blueteamnovel Chapter 56 The Hybrid's Conspiracy
Chapter 56 The Hybrid's Conspiracy
According to Elena's description, Xia Tong was always at the forefront of the battle.
"You are too modest, Lord Xia Tong."
Edgar's tone was full of heartfelt respect.
One reason is Xia Tong's formidable strength.
On the other hand, it was because he saved his daughter, which was no less significant than saving Edgar's life.
Then, Edgar stood up and gave a standard knightly salute:
"Lord Xia Tong, I admire your bravery."
"Your protection of Elena is something a father can never repay!"
"At first, when I heard the sounds of hacking and slashing, I thought that it was that bastard Greg sending reinforcements."
"Looks like I overestimated him!"
"No wonder he knelt and begged for mercy before the Valkyrie Mylenia back then! He was a disgrace to the Golden Clan!"
Edgar snorted angrily, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
Hearing this, Xia Tong seemed to remember as well.
A similar inscription is also found on a stone tablet at a sword mound in Nymgfu.
He didn't remember the exact words, but the general meaning was:
Golden Grik suffered a humiliating defeat. In order to survive under the "Blade," he even knelt down and begged for forgiveness, licking the other's boots.
And that blade is undoubtedly Michaela's blade—Marleneia.
"Father, in any case, you must thank Lord Xia Tong properly!"
"Now that the siege of Moen City has been lifted, we can finally get some rest."
"Irena said softly."
"Ugh!"
Upon hearing Elena mention the "Siege of Moen," Edgar did not show any relief; instead, he let out a soft sigh.
He reached out and smoothed Elena's slightly disheveled hair, then looked at Xia Tong with a serious expression and said:
"It's not over yet."
"That leader-level lion hybrid was incredibly brave; I was injured by it several times in our encounters!"
"It was only thanks to this halberd of the lost knight in my hand that I barely managed to save my life."
Edgar felt somewhat guilty; as the city lord, this was the first time he had felt embarrassed because of his lack of strength.
Afterwards, Edgar and Xia Tong analyzed the current city defense situation in detail.
Xia Tong's arrival and their bloody fight in the stairwell shattered the morale of the mixed-race group.
Now almost all the hybrids have retreated to the beach behind the castle.
And that terrifying lion hybrid is said to be there as well.
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It was already daylight.
A red sun rose on the horizon.
Xia Tong continuously patrolled various parts of Moen City.
Indeed, no more living hybrids were found, and even the corpses of some hybrids had been dragged away by their companions.
This unusual quiet made Xia Tong feel very uneasy.
This is illogical.
"Melina, what do you think?"
Xia Tong sat by the city wall and asked the question to the person beside her.
Melina's figure appeared faintly beside him.
"Although mixed races are considered an ominous and unclean symbol by the Golden Law because they possess the characteristics of a melting pot of all races."
"But they are not mindless savage beasts."
Melina looked at the distant beach and said softly:
"When the time is right, you will have the opportunity to enter the Great Blessing."
"Then you will see that there is a very powerful blacksmith in the Great Blessing, and he is a hybrid."
"But he possesses the most superb forging skills in the entire border region, and even aspires to forge a weapon capable of killing gods."
"You're not talking about Xiu Gu, are you?"
Xia Tong found it somewhat amusing.
How could I not remember him?
Just kidding, all the legendary weapons I got in the game, from +10 to +25, were all hammered out by Xiu Gu, one hammer blow at a time!
"Melina, what do you mean? What's the conspiracy behind these bastards retreating to the beaches?"
"The specifics of the conspiracy are unknown."
"But they certainly didn't retreat to the back beach in such a uniform manner just because of pressure from you and the Morn City garrison."
"If it were a rout, they should have scattered and fled."
Melina paused, then pointed out the most crucial point:
"Moreover, that lion hybrid hasn't shown up since last night."
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Xia Tong arrived at the blessing point behind Moen Castle, sat down cross-legged, and looked tired.
After fighting for so long last night, I only managed to catch a nap this morning while patrolling Moen City.
A golden blessing enveloped him, and with the power of the blessing, he began to repair his damaged body and nurture the ashes of his damaged spirit.
Afterwards, Xia Tong tallied up the results of the battle.
In this fierce battle, he killed more than ten scaled hybrids and more than fifty winged hybrids.
Only a small number of hybrids escaped when they were near the top of Moen City; otherwise, there should have been nearly a hundred of them.
These hybrids brought Xia Tong a total of over 4,500 Runes.
Adding what was left over, although it's not enough to upgrade two levels, it's more than enough to upgrade one level.
Xia Tong slowly grasped Melina's illusory yet warm hands.
"I want to enhance my runes; this time, I'll enhance my stamina."
Melina nodded slowly, without asking any further questions.
She guided the runes within Xia Tong's body to begin burning and melting, transforming them into the purest power to strengthen herself.
About ten minutes later, the golden light representing the blessings of the Golden Tree flashed and disappeared on Xia Tong.
Then, all of this slowly came to an end.
As someone who has faded, Xia Tong could not have been more aware of the changes in her body.
It's clear that his muscles haven't become more swollen and exaggerated, but rather firmer and more defined.
He looked thinner than before, as if all the excess fat and water had been refined away.
He took a deep breath and felt a significant increase in his lung capacity, and the heaviness in his body was also reduced considerably.
Then, he checked his attribute panel again:
Rating: 25
Holds 1425 Runes
Vitality: 18
Concentration: 26
Stamina: 11
Strength: 18
Dexterity: 14
Intelligence: 18
Faith: 2
Sensing: 10
This time, there was no additional natural increase in attribute points due to the battle.
Although the battle in the stairwell was intense, even until the very end, Xia Tong still had some strength left and had not reached the point of near-death.
"With my current overall strength, I could easily take on the Tree Guardian alone."
"And this is without summoning ashes."
Xia Tong clenched her fist confidently.
Finally, Xia Tong sorted through the spoils she had collected during her morning inspection of the entire city of Moen.
There were many mixed-race corpses in the city, and he casually knocked out "ancient teeth" from the bodies of some strong mixed-race individuals.
This thing is a valuable resource; it will be an essential ingredient when making the "Red Lion Flame Pot" later.
While the Radiant Stone magic is useful, it has almost no fire-attribute attack methods.
In this world, most of the fire-related powers reside within the prayer system, or can only be supplemented by creating certain items.
Having the Red Lion Fire Pot is incredibly effective against plant-based or beast-based opponents that are weak to fire.
Besides the ancient tooth, Xia Tong also found some stones that emitted a slight warmth—temple stones.
These temple stones sound impressive, but they are actually just the core material used to make "warm stones".
Consume a certain amount of Focus Points to throw the crafted Warm Stone on the ground, and it will continuously radiate heat, healing all units in the vicinity.
It's a low-budget version of the prayer of recovery.
Besides all of the above, what surprised Xia Tong the most was that he found a stone sword key on a dead scaly hybrid.
After finishing all this, Xia Tong stood at the highest point of Moen City, gazing at the distant beach.
Although it was too far away to see clearly, one could faintly hear the rhythmic noises and howls coming from the hybrids.
This made Xia Tong feel vaguely uneasy.
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