“You…” Alice walked over, her golden eyes moving from Luo Xun to the rapidly rotting carcass on the ground.
“What happened just now?
Why did it suddenly explode?
How did you do that?” Luo Xun sheathed his knife and picked up his bow to inspect it.
“Before that monster cast its spell, a massive amount of energy gathered in its chest from all over its body.
I figured that might be a weak point, but I didn’t expect it to work so well.” He spoke casually, as if he were just talking about aiming for an animal’s vitals during a routine hunt.
Alice didn’t reply immediately.
Her gaze was complex, laced with an indefinable fervor.
“That ability isn’t just a simple matter of ‘seeing.’ It’s…
seeing exactly how energy flows, and where it’s headed.
Only elite Spellbreakers, or those born with a rare, innate gift, can achieve that.” Spellbreakers.
“What is a Spellbreaker?” Luo Xun asked, purely wanting to confirm if they were what he thought they were.
“They are elite warriors of the high elves,” Alice said with a trace of pride.
“They don’t rely on brute force.
Instead, they understand the very nature of magic, using skill and resistance to counter spellcasters.
It is an extremely rare class.” Spellbreakers…
those blood elf guys?
Scenes from the game flashed through Luo Xun’s mind—a bunch of guys in red armor holding shields and runeblades, batting spells away like tennis balls.
But that was a melee class specifically designed to counter magic users.
It sounded pretty badass, but the problem was, he was an archer…
“The way you interrupted its energy flow just now,” Alice frowned, looking like she had seen a ghost, “is very similar to a Spellbreaker’s techniques.
Have you ever received Spellbreaker training?” Luo Xun shook his head.
Alice looked at him and said helplessly, “Then there really is only one explanation.
Your talent…
Tsk, this is truly unbelievable…” Luo Xun offered a noncommittal grunt, not daring to say too much.
He realized that his body seemed to hold far too many secrets.
If the wrong people found out…
there was no telling what might happen.
It was best to just play along and let her think it was a natural talent.
Even if his talent tree had grown a bit crooked, it was still a useful ability.
He tore off a strip of fabric from his relatively clean undershirt and casually wrapped the wound on his ribs.
His movements were practiced, clearly those of someone who spent years roughing it in the wilderness.
“You don’t seem,” Alice’s voice wavered slightly, “to find this strange at all.” She studied him with curiosity.
Shouldn’t an ordinary person desperately try to make sense of such things?
“What’s there to find strange?” Luo Xun tied off the strip of cloth.
“I’m almost numb to it by now.
My eyes see weird lights, my body heals quickly, and now you’re telling me I can break spells…” The corner of his mouth twitched in what could barely be called a smile.
“I deal with the undead every day here.
I don’t even know if I’ll see the sun tomorrow, so how could I possibly have the energy to care about this stuff?
For me, as long as I can survive, who cares what talent or ability it is.” Alice was momentarily taken aback, but then a flicker of understanding crossed her golden eyes.
“You are right.
In this world, survival is the priority.
Everything else is secondary.” These practical words suited Luo Xun’s temperament.
He nodded and was about to speak when Alice took a step closer.
“Wait.
Your wound needs to be treated.
The claws of those corrupted creatures might carry toxins.” Her fingers were cool as she gently unwound the cloth he had just tied.
She was quite attentive.
Looking at the profile of the girl before him, Luo Xun felt a brief moment of daze.
This elf…
The three claw marks had already stopped bleeding, though their edges were slightly dark.
Alice pulled a small, sapphire-encrusted silver box from her robes.
Inside was a pale green ointment that smelled of cool herbs.
“Healing salve.
It prevents infection and purges residual corruptive energy.” Alice dabbed a bit onto her finger and carefully applied it to the wound.
The salve was icy cool, immediately easing more than half of the burning sting.
Truly good stuff.
“Thanks,” Luo Xun said, expressing his genuine gratitude.
Alice shook her head and wrapped the bandage again, her movements far nimbler than his.
“I should be the one thanking you.
If it weren’t for you, I might have been gone just now.” She paused, raising her golden eyes to look at him.
“You’ve saved me twice now.” Twice?
Well, this debt of gratitude was impossible to pay off.
Would she end up offering herself to him in marriage?
Luo Xun shook his head to banish the thought, changing the subject: “Can we make it to that outpost you mentioned today?” “If all goes well, we should arrive before evening.” Alice also looked toward the northeast, where the forest’s green grew richer in the morning light.
“It’s a forward outpost of the Farstriders.
The commander is Halduron Brightwing, a respected Ranger-General.
Once we get there, we’ll be temporarily safe.” Farstriders, Halduron Brightwing.
Luo Xun ran the names through his mind.
A celebrity from the game whom he would soon meet.
In his memory, this was a very powerful figure.
He hoped the real person wouldn’t look exactly like the in-game model, or it would be easy to lose immersion.
“Then let’s hurry.” Slinging his bow, he took the first step.
The forest unfolded beneath their feet.
The green light of life grew brighter, and they occasionally spotted the fleeting shadows of small animals or even heard a few bird chirps.
This world was recovering.
Luo Xun walked in front, scanning their surroundings with his energy vision.
Multicolored lights flowed and intertwined everywhere, like a massive, intricate web.
It was like a radar, allowing him to use this perspective at any time to detect hidden information in advance.
If he could decipher what these colors represented, it would undoubtedly be of immense help in understanding this world.
Since it seemed he couldn’t go back anyway, he might as well turn this place into his own familiar hunting ground, he resolved silently.
Alice followed half a step behind him, her lips pressing together slightly beneath her white veil as she stared at his straight back.
This man held too many mysteries.
Most importantly, he could actually see energy nodes invisible to ordinary people.
If they could work together…
Walking one after the other, they could already see the silhouette of the watchtower on the distant slope.
Luo Xun was just wondering what the watchtower looked like when his steps suddenly froze.
He raised a hand.
Alice, lost in thought, almost bumped into him.
She hurriedly stabilized herself.
“What is it?” Luo Xun didn’t say a word, his eyes narrowing as he stared ahead.
In his energy vision, in the direction of what should have been a safe zone, a very faint green aura was floating, nearly blending into the evening glow.
That should be something inherent to ordinary living beings…
Based on what he had deduced, an average person would exhibit one or two colors, with light green likely representing life force.
“Ahead,” he lowered his voice, “should be the outpost you mentioned.”