 2.5%. Depending on the effect of the forging, the triggering probability can be said to be quite low. This triggering probability is a bit useless for ordinary players, but it is different for players who have the element of time, because having the element of time means having the active element effect of passage.

The effect of the passing active element is described as "As long as the line of law tends to be stable, the user's attack can affect the enemy and cause it to age rapidly." In fact, it actively triggers the aging curse. And this effect can be superimposed with the effect of the Bone Dragon's Fang itself, which means that with the Bone Dragon's Fang, the aging curse is basically doubled when the elapse effect is turned on.

As one of the few high-end items that he experienced in his previous life, Brando has always remembered the effect of this thing. And here, he has a higher level of space-time attributes than the time element. This thing was simply made for him.

When he picked up the tooth, he couldn't help but soften his eyes when he looked at Feras. This is simply a God of Wealth. If you bring this guy with you every time you download a dungeon. Wouldn’t it be a while before I could graduate in disguise?

Of course, he also knew that this was just a thought, and it was unlikely that Feras and Laurenna would stay in Eruin. Presumably, as soon as Anlek dies, they and Veronica will return to the Cruz Empire.

"Hey. Is this the tooth of the bone dragon?" Feras also seemed to recognize what was in Brando's hand.

Brando was stunned for a moment, a little surprised: "Do you know him?"

"Ah, I've probably heard of it." Feras replied with some pride: "I heard that this thing is the tooth removed from Madara's skeleton dragon, right?"

"No." Before Brando could speak, Haruze interrupted him. He said in a childish voice: "Madala's skeleton dragon is just a monster assembled from the bones of the sub-dragon. The real undead dragons are dead adult dragons. Only a few dragons in the entire Warend have been transformed into undead. Their power is almost the same as before when they were alive. Even the emperor holding a mercury staff has no control over them. With great respect——"

"Hey." Brando shifted his gaze to the little prince, whose face was slightly red. Her curly and soft hair lay obediently on her forehead, and her eyes looked very feminine in the darkness, reflecting the light of the illuminated crystal. But he still insisted: "It was my sister who told me this."

"Your sister, Princess Griffin?" Ferras responded.

"Sister said. Madara is Eruin's life and death enemy. Although you Cruz people have been trying to control the kingdom's power, after all, you will not plunge the kingdom into a sea of ​​fire. However, for the undead, life and death are The boundaries between are easily broken..."

Haruze seemed to have held his breath and looked at Feras: "But I have always been strange. We are all human beings, why can't we work together to deal with those monsters in the dark?"

"Well..." Ferras was a little embarrassed by what he said and couldn't help but scratch his hair.

Brando glanced at this guy with some sympathy. He couldn't explain to Haruze that Madara's skeleton was not strictly a monster. After all, the dead are also part of this world. They are not truly immortal, but just another way of existence.

In fact, in Warend, the undead of Madara, the humans of Cruz, and the wind elves of Saint Osol all believe in Martha, who symbolizes order. It's just an order that advocates darkness and a heart that yearns for light.

But it cannot be said that Princess Griffin's words are wrong. The boundary between life and death is very fragile, but the two are completely different existences after all. The undead have invaded the eastern territory of Eruin for thousands of years, and there are many examples such as Butchi. As a human, it is really difficult to consider the problem from the perspective of the undead.

He sighed and rubbed the little prince's hair: "Did your sister tell you all this?"

"Lord Nimesis also said something..."

This is similar to Brando's conjecture. However, he did not intend to continue on this topic and patted the little prince on the shoulder. Then he turned around and pulled the armor from the skeleton with a loud crash, tearing the already rotten skeleton into pieces.

"Mr. Brando, you..." Feras was startled, and Akane, who had been standing at the back, stared at her lord in surprise. Mountain people and nobles alike have great respect for the dead.

