Full-Time Psychic Martial Artist

"Lor... Lorne?" came the village chief's surprised and uncertain voice from beside him.

Lorne turned to the village chief and gave him what he thought was a very cool smile: "Now we can run together."

The village chief was stunned for several seconds before finally reacting: "What exactly happened? Did you kill them all?"

Lorne nodded and told the lie he had prepared beforehand: "I was praying to Iluvia while I was meditating, and she answered me and gave me these powers."

Iluvia, the Harmonizer, Lord of Dawn and Dusk, and Goddess of the Moon, is the deity worshipped by the vast majority of moon elves.

The moon elf village where Lorne lived had a shrine to this goddess, and his coming-of-age ceremony for his eighteenth birthday was held in front of that shrine.

As expected, the village chief had no suspicions.

He excitedly rose to his feet, knelt down, and clasped his hands in prayer: "Great Ilúvaira, merciful Ilúvaira, thank you, thank you!"

Seeing this, Lorne quickly followed suit and bowed as if to be obsequious. He thought to himself that he had managed to fool them.

When the village chief was halfway through his prayers, he was suddenly startled and remained motionless for a while. Then, he raised his head and looked at Lorne with burning eyes.

Lorne felt uneasy under his gaze and awkwardly smiled, asking, "What's wrong?"

The village chief's eyes welled up with tears: "I just received a divine message from the goddess, saying that you will lead us to save the village."

Lorne: ? ? ?

Lorne carefully observed the village chief's expression, and it didn't seem like he was acting.

In the memories of the previous incarnation, the village chief was not the kind of person who would play tricks. He was very devout in his faith in Iluvila and would never use divine pronouncements to deceive people.

In other words, Iluvia really did deliver a divine message.

Damn, this goddess is so petty! She's trying to extort money from me by using someone else's name.

Lorne inwardly cursed, but outwardly tried to maintain an awkward yet polite smile.

Just then, the other two elves, who had been unconscious, woke up almost simultaneously.

One of them mumbled sleepily, "I just dreamt about the goddess Iluvia."

Another elf immediately chimed in, "I dreamt about it too. The goddess said that Lorne would lead us to save the village."

Lorne's eye twitched, and he almost couldn't keep up the smile on his face.

Good grief, they even sent out a long post to everyone, trying to extort money from me, huh?

Suppressing the urge to complain, Lorne glanced at the system battle report.

[Lorian, Los, and Lorther receive [the Oracle's Blessing] from Ilvella].

[Lorian] is the village chief's name, so it seems that the three of them received the divine message at the same time.

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"Iluvila's Oracle Blessing":

This creature gains an advantage or avoids a disadvantage on all checks, automatically recovers 1 point of health and stamina each turn, and recovers double the amount when bathed in dawn, twilight, or moonlight.

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After reviewing the details of the blessing, Lorne was completely distraught.

Such a powerful buff, why don't you give me one too?

Lorne really wanted to ask for one too, but that would make him seem unrefined and might expose his lie, so he could only silently endure it.

"What do we do now?" The village chief looked at Lorne expectantly, and the other two had the same reaction.

Lorne really wanted to retort, "You're the village chief, and you're asking me?"

But considering that he was now the village's hope, handpicked by the goddess, he had no choice but to endure it.

Lorne didn't answer; the most important thing right now was to get out of the car.

He used both hands and his two tentacles to break the cage bars that the barbarian had almost smashed, creating a gap just big enough for one person to squeeze through, and was the first to slip out.

While the others were getting off the bus, Lorne used the system to check the levels of the three of them.

[Lorian, Level 0 Moon Elf, Health 55/55]

[Loss, -2 Moon Elf, Health 50/50]

[Lothar, -1 level Moon Elf, Health 50/50]

根据系统说明，0级代表总属性为70，-1级为69，-2级为68。

According to the memories of his predecessor, although the probability of elves producing professionals is high, that's relative to other races. In reality, 99% of elves are stuck at that final bottleneck for their entire lives. That state of being stuck at the bottleneck is probably equivalent to level 0.

The Elven race has 20 years of compulsory education in becoming a professional. Even if they don't end up becoming a professional, they will still know some combat skills and magic tricks.

The three elves before them have attributes close to those of professionals, and with Iluvila's divine blessing, they still possess considerable combat power.

"We need to get some equipment first," Lorne replied to the village chief's question after all three of them got out of the car.

Los immediately said, "Let's go to the hunting lodge; it's only half an hour from here."

The hunting lodge is a safe house for elves to patrol and hunt. It is located far from the village and is always stocked with equipment and medicine.

"Alright." Lorne nodded, pointing to the orc corpses beside the vehicle. "Take off their leather coats, grab the weapons, and let's go."

Los and Loser immediately sprang into action.

The so-called orc leather clothing is simply a raw wolf skin tied around the body, with the front legs tied in a knot around the neck and the hind legs tied in a knot around the waist. There is no question of whether it fits or not.

After the two elves stripped off the "leather coats," they put them on themselves in the same way, while showing expressions of disgust. They were obviously overwhelmed by the stench of the orcs, but they didn't complain.

The village chief picked up the orc's two battle axes and handed them to the two men, saying, "Cut off their heads and limbs."

The two men took the axe, weighed it in their hands, and looked at it with disgust.

Orcs' weapons are crudely crafted and they tend to trade weight for damage, making them unsuitable for elves who prioritize agility, but they are still weapons nonetheless.

As the two men each found an orc corpse and began to dismember it, Lorne recalled relevant common sense.

There are three kinds of nets in this world: the net of magic, the net of life, and the net of death.

The web of magic is controlled by [Tiana the Explorer], and the web of life is controlled by [Aiona the Creator]. Both goddesses are righteous gods and neither of them has ever died.

Yes, they've never died. (Pay attention, this is important!)

As for the creator of the Death Web—[Nektalon the Weaver of Death]—he was an evil demon god whose divine power was comparable to that of these two goddesses.

Legend has it that before Nektalon invaded this world, all creatures possessed near-infinite lifespans. Even if their physical bodies died, their souls could be reincarnated through the Web of Life, retaining all memories of their previous lives.

After Nektalon invaded this world, it secretly wove a Death Corruption Web, eroding and stealing the energy of the Web of Life and the Web of Magic.

Senette's mortal life was thus tormented by disease and aging, and after death, her soul might be transformed into an undead by the Dead Net, while her corpse might be transformed into an undead creature. Even if her soul miraculously escaped this fate, she would lose all memories of her previous life upon reincarnation.

Therefore, when people die in this world, a priest needs to be invited quickly to perform a ritual to guide their souls to the afterlife, and the body needs to be cremated. If there is no time for cremation, the head and limbs must be cut off. This way, even if the corpse becomes a zombie, the threat will be much smaller.

After dealing with the orc and dire wolf corpses, the group set off for the hunting lodge.

Of the four, Lorne is a professional, but his attributes are very average, and his mobility is 1 to 2 points lower than the other three high-agility non-professionals.

这1～2点的行动力，每回合（6秒）就能拉出3～6米的速度差距，导致全队都因为洛恩放慢了赶路的速度。

Lorne then decisively upgraded his martial arts subclass to "Swiftness".