Chapter 81 Group Healing: The Seven Star Wood Magic's Group Healing Spell?! ...
Botanical garden, combat training area.
Ancia has become the dedicated priest for practical training classes, able to immediately heal the simple external injuries caused by her students during class. She uses wood-based healing magic, which she is not very good at, and as her magic power increases, the healing effect of her Nourishing Rain also gradually increases.
Having reduced her workload treating students, Yesika was quite pleased that she could slack off.
Ancia had just finished treating an assassin classmate who had been injured by fire magic. "Your wound has healed, but some fire magic remains in your body. If you are injured by fire magic again, it may explode. You need to go to the medical room to see Priestess Maria. She will prepare the appropriate potion for you."
The assassin was completely huddled under her cloak, with only one pale arm sticking out. She looked thoughtfully at the bandages wrapped around her arm. She refused Ancia's treatment for the minor wounds, believing that maintaining sensitivity to pain would improve their reaction speed.
The assassin's voice was soft, "Could you tie a bow for me?"
Ancia: "Hmm? Of course." She tied the bandage into a neat bow as she finished the last wrap.
The assassin's cloak fluttered, as if in nod of thanks, and his pale arm, along with the bow, tucked back under the cloak.
Having used the Nourishing Rain skill so many times, it should have leveled up, but the level of Nourishing Rain remained unchanged. Ancia was very confused. She looked at Teacher Yesika, who was leisurely under the tree. It was time for the guide to point out the direction for the confused students.
She passed by her classmates who were sparring in twos and threes. Skark and Erlan were in the same group, while others were not sparring but chatting.
"Have you heard? The Dark Night Guild has reopened. My cousin even posted a request there yesterday."
"Really? But wasn't that emperor before... It seems the new emperor has his own ideas."
“Those accusations were baseless to begin with. It was wise of His Majesty Velian to withdraw the suppression. There are always some things that are inconvenient for us to do.”
...
Ancia, without glancing to the side as if she hadn't heard these words, walked straight to Yesika's side, "Teacher, regarding the Nourishing Rain, I have..."
Bang.
A faint sound of space being torn apart rang out as Murtrie's dagger sliced through the air as he emerged from the shadows, a chain extending from one end of it towards the other side of the space.
The combat training area fell silent, and everyone stared at Merri's retreating figure.
Murtrie stood not far from the spatial rift, his back to the crowd. He pulled on the chains with one hand, and the binding chains made of dark magic tightened, wrapping around his wrist in circles. As the chains shortened, his arm showed strong and smooth lines due to the increasing force.
Ancia frowned slightly, her gaze falling on a red mark on Merriel's chin. The wound had already scabbed over, so it shouldn't be anything serious, but the faint scent of blood emanating from Merriel made her somewhat irritated.
Slowly, a broken horn emerged from the spatial rift, its grayish-white fur looking strangely familiar.
Yesika was somewhat surprised, "A Residual Light Unicorn?" Unfazed by the beast's ferocious nature, she approached to examine its condition. "Hmm? This one is already close to high-level. Did you catch it from the Monster Mountain Range?"
After Murtrie dragged the Remnant Unicorn out intact, the spatial rift disappeared. He nodded and said in a deep voice, "It's probably at the mid-six-star level. Perfect for them to practice on."
Mid-stage six-star?
Ancia did feel that the aura of that magical beast was similar to her own, but... the Residual Light Unicorn they fought in the Magical Beast Mountain Range last year was only level 50. How did this beast break through the star level limit?
The chains in Merri's hands gradually faded. "You have time to prepare for the battle. It will be released soon, three..."
Three minutes? The magician, whose magic power was insufficient, immediately drank a magic power recovery potion and hurriedly took out defensive magic items.
"two."
"one."
It was three seconds!
The unicorn with lingering light had been driven into a berserk state by Mortley. As soon as the chains disappeared, it shook its blood-stained fur, its crimson eyes darting around before locking onto Ancia in the crowd.
Ancia: "..." She knew it.
There were other students with lower star ratings along this path. She sprouted wooden wings from her back, preparing to quickly move to a less crowded area.
"If you want to find her, you'll have to get past me first!" Skark leaped up nimbly, his scimitar aimed at the head of the unicorn of fading light.
The charging momentum of the unicorn was forced to stop. It dodged the flaming scimitar and snorted irritably. It looked unwillingly in the direction of the light priest with the particularly tempting aura, sniffed greedily, and then turned to Skark. A huge amount of magic gathered from the broken horn on its head and exhaled a cloud of gray mist, which turned into a shield in front of it.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh.
The newly formed shield shattered under the onslaught of arrows. Skalk narrowly dodged one, shouting, "Watch out! Ellan, are you trying to kill me on purpose?"
Airlan sneered and drew back the bowstring. "Guess?"
The unicorn was completely enraged. It raised its front hooves and stomped the ground. Gray bubbles rushed towards the two enemies who had attacked it first. Skalk did not dodge or evade, but went straight to meet them. All the gray bubbles crashed into him.
These gray bubbles can evoke the darkest memories in people's hearts, causing them to lose their fighting spirit.
Airland's expression hardened. "Don't think I'll thank you just because of this."
Skulker shook his head. "You overthink it. It's just that this trick doesn't work on me." He laughed and flipped onto the unicorn, his scimitar aimed at the broken horn, where Ancia had already marked it with the mark of light. "Dark memories? I don't have any of those!"
"I am now the happiest orc in the world!"
