Crisis Strikes Again

Dawn Watchers, who cultivated both sword and bow, not only had flashy, dazzling skills, but were also incredibly lethal.

Upgrading Battle Aura manuals required experience.

Upgrading skills also required experience.

Legendary-Class Battle Aura manuals in particular required so much experience that it was practically as much as what he needed to level up.

William had only just changed classes, and barely had any experience left. Even if eating bear meat could grant experience, he could not keep eating too much of it. Too much meat was not only sickening, but could also choke someone to death.

Besides, as a lord, he had to learn how to enjoy life. How could he be compared with players?

Completing quests was what mattered most. Relying on eating to level up was simply too cruel for him.

However...

He would never get tired of dragon meat, even if he ate it for a lifetime...

Fortunately, he still had enough experience to upgrade his skills, so he raised all three skills by two levels each.

As a lord, he had to spread the favor evenly...

Ahem.

The main issue was that he did not have that much Battle Aura. If he really stacked one skill to the maximum level, he probably would not even be able to cast a single skill when the time came. That would be rather awkward when facing enemies.

Elf God's Blessing (Passive)

Level: Lv2

Skill Effect: Increases the power of ranged physical attacks by 12%.

Cost: None

Cooldown: None

Deadly Volley

Level: Lv2

Skill Effect: Consumes 130 Battle Aura to fire 3 arrows in succession. If all of them hit the enemy, the first arrow deals 130% damage, the second arrow deals 150% damage, and the third arrow deals 170% damage.

Has a certain chance of inflicting Bleeding.

Cooldown: 9 seconds.

Battle Aura Slash

Level: Lv2

Skill Effect: Consumes 40 Battle Aura to unleash a blade of sword energy forward. Deals 150% damage upon hitting an enemy and has a certain chance of inflicting Bleeding.

Cooldown: 3 seconds.

In summary, they were very powerful, and he would gain even more distinctive skills in the future. Deadly Volley in particular had excessively demanding conditions, but William really was that accurate...

As for the 40 unused free attribute points.

He added 20 points each to Strength and Agility!

The Elf Ranger's specialty was focusing on Strength and Agility. Its early skills were mostly archery skills, but it also had plenty of melee skills in the mid and late stages. As for Intelligence and Constitution?

"Heh, being tanky is one of the essential talents of a Legendary BOSS. Even if my class cannot be too tanky, I am still far stronger than ordinary NPCs. As for Intelligence? Those who cultivate both magic and martial arts are freaks. They should be killed!" William immediately forgot about his intention to become a Magicblade Saint. Looking at his attributes, he could not help feeling pleased with himself.

Lotner patted him on the shoulder. "It seems you have become a mature Elf and inherited this class. But having strength alone is useless if you cannot hit anyone. You need more practice!"

"Understood." William nodded. Whether players or NPCs, having more skills was not necessarily better, leaving aside the issue of insufficient experience.

The key was still one's own strength: combining technique, skills, positioning, the environment, and every other factor to deal continuous damage, even keeping the enemy under constant attack until they could not fight back. That was what mattered most.

This game did not have skill locking!

No matter what skill it was, hitting the opponent relied entirely on aim and awareness. Skills were not the most important thing. The premise was being able to strike the opponent's weak point. Even an ordinary skill could deal tremendous damage.

"My Lord!" An Elven Ranger hurried inside.

"Speak!" William raised an eyebrow. If there was a battle or a Territory Crisis, anyone who discovered it did not need to knock.

The Elven Ranger caught his breath and said, "After the scout team investigated, we discovered another small Orc tribe thirty li southeast of Border Town. They are hiding in a cave. The location is very concealed, but we still found them. They have prepared a great deal of weapons and equipment and seem to be planning to start a war..."

"About how many are there?" Lotner asked.

"We have currently spotted 500. But after careful observation, most of those 500 are Orc Warriors, and there are also quite a few Orc Berserkers."

"They came prepared. Are they here to avenge those Orcs? Or did someone escape from the Orc tribe we wiped out before and tell them about the Iron Ore Vein?" William rubbed his chin, then waved a hand. "Gather five Mages and 200 Warriors. Prepare to depart. Inform the Warriors guarding the mine to proceed carefully. If they discover Orcs attacking the mine, retreat immediately. There is no need to fight them over it."

"As you command, my lord!"

There were many Orc tribes east of Blackleaf Forest. If they kept coming over in an endless stream, that would truly be troublesome. William felt a little frustrated. Could it be that the Dragon in the eastern mountains had started throwing another tantrum, causing these Orc tribes to migrate outward?

Blackleaf Forest covered an enormous area.

It stretched for over ten thousand kilometers from east to west. Apart from humans, many races of this continent had settlements in Blackleaf Forest.

Among them, the forests in the central and western regions were controlled by the Black Leaf Elves. Their territory covered more than half the forest, including the best regions of Blackleaf Forest. Their lands contained many mineral veins, along with all sorts of rare flora and fauna.

Of course, there were also many friendly races. Most were protected by the Elves or allied with them.

But Blackleaf Forest also had quite a few Dark Faction races.

Demons, however, were rare. They generally preferred building cities in barren wastelands without green plants, where they could stand against the Human Race.

Orcs, on the other hand, could survive anywhere. Their numbers remained alarmingly high, and they were spread across the entire continent like ants. They would settle somewhere and breed a nest of their own. Completely eradicating them was nothing more than a dream.

For survival, they would even voluntarily submit to a Dragon and seek its protection.

In other words, they desperately hunted every day to feed a Dragon that did nothing but eat and sleep, all so they could live in terror within its territory...

There was no helping it.

In terms of overall strength, unless it was a medium-sized or larger Orc settlement, they were generally quite weak and rarely produced Orcs with decent bloodline potential.

Of course, when a Dragon was in a bad mood, it might eat a few Orcs. Whether the Orcs would resist depended on how their chieftain viewed such matters.

The strength classifications of Dragons were as follows!

As long as they possessed pure Dragon bloodlines, whether Chromatic Dragons, Metallic Dragons, or Gem Dragons, their bloodline potential was generally Epic-Class or higher.

Except for certain hatchlings born to disgrace their mothers...

For example, Dragons that could not call out their true names after birth, or could not use Dragon Tongue Magic...

Other than those, most Dragons possessed bloodlines of Epic-Class or higher...

Furthermore, Dragonkind had ruled Gods Continent during the First Era. They were unfathomably powerful, and their numbers were not particularly small either.

Even when they were of the same rank, level, and bloodline, a single member of another race often could not challenge one.

Dragon Slayers did exist, but most operated in parties or groups. Very few could duel a Dragon alone...

Unless they were truly terrifying!

After all, Dragons liked living alone. Killing one was not necessarily that difficult. It mainly depended on who the Dragon Slayer was!

Some Dragons also had vassal clans. As long as they did not stir up trouble everywhere, they could live quite well. But such Dragons were still rare, especially Elemental Dragons, which were born asking to be beaten and were usually hacked at wherever they went...

As for Dragon Beasts, Drakes, and all kinds of magical beasts with Dragonkind bloodlines, their strengths varied greatly!

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