“Well done! That’s truly worthy of you!”
Seeing the Elite Snow Demon explode into fragments of snowflakes filling the sky from afar, Weilin teleported over, smiling and praising without reservation.
“Hehe…” Airi scratched her head sheepishly, but averted her gaze, not daring to look at Weilin.
“An Elite Snow Demon must have dropped a lot of Snow Essence, right? Hey… I didn’t see you bottle it up. Where did the Snow Essence go?”
“That… it probably all got blown up with it.” Airi lowered her head and spoke meekly.
“Truly… worthy of you!!”
“You’re being too real! That last one was definitely sarcasm, right?!” Airi said aggrievedly, “…Who do you think I wanted to end it quickly for?”
“Sarcasm… Why would you think that? It’s clearly the same sentence as before.”
“That’s exactly why it’s even more sarcastic!”
“So…” Weilin feigned a frightened look and said weakly, “…what do you want to do with me?”
“Lady Weilin’s lesson is correct! I will be more careful in the future!” Airi instantly bowed. Her attitude was sincere and held no resentment.
“You could at least resist a little! Even when I treat you like this!” Weilin suddenly exclaimed, frustrated with her for not meeting expectations.
“To offend one’s superior is grave disrespect. To bully the weak with one’s strength is grave misdeed. To refuse the wealthy out of poverty is grave foolishness!”
“Here. Curse at me once. Ten thousand gold coins.”
“I love your mother! I love your mother! I love your mother!!”
Truly… paying to get scolded.
?
It wasn’t that Weilin was unfeeling. In fact, she had always been a very kind person.
Knowing that Airi had chosen to end the fight quickly with her firearm out of worry for her, she still felt a trace of heartwarming relief inside.
And Weilin had seen Airi’s continuous, high-intensity combat for over an hour. In less than two hours, they had collected 284… nearly three hundred Snow Essences. If this news got out, it would absolutely cause a huge stir.
And this was purely Airi’s personal battle achievement. Weilin had never once attacked.
However, after maintaining over an hour of hyperactive combat, a huge after-effect inevitably kicked in once she stopped. The elite hunting Ranger had transformed into a salted fish king, lying flat on the snow and not wanting to move a muscle.
“Phew… So tired. But, our ranking must be way ahead now…”
Airi gazed up at the canopy of the sky formed by countless interlaced, crystal-clear branches above her. She sighed lightly and said with a faint blush and contentment. As flurries of snow were about to drift into her eyes, the girl raised a hand to block them.
“Very soon, I can see her…” Airi whispered, so softly even Weilin couldn’t hear. The corner of her lips curled up slightly.
“Here, take this.”
Weilin suddenly thrust over a small bottle, within which swirled a strange, crystal-clear liquid.
“…Eh?”
[You used Alchemy to perfectly refine three ‘Snow Essences’ and obtained a bottle of ‘Revitalizing Potion’ (4th-Tier)]
[This is your first time refining ‘Revitalizing Potion’, Achievement Points +50]
“Refined from Snow Essences. The effect should be far superior to ordinary recovery potions.”
“…No, I’m not injured at all. I’ll be fine after resting a bit more. And, this looks really high-grade…” Airi refused apprehensively.
“Ten thousand gold coins… You thought I was going to say that? Drink it or don’t, I don’t care.”
“I’ll drink it!” Airi suddenly declared firmly, adding with sworn sincerity, “…This is all for securing the victory. It’s absolutely not intentionally trying to take advantage of you, Weilin.”
Airi took the Revitalizing Potion, then suddenly froze.
Refined from Snow Essences… When and where did Weilin use Alchemy?
She pulled the cork. A pure aura of ice and snow wafted to her nose. Just a light inhale seemed to dispel a great deal of her full-body fatigue. “Incredible…”
With deep surprise on her face, Airi didn’t hesitate further. She downed the 10ml in one gulp. The comfort washing over her body made her expression look intoxicated.
And Weilin got more Achievement Points.
A potion capable of simultaneously restoring health, Mana, and spirit truly lived up to its name, ‘Revitalizing’. If it could hit the market, those HP and MP potions would probably all become completely unsellable.
