At the moment when Hodge closed his eyes, a card with a light blue outline appeared in his field of vision, he was slightly stunned, he thought that the card that appeared automatically should be a character card updated, but after seeing the content of the card, he found that it was not a character card at all.

This is a Pokédex card.

At the top of the card is a small square area with the appearance of a giant earthworm inside, followed by a text note.

Bestiary: Dirt Worm (Juvenile)

"Damage Rating: Medium"

"Speed Assessment: Agility"

"Special Ability: The surface mucus contains an unknown toxin that can seep into the blood veins from the wound, amplifying the damage and the persistent pain"

"Weaknesses: Aversion to light, fear of heat"

"Power source: five to seven pairs of dilated blood vessels, one to three hidden blood vessels, stable state is gaseous, can be condensed into a solid state, with independent mobility"

"Danger level: ★★ ☆"

[Introduction: Huge earthworm species, juvenile body is usually as thick as an adult male forearm, two to three meters in length, three to four times the size of juvenile when fully adult, active under the soil, active aggressive, usually active in the early morning, they appeared a thousand years ago, and disappeared a thousand years ago, this is a bad thing born from a curse, its awakening is not accidental, this is a sign of danger, the calamity that has destroyed an era strikes again, even if it is delayed for a thousand years, but it will eventually return, this is the evil fruit we planted a thousand years ago, and it will eventually be swallowed by us】

Hodge frowned, according to the text of this introduction, this monster called the dirt earthworm existed thousands of years ago, but for some reason it also disappeared at that time, and when they awaken again, the human world will face a catastrophe.

However, what happened thousands of years ago, and where this catastrophe pointed, he now has no clue at all.

Before he could continue to think about it, the Bestiary card was removed, and new information appeared.

"Investigators have been informed of parts of the world"

"+3% World Survey Progress, Current World Survey Progress: 3%"

"Survey Progress Reward Settled"

"Skill: Added Skill of Two Choices - Occultism, Anthropology"

[Skill Points: Added 20 Free Skill Points]

"Mental Power Correction: Temporarily unlocked status disappears, due to the existence of mental shackles, the investigator's mental power value is corrected, and the result is: 45"

After a series of words, it was transformed into a card again, and this card was a character card that Hodge was all too familiar with, and to be honest, he hadn't called up his character card for a long time to check it.

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Name: Hodge

Place of Birth: Unknown

Identity: Investigator

Classes: Herbalist (Medium Rating), Wizard (Dotted: Unusable)

HP：40/70

MP：0/30

【Attributes】

Strength: 10||Dexterity: 14||Constitution: 11||Intelligence: 17||Charisma: 19 (full value)

Lucky: 65||Inspiration: 50||Mental Power: 90 (-45) ||Sanity: 75

【Mastering Skills】

Linguistics: 70

——— (Advanced) Quick Reading: 35

Psychology: 60

[Choose one of two skills: occultism, anthropology]

[Free Skill Points: 20]

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Compared with a few years ago, his physical fitness has improved significantly, although he is not strong, at least he can reach the level of a normal person, thanks to the improvement of the level of herbalism and reverse calculation, he has configured many medicines for his body, coupled with proper training, he has finally escaped from the ranks of weak.

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and he was pleased with the result.

Then a strong sleepiness struck, and his body was still weak and needed sleep to regain his strength.

The bumpy road was still there, but Hodge in the carriage was already asleep.

......

It was late at night when they arrived at Libby, and Hodge recovered very quickly, and after sleeping all the way he was able to walk alone, and after paying the merchant group a certain amount of money, the three of them said goodbye to the merchant group, which was obviously closed at this time, and even if they wanted to go back, they would have to wait until tomorrow, so they went to an inn in the town.

They rented three rooms, Hodge went straight to his room, and Carol stood in the corridor and instructed the laborers to carry the box into the room, the distance between the two was very close, but at the moment of staggering, Hodge's eyes seemed to be non-existent, and Carol didn't seem to care about Hodge.

The night passed quickly, and Hodge slept soundly in his room, but his dream was shattered in the early morning, and a quick knock on the door brought him back to the real world, and he simply dressed himself, yawned and opened the door, and when he saw the person standing outside the door, the laziness on his face disappeared.

