Chapter 376: [Honey Tangerine]

【Honey Tangerine】

Type: Dagger

Level: Fine (Green)

Effects:

1. Strong Toughness;

2. When held, slightly increases the carrier's mental resistance.

Introduction:

A wooden dagger whittled from a completely withered "miracle" orange tree branch; special power from another realm caused it to undergo some mysterious changes.

Not created for slaughter, it is more like a memorial object made by the holder to comfort the past and warn themselves; perhaps its not-so-sharp blade is really trying to cut things other than flesh and blood.

Note:

"The place closest to the Goddess seems to be the place furthest from Him."

The wooden dagger made from the withered orange tree branch was currently presenting a strange and magnificent contradictory posture.

The overall structure of the dagger roughly maintained its original rough appearance, without careful polishing, retaining its original intention as a memorial object rather than a murder weapon.

Its main body, including the hilt and the core inside the sword body, was still the withered branch intercepted from the "miracle" orange tree in the priest's childhood memory; the wood quality was rough and simple, with a dark brown color and dense natural wood grain.

Holding it in his hand, he could clearly feel a warm and light texture unique to old wood.

But starting from the tip of the dagger blade, spreading all the way up to the hilt, covering the entire edge of the blade, was the pink gem that Xia Nan was very familiar with and possessed exaggerated physical defense performance.

The crystal-clear pink crystals were tightly aggregated against the wooden dagger, forming a perfectly smooth, flowing, and sharp magnificent blade edge.

Observing carefully, one could see an irregular twisted dividing line through the place where the crystal and wood merged, just like a coastline eroded by the tide; the pink gem was slowly transforming everything it touched in an irresistible way, but it fixed and stopped halfway.

His wrist turned gently, and the clear pink blade edge like glaze reflected the moonlight, reflecting a piece of silver and pink intertwined colors in Xia Nan's pitch-black eyes.

It was indeed an enchanted piece of equipment, but clearly, the attributes of this dagger were not enough to serve as Xia Nan's main weapon, and its type did not fit his combat style at all.

Besides the rare "Strong Toughness," the additional effects only added a "slightly increase mental resistance when carried," which was better than nothing.

Xia Nan even felt that the equipment quality of the 【Honey Tangerine】 dagger could reach "Fine (Green)" on the attribute panel entirely because of its "Strong Toughness" entry.

To some extent, it could only be counted as an ordinary small knife with an average sharpness level but abnormal sturdiness.

Fortunately, the pink crystals wrapped around the edge of the dagger blade had lost their charm effect, so there was no need to worry about whether carrying it would affect his spirit.

Xia Nan believed in his judgment, and of course, he also believed in the information on the attribute panel.

If holding it really caused any side effects, his only golden finger would definitely show it.

It just so happened that the small knife he carried for cutting biological material-type loot was a bit dull and blunt, and because of the gem incident in the town, he didn't have time to repair it at the blacksmith shop.

At this moment, it was just right to use 【Honey Tangerine】 as a substitute.

Possessing the "Strong Toughness" effect entry, it must be much more durable than those ordinary daggers.

It was quite interesting; he estimated that he was the only one who could use this kind of truly enchanted equipment as a skinning knife for daily processing of materials.

"If I'm short of money later... it's not like I can't sell it."

Xia Nan pondered in his heart, his gaze following the blade toward the priest's corpse on the ground ahead.

His mind couldn't help but recall the experience in Moxi's dream.

Born in a fruit farmer family, hometown encountered blight, prayed for seven days for the Goddess to appear, miraculously saved his family's orchard, and thus embarked on the path of serving God;

thought he was the chosen one by God, but ended up wasting decades in the corner of the church, witnessing the corruption and hypocrisy of the high-level, and even his own family became a big household monopolizing local industries, and the old miracle tree no longer bore fruit;

disheartened, he retired to a remote small town and should have ended his life there, until a pink gem descended into the world.

