Chapter 31 Shadow Touches
In the secret room of Saldin Manor, Romo placed the soul-breaking sword in the center of the room, and around it, he drew a pentagram pattern with obsidian.
Between the stars of each five-pointed star, there is a bouquet of peace flowers.
This is a small blue flower, one of the formulas of Frost Spirit Potion, and also the basic ingredient of many alchemy drawings. It is used to stabilize the magic circle and help the host concentrate.
After all preparations were completed, Luo Mo walked into the Pentagram Array and sat cross-legged on the ground.
He clasped his hands together on his chest and silently recited the incantation.
The next moment, the originally yellow sword first emitted a light yellow light, and then the color of the sword began to change, and the light dimmed, and finally turned into a pure black like thick ink.
It seemed that all the light was sucked into the body of the sword and could no longer escape.
At the same time, Luo Mo felt a black energy escaping from his mouth and pouring into the sword.
His vision became blurry, and he felt dizzy, and a long-lost feeling of powerlessness came over him.
This is an out-of-body feeling, as if the soul has temporarily left one's body and is wandering in the void, and the consciousness is almost filled with negative energy.
After a long time, the light finally returned to Luo Mo's eyes. His body softened and he barely supported himself on the ground with his hands. He was sweating profusely and panting heavily.
At this time, the blade of the Soul-Splitting Sword had turned black, and there was black air all over the body, as if it was constantly tempting Luo Mo to come closer to him.
Luo Mo steadied himself, stretched out his left hand, and suddenly held the Soul-Splitting Sword in his hand.
The next moment, black energy filled the air from the hilt of the sword and spread directly to Luo Mo's forearm.
Luo Mo felt a unique energy winding up from his left arm and then filling his whole body.
He casually held a sword flower in his hand, and then opened his skill panel:
[Name: Romosaldin]
[Age: 24]
[Strength: 4.9 (8.3)]
[Agility: 5.1 (8.6)]
[Remaining physical strength: 25 %]
[Magic Knight Level: Apprentice]
[Blood Sacrifice Contract: Soul-Splitting Great Sword]
[Shadow Magic: 1]
[Magic Remaining: 80%]
[Skills]
[Shadow Touch: (1/1000)]
[Skill Description: Attack incidental Shadow power reduces the opponent's speed, absorbs the opponent's physical strength, and doubles the pain of the opponent. 】
Seeing this skill description, Luo Mo showed a look of relief on his face, and his efforts this time were indeed in vain.
If you can absorb the opponent's physical strength during the battle, your fighting time will be greatly extended. This is a process of waxing and waning. Moreover, doubling the pain will cause great interference to the other party and affect the other party's judgment.
The reason why he did not dare to enter the deep eastern jungle easily before was because he was afraid that if he got lost in the jungle, he would never be able to get out due to lack of physical strength.
With this skill, there is no need to be afraid of protracted battles with those demonic creatures.
When I think of fighting in the future, I will have Qingshuang on my left, Soul Split on my right, and Bloody Teeth in my arms. Holding a sword in both hands, he looks so handsome.
At this moment, Luo Mo's chuuni ambition was a little overwhelming.
It's just that the current level is really not good enough, so I still need to continue learning alchemy to see if I can refine a secret medicine related to shadow magic.
In the following days, Luo Mo was full of energy and spent the whole day hiding in the secret room training the soul-breaking sword and alchemy.
Packs of potions were loaded into the Firefox Caravan's carriage from Sardin Manor and left in exchange for gold coins and a large amount of magic materials.
During this period, Barron and George led the knights to take over the territory of Hansen Manor.
Romo personally came to the scene and guided everyone to rebuild the castle in Hanson Manor. At the same time, he named the castle Soul Split Castle, and the name of the manor was accordingly changed to Soul Split Manor.
At the same time, they continued to expand their land with Sardin Manor and Soul Split Manor as the center, trying to completely connect the cultivated land of the two manors.
Large areas of alchemical herbs were planted in the east and north of Sardin Manor. The seeds are all provided by Elliot through Firefox Caravan.
From the manors destroyed by the gnolls years ago, some serfs also escaped, plus sporadic refugees from the evil orcs in the North.
By mid-April, the total population of Saldin Manor totaled more than 400 people, including nearly 60 militia members, and the knights already had 16 people, who could form two knight squads.
The area of cultivated land has also expanded from more than 200 acres at the end of last year to more than 700 acres. One hundred acres of it are devoted to growing medicinal herbs.
But Lomo believes the current land is not enough. According to the standard of one person caring for three to five acres, it would take at least two thousand acres to be expanded to reach complete saturation. Moreover, the population will continue to increase in the future.
Last year, Luomo planted all food crops. Now that there is a caravan this year, Luomo is also planning to plant some cash crops. Plants such as flax, cotton, sugar beets and some fruits.
It is a pity that the Firefox Caravan looks down upon these non-magical products as cash crops. Lomo considered using his status as a Volo city citizen to open a warehouse and grocery store in the city. Specially designed to buy and sell these daily necessities.
