Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

Li Ming was also prepared. He immediately activated [Swift Step] and used the acceleration effect of [Swift Step] to quickly leave the original place.

The bone knife slammed into the ground, dealing 0 damage.

"Rick, what's the rush?"

"Don't you want to play with me anymore?"

Lina wrapped her whip around Rick's leg, and with her other hand she pulled a small knife from her pocket. A flash of cold light, and Rick's leg broke.

He groaned in pain, bursting out a large amount of white mist. Ignoring his broken leg and the bone knife he had thrown, he turned and ran away, disappearing behind the hill in a flash.

"Take care~ Don't bother seeing me out!"

Lena dodged the white mist, waved with a smile in the direction Rick had disappeared, and then put Rick's severed golden leg into her spatial bag—a rare trophy.

Li Ming collected the energy crystals he hadn't had time to absorb and headed towards Lina.

"Well done!"

"Perfect coordination!"

The two of them laughed at the same time.

As the sun set and the smoke of battle lingered, Lina's blonde hair reflected golden light, like scattered golden stars.

A gentle breeze blew by, and a few strands of hair lightly touched Li Ming's face.

Lina tossed her long hair and extended her right hand: "Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Lina Craig, daughter of Arthur Craig, the Grand General of the Duchy of Andres, and a third-tier Gold Mage."

Li Ming paused for a moment, then extended his right hand and smiled, "My name is Li Ming, a herb gatherer from Rom City. I should be a first-tier bronze... warrior now. It's an honor to meet you, Mage Lina Craig."

"I have been ordered to seek aid from the Elven race, and I have decided to hire you as my bodyguard to accompany me. Would you like to come?"

"Together!"

The two walked together into the Forest Gate.

Upon entering the Elf Forest and turning past a few large trees, the hustle and bustle of the outside world seemed to be shut out, and a vibrant, colorful world appeared before the two of them.

"What a beautiful fairy forest!"

Li Ming's eyes lit up. Compared to this Elf Forest, all the scenery he had seen while traveling in his previous life seemed like tiny karaomis.

"Never seen it before?"

"Yes, I've always lived in Rom City, I've never seen such a big tree before. And these strange flowers and plants too."

"Wow, these are Blood Crystal Fruits? Top-grade medicine! Each fruit is worth a silver coin, and there's such a large patch of them that nobody wants them?"

"This is snake peach, this is purple nectar..."

He was like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, excitedly exploring the bushes and wanting to touch everything.

Lina laughed and asked, "Wow~ I didn't know you had so much knowledge of pharmacology!"

"I remember there's a lot of hemostatic herbs around Rom City, right? How do you know about these potions?"

Li Ming scratched his head: "Hey~ Who hasn't dreamed of becoming a potion master and living a life of ease?"

The original owner always wanted to become a potion master and learned a lot about herbs and potions through various means.

However, due to a lack of funds to attend union training, he was unable to obtain the qualification for assessment and has not been able to fulfill his wish.

Amidst their laughter and banter, the two didn't delay their journey, quickly making their way through the forest.

As dusk fell, some of the flowers and plants that had been hidden during the day quietly began to sprout.

Some of the flowers and plants even emit various colors of light, making the Fairy Forest even more beautiful.

"Wow--"

Li Ming's eyes lit up. He had only seen such a scene in movies in his previous life, and no artificial special effects could compare to the wonders of nature.

Seeing that he was almost licking a purple, glowing flower, Lina warned him, "Don't get too close."

"That flower is called a tooth-light grass. If you touch it, its lower leaves will eat you."

"What?"

Li Ming quickly took a few steps back and looked closely. Sure enough, he discovered that under the purple glowing flower, there was a ring of broad leaves with serrated edges. The serrations on the edges of the leaves reflected a cold, icy light, making them look like something not to be trifled with.

Although I don't think I'll actually get eaten, it would definitely be unpleasant to get a bite from this thing.

He exclaimed, "Indeed, beautiful things in nature are always dangerous."

Are you talking about me?

"Of course, you're so strong, I can't beat you."

Hehehe~

......

Using the dim light in the forest, the two focused on their journey. Knowing that Li Ming was unfamiliar with the Elf Forest, Lina introduced him to relevant information about the Elf Forest as they walked.

With Lina, an acquaintance, leading the way, the two arrived at an open area without any incident.

"Alright, we've arrived at our destination. Let's go inside."

This area is about 10 square kilometers in size. In the center of the area is a tree that looks like a banyan tree. Its huge canopy covers the entire area, and people can be vaguely seen walking around in the canopy.

Lina pointed to the tall trees in the center of the area and said, "This is the reception area built by the elves. There is one not far from each Forest Gate."

"Look, this tree is called the home tree by the elves. Wherever it is, there will surely be a large group of elves."

"These houses in the tree canopy are the fruit of the tree, and people can live in them."

......

"Please note that fighting is not allowed here."

"The guards here are all at least Tier 3. Don't blame me if you get a lesson from them."

Li Ming curled his lip and said, "Miss Lina, I'm just a mere first-tier bronze warrior. You think I'd dare fight someone here? You're giving me far too much credit!"

Lina rolled her eyes. "Hey~ Which Tier 1 Bronze dares to refuse my challenge to fight multiple times?"

She didn't think her reminder was unnecessary. Although this person was just a herb gatherer before, he was quite arrogant for some reason and not smooth at all. She wondered how he had managed to stay at the bottom for so long.

"Oh~ There's actually a Bronze Saint who dares to refuse Princess Lina's orders?" A light, melodious voice rang in their ears. Looking up, they saw several elves approaching.

The leader was a pretty elf, who seemed to have her own light effect, with specks of light sliding down her body and brightening the surrounding environment.

"Cousin Lina, should I teach your servant a lesson?"

Lina spat out, "Pah~ I don't need your fake kindness. I'll take care of my own people."

She frowned and looked at the person carefully, then turned her face away in disgust: "Still so vain, this time you're even using magic to add a light effect to yourself."

The newcomer fiddled with the specks of light in his hand: "Cousin Lina, everyone loves beauty! Look, this is a charm background magic I just developed. What do you think, isn't it pretty? I can teach you!"

Before Lina could answer, he continued, "Arthur sent word to your aunt this morning that you are going back to the Elf Forest, and she asked me to come and pick you up."

Why are you so late?

"I thought you used some other forest gate!"

Lina immediately flew into a rage. "Eron!!! You mean, my mom sent you to pick me up, and you just hung out at the reception desk?"

Elon retorted, "How can you call it playing? I'm just waiting for you here since you haven't arrived yet!"

Do you even know why I've come back to the forest this time?

"I heard he's representing the human kingdom, asking the elves for help. What, is your duchy at war again? Isn't Arthur supposed to be quite powerful? Why are you asking us for help this time?"

"You should call him uncle!!!" Lina was furious. "The undead have blocked the Forest Gate, aren't you going to take a look?"