Looking at the Earthen Shield in his hand that hadn't disappeared, Lin Mo activated Great Shield Charge again, plowing through like a semi-truck and sending another dozen goblins flying along the path.

Earthen Shield proficiency +12

Great Shield Charge proficiency +12

However, after this charge, the Earthen Shield in his hand shattered due to the damage from the impact.

But with 27 proficiency points from two charges, it was absolutely worth it.

With this method, Lin Mo no longer needed to consider buying and carrying shields in the future—he could just create one with magic when needed.

Perhaps the quality wasn't as good as a real shield, but it won in convenience, available whenever needed.

"Skill Great Shield Charge Lv2 (20/20) leveled up!"

"Current skill Great Shield Charge Lv3 (9/40)"

"Gained attribute points: Strength+1, Constitution+1!"

Low-level skills leveled up quickly—just these two charges directly leveled it up.

And the excellent-grade skill reaching level 3 once again provided Lin Mo with 2 attribute points.

But this time, the increase wasn't 2 points in Constitution, but 1 point in Constitution plus 1 point in Strength.

This was probably due to the skill's characteristics.

Not all skills within a professional system only increase primary attributes.

For example, some ranger skills could increase Strength in addition to Agility, and most mage skills could add a small amount of Spirit besides increasing Magic Power...

When professional levels were low, such skills weren't popular because the total attributes provided by skills were the same—adding two attributes meant fewer points for the profession's primary attribute.

For example, a warrior apprentice normally had the opportunity to advance by fully mastering one skill through the growth it provided. But if he learned a dual-attribute skill, he might be unable to advance due to insufficient Strength attributes and would need to learn another skill, wasting time and effort.

If he lacked money or connections to obtain a second skill, his professional path might even end there.

But after officially becoming a professional, especially after reaching certain levels, one had to consider compensating for weaknesses.

Although Agility and Constitution could also enhance the intensity of Qi and Blood, thereby strengthening skill power this way, if an assassin or knight's Strength was too weak, they would still be at a disadvantage in some situations.

The same applied to other professions—warriors being too slow would get kited, those with too weak Constitution would struggle to hold their ground...

These problems could be remedied by learning dual-attribute skills.

So for high-level professionals, skills with dual-attribute bonuses were quite comfortable.

However, for someone in Lin Mo's situation, whether he had such skills or not didn't make much difference.

After all, he was developing multiple professions simultaneously, already a very balanced pentagon... well, currently still just a quadrilateral warrior.

And Magic Power was relatively still half a weakness, so he could only be considered a 3.5-sided figure.

In short, Lin Mo didn't particularly care about single or dual attributes.

Hmm?

Just as Lin Mo was about to close his panel, the prompt that appeared before his eyes next made him pause.

Come to think of it, his original base Strength seemed to be 29 points...

On second thought, dual-attribute skills were just more comprehensive!

"Promotion conditions met, profession Warrior (lv2) promoted—current profession Warrior (lv3)"

"Gained profession attribute bonuses: Strength+2, Constitution+1, Agility+1!"

When he previously advanced to level 2 Warrior, the additional bonus attributes provided were 1 point each in Strength, Constitution, and Agility. Lin Mo had thought it would remain this way until level 6, before becoming a Veteran Level professional, but now it seemed there were differences.

The additional bonuses from reaching level 3 Warrior provided one more point than level 2, totaling 4 points.

Lin Mo re-examined his panel.

【Name】: Lin Mo

【Profession】: Warrior Level 3, Knight Level 2, Assassin Level 2, Mage Level 1

【Attributes】: (Attributes in parentheses include profession bonuses)

Strength: 30 (40)

Agility: 21 (31)

Constitution: 22 (33)

Spirit: 6 (7)

Magic Power: 11 (15)

Fire Element Affinity: 25%

These attributes could be described as luxurious.

40 points of Strength was relatively strong even among level 3 Warriors, and both Agility and Constitution were already approaching level 3 in their respective attributes.

This gave Lin Mo more confidence for the battles ahead.

His Spirit condition was still quite good—using an enhanced Earthen Shield once more shouldn't cause issues.

Lin Mo created another earthen shield and activated Great Shield Charge toward the densely packed goblin area.

"Boom—!"

With a dull sound, another group of "lucky ones" flew into the sky, experiencing the feeling of flight.

Lin Mo steadied himself and charged again.

"Boom—!"

Two charges took out nearly thirty more goblins and leveled Earthen Shield to level 4.

"Skill Earthen Shield Lv3 (40/40) leveled up!"

"Current skill Earthen Shield Lv4 (13/100)"

Earthen Shield was only one level away from evolution.

Overall, Lin Mo was quite satisfied with the Earthen Shield skill—it could both attack and defend, and he had developed several special usage methods, full of pleasant surprises.

He wondered what its evolved skill would be?

Closing his panel, Lin Mo looked to the side where an assassin was approaching.

