Night.
"Blue Rose" Headquarters.
The silver light of the magic lamps illuminated the room brightly.
Tina leaned against the wall beneath the mural, her eyes vacant, the captain's nagging entering one ear and exiting the other.
Lakyus noticed Tina's perfunctory attitude and puffed out her cheeks, her golden, slightly curly hair smooth and light under the lamplight.
Her rare emerald eyes paired with her delicate face made the entire room seem brighter.
"Captain..."
Tia, who was hiding to the side and giggling, suddenly spoke.
"Shut up, Tia!"
Lakyus' expression changed, and she raised her arm to shield her face, taking a step back and ceasing her instruction of Tina: "I don't want to hear you say anything weird."
Tia raised her eyebrows at Tina to the side: "Alright, Devil Captain."
"Hahaha."
Laughter soon filled the room, courtesy of Gagaran.
Even Evileye let out a pleasant hum from behind her mask.
Lakyus looked defeated, hanging her head, her energy deflated, but in an instant, she lifted her head again, her emerald eyes shining.
Her delicate face glowed under the "Eternal Light," boosting morale as she said, "This matter isn't over, Tina!"
"Gagaran, didn't you release the demi-human lady named Verdant along with Tina?"
Mentioning serious matters, Lakyus' somewhat flamboyant state vanished, and she reverted to her ladylike demeanor.
After returning from the princess, she understood what had happened, and Lakyus believed it was their responsibility.
So, while Gagaran was bringing Tina back, she also released the demi-human magic caster from "Free Will," whom Gazef had also taken.
Seeing their Devil Captain shift her attention to this matter, Tina finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Lakyus had said that, with the captain's personality, this matter was already over.
"Because she already left," Gagaran said, her smile fading, looking helpless.
"Left?"
Lakyus also looked relieved: "That's great."
Tia frowned slightly: "Free Will" only arrived in the royal capital recently, and there was no prior intelligence about them appearing in the capital. Does the other party have such connections?"
"Yes, I already asked."
Gagaran didn't seem to care much: "The Adventurer's Guild helped. That stingy, serious old man was actually willing to help with something like this."
"Free Will's" leader is quite something."
"You've already met them, right? What kind of person are they?" Lakyus blinked, full of curiosity.
"Very handsome," Gagaran teased Lakyus, "I feel like you two might have something in common."
"But, I think he's a troublesome man."
"..."
Ordinary Inn.
Compared to high-end hotels, the rooms are unremarkable and not very spacious.
Verdant Witch, the Magic Caster, stood trembling in place, her head lowered, not daring to look at Minori in the center of the room.
She knew she had brought trouble to her master.
Minori stared at the solution in the magic cauldron, using "Item Appraisal" to examine the information, and shook his head.
"Still unqualified."
He raised his head.
Looking at Verdant Witch, the Magic Caster, standing in the corner, Minori spoke indifferently: "When did you master "Wild Transformation"?"
"The day before entering the royal capital," Verdant Witch, the Magic Caster, replied quickly, her voice trembling slightly.
"Not bad, faster than expected," Minori nodded.
Buzz!
Azure electric light suddenly flashed in the room, and a trace of terrifying current emerged from Minori's body.
The air pressure in the room instantly dropped to freezing point!
Fifth Tier Magic - Dragon Lightning!
Verdant Witch, the Magic Caster's face turned pale, and she nearly collapsed to the ground, covered in cold sweat. The terrifying magical fluctuations were enough to kill her easily.
Whoosh!
A large cloud of white mist poured out from Verdant Witch, the Magic Caster's chest, transforming into a human figure shrouded in mist, kneeling on the ground.
"Master, please spare sister," the Mist Witch said in a panic.
The room remained silent.
Only the azure electric light became more solid, and the surging current gathered between Minori's arms, forming a dragon-shaped bright white lightning, baring its fangs and claws.
The temperature of the air instantly began to rise!
The powerful aura made the twin Magic Casters breathless.
The bright yellow pupils of Verdant Witch, the Magic Caster, already revealed a look of despair.
Crackling~
Bright white electric arcs collided and flickered, eventually turning into traces of lightning and dissipating.
"Don't do it again," Minori waved his hand.
The twin Magic Casters dared to breathe heavily, and cautiously retreated from the room.
"The consumed magic power during the cancellation of the magic doesn't seem to be returned. It can be used as one of the few cases of magic release failure."
