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[Projectile Crafting] is very simple. Take out a mineral or metal stone, squeeze it firmly, and a gorgeous projectile with a unique pattern will appear. This skill requires a very high Strength value, otherwise it will need to be crafted on a forging table.

【Quick Load F】

[Consume the materials in the ammunition classification in the warehouse to complete a loading.]

It seems that because the flintlock projectile and the gunpowder that produces thrust are calculated separately, [Quick Loading] only loads the projectile, and the gunpowder still needs to be calculated separately.

Although [Sharpshooter] is an origin profession, just like [Gunner] needs to have a gun to be effective, the number of skills is also affected by the type of gun.

Currently, the [Sharpshooter] does not have many skills, most of which are auxiliary skills. The only output skills are [Extinction Bullet] and [Black Gun], which seem to be too powerful.

Blaze thought for a moment, then focused his attention on a skill he had been struggling with.

[Demon Hunter/Silver] The three skills obtained after reaching the maximum level are all prefixed with [Custom], as if they are unfinished skills.

"If you customize it..."

Blaze learned this [(Custom Weapon) Hunting] and selected [Misttin] in his hand as the target, and the name of the skill immediately changed.

【Mistertin Hunting F】

[This is a throwing gun output skill. Please choose high heat, explosive prayer or magic as the propulsion force.]

When it comes to intense heat and explosions, Blaze's only option is [Use this fire to challenge the sun!].

After the selection is made, [Misttin Hunting F] is completed.

This is ugly jealousy, ignorant arrogance, the beginning of extinction, a shot that murders the light. Consume MP to launch the projectile, propelled by the power of dragon fire. Continue to consume MP to charge, and then launch a fully charged flame that challenges the sun.

Blaze hesitated for a moment, then stood beside the Golden Raging Cicada, raised [Mistine], and began charging. It was not night, so he couldn't charge indefinitely. When his MP dropped to one-third, he pulled the trigger.

A beam of white light shot out from the muzzle of Mistin's gun, silently piercing through the head of the Golden Violent Cicada and burning a huge hole in its body.

If this shot was aimed at the Golden Violent Cicada, it would probably even pierce the Tree of Life.

Chapter 413 Exclusive Ammunition Carving

The body of the golden violent cicada stiffened, and its huge body broke away from the tree of life and fell down.

But the insect monster didn't die. In the special mission about the Hunter that Blaze heard, the stranger emphasized the abominable mechanism of insects after sucking the sap of the Tree of Life - molting.

It is similar to the molting skill of snakes, but the difference is that snakes make their bodies larger by shedding their skin, and sometimes they also use the molting skill to significantly restore their health.

The insects' molting skills could be described as evolutionary. Each metamorphosis transformed their life form, and the sap of the Tree of Life provided these insects with the opportunity to molt when near death.

The Golden Violent Cicada's massive body twitched as it fell to the ground. Huge cracks opened up along the charred hole left by Blaze. A giant, earthy-yellow insect burst from its shell, emitting a head-splitting buzzing sound towards Blaze and the Elf Elder Kanris.

"It has turned into its juvenile form." The elf elder Kanreis took off the longbow behind him with a serious expression.

In guarding the Tree of Life, the elves finally revealed their legendary nobility and majesty.

"A juvenile form." Blaze murmured.

Most life forms are extremely fragile when young, becoming stronger as they grow. However, many insect species are the exact opposite: their adults are calm and peaceful, but their juveniles are extremely aggressive and ferocious.

From its appearance, the adult Golden Violent Cicada's offensive capabilities are primarily its mouthparts and massive body, with a sonic attack at best. However, after molting and returning to its juvenile form, it gains enormous digging forelegs capable of dislodging soil, giving it a truly terrifying appearance.

This is just the effect of the powerful vitality of the sap of the Tree of Life. If it comes into contact with the blood of the evil god, who knows what the insect monster will become.

While Blaze pondered, the Golden Violent Cicada charged forward like a raging wild boar, its momentum overwhelming. Its digging forelegs aside, if it were struck by its sap-sucking mouthparts, it would likely draw blood.

Blaze didn't want to know what would happen if the insects sucked the silver blood from his body.

Blaze rolled and dodged quickly, and took out a piece of metal ore from the warehouse. He used [Projectile Making] to hold it tightly, and a hot, smoking projectile was formed.

Although the raw material is just ordinary copper, the pattern of silver lions carved on it makes the bullet look much more luxurious.

[Bullet engraved with the pattern of a great lion]

The unique silver lion carving on it is the maker's signature. The lion pattern slightly increases the bullet's hardness and has a very low chance of penetrating magic or prayer.

Blaze hadn't yet fully explored the Gunner class, so he chose the Mistydin Hunt. Charging the charge outside the moon wasn't cost-effective, so Blaze opted for an instant cast, propelling the projectile with dragonfire.

