Chapter 221: Blood Must Be Shed, vs Soul of the Heroic Spirit

In the cold weather, the corpses had long since hardened, and the blood flowing on the ground had also frozen into a lump.

Enri's face was pale, and her hands were trembling as she packed the supplies on the carriage, not daring to look in the direction of the corpses.

"My lord." The Miss Cuiye Witch saw Tang Zheng walking out of the tent and stood up respectfully.

"Let's go."

Tang Zheng nodded flatly.

Soon the tent and other supplies were packed, and the evil spirit dog pulled the carriage forward again.

Not long after Tang Zheng's group left, several figures appeared in the forest behind, arriving at the location of last night's battle with serious expressions to inspect.

Then they followed the route and continued to follow, and immediately after, several more forces appeared to inspect the traces of last night's battle.

Clearly, it wasn't just one force that was eyeing Tang Zheng and the others.

On the carriage.

Tang Zheng picked up the warm water bag placed on the side, his gaze looking at Enri, who was lowering her head and shrinking in the corner of the carriage: "Did you fill the hot water?"

"Yes."

Enri's shoulders trembled.

The scene from last night made Enri still feel some fear and terror even now. Not long ago, she was just an ordinary village girl, so naturally, she hadn't seen things like dead people.

Even though she had heard Uncle Lachimont in the village say that being an adventurer was a dangerous profession, often having to see dead people, and had also heard rumors of adventurers who rashly entered the Great Forest of Tob being wiped out and killed by monsters.

But these things were just hearsay; facing this scene for real still made Enri feel heart-stricken and afraid.

"Here." A gentle voice came.

Enri looked up carefully, saw the warm water bag Tang Zheng handed over with her dark-circled eyes, and hurriedly reached out to take it.

The warm temperature from the water bag made Enri's fearful emotions slow down a bit.

"You are much stronger than I expected, Enri, and you are already prepared, aren't you."

Tang Zheng said. He could see that besides some fearful emotions, Enri didn't have any other negative emotions.

At least she wouldn't ask stupid questions like "Why kill those people."

From the anime, one could see that Enri possessed a resilient temperament far exceeding ordinary people and could quickly adapt in terms of cognition.

These two points alone were enough to make Enri exceed ordinary people by too much.

Enri pinched her somewhat rough, white fingers, lifted her pale face, and nodded solemnly to Tang Zheng: "Yes!"

"I won't let you down, Captain!" Enri's light brown pupils were full of determination, and she shouted while clenching her fists to cheer herself up.

"Ha ha, no need to be so loud."

Tang Zheng let out a chuckle, raised his finger, and pointed to the wild jungle on both sides of the item and the land under his feet:

"Adventuring has always been a dangerous job. It can indeed earn money that ordinary people cannot earn in a short time, but this inherently means danger."

"You must know that the resources of this world are limited. This is true between adventurers, between villages, between countries, and even rising to between races."

"If you want to obtain more resources and benefits, blood must be shed. In many cases, it's not a matter of whether you want to or not, but that you have no choice but to do so."

Enri was stunned in place.

"I will remember these words, Captain."

Enri scratched her light golden hair, her expression troubled yet showing a look of listening seriously, and sniffed her fair nose.

Although she didn't fully understand, she thought of the things in the village where everyone quarreled over some small matters, or perhaps this was the same principle as the Kingdom and the Empire waging war every year.

The Miss Cuiye Witch watched this scene quietly, and a look of curiosity fell on Enri again. She could perceive that the master valued this ordinary human very much.

Tang Zheng finished speaking and glanced at Enri, who was somewhat thin, and suddenly remembered that Enri's physical fitness was quite good in the original work.

It seemed to be related to Bone King inviting the other party to be a guest and eating a banquet. He remembered that the main dish was Frost Dragon meat steak.

This made Tang Zheng think of an unfamiliar profession—"Chef"!

In "Yggdrasil," players without the "Chef" profession couldn't cook. Of course, this situation didn't exist in the other world.

In addition, "Chef" series professions could make food that could increase attributes, but the attributes increased by the food would decrease with the player's level increase or the quantity used.

For level 100 players, it could only simply satisfy the appetite.

This was obviously another route to increase attributes.

However!

Tang Zheng shook his head and threw this route to the back of his mind.

It seemed that only the Pleiades' eldest sister Yuri, the head chef Head Chef, and the deputy head chef Crab possessed "Chef" type professions in the entire Great Tomb.

Among the people in the other world, there might be those who accidentally obtained the basic profession of "Chef," but intermediate professions like "Master Chef" and high-level professions like "God of Cooking" probably didn't exist.

So.

Tang Zheng was too lazy to spend effort in this regard.

The evil spirit dog pulled the carriage and continued to move westward. As they gradually left the border area, the hilly terrain gradually became flat, and the wild jungle on both sides of the road began to become sparse.

