Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys

Chapter 983: Chapter 347: Fearless (Double-Length Chapter)

A flock of dozens of Wind Rocs was approaching, their speed extremely fast, and within a few blinks of an eye, they had already drawn much closer to Rein’s position.

“Quick! Prepare the crossbow arrows!”

“Get the Purple Swollen Wood Fruits ready!”

“Everyone else, hide quickly!” The bearded Great Knight seemed experienced as he calmly and methodically issued commands one after another.

Soon, the purple watermelon-sized Purple Swollen Wood Fruits were launched into the sky and burst open violently.

Puffs of faint purple fog spread out immediately.

Upon smelling this strange scent, the Wind Rocs started hovering and no longer approached, seemingly quite wary of this mist.

After releasing a few Wind Blades, the Rocs surprisingly turned around and left.

“Thankfully, they’re finally driven away.” The bearded Great Knight breathed a sigh of relief.

Rein was quite surprised; he initially thought he would face a battle with the Wind Rocs but didn’t expect it to dissolve so effortlessly.

At this moment, Merita and Anna walked over, bringing along three nearly frozen Great Knights who had just teased Merita.

These three saw their Great Priest killed and immediately tried to escape, but were cornered by Merita and Anna.

“Speak, who exactly are you?”

“Uh…” The men exchanged looks, seemingly not wanting to be the first to speak.

“Lord Rein, leave the interrogation to me. I guarantee they will confess everything truthfully.” The bearded Great Knight pat his chest, assuring.

“Alright, I’ll leave it to you then.”

“Alright! Give me half an hour. Take them down, and interrogate them separately.” With a wave of his big hand, the bearded knight had the guards escort them away.

…

Taking advantage of this pause, Rein opened the waist bag of the tall black-robed figure and, with a glance, his face lit up with joy.

“Huh? Soul Energy Crystals and Blood Crystals?”

Inside the waist bag were five Soul Energy Crystals, three Blood Crystals, and a letter.

Rein understood why the other party needed Blood Crystals.

But why the Soul Energy Crystals too?

Rein was a bit puzzled.

In fact, Rein misunderstood; these Soul Energy Crystals were originally used by Erikson to win over some powerful Wandering Wizards, but now Rein had picked up a windfall.

After a brief consideration, without much hesitation, Rein decided to use all these Soul Energy Crystals immediately.

After all, he had already tried using the system before; Rein could absorb the Soul Energy Crystals instantaneously with no side effects, thereby significantly enhancing the progress of his spiritual power fogging.

Rein held the five Soul Energy Crystals in his palm and activated the Steel Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

Several seconds later….

The Soul Energy Crystals resonated, emitting strands of transparent, strange energy which were quickly absorbed by Rein’s body.

At this moment, the system’s prompt sounded:

[Ding! Detected Soul Energy Crystals capable of increasing fogging degree of spiritual power. Accelerate absorption? (Note: System absorption can eliminate impurities and absorb all at once.)]

…

“Yes!”

Instantly, Rein felt the silver mist in his mind rapidly increase, soon expanding to about twice its original size.

Simultaneously, a feeling of clarity and refreshment filled his mind.

Rein glanced at the system panel:

Spirit: 64 (Fogging 42%)

“Five pieces, an increase of 21% at once? That averages less than 5%, roughly around 4% each…”

“Indeed, these Soul Energy Crystals are not omnipotent; the effects diminish as it progresses.”

But Rein wasn’t dissatisfied.

Because these five Soul Energy Crystals were practically free.

And calculating based on fogging degree, for every point increase, the power of witchcraft increases by 0.5 points, meaning Rein’s current witchcraft power had increased roughly by another tenth compared to when it was at 21%.

The interrogation wasn’t over yet, so Rein began reviewing the previous battle records:

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[Congratulations, you have defeated a formidable enemy, earning 15 Golden Skill Points!]

[Congratulations, your hidden Will attribute has been improved!]

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[Congratulations, your King of Thousand Blades (Epic) profession level has increased!]

…

With this battle, the King of Thousand Blades (Epic) profession level had smoothly reached level 9, granting Rein another attribute point and a skill point.

Adding his remaining point total, he now had a total of 8 attribute points left, 2 skill points remaining, and 36 Golden Skill Points in total.

At this moment, the serious-faced Merita approached holding a white letter and handed it to Rein, saying:

“Lord Rein, this is a letter found on another black-robed figure, perhaps you should take a look.”

“Oh?” Rein took it with curiosity and quickly read through it.

But after a brief glance, Rein’s expression also turned serious.

“Rein, what’s wrong?” Anna asked, concerned.

“Take a look.” Rein handed the letter over to Anna.

“Caught between the Black Flame Church and White-furred Bear Monster? Then Lagaray is…” Anna gasped as she read it.

Immediately, she also sensed the gravity of the situation.

“Yes! It seems we must depart immediately. The situation with the Barbarian Tribe where Lagaray is located isn’t looking good.”

The letter was sent by a Chief Priest from the Black Flame Church named Kroli, who also served as the vanguard leader of the Black Flame Cult. The recipient was the Great Priest Erikson lying on the ground.

The gist of it was that Kroli and the White-furred Bear Monster had begun a pincer attack on the Norton Tribe; however, the Norton’s combat prowess was strong, requiring reinforcements.