Facing the violent charge of the golden violent cicada, Blaze closed his eyes and pulled the trigger.

Unlike the silent firing of the charged weapon, at the instant of firing, a ferocious dragon roar emanated from the muzzle of [Misttin]'s gun. As thick smoke billowed, the silver lion bullet mixed with flowing light penetrated straight into the mouthparts of the golden violent cicada and entered its skull.

The Golden Violent Cicada's body twitched, and its sprinting posture turned into a miserable roll.

"You are so accurate!" The chicken cheered for Blaze from high in the sky.

"It's not that I'm accurate, it's that my skills are accurate."

[Blindness]: Closing your eyes or keeping them covered will increase the accuracy of your throwing attacks. However, it's quite unusual that a gun attack is considered a throwing attack.

Blaze put away Mistydin and rushed straight towards the Golden Raging Cicada. He saw the Golden Raging Cicada make a warning gesture by waving its two front legs, indicating that it was about to use Escape.

Escape

[Increase your dodge rate and speed to escape more easily]

If Golden Furious Cicada used any other skills, Blaze wouldn't be able to react immediately because it was his first time seeing them. But Blaze had seen [Escape] many times before, and the Stranger had often used it to escape the pursuit of the Knights defending the city.

Speaking of cicada larvae, the only place they can escape is underground. Blaze can't catch up to it underground, so it's necessary to destroy the Golden Violent Cicada before it can successfully escape.

Blaze put away Mistydin, shouldered the twisted greatsword, and charged forward. Even with a new partner, he couldn't forget his old friend.

Once in close, the massive Golden Violent Cicada became a piece of meat that could be easily cut. Perhaps for others, the Golden Violent Cicada's tightly sealed shell would be difficult to deal with, but for Blaze, it was no different from tofu.

[Leo Derivative - Lion Slash]

The twisted greatsword easily penetrated the abdomen of the Golden Violent Cicada, accurately piercing the internal organs used by the Golden Violent Cicada to create sonic attacks.

"Insect shells are also good forging materials, right?"

Blaze released the twisted sword, spread his fingers like a beast's claws, and slashed along the Golden Raging Cicada's shell. In an instant, the Golden Raging Cicada was dismembered and fell to the ground, twitching and turning into dust.

In addition to the materials that the monster peels off during the battle, what materials the monster will drop when it turns to dust and disappears depends on the monster's own ideas.

To be honest, most monsters don't look kindly upon those who kill them, so the chance of dropping materials is quite low. However, Blaze has the title of "Hero Candidate," which increases the chance of dropping materials.

Blaze had already stripped off a number of Golden Violent Cicada shells during the battle. But forging was extremely consumable, so the more forging materials, the better.

But Blaze forgot that [Hero Candidate] not only increases the chance of material drops, but also has another function: it increases the chance of rare monsters appearing.

In fact, the fact that the probability of rare monsters is increased is not groundless, but has a reason and basis. You can't expect to encounter rare monsters in the sky after using the effect that increases the probability of monsters appearing in the sea.

Using the Nemean Lion as an example, female lions are rare monsters that randomly appear around the Nemean Forest. By increasing the chance of encountering rare monsters, you'll be more likely to encounter female lions around the Nemean Forest. Nemean Lions are even rarer monsters, requiring you to kill a certain number of female lions before they appear.

Blaze is in a place full of powerful vitality, and the enemies he destroys are insects with extremely high reproductive capacity, so after increasing the probability of encountering rare monsters...

Rumbling--

Blaze felt the vibration under his feet and jumped back suddenly. A huge golden violent cicada larva broke out of the ground where Blaze had just stood.

Then dozens of youngsters emerged from the soil one after another. A huge crack appeared on their backs, and golden flesh slowly squeezed out from the crack.

【Delicious Golden Cicada LV85】

Chapter 414 Delicious Meat

"What on earth is this?"

Blaze fell silent as he looked at the extremely tender piece of meat in his hand.

In retrospect, after defeating the Golden Violent Cicada, a large number of Golden Violent Cicada larvae emerged. However, strangely, they were classified as [Delicious Golden Cicada].

Although they were at level 85, their combat power was low, and they could even be described as weak. They lacked the hard shells that were the hallmark of insectoid monsters, and instead resembled soft, sticky chunks of meat.

Blaze defeated these guys easily, and dropped a bunch of strange pieces of meat. The names of these pieces of meat were a bit creepy.

【Tang Monk Meat】

[Advanced recovery dish - one of the ingredients of the Longevity Porridge. Even if eaten raw, it can increase one's health limit and health in a short period of time.]

If Blaze had not seen with his own eyes that the meat fell from the golden violent cicada larvae, he would have thought that the meat was cut from a man named Tang Seng.

Elf elder Kanris was very excited and drooling. She said that cicada monsters have an extremely rare state, which is one hour after molting.

