Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton

Chapter 723: Chapter 412: You Actually Took My Clothes Off!_2
 

“Oh.” Ange responded and then turned to walk back. After a distance, he stopped, looking towards a sand dune nearby.

Behind the sand dune, Ange found five shivering children and an unconscious female mage.

“Huh, are these the street kids? Did you run out? Why are there only five left? Where are the others? And who is she?” Negris asked.

Ange recognized them too, including the little girl who had given him cemetery grass earlier.

Apparently recognizing Ange, the street kids started replying all at once. There were about nine of them in total, four of whom were captured, leaving only the five of them.

As for the female mage, they didn’t know who she was either. She had fainted near their dwelling last night, then woke briefly not long ago, led them away, and then fainted again here.

The five street children were too weak to carry an adult and could only drag her behind the sand dune to hide.

Ange grabbed the female mage by the collar of her robe with one hand, hoisted her up, and looked at her carefully. Negris said, “There’s an injury on her waist. It’s not fatal. It looks like she’s fainted from hunger.”

Gluglu! Upon hearing the word “hungry”, the stomachs of the five street kids rumbled loudly.

Negris instructed Ange to take out three elf beans, split them in half, and distribute them to the five children. The remaining half was stuffed into the female mage’s mouth.

Under Negris’s urging, the children hesitantly ate the half elf bean. They quickly felt full and looked shocked.

The little girl who had previously given Ange the cemetery grass excitedly pulled out an elf bean from her pocket and held it high for Ange to see.

“You didn’t eat it? Then keep it for now. Eat it when you’re hungry,” said Negris.

“Ah.” Negris sighed in his heart. He understood why the little girl didn’t eat the elf bean. She didn’t know that one bean could fill her stomach, but the bean was a gift from someone else, a sign of their kindness, so she couldn’t bear to eat it.

To street children like them, the kindness of others was more precious than anything else.

“Let’s go, I will take you to my place.”

Back in the stone chamber cemetery, Albert was both happy and worried; happy that most of the street kids were safe, worried that Ange had actually brought a person back to the stone chamber cemetery against the rules.

However, no amount of worrying could help. Albert could only comfort himself: it was Lord Holy Spirit who brought them back, it’s not my responsibility. The Lord will forgive me.

…

With a clang, Ji Li felt a sharp pain in her face and woke up suddenly. In front of her was a skeleton’s face, which scared her so much that she instinctively retaliated.

“Xilari Duo Xi…” Before she finished her spell, the skeleton reached out and ‘snatched’ away all the elements.

“Hiss—Strip? How could this be?!” Ji Li exclaimed in shock.

Stripping was a form of suppression used by high-level magicians against lower-level magicians. The elements in a certain place were limited, and if someone else had stronger control and took away all the elements, the lower-level magicians wouldn’t be able to cast any spells.

Without magic, other than hitting people with a magic wand, they probably wouldn’t have any other method.

However, to achieve the effect of stripping, there must be a large enough level gap between the magicians, otherwise, if they compete, the most they can achieve is fifty-fifty or maybe seventy-thirty, they can’t achieve ‘stripping’.

Ji Li, although not a major in magic, believed her magic level was not low either. But she was stripped of control of her elements by someone else? And that someone else was a skeleton, how could this be possible?

“I must have been too hungry or injured.” Ji Li instinctively touched her stomach.

Huh? Her belly was round, and she didn’t feel hungry, and her body was not in a weak state due to hunger. Her hands and feet were actually quite strong.

She then felt for her wound. Huh? Where is the wound? Why couldn’t she find the wound and why didn’t it hurt? Looking down, Ji Li saw that her wound was in perfect condition, as if it had never been injured.

Who healed my injury? Who fed me? Ji Li had two large question marks in her mind, and then quickly realized: my injury has healed, and I am not hungry. So, was I stripped because I was too weak?

Seeing the other party deep in thought, Negris asked, “Who are you? Why are you hurt? Those thieves were after you, weren’t they?”

Ji Li jerked up abruptly, shaking her head while denying, “No, they weren’t after me. I don’t know those thieves.”

“Alright, I understand. So why do those thieves chase you?” Negris inquired.

Ji Li was stunned, “Can’t you understand? I told you they’re not chasing me. I don’t know those thieves!”

“Alright, I understand. You don’t have any valuable belongings on you, so they didn’t chase you for robbery, so it must be because of who you are. What is your identity? Why would they chase you?” Negris questioned.

Ji Li held her breath for a while, before finally exhaling, then she said discouragedly, “I am Ji Li from the Sorcerer Alliance’s Alchemist. They want to capture me for the bounty.”

“I knew it, you were trying to trick me?” Negris proudly claimed. It wasn’t easy to finally trick someone else. Usually, Anthony was the one tricking and Negris was the one being deceived.

“Where would they claim the bounty by capturing you?” Negris asked again.

Ji Li looked at him with surprise, “The Undead Guild, where else? All of us from the Sorcerer Alliance are on the guild’s bounty list. Capturing one is worth at least fifty Soul Crystals. Have you been out of the loop for a while?”

“The same goes for your Church of Light, it’s just not as valuable as ours. Starting from ten Soul Crystals.”

Negris, who wasn’t quite familiar with the pricing here, couldn’t help but ask, “Is fifty Soul Crystals a lot? How much food can it buy?”

Food is the most commonly used measure of value. As long as people still need to eat in this world, food will always be currency. Comparing it would roughly indicate the disparity with the Master Plane.

“It’s probably enough to buy ten years’ worth of food for a family of five.” Ji Li calculated after a moment.

“I’ve been asleep for quite a while and I’m not very familiar with the current state of affairs. Can you fill me in? By the way, I’m the one who healed your injuries, there’s no need to thank me.” Negris seized the opportunity to say.

“Which sort of situation are you referring to?” Ji Li asked, relaxing.

After recognizing that Ange was a Light Holy Spirit by the armor he wore, Ji Li relaxed.

If anyone was going to claim a bounty by capturing her, it certainly wouldn’t be someone from the Church of Light; they were also on the bounty list.

Moreover, he had healed her wounds and satisfied her hunger, demonstrating enough kindness.

After some exchange, Negris learned more about this world from Ji Li.

“The surface is already in chaos. Two months ago, after a new Star Burst was launched from the Starburst Array in the sky, the Undead King started attacking the Starburst Array. All top-tier undead creatures went up to the sky.”

“The Star Burst Array has a strong defense, and the Lord of Annihilation on guard. The Undead King can easily ascend, but it’s hard to descend. Now is the time when the Undead Empire’s power is at its weakest. If you want to make a move, now would be the best opportunity. At least for the next few decades, the Undead Empire won’t have time to bother with you.”

“Hard to descend? What do you mean?” Shocked, Negris hurriedly asked.

“Infinite Heat Domain, the Lord of Annihilation’s Infinite Heat Domain, has trapped the Undead King and his minions. It’ll take them decades to break through this domain. It depends on whether the Undead King breaks the domain in these decades or we, the Sorcerers, will find a way to eradicate him.”

“Good heavens, would that not create great chaos in the world?” Negris was surprised.

Ji Li nodded, “The chaos has already begun. I’ve traveled all the way from Thunder Valley, and it was chaotic all the way. Many farms haven’t even been harvested yet, and people burned the crops.”

At this point, she saw the skeleton in front of her straighten his back, completely altering its demeanor.

“Hehe, hehe, my back’s a little sore from standing too long.” Negris hurriedly explained (covered).

Back sore? A skeleton has a back sore?

“By the way, what is the tattoo on your back?” Negris finally asked.

Ji Li abruptly stood up, glaring at Ange, “You undressed me!”