Chapter 27: Recuperation
The fierce battle finally ended, and everyone sat motionless by the pile of bones. The campfire had been extinguished and the hare meat was completely charred.
"I said." Edward muttered, "Killed tens of thousands of skeletons today, right?" ”
Henry let out a breath and said, "I don't know." Who can count that. ”
Lucy whispered, "I'm hungry......"
Julia took out the Elven Expedition Dimension Bag she carried with her and said, "I still have a lot of dry food in reserve. ”
Lucy covered her face: "I want to eat meat......"
Monica muttered, "Primo, get some meat for your sister." ”
Primo shook his hand, "No more." Can't move. Wendell, sing me a song to refresh me. ”
Wendell's voice was hoarse, and he tore out a sentence: "Sing a fart." After singing for hours, my throat was useless. ”
Lucy sighed, "Let's eat dry food." ”
Everyone drank cold water and ate dry food quietly, and it took a long time to recover their strength.
Julia has used up her healing spell casts during the battle. Lucy recovered her mana for a long time after the battle, and after running out of spell casts, she couldn't heal all of her injuries. Everyone simply bandaged their wounds.
The Flower Expedition gathered around to sort out their equipment. After slashing bones all afternoon, Edward's longsword made several cuts and curled badly. This sword is a magical LV1 weapon from the family's arsenal that slightly increases the user's strength stat. Magical weapons weren't everywhere, and Edward sharpened his sword in frustration.
The equipment in the world of Yiwo is divided into six grades from low to high: ordinary, excellent, sophisticated, ingenuity, epic, legendary, and peerless. This only represents the level of craftsmanship and materials used, and has no correspondence with the magic of enchantment. However, in general, only equipment with a craft level higher than the Elite level is considered to have permanent enchantment value. The military-standard weapon craftsmanship of the Warrior Kingdom has basically reached a sophisticated level, and it is difficult for other human kingdoms to equip their armies with such high-level weapons. Even elves and dwarves who are known for crafting high-caliber equipment can only be crafted by the best craftsmen. As for legendary or peerless equipment, it is hard to find, representing the limits of craftsmanship or simply not made by mortals. For example, the scabbard that Barnett gave to Canna, whether it is material or craftsmanship, has basically reached the limit of elves, and it belongs to one of the few legendary equipment.
In the face of a tough enemy like skeletons, the advantage of blunt weapons is reflected. Garcia's mace, though scratched, didn't need to be repaired.
Julia's Cross Scepter is also a blunt weapon, and was given to the god of harvest, and the craft level can reach at least epic level, leaving only a few scratches. Of course, this made Julia's heart ache.
Canna's Ashley is worthy of being a peerless artifact, and there are not even scratches around her body. Kanna pulled out a piece of flannel and carefully wiped Ashley clean and withdrew the scabbard. He took out a new piece of chain mail from his bag and replaced it with it.
Seeing that Canna's weapon was unharmed, Edward, who was already unwilling, said, "You still have new clothes to wear!" ”
Kanna laughed: "Eh~ This is the benefit of chain mail, light!" Although our bags have the function of large magic pockets and have a wide space for content, they cannot reduce the weight of the items. If you put a few pieces of replacement armor in your bag, the horse will die of exhaustion. ”
Edward looked at Garcia, "You're also wearing chain mail, did you bring a spare?" ”
Garcia shook his head.
Edward continued, "You see, normal people only carry spare weapons, how can anyone have spare armor? ”
Kanna still smiled, "You men live too roughly. How can a girl go out with only one set of clothes? Isn't that right, Julia? ”
Julia lowered her head and whispered, "I...... I only brought one set of clothes...... If it's broken, I'll ...... Make up for ......"
Kanna was suddenly speechless, and spat out a sentence: "I'm sorry, my fault." ”
Garcia broke the awkward atmosphere and said, "Canna, your face is painted today, right?" I remember that at the end of the battle, I saw a wound on your face, why did it disappear? ”
Julia looked carefully at Canna's face and said, "No! Even if it is treated with divine magic, there will definitely be a scar after the wound heals! How could it heal so quickly and spontaneously, without any traces. You must be mistaken! ”
"Uh......" Kanna scratched her head and said, "Actually, it's not the first time, I've had several injuries to my face. But the wound on the face will heal automatically every time and will not leave a scar......"
Julia's eyes widened in surprise and asked, "Why is that?" ”
"Maybe it's because I'm a beauty god elect, and my charm attribute can't be reduced in any way."
