Chapter 6

5. The Gale Ceases

This guy has been following since just now.

She revealed half of her face from behind the tree, her mouth mumbling, and her hands and feet seemed not to know where to put them.

"Is something the matter?" Li Ang spoke first.

"..."

The girl seemed to have made a very small sound. Li Ang didn't dare to be sure if it was an insect chirp.

He tilted his head slightly, signaling that he was listening to her.

"That, I..."

Her fingers were on the tree, almost crushing the bark.

"That! I still think it's not right!" She closed her eyes and shouted, as if she had gathered her courage and finally squeezed out the sound.

"What?"

"The, the secret base was originally yours, but, I, I have been taking care of it very carefully!"

She took a few steps forward, like a little cat holding back its energy after being provoked.

Li Ang scratched his head. She was right.

If it weren't for her, Li Ang's hut would at best be covered in moss, and at worst, it would have merged with nature.

"Do you want that house back?"

"Yes!" The girl's ruby-like eyes stared unblinkingly.

"There's no problem. I'm only staying temporarily. I'll be leaving in at most one or two days."

Coming back this time was originally to relax and reorganize his thoughts, and the matter of getting the game system almost immediately dispelled the gloom in his heart, so he could leave very soon.

"Ah, is that so? No, that's not right..."

Getting Li Ang's reply, the girl seemed to be stuck.

She stammered for a while, then shook her head vigorously and put her hand on the hilt of her sword at her waist.

"Duel, duel! For the house!"

"Hmm? Didn't I prepare to give it to you?"

Li Ang stared at her for a few seconds and realized: "Oh, you originally wanted to duel with me to decide the ownership of the house, but I am very easy to talk to, and you don't know what to do, or are you still deciding to proceed according to the original plan?"

"!"

Just like a cat caught by its tail, the girl shivered all over, and a crimson color instantly spread across her cheeks.

She swayed, took two steps back, and pulled out her sword very reluctantly.

"Duel!"

A gust of wind blew the grass on the ground, and Li Ang finally saw the true face of this treasure weapon.

The blade was about forty centimeters long, wide at the front and narrow at the back, with smooth curves. The guard and hilt were like some kind of cyan gemstone, deep in color but extraordinary.

【Wind-Breath Sword】

【A short sword entangled with stable wind currents, capable of slashing out wild wind blades. It once contained a storm capable of swallowing a floating island, but after an overloaded release, it lost most of its power and is falling into a deep sleep.】

【Rank: 3】

【Category: Treasure】

【Energy Source: Wind Element Spirit Core (Sleeping)】

【Equipment Skill: Wind Protection, Wind Blade】

Rank 3 treasure, Li Ang had never seen one before. Ordinary treasures are all super-strong equipment above Rank 7, but this sword still exerted the ability it should have as a treasure. It can provide wind element energy and also gave her protection and attack skills.

【Name: Zoey】

【Race: Unknown】

【Profession: Swordsman, Rank 2.】

【Summon Beast:?】

【Energy Source: Wind Element Spirit Core (Sleeping), Rank 3】

【Equipment: Sinking Steel Armguard, Rank 3. Wasteland Beast Leather Boots, Rank 3. Wind-Breath Sword (Treasure), Rank 3.】

【Mystery: Professional Mystery - Gale Continuous Slash】

【Skill: Swordsman (Strong Physique, Morale Rise), Treasure (Wind Protection, Wind Blade)】

【Combat Power Amplification: 16%】

Not bad.

Li Ang praised.

In Newbis, people's combat power is comprehensively determined by four items: professional skills, summon beasts, energy sources, and equipment. There are also good or bad compatibility between them, and the final combat power will be amplified or reduced.

The combat power of equipment is determined by coordinating the whole body. The girl is not fully armed, which lowers the rank, but because she holds a treasure, it is raised a little.

After drawing the sword, the treasure's energy blessing was added to her, and the girl's momentum climbed steadily. Gusts of howling wind blew around her as the center, and large patches of grass rustled.

