Skill extraction from Dragon Clan

Chapter 230 The Next Goal

After thinking about it, Atalanta immediately took out a bulging bag from her arms and handed it over.

"Uh...thank you, I'm sorry to trouble you." Zheng Shu was a little dazed as he took the bulging money bag.

After all, he had already sensed that emotion. He originally thought that Ta Miao would get angry at him, but he didn't expect that the other party suddenly seemed very flustered.

Opening the bag, Zheng Shu narrowed his eyes at the familiar golden light inside—the whole bag was actually full of gold coins.According to the information he had obtained before, the value of this bag of gold coins is quite astonishing.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zheng Shu feels that this bag of gold coins may have even emptied the working capital of most merchants in several surrounding cities.

With this level of wealth, even the city lord of this city would be tempted. If it weren't for Zheng Shu's fighting power here, the other party might have to resort to some tricks.

But I also want to thank Ta Miao. If it weren't for the other party's help, Zheng Shu felt that he would not be able to sell so much money on his own.From this point of view, Atalanta's moral level can be considered quite lofty even in modern society, not to mention the world of this era.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Shu reached into the bag and grabbed a handful and handed it to Ta Miao: "This is my thank you gift plus your commission..."

Atalanta was stunned for a moment, but now she has gotten used to Zheng Shu's behavior, and quickly reacted, waved her hand, and pointed to the renewed leather armor on her body: "No need, I have already received the reward, you can keep the money yourself."

"Okay." Zheng Shu didn't force the gold coins back into the bag, and hung the bag around his waist.

After hesitating for a while, he still couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart: "I'm sorry, I really want to ask, when I met you just now, I found that your mood was a bit wrong, did I do something wrong?"

"You... didn't do anything wrong." Atalanta heard this question and looked at Zheng Shu with complicated eyes, "I remember that you should believe in all the gods, right?"

"Yes." Zheng Shu was a little confused.

"That is to say, do you also believe in Lord Artemis?" Atalanta's eyes were a little erratic, and she seemed to ask this sentence very casually.

When Zheng Shu heard Atalanta's question, he immediately understood what the other party was feeling just now.

It seems that when I came out today, Atalanta was watching her from afar. As a hunter, her eyesight is naturally very good. Coupled with the connection with the Goddess of Hunting, she can be very It is not difficult to see yourself and the goddess from afar.

Based on the relationship between Atalanta and the goddess Artemis, when Atalanta saw herself meeting Artemis, she probably felt that her mother was taken away by other children.

Scratching the back of his head, Zheng Shu didn't know how to answer this question, so he could only say embarrassingly: "Yes."

So the two of them fell silent. After a long time, Zheng Shu finally couldn't bear this awkward atmosphere, and tried to leave here by finding a topic at random: "That...do you know where I put my weapon?"

"Ah, yes! Your weapon was placed in the center of the city square and enshrined. This is a kind of celebration ceremony in this city." Atalanta quickly answered this question.

"Okay, thanks." Zheng Shu responded very quickly, and immediately left the city wall.

Going back to the square and taking a look, Zheng Shu quickly found the position of his weapon, which is now being placed on a high platform to worship, and under the high platform, there are a lot of food and drinks. I won't be able to get it back for a while.

Fortunately for Zheng Shu, he was just looking for a reason to leave there.

Back in the hut where he woke up at the beginning, Zheng Shu lay back on the bed again, looking at the sky through the window.

He was thinking about what to do next.

With Atalanta's temper, it is almost impossible for her to leave the surrounding areas of these cities. Zheng Shu followed Atalanta at the beginning to confirm the specific time through her.

However, from the conversations of those people outside, Zheng Shu probably knew that at least Heracross, who can be regarded as the strongest hero in ancient Greece, is not yet famous, which means that the distance from A It was not a short time before Tarrant boarded the hero-studded ship of the Argo.

For such a long time, Zheng Shu felt that it would be too wasteful for him to stay here all the time.

But when it comes to what he can do now, Zheng Shu can't think of anything good for a while.

At this moment, two unknown heroes passed by Zheng Shu far away. These two people have been bragging to each other about the various weapons and equipment they newly bought.For most unknown heroes, their lives are actually not that rich, and being able to change equipment once is considered a very good harvest.

Zheng Shu's various leftovers from fighting the swarm this time were of great benefit, even enough to make these people change their protective gear.

After all, for these low-level heroes, it is already very difficult to maintain their own weapons with their income, and it is even more difficult to buy protective equipment. Many people directly use a piece of wood as a shield in many cases. Provides its own defense.

"So... armor?" Hearing the sound of the two leaving outside the window, Zheng Shu touched his chin, and had a new idea.

During this battle with the swarm, Zheng Shu also realized his lack of defense.

In fact, the defensive power of the scales he grows after his dragon humanization is already quite good, even much stronger than those heavy armors made of metal, coupled with the characteristics of fast self-healing and extreme lightness, there is no need for it. It is no exaggeration to say that even if Zheng Shu took off these scales from his body and made them into armor, it would be considered a peerless treasure.

However, compared with Zheng Shu's own destructive power, Longlin's defense was a little too weak.Correspondingly, the attack power of the enemies of the same level that Zheng Shu faced was not too bad.

Like in the last battle, not to mention the beetle leader, even an ordinary beetle can easily tear apart the defense of Zheng Shu's own scales with its jointed limbs and ramming horns.

