Asura in Arknights

"I was blown a little far away... but it's okay. Don't worry about the protective suit. Blood Demons aren't that easily infected with Oripathy. They'll just be weak for a while afterward."

Seeing that everyone was behaving normally, Warfarin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said with a serious expression, "Let's not talk about that anymore. Does anyone need treatment now?"

As she spoke, Warfarin's gaze fell on Viviana.

This wasn't Warfarin giving her special treatment; it's just that without the protective suit covering her face, Viviana really looked terrible. Her face was covered in dust or something else, and she only looked slightly better than Warfarin.

"The Candle Knight?"

“…Thank you, but I’m not injured. You should go check on the others.” Viviana shook her head, declining Warfarin’s offer.

“I’m fine too,” Provence waved his hand in return.

"Doctor, you should take a look at ACE. His butt is almost turning into three pieces."

"You talk too much," ACE scolded Huang. "Let's check on her first; she might have broken a few bones."

"And my sister too!"

"Don't rush, let me do them one by one."

With that in mind, Warfarin naturally started by examining Huang, whose injuries sounded the most severe.

After an examination, it was found that Huang had indeed broken an arm, which was not a minor injury.

After dealing with Huang, the second one was ACE, who was lying on the ground groaning. When Warfarin turned him over, she exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

"That kick of yours was way too hard!"

A clear footprint was visible on ACE's protective suit on his buttocks, which explained why he lay on the ground for so long without getting up.

Unlike Huang's injuries, this kind of severe injury is beyond what the word "painful" can describe.

"Ahem... In a moment of crisis, I didn't think much about it at the time," Li Ang said with a light cough.

"It's okay, it's okay, I don't care at all, after all, it's to save people."

Clearly, none of the people present were unreasonable.

While treating everyone, Warfarin complained, "What the hell are these things? How can they self-destruct? And the power is too great! We were almost killed by these things..."

"Who can really explain the nature of 'sea cucumber'?"

Li Ang casually offered a word of comfort, "And on the bright side, at least all those Hai Si were wiped out, not even a single cell was left."

“…Yes, you’re right.” Warfarin twitched her lips and replied, rather speechless.

Yes... not a single cell was left.

Her healing magic is indeed powerful, but if Warfarin wants to save someone, she must at least leave behind a complete corpse. Someone who has not even left ashes is naturally beyond the reach of even a god.

"Tsk, it's amazing you managed to block it..."

Warfarin hadn't expected that Li Ang could completely block the explosion; she thought they would lose manpower again this time.

"It's not as amazing as you think."

Li Ang explained, "The force of the explosion was actually quite dispersed. As long as the first wave of impact could be blocked, the subsequent ones would be easy to handle."

"If it were this ACE, he should be able to block it too; his Originium Arts are also very powerful."

"You flatter me too much."

ACE, who was lying on the ground, exclaimed that he was too kind to accept such praise, saying, "Even if I could really block it, I could only protect myself at most."

With indiscriminate area attacks like this, ACE can at best only protect the area covered by his shield. But his shield is only so big, so he's lucky if he can protect himself. Whether he can save a second person depends on luck.

How could anyone be like Li Ang, who single-handedly protected an entire area and safeguarded everyone?

Speaking of how Li Ang blocked the explosion, Elena suddenly remembered something. She leaned close to Xingji's ear and whispered something.

"Sister, what he just used... it looks a bit like your zodiac sign guardian?"

Chapter 73 Ubika's Dilemma

In fact, it wasn't just Elena; even Astro herself felt the same way.

However, Xingji's head was still spinning at the time, and the difference in lighting effects was too great. The constellation guardian emitted a beautiful silver-white glow, while the spell just now looked like an evil dark red. So Xingji thought it was her imagination and didn't take it to heart.

After all, astrological magic is a secret passed down through the Ubika family for hundreds of years, and Xingji has never heard of anyone else possessing such knowledge.

But now that Elena has said this, Xingji is not so sure.

One person might be mistaken for another, but now that both sisters have the same feeling, can it still be considered a misperception?

