booktalesy Chapter 98 The Mark of Radagan
Chapter 98 The Mark of Radagan
Chapter 98 The Mark of Radagan
Ingwell's halberd clashed violently with Samir's ancient hero's scimitar.
Because of Samir's special ice properties, no sparks flew, only a dull "thud" was heard.
He intercepted Ingwell with a single strike.
Then Samir the Ancient Hero exerted force with both arms again.
With a fluid double spinning slash, the blade carrying a chilling aura, it instantly forced Ingwell back like a whirlwind.
He then did not pursue, but straightened up.
It opened its mouth towards the three of them.
"call"
A visible stream of white, frozen cold shot out from his mouth.
The cold current shot towards Xia Tong and his companions steadily, and wherever it passed, a thick layer of ice quickly formed on the ground.
A fan-shaped cloud of freezing air instantly enveloped Rutil.
Although the great shield blocked the direct damage, thick frost covered Ruthel's armor, and her movements visibly slowed down.
"Rutil, don't worry about me! Just deal with him!"
Hearing Xia Tong say this, Ruthel didn't delay any longer.
The spear tapped lightly against the shield, and ice shards fell in a flurry.
Then, with a flash, she appeared above the ancient hero Samir.
Seemingly sensing the difficulty of the enemy before him, black mist suddenly rose from the spear, thrusting straight towards him.
Unexpectedly, Samir's ancient hero reacted extremely quickly, leaning back to avoid the attack.
Then, he swung the long-handled curved sword rapidly, using his body as the center.
In just a few breaths, a terrifying icy storm rose up from beneath his feet!
Samir Ice Storm.
The storm swept up both the lost knight Ingwell and the headless knight Ruthel.
"No? Am I remembering wrong? How can this guy be so strong?"
"Is it too late to run now?"
Xia Tong broke out in a cold sweat.
Ruthel reacted the fastest, immediately using a secret technique to teleport away.
When she appeared beside Xia Tong, a thin layer of frost had already formed on her body.
Meanwhile, the knight-errant Ingwell, as always, displayed his stubborn and relentless attitude.
He steadied himself and swung his halberd, and soon a storm formed beneath his feet.
The two storms collided with each other.
Gradually, Ingwell's side began to falter.
Samir's ancient hero's ice storm was too cold, gradually thickening the frost on Ingwell's body and making his movements increasingly sluggish.
Xia Tong immediately brandished her staff.
Several streaks of brilliant meteors shot off.
"Jingle bells!"
The magic stones struck Samir's ancient hero's armor. Although the damage was not high, it disrupted his charging rhythm, which slowed down his attack.
It was clear that magic was almost ineffective in causing any damage.
Xia Tong simply placed the staff on her back.
He reached into his robes and opened a pre-prepared package containing magical oil wrapped in leaves.
Xia Tong quickly smeared it onto the Lion Greatsword.
Soon, a layer of deep blue light covered the Lion Greatsword, and magic surged.
Xia Tong leaped into the air, stretching out his entire body and tumbling like a lion in mid-air.
The Lion Greatsword, enveloped in a blue magical glow, slashed straight towards the eye of the ice storm!
at the same time.
Ruthel had already teleported to Samir's side.
He thrust the Eclipse Shield forward.
A shield rammed into him, causing him to stagger and interrupting his spellcasting.
Xia Tong's Lion Greatsword had also arrived at this moment.
Samir, the ancient hero, tried to dodge, but on one side was the giant shield of the headless knight Ruthel, and on the other side was the halberd of the lost knight Ingwell, who had already struggled out of the ice shards.
He had nowhere to hide; all routes were blocked.
"Bang!!"
Xia Tong's Lion Greatsword slammed into his shoulder.
This strike was powerful and heavy!
His entire armor, covered in frost, shattered instantly.
With a "crack" sound of bones breaking, Samir the Ancient Hero immediately fell to one knee after being struck.
The tide of battle turned suddenly.
A huge gash appeared on his shoulder.
Strangely, no blood flowed from his body.
Instead, some black, viscous, oily substance seeped out.
His long imprisonment had long since left his body emaciated.
He opened his mouth, as if to roar.
But it only produced a "crackling" sound, like rotten wood rubbing together, which was unpleasant and grating.
Samir the hero quickly stood up, picked up his long-handled scimitar, and wildly swung it at the three men.
Every now and then, an ice storm or a breath of ice would sweep through.
However, when ganged up on by three people, Samirgu, the hero, was ultimately no match for six hands.
He was quickly overwhelmed and could only parry.
On the other hand, Xia Tong wasn't having an easy time either.
In just this short fight, he already felt his whole body was ice-cold and emanating a chill.
It seems that anyone within a certain range of the Samir hero will be constantly eroded by the cold air.
In a game, this would be considered a stacked frostbite status.
We must finish this quickly!
Xia Tong delivered another Lion Slash, bringing the ancient hero Samir to the ground.
And at the moment when the ancient hero Samir knelt on the ground.
The headless knight Ruthel and Ingwell had already grabbed his left and right arms and slammed him hard to the ground.
That posture was strikingly similar to how the Black Knives captured the Golden Son, Godwin, during the Night of the Black Knives.