The lack of defensive power to keep up with the rhythm of the battle is also the main reason why Zheng Shu used nineteen consecutive resurrections in the last battle. But on the other hand, if he can strengthen his defense, he doesn't need to consume too much influence factor.

So after getting the inspiration, Zheng Shu immediately set improving his own defense as the goal of the next stage.

Unlike other people who can only rely on armor or certain treasures to improve their defense, Zheng Shu's greater advantage is that he can use the panel to obtain some enhanced templates for creatures with strong defense.

Lying back on the bed, Zheng Shu closed his eyes and carefully thought about all the things related to defense that appeared in ancient Greece.

When it comes to defensive power, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally the number one ancient Greek warrior who has not yet been born: Agrus.

Agrus has fighting wisdom and strength beyond ordinary people. As long as he goes out to fight, the Greek coalition forces will be invincible under his leadership.

When it was born, its goddess mother Thetis grabbed its ankle and put it in the river Styx [Styx] to soak it. Because the ankle it grabbed was not wet, it became a weak point in the future, but except for this From outside, Agrios was almost invulnerable.

Therefore, in the heroic deeds of Achilles, apart from the very famous battle of Troy, it is estimated that the most famous is his well-known weakness: Achilles' heel, also known as the heel .

But in turn, this also shows that Achilles' defense is so strong that even under the guidance of the gods, he can only break through his defense by hitting his only weak point.

This level of defense is almost the only one among mortals other than gods.

But at this point in time, since Heracross is not yet famous, it means that Prometheus was still tied to the cliff by Zeus as eagle feed, which means that Achilles was not even born yet.

This made it impossible for Zheng Shu to copy his enhanced template even if he wanted to find Agnes.

In this way, there is only one way to obtain the same defense power: Styx the Styx.

Zheng Shu thought for a while, and directly discarded this option.

First of all, the most important point is that he doesn't even know where Styx is.

Although in the mythology, it seems that Achilles' mother can easily bring her son to the Styx, but you must know that Achilles' mother is a serious goddess: Thetis.

And even if Zheng Shu obtained the location of Styx by asking the gods, the places that the gods can easily reach do not mean that humans can easily reach them.Instead of wasting that idle time, Zheng Shu might as well strengthen a few strengthening templates to increase his own strength.

Secondly, as soon as you hear the name Styx, you know that this river is not a good thing. Even if it can provide humans with an invulnerable body, Zheng Shu believes that the price must be serious enough.

Among other things, in the myths and legends, Thetis, the god, made a mistake, so that part of his son was not completely soaked in the River Styx.

Zheng Shu couldn't believe that there was such a major mistake in the superposition of the two identities of mother and god.

Coupled with the name "Styx", Zheng Shu very much suspected that Thetis grabbed Agnes' ankle on purpose.

Combined with the description of the Styx in myths and legends, the greatest possibility is that once a human being fully enters the Styx, its "identity" will change at the "world" level.That's why Thetis deliberately grabbed Achilles' ankle. Although this would leave some flaws, it still allowed him to maintain his original human "identity".

As for the serious consequences of human beings completely entering the Styx, Zheng Shu thought about it and felt that the name Styx had given enough hints.

In this case, Zheng Shu will have to re-examine the cost-effectiveness of soaking in the Styx.

Although soaking in the Styx can make most parts of the body gain extremely strong defense, but correspondingly, it will also add a weakness that is almost dead.

And this weakness is even so weak that as long as it is destroyed, it will lead to the death of the individual life.After all, apart from Agrus, Zheng Shu had never heard of anyone who died from being punctured through an ankle.

And in a world with gods and spirits, once there is such an extremely fragile weakness, it is like putting one's life in the hands of others. No matter which aspect of one's body one chooses to place this weakness on, people will eventually think of a way And take advantage of it.

For Zheng Shu, he would rather choose an ability that is not that strong but has no weaknesses at all, rather than choose an ability that is extremely strong but has obvious weaknesses.

After all, the lack of strength can be made up by strengthening other templates, but there are fatal shortcomings that he really can't deal with.

And after removing the option of using Styx to strengthen one's own defense, Zheng Shu can think of only one way to quickly improve one's own defense.

Lion of Nemea.

The first challenger of the Twelve Trials of Heracros, known for his invulnerable fur and indestructible claws.

There are many versions of the myths and legends about the final death of the lion. Some say that Heracross stretched his arm into its throat and broke the trachea to win, and some say that Heracross used the lion himself. The claws cut its own fur to win.

But no matter which version it is, there is one thing that can be confirmed: with Heracross's bravery, he still cannot deal with the lion's defense after exhausting methods, and in the end he can only rely on this tricky method to win.

Among other things, Zheng Shu can at least confirm that this lion has no weakness in the defense of its outer skin.Even in terms of internal organs, it can withstand the terrifying power attack of Heracross. Even if the defense of the internal organs is not as high as that of the outer skin, the lion of Nemea is definitely not weak.

And the cloak made of this lion fur also helped Hercules a lot in the later trials.

Compared to Heracross who still needs to make the lion's fur into a cloak, Zheng Shu even only needs to touch the lion to get the strengthening template.

Of course, because Zheng Shu didn't want to cause his own mental distortion by changing his human form, he didn't dare to fully strengthen the template for strengthening the lion.

However, based on the performance of that lion in the myths and legends, Zheng Shu felt that even if he only obtained a small part of its defensive power, it would be enough.

(End of this chapter)