Chapter 100: Remote Vision

The elf hurriedly took out her notebook, cross-referencing the label numbers on the tree trunks, flipping through page by page.

"The Moon Essence and Wind Feathers from batch number twelve, the Elemental Gate is the number fifteen array, and the element for Life Infusion is Frost?"

A look of confusion appeared on Lady Kali's delicate face.

This is data from a control group that had already clearly shown problems in the previous round of experiments.

Why did it succeed now?

Rod was just about to speak.

When he noticed two people approaching from a distance.

Little Little Bangde the pony-girl walked listlessly, even yawning.

Following behind was the half-deer girl Miss Xiao Ke, carrying a large tray of fruits, vegetables, and bread, stuffing a wild fruit into Little Bangde's open mouth as she walked.

Seeing Rod beside Lady Kali, both of them froze in surprise.

Then they both showed joy.

Only Miss Xiao Ke's expression was more subtle, while Little Bangde broke into a wide smile immediately, her short legs running fast as she suddenly threw herself into his arms.

"Rod!!!"

The pony-girl's small face nuzzled wildly against Rod's abdomen.

"I missed you so much!"

"Me too, Little Bangde."

Rod felt warmth in his heart and gently patted her small head.

Immediately, he turned toward the half-deer girl Miss Xiao Ke, who was walking slowly over.

"Long time no see."

"You finally returned? I thought you had already died out there."

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Why do you speak just like the elf?

Little Bangde lifted her head, looking at them with innocent eyes.

She said, "How could that be? Won't Miss Xiao Ke prophesy for Rod every night? And she won't sleep until it succeeds."

Rod immediately wore a look of gratitude.

"Little Bangde! I didn't... What are you looking at! I wouldn't specifically prophesy for you! I... I was just afraid Little Bangde would get sad!"

"Thank you, Miss Xiao Ke, but I remember you said before that the effect of your voluntary prophecies isn't very good."

Miss Xiao Ke muttered something and said:

"... That's right, so I often can't accurately find your image; sometimes I see a four-armed Naga laughing, and sometimes a tree so tall it almost connects heaven and earth; I just rarely see you."

Huh?

Rod fell silent.

Remote spying, are you?

Miss Xiao Ke suddenly handed over something, deliberately not looking at Rod, turning her head to look at the ground.

"Here."

"What is this?"

Rod took it and found it was a small bracelet, still carrying a faint spiritual glow.

"Little Bangde insisted on weaving it for you; this child is clumsy and can't do such delicate work at all, so she and I made it together... of course, most of it was done by her."

Little Bangde looked curiously at the bracelet she had never seen before and was about to speak, but Miss Xiao Ke covered her mouth.

She added, "I also infused a spell formula inside it, of course commissioned by Little Bangde; this allows it to occasionally prophesy things happening around you... although I don't guarantee it will be completely accurate."

Lady Kali glanced at the bracelet beside her.

Suddenly, she felt it was very familiar; wasn't this the thing Miss Xiao Ke had commissioned her to add a 【Locating Spell】 to not long ago?

She looked at Miss Xiao Ke, whose eyes were wandering and cheeks slightly flushed, then at Rod, who was smiling and thanking them.

For a moment, she actually felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart.

Memories returned to a morning a month and a half ago...

Lady Kali suddenly slapped herself hard, scattering all the memories in her mind.

Both Rod and Miss Xiao Ke were startled by her.

The half-deer girl hurried over and asked gently.

She also casually applied a healing spell to her red and swollen cheek.

"Nothing, just a mosquito."

Having said that, a commotion came from a distance.

Two sand monsters slowly crawled out.

Little Bangde struck first, firing two spiritual arrows.

She easily resolved them.

After all, the class of these sand tornado ritual's companion monsters is only tier three; Little Bangde could handle them with ease.

Rod took out the gift souvenirs and handed them to Miss Xiao Ke and Little Bangde.

Two tubes of high-quality Emerald Feathers arrows produced by the Emerald Court, and a set of custom-made painting brushes and a palette for nobles.

Both of them were quite pleased.

"The limit of spiritual arrows is ultimately inferior to physical arrows."

Lady Kali examined the Emerald Feathers arrows, her face showing nostalgia: "If you want to raise Little Bangde's power to the next level, besides increasing spiritual accumulation, the only remaining option is to craft high-tier physical arrows."

"Can you?"

"Of course, provided you pay. The cost of a good arrow is not low; at the very least, ten Jin Along."

"Let's try fifty first to test the quality."

Rod waved his hand; he had money now.

It's all small change.

They chatted briefly.

The elf turned her attention back to the sand willow modified by magic.

Rod decided not to hide it anymore.

Right before her eyes, he infused a half-dead sand willow with 【Spiritual Growth】.

With the aid of a spiritual nutrient solution, this small sapling became healthy at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"How is that possible?!"

Lady Kali was utterly shocked.

A problem she and the witch Dimia had struggled with for a month, unable to break through, had been solved by a spiritual warrior unskilled in magic?

Dimia had even traveled out of town to find good experimental materials.

"What did you use?"

"A little trick to stabilize trees; after all, I am a forest ranger." He did not tell the truth.

Rod enjoyed Lady Kali's gaze at this moment.

Elves are always arrogant; they rarely show such an incredulous expression.

He simply infused the remaining five sand willows that were not yet completely dead, succeeding one after another.

Lady Kali hurriedly cut off a branch and began applying various spells to study it.

"Unbelievable... What spell exactly did you use? Why does it work?"

Taking advantage of her distraction.

Rod continued to infuse a sand willow he had already saved with 【Spiritual Growth】.

【Sand Willow (Magic-Modified) Acquired: Remote Vision】

【Details: Didn't expect it, trees can also be telescopes. Touching this tree grants temporary access to the 【Remote Vision】 spell. (Only usable by the one who infused Spiritual Growth)】

Remote Vision?

What use is that?

Rod infused another one.

【Sand Willow (Magic-Modified) Acquired: Invisibility Detection】

【Details: Within a certain range of this tree, invisibility-type spells and items will fail.】

"Hmm, it seems the first enhancement for each tree is consistently 【Spiritual Potential】, while the second is not..."

Rod touched the sand willow that had generated Remote Vision.

He looked into the interior of the distant sand tornado.

【Remote Vision】 felt like using a cheap telescope, layer by layer, pulling the view further away.

It pierced through the tornado, which spun like rotating cloth, landing on the ground in the distance.

The unpleasant thing was that the vision was as blurry as if out of focus, making Rod's eyes dizzy.

And within that blurry vision.

Rod still noticed something amiss.

At the base of the sand tornado, patches of pitch-black shadows slowly rose up.

Their forms resembled tall, thin humans made of black silk gauze, wearing hoods; their right hands held curved blades, while their left hands extended spiritual silk threads.

They circled around the sand tornado, completely unaffected.

Suddenly, one of the taller shadows turned its head to look at Rod.

It became angry, seemingly giving orders to both sides.

Immediately, a group of huge monsters of various forms, all composed of sand, gathered quickly, heading vaguely toward the Wind Wall Forest.

"Ah?"

Why did it get angry just from a glance?

(End of this chapter)