Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 9 Harvest
Rhodes went back to the tavern and ate something casually. He fell asleep on the bed without even taking a shower.

It was impossible for him to sweat so much and not take a shower before, but after a few days in this world, he would "do as the Romans do".

There is no free hot water in the tavern, and if you want to take a bath, you have to pay to boil the water yourself.In winter, the Nords rarely have the opportunity to take a bath, but in fact the Nords love to take a bath, and if they have the opportunity, they will take a bath.If the Nords discover hot springs, they won't leave until they've had a good soak.

It was past three o'clock in the afternoon when Rhodes woke up.

Is the day in this world also 24 hours, each month is a full 30 days, twelve months a year, similar to the previous earth.

This kind of life rhythm is not very good. It needs to be adjusted. In the future, you should exercise during the day and sleep at night, Rhodes thought.

Rhodes felt hungry again, and wanted to go downstairs to eat again.

I don't know if I will get a martial art that can make me bigu in the future, so that I can take a lot less food when I take risks.Rhodes went downstairs while thinking.

When he got downstairs, he just ran into Baron and Weber who had come back from the outside.

Baron pulled Rhodes who had just descended to the first floor and returned to the room.

"Let's discuss things like the distribution of spoils after I finish eating." Rhodes said to Baron.

"That's not what I wanted to tell you. We have something more important to tell you now." Baron said after closing the door of the room.

"What's the matter?" Rhodes asked.

"When Webb and I were looking for the necromancer's relic in that cave, we were cursed by one of his relics. We need to go to the southernmost province of Winterfell in the kingdom, find a temple, and then pray. The curse can only be lifted by doing things," Baron said.

"How can you be so clear about how to lift this curse?" Rhodes asked.

Baron took out a stone tablet from his arms and said, "The effects of the curse and how to remove it are all written on this stone tablet. You must not touch this stone tablet. Weber and I were cursed when we touched this stone tablet. It is written on the stone tablet that if the curse cannot be lifted by this method within three months, then we will die immediately."

"Then how do you know you are cursed?" Rhodes asked.

Baron showed Rhodes the reverse side of the stone, "Look, after Weber and I met this stone, our names appeared under the cursed list of the stone."

Rhode looked at the stone tablet in Baron's hand. It did have Baron's and Weber's names on it, as well as a colorful image of a flower.The enchanting shape of purple flowers looks very strange on the stone flakes.

"Are you sure this is true?" Rhodes asked again.

"We only know a small part of the power that exists in this world. There are still many ancient relics similar to this piece of stone in the world, which are mysterious and dangerous. Regarding this kind of thing, we'd better believe that if it is really Cursed, when that happens, we're dead," Baron said.

"To lift this curse, we have to cross more than half of the kingdom. Three months is not enough time for us. Do you want to go with us?" Baron asked Rhodes.

After Rhodes' last adventure, he has no goals in the near future. It is also very good to follow Baron to other places to experience a different cultural scene.

He nodded and said, "I want to go with you."

"Well, you go to eat first, and Webb and I will prepare some necessities. We will leave early tomorrow morning." Baron said.

……

At night, Rhodes, Baron, Weber, and Hammer sat in a room in the tavern.

In front of them are the items found at the necromancer. If there is anything they want, they will take it away, and those that are useless will be sold as travel expenses.

"Hammer, is your injury okay?" Rhode asked curiously. The day before yesterday, Hamer's leg was chopped and poisoned. He didn't expect to see him today.

"Except for not being able to run fast, there is still no problem with jogging and walking." Hamer replied a little impatiently. He seemed to have never liked Rhodes very much.

These people are really monsters. Rhodes looked at Hamer and Baron in front of him, and healed up so quickly from such serious injuries.

"This is a space ring, with a space of about three cubic meters. Does anyone want one?" Weber said while holding a ring inlaid with rubies.

Rhodes was a little moved, space rings always appeared in novels, and now one appeared in front of him, he was a little excited.

"There are 81 identical space rings in Nord. It is said that after collecting them all, you can get a treasure map and open a treasure of the ancient Nord king. I don't know which boring person came up with this legend, so that future generations I don’t have nothing to do, and I don’t know if anyone actually collects them.” Weber added.

Baron seemed to see what Rhodes wanted, and said, "Give it to Rhodes, his combat effectiveness is not strong, let him manage the logistics, just find something for him to do."

Weber glanced at Hammer, who nodded.

Weber threw the ring to Rhodes, "Remember to keep it safe."

