On the hilltop, Ye Wei'an calmly withdrew his gaze.
The mountain road below had become a one-sided hunting ground.
The cavalry led by Cain charged in every direction, hunting down the bandits who tried to flee;
Meanwhile, Volodya's infantry began clearing the battlefield, finishing off the bandits one by one.
On the minimap in Ye Wei'an's vision, the red dots around him were vanishing at a visible rate, soon disappearing completely.
With a thought, he opened his experience panel.
[Killed Lv.3 Fighter, gained 10 experience.] [Experience has reached the threshold for Lv.5 (7680 / 7500).]
In the past half-month of blood and fire, Ye Wei'an had already advanced to Spellfire Sorcerer Lv.5.
Spellfire Sorcerer Lv.5 had granted him the ability [Spellfire Energy], two additional spells, Aura of Vitality and Dispel Magic, and two free Spell Slots.
If his previous level-ups had merely been quantitative changes, then Lv.5 was a true qualitative leap for a Spellfire Sorcerer.
It unlocked third-circle spells of immense strategic importance.
On Faerûn, only spellcasters capable of casting third-circle spells were considered to have moved beyond the ranks of "apprentices" and "low-level adventurers" and truly entered the realm of the extraordinary.
Only upon reaching the third circle did a spellcaster first gain the ability to clear large areas, to contend with enemy spellcasters, and to overcome geographical and physical limitations.
But for Ye Wei'an, all of that combined paled beside the core class ability he had awakened—[Spellfire Energy].
[Spellfire Energy]: Your Spellfire Energy and Spell Slots can be converted into each other. You are no longer limited by rigid Spell Slots and can cast spells directly using Spellfire Energy.
This ability had allowed Ye Wei'an to leave behind the traditional spellcaster's predicament of "Spell Slots not being interchangeable" for good.
In the past, Spell Slots