Chapter 660: Arcane Knight (Subscribe)

According to this information, Gao Fei learned that Major Frame was a 9th-level "Arcane Knight".

"Arcane Knight" is a large type of warrior profession. It can wear armor and hold a shield, fight in close combat like an ordinary warrior, and cast spells like a warlock. It is a standard magic and martial arts profession, and has also derived many sub-professions.

For example, Umberto's "Swift Swordsman" is actually a branch under the "Arcane Knight" - it is likely to be the strongest branch!

In Gao Fei's view, the Arcane Knight is actually an "arcane version" of the Paladin.

Most of these mixed professions have a common problem - they know everything, but they are not good at anything.

The Arcane Knight is no exception.

The melee is not as good as the pure warrior profession, and the spellcasting is not as good as the pure spellcasting profession - at most, it can only learn 5th-level spells.

However, the Arcane Knight is not a rigid mix, but a clever fusion of martial arts and magic, in order to maximize the effectiveness in actual combat.

The classic example of the fusion of magic and martial arts is the signature abilities of the Arcane Knight, "Magic Guidance" and "Magic Combat".

Gao Fei is already very familiar with "Magic Guidance". It uses melee weapons to conduct contact and ray magic, which is very powerful.

"Magic Combat" is even more perverted than "Magic Guidance"!

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Magic Combat: After the main hand completes the attack action, spend a bonus action and immediately use the off-hand to add a spell attack, and vice versa.

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What does this mean?

It's like a person dual-wielding weapons, swinging a knife with the left hand and stabbing with a dagger with the left hand. It's a standard "two-sword flow" style of play, right?

Now you remove the off-hand dagger and replace it with magic. It's still a dual-wielding attack, two attacks in one round, but one of the attacks is replaced by a weapon instead of a spell. This is the so-called "Magic Combat"!

The same is true in reverse. Release a magic first, and then use a bonus action to launch a weapon attack.

From this point of view, "Magic Fighting" is not only a variant of dual-wielding, but also a balanced dual-wielding with both hands, with action casting, which is equivalent to having "Swift" super magic. I have to say, it's quite awesome!

The Arcane Knight mainly relies on the two tricks of "Magic Guidance" and "Magic Fighting".

The Arcane Knight can learn "Magic Guidance" at level 5, while the stronger "Magic Fighting" can only be learned at level 11.

What makes Gao Fei a little relieved is that Henry Frame, the opponent of this duel, only mastered "Magic Guidance" and has not yet learned "Magic Fighting".

So it is conceivable that Frame's tactical routine is mainly designed around "Magic Guidance".

In addition to "Magic Guidance", a standard level 9 Arcane Knight is also good at "Cut", "Whirlwind Slash", "Offensive Tide", as well as "Life Magic Conversion" and "Weapon Link".

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Life Magic Conversion: Bonus action, for every 2 magic points spent, restore 1d6 HP to yourself. For one conversion, the maximum magic spent is no more than your own spellcasting level, rounded down.

Weapon Bond: Choose a weapon you are good at, hold a ceremony, and conclude a contract, so that its attack roll gains advantage, damage is counted as a charm modifier, and it is equivalent to a magic weapon.

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"Weapon Bond" is equivalent to the "Contracted Weapon" of the Warlock.

"Life Magic Conversion" is similar to the "Spontaneous Healing" of the Priest, but it can only restore health to yourself and consumes double magic.

A 9th-level Arcane Knight can usually awaken three 0-level magics, three 1-level magics, and two 2-level magics.

According to the information provided by the private detective, the spells that Major Frame is good at include 0-level "Magic Energy Explosion", "Light" and "Blade Protection", 1-level "Electric Claw" and "Giant", and 2-level "Scorching Ray".

There is still one 1st and one 2nd ring missing, but due to insufficient information, there is no way to know.

Also unknown are Major Frame's expertise, attributes, and health.

It's a pity that he didn't find out about his expertise.

As for the attributes and health, Gao Fei didn't expect the private detective hired by Mrs. Dreyfus to provide them.

In this game world, NPCs can't see each other's attribute data unless they use detection spells, such as the legendary 2nd-level "Advanced Inner Vision", let alone say the word "health" from an NPC's mouth.

Otherwise, it means that the NPC knows that his life is just a string of data, and has broken the "fourth wall", which is definitely super-game.

Data such as health is generally only visible to players.

Two chapters ago, Gao Fei met Major Frame on the night he went to the "Hellfire Club" for a banquet.

Unfortunately, he didn't realize that this person would become his opponent in the duel, and he didn't check his background.

Now, if you want to know Major Frame's attributes and HP, you can only wait until the day of the duel and use the astrolabe to detect.

Based on the intelligence currently available, Gao Fei designed two sets of tactics to deal with Major Frame.

Afterwards, he spent a star disk energy, cut off the cutscene, and went directly to two weeks later, the day of the duel.

The duel time was 10 o'clock in the morning.

It was still the familiar duel field.

The weather was not very good, and it was raining and snowing non-stop.

The Colt couple specially accompanied their daughter to the sidelines to watch the game.

The couple's position is closer to the conservatives. They sympathize with Captain Dreyfus's experience, but insist that, since the Kingdom of Canaan has actually joined the war in the New World and become an enemy country, all Canaanite immigrants, including Isaiah Dreyfus, are not suitable for serving in a confidential department like the Military Intelligence Bureau - even if he is framed.

Despite their differences in political positions, the Colts are still looking forward to their future son-in-law winning the duel.

To put it another way, even if they lose to their opponent, at least they have to save their lives.

The game will start in five minutes.

The venue is already surrounded by spectators holding umbrellas.

In addition to the Colt family, Gao Fei's old friends on Patus Street, Umberto, Claire and Mario, also came to the duel to cheer him on.

Captain Dreyfus himself was still in custody. Mrs. Dreyfus came to the duel with her two children. In addition to relatives and friends, there were also many people who supported Dreyfus' innocence, most of whom were well-known intellectuals, such as writers, journalists and university teachers.

On the side of Frame, there were also many relatives and friends who came to cheer.

Gao Fei also saw several familiar faces, all of whom were members of the Hellfire Club.

"Hi! Paul, good morning!"

Gao Fei took off his hat and waved, and took the initiative to greet the young Marquis Porter.

"Musk..." Paul Porter had a complicated expression, hesitated for a while before coming over, ignoring the strange looks of everyone, hugged Gao Fei hard, and whispered in his ear: "Brother, no matter what, you must leave the duel alive!"

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