The Hidden Knight of Mystra Chapter 049 Spell-like
The appearance of fire orange is similar to that of orange.
But there is a weird smell coming from the inside out.
In the field of vision of the Qi-Watching Technique, Roger could see that every fire orange tree was filled with blood energy rising into the sky.
Its thickness is comparable to that of the red tide corpse.
With a serious expression, he groped his way deeper into the orchard.
There, he found extensive signs of manual harvesting.
"It seems that Cindy didn't lie to me."
“Hanfran has been growing these fire oranges.”
"In order to attack Longya Village, he was really ruthless and could do such a cruel thing."
Roger knew it.
These fire oranges are prepared for the refugees in the swamps.
The swamp refugees were originally the descendants of humans who survived the disaster.
Under the magical pollution over the years.
Their brains and torsos were severely deformed.
Therefore, most of the refugees in the swamps also mastered some "spell-like" abilities. (Note 1)
These spell-like abilities are naturally child's play compared to real spells.
At best it can only be called a "trick".
Even the strongest among the refugees in the swamp lost the ability to cast spells after throwing two or three "small fire bombs".
Therefore, the magical abilities of the swamp refugees have never been worth mentioning.
But in the last conflict with Longya Village, Cindy discovered that the spell-like abilities of the refugees in the swamp had been greatly enhanced!
Humphran even set up three "mage-like groups".
They followed orders directly from Humphran, using spells of similar elements, causing great damage.
According to Cindy's subsequent calculations.
The destructive power of a "mage-like group" is equivalent to that of a normal mage at the peak of the first ring.
This is very abnormal!
The spell-like abilities of the swamp dwellers have lasted for decades. Even if there is room for strengthening and improvement, it would not appear so suddenly.
The problem lies with this "fire orange".
After Cindy's secret investigation for several months.
She discovered a surprising fact.
Taking Fire Orange can greatly enhance the spell-like abilities of the Swamp Dwellers.
With just a little training, an ordinary refugee can become a member of the "Mage-like Group".
Taking a large amount of fire oranges in a short period of time can push this enhancement to the extreme.
But everything comes at a price.
Taking fire oranges will greatly shorten the lifespan of the refugees in the swamps, which is already short.
Refugees in the marshlands generally live to 30 years old.
However, after taking the fire orange, many refugees have died from the bursting of tumors on their necks.
The death was said to be horrific.
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In fact, the Longya village originally wanted to migrate normally.
But the way to the east was blocked by Humphrey.
Not only did he have the "Mage-like Group", he also had the ballista that he traded from the gray dwarves.
The latter is what Sitaroya Muse fears the most.
No matter how powerful her bloodline is, she is just a baby dragon now.
If you are not careful, you will be slaughtered.
And Humphry himself also possesses the power that the Emerald Dragonette fears.
That is why the migration of Longya village has been delayed.
This situation might have remained a stalemate.
Until Humphrey accumulated enough strength to launch a full-scale attack.
But Roger's appearance changed everything.
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Left the orchard under the cover of night.
Roger drove the shadow cloak and blended into the village of the swamp refugees.
Compared to the reed beds, the buildings here are in slightly better condition.
The people living inside also appear to be awake most of the time.
But compared with Tongma Town.
This place is more like a village built by goblins.
"Um?"
"There's a fire... Is there someone queuing up ahead?"
Roger reached over carefully.
There is an open area ahead, probably a small square.
Two queues, one on the left and one on the right, are proceeding in an orderly manner.
Everyone was very quiet.
This is not common in the settlements of refugees in the marshes.
Roger observed for a while and found that the team on the left was mostly men, while the team on the right was all women.
The males are generally over 15 years old.
The opposite is true for females, under 15 years old.
The youngest one looks to be only about 10 years old.
At the end of the men's queue were baskets of oranges.
The person in charge of distributing the fire oranges was a big man with scars all over his face.
The tumor on his neck swelled greatly.
His movements were very sharp and his speech was very fast:
"Next."
"Quick, next one."
The people in the queue took turns to come forward, get their items and leave.
Roger noticed.
Each refugee in the swamp can receive two fire oranges.
Everyone who received the fire oranges devoured them impatiently, not even wanting to peel the skin.
"Next……"
Scarface was talking when suddenly there was a bang next to him!
A man who had just received a fire orange had his head exploded without any warning!
A lot of blood splattered.
Some of it splashed onto Scarface's lips and face.
The latter licked his lips, made a "poof" sound, and then wiped his face with clothes of unknown color.
"Next."
He said.
The team moved forward slowly.
No restlessness, no sound.
There are only the numb faces of the refugees from the swamp.
Roger stared at the headless body in silence.
I couldn't speak for a long time.
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Leave the male queue.
Roger approached the other team.
Compared to the numbness and hunger of the men, the situation of this team seemed a little different.
It was very quiet though.
But Roger clearly felt that these girls' faces were full of longing and joy.
The procession led to a large house.
There are guards guarding the door of the house.
These guards also looked pale and thin.
Roger tiptoed over .
Along the way he heard the girls whispering:
"I heard that if you become Lord Hanfran's bride, you can get a small basket of fire oranges at once."
"Then you won't have to go hungry."
"I really hope I can do better and give birth to more children for Master Humphrey..."
Roger stopped walking.
It’s not that the words of these girls had much impact on him.
Instead, he saw a "gem of true knowledge"!
This thing is very effective against stealth-type abilities.
He wasn't sure if the Cloak of Shadows would be able to defeat the effects of the Stone of True Knowledge.
After hesitating for a while, he chose to take a detour and go behind the big house.
With the help of a ladder, he climbed up the high fence and looked carefully into the courtyard.
Just at this moment, a young girl walked out of the house slowly.
She was also holding a small basket of oranges.
"ah."
The girl suddenly cried out in pain and fell to the ground.
Roger's eyelids twitched.
The girl's originally flat belly began to swell at a speed visible to the naked eye!
In just ten minutes, it swelled to the size of a ten-month pregnancy.
She rolled on the ground in agony.
Someone ran out of the house, blaming in a very cold voice:
"I told you to give birth before leaving, but you refused to listen."
"Now you have to trouble us."
The girl's forehead was sweating from the pain, but finally someone came to help.
After a while.
The sound of a baby being born was heard in the courtyard .
Roger witnessed the baby's growth from birth to the size of a five or six-year-old.
It only took about an hour.
This definitely cannot be explained by distortion!
This girl just entered the big house today.
When she came out, she was with a little boy of five or six years old.
Her face has aged more than ten years!
Roger held his breath and used the Qi-gazing technique to carefully look at the big house again.
In addition to the increasingly strong blood energy.
Nothing was found.
He was about to get more aggressive and go deeper into the big house.
At this moment, the data column that had been silent for a long time finally moved.
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"The level of your specialty, Air Gazing, has been raised."
"The priority of Qi-gazing has been greatly increased."
"You have obtained new information"
"You have detected the ritual of the God of Blood"
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