Xingji glanced at Li Ang furtively, unsure how to begin. Should she directly question him about the origin of Originium Arts? But wouldn't it be rather impolite to speak to their savior like that?

Although the two sisters were whispering, they couldn't hide from two people with exceptional hearing: Li Ang and Warfarin.

Warfarin gave Li Ang a look, meaning you should solve your own problems.

However, she was also curious about what kind of Originium Arts Li Ang had just used.

In Warfarin's understanding, only the Gallic Guards of yesteryear and the Golden Law Guards who inherited some of their technology could withstand that level of energy impact, but that was mostly due to their equipment and military formations, unlike Li Ang who relied on his Originium Arts.

Originium Arts that can defend against physical attacks are very common, but those that can block energy attacks are relatively rare.

If what Elena said is true, then doesn't that mean their family's astrological magic has such potential?

While Warfarin and Leon exchanged glances, Elena and Xingji had already discussed what to do next.

Naturally, it was the older sister, who was more mature and composed, who stepped forward to negotiate.

"Thank you for saving us, Sir Knight."

Xingji came to Li Ang's side and took the initiative to start a conversation with him.

Knowing the other party's intentions beforehand, Li Ang cooperated quite well, saying, "No need to be polite, it's what I should do."

Since the other party was too embarrassed to say it, let him bring it up himself. Anyway, Elena was right; Li Ang had indeed borrowed a little bit from Xingji's constellation guardian.

"And Miss Star, you came to see me for more than just to thank me, right? I guess... you want to ask me about the spell I just used."

Xingji didn't expect Li Ang to be so direct. She hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes, Sir Knight."

"My sister and I just noticed that the spell you used to save us is somewhat similar to my constellation guardian, so I wanted to confirm whether it was just our imagination."

Xingji behaved very politely, even to the point of being overly polite, which made Li Ang feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Moreover... Xingji's current 'fully armed' appearance always struck him as very strange.

After composing himself slightly, Li Ang replied, "You two are right. The spell I used just now... was indeed your constellation guardian."

This is really...

Xingji was speechless with astonishment. After a moment of stunned silence, she hurriedly asked, "Where did you learn this kind of magic?"

"You don't have some kind of family tradition that absolutely cannot be leaked, and if any leaks are discovered, you have to get rid of them, right?" Li Ang asked tentatively in a joking manner.

“You’re joking… The Ubica family doesn’t have such a rule.”

Xingji's expression turned awkward, and his tone became quite subtle.

However, upon closer reflection, it's not surprising that the other party would have such thoughts, as it does align with the public's stereotypical view of ancient families that pass down secrets.

Unfortunately, the Ubica family belongs to that old-fashioned group.

"Actually, we have been searching for the origin of our family's inherited magic. Now we have discovered that there are other people who possess the same magic as us, so we wanted to ask if you have any clues in this regard."

After only a moment's hesitation, Xingji told Li Ang why she was so excited.

It turns out that although the Ubika family has a long history, due to various reasons, the astrological magic they have preserved is actually quite incomplete.

Especially after experiencing the fall of the Gallic Empire and the exclusion by Victoria's companions, they even lost records of the origins of astrology.

This wasn't a big deal in itself; it was just the origin of magic. If it was lost, so be it. It didn't affect anything. Not everyone is interested in researching their family history. As long as the astrological magic still works, that's fine.

That's how it should be.

However, starting from the generation of Xingji's great-grandfather, their family's astrological magic began to show signs of decline. Many advanced spells passed down became unusable. This phenomenon reached its peak with Xingji's father, who could only use the most basic spells and could not even use the constellation protection that Xingji had just used.

It's important to understand that Constellation Guardian is just one of the more useful intermediate spells in the legacy, but that's already the limit for Star Extreme.

Although Elena, the younger sister, was more talented, her talent did not change significantly. Even though she, like Xingji, devoted herself to studying astrological magic, she could not solve the predicament that the Ubika family was facing. Moreover, Elena's mind was not on this at all. After having a big fight with her parents, she even ran away to Rhine Lab to work as a researcher.

