NABC Chapter 235 Miracles and the Spatial Ring
Chapter 235 Miracles and the Spatial Ring
Chapter 235 Miracles and the Spatial Ring
The Matsutake Pig's charge came to an abrupt halt. It let out an angry howl and struggled frantically, but the rope tightened even more.
Mia steadied herself, turned around and saw this scene. Her pale yellow vertical pupils widened instantly, and her face was filled with an expression of disbelief.
She looked at Li Ang, her voice trembling slightly: "You—you can perform miracles?"
Li Ang didn't bother to answer, but instead waved his wand again, and a condensed pale blue wind blade silently swept past, precisely severing the Matsutake Pig's throat.
The howling stopped abruptly, leaving only heavy, rapidly diminishing breathing.
After ensuring that the squealing of the matsutake pig wouldn't cause any unforeseen trouble, he looked at Mia and explained with some confusion, "Hmm? This is magic. Here—is magic called a miracle?"
Mia was still in shock. She cautiously approached the motionless matsutake pig, noticed the wound on its throat, and then looked up at Li Ang with a complex expression: "6"
"Miracle" is what the elves call it—." She paused, seemingly organizing her thoughts.
"It is said that miracles are wonders that only races chosen by the gods can master; simply put, they are secret arts unique to elves."
Li Ang frowned slightly. If magic was the so-called miracle, then this claim was definitely problematic.
After all, in theory, any race can learn magic as long as they have the talent for mental power and elemental affinity.
Li Ang quickly came to a general guess about this.
Either the elves strictly monopolize the methods of meditation and magical knowledge, and absolutely do not allow their pets to possess abilities equal to their own.
Either Mia's limited knowledge led her to mistakenly confuse the special power wielded by the elves with ordinary elemental magic.
But whatever the truth, Li Ang's clean and efficient spellcasting clearly changed Mia's opinion of him.
The wariness and slight disdain in her eyes largely disappeared, replaced by surprise, and even a hint of barely perceptible awe.
"Well done," Mia rarely praised him, then quickly squatted down and began to bleed the matsutake pig.
Her movements were practiced and skillful, indicating that she did this often.
After bleeding her out, she stretched out her right hand, which was wearing a gray leather glove, and waved it over the huge pig carcass. The entire matsutake pig disappeared instantly!
Now it was Li Ang's turn to be surprised. "What did you do? Where's the pig?"
Mia waved her right hand with a hint of smugness, revealing an inconspicuous silver ring covered in tiny scratches on her middle finger.
"A wonderful thing 'borrowed' from the Elf."
Li Ang stared intently, and the information on the ring appeared:
[LVO Basic Space Ring]
[Status: Bindable]
[Binding Cost: 5 Spirit Points]
[Current effect: The ring has approximately 10 cubic meters of stable storage space inside, but it can only store inanimate objects.]
It was actually a storage ring—Li Ang's eyes revealed interest. This was indeed an extremely convenient item, and Li Ang had never seen such a spatial item in the Alliance before.
Mia noticed Li Ang's gaze and gently swayed the tip of her tail: "Behave well. I have another one of these rings. If you behave well, I might be able to give it to you later." She spoke as if it were some kind of reward, yet with a hint of cat-like probing.
"Then I'll have to work hard." Li Ang smiled and readily accepted the suggestion, after all, he really wanted one.
Next, Li Ang used the [Water Creation] spell to condense clean water and wash away the obvious bloodstains on the ground. He then used the [Gentle Breeze] spell to create a gentle airflow and dispel the lingering smell of blood in the air.
During subsequent hunts, the two cooperated more and more seamlessly.
Mia uses her extraordinary senses and tracking skills to lock onto her prey, while Leon uses magic at medium to long range to accurately capture or kill them, making them extremely efficient.
As dusk fell, they had successfully captured three matsutake pigs and a bird with fiery red feathers and a body the size of a goose.
According to Mia, these are flamingos. Their meat is extremely delicious, but they fly very fast and are very difficult to catch. In the past, they might not catch even one in a year at their nests.
"Well done! Today's harvest is equivalent to four or five days of work I used to do." Mia counted her spoils, her eyes sparkling, clearly very satisfied.
"Four or five days? Will that be enough for you to eat?"
Li Ang voiced his doubts, since judging from the number of inhabitants in the nest, this amount of meat should only be enough to sustain them for about two days.
"We can't eat meat all the time. Meat is a rare delicacy in the nest. We usually survive by gathering mushrooms and tubers."
Li Ang nodded, indicating that he understood. He had subconsciously assumed that these orcs were a carnivorous race.
Upon returning to their lair, they encountered two other cat-people who had returned from a hunting trip in the central plaza.
One of the black cat-men returned empty-handed, looking somewhat dejected, while the other was a male cat-man with pure white fur and a lithe build.
He held a half-meter-long, fluffy rabbit in his hand, which looked like a fluffy white cloud, and boasted loudly, "Look at this, everyone! This fur, this size! Only I, Lord Jimmy, can hunt such prey. If you want to eat meat, you can only rely on me."
At this moment, a number of residents who had come after hearing the news were gathered around the place where Jimmy was showing off his prey. Most of them were kobolds who were responsible for gathering, and a few orcs who were obviously carnivorous.
They stared longingly at the furry rabbit in Jimmy's hands, which was still twitching slightly, their throats bobbing involuntarily, their eyes filled with a desire for meat.
Just then, Jimmy saw Mia and Leon return, and he especially noticed that Mia's hands were empty, while Leon, this strange kobold, followed behind her, looking quite intimate. His voice immediately rose, tinged with jealousy: "Yo, Mia's back? Look, another cloud rabbit! I told you, follow me, and I can make you—"
"Yeah, at least once every two days! How about that?"
Mia rolled her eyes, her face full of disdain. "Jimmy, how many times have I told you? I don't want your meat, and I don't want to be with you. Stop bothering me, okay?"
Jimmy, having been publicly humiliated, especially in front of a strange kobold, was instantly enraged, his pure white fur standing on end: "Mia! Don't think you're so great just because you're pretty! Just wait, once I become the master of this lair, you'll be—"
Meanwhile, the two female cat-people who had been summoned by Jimmy to cook, seeing the situation becoming increasingly serious, quickly tried to change the subject: "Jimmy, everyone is waiting for dinner, and we have mushroom soup simmering in the pot, could you—"