At this moment, a thin layer of frost had formed on Xia Tong's face.
He felt ice cold all over, as if his blood was freezing.
There's no time to worry about anything else.
Following the example of the Black Blade God of Slaughter, Xia Tong plunged the Lion Greatsword in his hand deep into the spine of the ancient hero Samir!
"Pfft!"
Just as the Lion Greatsword pierced halfway into his body.
With his last ounce of strength, the ancient hero Samir raised his head sharply.
A strong blast of cold air was sprayed directly at Xia Tong's face!
"call--!"
At such close range, Xia Tong had no way to avoid being hit and was struck directly.
Instantly, he felt his entire body freeze in the cold.
Every breath I took felt like swallowing a handful of steel needles, piercing my lungs.
He saw that starting from his hands, his entire body quickly formed a layer of ice.
"I was careless, I didn't flash!"
Xia Tong's consciousness gradually became blurred due to the extreme cold.
He froze and fell backward.
Meanwhile, the lost knight Ingwell had already raised his halberd and slashed the ancient hero across the neck.
"Click."
Most of Samir's head was cut off, with only a small section remaining attached to his spine.
It wasn't over yet. Ruthel's spear pierced the ancient hero's body again, and yellow-black flames of death rose from his body.
The ancient hero Samir finally fell silent.
A stream of runes flowed into Xia Tong's body, amounting to a full 4236 points.
Behind Xia Tong, Melina appeared out of nowhere.
She gently caught Xia Tong as she was about to fall.
Then, a small, two-meter-tall phantom of a golden tree rose up at Xia Tong's feet.
As the warm golden light shone down, the ice on his body slowly melted.
"Mei—Melina—I—I'm so cold."
Xia Tong's teeth chattered, and she could barely speak.
Even though Melina's little golden tree radiated a warm light, a chill still kept rising from within her.
"Waist — Waist — Warm Stone —"
Xia Tong couldn't stop shivering, and a layer of glistening frost covered her eyebrows.
Melina nodded slightly.
She skillfully pulled a warm stone from a package at Xia Tong's lower back.
Melina placed the warm stone into Xia Tong's cold hands.
As spiritual energy was infused, the warm stone began to slowly radiate heat, dispelling the chill.
The warm stone and the small golden tree were used together.
Then, Melina picked up the red dewdrop chalice from Xia Tong's waist and carefully poured a sip into Xia Tong's mouth.
"Cough cough————"
Vitality is returning, and body temperature is rising.
It took Xia Tong about half an hour to slowly regain consciousness.
"This fell from that ancient hero."
Melina opened her palm, and inside lay quietly an amulet branded with ancient runes—the mark of Radagan.
It looks like an ancient, petrified eyeball.
On its surface, there is a deeply engraved, extremely complex, net-like golden rune.
Xia Tong examined the golden rune closely and found that it looked remarkably like one of the fragments from the broken Elden Ring.
Xia Tong was still very excited when she received the brand and felt the slight warmth emanating from it.
Because in the early stages, it was simply an irreplaceable artifact.
The cost is that the damage received will increase by 10% to 15%.
But it can increase each of the four key attributes—vitality, endurance, strength, and dexterity—by three points!
This is equivalent to leveling up twelve levels out of thin air in one go!
Xia Tong couldn't wait to replace her original double-headed sword amulet with it.
"Buzz—"
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A spiritual connection is established through the imprints of Shatong and Radagan.
A scorching torrent exploded within his body, forcefully rushing into his limbs and bones, reshaping his bodily functions.
Immediately following was a feeling of power swelling that sent shivers down Xia Tong's spine.
He moved his hands and feet and clearly felt that the heavy armor he was wearing seemed to have become much lighter.
He tried to lift the heavy Lion Greatsword with one hand and swung it around casually a few times.
The feeling of handling it with ease was as if it were not a heavy sword, but a light wooden stick.
He casually twirled the sword a few times, effortlessly and freely.
Moreover, my blood and energy seem to be more abundant, and each breath is long and powerful.
Xia Tong then opened her attribute panel to check:
[Character Data]
Rating: 27
Holds 12388 Runes
Vitality: 21
Concentration: 26
Stamina: 14
Strength: 21
Dexterity: 19
Intelligence: 24
Faith: 12
Sensing: 10
(Wearing the brand of Ladagan)
"Is this what it feels like to become stronger? This feels so good!"
Xia Tong's chest heaved violently as she slowly let out a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment from within.
The feeling of leveling up once is completely different from the feeling of leveling up 12 directly.
Although I was almost frozen to death by that ancient hero of Samir in the sealed prison just now.
But it was still a great harvest.
Not only did they get far more runes than originally expected, but Xia Tong also didn't get some hard equipment.
As she spoke, Xia Tong glanced at the corpse of the ancient hero Samir on the ground.
He pulled a Gurkha knife, meant for throwing, from the straps on his calves.
They meticulously stripped the ancient hero Samir clean.
The Samir armor and boots, which were light yet offered good protection, were all removed.
And then there's his iconic, chilling Samir scimitar.
After looking her over for a while, Xia Tong sighed helplessly.
"Why are all these people from the border area so tall?"
He held the armor up to himself for a moment and realized it was too big for him; it was several sizes too big.
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