Chapter 305: Star Spirit People

During the time the Ruin Brotherhood invaded Shi Ying Town.

Rod had once been ambushed by a Star Spirit Mage, a sapient race with pale blue blood and semi-transparent flesh.

They were naturally frail, incapable of melee combat, and almost all of them were mages.

They had also encountered the Xun Ren.

In Tally's words, they were mushroom people.

During the incident of the demon Artu's invasion, a Xun Ren mage named Toru, at the peak of the sixth tier, was captured by Rod and remains in the prison of Shi Ying Town to this day.

It was heard that the Tooth Fairy Rosalia had previously wanted to recruit him.

However, since he was a guy addicted to hallucinogenic mushrooms, she worried it would damage the image of City Hall and thus never made a move.

After the Claw Valley Mountain Beast-Touched Patients' assault, she presumably wouldn't care so much anymore.

Rod scanned the battlefield.

Besides the Xun Ren and the Star Spirits, he also saw several corpses of Beast-Touched Patients.

On the forehead of one two-meter-tall Beast-Touched corpse, a Shi Fu had cleaved it in two; judging by the spiritual residue on the body, Rod determined he was a spiritual warrior at the half-step seventh tier.

The blood on their bodies flowed as if it were free, continuously pouring down even now, with black-red blood pooling beneath them into a small river of blood.

He cast an Identification Spell on them and unexpectedly discovered something interesting.

"Neither the Xun Ren nor the Star Spirits are infected."

The Xun Ren had no blood circulation, so not being infected was understandable, but why the Star Spirits? Was it because their blood was pale blue?

"It seems now they perished together. Someone is coming, Tally, hide first."

"Okay~~"

Tally instantly dove into the shadows and vanished.

Rod turned his head to look at the sky and saw two huge gargoyles flying towards them again.

Standing on their shoulders respectively were two Star Spirit Mages wearing brown mage robes.

The two Star Spirits were seen looking at the battlefield below with grief on their faces.

Presumably, the ones who died in battle were their comrades.

They slowly landed.

They were wary of Rod, but they did not appear to have any intention of attacking.

This was normal; after all, he was standing right at the edge of the battlefield.

Rod shrugged and made way for them to collect their comrades' corpses.

The Star Spirits Highly Value the bodies of their own kind; they believe every Star Spirit is a small part of the stars, and only by returning the dead flesh to the stars can they receive guidance to return home.

Mm, yes.

The Star Spirits do not consider themselves the native race of this continent, but rather children of the stars who traveled from a distant starry sky.

Actually, thinking this way was not strange.

Rod recalled slightly.

When he had cut open the body of the Star Spirit who had ambushed him back then, he had seen starry specks like a galaxy within their muscles and bones.

The slightly taller Star Spirit who was currently collecting the comrades' corpses suddenly turned his head.

He glared ferociously at Rod.

"You have killed a Star Spirit?!"

Hmm?

Mind reading?

No, impossible; even Ona, an eighth-tier Bao Mu Fa mage of the Rabbit People, could not use mind reading on him, let alone a seventh-tier Star Spirit Mage.

Could it be that Star Spirits mark their killers before dying?

That is possible.

Rod did not hide it.

He frankly stated that half a year ago, a Star Spirit who had joined the Ruin Brotherhood had ambushed him on the road.

Upon hearing this, the tall Star Spirit frowned slightly.

The other Star Spirit then said, "The mark inside his body is very faint; half a year ago matches up."

It was actually a girl's voice.

She wore a hood, and combined with her semi-transparent flesh, it was hard to see her clearly anyway.

Rod looked closely and found her face was quite delicate and beautiful.

She just wore a loose mage robe, so her figure was not visible.

"Who knows if he was the one ambushed or the one who ambushed?"

That male Star Spirit said coldly.

"Do not complicate matters; the mission is paramount."

"The mission is paramount, but the lives of our own kind are equally paramount!"

Having said that.

After placing the body properly, he took out a staff and cast a Lie Detection Spell.

"Mr., please prove you are not lying." His tone was cold, and his expression arrogant.

Rod curled his lip.

Lie detection spells require a judgment of will and mental resistance; if the judgment is passed, one can resist the detection and continue to lie.

The male Star Spirit Mage before him, at the early stage of the seventh tier, could only be described as average in strength.

He could not possibly detect whether Rod was lying.

He shook his head, too lazy to explain.

Instead, he flashed a smile at that Star Spirit girl: "Young Lady Mage, you are truly beautiful. May I ask your name?"

The girl frowned:

"Mr., I suggest you answer our questions first."

"Frankly, the magical power of this Mr. Mage is insufficient to detect whether I am speaking. Even if I speak, it is in vain."

"Heh." The male Star Spirit sneered disdainfully, "You, a mere Level Six Spiritual Warrior, on what grounds do you dare speak such big words? I think you are just feeling guilty."

Rod shook his head calmly.

"Even without me, even my subordinate can easily bypass your detection. Tally."

"Meow~~"

Tally leaped out from the shadows.

She patted her cat ears like a cat, looking very cute.

The two Star Spirit mages, seeing a person suddenly jump out, were both startled.

They had already scouted this place, yet they had not discovered at all that a Cat Person was hiding in the shadows.

Then they saw the Cat Person smile sweetly and shout at the magic sphere of the lie-detection spell:

"You are your grandmother's~~"

Ding-dong—

The magic sphere turned green, indicating the statement was true.

Tally, possessing the 【Deceive Gods and Swindle Ghosts】 skill, could naturally bypass the judgment with ease.

The male Star Spirit's face changed, instantly becoming somewhat embarrassed.

"You must have used some"

"Jeremy, that's enough."

The girl Star Spirit stepped forward and interrupted her companion's words.

"This Mr. has been sufficiently sincere and polite. I can see he is by no means a person who kills indiscriminately. Otherwise, with the secretive means of this Young Lady Cat, dealing with two mages would be as easy as turning over one's hand. We are very sorry, Mr., we have offended you."

Rod waved his hand, indicating he did not mind.

"I care more about your name, Young Lady Mage."

"I am Haley, captain of the Second Squad of the Security Department of the Star Association. This is Jeremy, my subordinate."

Star Association?

Never heard of it.

Rod secretly used 【Chain of Far Speech】 to connect with the elf Lady Kali, asking about related matters.

【Lady Kali: The Star Spirits firmly believe their homeland lies on some planet within the vast, boundless galaxy; therefore, they regard the galaxy as their mother and the stars as their brothers, and established an organization with the goal of guarding the peace of the stars and returning to their homeland. Where have you been?】

【Rod: The Koshi Plains. I encountered Star Spirits while cleaning up high-level Beast Transformation Disease.】

【Lady Kali: Hmm. Not strange either. In recent years, the Star Spirits, I don't know what ailment they have contracted, actually believe that the blood of the Beast Transformation Disease can assist them in finding the path back home, and thus they actively infect themselves with Beast Transformation Disease blood.】

(End of this chapter)