Chapter 54: Bloodshed in the Alley, Indifference

The two quickly entered the alley, pretending to be looking for something, but actually carefully setting up the battlefield.

Sure enough, a moment later, four figures appeared at the entrance of the alley, spreading out in a fan shape, blocking the only exit.

The moonlight shone from behind them, casting four ferocious black shadows on the ground, slowly extending toward Luo En and Andre.

"Looks like good luck today." The leading half-orc let out a low roar, its voice as harsh as a saw scraping a metal plate: "Two fat little lambs, walking into the wolf's den by themselves."

It grinned, revealing a row of sharp fangs like knives: "Heard you have a lot of good things on you. Hand them over, maybe I can trade them for your lives."

"We're just ordinary travelers passing by."

The hooded youth was somewhat terrified, his voice even trembling slightly, but his feet were quietly closing the distance:

"We don't have anything valuable on us, please let us go."

The three half-orcs burst into laughter, their laughter filled with mockery and cruelty.

The goblin hid at the very back, its greedy eyes staring fixedly at Luo En's waist bag, its tongue licking its lips involuntarily, as if it had already seen the Magic Stone Fragments inside.

"Stop pretending, kid." The half-orc leader said roughly, striding forward:

"We've been watching you for a long time and know you spent a lot of money today. Now, obediently hand over the money bag, otherwise..."

It revealed a ferocious battle axe gleaming with cold light, with dried blood still remaining on the blade: "Otherwise I'll chop you into meat paste!"

"Are you ready?" Luo En said to Andre in a low voice, the look of fear on his face already gone, replaced by a calm that was almost cold.

Andre gripped his dagger and nodded slightly: "Although I don't know what you're planning, I will cooperate with you."

"You handle the one on the left, leave the rest to me."

Luo En arranged simply, while quietly stuffing a small bottle of agility potion into Andre's hand: "If the situation is critical, drink it; it can enhance your speed."

The half-orcs had lost their patience; the leader roared, and the three behemoths rushed toward the two at the same time, their huge bodies appearing particularly ferocious in the narrow alley.

Seeing the three half-orcs actively invading his spiritual power influence range, Luo En's eyeballs began to emit a strange cold light.

Spiritual power erupted instantly, forming an invisible ripple spreading outward.

——Spiritual Interference!

This was the basic ability of a primary apprentice, with limited effect on apprentices of the same level, but for these half-orcs who fought by instinct, it was undoubtedly highly effective.

The invisible spiritual fluctuation was like a gust of wind, instantly sweeping through the entire alley.

The movements of the three half-orcs suddenly became sluggish, a flash of confusion in their eyes, as if they had been hit on the head.

They shook their heads, trying to dispel the chaotic feeling invading their minds, but to no avail.

"Now!" Luo En shouted, while his spiritual power condensed into a spiral energy structure.

——Sonic Oscillation

Ripples invisible to the naked eye shot out from his palm, silently penetrating the air, directly hitting the leading half-orc leader.

An invisible force tore at its body from the inside; the half-orc leader's face showed an expression of extreme pain, and dark red blood seeped from its mouth and nose.

"Swish..."

A sword light flashed; Luo En and the half-orc leader crossed paths, and the iron-wood sword with the "Sharp" trait easily cut open its vital neck.

After receiving the fatal blow, the half-orc released its battle axe, its hands weakly grabbing its throat, making a distorted gurgling sound.

Subsequently, this behemoth more than two meters tall fell heavily to the ground, twitching a few times before it stopped moving.

[Fatal Strike! Basic Sword Art EXP +2]

On the other side, Andre didn't waste the opportunity Luo En had created.

He rushed toward the half-orc on the left like a bolt of lightning, his dagger drawing a cold light in the air, stabbing directly at the opponent's throat.

Although the half-orc's skin was tough, under the effect of spiritual interference, its reaction was clearly half a beat slow and it failed to dodge this fatal blow completely.

The sharp dagger slashed across its neck, bringing out a spray of blood.

The half-orc let out a wail and staggered back, but didn't fall.

The vitality of these alien races was abnormally tenacious; even if seriously injured, they could still continue to fight.

And the third half-orc had already recovered from the influence of spiritual interference, roared, and swung its giant axe toward Luo En.

Luo En was unhurried, raised his hand again, and spiritual power condensed.

Another invisible ripple shot out, this time directly hitting the third half-orc's chest.

The effect was exactly the same as before—the huge body suddenly stiffened, then fell heavily, rolling on the ground in pain, a beast-like roar coming from its throat.

Both half-orcs had fallen, and the situation had completely reversed.

The last one, although injured, was still struggling to support itself, swinging its battle axe to attack Andre fiercely.

Andre's figure was flexible, dodging left and right in the narrow alley, barely avoiding those fatal slashes.

Seeing his companions fall one after another, the goblin hiding at the back finally realized that something was wrong and turned to flee.

"Don't let it..." Andre dodged the half-orc's attack while preparing to remind loudly.

But before he could finish, Luo En sneered coldly, his spiritual power condensing rapidly again; this time he chose a more stable spell construction to ensure a one-hit kill.

The third ripple shot out from his palm, crossing the space at an astonishing speed, accurately hitting the back of the fleeing goblin.

The goblin's body twisted strangely in the air, then fell heavily to the ground and never climbed up again.

Unlike the half-orcs, the goblin's body was far less tenacious; this blow directly destroyed its internal organs, so it didn't even have a chance to struggle.

Seeing his companions fall one after another, the last half-orc also lost its will to fight.

It stared at Luo En in fear, its eyes full of disbelief; it clearly couldn't understand how a seemingly weak human youth could possess such terrifying power.

"Wi-Wizard..." It seemed to have been scared out of its wits, threw down its battle axe, and turned to flee.

"Hmph!" Luo En flew forward and threw the iron-wood sword in his hand, accurately hitting the unprotected junction of the half-orc's waist and abdomen.

The huge body crashed to the ground, and Andre went up to add two stabs, making it stop struggling completely.

In just a few dozen seconds, three tall and ferocious half-orcs and one cunning goblin all fell, while Luo En and Andre were almost unscathed.

This battle, which should have been full of dangers, completely turned into a one-sided massacre in front of the terrifying spiritual attack of the wizard apprentice.

"Is-is this the power after becoming an apprentice?" Andre said, panting, his eyes full of awe:

"I used all my strength to barely solve one, but you only used a few breaths of time to knock down two half-orcs and a goblin..."

Luo En didn't answer immediately, but walked to the goblin's corpse to check.

This feeling was strange; even though he felt he had accepted the law of the jungle, this heartfelt indifference to the bloodshed before him was as if he had lost his basic empathy.

"One can be indifferent to killing, but one cannot be indifferent to life..." He warned himself silently in his heart while searching for spoils.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 55 =====