Full-Time Psychic Martial Artist

When Lorne found Kovina, she was vigorously swinging her axe. Although the other elves were also chopping down trees, their efficiency was significantly lower than that of the paladin.

Fortunately, the trees here grew after the fortress buffer zone was designated, but the area has always been peaceful, so they were allowed to grow freely. The trees are not very old, and the wood quality is much lower than that of trees that are hundreds of years old, so the overall logging progress is not bad.

"Little Lorne, you're here." Kovina greeted Lorne verbally, but her body was rhythmically swinging the axe, clearly having developed muscle momentum from the chopping.

"I think everyone's tired," Lorne said.

"Yes, these axes are getting heavier and heavier." Kovina said to Lorne as she rhythmically chopped at the tree with her axe.

"Let's take a short break. I have some good news to share with everyone."

"Good news?" Kovina said, finally stopping cutting down the tree.

"Yes, very important good news..." Lorne connected Kovina to the Mind Network and sent her the Mind Network usage method and related memories of [Seneson War Soul] all at once.

"May the goddess bless the elves!" After digesting this information, Kovina immediately tried it out and succeeded on her first try.

Sensing the change within herself, Kovina's eyes widened in surprise: "Goddess above, with this magic trick, we'll definitely be able to defend the fortress!"

"Yes," Lorne nodded with a smile, "we must teach all the elves as soon as possible."

"I'll gather everyone now," Kovina said, taking out a military whistle and blowing it.

Upon hearing the whistle, the elves stopped logging and gathered around...

A quarter of an hour later, all the elves had learned [Seneson's Battle Spirit].

"I have strength again!" a young elf exclaimed excitedly.

"May the goddess bless the elves!" The other elves immediately congratulated them with the Seneson War Spirit Gift.

"May the goddess bless the elves!" the latter returned the greeting in the same manner.

Kovina exclaimed, "It turns out that cutting down these trees not only didn't anger the goddess, but actually earned her her reward. Let's finish this project as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" the elves responded loudly, and then returned to their positions to begin chopping, their speed nearly doubling compared to before.

Kovina smiled and said to Lorne, "Go, and bestow the goddess's blessing upon more elves."

"With pleasure." Lorne smiled and nodded, then strode toward the fortress.

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When the sky was fully bright, all the elves in the fortress had learned [Seneson's War Spirit].

As Kovina led the logging team back to the fortress, Teratus, the gatekeeper, gave her a standard Seneson salute.

Kovina did not stop, but returned the salute as she marched. The marching troops behind her followed suit and saluted in unison.

Kovina thought to herself: This method of prayer is really perfect for wartime use; it is not only efficient but also very elegant.

Next, along the way from the fortress gate to the command room, every sentry who saw Kovina would take the initiative to salute with the Senesion War Spirit, expressing their love for this form of prayer through their actions.

Kovina reciprocated in kind, encouraging the elves to continue to carry it forward.

She felt that after this battle, this prayer ritual would quickly spread to every unit of Seneson, and even to every elf.

When Kovina entered the command room, Lorne, Seina, and Nelly were practicing marching like the People's Liberation Army soldiers, and they were demonstrating the part where they salute while marching.

Although there were only three people in the queue, they still looked quite impressive.

Kovina's eyes lit up. Lorne had mentioned before that this method of prayer could be used during marches, but he had never demonstrated such a majestic and powerful gait.

"What kind of footwork is this?" Kovina asked.

"Goose step," Lorne said as he walked. "It's a ceremonial march used exclusively by the military, usually on sacred and solemn occasions."

"Nellie likes marching in step; goose-stepping is too much trouble," Neri pouted.

She is only 155 cm tall. Although her legs make up just as much of her height as the other two, it is still difficult for her to keep up with Lorne's height of 185 cm and Seina's height of 180 cm.

Everyone was amused by Nelly's adorable little expressions.

Lorne couldn't help but ruffle Nelly's hair.

Nelly paused for a moment, but didn't pull away; instead, she smiled. When she was very young, she loved having her parents pat her head like that.

Seeing this, Saina also came over and rubbed it a couple of times, an auntie smile unconsciously appearing on her face.

Kovina wanted to go up and rub her hands, but when she saw her own calloused hands, she withdrew them.

"Aren't you going to touch me?" Nelly looked at Kovina expectantly.

Kovina felt her heart melt, and involuntarily reached out to touch it, then unconsciously revealed a maternal smile.

A gray owl flew in through the window; it was Salowell.

"I saw a lot of trees being cut down," Salowell said, his tone tinged with reproach.

As a druid, this was something he found hard to accept.

But as a member of the North Forest Fortress, he understood that there must be some reason behind it, so he hoped for an explanation that he could accept so that he could ask the goddess for forgiveness.

"I led the men to cut it down," Kovina explained. "If we hadn't done it, we would have lost the entire northern forest, or even more..."

After listening to Kovina's explanation, Saloville sighed helplessly: "Hopefully, our decision was the right one."

“It must be right,” Kovina said, “because the goddess not only did not punish her, but also rewarded her.”

"A commendation? What is it?" Saloville looked at Kovina with a mixture of surprise and curiosity.

Kovina smiled and looked at Lorne.

Lorne pulled Salowell directly into the mind network and sent her a memory package containing everything that might need explaining.

After digesting these memories, Saloville tried out the Senesion Battle Spirit in owl form. Although his movements were a bit clumsy, he succeeded on his first try.

"Blessed Mother Iria, my natural transformation and my original form have been blessed simultaneously!" Salowell exclaimed in delight.

Upon hearing this, both Kovina and Seina showed expressions of surprise and delight.

"So what exactly is the principle behind Druid shapeshifting?" Lorne asked, finally voicing the question that had been lingering in his mind.

Before transmigrating, he would think: 'Where do my clothes, weapons, and equipment go when I cast this kind of transformation magic?'

He had previously noticed that Salowell would release a cloud of magical mist every time she transformed, so he suspected that the transformation might not be a real transformation.

The fact that Salowell himself mentioned that "Iria's mother will take good care of my original body" seems to confirm his guess.

Instead of replying verbally, Salowell followed Lorne's example and sent the relevant information via the MindNet.

The system immediately provided the data:

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[Natural Shapeshifting] (Druid Level 1):

Class-specific characteristics, standard spellcasting.

Consume 1 [Nature's Blessing] to hide your true form in a special plane created by the nature goddess Iria, while simultaneously creating a deformed body in the prime material plane for movement.

The transformation body's strength, agility, constitution, life force, and stamina are determined by the creature it transforms into, while its intelligence, perception, charm, and mana are consistent with its true form.

The deformed body can speak any language that the true body has learned, but cannot cast spells.

You can spend 10 mana to transform your shapeshifting body into another natural shapeshifting state that you have learned using a [Swiftcast] action, while restoring (Druid level + Perception modifier) ​​health and stamina to your shapeshifting body.

You can take a long rest in your natural transformed state, but only your transformed body will regain health and stamina; your true body will only regain mana and natural blessings.

When the shapeshifting body's life reaches 0, it will immediately dissipate into primal magic. Your true body will be forcibly teleported back to the location where the shapeshifting body dissipated on the Prime Material Plane, and you will be in a dazed state for the next 6 seconds, losing the advantage or disadvantage on all checks.

When the true form is severely injured and near death, it can perform a natural transformation, but it requires a perception save each round. If the save fails, the transformation will be forcibly canceled.

Exemption difficulty = 20 - physical fitness adjustment value.

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