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“Hmm…” Weilin’s gaze inexplicably shifted to the long sword hanging at Airi’s waist. She always felt this unadorned blade was no ordinary item. During Airi’s battles, she had personally witnessed this blade wreathed in tangible wind. “May I have a look? Your sword.”
“Huh?… Of course, please.”
The Ranger personally drew the blade and handed it to the young lady with both hands. The Ranger’s spirit, having consumed the Revitalizing Potion, had clearly improved greatly. The effect was astonishingly strong.
Receiving the impossibly light blade, Weilin used Appraisal Technique on it.
[Elegy of the Wind God (8th-Tier)]
[Category: Tachi]
[Attributes: When any of the following conditions are met, increases your Movement Speed and Attack Speed by 9% for one minute, stacking up to 99 times.
① Using a combat skill.
② Using magic.
③ Moving one thousand meters (Must be in combat state).
④ Performing a mid-air split (?）]
[Note: One of the three Demi-Divine Artifacts of the Snow Kingdom.
The gale will tear apart the enemy’s body! But, too fast will also tear apart your body. Please use appropriately.]
Thus, Weilin understood.
She understood why this girl, who was like the wind, became more and more hyperactive the longer she fought, simply unable to stop… You simply couldn’t imagine what unparalleled joy it was to watch the stacks of Attack Speed and Movement Speed endlessly accumulate, flying through the air. And the moment you stopped, all the stacked Attack Speed and Movement Speed would disappear, and the joy would be gone too.
Huh!
“A Demi-Divine Artifact of the Snow Kingdom…”
Weilin’s expression turned to slight surprise as she cast an inquiring glance at Airi.
Airi wasn’t surprised Weilin could recognize it. Appraisal Technique could reveal a piece of equipment’s true name. And ‘Elegy of the Wind God’… was famously the strongest amongst the Snow Kingdom’s three great Demi-Divine Artifacts!
As for why it was with her…
“The Illusory Snow Queen gave it to me,” Airi stated without any evasion.
“Gave it to you?”
Weilin’s eyes widened. Giving away a Demi-Divine Artifact for free… unless it was for someone she truly cared about, even she didn’t have that kind of decisiveness.
“Yeah… incredible, right?” Airi’s gaze grew slightly hazy as she recalled the past. “We were complete strangers, yet she not only saved me from those people but also… gave me such a precious, precious treasure that even now I feel too awed and ashamed to accept… Huan Xuezhi, just what kind of person is she?”
“Was it when you were still in The Empire?” Weilin suddenly asked, remembering something.
“Hmm… How did Weilin know?”
“Guess.”
That explained everything.
‘Huan Xuezhi’s Love Letter’ had mentioned in one passage that Huan Xuezhi saved someone when passing through The Empire. But she never expected that the person she saved had now grown into an independent Ranger, and had betrayed The Empire, traveling a thousand miles to the Snow Domain to follow Huan Xuezhi.
“Weilin-san, you’re so wealthy. You must have joined this minor competition for the special reward for winning, right? I will do my utmost to help you achieve victory. I only ask… that when summoned by the Illusory Snow Queen, I may accompany you to meet her.”
“Just a small matter like that? Of course, no problem.”
“Mm, thank you.”
“But, the current Illusory Snow Queen may no longer be the Huan Xuezhi you knew back then.”
“The Illusory Snow Queen showed me kindness equivalent to giving me a new life. No matter what she has become, she will be Airi’s benefactor for life.”
“And you’ve chosen the absolute worst time.”
“No… it’s precisely because I caught wind of it in The Empire, learning that the Snow Kingdom was facing imminent national calamity, that I traveled a thousand miles to come here. Airi will follow Her Majesty the Queen unto death, sparing no effort in her service until the very end!”
“Very spirited of you. But, without securing victory first, it all just becomes pretty words.”
“Let me rest for another half an hour… or… um, Weilin-chin, do you have any more of that Revitalizing Potion?”
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Look, Huan Xuezhi.
Even without me, you are absolutely not fighting alone.
