Chapter 10: Genes Engraved in the Bone

Just as Kantisi said.

The guard duty is indeed boring when there is no danger.

Mercenaries usually like to gather together to gamble or wrestle in such situations.

The mercenaries of the Gilded Travel Group also have these hobbies.

Mercenaries like the Blazing Light Beast Hunters, who are bound by Dixiya, inevitably have habits of drinking and gambling, let alone other mercenaries with lax discipline.

The only place where the Atiya Mercenary Group can be called strictly disciplined is.

Probably that during their watch they do not drink alcohol.

This should be the rule set when the Atiya Mercenary Group signed the contract with Kantisi.

After all, guarding the suspension bridge is a very important job.

Kantisi can tolerate them bringing their mercenary bad habits over, but she will absolutely not allow them to bring danger into A Ru Cun because of drinking.

Even because of this rule's existence, the mercenaries dare not revel all night during their rest time as they used to, for fear of delaying any sudden work that might arise.

Speaking of this sudden work.

It refers to the monsters and beasts that, when a sandstorm strikes, mix in and attack the village.

Beasts are still manageable.

Even without people, as long as defensive measures are proper, they cannot even think of breaking into the village.

The problem lies with those vicious monsters.

That is the top priority of defense.

The monsters in the desert are not limited to ordinary Hilichurl slimes and other low-level monsters; there are also beasts like Beast Realm Hounds and Holy Bone Beasts that carry a strong miasma of calamity.

These monsters' strength may not be great, but the calamity miasma on them is unbearable for ordinary people without a Vision.

Before Luo De arrived, the Atiya Mercenary Group, or rather, the entire A Ru Cun's defensive measures, were to hold fast at this dangerous suspension bridge: first seal the bridge, then use ranged means such as bows and spears to resist the attacking monsters until Kantisi came to rescue.

Having no Vision is just this helpless.

In the vast A Ru Cun, the only true villager who possesses a Vision is Kantisi alone; other Vision holders are passing merchants and adventurers, and unless in dire need, they would not voluntarily come to help A Ru Cun.

Therefore, when a sandstorm strikes, besides waiting for Kantisi to come rescue, there is no other good method.

"Miss Kantisi is truly generous, actually sending you here to us."

While eating, Atiya was still laughing loudly there.

Luo De is the second Vision holder to settle in A Ru Cun.

According to Atiya's meaning, no matter which bridge Luo De stands guard on, he will be very welcome.

After these few days of getting along.

Luo De also realized this.

His previous worries were unnecessary.

Actually, he doesn't even need to give gifts; Atiya and the others would hardly secretly oppose him.

With one more Vision holder, they gain an extra measure of safety when facing monsters.

Moreover, Luo De controls Ice Elemental Power, which is an elemental energy with extremely strong control ability.

Even if Luo De does not personally go to the front line to fight monsters to the death, as long as he can use Ice Elemental Power to seal the suspension bridge and slow the monsters' attack, that is sufficient.

After finishing lunch.

Luo De did not gather with the other mercenaries like that; instead, he went alone to an open space nearby and continued practicing the sword technique of Dixiya's teachings.

Luo De's current life is very regular.

Whenever he has free time, if he is not practicing swordsmanship, he is honing his control of elemental energy.

He has also exchanged a few bouts with the mercenaries of the Atiya Mercenary Group.

The result was that, aside from the group leader Atiya, no one else was his match.

This is still because Luo De's technique is not yet proficient; he worries that if he cannot control his strength he might injure someone, so he does not go all out.

This also gave him a more intuitive sense of his current strength.

In short.

Then, if Luo De were to encounter again those Tanite bandits who once kidnapped him, he could easily take them down with just his martial arts.

As for the cultivation of elemental energy,

Luo De discovered something early on.

The Ice Elemental Power he uses inherently has a healing effect.

He first noticed this.

It is because when he obtained the Vision, he directly recovered from near death to a state of vigorous vitality.

He originally thought that all Vision holders experience this when they first obtain a Vision.

Until Dixiya told him that was not the case.

In fact.

Most people, when they obtain a Vision, do not cause any big commotion; indeed, some only realize they have obtained a Vision after several days.

Someone like Luo De, who made a big fuss and displayed an anomaly, Dixiya had never heard of before.

Such an anomaly let Luo De sense something somewhat unusual.

To test his suspicion.

He once deliberately cut his finger with a knife, then directly channeled elemental energy to cover it, just as when he first obtained his Vision.

Then he discovered.

His wound, under the effect of elemental energy, actually began to heal.

However, the healing speed is not fast, far from the restorative ability he had when he first obtained the Vision.

Elemental energy with healing ability.

This is also one of Luo De's special traits.

After verifying this, Luo De took advantage of his free time to capture two wild beasts and tested again whether his healing ability worked on others.

But the result was very poor.

His elemental energy was ineffective on others.

This result made Luo De somewhat discouraged.

"He could have switched careers to become a surgeon."

Having finished today's training, Luo De recalled this and let out a long, sorrowful sigh.

A Ru Cun now has only one doctor.

Although his medical skills are not good, often just randomly prescribing medicine, in A Ru Cun he is also protected like a treasure.

Originally Luo De could also enjoy this treatment, and even better than that of the village doctor named Ma Lufu.

It's a pity.

Now there is no such opportunity.

Luo De stood up, stretched, and glanced at the sky.

It's almost time for shift change.

"Let's go back after dinner."

He felt the Mora in his pocket, and Luo De shook his head helplessly.

With the progress of his cultivation, his appetite is increasing day by day.

Just the daily expense on food is not small.

And when his salary is paid, recently he really feels a bit short of money.

Therefore, whenever it's his turn to stand guard, he stays to eat two full meals before leaving.

Arriving at the canteen door, Luo De was about to go in for a meal; looking up, his gaze fell on a patch of wasteland not far away.

Luo De froze, unable to move his feet.

It wasn't that something strange on that wasteland attracted his attention.

It was simply because the wasteland contained soil, not sand.

A gene etched in his bones suddenly stirred.

There is soil, water, and ample sunlight.

Then that would mean.

Could this unattended wasteland be used for farming???

Today we are preparing New Year goods; there will be another chapter tonight.

(End of chapter)