Finally, some news?

"Young brother, northwest direction, about 2500 meters, a Bronze Goblin has appeared."

Seeing Lin Mo preparing to move, he quickly reminded: "Be careful! This is a newly discovered individual, different from the ones seen a few days ago!"

Lin Mo paused his steps and nodded: "I understand."

Then he continued toward the northwest direction. Behind him, Sherfilia casually pierced the throat of a goblin before her and quickly followed.

After casually eliminating several goblins along the way with Backstab, Lin Mo soon spotted the target.

Indeed, just as the previous assassin said, it was different from the Bronze Goblins Lin Mo had encountered before.

It was taller, nearly three and a half meters, like a small giant.

And its skin color seemed darker than the previous ones.

Level 4?

Lin Mo guessed its level, but even if it was a level 4 warrior, with his current attributes, he could definitely give it a try.

Checking behind him to confirm Sherfilia's presence, Lin Mo confidently activated Vanish and moved toward the monster.

Using the same method as before, he utilized Vanish's invisibility and unleashed a fully charged Charged Sword Slash.

However, the moment the Sword Energy was released, the Bronze Goblin suddenly sensed something, quickly turned around, and swung its massive spiked club.

The first two Sword Energy strikes still hit it, though not in the same spot due to its movement, leaving two bloody marks.

But the subsequent five Sword Energy strikes were all blocked by the heavy spiked club.

"Heh—!"

The Bronze Goblin before him growled deeply from its throat, appearing relatively unpressured.

Definitely level 4.

Lin Mo wasn't surprised, which was why he immediately chose to retreat after releasing the Sword Energy. Otherwise, that spiked club might have hit him after shattering the Sword Energy.

This guy wasn't easy to deal with...

Normally, Lin Mo would then engage in a difficult battle, exhausting various tactics and strategies to barely defeat his opponent, inevitably getting somewhat injured.

But as the saying goes, he never played by the rules.

He specifically hired an expert not to have her watch the show. If Sherfilia only observed from the sidelines, why did she come?

The Bronze Goblin waved its spiked club, preparing to launch a fierce assault on Lin Mo, when suddenly a throwing knife flew from behind, accurately piercing its back.

The next moment, Sherfilia's figure suddenly appeared, her other throwing knife cleanly passing through its neck.

It wasn't any complex or powerful skill—just the Backstab she had previously taught Lin Mo.

But compared to that demonstration, the current Backstab was completely different.

Lin Mo didn't even see her movements clearly before the goblin's neck was pierced.

Coming to his senses, he quickly acted, sending a lightning bolt flying out that struck the goblin's face.

Nice headshot I'll take!

Using other skills to steal his own "kill" wasn't feasible, but stealing others' "kills" was possible.

And such a valuable kill should go to a powerful, difficult-to-train skill.

The high-cost Lightning Strike was perfect.

Lightning Strike proficiency +25!

A full 25 proficiency points instantly leveled Lightning Strike to level 3.

"Skill Lightning Strike Lv2 (20/20) leveled up!"

"Current skill Lightning Strike Lv3 (17/40)"

"Gained attribute points: Magic Power+2!"

Comfortable.

Indeed, this monster-dense battlefield was the best leveling spot for Lin Mo. Since arriving at Silvermoon Town, he had lost count of how many times his skills had leveled up.

"Get down!"

However, just as he was delighted by successfully stealing the kill and Lightning Strike leveling up, Sherfilia before him suddenly narrowed her pupils and shouted unusually loudly.

Though unsure what was happening, Lin Mo quickly dropped as instructed, even simultaneously activating his Fortitude skill.

The next moment, a sharp arrow flew rapidly toward them, and Sherfilia had already reached his side, deflecting the arrow with her throwing knife.

An archer?

Lin Mo stood up and looked behind him. The distance was too far, and goblins were everywhere, making it impossible to see where the archer was.

It was precisely because the arrow came from afar that he hadn't detected it in time.

If not for Sherfilia's warning, he likely couldn't have dodged this arrow.

Lin Mo narrowed his eyes. The timing was almost too perfect... or was that Bronze Goblin deliberately released as bait?

It seemed they had underestimated both the intelligence and strength of the Goblin Spellcaster behind this disaster, regardless of which aspect.

Its level was definitely not the conservatively estimated level 4—it was at least level 5, possibly even higher!

"Pursue!"

Sherfilia reacted swiftly, heading toward the direction the arrow came from, with Lin Mo closely following.

Without Sherfilia, upon discovering the opponent's level exceeded expectations, he would likely have chosen to abandon the pursuit. But now...

With at least level 6 Veteran Level assassin Sherfilia present, plus his assistance, their combined efforts should be enough to resolve the situation.

Right now, Silvermoon Town could only rely on them.

If they couldn't eliminate that Goblin Spellcaster, this battle would continue endlessly, constantly increasing Silverstream City's burden.