Chapter 357: Discordant in Appearance but Not in Heart

Compared to the temporary inability to recover his Spellcasting ability, there was a more important problem facing Xia Duo: food!

He had the habit of carrying food with him, but he did not keep it in his Personal Space, but rather in his Dimensional Bag; after all, before this, he had never considered such a situation.

However, after this experience, he also knew what to do next time; besides food, he would also have to prepare spare Magic Items to keep in his Personal Space.

Like this time, his 【Crimson Shelter Robe】, 【Pioneer Scepter】, 【Focus Ring】, and the like were not brought in, but were still on his physical body.

As for the Personal Space, because the space was limited, most of what was stored were books, notes, and the like, as well as things obtained from the Elf Ruins.

The Silver Coin he had just thrown out should actually have been called a Mithril Coin; it was also obtained from the Elf Ruins and was kept together in the Personal Space.

Of course, the value of the material itself was not much, otherwise it would not have been easily thrown out by him.

The place where Xia Duo had landed now was a Fange tree; the Demon Nest he had discovered near the Territory a few days ago was right under a Fange tree.

This kind of tree was relatively common in the forest; its fruit resembled a pinecone and contained a kernel, which would cause diarrhea if eaten in large quantities, and the fruit flesh had slight toxicity, so eating even a little would lead to diarrhea.

However, just now while he was flying in the sky, the only thing he discovered that could produce food was this Fange tree; searching further might lead to other edible tree fruits, but there was no time left.

That he could move now was entirely because of 【Flight】; his body was severely injured and had to be properly recuperated.

Landing on a thicker branch, Xia Duo struggled to find a stable angle to lean against the trunk, and then began to use Guidance to channel Positive Energy to heal himself; although the effect was negligible, it was still better than nothing.

He judged that his injuries were mainly due to excessive blood loss and the sequelae caused by blood loss; merely closing the surface wounds could not bring about a full recovery.

Of course, there was also the depletion of muscles and bones, for which his meager healing ability was powerless; he could only rely on time to recover.

Of course, the most important thing was—replenishing nutrition!

Sitting on the branch, Xia Duo, while enduring the intense pain in his body, also had to remain focused on channeling Positive Energy, and he also had to consider his future plans.

Regarding this, he simply treated all of this as a new round of Focus Training.

……

And just as Xia Duo was hiding in the forest struggling to heal himself, in Jilan Town to the north, on the square, Lord Kubo was standing on the execution platform observing the executioner who had been dead for some time.

At this moment, his brows were tightly locked, and he glanced at the Territory Guard Captain Gaosi, who was kneeling on the ground not far away, a sense of irritability inexplicably rising in his heart.

"A sword that can fly? An invisible defense that cannot be broken? Luoer, who had been beaten into an unrecognizable state, yet suddenly erupted and flew away?"

If he hadn't seen the state of the several dead people here with his own eyes, as well as the Magic Aura remaining at the scene, he would never have believed such a dreamlike lie!

Regarding Luoer, Kubo's impression was still stuck on the appearance of that usually timid child; he didn't even really believe the matter of stealing a Spellbook, let alone that someone who was very weak in the past had suddenly become so powerful!

There must be some reason for this, or some conspiracy!

"Eh—" Lord Kubo suddenly noticed a glimmer of Yinguang leaking from between the executioner's fingers, and just as he was about to take action, an attendant suddenly approached and whispered:

"My Lord, Priest Walixi has arrived!"

Kubo's face suddenly darkened; he didn't do anything else, but stepped back a few paces and went to the position of the stairs at the edge of the wooden platform to wait. Before long, a procession larger than his own surged over.

Besides the usual two squads of soldiers, there were several manservants and maidservants surrounding his sides, and finally, two figures in black robes followed; in the center of the crowd was the Priest Walixi whom Kubo was waiting for.

Arriving in front of the execution platform, the crowd parted, and Priest Walixi walked up carrying a charred Bone Staff. Without even looking at Kubo, he walked straight to the corpses and began to perform magic, swaying back and forth.

Kubo clenched his fists secretly, said nothing, but watched quietly, praying inwardly for this old fellow to suffer a backlash from his Spellcasting and die on the spot.

However, reality would not go as he wished; after a burst of Spellcasting, Priest Walixi tapped the Bone Staff in his hand and made a sound in a very eerie tone:

"Tell me, what did you see?"

The corpse began to speak, but the tone was also as eerie as Priest Walixi's, and it was devoid of logic, merely repeating a few words, "Flash, flash, flash!"

"Was it done by Luoer?" Priest Walixi asked again.

"Luoer, Luoer!"

"Was Luoer injured?"

"Powerful, powerful, powerful!"

Priest Walixi wanted to ask more, but the executioner's corpse no longer spoke. Subsequently, he turned to the other corpses, performed another round of shamanistic dancing, and after asking a few questions, he looked at Kubo:

"Lord, I am taking these corpses away!"

"No problem, Priest Walixi, please feel free." Kubo dared not refuse.

But Walixi wanted more than just this, "That Luoer, send people to capture him back; I suspect they are related to that group of rebels!"

"Yes!"

"Hmm." Having received a satisfactory answer, Walixi then turned and left. In fact, he could have obtained these corpses without coming in person, but he came anyway.

It was to knock down Lord Kubo, who was restless and thought he had mastered so-called Magic power. However, at the thought of those rebels, Walixi's mood immediately turned bad again.

……

After Priest Walixi left, the attendant stepped forward again and asked: "My Lord, these corpses, should we?"

"No need, send them to him!"

Lord Kubo did not hesitate at all. He naturally knew how he had obtained his current position as Lord; if it weren't for the fact that Priest Walixi had no heirs, and if it weren't for the fact that his father had died in battle protecting Jilan Town, this position of Lord would not have been his turn to sit in!

However, before sending them, he still had to check that glimmer of Yinguang he had just seen.

A moment later, Lord Kubo returned to his residence with that "Silver Coin". When he first got this "Silver Coin", he had discovered something was wrong; the weight of this "Silver Coin" was not even half that of a normal Silver Coin!

This immediately made him think of a precious metal he had once seen in Jiersi Town—Mithril from the Elf Kingdom; he had even personally handled a ceremonial sword made of Mithril.

This silvery-white metal had left a very deep impression on him.

But merely making armor and swords was not the true purpose of Mithril; its real use lay in Magic!

Now, Kubo also somewhat suspected whether Luoer was really related to that group of rebels; the suddenly appearing powerful Spell, the Mithril—what would come next?

With a long sigh, Kubo put away the Mithril Coin, took out a Spellbook, and began to practice; regardless of whether those people were rebels or not, the power mastered in his own hands would never be fake!