Rhodes held the space ring and asked, "How do you use this?"

"Feel it with your heart. I remember that you have the talent to learn magic, but you don't want to learn it." Baron said.

Rhodes concentrated on looking at the ring, and he successfully sensed the space inside the ring.It was empty, probably they had taken everything out before.Rhodes remembered that Baron also knew some magic.

The relics of the necromancer also include a staff, two magic robes, a ring and a large pile of alchemical materials.And the weapons and equipment of those ghouls are all worthless things that have been sold.

Staff, magic robes, and alchemy materials were not needed by everyone, and they were going to sell them. Most of them were given to Sam's family, and the rest were kept as travel expenses.

The remaining ring has an enchantment that increases the damage of one-handed weapons. This ring was allocated to Weber, who is good at using short swords and daggers. As for Rhodes, he didn't consider it because his combat power was too low.

Rhodes remembered that he had a necklace from a ghoul that hadn't been identified yet.

"Do you know who will appraise equipment?" Rhodes asked everyone.

"Hahaha, don't you know that there is an appraisal expert sitting in front of you?" Hamer said with a smile.

"Are you the appraisal expert?" Rhodes asked suspiciously.

"It's the one sitting next to me." Hammer pointed to Weber.

"Can you help me find out what this necklace is for?" Rhodes handed the necklace taken from the ghoul to Weber.

"You handed it to me, and asked if I could give you a free appraisal for Baron's sake." Weber took the necklace.

"This necklace can enable the blacksmith to forge better equipment. It's useless for you to keep it. It's better to give it to Hammer." Weber held the necklace in his hand and said after looking at it for a while.

"Is Hamer a blacksmith?" Rhodes asked curiously.

"Is blacksmithing just my side job? I only occasionally work part-time when I have no money. It's useless to leave it to me. If I sell it, I can sell it for hundreds of gold coins." Hamer said.

"Is this necklace so valuable?" Rhodes asked in surprise.The commission they agreed on last time was only ten gold coins.

"This amethyst necklace is very valuable without enchantment. I think your luck is really good." Baron sighed beside him.

"Didn't you find any magic scrolls, magic books, etc. on that necromancer?" Rhodes asked again.

"Uh... There is a diary of his, which is full of his crazy nonsense, it should not be worth much." Baron touched him and found the diary.

Hammer noticed this, "Baron, you still hide things on your body like before? You must still have some valuable treasures on you."

Baron blushed and returned to normal, "Apart from this broken book, there is only a broken dagger."

He took out a strange dagger from his body and threw it on the ground.

Wei Bo picked up the dagger and looked at it carefully. After a while, he said, "This dagger itself is not worth much, but it seems to be a key to open something."

"This is too vague. There are so many relic tombs in Nord. Maybe there is a relic under our feet. Where can we find the place related to this dagger." Baron said.

"Keep it for now, it might be useful in the future, put it in Rhodes' space ring first." After Weber finished speaking, he threw the dagger to Rhodes who was studying the diary.

Rhodes casually put the dagger into the space ring and continued to study the diary.He thought that if he could scan it with the system, he might be able to gain something.

"Scanning……"

"Discover magic that is not stored in the system. Reward the host with one martial art, and ask the host to choose one of the following three martial arts."

Five-step plum blossom pile: the basic movement method of Taoism, which strengthens the ability to move and dodge.

Taizu Changquan: Also known as 32-strength Changquan, it is well-known all over the world and is known as the "mother of a hundred boxing".

Basic swordsmanship: thirteen basic swordsmanship moves that contain the principles of kendo.

This is the second time Taizu Changquan has appeared in the system options, but Rhodes has no intention of choosing it at all. He is entangled in whether to choose the five-step plum blossom pile or the basic sword technique.

Considering that he has no offensive martial arts, and he recently got a sharp sword, Rhodes finally chose the basic sword method, although its name sounds very spicy.

After the basic swordsmanship was mounted on the martial arts column, three of the five grids were occupied, and only two remained. Rhodes was worried that there would not be enough space in the martial arts column in the future. The grid of the martial arts column.

"Then let's meet at this tavern at noon tomorrow. In the morning, Webb and I will go to a grocery store to sell these things. We have to travel far in this damn winter again." Baron said.

"We'd better find a caravan or something to set off together, so that we can earn a commission and get a free ride." Hamer suggested next to him.

"Okay, then I'll go outside later to see if there is any caravan going south from the city tomorrow." Baron nodded.

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(End of this chapter)