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

Chapter 504 Participation and Integration

The halfling Lily's hair was dyed chestnut brown and slightly curly, probably done by the witch Demia or some girl in the forest.

Now with her hair tied into a neat ponytail, she looks more like a girl than before.

Rhodes smiled and sat up with his pillow raised.

——Early in the morning, when the spider elf Yuna came to deliver breakfast, she untied the spider silk and took the tree spirit Vivian away.

"It just so happens that I have an equally impressive matter that requires your help."

"Oh? What do you say?"

Lily's eyes sparkled, and her feet, which were dangling in the air on the chair, began to swing rapidly.

Rhodes did not speak directly, but said five words in the [Chain of Far Words] - "The Dragon's Vault".

The halfling girl was stunned for a moment, then her excitement was evident in her words.

But then he also raised questions in the [Chain of Far Words].

【Lily: Why do you have to say it here? 】

[Rod: There's a guy hiding in the shadows, eavesdropping. There are also eavesdropping spider webs under the bed, on the door frame, and on the edge of the window. There's also a Light Ghost sneaking around on the roof.]

Lily calmly used her magic to scan it again, and found that it was indeed as she expected.

But she didn't notice it in the shadows.

I was shocked for a moment, as if facing a great enemy.

[Lily: Has the dragon's influence expanded into the forest?]

[Rod: That's not the case. It's just a troublemaker trying to atone for his sins, and two girls who are worried that I'll go out and cause trouble again after my injuries haven't healed.]

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Lily looked at him strangely and secretly cast a spell to cover up eavesdropping.

Then he said helplessly:

"It's like I'm just a bad friend who's playing along."

"Just say whether you want to go or not. Let me remind you. There's more than one place. I know the locations of the vaults of the two dragons in Coral Bay."

"Well!"

Lily's clear and bright eyes began to sparkle.

But he soon calmed down.

"First, Rhode, I need to find out where you got your information. It's not that I don't trust you, but such news often leaks out of Waterdeep. It's that cunning and murderous old green dragon who deliberately released the vault information to lure and kill those greedy adventurers."

"You can rest assured about this. My source of information comes from these eyes."

Rhodes directly used the [Insightful Eye].

There is nothing to hide from my comrades. Besides, it is just a skill in the field, and anyone with the qualifications can obtain it.

It's not a cheat on the level of the enslavement spell.

"field."

Lily said in surprise.

Then he immediately praised, "As expected of you, Rhodes. I knew you could master more than one field."

During the previous trip to the open-air maze, Rhodes had demonstrated to her how to use [Retention Domain].

"Hahaha--"

Rhode felt a surge of joy as she gazed upon him with those pure, large eyes. "This domain's derivative power is called the [Insightful Eyes], and it can see through all kinds of magical transformations, advanced darkness, illusions, and more."

Just saying.

His gaze fell on Lily, and the power of the magic eye instantly penetrated the dark red leather armor on Lily's chest.

Under the flat magic breastplate, a pair of huge rabbits that formed a huge contrast with the petite body pressed out the black inner shirt.

Rhodes' eyes widened for a moment.

Lily was still smiling and pondering his words when she suddenly caught sight of the man staring at her chest.

"Ugh!"

Thinking about all the abilities of the other party's magic eyes, she understood everything and her face instantly turned red.

He crossed his arms to protect himself and quickly turned his body.

"Rod!"

"Ahh, sorry."

Both of them turned their faces away.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a moment, but Rhodes was the first to break it.

"So, are you going to participate?"

Lily pondered for a moment.

Then he quickly compromised: "Wait until you are well again, I don't want Xiao Ke and Yuna to secretly glare at me."
You don't understand. Xiao Ke is okay. Even when she glares at people, she looks pitiful and harmless. But Yuna is different. She appears sweet and gentle in front of you, but when she actually encounters a threat, her gaze becomes as fierce and cruel as a spider staring at its prey."

"Well, that's alright. They're just minor injuries, they'll only take a day or two. Oh, and remember to come with me to pick someone up from out of town. It's the dog-man sister Demia mentioned last time."

The emerald tree on Sharon's side of the dog-man tribe will probably be taken care of in the next two or three days. After stealing the dragon's vault, I can go and take a look at the situation.

"Okay, Faye is the birthplace and lair of the Plague Mage, so I'll take advantage of these two days to prepare."

Now that we have talked about it.

I just experienced another embarrassing incident.

Lily didn't feel like staying any longer, so she quickly said goodbye and left.

Rod was bored.

He began to conduct in-depth research on [Judian's Ice Blade Domain].

After all, he had gained [Frost Affinity +1] by forging the ancient white dragon's fighting spirit, so it would be a bit of a loss if he didn't improve this eighth-level ice spiritual technique.

Rhodes' current use of [Judian's Ice Blade Domain] is just a very straightforward and mindless laying of frost and freeze.

Since the name contains the word "Ice Blade", it is naturally related to sharp spirituality.

During the trial period, the synergy between ice crystal spirituality and sharp spirituality will naturally be mobilized.

It is naturally quite powerful against enemies of level 7 and below.

But now the enemies Rhodes faced were gradually rising in rank, so naturally he couldn't keep up.

It needs to be strengthened.

Unlike [Giant Slash] and [Flash of Aseron], although these two are not of high rank, to be honest, they both belong to the type of strengthening normal attacks.

The higher the power of Rod's basic attack, the higher their damage will naturally be.

He even has the idea of ​​combining the two.

The twenty-four swords of [Slashing Burst] [Giant Slash] are scary just by hearing about them.

But the amount of spiritual energy consumed is a bit scary.

Therefore, in the process of improving [Judian's Ice Blade Domain], Rhodes also wanted to take the approach of integrating existing skills.

The objects of integration have also been thought of.

[Plague Field] + [Judian's Ice Blade Field].

"Without further ado."

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the tree house at the medical station, he immediately spread out his hands.

In one hand there was a yellow-green, rancid plague, in the other a translucent blue whirlpool of ice crystals.

【Melting Pot of All Things】.

Yes, the Universal Furnace is a wonderful thing that can even melt energy.

Come on, Kairong.

Most of the day passed.

Rhodes went from half lying to sitting upright.

On the left side of the ground was a large pool of semi-Newtonian fluid that looked like mud and mixed with ice chips.

From the ceiling floated a green cloud of plague, from which fell icicles covered with bright green thorns.

In the corner, there were several twisted human-shaped corpses with their heads twisted off. These things were made of frost and were fixed in place by vines grown by the plague.

It's actually a magical creature with life activities.

Rhodes scratched his head and thought hard.

It didn't work.

“It feels a bit conflicting.”

If the power of the plague field is too strong, the frost spirit will easily lose its form.

If the frost spirituality is too strong, the plague field will easily lose its activity.

It feels like the two are conflicting.

(End of this chapter)