Ancia coughed lightly, reminding the other stunned students, "Aren't you going to go? Do you want a warrior and a mage to cut it down to low health for you? Or are you suggesting I, a priest, charge in?"
The others then realized what was happening and launched colorful spells at the Remnant Unicorn. With the warrior Skark in front and the two teachers providing support, the scene was chaotic, but they gradually brought the Remnant Unicorn to the brink of destruction.
Every time the Radiant Unicorn tried to charge at Ancia recklessly, it was always blocked by scimitars, thorns, and a rain of arrows. Its alluring aura was so close, yet it could never touch her, never even get close. Coupled with its ever-increasing injuries, when its health dropped to the last 10%, the Radiant Unicorn suddenly stopped attacking and took a few steps back.
A resolute glint flashed in its eyes, and suddenly a pair of gray-white wings sprouted from its back as it flew toward Ancia.
Ellan's eyes darkened, and the combat magic plants around him grew wildly, wrapping around the unicorn of afterglow in mid-air.
Skark transformed into wolf form, leaped into the air, and snarled at the monster with his sharp teeth.
The unicorn of lingering light let out a mournful cry in the sky, its magic power fluctuating constantly. At the cost of its last remaining magic power, a wide-range mental attack spread out from its body.
Skalk, who was closest to it, was hit the hardest. Orcs don't have high magic resistance to begin with, and his mind went blank. He couldn't even maintain his beast form and fell from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground.
The magical plants around him were also forcibly severed from their connection, and the mental link was suddenly broken. Airan frowned in pain, groaned, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
The powerful mental attack, almost materializing, generated a strong gust of wind, and the aftershocks injured many students directly below, causing many to fall to the ground and cry out in pain.
Ancia instinctively raised her staff, and surging wood-elemental magic flowed uncontrollably from the tip of the staff. Emerald light erupted from her, and a verdant rain fell in the greenhouse of the botanical garden.
Full of vitality.
The pain in Erlan's brain quickly disappeared, and even the blood and energy lost due to the mental backlash were replenished.
Skulk slowly opened his eyes, smoothly transformed back into human form, moved his shoulders, and let out a comfortable breath.
All the students affected by the aftershocks had their minor injuries healed instantly, and even the shallow cut on the jaw of Merriel, who was standing on the edge, disappeared.
Merri flashed, his dagger taking away the last bit of health from the Remnant Unicorn before returning to his original position. He was too fast to catch, and only the gradually dissipating monster corpse in the air proved that he had made a move.
When Yesika sensed the burst of magic belonging to Ancia, she stopped her spell in shock and hadn't reacted yet. She blinked and looked at Ancia in surprise, "A group healing spell from the Seven Star Wood Magic?!"
The long-awaited system notification finally sounded.
The skill "Nourishing Rain" has been upgraded to "Nourishing Rain - Group".
Yeshika rushed over excitedly, looking at Ancia as if she were a rare treasure. "You're seven stars? No, that's not right, you're still at six stars. You could use seven-star group magic when you were six stars! I've found a gem! Ancia, you're my favorite student!"
Before reaching nine stars, the watershed moment for each class is the transition from six stars to seven stars. Once you surpass six stars, the strength and number of skills of seven-star classes will increase by more than one level.
Ancia stared blankly at her wand; the twin emerald green parts were still emitting a soft glow. Both the system notification and the missing magic in her body proved that she had cast the group healing spell.
It didn't research magic circuits to force upgrades, nor did it follow the fixed experience point grinding method of beginner-intermediate-advanced. It just used it like this, taking the third skill upgrade route.
Suppressing her excitement, Ye Xika asked with a smile, "By the way, what was the question you wanted to ask me earlier?"
Ancia slowly shook her head. "Teacher, there's no problem. I've figured it out."
Magic is a miracle created by belief.
In that instant, she saw Skark and Ellan's injuries, and her desire to protect them was exceptionally strong, which allowed the nourishing rain to successfully upgrade and strengthen them.
Yeshika went to check on the other students' recovery, while Ancia sat alone on a wicker chair under a tree, lost in thought.
Skalk crept closer, squatted down, and rubbed against her thigh affectionately. "Ancia, I'm sorry, I didn't protect your belongings just now."
Airlan's pointed ears twitched, and his eyes narrowed slightly. "What property?"
Did Ancia give Skark a gift by herself?
Skalk declared matter-of-factly, "I am now Ancia's orc, her property."
Aierlan: "..." He must be crazy to even think of competing for favor with this shameless orc.
Ancia shook her head. "It's not your fault. That unicorn was a mutated species. Flight and group mental attacks are not talents it should have, and its intelligence seems to be unaffected in its berserk state."
She hesitated for a moment, then called to the shadow of the tree at her feet, "Morley."
The shadows twisted, and Murtrie stepped out of them. "I'm here."
Anciya said calmly, "Have the people from Red Maple City investigate the Monster Mountain Range. I suspect there are changes in the monster population that might affect this year's monster tide."
Merri nodded. "Okay." Then he vanished into the shadows.
Skalk stared wide-eyed at Ancia as she pondered, his amber eyes transforming into the warmest campfire on the snow-capped mountain.
Ancia snapped out of her daze and caught his lingering gaze, and couldn't help but chuckle, "What's wrong?"
Skulker, chin in hand, sat down on the ground, looking up at Ancia, his tone elusive, "Ancia, you were especially charming just now. I think I like you even more than yesterday."
"It's not just a little bit, it's that I like you even more than yesterday. I'll like you even more tomorrow than today, and my love will double every day!"
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