As an NPC, having a lot of skills is quite reasonable, right?

[Detection indicates that the fate of the character "Lisa Wilder" has been altered.]

[Obtained Life Stone: Pure White Daisy]

[Life Stone: Pure White Daisy]

[Level: Pale]

[Life Stone Motto: Even if the world is covered in ice and snow, I will still bloom a flower for you on the edge of the cliff.]

Moen was awakened in the early morning by a series of crisp magical explosions outside his window.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes and pushed open the door to the second-floor terrace.

On the lawn of the manor, two figures, one tall and one short, are practicing.

"Raise your hand slightly and imagine magic flowing through your fingertips." Alvin was holding Lily's small hand, correcting her casting posture.

"Yes! That's it! Phew, now your magic is completely stable."

Alvin, completely satisfied, cupped Lily's expressionless face in his hands and began to knead it vigorously, like dough.

"Oh my, even though I've become a little expressionless, the feel of this is just amazing!"

Lily didn't resist, letting her cheeks be rubbed until they were deformed, and only politely replied in a muffled voice, "A little bit of Ai'er Wu Laoshu."

Moen leaned against the railing, watching this scene, and a smile unconsciously crept onto his lips. This must be what they call peaceful and serene life.

Breakfast time, at the long dining table.

Green prepared steaming hot oatmeal and smoked bacon.

After taking a sip of porridge, Moen said, "I'm going to the Grey Evil Forest today."

He was, of course, trying to collect some mortal fragments that the monsters hadn't fully collected.

It's also for a medicinal herb called "Bloodburning Grass," which, when combined with "Ice Wolf's Berserk Gland," can be used to make "Basic Berserk Potion."

The potion works by reducing stamina to increase attack power, making it a godsend for the upcoming players as they begin their exploration.

Elwin swallowed the bread in his mouth and said, "Since you're going to the Grey Forest, could you please bring me some Crystallized Resin? I want to improve that low-end version of the Magic Bomb; the current version is too easy for the user to explode."

Moen nodded: "Okay, I'll keep an eye out."

After finishing breakfast, Moen packed his gear and prepared to leave. Elwin nudged Moen and pointed to Lily, who was still practicing her Ice Spike spell on a wooden stake in the yard.

Although the little girl was still mechanically repeating the actions, her heterochromatic eyes were constantly glancing at Moen's every move out of the corner of her eye.

"How about we bring Lily along too?" Alvin suggested.

"I taught her some basic defensive techniques and crowd control skills. Although they weren't of great help, they were definitely enough to protect herself. Besides, real combat is the best teacher."

Moen, however, caught a glimpse of something interesting in Elwin's words: "Oh? You're teaching her magic, won't the Starweave Academy say anything?"

Alvin shrugged: "Just some basic skills, nothing like the truly divinely bestowed skills of the church. There are many organizations in the community that teach skills, but they're all small-scale operations."

While the two were still talking, Moen felt a hem of his clothes sink.

Looking down, he saw that Lily had walked over at some point, her little hand tightly gripping the hem of his clothes.

Because of her height, Lily tilted her head back and quietly looked at Moen with her one black and one blue eyes.

Although he didn't say anything, his eyes clearly showed that he wanted to go.

Moen sighed.

Although his two trump cards are on cooldown, the outer perimeter of the Grey Forest is full of monsters below level 10, so with his current stats, he can easily roam around.

"Alright, then I'll take you with me, you little ice cube."

Lily frowned slightly, seemingly not quite satisfied with the address, but she didn't let go.

Seeing her adorable expression of displeasure yet suppressed frustration, Moen couldn't resist reaching out and roughly ruffling her silver hair, leaving Lily completely bewildered.

"It really looks like it..." Moen thought to himself.

This awkward, aloof air is exactly like Arya's.

However, if that Judgment Knight were to have his head rubbed like that, a sword would probably be at his neck in the next second.

Elwin watched the interaction between the two, but his mind was racing: "Little ice block? Who's that big ice block? Did Mr. Moen know some powerful ice mage before?"