"What are you doing here?" he looked at Carol in front of him in bewilderment, in the carriage they had completely torn up the makeshift relationship, with the wisdom of this young lady, she would not do such a thing as a hot face and a cold ass.

"I'm here to say goodbye to you. Carol was as calm as ever, as if nothing unpleasant had happened between the two, "I'm going back to Oise City." ”

Oise is a medium-sized city in the middle of the North, the territory of the Rhodes family, which is also Carol's home.

"Congratulations. Hodge replied nonchalantly, "But I don't think there's any need to tell me about the whereabouts of a noble lady, I'm just a commoner." ”

"I'm here to give something. Carroll reached out and handed a metal plate to Hodge's hand.

He took the sign and looked at it, the metal used to cast the brand is not expensive, but the workmanship of this brand is very exquisite, not like it comes from an ordinary workshop, its front is written in large letters of the Rhodes family, and the back is a few lines of small characters, about the family motto of the Rhodes family, in the last line of the small print, a person's name - Carol.

Hodge looked up at Carroll with a quizzical look.

She said calmly: "This is the token of the Rhodes family, holding it to Oise City, you will be entertained by the family as a distinguished guest, and you can exchange it for a help from the Rhodes family." ”

"I don't need this. Hodge tried to return the sign, but was pushed back again by Carroll.

"Take it, you deserve it, the Rhodes family never owes any favors. ”

After saying that, Carol turned around and left, and quickly disappeared at the door of the inn without giving Hodge a chance to refuse.

He stood there with the sign, a little overwhelmed.

"Dr. Hodge. The voice behind him made him turn around, it was Fink.

Fink walked up to him, looked in the direction of the door, saw the metal token in Hodge's hand again, and said, "Sure enough, she gave you this token too." ”

Hodge wondered, "What, you received it too?"

"Hmm. ”

"It's a nuisance. He muttered.

"No hassle. Fink folded his hands and smiled, "I've already used this token." ”

Hodge was slightly surprised: "So fast, what do you want her to help you do?"

Fink still smiled, but didn't speak.

Hodge was slightly embarrassed, and reacted that it was someone's privacy after all, how could he tell himself?

"But I was negligent enough to ask such a thing. ”

"I'm going back too. Fink said suddenly.

"Go back, you want to come with her?" Observing along the way, Hodge knew that Miss Carroll was not just trying to ask Fink for help, and if possible, she would prefer Fink to become the exclusive priest of the Rhodes family.

Fink shook his head, "No, I don't have the idea of being loyal to the nobles yet. I'm going back to Priest City this time, after all, I've encountered a monster that I've never found before, and I think it's necessary to study this strange creature with the mentors and scholars of Priest City. ”

"Good luck then. Compared with the perfunctory congratulations to Carroll, Hodge's attitude this time was obviously much more sincere.

"Before I leave, I have one more question for you. ”

"Say it. ”

"From the time I saw you dissect Hood's corpse, I wondered how you had mastered it, but you have always been in a remote village, while Priest's City has a vast amount of relevant information and guidance from famous teachers. ”

Hodge smiled casually: "It's true that as you said, the village where I live is quite remote, but the footmen who come to the village every month always bring some books, and the rest of the village is not interested in this, so I usually buy them all and ask the merchants to bring more books next month, do you know how many books I have read over the years?"

Fink shook his head.

"One thousand four hundred and sixty-seven copies. He said a number that shocked Fink.

Human reading speed is limited, even if you put your whole heart into reading, at a normal pace, you can only read dozens of books a year, and this is just reading, if you add comprehension, it will take more time.

And Hodge was obviously only in his twenties, and even if he started reading in the womb, it was impossible to read a thousand, so Fink exclaimed as a matter of course: "How is this possible?"

"But it's true. "There are seven hundred books on anatomy, and now you see, even though the quality of the books in Priesthood far exceeds the quality of the books sold by these traders, when the number of books read reaches a certain level, the technical refinement will come naturally." ”

Fink was so surprised that he didn't react for a long time, and then smacked his lips: "What about arithmetic?

"Oh, you say that. Hodge's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he looked serious, "It's not, arithmetic - it's innate." ”