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Looking over there, Linsel saw "Goat" waving a slingshot outside the stone wall at the opposite cemetery, constantly throwing stones into the cemetery.

What's going on inside the cemetery? Are there ghouls there?

The two hurried towards the cemetery.

"Brinan, you go help Uncle 'Goat,' I'll go in through the front."

"Broken Arrow" understood, and he picked up his bow and headed toward "Goat".

"Hurry up, there's another big ghost!"

As Lindsay approached the cemetery gate, "Goat" shouted, his stone never ceasing, while from inside the gate came the constant roars and cries of pain from the monster.

As Lindsay approached the door, he drew his iron sword, braced his shield, and slowly and tentatively stepped inside.

Just a dozen or twenty meters to the left of the gate, two large ghouls were surrounding Claire, who was lying on the ground against the wall.

The female wanderer's leather armor was covered in disgusting rotting flesh. She held a short sword and a dagger in her hands, swinging them back and forth in the air, a method that seemed to make the ghouls wary and dare not approach rashly.

Wait a minute, how can this stop the ghouls' attack?

Linsset glanced at the panel and instantly understood.

[Claire, Human, Level 2 Wanderer, Health: 64/80, Armor: 73/90 (Fine Leather), Paralyzed Legs]

[Medium Ghoul, Monster, Health: 74/120, Armor: 0, Minor Head Wound, Slowing Poison]

[Medium Ghoul, Monster, Health: 43/120, Armor: 0, Head Injury, Torso Injury, Slowing Poison]

The heads of the two ghouls were covered with dents and swollen pustules from being hit by stones, and their bodies were also pierced with several scattered poison darts.

They were swaying unsteadily, seemingly affected by the rocks and toxins, their movements were sluggish, and they were injured.

The two ghouls seemed to want to escape, but their instinctive craving for flesh and blood was pulling them back. Their left and right hemispheres were locked in a struggle, leaving them in a state where they were unable to advance or retreat.

Ghouls are ultimately slaves to fleshly desires.

"Goat" shouted from outside the stone wall, "Linsey, this giant ghoul isn't too afraid of blunt force trauma. My stones aren't very lethal; they can only distract them!"

A large ghoul? The panel clearly shows a medium-sized ghoul.

However, Lindsay didn't have time to delve into these matters. At that moment, Claire also noticed Lindsay entering the cemetery, and she shouted anxiously.

"Linse, my legs are numb and I can't move! Please help me!"

This sound also alerted the two ghouls to Linsel, and they turned around, preparing to deal with the enemy behind them first.

A stone flew out from outside the stone wall and hit a ghoul on the head.

"Over here!"

The middle-aged adventurer roared, and at that moment "Broken Arrow" arrived. Without saying a word, he immediately shot an arrow, which stuck in the back of another monster.

"Ugh..."

The two blows from behind caused the ghouls to cry out in pain; they were clearly suffering greatly.

Linssey dropped his shield and fired three rapid-fire crossbow shots.

A medium-sized ghoul saw Lindsay's crossbow-shooting motion and tried to dodge, but the poison slowed it down, preventing it from dodging.

After being hit by three crossbow bolts, the monster, its wounds oozing black blood, collapsed backward.

He then extended his left palm forward.

Flame Arrow!

With the sound of the fire trick hitting its target, the last ghoul was engulfed in flames and burned to death.

"Lince, you...you know magic?"

To Claire's surprise, Lindsay walked up to her.

"Claire, get up."

"I...I can't get up, my legs are numb."

"Judging from the marks on your leather armor, you were hit by chunks of ghoul flesh, weren't you? Here's my antidote."

As he spoke, Lin Sai took out an antidote from his small bag and handed it to the other person.

"Oh, thank you, I'll pay you back..."

The female wanderer's face flushed slightly. She reluctantly opened the stopper and drank it, then stuck out her tongue.

"It's too bitter, I really don't want to drink it."

"Goat" and "Broken Arrow" also climbed over the stone wall.

"Captain, are you done killing them all? Now we can start collecting ghoul materials."

"Broken arrows, as usual, we'll collect them first, then hand them over to the squad leader for distribution."

Lindsay looked at the dead ghouls and asked, "What's useful about these monsters?"

"Goat" picked up a few stones and put them into his bag: "Heart, fangs, brain, all alchemical materials, and quite valuable at that."

"Then you go collect the ones outside the cemetery, I'll cut up these two."

After Linsel finished speaking, he opened the panel and selected the newly acquired monster ability.

[Consuming Flesh and Blood: You can mutate your body to the next stage by consuming flesh and blood]

【Paralyzing Bite: When you bite an enemy, you inject toxins that paralyze the corresponding part of their body that was bitten】

[Danger Perception: Increases your reaction time when facing sudden attacks]

These are the three monster abilities that appear after killing the little ghoul.

Linsel pondered, of the three, only [Danger Perception] seemed practical; the other two were clearly geared towards developing monsters.

However, since I killed the ghoul later, I can take a look at the ghoul's three abilities before making a choice.

He tried looking on the panel, but failed.

Is the monster ability selection panel locked? It seems like you can only select a new ability after selecting one monster ability at a time.

...a bit big-headed.

Lindsay chose the third option.

[Danger Perception] has been successfully selected.

Let's take a look at the abilities of the ghouls.

"Lince, Lince? What are you standing there for?"

Lindsay heard Claire calling him from behind.

"Hmm? Oh, I was thinking about ghouls."

Linsel casually replied and walked to the ghoul corpse. He squatted down and cut it with his iron sword, but his mind was on the control panel.

[Bone Strike: You can spit out a small piece of your flesh to attack enemies from a distance. This attack will damage the enemy's skin and paralyze the body part hit.]

[Consuming Flesh and Blood: You can mutate your body to the next stage by consuming flesh and blood]

[Claws: Your fingernails have been strengthened, becoming thicker, longer, and harder.]

These three abilities all seem to lean towards developing into monsters, making it a bit difficult to choose.

【Ghoul Attack】sounds powerful. Linsel had seen this attack method of ghouls in battle, but it came at the cost of a small part of their own flesh, which was a bit bizarre.

There was no choice before [consuming flesh and blood] because Lindsay did not quite understand the meaning of "allowing the body to enter the next stage".

Will it make him age faster? Will it turn him into a ghoul? He dared not make any choices.

[Claws] seem to have the least impact on the body.

Linsel looked at the ghoul's claws before him, the twisted knuckles and hard, long nails. He feared that if he made his choice, these hands would look unlike any human's.

Moreover, it doesn't seem very useful, since humans rely more on weapons and magic than claws.

Can I not select this option?

Lindsay carefully searched the ability selection panel and found a tiny close button in the upper right corner, so small that he had previously overlooked it.

It seems like I could choose not to, but it feels like I'd be missing out.

He took a few deep breaths, considered it carefully, and finally decided to choose one.

If all else fails, I'll just stop being human, at least I'll look like one!