Chapter 67 Ring of Wisdom
Dum's body has the thick, dark brown skin common to ogres, and also exudes a naturally disgusting body odor. It is difficult for ordinary weapons to cause obvious damage.
When Brandon slashed at it with the inferior dagger in his hand, he barely made a gash.
Fortunately, with the anger bonus power of [Heroic Strike], this attack still had enough effect. Doom let out a pain and tried to take revenge on this "little man" who dared to hurt him.
After all, although Brandon is more than 1.9 meters tall, in the eyes of a guy like Ogre Doom who is close to 3 meters tall, he is indeed considered a "little man".
Brandon didn't give Doom a chance to hurt himself. After hitting the target, he retreated decisively and gave up the position he occupied during the attack.
The next moment.
The warrior believer holding the pot lid and shield was stuck in position, facing Doom's heavy punch head-on.
"Bang!"
If it fell on an ordinary person, this punch could blow the person's head to pieces.
But the one who resisted the attack this time was a warrior believer who majored in shields and had all his free attributes allocated to his physique, strength and will as much as possible!
The level of resistance to beating is much higher than that of professionals at the same level 1!
Relying on the damage reduction provided by [Shield Mastery-Basic], I used all my strength to receive Doom's attack steadily!
The priests and believers in the back were flipping through the scriptures.
"Lord, please send down your blessings and heal the pain!"
[Secondary Healing] takes effect, and the part of the damage sustained is quickly healed.
After Doom's attack ended, and before he had time to adjust his focus, Brandon took advantage of the situation and found an opportunity from another angle, and slashed with two more swords!
"...Ouch!"
The more the ogre Doom fights, the more frustrated he becomes!
He has discovered that it is obviously the little thing named "Brandon" who is constantly causing harm to him, but every time he tries to knock the opponent down with one punch, the one holding the pot lid The guy is always stuck in his path.
When the attack hit the pot lid, his brute force would not be of much use, and he would be hurt by the force of the counterattack.
And at this time, there is a high probability that Brandon will find an opportunity again and take the opportunity to chop twice.
The angry Doom couldn't figure out why this was happening. The attacks never worked, and there were more and more injuries on his body. Although they were not fatal, they... hurt!
After several rounds of confrontation, Doom finally couldn't help but wailed.
He put his head in his hands and squatted on the ground.
"Ugh... don't fight... stop fighting!"
He was hired by the goblin boss as a bodyguard, not to sell his life!
Dum really felt the danger.
These "little guys" were clearly no match for him in a one-on-one fight, but when they worked together, Doom couldn't find any flaws.
Seeing that he couldn't beat him, the ogre's fearful nature when encountering danger made Doom surrender and beg for mercy on the spot.
"Dum...Dum! Give up!!"
Suddenly, the surrounding workers burst into loud cheers.
"Win!"
"Brandon! That's awesome!!"
"You can actually defeat Doom!"
"Fake! So professionals are so powerful? This is an ogre!"
The ogre overseer Doom used to bully the ordinary people who worked in the Gunbolt Workshop.
Relying on his big body and powerful force, he could instigate this and arrange that at every turn, and even buy food for him without ever paying for it.
Everyone had been holding back a lot of resentment, and when they saw Doom being beaten and begging for mercy, they finally vented their anger.
Feeling the admiring looks and flattering words of his former co-workers, Brandon felt comfortable all over, which was more refreshing than when he drank a large glass of iced drink in the middle of summer.
The fatigue caused by using [Heroic Strike] many times just now seems to have disappeared.
Why did he want to become a professional?
Isn't it because of the powerful power that a professional possesses that allows him to use his own power to solve things that he can't understand and create his own deeds and reputation! Didn’t the legendary heroes sung by the bards in the tavern also start by solving various incidents and gradually leave their own legends?
In the previous attacks against the Blood Fang Gang, he and his fellow believers relied on ambushes and sieges, and in the end they were victorious.
This time it was a real head-on victory!
This battle might be the starting point of his Brandon legend.
Brandon has made plans, and he will prepare a small notebook later:
"On a certain day of a certain year in the new Hui calendar, Brandon defeated an adult ogre head-on in the lower town of Greenport. Everyone knows!”
He has already thought of the name of the book.
It's called "The Legend of Brandon Roberts"
In the future, when he becomes a famous hero in the mainland, the bards can just follow the contents written in this book.
"Ahem, I just performed at my normal level," Brandon said indifferently, "It's just a little ogre, I can deal with it casually!"
He said it very modestly, but he couldn't hold it down no matter what.
He slapped twice the ogre overseer who was squatting on the ground and shivering.
"Why don't you hurry up and call that old profiteer out and ask him to pay the wages he owes everyone!"
Doom responded aggrievedly, and when he stood up, he touched the injury suffered by Brandon, and his dirty head shook.
"Dang Cang."
A slightly delicate silver ring-shaped object fell out of Doom's long, greasy and knotted hair.
The thing fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Brandon bent down and picked it up.
The silver item is in the shape of a headband, made of silver metal, with beautiful patterns engraved on the surface. It exudes a cold feeling in the hand, is very light, and can hardly feel the weight.
In the middle of the headband, corresponding to the forehead, is an emerald green leaf-shaped gemstone.
On the inside of the headband, Brandon noticed that the words "B·F" were carved into it.
"This is……?"
Judging from the fine workmanship, this thing is obviously not something that an ogre can build.
With Brandon's knowledge, he couldn't recognize it.
But it doesn’t matter, now that we have the God of Knowledge, he can pray and ask Noven for help if he doesn’t understand the problem!
“Great Lord of Enlightenment, please witness and reveal the secret!”
The oracle came down immediately.
[Believers’ demands detected]
[Suggested strategy: Identify immediately]
[Requirements: 4 knowledge points]
Four knowledge points are less than the cost of using a level 1 cultivation simulator.
Brandon can still afford this cost.
[Identification result: Wisdom Ring]
[A lightweight headband made by a certain dwarf forger who mixed a very small amount of mithril into light steel. After being blessed by the gods, this headband has the effect of slightly improving the wearer's intelligence. 】
[Intelligence +6]
[Wearing requirements: None]
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Thanks to Zishi Mingyue Zhaobedxian for the 100 starting coin reward! Mr. Krabs! I wish the boss will get rich every day and never die!
PS: The Circlet of Wisdom was adapted from Baldur’s Gate 3. Any similarities are not coincidental.
(End of this chapter)