"Rune Technology" at Comprehensive Level 41 is a special rune craft, a completely different enchanting method from the current human-used magic item technology.
Among the dwarves living in the Angelicia Mountain Range, very few have mastered this technology, and it is on the verge of being lost.
Tang Zheng cares because this technology is completely different from the enchanting technology of magic items in the «YGGDRASIL» game.
This kind of craft does not exist in the game at all.
To be precise, the «YGGDRASIL» game also has Rune Scripts, but they are used as decorations, purely for aesthetics, and carved as patterns.
However, the Rune Scripts of this world are special characters with real power.
Tang Zheng naturally values this power.
To fight against the Bone King and his group, in addition to mastering more powerful forces, he also needs to use some technical means that this world possesses but do not exist in the game.
"Rune Technology" is one of the methods that Tang Zheng is interested in.
For example.
In the «YGGDRASIL» game, there are some skills and methods that can destroy magic items, and even abilities that can specifically offset the effects of magic items.
If magic equipment made using "Rune Technology" can resist these skills that specifically destroy magic items created with enchanting technology? Of course!
This is just a possibility.
But the law of victory is made up of many possibilities.
Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze from the armor and met Ya La'er's bright silver eyes.
Ya La'er quickly lowered her head, twisting her fingers,
"I don't need these two magic items, you can use them yourselves." Tang Zheng said, briefly explaining the abilities of the two magic items.
"Your Excellency Tang, are you a traveler?" Chief Dieylong asked softly.
Chief Dieylong is also a little curious about humans from outside Despair Valley, but he is more concerned about another matter.
He has no talent, and his greatest wish is to allow his people to live peacefully in the valley.
If it were his father, he would definitely be very curious about the outside world.
"That's right, I also came to your area suddenly for unknown reasons." Tang Zheng nodded.
As expected.
Chief Dieylong was not surprised. Apart from them, there are no other humans in this Despair Valley.
And a Hero with such powerful strength must be from the outside world.
Naturally, he will leave.
"Despair Valley" is ultimately too small for someone who has stepped into the Hero Domain.
"That..."
Chief Dieylong's scarred cheeks flushed slightly, and a man in his fifties suddenly became awkward.
"What's wrong with you? Father?" Ya La'er looked at Chief Dieylong in surprise with her bright silver pupils.
Interrupted by his daughter's sudden question.
Chief Dieylong paused, a hint of imperceptible panic in his tone: "It's nothing, I was just thinking about the Gray Dwarf Tribe."
Is that so?
Ya La'er looked at her father suspiciously. She didn't realize that her father's personality could be awkward at times.
"How many of your tribesmen can still fight?"
Tang Zheng glanced at Chief Dieylong. He could see that Chief Dieylong should have some unspeakable secrets, but since the other party didn't say it, he naturally didn't intend to ask.
"There are 300 people who can immediately join the battle. The healing potion given by Your Excellency Hero is very effective, and it will only take another day or two."
When Ya La'er heard Tang Zheng's question, she immediately turned her head and said excitedly to Tang Zheng: "After the companions' injuries recover, there are still 500 people who can join the battle. If you need more manpower, we can gather 1,500 combat members."
Chief Dieylong nodded almost imperceptibly when he heard what his daughter said. He didn't know why Tang Zheng asked this, but he also spoke.
"With the weapons seized from the Gray Dwarf Tribe, the situation where we couldn't fight due to lack of weapons has greatly improved. We can send out another 500 people, making a total of 2,000 people." Chief Dieylong said.
2000 people? Tang Zheng's eyelids twitched. The entire human Tribe only had a little over 3000 people at the moment, and Chief Dieylong and Ya La'er were offering him two thousand right off the bat.
That was basically everyone who could fight.
Tang Zheng could clearly feel the complete trust that Chief Dieylong and his daughter had in him.
In a game.
This kind of situation would probably only occur after the human Tribe's reputation had been maxed out.
"Then let's wait another day or two."
Tang Zheng said with a serious expression, looking at the two of them, "Then we'll set off for the Gray Dwarf Tribe's Oasis and completely eliminate them."
"I don't like leaving hidden dangers."
"Huh?"
Chief Dieylong's eyes widened abruptly as he looked at Tang Zheng in shock.
Ya La'er also revealed an unbelievable expression, her red, tender lips parted, but she didn't make any sound.
Annihilating the entire Gray Dwarf Tribe was something they had never considered, or even dared to think about. Their human population was too small, and they didn't have the strength.
