Chapter 119: Chapter 119

There was no longer a need for Xiaozi to continue darting and swooping around as before. Now it just needed to serve as a mount.

While flying in the sky, the temperature had cooled down and the view below was quite clear. Du You, choosing a spot with the most activity, had Xiaozi land. As soon as Xiaozi touched the ground, Du You started casting Swamp of Mucus.

Following that, he launched a firebomb. The toxic smoke it released was impossible for the bandits, who weren’t of elite strength, to block.

While Du You carried out his patrol, the Xi Qianxue team managed to take out more than thirty boarman warriors. The remaining less than twenty were scattered. From here, it was everyone for themselves.

After all, this was a large group of five hundred. No matter how extraordinary they were, it wouldn’t be easy to hunt down all these bandits.

After a full day of hectic activity, the bandits outside were finally dealt with by dusk. Only then did Du You find Xi Qianxue and her team, rejoining them.

"Did you find the leader of the boarmen? I hope the fellow isn’t still in the camp," inquired Xi Qianxue.

The question embarrassed Du You. After all, he had taken care of that issue at the very beginning. It was unfortunate that Xi Qianxue was unaware of this and had been anxious about it until now.

"Don’t worry, that creature is already dead," assured Du You. He then took out the pig head he had stored in his personal space. At the sight of this, Xi Qianxue couldn’t help but glare at Du You, seeing through his trick.

At the same time, she had gained a clearer understanding of Du You’s abilities. Although she wasn’t sure how much the two summons would inhibit him, his current abilities were undoubtedly very extraordinary.

The strength he revealed might only be the tip of the iceberg.

"Now that you’ve taken care of the boarman leader, there shouldn’t be many left in the camp. I suggest we go ahead and attack."

"That works too. After all, there are only about thirty people left in the camp, including two or three boarman warriors," Du You suggested. He had seen this as he flew in.

After causing havoc all day long, Xiaozi was listless and out of energy. Du You decided to call Xiaozi back.

Du You walked underground along with Xi Qianxue and her team. When they reached the camp, just as he had predicted, there were hardly any people there. Most of them were too old, weak, or sick to fight. The ones capable of fighting had already been killed outside. Although everyone was not in the best condition, they could still take care of what was left rather quickly.

A few minutes later, flames engulfed the boarman camp. Their deeds were nothing short of arson and murder.

"Let’s go, we shall head back," Xi Qianxue said to Du You. The opinions of the other two were irrelevant.

Another night of running later, they reached Border City the next morning. After reporting the completed mission, the time to part ways came once again. Xi Qianxue and the others already had plans of where they were headed next.

Merits for the successful operation were credited to Xi Qianxue alone. As a result, she was promoted to the rank of a large team head, with the command over a hundred soldiers in battle.

With these people under her command, whatever task they wanted to take up would be much easier. As for Du You’s merits, he’d yet to use them.

But after participating in this war, Du You had finally decided what he wanted.

"I want to use my merits to select an item," he spoke to the Logistic Officer. The Logistic Officer didn’t mind. He nodded and led Du You to the storage area.

On the way out, to his surprise, Du You saw Lin Feng walking towards them.

"Humph, still taking up assignments, huh? After this one, I’ll be leading a group of ten people," Lin Feng commented gleefully as he passed by Du You towards the task hall.

Du You was puzzled. It was only ten people. He already had the capability to handle that many people after his first task completion. He had simply refused. He wondered how Lin Feng was so out of touch.

Forget it. There was no point in concerning himself with such matters. Du You could care less about him. With many classmates participating here, he couldn’t possibly make a move against Lin Feng. It wasn’t worth the risk of offending the Lin Family just to get rid of one pest.

Watching Lin Feng trying to get close to Xi Qianxue again, Du You decided to ignore him and continue following the Logistic Officer towards the storage room.

"You can choose anything you want from here, as long as it’s within your merit limit," said the Logistic Officer.

Without any hesitation, Du You replied, "I need magic from the Fire Class. Do you have any resources on that?"

"This way, please." Du You walked over to a rack filled with various materials: magical books, scrolls, stone and wooden tablets, and other mysterious records that Du You couldn’t understand.

After a quick scan, Du You soon decided on what he needed. "I’m choosing this. The Fire Snake magic."

What caught Du You’s eye was a magic called Fire Snake. This magic involved condensing fire elements into a snake and using it to attack others. Although its power wasn’t great, it was quite flexible. This magic was indeed a practical choice.

"Are you sure you want the Fire Snake magic book? If you select this, all your merits will be used up."

Without any hesitation, Du You nodded and said, "Yes, that’s what I want. I will also need a few days to familiarize myself with it."

"Of course. I’ll report it." Once Du You confirmed his choice, the Logistic Officer noted it down. After all, these magic records couldn’t be transcribed randomly onto paper.

The magic book was made of special materials. Learning magic was easier with the book. Besides, the knowledge held by mages was considered highly valuable and couldn’t be bought with just money.

Upon receiving the Fire Snake magic book, Du You returned to his living quarters. After enclosing himself within, Du You began with his plan. "I was wondering which spell to use as a standard offensive spell. It seems fire spells would be the best choice." The source of this content ɪs 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒•𝙣𝙚𝙩

The only downside was that constructing magic wasn’t that easy. The scroll of the Fire Snake was to utilize the understandings of magic and the bases of the magic array within it. Although he could study it, Du You didn’t plan to do so directly. First, he would use his crystal coins to assimilate the magic book, making it his own.

Since it was obtained from a military merit exchange, Du You spent less than twenty crystal coins for the assimilation.

Then, Du You pulled out a skill card. That was his acquired skill - the entangling spell. It was a low-level spellcaster skill. This was another reason why Du You had chosen the Fire Snake magic.

Both these skills dealt with shaping magic into a long, flexible shape, so they had high compatibility.