……

Returning to the place where he first arrived, Moen felt like he was coming home.

Take a deep breath, and the air feels fresh and sweet.

The two were only traveling on the outskirts of Grey Eresen, and Moen spotted their target not long after they started walking.

It was a gray wolf wandering aimlessly in the snow.

"Ice Binding".

Lily whispered an incantation, and several icicles instantly shot out from the ground, precisely trapping the gray wolf's limbs and freezing it in place.

Moen casually added a sword strike.

[Team-based kill: Snowfield Gray Wolf Lv.6]

Experience points gained: 8

[Gained Mortal Fragments: 1 + 5 (First Kill Reward)]

[Unlock Statue: Snowfield Gray Wolf]

"Good teamwork," Moen praised.

Lily pursed her lips, her face expressionless, but the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned.

What followed was essentially a one-sided massacre.

Moen was like a ruthless harvester, leaving nothing but desolation in his wake.

[Collect: Bloodburning Grass x20]

[Collect: 17 Berserk Glands of the Dire Wolf]

[Collection: Crystallized Resin x15]

[Unlock Statue: Winterthorn Tree Spirit]

By dusk, Moen had collected a total of 102 mortal fragments for the day, and he nodded in satisfaction.

"That's it for the day, time to go home."

As the two were walking back along the path, Lily, who had been quiet all along, suddenly stopped.

She closed her eyes, her icy blue right eye glowing faintly, as if sensing something.

The next second, she took Moen's hand and walked straight into another fork in the road deep in the woods.

"There's a strong magical energy fluctuation over there."

Moen had no doubts and followed her for about 500 meters.

On a snow-covered clearing, a rabbit was lying there munching on ice crystal grass.

Its entire body is translucent ice blue, with a single horn-like ice spike growing on its forehead.

【Glacier Phantom Rabbit Lv.12】

Looking at the rabbit, Moen blurted out, "Wow, what an adorable rabbit! It must taste delicious."

According to the script of a normal little girl, she should be shouting at this moment, "How can you eat such a cute bunny?"

however.

"Ice Spike." Lily raised her hand expressionlessly.

Without a single word, a sharp ice spike shot out, heading straight for the rabbit's forehead!

"..." Moen's eye twitched.

This child has a bright future ahead of him.

Sensing the magical fluctuations, the Phantom Rabbit instantly bristled.

With a powerful kick of its hind legs, its body vanished in a blue blur, and the ice spike missed its target.

"Now that the monsters have been summoned, there's no escape."

Moen used [Frosty Wind Shadow] to instantly teleport to the face of the Phantom Rabbit.

"Squeak?!" Startled by the sudden appearance of the person, Phantom Rabbit was about to jump again when suddenly everything went black and it fainted.

Using the momentum of his charge, Moen did not strike directly with his sword, but instead received a powerful [Siege Stomp].

The massive shockwave stunned the rabbit that was trying to escape.

Taking advantage of the dizziness, the longsword slashed twice, and just 0.1 seconds before the dizziness ended, a sticky spider web covered the rabbit's head, sticking it firmly to the ground just as it was about to jump.

"Lily! Hit it!"

Lily, who had been holding back her energy for a while, made a big splash this time.

A thick ice spear pierced the immobilized rabbit with pinpoint accuracy.

The poor Phantom Rabbit was turned into a corpse before it could even use its skills, thanks to the seamless combo from the two.

Team up to defeat the rare monster: Glacier Phantom Rabbit

Experience points gained: 134

[Gained Mortal Fragments: 3 + 10 (First Kill Reward)]

[Statue Resonance Conditions Unlocked]

[Waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump? No, this is precision hunting: the target must be killed in one strike while it is "in the air".]

Moen walked over, picked up the rabbit's two huge hind legs, and weighed it in his hand.

"Great, we'll have spicy rabbit heads for dinner tonight."

As the sun set, two figures, one tall and one short, trailed long shadows and carried loads of spoils, heading towards the manor.