"Ah...... It's unreasonable...... I'm so envious......" Julia said inadvertently.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a glimmer of light above her head, knocking on Julia's head.
"Ahh I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Lord Harvest God, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore! ”
Edward muttered, "It seems that this voter trait is still somewhat useful." If the queen of the Meredis Kingdom had scars all over her face, it would indeed damage the image of the kingdom. ”
Kanna smiled and turned to look at Edward, and whispered, "The skin is itchy again, isn't it?" ”
Edward hurriedly bowed his head to Kanna and confessed his mistake.
Julia suddenly looked at Garcia suspiciously: "I said Garcia." Today, Canna was covered in blood. So much so that no one noticed that there were two wounds on her face. Why are you so clear? ”
Garcia's cheeks flushed, and he turned his face away and whispered, "I saw it by accident." Don't worry about these details. ”
"It's so lively here!"
Hearing the voice, the group turned around and saw Monica walking over and sitting down next to Canna.
Monica smiled and said, "I didn't expect the Warrior Kingdom to attach so much importance to the undead event, and Her Highness Kanna came in person. ”
"Hmm...... Well? Kanna looked at Monica in surprise: "You ......"
"No fuss. When you changed your costume just now, I accidentally saw your ears. Humans don't have such pointed ears, while elves don't have such short ears. Thinking about it, only the legendary soul has such characteristics. To confirm, I secretly cast a [Probe] on you. After seeing your charm attributes, it is even more normal for Mijin-sama to choose such a girl as a voter. ”
The magic of the world is an extremely complex subject. There are many rules that limit the success of casting magic. Including whether the chant is correct, whether the number of daily casts of the spell level is empty, whether the spell cast interval is cooled down, whether the mana value is enough, and so on.
When casting spells, the spell profession needs to extract abilities from a special energy space by chanting spells. However, there is a limit to the number of times a spell can be extracted per spell level per day. The higher the spell level, the lower the daily cast limit. This rule was formulated by the gods or helllords who construct the corresponding energy space, in order to maintain the stability of the energy space. In addition, the mana of each spell class is also limited, and the specific value is determined by one's own ability. Mana cannot be restored during battle, mana is depleted, and spells cannot be cast even if there are many spell tiers with cast times to spare. In most cases, spell classes below level 40 often have mana remaining due to the small number of spell casts, but they cannot use spells. However, spell classes above level 40 will hardly have enough mana to exhaust the number of casts of all tiers that day in a single battle.
Therefore, a high-level magician like Monica, after resting for a long time after the war and recovering a large amount of mana, still has a lot of spells available. Even Julia, who is not of a high level, has only exhausted all the casts of the corresponding level of healing magic when she runs out of mana in today's battle. After recovering mana, you can also use a lot of non-healing magic spells.
Kanna said: "No wonder I felt the magic fluctuation just now, but because there was no hostility and I was too tired today, I didn't dig deeper. ”
Monica continued, "I've noticed that your mage level isn't much worse than your warrior level. The situation is so critical today, why don't you cast a spell? ”
Kanna said seriously: "Rank and ability cannot be equated, my warrior ability is far stronger than the ability of a magician. If I had relied on magic to fight today, I would have been hacked to death by skeletons. ”
It is worth mentioning again that the high-level class level is not a real level, it is an invisible ability improvement. Just like a warrior with a thousand years of combat experience in the Elven Sword Dance can earn a legendary class: Sword Dancer. It's not that after fighting for a thousand years, you suddenly get a new class. Rather, because of a long combat career, the incomparably rich combat experience brings new abilities. People who understand these new abilities can use a hierarchical analogy to assess the approximate position of the target ability. That's why Isidore was able to assess what level of his sword bard's abilities were.
Unlike basic classes, high-tier classes or class factions are not named by gods, but are artificially named. If a master comprehends a new high-level ability, it is unprecedented. And if someone gives this special ability a name, that name is the new high-level class. Like the first elven warrior to fight for a thousand years with elven sword dance skills, he became the first sword dancer. Like the first elven warrior to successfully cast a spell in a physical battle, he became the first sword bard. Occupational factions are due to the differences between different groups of people in the direction of specialization in the corresponding profession.
Therefore, not to mention that Monica cast a fourth-order [Detective Technique] on Kanna, even if she cast an eighth-order [Advanced Detective Technique] of the Spell Department, there is no way to know that Kanna is a sword barter. Similarly, detectives are unable to know the specific professional faction of the subject. For example, if you cast a probe spell on Edward, you can tell that he is a warrior, but there is no way to know whether he is an ordinary warrior, a soldier, a berserker, etc.
