My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 116 - 107: Crystal Disc
Raine first attempted to fuse this ’Flame-Enhanced Earth Goblin’ bloodline again.
Sure enough, the system still shows that a second fusion is not possible.
’It seems that the inability to fuse twice must be a golden rule of the system...’
Next, Raine removed it, then placed two Goblin Warriors, the Cold-Enhanced Goblin he first acquired, and the Bear Goblin icon up.
[Cannot add three identical bloodlines of the same tier. Fuse yes/no?]
Raine quickly chose "yes" again.
The next moment, a system prompt appeared again:
[Bear Goblin bloodline differs too much from the other three, fusion not possible.]
"Failed?"
"Is it because they differ too much, hence fusion is not possible?"
"In other words, if they don’t differ too much, then they could fuse. That should be the understanding, right?" Raine pondered.
Regarding the inability to fuse the Bear Goblin bloodline, Raine wasn’t too surprised.
After all, a Bear Goblin, over two meters tall, and a Goblin, barely around one meter two, really have quite huge differences.
If not for scholars on Valzeg Continent having specifically researched this, most would not consider putting Goblins and Bear Goblins into the same lineage and think about their relationship.
’Perhaps Bear Goblin and Earth Goblin could possibly fuse?’
Glancing at the newly fused ’Flame-Enhanced Earth Goblin’ icon, Raine speculated.
However, because the Earth Goblin bloodline is already fused, it can’t be fused again.
Thus, if wanting to try again, he must sometime kill a native Earth Goblin to obtain ’primitive’ Earth Goblin bloodline before proceeding.
Moreover, Raine’s goal of testing today was to see if the fusion of two Wild Boar Warriors, one High-tier Boarman Warrior, and one Wild Boar Earth Diviner is possible?
Although the Bear Goblin fusion just failed, from the system prompt, Raine believes this idea should be feasible.
Just as Raine was thinking, suddenly, Regina ran over with a serious expression to report: 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
"Captain, we think you might need to see this."
"It was found on that Wild Boar Earth Diviner." Saying this, Regina handed over a simple leather pouch.
"Alright, let me see." Raine nodded, accepting the leather pouch.
The pouch’s craftsmanship was very rough; essentially, it was just a piece of animal hide.
Approximate work involves taking an unknown soft animal hide as the leather material, then stitching around its edges using some kind of bone needle and elastic animal sinew.
After a glance, Raine opened the animal hide pouch, seeing three items inside: a disc-shaped crystal stone, a folded thin sheepskin roll, and a polished, chopstick-like translucent beast bone.
The most captivating was the disc-shaped crystal stone emitting a white glow, about half a palm’s size.
Though not a true Mage, the Frost Lord special class grants Raine keen perception of energy.
He could sense within it a surge of energy, and not the common water, fire, earth, etc., natural energies.
Upon careful inspection, Raine hypothesized that without a related spell, it probably couldn’t be activated, and recklessly trying it wouldn’t be prudent.
Glancing at Elise still busy treating the wounded at the hall, he planned to ask her later.
After putting away the crystal disc, Raine picked up the translucent beast bone, feeling its fine texture and high density, likely from a strong creature.
However, Raine only sensed very faint magical fluctuations on it, unable to discern its purpose.
’Perhaps it’s used by Wild Boar People to display martial prowess?’ Raine shook his head slightly, putting down the beast bone, and picked up the thin sheepskin roll.
Upon opening, it revealed a map.
"Hmm? This level of detail..." Opening the map for the first time, Raine confirmed it could not be from Wild Boar People.
Their rough style and map precision are so mismatched.
"Captain, this map surely wasn’t made by Wild Boar People in Valley of Dead Water. It includes a large area from Bornberry to Dorne City, detailed with villages and towns."
"Someone likely provided this map to the Wild Boar People." nearby Regina said, being the main reason for her report.
"I understand." Raine nodded.
Looking at others moving Wild Boar Warrior’s nail spike warhammer, which was identical to the one when he first joined Howling Hunter Squad, Raine knew these well-crafted warhammers were evidently provided by an unseen force to the Wild Boar People in Valley of Dead Water.
But why are they doing this?
"By the way, Captain, here’s your spoils. The Earth Diviner’s staff, seems like it should be magic equipment." Regina handed over a wooden staff about one meter long to Raine.
’Magic equipment’ immediately piqued Raine’s interest.
After receiving it, Raine found the staff’s wood grain clear, with a smooth feel, also emitting a faint yellow glow, no wonder Regina judged it likely as magic equipment.
