Full-Time Psychic Martial Artist

Saina nodded: "Yes, it is a required spell for priests, and it needs to be used before each prayer."

Lorne immediately looked at Nelly: "Release Xue Ling."

"Oh," Nelly responded, taking off her backpack and releasing Xue Ling.

The little guy had been awake earlier and had been craning his neck to observe his surroundings. Now that he had been released, he was a little scared and huddled between Nelly and Lorne, too afraid to run around.

"Wow, what an adorable little snow leopard!" Seina's eyes lit up. If there weren't so many elves watching, she definitely would have petted it.

"This is Xue Ling, please clean it for me," Lorne said to Sai Na.

"Okay." Saina immediately cast a Cleanse spell on Xue Ling.

A magical wind gently blew around the little snow leopard, quickly breaking down the dirt on its skin and fur.

Lorne also learned this trick using [psychic perception].

In less than half a minute, the little guy was completely transformed. The black fur became even blacker and the white fur even whiter, greatly improving his appearance and making him look more energetic.

This time, Saiina couldn't hold back any longer: "The little guy's name is Xue Ling, right? You can take care of it while you're sleeping."

Lorne looked at Nelly, indicating that it was up to her, as the mother, to make the decision.

Nelly thought for a moment and said, "Make sure it's well-fed."

"Don't worry, there's plenty of goat milk and cheese," Saina promised with a smile.

Nelly immediately responded to Xue Ling's telepathic connection through the Shadow Guard's mark:

"Mommy's going to sleep now. Auntie Saina will take care of you and give you lots and lots of delicious food. If you encounter any danger, just call Mommy using telepathy."

"Okay." Xue Ling replied, walked up to Saiina, and let out a soft moan.

Saina immediately bent down and gently picked up Xue Lingdi.

Lorne turned around and said a brief goodbye to the elves. He then gave the Lianqi servants instructions to assist in defending the north gate of the fortress before going to sleep with Nelly.

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When Lorne woke up, it was almost noon.

As usual, Nelly woke up right after he did.

When the two elves arrived at the command room, Kovina and Seina were playing with Xue Ling.

"It didn't cause you any trouble, did it?" Lorne smiled.

"Not at all," Kovina said with a smile as she stood up. "We've been on edge the whole time, but Xue Ling has helped us relax a lot."

Lorne nodded and walked over to the sand table.

The current status of the Orcish Warband has been marked on the sand table, including the specific locations of the camps, lumber mills, and siege machinery manufacturing plants.

"We can assassinate the orc engineers and delay their attack on the fortress," Lorne immediately suggested.

Kovina nodded: "That's what I thought too, but in the entire fortress, only you, Nelly, and Monteridge could do this. Thank you, Goddess, you've all returned safely."

As soon as he finished speaking, Monteridge's voice came from the doorway: "Looks like there's a new mission."

As Monteridge spoke, he walked into the command room.

"Did you sleep well?" Lorne greeted him with a smile.

"This is so much better than the Snow Elf Village," Monteridge exclaimed. "You know, those heated brick beds were designed for snow elves; I'm just a forest elf, I don't have any resistance to the cold."

Lorne nodded: "Yes, even with a heated kang bed, it's still not comfortable to sleep on."

After saying that, he glanced at Nili and saw that her attention was entirely on Xue Ling and she had no intention of participating in the topic. He then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tell me the detailed action plan." Monteridge walked to the sand table and carefully examined the situation of the orc camp.

Lorne pointed his long pole at the orcs' siege machinery manufacturing plant and said:

"I can transform into an orc and infiltrate directly, but in my transformed state, I can't use the other abilities bestowed upon me by the goddess, making it inconvenient for assassinations or covert sabotage."

At this point, he looked at Nelly and said, "So the best way is for Nelly to act with me. I can safely bring her into the orc camp, and after each assassination, she can teleport back to my shadow and escape safely."

All the elves nodded in agreement.

Monteridge said, "This distance is too far; I can't snipe to support you from the city walls. If we leave the fortress, this is such a large open area that I can't sneak across during the day; I'll have to wait until night."

"No need," Lorne smiled and shook his head. "You just need to snipe the orc scouts on the city walls. They should be scattered along the edge of the forest."

"That's easy," Monteridge said confidently. "As long as they come within my range, I guarantee none of them will escape."

"You go first, Nelly and I will get ready and then we'll leave."

"Okay," Monteridge replied, and quickly walked out of the command room.

Lorne took the magic ring off his finger and handed it to Nelly, then took out an orc corpse from his storage space.

The corpse was the first one Lorne obtained; it was the orc scout he killed in Xiye Village.

Among the orc corpses in his collection, this guy had the cleanest identity and was the least likely to arouse suspicion when infiltrating the orc camp.

The storage device has a built-in time-freezing function, so when this corpse was taken out, it was still as fresh as when it was killed.

You have successfully transformed a Level 2 Orc Wanderer (corpse) into [Alien Body - Substitute Body].

You have changed your [Alien Body/Substitute Body].

Since it was highly unlikely that a battle would be triggered, Lorne didn't pay attention to the attributes and went straight to checking the class characteristics.

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【Deceptive Blessing】(Wanderer Level 1)

Your cunning and deceit pleased the Demon God Aenephaus, and you received the Blessing of Deceit.

You can have a maximum of (Wanderer Level + Intelligence/Charisma modifier) ​​points of Deceitful Blessing.

All Blessing Points are restored after each long rest.

Note:

The maximum value of the Wanderer's Deceitful Blessing is the same as your primary spellcasting attribute.

A wanderer's primary spellcasting attribute is usually the higher of [Intelligence] and [Charisma].

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[Wandering Ambush] (Wanderer Level 1)

Increases damage dealt by sneak attacks by (Wanderer Level) points.

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【Wandering Master】(Wanderer Level 1)

[Skillful Hands] + (Wanderer Level / 5).

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【Wandering Quick Step】(Wanderer Level 1)

Movement speed + (1 + job level / 10) meters.

When concealed or traversing difficult terrain, movement speed is reduced by only 40% (normally 50%).

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[Thief Specialty] (Thief Level 1)

[Concealment] and [Awareness] +1 point.

[Skillful Hands] + (Sub-job Level) points.

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[Quick Sneak Attack] (Thief Level 2)

When you launch a sneak attack with your bare hands or a melee portable weapon, you can use a standard move to perform the [Quick Hand Sneak Attack].

This attack was considered a standard sneak attack.

When an attack check is successful, you can steal a specified item from the target in addition to dealing damage, or plant an item you own on the target.

The stolen items must be items that you can see or whose specific location you know in advance.

The items used to plant evidence must have sufficient space to carry the stolen goods.

The target will make a perception saving throw. (Saving difficulty = 10 + Dexterity level.)

The exemption will fail without anyone noticing.

If the exemption is successful, the theft or framing will be discovered.

Exemption from testing difficulty = 10 + skill level.

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