Minori raised his palm, looking at the electric light still jumping between his fingers, somewhat curious.
Forcibly canceling the magic will also have a certain impact on the caster, especially for unstable magic.
"Teleport!"
Minori chanted softly.
Whoosh!
His figure disappeared instantly, and reappeared in the Lava Zone.
First, he went to visit the dwarf artisans.
Due to the lack of some minerals and various forging equipment, the dwarf Rune Artisans were relatively idle during this time.
Drinking, bragging, and discussing rune technology was the daily routine of these dwarves.
Minori had already used teleportation magic to bring all the families of the dwarf artisans here. Not many, only expanded to about 60 people.
As for the Dwarf Kingdom, losing more than 60 people, all related to rune technology, even the stupidest would realize the problem, causing a shock among the higher-ups.
But in the end, it was over.
Rune technology has little significance for the dwarves now, and besides, being able to take people away from their base camp silently.
This made the higher-ups of the Dwarf Kingdom somewhat fearful. Not only did they not search extensively, but they deliberately concealed it.
The resettlement problem of these dwarf artisans.
Is also something Minori needs to solve as soon as possible, otherwise, keeping them in the lava area will not allow these dwarves to focus on research.
Of course.
Minori had already planned the future location for these dwarves and had begun to arrange it.
After communicating with this group of dwarves.
Minori came to the depths of the lava area. Next, he planned to experiment with the newly acquired skills.
With a thought, the attribute panel appeared:
...
[Ability Table]
Innate Ability: [Player]
Overall Level: 42Lv
Experience Bar: 2671356/260000
Skill Points: 66
[Attribute Table]
Player: Minori
Justice Value: 23 [Neutral]
HP: 448→530→545 (42%)
MP: 248→263 (20%)
Physical Attack: 373→388 (30%)
Physical Defense: 280 (22%)
Agility: 213→288 (22%)
Magic Attack: 293 (22%)
Magic Defense: 295 (23%)
Comprehensive Resistance: 445→465 (36%)
Special Nature: 380→400→440 (34%)
Total: 251%
...
Minori's attention was mainly focused on the latest data on the attribute table. The rest of the data was a normal increase.
The most obvious were the two values of "Hp" and "Special Nature."
The middle value of "530" in Hp was the 50 points of life value added by drinking dragon blood and "Totem Possession · Lava Dominator."
The middle value of "400" in Special Nature was also the passive abilities of "Fire Attribute Nullification" and "Poison Attribute Resistance" increased by drinking dragon blood.
The value of "440" was the four new passive abilities added after obtaining the [Ninja] profession.
Minori had now figured out that the increase in the value of "Special Nature" was related to the number of passives and high-level professions.
"The Justice Value has basically not changed, which is completely different from his initial speculation. This value feels more idealistic."
Minori glanced at the "Justice Value," somewhat puzzled.
Back in the Valley of Despair, he had almost slaughtered the entire Gray Dwarf clan, and he originally thought that the Justice Value would decrease significantly, but the result was basically unchanged.
It was unclear whether it was because the Gray Dwarf clan was not considered a righteous race, or because he did not think he had done anything wrong in the process of resolving the Gray Dwarf clan.
He shook his head.
If he couldn't figure it out, Minori wouldn't continue to waste time thinking about it.
"After obtaining the [Ninja] profession, he has reached level 42, and there are still more than 2 million, less than 3 million experience points."
Minori stared at his huge experience points, suppressing the idea of wanting to increase his level.
It wasn't that he wasn't in a hurry.
But Minori wanted to see if the new profession he speculated existed?
If he could obtain a new profession after meeting the highest-level casting conditions of various magic systems, there was no need to think, it would be a quite powerful high-level profession.
Even a special profession was possible!
Minori planned to use the experience points on that profession. If it didn't work, it wouldn't be too late to use it on the [Ninja] profession.
"The experiment begins."
Minori came back to his senses and activated the [Ninja]'s profession skill: "Ninjutsu · Shadow Clone Technique!"
Whoosh!
The shadow under his feet wriggled, and a figure identical to Minori emerged from the shadow.
Minori looked up and down at the clone he created. From the outside, it looked exactly the same. The white clone created by the "Heroic Spirit Soul" didn't look like a real person.
The clone created by Ninjutsu was more difficult to distinguish.