Magic Modification

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Garen spent a small portion of this month familiarizing himself with the Purple Dragon Bow (a name he chose himself).

Most of his time was spent modifying his magic.

To increase the power of his magic and diversify its utility, he modified his spells based on the anime and novels he had seen in his past life.

First came simple combinations.

The level five wind magic Roar of the Wind was originally just wind elements formed into the shape of a javelin using mental energy, released to attack enemies.

Garen bound the level five fire magic Explosive Fireball to the tip of the Roar of the Wind javelin.

This simply combined spell not only possessed the speed and piercing effect of Roar of the Wind but also carried the explosive properties of the Explosive Fireball, which he named Explosive Overlord Spear.

In the future, if anyone dared to act arrogant in front of him, he would shout, "You have already invited your own death."

Then, he would reward them with an Explosive Overlord Spear.

The power of these two combined spells was definitely one plus one greater than two.

Furthermore, he discovered that by using his level six warrior strength to hurl it, the power was greater than releasing it with mental energy, and it even saved his mental energy.

This gave a level five spell the power of a near level six spell.

Next was his specialty: he would first continuously compress an Explosive Fireball, then wrap it in the wind magic Wind Tornado, kneading it between his hands, and name it Spiral Burst.

For long-range attacks, he could throw it directly; after the Explosive Fireball detonated, the surrounding Wind Tornado would transform into countless tiny Wind Blades, spraying in all directions—it was truly a god-tier spell for crowd damage.

In close combat, after closing in on an enemy, he could control the Wind Tornado to form a cone shape, piercing the enemy's armor or a mage's magic shield before letting the Explosive Fireball erupt, severely wounding or killing the enemy.

The more Garen researched, the more he realized that wind and fire magic were a perfect match, giving him a profound understanding of how wind borrows the momentum of fire, and fire assists the power of wind.

Finally, regarding the use of the Purple Dragon Bow, when a wind-type Magic Crystal Core was embedded, Garen simply compressed Roar of the Wind, turning the javelin-sized magic into an arrow, then fired it using the Purple Dragon Bow; the speed was twice as fast as a normal Roar of the Wind, the power was twice as strong, and the piercing effect was excellent.

He named it Gale Arrow.

When a fire-type Magic Crystal Core was embedded, he compressed fire energy to form an arrow, and the explosive power upon impact was even greater.

He named it Explosive Arrow.

Finally, there was the combination of the two arrows, and with the enhancement of the Purple Dragon Bow, the power approached the intensity of a level seven spell; he named it Gale Explosive Arrow. Once this arrow was released, the wind would follow the tornado.

"Hasagi, Sorye Ge Ton."

As long as he shouted this magic incantation, from the mysterious void, a dashing swordsman figure from another world would be summoned, following the arrow and unleashing waves of sword qi.

Unfortunately, with Garen's current mental energy, whether it was Spiral Burst or Gale Explosive Arrow, he could only use it once before his mental energy was instantly depleted, leaving him unable to cast any more magic.

Fortunately, he still had 30 high-quality Alloy Arrows, ensuring his long-range capabilities.

Garen planned to avoid transforming as much as possible during his trip to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, because after transforming, killing monsters while being a higher level yielded no experience, which would be a huge loss for him.

On the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Not long after leaving the town closest to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, the system map displayed over a dozen red dots in the grass not far away.

"They must be bandits and robbers. We are still some distance from the Magical Beast Mountain Range, so it can't be magical beasts. If you run into me, consider yourselves unlucky."

Garen hunched his back and slowly approached.

Upon getting closer, it was indeed over a dozen bandits and robbers crouching in the grass, watching the direction of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

They were likely lying in wait for adventurers returning from training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Seeing these sinister-looking bandits, Garen thought of the fallen members of the Guard Team and Uncle Luke, and his killing intent surged.

The Tiger-Striped Warrior bloodline naturally craved slaughter, especially after his bloodline atavism; he usually had to restrain it, but now that he had encountered these bandits, Garen no longer needed to hold back.

He nocked an alloy arrow, imbued it with Precision and Extreme Speed, and aimed at the bandit leader crouching in the front.

"Puchi."

Without a battle aura shield activated, even a level seven warrior would die if shot in the head by this arrow.

The bandit leader reacted when the arrow was less than a meter away, but it was already too late, and he died without even knowing why.

Ding, killed a level six bandit leader, gained 252 experience points.

After the bandit leader died, a ball of light floated out from the corpse.

"Loot dropped, nice."

When the other bandits saw their level six leader shot in the head by a single arrow, they were terrified and looked around, all activating their battle aura shields.

They thought they had been ambushed by another bandit gang.

After all, bandits killing people for money didn't care if you were in the same line of work.

Unfortunately, Garen was very small, making him too small a target, and they didn't discover Garen's tracks for a long time.

"Puchi."

Another bandit fell to the ground.

Ding, killed a level four bandit, killing monsters while over-leveled yields no experience.

Even with his battle aura shield activated, a level 4 warrior's shield still couldn't withstand the alloy arrow shot by Garen.

With the Purple Dragon Bow bolstered by speed and precision, even an ordinary alloy arrowhead possessed the power of a level 5 spell.

This time, the bandits finally saw the direction from which the arrows were coming; some raised their longbows to counterattack, while others drew their blades, intending to charge into melee combat.

Garen didn't even dodge the incoming arrows; they only knew his general direction and hadn't actually spotted him yet, so their shots were flying everywhere at random.

"Bang."

Another arrow struck a level 5 warrior who had activated his battle aura shield, shattering it, though the arrow lost its momentum and fell to the ground.

Before this bandit could even celebrate his luck, another arrow followed.

"Puchi."

No experience gained.

Garen retreated as soon as he finished shooting.

In order to pursue him, all the bandits stood up, turning themselves into living targets; as long as he maintained his distance, he could clear this wave of mobs without taking a single hit.

To save time, Garen swapped his ordinary alloy arrows for Gale Arrows; even with their battle aura shields active, the Gale Arrows ensured a one-shot kill for each.

When the enemy retreats, I advance; when the enemy advances, I retreat.

After killing seven or eight bandits, the ones chasing him broke down; they couldn't catch him, and they couldn't escape him.

After a brief discussion, they all crouched down and scattered in different directions to flee.

Watching the red dots scattered across his Map Function, Garen immediately transformed into his Tiger-Striped Warrior form; since he wasn't getting experience for killing them anyway, transforming meant this would be nothing short of a dimensional strike against them.

He locked onto the direction of one red dot and gave chase.

Since upgrading to a level 6 warrior, the Map Function could now display everything within a radius of over 500 meters, which was far more impressive than the wind-element spell Wind of Perception.

Whether it was a person or a magical beast, as long as the system identified them as an enemy unit, no matter how they tried to mask their aura—even if they hid dozens of meters deep underground—they would still be revealed.

It was a slaughter without suspense; the few remaining bandits didn't get far before Garen picked them off one by one.

Sensing that there were no more red dots in the vicinity, Garen reverted to his human form and began looting the bandits' corpses.

He walked up to the body of the bandit leader.

Ding, obtained Primary Enhancement Stone.

Not bad; as long as they dropped loot, it was fine.

In the end, he scavenged over forty level 4 Magic Crystal Cores, more than twenty level 5 Magic Crystal Cores, two level 6 ones, and over four hundred gold coins from the group of bandits.

"A bunch of broke losers."