Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 229
When Rhodes woke up, he found that the sun was already high in the sky. He was awakened by the dazzling sunlight, and winter was about to begin. This might be the last time he saw such a bright sun this year.

The Duke of Ulver next to him was still soundly asleep. Rhodes didn't wake him up. After washing up, he began to prepare breakfast, no, it should be lunch.

While cooking, Rhodes turned on the system. He was so tired yesterday that he fell asleep before checking the system.

He first opened the skill bar, and the flame palm had been mounted in the system's skill bar before, and he only needed to use the internal force according to the exercise route of the flame palm to improve the proficiency of the flame palm.

Last night Rhodes used the Flame Palm countless times, and the Flame Palm mounted in the system skill bar directly reached lv5.

And he can choose an additional effect.

[Please choose one of the following three effects]

Effect [-]: Increase the flame temperature of the flame palm.

Effect [-]: Enhance the explosive power of the flame palm hitting the target.

Effect [-]: Make it easier for the flame of the flame palm to attach to the target and continue to burn.

These three effects are very good, and Rhodes wants them all.After hesitating for a while, he chose effect two.

The first effect looks pretty good, it can increase the flame temperature of the flame palm, but if this effect is selected alone, it is not very useful, unless it can be selected together with the third effect.Rhodes has always felt that the effect of the flame palm is a bit strange. When the giant flame hand explodes, it can ignite the target's clothes, but the flame can only burn for a short while before automatically extinguishing. At most, it will burn the target's clothes. It will only continue to burn when it comes into contact with flammable materials such as oil.

It may be the reason why most people in this world have magic power in their bodies, so the flame of the flame palm cannot be attached to the human body and continue to burn.

I don't know if the temperature of the first effect can ignite the human body. If so, the first effect is better than the second effect.

And effect three is not as helpful to Rhodes as effect one. If you want to achieve the effect of continuous burning, you can use the mage ball in advance to drench the target with a layer of oil.

Enhancing the explosion effect of the flame palm not only enhances the power of the flame palm, but also enhances its control effect. It is estimated that the current flame palm can directly knock most people unconscious.

Rhodes opened the system's proficiency bar again.

The first thing he sees are two kicks.

Linked legs【Getting better】

Passive effect: Greatly enhances the balance and flexibility of the legs.

Vigorous Vajra Legs [Perfect]

Passive effect: Make the legs as hard as steel, and greatly enhance the strength of the legs.

Active effect: within ten seconds after use, a layer of golden light will be attached to the legs to increase the hardness.

Although the system does not combine the two martial arts into one, Rhodes can use two martial arts at the same time, that is, the chain of powerful vajra legs.

He feels that after the system level is improved in the future, functions such as self-created martial arts and independent fusion of martial arts will definitely be added.

Rhodes then turned down the proficiency bar of the system, except that the Flame Palm also became perfect, the other effects did not change much.

Rhodes turned off the system interface and focused on the pot in front of him. Today's lunch is tomato beef stew with white bread.

"What smells so good?" Duke Ulver sniffed his nose. He woke up only after smelling the fragrance, otherwise he felt that he could sleep for a few more hours.

"Tomato beef stew." Rhodes replied.

"When can I eat it?" Duke Ulver smelled the aroma, and his saliva almost flowed out.

"We'll have to wait for a while, it won't be delicious until the juice is thick." Rhode glanced at the pot.

"Don't wait, I think it's all right now." Duke Ulver said impatiently.

"You go get your toothbrush first." Rhodes took out the special toothbrush and toothwashing powder that Duke Ulver had put on him before.

Duke Ulver sighed, took his things to the side and began to brush his teeth.

Nords wherever they live take great care of their teeth.

Duke Ulver brushed his teeth quickly, and then sat down beside the pot.

"Can I eat it?" He asked again.

"It will taste better after a while..." Before Rhodes finished speaking, Duke Ulver used the wooden spoon and wooden bowl next to him to add a bowl to himself, and began to eat it with white bread.

Seeing this situation, Rhodes also started to eat, so as not to be eaten by the Duke alone.

He had been thinking about taking Blood Bodhi last night, so they just dealt with it casually for dinner.

"This is the first time I have eaten such a delicious thing." Duke Ulver smacked his lips.

Rhodes thinks that his craftsmanship is average, and at most he can only compete with the dishes cooked in the big pot of the school cafeteria. He didn't expect that a grand duke in this world could give such a high evaluation.

It seems that even the nobles in this world have a miserable life.

"What do you eat every day?" Rhodes asked curiously.

"Mammoth cheese, white bear's paw, walrus meat, whale meat..." Duke Ulver replied vaguely.

Well, this pot should be given to the cook in Duke Ulver's house.

Rhodes didn't continue talking. The food that Duke Ulver said was extremely precious and expensive. With his current financial resources, he couldn't afford to eat it a few times. He just heard other people brag about it in the tavern.

Rhodes thought about it again. It should be difficult to transport and not easy to store, which is why it is so expensive in the south. In the north of Nord, it may be just a very common ingredient.

A big pot was wiped out by the two of them, and Rhodes ate a little bit, most of which were eaten by Duke Ulver.

Afterwards, Rhodes and Duke Ulver, who still had some unfinished business, continued to set off.

Along the way, Duke Ulver praised Rhodes' cooking skills, and kept tactfully hinting that he would ask him to make tomato and beef stew again at night.

Towards evening, Rhodes and Duke Ulver arrived near a small town.

The city gate was closed tightly, and there were still many traces left by the battle on the city wall.

Rhodes took a closer look, and the guards on the city wall seemed to be Nord soldiers. The city should have been captured by the king's troops in the past few days.

"Open the city gate!" Duke Ulver stopped his horse in front of the city gate and shouted at the soldiers on the city wall.

The officer on the wall recognized him and ordered the soldiers to open the gate.

Rhodes and Duke Ulver rode slowly into the city, and after they entered, the city gate fell down quickly.

"I feel that the atmosphere here is not right." Rhodes said in a low voice.

"Why not?" Duke Ulver was a little curious.

Rhodes shook his head, and he couldn't tell what was wrong. After walking into this city, he always had a strange feeling...

(End of this chapter)