In just over a hundred years, a once powerful family has declined to its current state of having only a handful of members, never to regain its former glory.

Therefore, the current patriarch of the Ubica family, Xingji's father, having exhausted all other options, decided to reclaim the lost power of his family by tracing back to its roots, hoping to reverse the decline in one fell swoop.

The only problem is that... during the two great migrations, most of the data that could be lost was lost, so even if they wanted to investigate, they wouldn't know where to start.

And Li Ang is the clue that has now come to us of his own accord.

"I see, I think I understand now."

After Xingji's explanation, Li Ang roughly understood the situation of the Ubika family. He didn't expect that they would be facing such a predicament, which was somewhat different from what Li Ang had thought.

"But you might be disappointed."

Under Xingji's expectant gaze, Li Ang shook his head slightly, "I'm sorry, but I actually have no connection with the magic passed down in your family. The method of using the constellation guardian was actually taught to me by Miss Xingji just now."

"I...taught it to you? What do you mean?"

Xingji looked somewhat confused and didn't immediately grasp what Li Ang was trying to say.

"Ah! Could it be..."

Before Li Ang could explain, Elena clapped her hands and exclaimed in sudden realization, "Sister, didn't you use Constellation Protection on him once before? Is it because of this?"

"But this is just too...unbelievable!"

What Elena thought of, how could Xingji not have thought of? She just simply didn't consider it in that direction.

Because that possibility is just too outrageous. How could someone in this world master someone else's Originium Arts after just one look? Their family's inherited spells are still so complex. Even Xingji spent several months working hard before he finally mastered how to use the Constellation Guardian.

To Xingji's surprise, Li Ang readily admitted it.

“That’s right. I learned a part of how to use this spell by studying the constellation protection you left on me, Miss Star.”

Li Ang explained, "My Originium Arts can observe many things, including the spell structure of Originium Arts. If the conditions are right, I can indeed learn a part of Originium Memories in this way."

“I’m very sorry, Miss Xingji. I learned your family’s secret techniques without your permission. I can offer some compensation for this,” Li Ang said apologetically.

Learning by secret... it's fine if others don't know, but it can be quite embarrassing if it gets exposed by accident.

Originally, no one would have known that Li Ang had secretly learned it. But once everything settled down, he probably wouldn't have another chance to meet Xingji. Who would have known that he had secretly learned it then?

No one could have imagined that those mutants would also resort to self-destruction.

Li Ang could only say that it was fortunate that the Ubica family was not the kind of old-fashioned family with strict rules, otherwise even if he had saved the Xingji sisters, the matter of secretly learning the family's traditions would not have been so easy to resolve.

In a typical fantasy novel, this story would be written in hundreds of thousands of words.

"...I see."

"Starry Sky said softly."

Upon hearing that Li Ang had secretly learned her magic, rather than being one of the other group of people who had inherited the astrological magic, Xingji, while disappointed, also revealed a relieved smile.

Did she really hope that Li Ang possessed clues about the origins of astrological magic? Not entirely.

Even though this clue was their Ubica family's hope to return to its peak, Xingji had long been overwhelmed by the so-called hope of the family, and her parents' attitude of sacrificing everything for the family's honor made her feel extremely cold.

She stayed on Rhodes Island to evade this part of her responsibility.

So after learning the truth, Xingji was indeed relieved.

"There's no need for compensation. You saved me and my sister, and that's the greatest gift to us."

"That's how Starry Night answered."

Just as Li Ang had predicted, Xingji did not pursue the matter of him secretly learning magic and easily let the matter pass.

Without the constraints of clan rules, people are actually quite easy to talk to when faced with a life-saving favor.

"Sir Knight, can you learn my spells too?"

Elena, like a curious child, came over; she had never seen such a novel thing before.

"can."

Li Ang glanced at her, then nodded firmly.

The two sisters' magic originated from the same source. If he could learn Astral magic, he could definitely learn Elena's magic as well.

However, there is no need for it.