Thorne slowly opened his eyes and glanced subconsciously at the dimly lit hall.

Several torches inserted on the wall swayed flames, dispelling the darkness in the hall, and the pained groans and suppressed howls of the wounded, as well as intermittent whispers of consolation, could be heard. There was also a strong smell of blood in the air, as well as a smell similar to disinfectant.

"We have repelled the attack of the goblin!" A warrior player in the town shouted excitedly, because his excitement caused his wound to open again, and the doctor next to him who was taking care of him scolded him, telling him not to move, Otherwise, the wound won't stop bleeding at all.

At this moment Thorne felt wisps of cyan brush across his cheeks, and he smelled again the faint scent of violets and refreshments, a familiar scent he would never forget, and which he didn't think could possibly have any. can be compared with it.

He looked slightly shocked, felt the soft touch behind him, and immediately realized where he was.

Immediately afterwards, a trance flashed across his face, recalling that before he fell asleep, he was supported by the sorceress Andrina to the treatment hall behind the city wall.

After he sutured the wounds on both shoulders with his weak body, he was filled with a bottle of healing potion, and then fell asleep due to the side effects of the healing potion.

When he regained consciousness, he was not in a hurry to get up because his whole body was weak, so he moved his mind and began to operate a special ability in his body: "rejuvenation of vitality".

This is a recovery skill obtained after mastering the use of chi energy.

This ability allows him to calm down and use the energy of the chi to recover from the injuries and physical strength consumed in the battle after he leaves the battle.

When Thorne activated the skill, the energy of Qi that had dried up in his body began to emerge at an imperceptible speed, and he also clearly felt that the physical strength he had consumed was recovering little by little.

The originally sore and weak limbs and body gradually showed a trace of warmth and vitality. If it continues like this without being disturbed, it will only take five or six hours for him to fully recover the physical strength consumed in the battle and become alive again.

It is this kind of endurance that can restore his stamina, which ensures that he can stay in the Serenity Forest and continue to harass the Heruk Hobgoblin.

If there is no such recovery technique, when his physical strength is exhausted or the energy of Qi is exhausted, he must evacuate in advance, find a safe place to hide, and wait for the next day to come.

And this ability allows him to harass the outer forces of the Hobgoblin more than once in a row when he could only harass him once a day. This is also the main reason why the upper echelons of the Hulk Hobgoblin hate him.

Thorne, who was slowly recovering his strength, suddenly felt his hand being held in the palm of his hand, and felt the soft touch and warmth coming from the palm. Go, just to see a pair of water-like eyes looking here.

The four looked at each other, and the two smiled at each other. The slightly shy Anderina's cheeks flushed crimson, and she immediately turned her head away. At the same time, the palm that had just held Thorne also shrank back as if frightened.

Thorne laughed and supported the ground with his hands to get up. Seeing this, Andrina helped him up, and asked softly, "Are you alright?"

"It's all right." Thorne smiled at her, glanced at the injured in the hall, and asked, "How long have I been in a coma?"

"About half an hour." Andrina replied, looking at the bandage on Thorne's shoulder for a while, and then said: "Before you fell asleep, I gave you a bottle of medicine for serious injuries, and the wound should have been healed by now. It's all healed."

"Well, I can't feel the pain anymore." Thorne said, and was about to raise his arm to move, when he suddenly felt that the bandages on his shoulders were very messy, making him unable to move freely, so he asked with a smile: "This is Did you bandage me?"

"Yeah." The sorceress nodded embarrassedly.

"Thank you for your hard work." Thorne glanced at her gratefully, and said subconsciously, "It's just that this craft is a bit too bad."

After speaking, he took care of himself and started to remove the bandages wrapped around his shoulders. A bottle of medicine for serious injuries has almost the same effect as the priest's three-ring magic. As long as it is not a lethal attack, it can pull a small life from the brink of death. return.

With his current injury, as long as the open wound is cleaned and sewed up, a bottle of medicine for serious injury is poured in, and after a short sleep, the wound will heal quickly under the effect of the medicine.

The only disadvantage is that the price of the medicine is relatively expensive. A regular temple requires at least 500 gold coins. If it is in the black market without a temple, sometimes 1000 gold coins may not be available.

"Huh? What's wrong with you?" Suddenly, Thorne, who was dealing with the bandages, noticed that Andrina was staring at him a little fiercely, and wondered: "Who made you angry?"

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Then, Thorne felt the soft flesh on his waist being twisted violently, and twisted in a circle by the way.

Thorne rubbed the burning pain while looking at Andrina's angry cheeks and said, "Uh... Did I say something wrong again?"

