Full-Time Psychic Martial Artist

Lorne never intended to annihilate the orcs, nor did he arrogantly believe that he could fight four professionals and a berserk dire wolf by himself.

His goal from beginning to end was to save people.

Once they escape into the forest, those orcs with only brute force would have no chance of catching up with the long-legged elves whose racial talent grants them "movement speed +1 meter," especially in the elves' territory.

So after running for about fifteen minutes, Lorne received a system notification:

【你完成了冒险事件[解救同族]，获得100×10经验（1000/1000），「隐匿」+1。】

You have accumulated enough experience to level up.

"Let's take a break, we're safe now!" Lorne shouted from the back of the group.

Everyone stopped quickly and gathered around Lorne.

"Didn't they catch up?" the village chief asked, his face showing both worry and hope.

"They don't dare to chase after them anymore," Lorne replied confidently.

"How did you know?" a newly rescued elf asked curiously.

"The goddess told me." Lorne was too lazy to make up a reason and just went straight for the truth.

"Goddess?" Another elf who had just been rescued opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Lorne, too lazy to explain, turned his gaze directly to the village chief, who coughed knowingly and began to recount everything that had happened earlier.

Lorne took a moment to open the system panel, intending to upgrade himself, but instead made three new discoveries.

First, each time a sub-class level is increased, it will gain a new trait.

I can now preview the level 2 traits of the two subclasses, 'Energy Refining' and 'Swiftness'.

Second, the experience required for leveling up increases according to the sub-job level; it takes 2000 experience to reach level 2.

Third, system restrictions: the level difference between sub-jobs of a specific profession cannot exceed 1 level. (Pay attention, this is important.)

In other words, if you want to advance to level 2 in a sub-job, you must first advance all other sub-jobs to level 1.

After a moment's thought, Lorne chose his third sub-position.

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Your 'Psionicist' skill level has been raised to 2, and your subclass 'Void 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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[Void Refinement Storage] (Spiritual Energy Master, Void Refinement Level 1.)

You have a psionic storage space of (subclass level + psionic modifier) ​​cubic meters.

You can collect any reachable and movable object into it and freeze its time.

It can hold the corpses of living organisms, but not living organisms.

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You can leave the spells unselected until you need them.

Lorne added 1 point to his base attribute to Intelligence and then put the four orcish heavy axes in his hand into his storage space.

This immediately caught the village chief's attention. He had just finished recounting what had happened, so he said to Lorne, "Has the goddess bestowed upon you a new ability again?"

Many people saw Lorne running around with four axes for a long time. If he could put them away, he would have done so long ago. Why did he wait until now? So Lorne readily admitted it, while smiling shyly and happily.

His shyness was feigned, to maintain Lorne's persona. His happiness was genuine, after all, he had just acquired a very useful trait.

"Did the goddess make you a professional?" the village chief asked, his eyes filled with hope.

"Not yet." Lorne shook his head.

"Well, it seems your trial is not yet complete." The village chief's tone was tinged with regret.

Lorne maintained a shy smile, inwardly rolling his eyes: You'd better shut up, or the petty goddess will send me another long, scathing post trying to extort money from me.

"What do we do next?" an elf asked the village chief.

The village chief didn't answer, but looked at Lorne. Although he didn't speak directly, his eyes said it all.

Lorne thought for a moment and said, "We need to go to Xia Ye Village and see if they've been attacked by orcs. If not, we'll tell them about the orc invasion."

"Invasion?" A female elf stared wide-eyed, her eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

This forest is located in a valley in the northern border of the (Senesion) Elf Community, surrounded by snow-capped mountains. The continuous mountain range to the north has an average altitude of 6000 meters, and the snowfield beyond the mountains is the territory of the Frost Giants.

Invasion...how could that be?

Most of the other elves thought the same thing, and like the female elf, they all looked at Lorne, waiting for him to explain further.

Lorne said calmly, "If it were just ordinary raiding, the orcs would have left with their spoils after attacking the village. But instead, they occupied the village, imprisoned us, and transported us in batches. What is this if not invasion?"

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned in thought. Only the village chief nodded approvingly, smiling as he looked at Lorne, as if he already knew the truth.

Lorne silently avoided the village chief's gaze, pretending not to have noticed anything.

"Village chief, is that so?" the female elf asked the village chief for confirmation.

The village chief knelt on one knee, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and said with a devout expression, "I believe in the goddess's judgment."

Upon hearing this, the other elves realized their offense and knelt down on one knee, clasped their hands in front of their chests, and began to offer devout praise.

Lorne also pretended to squat down, joining in the praise, and secretly glanced at the village chief.

That old fox, it's a shame he's not a charlatan.

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As it turned out, Lorne's prediction was correct.

When he approached Xia Ye as a scout, he saw a large number of orcs cutting down trees, clearly intending to build a camp.

When he brought the news back to the team, everyone's face turned extremely grim, including the village chief.

"We must save them," said a female elf, looking pleadingly at Lorne and the village chief.

Lorne recalled his past life; this female elf had married into Luoye Village from Xiaye Village, and her parents and siblings all lived in Xiaye Village.

The village chief remained silent, as did Lorne; both were deep in thought.

"Please, please," the female elf pleaded, looking at the two of them.

"There are at least two thousand orcs in Xia Ye Village," Lorne said in a deep voice. "We are not capable of rescuing them right now."

The female elf pursed her lips and lowered her head in anguish.

The elf's husband embraced her and whispered comforting words in her ear. She couldn't help but sob softly in his arms.

The crying cast a somber mood over the entire group. She wasn't the only one with relatives in Xia Ye Village.

"It's not time to be sad yet," Lorne's voice broke the somber atmosphere.

Upon hearing this, all the elves looked over.

Lorne said in a deep voice, "We need to split into two groups. One group should deliver the news of the orc invasion to Northwood Fortress as soon as possible, while the other group should get ahead of the orcs and deliver the news to the villages that have not yet been attacked."

"We must move the elderly, children, and women to safety, organize the men, and wage guerrilla warfare against the orcs in the forest to slow their advance and hold every strategic location before the army arrives."

An eerie silence fell over the crowd, and everyone stared at Lorne with strange looks.

"What's wrong?" Lorne felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by everyone and asked guiltily.

"Why must women also be moved to a safe place?" a female elf questioned.

She frowned slightly as she spoke, as if she would punch Lorne on the spot if his answer did not satisfy her.

The other female elves nodded in agreement, their eyes mirroring those of the female elf who had spoken first.