I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 13: Breathing and Fame
The sky was turning pale.

Rod opened his eyes in bed.

[Second Heart] and [Gift of Trees] gave him extraordinary physical strength and recovery ability.

After a short rest, he has returned to his best form.

Physically it is nearly infinite, but mentally it is not.

After an eventful night.

Rhodes had a desire to do nothing.

“We have to finish it up.”

He struggled for a bit, but still got up.

But he found that Terry was still lying on his chest.

Last night, despite being tired, Terry wanted to eat as soon as she returned to the ranger's cabin.

Normally, Rhode would have ruthlessly pushed her away, but the succubus had indeed played its part last night, so he relented and played with her for the rest of the night. Unexpectedly, they both fell asleep while playing.
Rod gently placed her on the bed.

After washing up, he practiced breathing techniques as usual.

The breathing method he was currently practicing was the standard version for officials of the Kingdom of Eselon. It didn't even have a name, and everyone called it the [Standard Breathing Method].

If we rank the levels of breathing techniques from low, medium, to high.

Then [Standard Breathing Method] is for intermediate goalkeepers.

Those with stronger effects are intermediate, and those with weaker effects are low.

In fact, breathing techniques and meditation methods used by mages are essentially the same, both are ways to accumulate spirituality.

The only difference is that one is to use spirituality to strengthen the body, and the other is to transform spirituality into magic power.

When I first obtained the [Second Heart].

Rhodes' body instinctively absorbed spiritual energy and frantically transformed itself to adapt to the new heart.

This is why he was able to jump two levels in a short period of time and reach the peak of the fourth level.

At this point, the transformation is complete, and one can only rely on [Standard Breathing Method] to absorb spirituality.

Fortunately, he has the skill [Gift of Trees], which makes his speed much faster than before.

I believe I can break through to the fifth level in a few days.

Wait until the training is over.

Terry finally woke up.

She was so lazy that she didn't care that Rhode was sweating all over. She just came over and kissed his neck again and again.

"You are mine~"

Rod pushed her away.

"What? We agreed on five days, and you're going back on your word?!"

"Not today."

Terry was particularly unbridled when she indulged herself, so Rod had to take care of other things first.

Like Father Owen's spoils.

Rhodes has the halfling Ali's spell bag in his hand.

But you cannot put another spell bag inside a spell bag.

This is common knowledge known to almost everyone on the mainland.

The magic power in the folded space created by different wizards will not be the same, and may even cause repulsive imagination.

Once repulsion occurs, the result will be the collapse of the folded space, and all the objects inside will fly to another space.

Take out the spell bag.

I took a quick inventory of the items.

Apart from the five hundred gold Aarons, Father Owen had much less than Ali.

The Doctrine of Sacrifice

【Sacrificial Sword】

[Intoxicated Veil]

There is also a spell book that records a spiritual strengthening spell called [Austerity Strengthening the Body].

Among them, the [Doctrine of Sacrifice] is the large steel-bound book in Father Owen's hand.

This steel book is obviously of extraordinary quality. It can not only serve as a weapon, but also enhance the speed of the caster.

[Enchanting Veil].

This should help him cast the mind control spell.

[Sacrificial Sword] and [Austerity Strengthened Body] are related.

The practice of [Austerity Strengthens the Body] not only requires living the life of an ascetic monk, but also requires using weapons with holy attributes to harm oneself.

This will result in a strong body.

Father Owen must have cultivated such spiritual arts to develop his unusual body. Rhodes had no interest in [Austerity Strengthening the Body].

After all, Father Owen looked really ugly to him.

But the [Sacrificial Sword] can be used.

Its quality is good and is not much different from the steel sword that Rhodes usually uses.

"I want this."

Tylee picked up the [Enchanted Veil].

"Take what you want. You and I have contributed equally to these."

Rhodes also gave her the halfling Ali's magic dagger and half of the magic potion.

Terry didn't care about that.

It's just that she thought her performance last night was very average and hoped to improve her rank.

She sensed a breath from the [Enchanted Veil] that could allow her to advance.

"During the agreed five days, you have to work harder. I need to advance."

Rhodes was a little surprised.

Succubi are a very lazy race, and they rarely take the initiative to improve their rank.

in the afternoon.

Rhodes entered Quartz Town.

Today happens to be the day to collect weekly pay.

On his way out, he met Vivian in Baiyu District.

Vivian is still clearing away burned trees.

This seems to be a special custom of tree spirits.

Rhodes didn't bother her too much and planned to bring her some new saplings and nutrient solution on the way back.

Upon entering the City Hall.

Rhodes felt the staff's pointing and talking.

It wasn't because of Terry.

At this time, she transformed into an ordinary young farm woman.

The content of his advice was not secretive, and almost all of it revolved around the story of how he rescued Daphne last night.

really.

Just as Little Tom had spread the rumor that he was raising a succubus, the sheriffs spread the rumor about his heroics last night.

The people in Quartz Town are all loudmouths.

But Rhodes was also happy about it.

After all, no one would object to these words mixed with praise and recognition.

"We didn't really think of the maze in Shuangzhi Mountain at first. Luckily we met you."

I met David on the road and he happily told me what happened last night.

"You know, those twenty or so people in the maze were all notorious gangsters and thieves. Now that you've killed them all, the residents can finally get a good night's sleep."

"When I first saw you last night, I thought I had made a mistake! Miss Isabella is at the peak of the sixth level. I initially thought her sword would cut you in half. I never expected that."

Rhodes waved his hand, met David's curious and shocked eyes, and said:

"I was beaten so hard that I vomited blood."

"Brother, looking at your spiritual accumulation, you're not even at the fifth level! Even the kingdom's number one genius can't compete with the peak of the sixth level, right?"

"Don't give me that flattery trick."

Rhodes knew that when he met Isabella, he was almost beaten.

How can there be a give and take?
She was covered in extremely high-quality treasures, and even the [Steel Vine Charge] with the fifth-order peak lethality couldn't break through her defense.

The good news is that shared skills grow stronger with increasing proficiency and understanding.

Different from the fixed-grade spiritual arts created by humans
The native skills of each race have growth potential.

"By the way, David, do you know where I can buy higher-level spiritual techniques?"

The number of spiritual arts in the Spiritual Guild was small and low-level, which was enough to satisfy Rhodes.

"Higher-level spiritual techniques? I do know about them, but they are all private groups, and the prices are very expensive."

The Spiritual Guild is the official organization of the kingdom. They encourage citizens to learn spiritual arts. Therefore, the spiritual arts in the guild are not only basic enough, but also very cheap.

Rhodes thought about the more than 600 gold Aarons in his pocket.

Suddenly I felt confident.

"It's just money. I still have some."

(End of this chapter)