In preparation for molting, cicada monsters accumulate a large amount of a substance within their bodies that makes their flesh more flavorful and nutritious: refined Tree of Life sap. Within a short period of time after molting, cicada monsters rapidly consume this substance, causing their shells to harden rapidly.

Therefore, during the hour when cicada monsters shed their shells, they are not pests, but rare and delicious ingredients.

Blaze predicted that the Elf Elder Kanris would say something particularly strange, so he gave half of the dropped [Tang Monk Meat] to the Elf Elder Kanris.

The elf elder Kanreis sighed regretfully, and this sigh was filled with the hoarseness and resentment of a female cat who was unable to bear the loneliness.

"Are you having a sore throat?" Blaze took out a kettle. Even the elf elder Kanris couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

"It's not that this mouth is hungry."

"Oh." Blaze nodded, retracted the kettle, and began to climb the Tree of Life using his hands and feet.

Blaze was primarily checking to see if the Golden Violent Cicada had laid eggs. The insectoid monsters' reproductive capacity was truly incredible. After confirming there were no egg-laying holes on the Tree of Life, Blaze slid down the tree with satisfaction.

Climbing trees is quite fun.

"Let's go find Herbie."

The elf elder Kanris looked into Blaze's eyes and dropped his shoulders helplessly.

What kind of eyes were those? They were like night. Though dark, they weren't dark or scary at all. The night in the boy's eyes was filled with twinkling stars, pure and peaceful.

"This way." The elven elder Kanreis leaned forward slightly, then jumped onto the branches of the Tree of Life.

This seemed like some kind of solemn ceremony of the elves, inviting important guests to step onto the branches of the noble Tree of Life.

Blaze took a few steps back, then leaped forward. His seemingly powerful body landed lightly on a branch of the Tree of Life, then swayed slightly to reach another branch.

[Sagittarius Derivation - Perfect Golden Pace]

This skill, available only after learning [Perfect Golden Strength], allows you to gather all your strength while running and jumping. It can be considered an advanced version of Hidden Step in the Assassin class system.

The elven elder Kanreth's form was incredibly agile, moving through the forest like a dance. This was a racial skill unique to the elves, graceful yet swift, a technique recognized as the most beautiful in the world.

Of course, this is only true in forests. In deserts, the air, the ocean, or any place without plants, it would be particularly awkward.

Blaze followed closely behind the Elf Elder Kanris. The density of the Tree of Life began to increase, and signs of branches connecting appeared. The surrounding environment gradually transformed from a dense forest to a part of an extremely large tree.

They arrived at their destination, a gigantic city made entirely of tree branches. The tree was so large that its branches were wide enough to support bustling streets.

World Quest: Meeting the Great Tree Part 2

Alfheim

Unlike Asgard, which is in decline but still retains its former glory, Alfheim is in a completely natural state. This can be seen from the clothing of the elves living there, who all wear clothes made of leaves.

"But... why are there no male elves?" Blaze looked for a long time and found that almost all of them were female elves.

"Male elves face eternity differently from us. We choose to forget our lives piece by piece, while they choose to hide their identities and delve into the human world." The elven elder Kanreis spread his hands, showing more helplessness towards the male elves' behavior.

"They choose to guide humanity, and use the setbacks they encounter in the process to fuel their drive to live. Whenever they successfully achieve some monumental change, they put on their hoods, quietly depart, and seek the next setback."

"If you go to a place full of contradictions and chaos, you might find a male elf. However, male elves don't like to show up in public, so it's difficult to find them."

Blaze was silent. He originally thought that male elves were actually gender-reversed versions of female elves, but he didn't expect them to be ascetics. It was quite a contrast.

However, he couldn't judge which approach was better: female elves chose to become free-spirited, uninhibited romantic bards, while male elves chose silence and suffering. Behind such extreme behavior was actually self-protection in the face of near-eternal time.

Blaze still admired the elves. In many horror stories, beings tortured by eternity and time chose to end their lives. But the elves chose to face this pain and always strive to live.

Same as everyone else.

"Well, I found it."

Blaze spotted the old lion's languid form from afar. Its ethereal soul solidified beneath the light of the golden forest, as if it had a physical form. He seriously suspected the old lion's desire to recover in the golden forest was the reason he proposed protecting Hebi's body.

Compared to the laziness of the old lion, his teacher, Chiron, was extremely dedicated. He was fully armed and stood next to a petite girl like a door god.

Perhaps because she was being watched too closely, the girl swung her legs in boredom. Clearly not one to sit still, she kept darting her eyes around, trying to sneak away. While she was plotting this, she happened to catch a glimpse of the black knight approaching, leaping between the branches.

"Hey! Blaze!"

The girl jumped down immediately and waved her hands vigorously.

The girl's death was like a nightmare, but fortunately, the girl told him with her smile that it was just a dream.

Chapter 415 You're Still Alive

Herbie's good mood was ruined by Blaze's first words.

"How did you come back to life?"