My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 93 - 89: Frost Shield Guard (Part 2)

It will likely cost quite a bit to repair.

The road to repaying debt is long and arduous...

"Perhaps I need to stay here at Lankote Snowfield for a while." Laisa, skillfully cutting and storing the Frost Blade Leopard’s pelt, suddenly looked a bit desolate and murmured.

Huh?

Raine looked at Laisa again.

Could it be...

He had a vague guess in his mind.

"Huh? Miss Laisa, you..." Elise also noticed the unusual expression on Laisa’s face and asked with concern.

"By the way, Miss Elise, when you return to Mill Town or Dorne City, could you send a letter for me?" Instead of answering Elise’s question, Laisa asked her.

"Of course."

"It’s for my family." Perhaps to prevent any misunderstanding, Laisa took a letter from her bosom, handed it to Elise, glanced at Raine, and added.

"No problem." Elise accepted the envelope and didn’t ask anything further; she understood that everyone has their own secrets.

Before Raine could say anything, Laisa turned her head and smiled at Miss Priestess Elise, saying, "Well, Miss Elise, I’ve fulfilled my promise to you, so it’s time for me to go."

"Miss Laisa, you’re leaving now? Aren’t you coming back to Mill Town with us?" Elise asked in surprise.

"No." Laisa shook her head.

Upon hearing Laisa’s response, the scene fell silent for a moment.

At this point, perhaps intentionally, Elise pointed expectantly at the Frost Blade Leopard’s carcass beside them and asked:

"By the way, Miss Laisa, this Frost Blade Leopard meat... can it be eaten?"

"Ah, if you hadn’t reminded me, I almost forgot, the tenderloin of the Frost Blade Leopard is very tasty."

Upon Elise’s reminder, Laisa put aside her gloom for the moment and turned enthusiastically to the Frost Blade Leopard, swiftly cutting it with her dagger.

Soon, Laisa had taken out two strips of bright red meat, each about a meter long.

"How should it be cooked to taste good?" Elise asked, looking expectantly at the Frost Blade Leopard tenderloin and then at Laisa.

"Tenderloin is best when sliced and stir-fried, but before frying, it needs to be marinated for ten minutes with sage and rosemary..." When talking about demon cuisine, Laisa’s enthusiasm grew, and she spoke animatedly.

Raine also smiled slightly as he watched.

"Miss Laisa, why don’t you eat before you leave?"

"Well... alright! But we need to find a new place first; the smell of blood here is too strong. It wouldn’t be good if it attracted other demons." Laisa hesitated for a moment, looked around, and said.

"Let’s go over there and stir-fry the tenderloin."

"Okay." Elise’s big eyes curved into crescent moons as she winked at Raine.

Raine understood and nodded.

Thus, the three of them headed west, planning to find a suitable spot to cook the Frost Blade Leopard tenderloin.

....

The snowfield sun at four in the afternoon, reflected off the snow on the surrounding meadows, remained quite dazzling, and Raine and the others were already sitting around a campfire behind a giant rock.

"It’s a pity we didn’t bring onions and garlic..."

"If we had onions and garlic, the flavor would be even better." Laisa said as she skillfully sliced the Frost Blade Leopard tenderloin into thin slices similar to the thickness of thin fish slices Raine remembered from his previous life.

Then she took out a small jar resembling a pepper shaker from her waist pouch and began to sprinkle spices continuously.

"Miss Laisa, you’re so professional!" Elise’s eyes grew brighter and brighter as she watched.

Raine couldn’t help but marvel from the side. If nothing else, just from Laisa’s dagger skills, she’s probably no less than a top chef from his previous life.

The fact that she could slice the soft meat so thin was impressive.

But for stir-frying meat, do the slices really need to be as thin as sashimi?

"Just average, really. I’ve been doing it since I was young, practice makes perfect." Laisa seemed a bit embarrassed by Elise’s praise.

"Miss Laisa, you’ve been cooking since you were young?"

"Cooking? It was just about survival! Life wasn’t easy on the Deep Sand Plain. As a child, I often roasted sand scorpions."