The destruction of a Tribe.
Seemed to have been decided with a single sentence.
Neither Chief Dieylong nor Ya La'er felt that Tang Zheng was exaggerating.
Tang Zheng didn't think there was anything to be surprised about.
The reason he was gathering two thousand soldiers from the human side wasn't to fight the Gray Dwarves head-on, but to prevent the Gray Dwarves from escaping.
After all, the Gray Dwarf Tribe still had about 15,000 people.
...
Late at night.
Inside the human Oasis, in a wooden house closest to the water source.
The wooden house where Tang Zheng was currently located was said to be the place where the former human Hero had lived.
After observing it curiously for a while, Tang Zheng lost interest.
According to the information he had learned, Ya La'er's grandfather was able to step into the Hero Domain not by relying on any Magic Item or mysterious treasure, but entirely on his own talent.
Or perhaps with the added bonus of an Innate Ability.
Inside the wooden house.
"Woof." The Evil Spirit Dog finally transformed from its Hawk state back to its original form, stretching its body comfortably.
Tang Zheng was sitting cross-legged to the side, his eyes slightly closed, his mind focused on the stats page, looking at the Experience Points on it.
Comprehensive Level: 37Lv
Mad Mage: 1Lv
[Experience Bar: 782262/120000]
"It's time to level up." This thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind. The Experience he had gained this time was enormous, enough for him to level up several times.
"Level up!"
Comprehensive Level: 38Lv
Mad Mage: 2Lv
[Experience Bar: 662262/140000]
Tang Zheng's body shook slightly. He immediately felt the increase in Mana and overall life force within his body. Even the Magic elements in the air became clearer at this moment.
"Level up!"
Comprehensive Level: 39Lv
Mad Mage: 3Lv
[Experience Bar: 522262/160000]
...
"Level up!"
Comprehensive Level: 40Lv
Mad Mage: 4Lv
[Experience Bar: 362262/210000]
...
The black fitted suit on Tang Zheng's body billowed slightly with the aura fluctuations produced by the level increase.
As his level increased, Tang Zheng could increasingly feel the changes in his life level with each level he gained.
Glancing at the information on the stats page,
Tang Zheng was suddenly stunned.
If he wasn't mistaken, the Experience Bar's experience consumption should have increased by 20,000 on top of the original amount for each level he gained previously.
But now that he had reached Level 40, the experience consumption had actually increased by 50,000 on top of the original amount! "Why has it increased so much?" Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes, a look of surprise on his face.
Recalling the level of increase in experience from the very beginning, Tang Zheng suddenly realized that every ten levels, the numerical increase in experience would undergo a major change.
"Level up!"
With this in mind, Tang Zheng silently repeated in his heart.
...
Comprehensive Level: 41Lv Mad Mage: 5Lv [Experience Bar: 152262/260000]
...
In the blink of an eye, he leveled up to 41.
The aura emanating from Tang Zheng's body expanded once again, invisibly forming a shockwave that vibrated within the room.
The Evil Spirit Dog shrank its head and retreated into a corner. Naturally, this wasn't the first time it had seen this situation, but it had become even more intense than before.
Faintly.
The aura emanating from a higher-level being prevented even a trace of resistance from rising in the Evil Spirit Dog's heart.
"Finally reached Level 41, just two more levels to break through to the Aberrant Ones' Domain."
Tang Zheng sensed the surging Mana within his body, as well as his vigorous stamina and spirit, and muttered softly to himself.
"The higher the level, the stronger this aura will be. It didn't matter when I was weak before, but now I probably need to find a way to conceal it."
Tang Zheng clenched his fist, lost in thought.
Ever since stepping into the Hero Domain, Tang Zheng had been able to faintly sense the strength of other people's auras. Presumably, people of the same level could also sense this, especially the Ancient Red Dragon he had encountered before.
It had even faintly sensed the power of the Seventh Tier Magic that he had stored using the Mad Mage's passive ability.
If he were to come into contact with the Slane Theocracy in the future, he would probably have to pay even more attention to this.
The highest level that humans could reach was the Aberrant Ones' level. If he exceeded the strength of an Aberrant One, he would probably be suspected without doing much.
Tang Zheng did remember that the Bone King possessed Magic means such as 'False Data - Life' and 'False Data - Mana', which could hide his own strength.
He probably had to prepare some means to hide his own strength and level as well.
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