"Additionally, your other spoils are too heavy. We’re planning to move them directly onto the cart. Do you need to inspect them first, Captain?" Regina pointed at the team members moving the huge warhammer of the High-tier Boarman Warrior and said.
"No need, you’ve arranged everything very well." Raine smiled.
With Regina’s interruption, more people began to come forward, making it impossible for Raine to continue his attempt at bloodline fusion.
As the evening darkened.
The villagers of Oak Village in the auditorium also started to walk out in small groups. Those with difficulty moving were all men, while the women and children, though many still wore faces of unease, showed no signs of injury.
"Uncle Gates, what’s the casualty situation?" Raine asked Gates as he approached.
"Three are severely injured, and twelve are lightly wounded. Miss Elise has already treated the severely injured. Most of the lightly wounded don’t need Miss Elise’s trouble; they’ll be fine in a couple of days."
"No fatalities?" Raine was a bit surprised as he looked at Gates.
Although he had held back the strongest of the Wild Boar People’s forces, it was almost a miracle that no one in the village died in the face of an attack by more than a dozen Wild Boar People.
"Not exactly... three died, but none of them were from our village."
As he spoke, Gates glanced at the two adventurer-looking individuals busy moving the bodies of Wild Boar People and fighting pigs at the auditorium door, with a peculiar expression on his face.
"Scarface and two other adventurers who came to extort us died, but these two survived."
"And now, they’re very diligently helping out."
This left Raine momentarily at a loss for words.
Scarface brought four adventurers to extort and blackmail and ended up losing their lives in Oak Village.
Moreover, to some extent, Scarface and company actually helped out a great deal.
First, their extortion prompted the united villagers of Oak Village to gather early at the small square. This allowed the villagers to quickly retreat to the auditorium for refuge and defense during the subsequent Wild Boar People attack, creating excellent conditions for protection.
Secondly, Scarface initially ran south with some people, and after encountering the Wild Boar People, they charged north, essentially scouting out the paths.
Otherwise, some villagers might have attempted to flee to the north, leading to considerable casualties.
After all, avoiding danger is human nature. If they weren’t thoroughly surrounded, or if their wives and children couldn’t escape either, most wouldn’t have the courage to fight to the death.
Dinner was served at the small square by the auditorium door in the village.
This was because the weather was clear, and also, many villagers, including Village Chief Kael, were still concerned whether the Wild Boar People might return.
Additionally, most villagers wanted to thank Raine in person, leading to a village-wide feast similar to the Harvest Festival celebration.
Remarkably, the main dish was one of the slain fighting pigs.
Fighting pigs are actually large wild boars specially trained by the Wild Boar People. At this moment, two large iron pots were simmering the dismembered fighting pork, with the unique rich aroma of the meat wafting around the auditorium.
Among them, many women were busy stuffing cleaned large intestines, seemingly making some sort of blood sausage-like food.
A scene of bustling activity.
...
Simultaneously.
A small squad of adventurers cautiously approached Oak Village.
"Captain, did you smell that?" Suddenly, a leather-armored man scouting ahead stopped and whispered back.
"Smell what?" A burly man in chain armor sniffed the air and then puzzledly asked, "It smells delicious, is that the scent of meat?"
"Meat?" The others exchanged confused glances.
Facing the Wild Boar People’s attack, the villagers of Oak Village definitely shouldn’t have the presence of mind to cook meat. That means...
"Oh crap! Have the Wild Boar People cooked the villagers of Oak Village?"
Upon hearing this, their faces turned pale, not out of fear but from a sudden sense of nausea in their stomachs.
...
Mill Town.
Inside the Fireplace Bar.
A leather-armored man wearing a hood was idly sipping a glass of tequila.
’This bar in Mill Town is quite nice.’
Suddenly, he looked slightly alert. He took out a fist-sized crystal stone from his clothes, which lit up displaying the words: "Action begins, must return by tomorrow evening."
As a single-use communication crystal stone, it can transmit over a considerable distance. However, the sender must be a Caster, or else it can only be used to receive information one-way.
Also, after one use, the energy within the stone is depleted and needs to be recharged, and its high price limits its usage to a small circle of people.
’The target is out on a mission; I was originally thinking of discussing it tomorrow morning.’
’For now, it seems like only a night operation will work.’
Draining his glass of tequila, Zoel turned and left the Fireplace Bar, disappearing quickly into the night.
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