Chapter 441, Section 440: The Favor of the Elemental Spirits
A gentle breeze rustled through the tenacious weeds that grew on the barren land.
The lieutenant and the arriving Puji Legion stood on one side of the weeds, while Inanna, surrounded by a swarm of storm elementals like a star in the center, stood on the other side.
They gazed at each other from afar, a pitifully thick barrier already separating them.
The adjutant broke the silence first: "Miss Inanna, what... what exactly is going on?"
"I don't know either!" Inanna's voice was filled with the same confusion. She looked at the docile storm elementals around her and hesitated before guessing, "Perhaps... it's because of my talent?"
Lin Jun, however, saw it clearly.
[The Favor of Elemental Spirits: Elemental spirits will assist spellcasters in manipulating spells]
Inanna gains a fixed status effect upon reaching level 30, not a skill.
The consistent effect is that Inanna's skills are all intelligent, automatically targeting enemies, automatically defending, and automatically following.
This talent is quite powerful. Lin Jun even imagined what a terrifying scene it would be if it appeared on a max-level archmage.
Unfortunately, Inanna is a noob.
He's still a carefree, low-achieving nobody with almost no pressure.
Norris started later than her, initially at the bottom of the bronze rank, but now he is at LV39 and about to reach the gold rank.
Inanna was already a Silver-ranked player when she left the dungeon, but she has only managed to reach LV34 so far, which shows how lazy she is.
Of course, this speed doesn't seem too slow for ordinary humans.
Lin Jun felt that this was mainly due to her "advanced" training system, which far surpassed that of the mere Duke's Mansion!
In short, with this powerful talent in Inanna's hands, Lin Jun originally thought she could only play around with magic with her and that it would be difficult for her to shine.
It turns out there are even special uses!
Upon careful reflection, the name of this state does indeed explicitly mention "Elemental Spirit".
However, Lin Jun had always assumed that it referred to the ubiquitous, formless, and intangible spellcasting medium elements in space.
Who would have thought that a massive creature like the Storm Elemental, which is visible, tangible, and capable of physical attacks, would be included?!
Following this line of reasoning, wouldn't beings at the level of Elemental Lords also be included?
There's still one left in the North!
Tsk.
I'm craving rice noodles again after so long.
Lin Jun is often troubled by his excessively high moral standards, which severely limits his path to becoming stronger at will...
Sigh, it's really hard to be a virtuous mushroom!
Here, the storm elements surrounded Inanna, forming a natural barrier constructed of wind and lightning.
The adjutant tried to approach several times, but was forced back by the arcs of electricity emanating from the elemental spirits.
Even though the storm elements have concealed their power, if you squeeze into their bodies, you'll still get electrocuted.
The current situation left the adjutant somewhat helpless.
It was fortunate that they weren't torn apart by the storm elemental army, but what could be done when Miss Inanna was trapped inside by hundreds of storm elementals with only three Puji by her side?
If someone else were in this situation, even if it were his adjutant who was trapped...
The main force could also choose to set off first, given the urgency of the situation.
But it would be a bit much for an army to abandon its commander...
Not to mention that Inanna also has eight thousand elite mushrooms under her command. After observing for a few days, the adjutant felt that these eight thousand mushrooms were probably better than the remaining forty thousand!
In short, both for public and private reasons, Inanna must be rescued.
But how can we save them?
The lieutenant was hesitant to launch an attack on these storm elementals, as Inanna would be in danger if a chaotic battle broke out.
Faced with this situation where they could neither fight nor retreat, the adjutant could only hope that Inanna could continue to create miracles.
He called out loudly from afar, "Young Miss! Could you try to walk out by yourself?"
"How am I supposed to get out of here?" Inanna spun around in place, her vision filled with surging wind and thunder elements, unable to find even a crack.
She tentatively took a small step forward, and the storm elementals surrounding her immediately moved in sync. The encirclement formed by the wind wall and lightning was airtight, still trapping her firmly in the center.
Inanna: ...
Theoretically, there is indeed a way to completely get rid of these elemental spirits.
They are born from elemental disorder and their structure is unstable.
As long as Inanna can stay in a normal area away from the chaotic zone for an extended period of time, these storm elementals will gradually weaken until they dissipate.
But that process was too slow; they couldn't afford to wait.
At that moment, Lin Jun's voice rang in her mind: "Little Pink, try mobilizing your magic power?"
"Which kind of magic?" Inanna asked instinctively.
“It’s not about casting specific spells,” Lin Jun explained, “it’s simply about guiding the magic within and around you.”
Lin Jun's reasoning was simple: if you're asking how a mage should "communicate" with the elements, it's undoubtedly through magic!
Although Inanna didn't understand this, since it was the boss's suggestion...
She raised her staff as instructed, focused her mind, and began to carefully guide the flow of magic within her body, attempting to resonate with the magical energy in her surroundings.
The moment the magic began to fluctuate, the previously quiet storm elemental spirits immediately became restless!
They shifted positions, clustered together, and drifted slightly in the direction of the magic... but because they had no clear target, they quickly stopped and resumed their encirclement.
After all, Inanna didn't actually cast a spell.
Seeing this, Lin Jun suggested again, "Try using a light spell this time! Throw it further away!"
This is also why Inanna doesn't know wind magic; otherwise, Lin Jun would have suggested she use that.
Seeing the elemental spirits' reaction, Inanna perked up. Without hesitation, she raised her staff, and a warm and bright orange-yellow ball of light quickly condensed at its tip—the most basic illumination spell.
The moment the orb of light appeared, all the surrounding storm elementals were eager to approach the light source, which was made of pure magic, but they hesitated, seemingly worried about hurting Inanna who was so close by.
Fortunately, Inanna acted quickly. As soon as the illumination spell was completed, she vigorously swung her staff and hurled the ball of light like a stone towards an open area far from the crowd!
The next moment, a truly spectacular sight occurred!
The hundreds and thousands of storm elementals, like a pack of hounds that have spotted a frisbee, transformed into a surging torrent of wind and thunder, rushing after the departing sphere of light!
The scene was both magnificent and somewhat comical.
The adjutant, who had been keeping a close eye on the situation, ignored his shock and seized the fleeting opportunity. He rushed forward and grabbed Inanna's arm: "Miss! Let's go now!"
"Ah... okay! okay!" Inanna snapped out of her daze and quickly followed her adjutant outside.
A few minutes later, the elemental spirits returned and surrounded Inanna again, pushing the adjutant and the others to the outside...
...
Meanwhile, to the northeast of the Red Stone City ruins.
"You say they retreated into Dragon's Roar Valley? Good! Good! Good!" Seeing his old rival following his cleverly orchestrated funeral script step by step, Sigismund couldn't help but exclaim "Good!" three times in succession.
He drank the delicious blood he was carrying in one gulp, feeling that this was the most enjoyable day in recent decades!
If that sound hadn't appeared later...
"Why did you drink mine too?"
(End of this chapter)
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