With these products, Luomo can ensure that the people in the manor have enough food and clothing, and everyone can get basic protection.
The land still belonged to Lomo, but Lomo was always very generous in sharing the profits among the serfs. This gave the serfs a sense of satisfaction and happiness, and everyone was grateful to Lomo.
After all, they had lived a life of insufficient food and clothing, precarious life, and being bullied at any time.
Of course, there are more people recruited and the ingredients are mixed. Occasionally, knights and militiamen would oppress serfs.
To this end, Lomo formulated a strict manor law to maintain a basic moral standard in this small society.
Once the law is violated and others are bullied, the knights and militiamen will lose their wages, and the original high-quality food supply will also be stopped. In serious cases, they will be removed from the team or even driven out of the manor.
If a serious crime is committed, such as murder or insulting a woman, Lomo will order the law enforcement team to kill him directly, then hang the body at the gate for three days and throw it into the eastern jungle to become food for wild beasts.
For those who were dissatisfied with the law or were passive in their work, Lomo would be merciless and impose severe punishments, including death.
In extraordinary times, Lomo does not need people with disloyal intentions, nor does he need people who cannot create value for the manor.
It was mid-April, and on this day Luomo was making potions in the alchemy studio as usual.
With his current ability, as long as he has enough materials, he can make dozens of bottles of rejuvenation potion at one time.
The crucible changed from a small diameter to a large diameter, and the medicinal materials inside were gradually heated, and then added with spring water from the mountain to the north.
After a while, the various materials began to slowly merge and bubbles bubbled. After removing the impurities, the clear light cyan liquid was filtered out.
At the same time, two lines of information appeared in his mind:
[Alchemy experience value + 8]
[Understood the new potion:]
[Phantom potion:]
[Making materials: 5 grams of Ningshen flower, 10 grams of fire grass. , Lichen juice]
[Preparation method: Catalyzed by shadow magic]
[Effect: Shadow magic is doubled]
Luo Mo was overjoyed. Finally, I figured out the potion to speed up the training of shadow magic! My hard work for so many days is not in vain!
He immediately opened his professional skills panel:
[Alchemy Level: Apprentice (1295/2000)]
[Rejuvenation Potion: Level 3 (1958/5000)]
[Frost Spirit Potion: Level 2 (175/2000)]
[Gathering Energy Bravery: Level 1 (698/1000)]
[Gathered Sensitivity: Level 1 (125/1000)]
[Essence Potion: Level 1 (105/1000)]
[Phantom Potion: Level 1 (1/1000)]
Luo Mo silently looked at his skill list.
Gathered Courage and Gathered Agility are combat potions that increase strength and agility respectively for a certain period of time. You have to figure it out on your own.
The essence potion was tried from the drawings of the ancestors. It is a post-war potion that replenishes magic power. After drinking it, it can speed up the recovery of magic power.
These three potions are his new products, and he is going to take them to Volo City to discuss new cooperation with Elliot.
However, this kind of thing is a medicine for military combat, and the supply cannot be too much, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble.
After being busy for a long time, Luo Mo stretched himself and walked out of the studio.
When he came to the lounge, two considerate maids served him ale and barbecue.
One of the maids came up behind Lomo and rubbed his shoulders. Another maid squatted down to relax the muscles of his legs.
If you stand and work all the time, your legs and shoulders will inevitably become stiff.
These two maids were carefully selected by him and came from Lunn Manor, which had been destroyed by gnolls.
Both of them have slender waists and fair skin. One has a pair of peach blossom eyes, the other has a high nose and plump lips, all of which are in line with Luo Mo's aesthetics.
After not having sex with women for a year, and finally finding these two maids who satisfied him, Luo Mo was a little distracted, wondering when he would satisfy his needs in this regard.
However, these two maids, one was sixteen years old and the other was only fourteen years old, which made him somewhat reluctant to do so.
After all, as a time traveler, Lomo still retains some moral principles and codes of conduct that are not in line with this era. The bottom line cannot be broken for a while.
To put it bluntly, Lomo is a principled and honest man.
However, he feels that this principle may not be able to stick to it soon.
At this time, the butler Barron walked into the lounge and placed a letter on Lomo's table.
"A letter from Sheriff Eric." Barron said.
Luo Mo nodded, picked up the letter and started reading.
Elliot Eric first greeted Lomo as usual, and then said that the source of the ore mentioned before has been identified, and there may be a way to purchase it. He would like to ask Lomo to come to Volo City for an interview in person. By the way, let’s discuss the cooperation details for other magic products.
When he saw the words "source mineral", Luo Mo suddenly felt like the sun was shining through the clouds, and the rain was coming after a long drought.
This is a necessary material for making a water altar, and it is also the only material that Romo currently lacks.
If I could get this, wouldn't my level of magic knight be in sight?
"Barron, prepare the new products I made. Early tomorrow morning, set off for Volo City." Romo immediately ordered.
(End of chapter)