Goblin Heavy Dependence

Chapter 282 Charging, [Molten Ash Silver Ingot] and [Echoes of Ember]

The orange-red flames, like clusters of fireflies shimmering with a lustrous glow, danced and swirled around Xia Nan.

It wasn't scorching hot, nor did it feel burning hot.

He felt a warm, comfortable current flowing through his body, as if he were bathing in a hot spring, which also relieved his fatigue.

Fragmented images flashed quietly through my mind:

It is a faint flame that is about to go out, yet stubbornly maintains itself as it sways.
It is a single spark that bursts forth as the wind blows across the firewood that has been completely burned out and turned into charcoal;
It was ashes falling from mid-air like snowflakes, carrying a trace of lingering warmth.

Ruin, hope, desolation, embers... A flood of information swirling in his mind stirred his emotions, making Xia Nan feel as if he were in that desperate world where the fire was about to go out.

At this moment, he finally learned the name of the combat skill that the foreign priests called "Fire Seed"—

Echoes of the Ashes

Surprisingly, it wasn't the "ranged" or "defensive" combat skill that Xia Nan was currently in dire need of, representing the last two corners of the "hexagonal warrior."

Based on the information I have, the combat skill category of [Echoes of Ember] seems to be... "Status-type"?
Can you significantly improve your physical fitness in a short period of time and gain additional benefits?
Most of the information that flooded into my mind with the orange-red flames has sunk deep into my brain and will need to be explored slowly later.

And just like the previous [Whirlwind Slash] and [Fang Hunt], Xia Nan had already mastered the training method for this combat skill, and even knew the key points through information infusion.

However, they are still beginners and lack the skill to even display it on the attribute panel, so their knowledge is quite limited.

To truly understand the specific effects of this combat technique and its role in battle, we will likely have to wait until later training sessions, as our proficiency increases, to gradually grasp its essence.

His mind involuntarily drifted back to his encounter in the secret realm.

To be honest, Xia Nan didn't think that just one combat skill, no matter how high its quality level, could shoulder the responsibility of saving the world and become the "spark" to restore light.

Moreover, the town represented by the ruins behind me in my memory was not a capital city, but a remote town located in the wilderness. The church there should not be the main hall of the so-called "Church of Ashes".

Refer to the dialogue between "I" and the priest in the secret realm, those vague and ambiguous fragments of words.

Perhaps the "spark" they speak of is not just the one they have obtained.

Instead, it was millions of people from all over the world who, just as the flame of the world was about to be extinguished, were led by priests and characters like "me" to what they called the "royal city," where they gathered together to accomplish the grand goal of reigniting the flame of the world.

The information Xia Nan could obtain during his hurried trip was too fragmented, and it was only his guess.

After all, it happened in another time and space, another world. No one knows what happened until they encounter the next secret realm with the same worldview.

Therefore, even though he genuinely desired to deepen his understanding of [Echoes] through this kind of worldview exploration, he had absolutely no clue how to proceed.

Xia Nan paused slightly, temporarily setting aside his newly acquired combat skill, and turned his gaze to his right ring finger.

There, the silver ring transformed from the [Dream Corridor] is shimmering with a faint light.

He clearly remembered that after he crushed the flame crystal, a large portion of the flames were absorbed by it.

Heart can not help but move.

Carefully controlling my thoughts, I gently touched the surface of the fluorescent ring.

"Ding!"

"Energy source detected, automatic replenishment in progress..."

"Charging successful!"

"[Remaining Energy]: 0% → 2%"

really!

Xia Nan was filled with mixed emotions.

Although the energy gained was not much, only 2%.

But most importantly, he found a way to recharge, and was no longer as clueless and clueless as before, blindly stumbling around.

The secret realm is the source of the energy of the [Dream Corridor]!

On the other hand, this 2% may seem like a very small amount, but you should know that it was during the dream simulation that allowed [Fang Hunt] to break through the limit and directly gain nearly fifty points of proficiency, thus reaching the maximum level of lv5.

The energy consumed is only 3%.

This means that Xia Nan only needs to find another secret realm and increase the remaining energy of the [Dream Corridor] by just a little bit to meet the energy requirements for activating the terminal.

Of course, if he doesn't want to waste the last chance to use the [Fate Coin] here, he will need to find the terminal's activation key.

In any case, he has taken a solid step forward in this regard.

Xia Nan was extremely satisfied with this.

While I was pondering, I suddenly felt a burning sensation behind me.

Thinking that there were still undead creatures such as mummies in the ruins that had not been cleaned up, the [Green Pine] wooden sword once again ignited the Yang Flame.