Monica thoughtfully: "I see......"
"What is Canna's charisma?" It seems that Edward has been haunted by this issue.
Monica smiled charmingly at Edward and said in a provocative tone, "Little brother is really ignorant. It's a girl's privacy. You ask what the attribute value is in front of other girls. What's the difference between asking me what my bust size is in front of me? However, it is understandable that little boys are always curious about women. Then I'll tell you, my bust is ......."
"Say no more! I was wrong......" Edward shyly looked away from Monica's proud twin peaks that were about to pop out of the robe, not daring to look at her.
Monica continued to tease: "Oops, I can't see that the little brother is so innocent. Sister, I just like little boys like this......"
"You...... Don't bully him......" Julia blushed and said loudly.
Monica looked at Julia with an unpredictable look and said after a moment, "Okay, okay." It's my sister, it's not right. Don't talk about that. ”
Then Monica turned to Kanna and said, "We still underestimate the size of the enemy. I didn't expect the first battle on the periphery of the encirclement to be so tragic. A few of my people were a little demoralized and didn't want to talk. I didn't expect you to be so energetic. ”
"People are always scared because of the unknown of tomorrow. But it's not that complicated. If you want to move on, you don't think about the desperate situation you might encounter tomorrow. The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, just do your best. Kanna laughed.
Monica also laughed: "You mean, if you think too much, you will lose the courage to move forward, right?" I have traveled for many years as an elite explorer, and today I was comforted by a little sister. We are so lucky to have met you. ”
"You're too polite, you killed half of today's enemy army. It was the first time I saw a high-level mage in battle, and it was really impressive. Kanna couldn't help but admire.
Monica shook her head and said, "Today is a special situation, we have an advantageous terrain, which is conducive to the magician casting spells. Moreover, skeletons, as one of the weakest combat arms, are severely restrained by group attack magic. If the terrain is not good enough, the group attack magic will cause a lot of accidental damage to teammates, and they will not be able to let go of their attacks. If the enemy is strong, the group attack magic is not very effective. ”
"I think I've heard you mention that many of your team members are old acquaintances?" Edward asked.
"Not exactly. Primo and Lucy are siblings, and they were old teammates with Jim. The three of them were introduced to Henry by Wendell. Wendell is a well-known bard in the City of Radiance, often singing at the Chest Hair Lady's Bar, and used to play at aristocratic homes. ”
"You said Wendell used to go 'before'......" Julia asked.
"Yes. Later, the news spread that he had affairs with many young ladies and ladies of aristocratic families, and he almost broke his leg. I never dared to go to the nobleman's house to play again. Since then, I have been relatively poor and have a lot of debts. That's why this time I helped Henry thread the needle and form a mercenary team. And came to such a dangerous place. ”
"And how did you and Henry meet?" Julia continued to ask.
"Wendell introduced it, too. Henry's good man stayed in the Knights all year round, where did he know any explorers or mercenaries. It was all introduced to him by Wendell. Wendell had been to the Knights to perform for their feasts. ”
"You've always been an explorer, haven't you?" Julia broke the casserole and asked.
"Not really. After graduating from the School of Magic in Republic Omniscience, the 'Land of Mages', I did live a long life of traveling and exploring. After that, he saved up a sum of money and opened a private training class for magicians in the City of Radiance. Accept a few aristocratic ladies who are interested in magic but don't work hard as students. Teach them some simple and boring magic such as making flowers bloom in advance and burping girlfriends who don't look good. Ben had a relaxed life, but he lost miserably in gambling some time ago. It just so happened that Wendell came to my house again and asked me if I wanted to join the mercenary team and make a lot of money. I shouldn't have taken Wendell to my house in the first place...... Hey, I accidentally made friends ......."
"What are you taking him to your house for?" Julia's curiosity was already overflowing.
Edward coughed vigorously and changed the subject, "It's not too early, there may be a battle tomorrow." Otherwise, rest early. ”
Monica looked at Edward and asked teasingly, "Okay." Would you like to come to my tent to rest? ”
Edward replied nervously, "No need...... No need ......"
Monica laughed, and then said to Kanna, "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will not reveal your presence here. In addition, Henry and Wendell will be in charge of the vigil tonight. You can rest in peace and see you tomorrow. ”
Kanna politely said, "Well, okay. Thank you. ”
After seeing Monica leave, the members of the Flower Expedition went into their tents to rest, and soon fell asleep.