The dagger named 【Honey Tangerine】 in his hand, wasn't it the epitome of this old priest's life:

One end was the starting point of faith, a past that had withered but had never been forgotten;

the other end was the "new divine grace" with deadly beauty and unknown power after faith developed cracks.

The two collided and merged, trying to forcibly fuse in fragility and danger, but stopped halfway, making everything stagnant.

"Swish!"

His arm exerted force, and accompanied by the sharp sound of breaking through the air, the pink-brown dagger blade left a fleeting phantom in the air.

His fingers curled, and his knuckles tapped lightly on the surface of the short dagger, feeling the blade body that was abnormally sturdy under the bonus of pink crystals.

Xia Nan nodded with satisfaction, inserted the dagger back into the leather sheath, and tied it to his waist.

Ahead, in the direction of the church entrance gate, painful gasps came faintly.

The two members of the Black Wood Squad who were lying on the ground and had fallen into a coma finally woke up now that the battle had completely ended.

The first to recover her sanity was the squad leader, Margaret.

This female swordsman, who was always calm and decisive and had healthy wheat-colored skin and a heroic spirit, was currently acting as if she had just woken up, supporting her body with her arms with great difficulty.

Her eyes were unfocused and ignorant, without focus.

She just stared straight at Xia Nan on the field ahead, and it took a full two seconds for her brain to finally restart from the dizziness and pain.

Under the action of muscle memory, the whole person jumped up from the ground like a stress response, holding the long sword flashing with cold light in front of her, posing in a combat stance.

And only then did she react that the battle had ended through the corpse on the ground and the changes in the surrounding environment.

She retracted her stance awkwardly, and the muscles on her face smiled stiffly at Xia Nan.

On the contrary, the dwarf Zolting on the side, perhaps because of his own personality, had relatively thick nerves.

Although he showed the same confusion when he just woke up from the coma.

But his performance afterward was much more adaptable than Margaret's.

He soon realized that Xia Nan had solved the enemy while the two were unconscious.

While being vigilant about the priest's crystallized corpse on the ground, he greeted the female swordsman to approach Xia Nan and asked him about the specific details.

Regarding this, Xia Nan had nothing to hide.

After intentionally omitting parts that might involve his own secrets, including the 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 and 【Fate Coin】, he told the two his encounter completely.

"It really was this old thing making trouble behind the scenes!"

His beard braids swayed, and the dwarf was particularly angry, wishing he could carry his prism hammer and smash the priest's body a few more times.

Later, he expressed his sincere apologies and gratitude for his failure to help in the back because he lost consciousness and fell into a coma at the beginning of the battle, and still needing Xia Nan to be distracted to take care of him.

He directly and frankly stated that he would not participate in the distribution of spoils, and patted his chest saying that he owed Xia Nan another favor, and if there was anything in the future, he could just say it, and there was absolutely no possibility of refusal.

On the other hand, Margaret on the side had always been a bit silent since she woke up.

Compared to the reckless Zolting, the female swordsman was obviously much more careful.

That Goddess statue that had been completely corroded by crystals, the battle traces left all over the church, the priest Moxi who had been completely crystallized...

Margaret knew clearly in her heart that the danger and intensity of this battle were probably much higher than what Xia Nan said.

The two of them as teammates, even if only temporary, failed to contribute even a shred of strength at such a critical moment, lost consciousness after entering the church, and still needed the other party to be distracted to take care of them.

This couldn't help but make the female swordsman feel that her self-esteem was hurt.

It also made the invitation to join the team that she had prepared for a long time and intended to issue to Xia Nan when they parted, further hidden in the bottom of her heart.

The other party was a lone wolf, that was correct, but under the situation where the strength gap was so huge, temporarily forming a team because of mission needs seemed to be the best way for them to get along with this young adventurer.

Not to mention, at this moment, Margaret more keenly noticed the aura on Xia Nan that was more condensed and profound than before he entered the church. ===== CHAPTER 377 =====