He instinctively drew his sword, only to find that the surface of the blade was cold and damp, not even warm.

Feeling something was amiss, I searched for the source of the scalding heat.

Immediately, Xia Nan took out a piece of silver metal with a reddish-brown molten color from his backpack.

"This……"

He remembered that this metal ingot was a trophy he had found on Terry William, so how come...

The next second, as attention focused on careful observation, translucent characters quietly appeared in the void before my eyes.

……

【Melted Ash Silver Ingot】

Type: Material Grade: /
Introduction:

The scorching energy from another land caused this metal to undergo some unknown and peculiar change; you might want to try using it as a forging material.

Remarks:

"Most metals are waiting to be given a form, but some... they seem to know from birth what they want to become."

—M. Nord, Master of Forging Art, “Wu Tie”
……

Undoubtedly, the changes that occurred on the silver ingot also stemmed from the Flame Crystal that Xia Nanfang had just crushed.

According to the description on the attribute panel, after the change, it seems to have become a decent forging material.

The first thing that came to his mind was naturally his old, possibly unusable, decapitation sword, which had been damaged by venom during the battle.

Silver ingots are not very large. If used as the main material, they can probably only be used to forge daggers and short swords, which does not fit one's fighting style.

But what if it were used as material for repair and reforging, fused into the decapitation sword...?

Xia Nan couldn't help but fantasize, but fearing that the final disappointment would be too great, he stopped the surging thoughts in his mind.

He carefully put the silver ingot into his backpack, thinking that after returning to Riverdale, he would ask "Rockhammer" Barn to think about it carefully and see if he could make a design plan.

Thus, his journey to Ashenvale finally came to an end.

They lost their already nearly unusable plate chainmail armor, as well as their main weapon, the "decapitation sword."

As for the harvest...

A brand new, exotic status-based combat skill awaiting practice; 2% charge of [Dream Corridor]; and related, valuable charging pathways; and a [Molten Ash Silver Ingot] of unknown quality, undergoing a strange internal transformation.

Oh, and there's also the Iron Stomach Flail, a trophy from the fat knight that I deliberately hid somewhere in the ruins.

Just as he was turning around, thinking of digging the flail out of the ruins, a dark shadow suddenly flashed in the corner of his eye.

Turn around and look.

On the ground ahead, the core flame crystal at the top of the [Ember Instructor's Staff] had been crushed by Xia Nan.

However, the dark gray wooden handle below remains in good condition.

On a whim, he bent down, picked up the wooden handle from the ground, and stuffed it into his backpack.

Then he turned around and walked deeper into the ruins.

……

……

Meanwhile, at the other end of Yuansha Province.

In a dense, dark forest.

Her chestnut ponytail swayed lightly, and her beige robe gently moved with her body.

Violet looked up at the sky and saw that it was getting late, with dusk faintly approaching on the horizon.

With a gentle flick of his staff, mosquitoes, flies, insects, and scorpions within a fifty-foot radius of his body scurried away in a wave of invisible energy.

It's time to set up camp.

The tent was quickly erected, and a bright campfire flickered and rose.

The girl's schedule was extremely tight.

During the day, one needs to travel, and at night, one must also set aside a large amount of free time to practice spellcasting specializations and memorize spells.

Even precious sleep is precisely controlled to be just enough time for the body and mind to recover, pushing oneself to the limit.

Dinner time should ideally be 5-10 minutes, a quick bite with some dry food you carry with you, which you can just heat up a little and eat.

However, we were lucky during the day and didn't encounter any monsters, which gave us more time to travel than planned.

This gave Violet an extra twenty minutes of free time.

She was pondering whether to use those twenty minutes to cook and reward herself with a delicious meal, or save it for tomorrow morning so she could sleep in a little later.

"Maybe we should just forget about it. If we use those twenty minutes to memorize spells..."

Suddenly, an anomaly from the depths of her mental space interrupted the girl's thoughts.

The mind then touches upon the river of time, sensing its changes.

The next second, Violet's pale face, which had been deep in thought, suddenly froze.

A look of disbelief crossed his face.

"0.03%!?"

"The world line has shifted by another 0.03%?"

"Why!?"

　Sorry, this chapter is a bit short.

　　I'm not feeling well. I was planning to take a day off to organize the outline and post it all together tomorrow.

　　But after thinking about it, I realized that leaving it at yesterday's point might be difficult for everyone to read, so I decided to just post what I've already written and explain all the necessary information. That should make it easier to read.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)