Speaking of this, Laisa looked reminiscent.

"The Deep Sand Plain?"

"Isn’t that the desert at the southernmost part of the continent?" Elise asked in surprise.

"Miss Laisa, how did you cross half the continent to come to the Soladin Kingdom?"

"Miss Elise, you’re so knowledgeable, you even know about the Deep Sand Plain!" When she heard that Elise knew about the Deep Sand Plain, Laisa’s eyes widened in surprise.

"....Insect People emerged from underground, our Sand People suffered heavy casualties, and gradually, we had to leave the homeland we’d lived in for nearly a thousand years... Eventually, even our tribe fell apart..."

Deep Sand Plain?

Insect People?

Raine’s eyes narrowed slightly.

For him, this was the first time he had heard these terms.

’It seems this world is more turbulent than I anticipated.’

’Aren’t there deities?’

’Could it be that this is a struggle between deities, which results in the destruction of tribes or even kingdoms on the Valzeg Continent?’

Raine couldn’t help but ponder.

"Sizzle~"

The sound and rich aroma of the meat sizzling in butter brought Raine back from his thoughts.

Raine looked up to see Laisa had already spread some butter on the hot stone slab and was stir-frying the Frost Blade Leopard tenderloin.

What surprised Raine was that these extremely thin slices of meat did not shrink overly due to the high-temperature frying but instead maintained their original shape.

No wonder Laisa had sliced them so thin earlier; it was due to the unique texture of the Frost Blade Leopard tenderloin.

"It’s about done, go ahead and try!"

"Okay!" Elise nodded eagerly.

Just as Raine’s throat moved and he was about to pierce a slice with his dagger, suddenly, his ears twitched, and he paused slightly.

Then, he stopped his actions entirely and turned to look towards the southwest.

With Sensitive Hearing Lv2, Raine could vaguely hear human shouts and hurried voices coming from that direction:

"....Damn it, Zane, fall back!"

"....Captain, the Ice Spirit’s magic boost is too high... our resistance isn’t enough... and there’s no dispel..."

"....We’re at a disadvantage in melee... it’s up to Hayley and Zane now...."

The familiar voice and the words ’Ice Spirit’ quickly brought to Raine’s mind the image of the Great Sword man who had previously invited Elise to join their team.

’It’s them!’

’Not enough resistance? Does that mean the Ice Spirit’s Frost Spell is too powerful?’

"Mr. Raine, what’s wrong?" Initially, Elise thought Raine had sensed other demons, which made her grip her scepter tightly.

But after a few seconds, without any further noise, Elise was puzzled.

"There’s someone fighting over there." Raine pointed southwest, in the direction shielded by several large rocks.

"Huh? How come I don’t hear anything? Mr. Raine, are you sure?" Elise listened carefully for a moment but was confused; she was certain she hadn’t heard anything.

Beside them, Laisa first looked puzzled, then frowned and said, "There is movement."

However, after casting another glance at Raine, Laisa felt speechless, ’This guy’s perception is even sharper than mine, and I’m a Level 3 Classes assassin!’

"A Black Iron Level adventurer squad seems to be fighting the Ice Spirit, the same ones that invited you to join last time, I think they’re called Giant Blade?"

"Hmm?" Elise’s eyes widened, looking at Raine in disbelief.

He could even hear that?

"Are you talking about Giant Blade, Schneider?" Upon hearing the name of the Giant Blade Squad, Laisa was quite surprised.

"Miss Laisa, do you know them?" Elise couldn’t help but ask.

"Yes, they’re quite active and somewhat famous as a Black Iron Level adventurer squad around Dorne City. Especially their captain, Giant Blade Schneider, who has a good reputation among adventurers due to his straightforward personality."

"Have you assassinated any members of their squad?" Raine glanced at Laisa, curious.

Laisa immediately rolled her eyes at Raine and said, "In my spare time, I also take on some tasks from the Adventurer’s Association."

"It’s just that I don’t do it very often, but I do know some things."

"Hey, they’re heading our way."