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"Captain, Captain..."

Linsel opened his eyes. It was already daylight. Before him was an unfamiliar ceiling, and he was lying on a wooden bed covered with a spotless white sheet.

My mind is in a mess; I feel like I went through a lot of things while I was in a daze.

"Broken Arrow" was calling to him from beside him.

"Captain, you're awake, Ms. Martha. Quickly, check on him!"

Linsel turned his head slightly, and a young blonde nun in a dark nun's robe came into his view.

Sister Martha calmly replied to "Broken Arrow": "It's nothing serious, but his physique is very strong; he must be a professional, and a high-level one at that."

I've never seen such a young high-level professional before!

"You're joking, Ms. Martha. You can tell by looking at the adventurer's nameplate. My captain is just a bronze-level adventurer."

Linsel had many questions in his mind. He had been inside the monster Shalinr before, but now it seemed to be over. He couldn't remember anything, just like when he had blacked out from drinking.

"Brinan, where are we? Weren't you under the spell of the cult leader?"

"This is the temple of Wind and City," Broken Arrow said, approaching Linsel. "I heard that after the cult leader died, most of those who were under the spell gradually awoke."

I woke up quite early, and although I still feel a bit exhausted, I guess I'm recovering. Anyway, after a night's rest, I'm fine.

Linssay had heard of temples, which were religious service facilities typically found in large cities, whose function was to charge fees for treating the wounded.

Lindsay pressed, "What happened next? Claire, and the other adventurers?"

"I'm not too sure about that either, but the mission is complete. We'll go collect the reward once you're feeling better, Captain."

As for the "Phantom" and the other adventurers, the "Phantom" was severely injured all over her body and had lost an arm, but it has now been reattached in the temple.

Other adventurers and guards reported that many had died or were seriously wounded, including two silver-ranked adventurers.

The battle sounded quite fierce, but the news of Claire losing her arm still surprised Lindsay.

It seems like I lost consciousness when the Salim exploded; that must have been when I was blown up.

"Seriously, a broken arm can be reattached? Is the temple's power that strong?"

Martha, who was taking care of other patients nearby, heard Lindsay's question and ran over with her little leather shoes clattering on the floor under her nun's robes. She couldn't help but correct him.

"Adventurer, you cannot question the temple's ability to save lives. As long as you give enough gold coins and ask our priest to cast a divine spell, depending on the cost, you can save lives, let alone severed limbs."

"I see."

Lindsay stood up and found that he was now wearing a coarse linen garment, and his wolfskin armor, helmet, and other equipment were gone.

"Captain, your weapons and helmet are damaged and left outside the main room, but your leather armor was blown to pieces and is no longer wearable."

Is the wolfskin armor ruined? Looks like I'll have to get a new one.

He glanced around; nearby, on other wooden beds lay some wounded guards and several adventurers.

"Broken Arrow" picked up on this information: "Captain, are you looking for Claire? She's in the next room."

"Let's go see her."

Linsel stood up, feeling quite relaxed. His health was at full, indicating that the monster's [Body Regeneration] ability had protected him.

Speaking of monster abilities, I almost forgot the new monster ability I gained after defeating the Flesh-and-Blood Shalin.

He immediately opened the monster encyclopedia and selected the newly acquired ability.

[Battle Smoke: You can continuously release smoke from your body, covering a radius of several meters. Enemies inside the smoke will cough and experience limited vision and hearing.]

[Blood Pact: You can replenish your own health by consuming the lives (but not killing) of humans or other races with whom you have made a blood pact.]

[Flesh and Blood Self-Destruction: Upon death, your body can split apart and launch in all directions at extremely high speeds]

Lindsay focused on the first two abilities.

During the battle with that flesh-and-blood Shalin, the smoke it released was indeed a troublesome thing, but its second ability [Flesh Pact]...

Based on what I saw yesterday, it seems that the other side's ability to continuously regenerate health is due to a blood pact with their followers, drawing on their lives to compensate for the loss.

If you want to use this ability, you need to find a large number of people willing to provide you with blood.

It feels somewhat sinister, and it's unlikely to be achieved in the short term.

After much deliberation, Lindsay ultimately chose [Smoke of Damage].

[Smoke Screen for Damage] has been successfully selected.

"Captain, what are you thinking about? You've been standing here for ages." "Broken Arrow" next to him said, looking a little strange.

"It's nothing."

As Linsel walked away from the large room, he checked the monster encyclopedia on the panel.

Monster Encyclopedia

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1-10 monster abilities.

11-20 monster abilities.

21 Flesh Golem [Flesh Regeneration+] 22 Enhanced Flesh Golem [Flesh Regeneration++]

Description: Threat level 2.3. An upgraded version of the Flesh Golem, becoming more robust and capable of actively launching its own rotting flesh, inflicting severe damage on unsuspecting and sluggish enemies. Generally derived from a mutation of the Flesh Golem.

23 Flesh and Blood Shalin [Damaged Smoke]

Description: Threat Level 5. The Dakul series monsters appear as a mass of flesh, capable of continuously expanding their size due to their high health. They can devour enemies, and the fleshy protrusions on their bodies are their primary means of attack. They are transformed from Dakul Chosen Ones.

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Inside the corridor, he saw two dwarves carrying giant shields.

The two men greeted Lin Sai as soon as they saw him come out.

"The 'Wolf Slayer' is awake! Well done yesterday!"

"Thank you for your help. You truly are a person of courage."

"What are you doing here?"

"Nothing much, Tucker is considering retirement," the dwarf Ink said calmly. "His Zinc Steel squad lost two men yesterday, including Lance."

Tucker sighed. "Unfortunately, after that horrible mountain of flesh exploded, we found a pile of rotten flesh, including several of yours. Judith was seriously injured; her body was severely corroded by the slime, and she's still receiving treatment."

As for my captain, Lance, alas! The young man bled to death and couldn't hold on; now the squad will most likely have to disband.

"Aren't you a Silver-ranked team? Why don't you try to resurrect in the temple?"

The dwarf Tak was getting angry: "What do you mean by this, kid? Where are we going to get the money! Resurrecting once costs at least several hundred gold coins, and even with Iron Fang's help, we can't raise that many."