Full-Time Psychic Martial Artist

"The ravens are willing to help; they have already set off with the secret message."

In the command room, a lean male forest elf wearing leather armor reported to Kovina.

[Monteridge, Forest Elf, Level 17 Ranger (Eagle Eye Level 5, Ranger Level 4, Windrunner Level 4, Tamer Level 4), Health 315/315]

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"May the goddess bless them." Kovina clasped her hands together and gently touched her chest.

"May the goddess bless the elves." Monteridge made the same gesture, then said, "Now, I must set off to guide my people to their evacuation."

"Yes, the elves need you, more than ever before," Kovina said solemnly.

Monteridge nodded, his expression equally serious. "And you, Kovina, need rest, more than ever before."

Kovina instinctively wanted to retort, but was deterred by another stern gaze from Saina.

Kovina raised her hands to shoulder height: "Okay, I'll take a break, just like Salowell."

Saina smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, while you rest, Little Lorne, Little Nelly, and I will take good care of everything."

"After I've rested, you should rest too," Kovina said to Saina.

"Of course." Saina smiled and nodded.

"And Lorne and Nelly too." Kovina looked at the two of them.

"Of course." Lorne nodded.

Nelly nodded in agreement.

Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Kovina walked into a small room on the side of the command room.

This room is not Kovina's actual bedroom; it is merely a rest room for the commander to take a break.

"Alright, I should get going too," Monteridge said softly.

"May the goddess bless the elves," Seina and Lorne said in unison, bowing to Monteridge.

"May the goddess bless the elves." Monteridge returned the greeting and quickly walked out of the command room.

"Alright, let's go eat. Little Lorne and Little Nelly must be starving, right?" Seina smiled at the two of them.

"Mmm!" Nelly nodded vigorously with her eyes shining, and then rushed out of the command room like a gust of wind, as if nothing could stop her from doing her job.

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When Lorne and Seina entered the restaurant, they saw some elves having a meal, mainly from Luoye Village and Xiye Village.

It's likely that these two groups of elves didn't arrive much earlier than Lorne.

"Little Lorne, what happened?"

Lorian was the first to sense from Lorne and Seina's expressions that there might be bad news, so he came over to ask.

The other elves belatedly realized what was happening, and the entire restaurant quickly fell silent.

Lorne quickly walked to a spot where most elves could easily see him, cleared his throat, and said:

"The number of orcs is far greater than we imagined. We have to abandon guerrilla tactics and concentrate our forces to defend this place to the death."

The elves looked at each other with worried expressions, clearly indicating that many had noticed the unusual nature of the fortress and were making guesses.

At this moment, Lorian stood up, walked quickly to Lorne, and lowered his voice:

"There are very few soldiers in the fortress, and Ms. Kovina is neither giving us weapons and supplies nor allowing us to send the elderly and children to Green Shade City. Do you know what's going on?"

Lorne didn't answer immediately, but turned to look at Seina, who was not far away. After thinking for a few seconds, she nodded.

Lorne then revealed the truth to everyone: "A divine calamity has struck Cuiyin City, and most of the forces of Beilin Fortress have been deployed there to provide relief. A large number of orcs are gathering and could attack the fortress at any moment. These orcs come from the Upper Abyss."

The crowd fell silent once again.

About five or six seconds later, a moon elf said, "So, the defense of the fortress depends on us?"

Lorne nodded solemnly: "A flock of raven messengers has already set off with a message. We must hold this fortress before reinforcements arrive and absolutely cannot allow the orcs to reach Greenshade City."

The crowd looked at each other and began to whisper among themselves.

A dozen seconds later, a female elf called out, "Can we get our weapons now?"

"Of course," Seina replied immediately. "Once everyone has eaten, we'll go get the weapons."

The elves cheered.

At the same time, Lorne also received a system notification:

You have completed the campaign event [Desperate Struggle], gaining 50 x 10 experience points. (1100/1000)

You have accumulated enough experience to level up.

You have one spell of level 1 or lower to choose from.

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When Lorne sat down next to Nelly after serving his meal, the petite dark elf was already eating her third round of food.

The way elves cook food is very similar to Chinese food, and they also have chopsticks among their utensils.

While eating his vegetable bun and grilled sausage, Lorne pondered which spell to choose and which subclass to upgrade after selecting the spell.

He now possesses the spells "Healing" and "Hunter's Mark".

The next spell choices should lean towards team combat and city defense.

Let's go with [Acid Splash], one of the few ranged area-of-effect damage spells.

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[Acid Splash] (Warlock, Mage, Mechanic)

Trick, Evoke, 20 meters, Standard Spellcasting.

Creates an acid bubble at a point within the casting range and causes it to burst and splash. Every creature within a 2-meter radius of this point must make a Dexterity save or suffer 1d6 points of acid damage.

Magic Enhancement:

For every 5 points of the spell attribute modifier, it deals an additional 1d6 points of strong acid damage.

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If you're looking for a sub-class trait, choose "Psychic Mind Network" to significantly improve communication efficiency.

A warm current flowed through my body, and extraordinary knowledge entered my soul.

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Your 'Psionicist' skill level has been raised to 4, and your sub-class 'Mind Refiner' skill level has been raised to 1.

+1 to base attribute points, +5 to maximum health, +10 to maximum stamina, and +20 to maximum mana.

You can choose to learn one spell below the first level.

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[Psionic Mind Network] (Level 1 Mind Refinement)

You can create and maintain a mental network with a radius of (subclass level + psionic modifier) ​​× 10 meters.

You can use an instant cast action to connect a creature within the MindNet's coverage area that you can see or otherwise perceive to the MindNet.

You can connect up to (subclass level + psionic modifier) ​​intelligent beings to your mind network.

Members connected to the Mind Network can freely communicate on a spiritual level or share their perceptions, and can send group messages, private messages, or designate multiple members to send group messages or private messages.

However, you will always have access to all information on the MindNet and will have the highest management privileges.

Each member connected to the Mind Network automatically provides them with spiritual energy, even while they are asleep.

Members connected to the HeartNet need to reconnect if they leave the HeartNet coverage area and then return.

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Open the attribute panel and add the 1 point of basic attribute gained from the upgrade to [Perception].

Why upgrade [Perception] instead of continuing to upgrade [Intelligence]?

Because Lorne is a perfectionist, especially when it comes to numbers.

If he had enough attribute points, he would definitely have raised all six basic attributes to the same number of points, and all of them would be even.

Fortunately, [Inorganic Psionic Energy] and [Limitless Physique] alleviated his anxiety in this regard, at least he no longer had to worry about becoming a mediocre professional because his attribute points were too evenly distributed.