This kind of momentum shows that although her individual abilities are not particularly outstanding, they have suitable matching, so there is a 16% increase in combat power.

The higher this value, the stronger she is in the same realm. This is exactly why Li Ang praised her.

Her parents painstakingly left her with well-matched equipment and inheritance. A 16% amplification is considered a progress that is very difficult to achieve for many old Sky Knights who use whatever they have.

Li Ang now has no equipment and energy blessing. As a spellcaster, he is already not very good at facing this gale directly.

"It's really a headache, this kind of brat."

He took out a special rock he had just picked up on the road.

【Sturdy Earth】

【Hard and solid clod of earth】

【Rank: 1】

【Spirituality: Preserves earth elements】

【Usage: Alchemy, Spellcasting Material】

He concentrated slightly, pulled about Rank 3 magic power, and drove the Spirituality Manipulation skill.

It is the most basic skill group of a spellcaster, a series of methods to control spirituality.

All things have spirits. The spirits in matter pull magic power, and by relying on magic power to influence and interfere with the material world, this is the basic law of this world.

Different spirits have their own tendencies and will on how to influence the world, which is called spirituality.

Individuals with complex spirituality have wisdom, such as humans and monsters, who like to transform the world the most. Simple spiritual existences are basically materials, and the so-called interference with the world is some kind of inherent attribute of theirs.

Like Sturdy Earth, it is the lowest-rank material with weak spirituality, just wanting to preserve the little bit of earth elements it has condensed.

Most spellcasters use their own spirituality to pull magic power, thereby interfering with the material world to release spells.

And a spellcaster, after mobilizing magic power, while interfering with matter, makes slight modifications, and the target becomes the spirituality residing inside.

Spirituality Manipulation - Extraction

Sturdy Earth floated in Li Ang's palm under the infusion of magic power. The light brown dust on its surface shattered and drifted, emitting a heavy and solid feeling.

Contrary to the restless wind elements that make things light and fast, this is the influence of earth elements on the material world.

Spirituality Manipulation - Strengthening.

Li Ang's magic power merged with the elemental spirits in the earth block, instantly enhancing its power.

A cloud of dust exploded from the center of his palm. Most of it danced with magic power in his palm, while a small part fell like raindrops. At the same time as they fell, the wind blowing toward Li Ang had subsided a lot.

Spirituality Manipulation - Explosion.

The power of earth elements was guided by magic power to soar. Li Ang couldn't hold it, raised his hand and waved, and the dust containing elements drifted out.

The sound of rolling rocks suddenly broke into his ears, overpowering the howling of the gale raised by the girl. While the girl was stunned, the dust covered her face, and the smell of dust choked into her nasal cavity.

"Ouch! Cough, cough, cough!"

She hurriedly squinted to disperse the dust, but when the surrounding wind currents came into contact with these earth-element dusts, it was as if they had become several times heavier, returning to silence.

When she ran out of the range of the dust, she found that on this plain, all the winds blowing here had ceased in an instant.

"This... ah!"

While the girl was stunned, her wrist felt a pain, and the short sword fell out of her hand and inserted into the ground.

Rank 1 Spell - Magic Impact.

The sword tip entered the soil, slightly raising a wind current, but it died out immediately.

"I won."

Li Ang walked toward her.

The girl didn't know what to do, blinked in panic, and ran away.

"What are you doing? You run really fast."

Li Ang laughed, seeing the girl's back disappear at the end of his vision.

Dealing with this kind of kid, he only spent a little effort. Spending any more would be bullying.

This guy... how should I put it? It's called being unruly in an ugly way, and in a nice way... untamed?

Growing up on this marginal small island, it's normal to be like this.

If it were outside the island, launching a duel casually and pulling out a weapon to mobilize energy, once failing, one would pay a very heavy price.

Sensing that she had no malice, and estimating that she had no concept of the power she mastered at all, Li Ang didn't intend to hold onto her.

However, as a punishment, "This sword will belong to me first."

Li Ang was just missing a weapon.

He pulled up the Wind-Breath Sword, ready to try to accumulate warrior experience.