But Brando looked at the armor and explained: "As you can see, ordinary people will not carry bone plates with written words and swords with curses. There are only one kind of people who can use them. "

Ferras was slightly startled, but his reaction was very quick: "Wait a minute, Lord Earl, you mean..."

Brando nodded, and he could basically confirm that this thing was a skeleton before death. More likely a skeleton knight. He was influenced by that player's strategy in advance, but now he thinks that the strategy was a very early product, and things like the secret bone plate were only gradually developed by later players after their status in the game gradually improved. Everyone knows it well, so it is entirely possible that there are omissions in the guide.

This incident reminded him that due to different time periods, some strategies may have limitations, and he himself must use his own experience to make judgments.

Brando handed the armor in his hand to Ferras: "This is a set of enchanted armor. The Skeleton Knight's magic armor has no special power, but its defense is surprisingly high. You can put it on later and go in from here. But it’s not just demons.”

Feras frowned and looked at the dirty, gray armor in Brando's hand. Magic armor is a very rare and precious magic item even in "Amber", and of course he knew this. But it was a bit... asking him to put on something that had just been pulled from a dead man's body.

Ferras swallowed and replied dryly: "Okay, I will find a way to wash it." In fact, he also knew that he was basically the strongest among the teams on this trip. Poor existence. Brando gave him this set of armor so that he would not be a hindrance to the team in the future.

But no matter what, he glanced at Brando gratefully, and then took the armor with a grimace on his face.

Brando turned around again. He estimated that the time outside should be almost up, so he sped up the movements of his hands. This time he pulled out the skeleton knight's weapon from the pile of broken bones - a flame-shaped sword.

As soon as he pulled out the sword, Haruze behind him couldn't help but scream.

"What's wrong?" Ferras was now very familiar with the little prince and asked immediately.

"This is……"

"This is the lion's tooth," Brando looked at the sword in his hand with some admiration, and said with some surprise: "It is the sword worn by the guards around the late Lord Ek. The method of forging it has been known for hundreds of years. Lost. It seems that the identity of our gentleman knight has some history——"

"Yeah." Haruze nodded heavily.

"Is there anything wrong with this sword?" Ferras looked at Haruze's eyes sparkling and couldn't help but be a little curious.

"No, it's very appropriate." Brando raised his sword under the dim light of the lighting crystal and smiled slightly: "The eleven knights around the late Lord Ek are all shining characters. Oh, by the way. , have you seen the silent and silent knight beside Freya?"

Ferras nodded inexplicably. Of course he saw the Knight of the Lake who had been outside the crowd.

"They are all legends..."

Brando sighed, turned the blade of the sword, and handed the hilt to Haruze. He smiled at the little prince of Eruin and asked, "How is it?"

Haruze stared blankly at the Earl's movements.

"Uncle, Your Excellency Earl...you want to give it to me?" He was almost in disbelief.

"Historical documents say that the Lion's Fang belongs to the truly brave. In your previous battles, although you can't be said to be an excellent warrior. But those who can defeat themselves are the real warriors——"

Brando replied: "Isn't it worthy of you? Your Highness Haruze?"

"No...I, I just..." Haruze was surprised and a little excited. His eyes were as bright as silver gems and he couldn't help but his face turned red: "But this is A hero's sword, I, I just think..."

"You just think you're not worthy of it?" Brando shook his head: "If you think you need to become braver, then you should pick up this sword and prove yourself."

"Besides, you don't just have to prove it for a sword—"

Brando handed the sword to his hand: "This is your trophy. It is said that a mountain man declares adulthood when he gets his weapon, so from now on this sword is your responsibility."

As Brando said this, he raised his head and saw Akane nodded slightly to him not far away.

"I, I understand, Lord Earl..."

This was Haruze's almost inaudible voice.

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(PS: Today’s 6,000 words. Woohoo, I seem to be going out again tomorrow, so I’ll read it then. It’s so annoying. Fortunately, it’s over on the 15th. This year has been a nightmare, and I’ll continue to ask for monthly votes.)