Edmund looked at Bai Xuan and said candidly, “However, the town is currently in ruins, and both manpower and supplies are extremely scarce. In the short term, we cannot allocate any resources to assist you. Everything will have to wait until the reconstruction of the town is complete.”
Bai Xuan nodded slightly, his tone calm. “I understand. You only need to focus on overseeing the town's reconstruction.”
Then, he frankly revealed his plan. “Tomorrow, I will head to Blackcreek Town to settle scores with Zane for what he has done. You can send a few people to accompany me, and we can take over Blackcreek Town when the time comes.”
Edmund fell silent for a long time upon hearing this, his perception of Bai Xuan shattered once again.
Bai Xuan's confidence and strength far exceeded his estimations. The holy phenomenon from earlier was definitely no coincidence. There was a high probability that the Goddess truly favored and blessed him.
After organizing his thoughts, Edmund said in a deep voice, “We have a secret outpost in a village on the outskirts where some of our men are stationed. Back when I anticipated that Calais Town might not hold, I sent advance orders for the people at the outpost to go into hiding.”
“That village outpost is further away from the path of the monster tide, so the impact of the tide should be much smaller. You can mobilize men from there, sir.”
“I'll drop by and check it out tomorrow on my way,” Bai Xuan said after a brief pause. “The monster tide has completely collapsed, and the remaining ones are just scattered stragglers that pose no threat. You shouldn't have to worry about the safety of the village and the outpost.”
Edmund nodded gently, agreeing with his assessment.
With their discussion concluded, Bai Xuan returned to the White family estate. A cool night breeze swept past, rustling the fabric on his shoulders.
The torches in the courtyard had just been replaced. The newly lit flames burned steadily in the evening wind, illuminating the tiny cracks in the stone floor.
Yvonne was standing under the eaves organizing some clothes. Seeing him return, she greeted him casually before lowering her head to continue with her work.
Without stopping, Bai Xuan walked straight down the corridor toward the guest room. As he passed the courtyard, several servants were clearing away scattered debris and stacking it in a corner, their shovels clinking dully against the stone pavement.
He paused briefly in front of the guest room door. This was the same room he had stayed in before. He raised his hand and pushed the door open to enter.
The moment he pushed the door open, Bai Xuan paused. The room's overall layout remained the same, yet it looked vastly different from what he remembered.
The position of the bed hadn't changed, but it now had darker sheets that were spread quite carelessly. The corners hung loosely to the floor, clearly the work of someone who had tidied up in a hurry.
The copper lamp on the windowsill was still in its original spot, but there was a crack on its shade, as if it had been accidentally damaged.
The tabletop was covered in a thin layer of dust, with a few fresh finger marks left on it. It was obvious that someone had rummaged through things here not long ago.
The wooden shelf in the corner was intact but completely empty. The items originally displayed on it had been cleared out, leaving behind only the outlines of their shapes traced in the accumulated dust.
Bai Xuan stood quietly at the doorway for a moment, not entering immediately. This estate had been occupied by the Cross family, so this guest room had certainly been lived in, or at the very least, thoroughly searched.
The crooked bed, the rummaged edges of the drawers, and the conspicuous scratches on the corners of the desk—these ubiquitous traces all indicated that this room had seen many occupants over the past two months.
He stood at the door for another couple of seconds before stepping inside, closing the door behind him. Leaning his staff against the bedside, he sat down on the edge of the bed.
The night had grown completely dark. The light from the torches outside filtered into the room, casting a warm, yellow glow on the wall.
The scene was remarkably similar to two months ago, yet different in every detail. He pulled up his status panel to review all the gains from this battle.
His experience had risen from 31% to 49%, and he had accumulated a substantial amount of Pleasure—enough to perform nearly a hundred draws.
Looking at the data on his status panel, Bai Xuan made a quick estimation.
The total harvest from this monster tide was equivalent to five or six days of continuous grinding deep inside the dungeon, even with the experience boost from his contract with Phoebe.
However, such gains could not be replicated. The emergence of a dungeon and the unsealing of a giant beast had triggered a gathering of monsters, which in turn formed a massive monster tide. Events of this scale would definitely not happen frequently.
He suppressed his stray thoughts and stopped dwelling on it, then proceeded to start drawing items.
Beams of white light flashed one after another. Most of the drawn items were Class EXP and Skill EXP items, interspersed with two completely useless gray cards.
One was a 【Goblin's Smelly Sock】, which he tossed into a corner after a single glance, and the other was a 【Leaking Training Dummy】, which he also set aside.
He only stopped his rapid clicking when a few special cards appeared.
【Blank Skill Engraving Stone: Allows the user to engrave any skill they have mastered into it. Once mana is injected, others can consume the mana within the engraving stone to directly use the skill.】
Bai Xuan stared at this card a little longer. Compared to items that directly boosted his own combat strength, the value of an item that could share skills was by no means inferior. It could potentially play an unexpected role in specific situations.
He pondered for a moment, unsure if passive skills could be engraved. If the engraving stone was a single-use item, using it on a low-level skill now would be too wasteful.
To play it safe, he put away the engraving stone and continued checking the rest of his draw rewards.
Following that, he drew three rare items: an 【Armor Rank-Up Card】, a 【Skill Breakthrough Card】, and a 【Random Skill Card】.
The Armor Rank-Up Card was of no use for the time being, as he had not yet decided on what type of armor he wanted to forge or upgrade.
The Skill Breakthrough Card, however, caught his attention. His leveling journey had been smooth sailing so far, and he had never encountered any bottleneck in skill levels.
The appearance of this item meant that there would be limits to future skill upgrades, and his growth would eventually face various bottlenecks.
Not dwelling too much on it, he looked at the Random Skill Card and used it directly.
A warm wave of mana flowed from the card into his body, as if a brand-new ability was taking root and forming within him.
His status panel immediately popped up a notification: 【Holy Charge Lv.0 (0%): Dash in a designated direction at extreme speed.】
This was a mid-tier skill. Its description was simple and direct, without any extra descriptions of special effects.
He had already mastered two mid-tier skills: 【Storm of Judgment】 and 【Penetrating Thrust】.
The former was a wide-area magic attack capable of wiping out swarms of monsters, while the latter was a single-target piercing skill that could efficiently eliminate high-threat targets. The mid-tier classification of both made perfect sense.
Yet 【Holy Charge】 was merely a dash and displacement skill; the description did not even mention any additional damage.
This left him highly puzzled as to why this skill was classified as a mid-tier one.
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