At dusk. A small village appeared in the field of vision on the north side of the road. Tang Zheng didn't let the evil spirit dog continue forward but drove toward the direction of this village.

The appearance of the evil spirit dog couldn't help but cause a commotion, but after Tang Zheng showed his "Gold-Rank" adventurer nameplate identity.

The village chief of the village barely let Tang Zheng's group stay in the village for the night.

This was a small village called "Bude Village," which was much larger than Carne Village, with a population of about 100, but it couldn't be called wealthy.

After settling down,

Tang Zheng took out the "Regeneration Potion" priced at 5 copper coins after dilution and let Enri go sell it.

He naturally wasn't doing it to earn this bit of money. Since he intended to solidify the name of "Genius Alchemist" and increase his reputation.

Naturally, he wouldn't do nothing. This journey to the Royal Capital was originally an opportunity to quickly increase his reputation.

The potion priced at 5 copper coins was naturally not expensive, but for ordinary villagers, it was also a cost worth considering.

So no one bought it at the beginning, until a villager bought a bottle to treat a leg accidentally injured, and the injury recovered rapidly in the blink of an eye.

Everyone in the village took action, scrambling to buy the regeneration potion.

Read every word carefully!

In the village square.

Enri was covered in sweat, her throat a bit hoarse, shouting at the villagers who surrounded her:

"Everyone, don't scramble, there are still many potions!"

"These 'Regeneration Potions' can only be preserved for seven days; after that, the efficacy will disappear completely. It's useless even if you buy too many."

Not far away.

The Miss Cuiye Witch watched the sweating Enri boredly. Her task was to protect Enri from harm, and she naturally wouldn't care about other things.

"Sister, how is the mastery of the 'Wild Transformation' ability?" The White Mist Witch's melodious, faint voice came from her chest.

The Miss Cuiye Witch swept her eyes around and shook her head: "Still need some time; this skill is far more complex than ordinary magic."

"With your talent, if you were to learn it, you should be able to master it quickly."

The White Mist Witch's light voice rang out: "Hee hee, who let sister be good at faith-based magic."

"Sister, aren't you curious about what the method the master said to improve strength is after mastering this magic?"

The Miss Cuiye Witch's bright yellow pupils looked toward Enri's direction without speaking.

On the other side.

Tang Zheng had already left "Bude Village," first went to the Great Forest of Tob to check the number of goblins, and then returned to the lava zone.

Red high temperature rose.

The scorching magma sea surged below, occasionally rushing up fire-red waves.

Boom!

A pure white figure flew out of the magma sea, occasionally hit by a powerful force, and fell heavily into the magma below, emitting a roar.

Splash!

Another surge,

Tang Zheng flew out of the magma sea, suspended in mid-air, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, showed some excitement, and looked at the white figure.

Boom!

That white figure also rushed out of the magma. Just because it couldn't fly, the other party could only swim, constantly paddling the magma and rushing toward Tang Zheng.

This was a figure that looked completely like a human!

If observed carefully, one could see that the figure looked exactly the same as Tang Zheng, except that it was dyed white all over, and at the same time emitted faint white light, indicating that the other party was not a real human.

"Soul of the Heroic Spirit"

The trump card skill of the 【Valkyrie】 profession, which can summon a figure exactly the same as the user, while possessing the exact same base attributes as the user, including the values added by equipment.

Of course, "Soul of the Heroic Spirit" only has melee ability and cannot use magic and profession-type special skills.

Simply put!

It's just an extra pure melee warrior.

Even so, it was still one of the top trump card skills in the "Yggdrasil" game; after all, in PVP battles.

Facing a player with a Valkyrie, it's equivalent to needing to fight two at once.

The Spirit Warrior broke through the surging lava waves, charged directly in front of Tang Zheng, slammed its hand heavily onto the surface of the lava sea, launched its body into the air, and struck with a heavy punch.

Bang!

The air in front was compressed by the heroic warrior's fist, emitting a rapid breaking sound.

Tang Zheng raised his eyelids, magic power fluctuations radiated from his palms: "Fifth-tier magic - Bai Yin Knight Spear!"

Whoosh!

The silver-white spear condensed in mid-air and shot out in an instant. The silver light broke through the air, and it appeared in front of the heroic warrior in the blink of an eye.

However, at this moment!

The heroic warrior's punching action moved, and his body quickly dodged to the side, dodging the Bai Yin Knight Spear's bombardment by a hair's breadth.

Seeing this scene.

Tang Zheng's eyes lit up: "Is it the martial art 'Mind's Eye'?"

Bang!

The heroic warrior's fist came back again. Tang Zheng raised his hands and crossed them in front of his chest. At the moment of collision, an invisible air wave exploded.

Tang Zheng's eyes widened, and his body flew backward uncontrollably, smashing into the distant magma.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 222 =====