After speaking, he immediately began to carefully recall the few words he had just said to her, and immediately understood the reason.

After establishing the relationship with the other party, he made him understand that no matter when you talk to her, you have to think carefully about what you say, but what he didn't expect was that he hadn't seen her for a few days, and he brought this matter up again. forgot...

Noticing Thorne's cute expression, Andrina couldn't help laughing, and the anger in her heart disappeared.

"Sometimes you look very smart, especially when fighting, but sometimes you feel stupid. It seems that the system assigns the lowest intelligence attribute to you, which is not without basis." Andrina said to He took a step forward, walked to Thorne, reached out his hand to gently straighten his messy hair, and said quietly.

Although she already knew enough about him, she still couldn't help but want to complain. Of course, if he is really the kind of person who can make girls happy, maybe she doesn't look down on him.

"Intellectual attributes represent a person's exuberant curiosity, rich knowledge, and learning ability, and have little to do with IQ. This cannot be generalized." Thorne threw away the damaged cloak and took out a new one. While putting it on her body, she explained to Andersina seriously.

"What about emotional intelligence?" Andrina helped him tidy up his collar, looked at him with a half-smile, and asked in a deliberate tone, "Is emotional intelligence related to intelligence? Our Mr. Ranger."

"..." Thorne was speechless when it came to the pain point, so he chose to keep his mouth shut.

Because the other party was right, in the previous world, people often joked about his emotional intelligence, saying that he would not interact and contact people at all.

For this reason, he also thought about changing, but after coming to this world where the strong eat the weak, let him find that as long as your strength can keep up, you don't need to care about other people's slander and opinions.

Therefore, he always believed that as long as you speak as fast as I can draw my sword, it is enough. If you have that time, it is better to improve your strength more.

"You're enough, what else do you need emotional intelligence for?" Thorne met Andrina's teasing gaze, patted her shoulder with a smile, and pulled her to go out.

The war between Waterfall Town and the Hobgoblin has ended. The other party will not attack again for the time being after the defeat, and he should also deal with the matter about Jinbatur City and the Red Dragon.

"It's still like what someone said." Andrina wrapped her arms around Thorne and nodded with satisfaction.

Suddenly, she noticed that Thorne had stopped, so she followed his gaze and found a figure walking in from the treatment hall.

She glanced at Thorne, hesitated for a while, and finally shook Thorne's arm to interrupt his attention, and said, "Why don't we go over and have a look?"

"Let's go." Thorne sighed lightly and walked towards the figure with Andersina.

The two passed through the crowd and came to a corner of the hall.

Thorne looked at Lilia, the half-elf girl in front of him, and found that her long loose hair was tied together by a ribbon, exposing her slightly weak cheeks to the air. The previously melancholy eyes had long disappeared. , instead of being strong.

Looking at the half-elf girl who had changed so much in front of him, Thorne's expression flashed a trance, recalling the carefree and innocent girl he used to be, and when he returned to the waterfall town, he became gloomy Depressed girl.

Today, although she still looks weak, she shows stubbornness everywhere, which makes him a little surprised and relieved.

When did this change start?

It was when the half-elf leader died a few days ago that he was going to take over the position of the leader, but this stubborn half-elf girl snatched it over. No matter how he discouraged her, she never wavered in her determination.

"Need my help?" Thorne looked at the crossbow stuck in Lilia's arm, and the red blood was spreading, and he couldn't bear it.

The half-elf girl paused for a moment, then looked at Thorne and nodded slightly.

Thorne saw the other side nod and walked over to treat her wound.

"Why are you doing this? In fact, you can stay in the temple and be a carefree person. Why do you want to participate?" Thorne raised her arm, tore her sleeves, and looked at the wound and said .

"My family sacrificed to defend the town of Falls, so I don't want to live in their shadows. I want to inherit their beliefs and the ideals of Uncle Oster." Lilia resisted being pulled by Thorne. Out of the pain of losing the crossbow, he said slowly.

"I'm relieved to see that you can find your own goals and beliefs to live." Thorne nodded while cleaning the wound:

"Don't worry, I will help you fulfill the unfulfilled wish of the half-elf leader together, so that our upper city will become as lively as the lower city, instead of being desolate, causing everyone to hide in the trees alone."

"Thank you, Brother Thorne." The two were silent for a long time, Lilia looked at the ranger who was concentrating on dressing her wound, and suddenly raised her head to show him a rare smile.

"Silly girl, don't be so polite. After all, I'm your father's student, so I should take care of you, and like you, I'm also a half-elf." Thorne's bandaging the wound stopped for a while, and then he rubbed with a smile. Rubbing the half-elf girl's hair.

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