Everyone's become an adventurer, so who's going to put in the effort themselves?

"However, it seems your luck is a bit bad today, young man. You just happened to run into someone like me who possesses a fire-type holy mark."

Fire-type Stigmata? Lynn raised an eyebrow, then retorted:

"No, I think I had good luck today."

"Very confident, aren't you?"

Mary's lips curled into a smile. After tying her hair up, she lowered her body, tensed her thigh muscles, and assumed a sprinting stance.

"Aren't you going to reveal your holy marks yet?"

Lynn then stubbornly said:

"When the time comes, it will be used naturally."

"Ok?"

Mary was taken aback by what she heard, then, realizing something, her gaze suddenly sharpened:

"If you put it that way, then I'm starting to find this interesting!"

Upon hearing this, Lynn immediately prepared to transform into fire, and even prepared to become a streak of light.

No matter what tricks Mary uses, maxing out evasion and defense is always the right thing to do.

However, the next second...

Mary's pale red flame mark between her eyebrows flickered for a moment, and then her gaze suddenly sharpened!

With a whoosh!

In that instant, the surrounding noise of fighting and screams seemed to fade away from Lynn.

Lynn suddenly felt a sharp buzzing in his ears, and his originally light and natural body seemed to be subjected to an invisible heavy pressure, as if he were wearing a layer of armor that he could not bear.

This feeling is like sleep paralysis; you are fully conscious, but you can't control your body.

What's going on?

Upon suddenly encountering this strange situation, Lynn subconsciously activated his Flowing Light state.

With his agility suddenly enhanced, he retreated to the bar counter as if in a flash, almost standing just one bar away from Odelle.

Audrey blinked at Lynn, who had suddenly appeared in front of her, then smiled and said:

"The area around the bar is a no-fight zone."

"Congratulations, you have successfully discovered the safe zone!"

However, Lynn didn't listen to Odelle at all; instead, she stared at Mary in astonishment.

"What was that just now...?"

Mary, however, revealed a wicked smile after seeing Lynn hide around Odelle:

"As expected! You kid, your main focus isn't on the Stigmata route!"

At that moment, a bead of cold sweat appeared on Lynn's forehead.

He belatedly realized that the oppressive feeling he had just experienced could suppress his full strength, and therefore he became wary:

"Was that strange sense of oppression related to the Stigmata?"

Mary, seeing this, smiled and said knowingly:

"Kid, adventurers who reach the elite level, that is, adventurers with a Stigmata level of 30 or above, can awaken their own attribute Stigmata and naturally possess the ability to manipulate the corresponding attribute."

"Adventurers whose Stigmata level breaks through to level 60 or above and reaches Hero level can go even further, interfering with the surrounding nature with their own attributes and using their spirit to mobilize the Stigmata attributes, transforming them into pure pressure."

"Hehe, this move is called 'Hero Domain' in the Hero level. Some people think it's not cool enough, so they call it 'Hero Aura'. It's a common move that everyone knows how to use with both hands."

"Of course, because I only recently broke through to the Hero level, I'm not very familiar with this yet, so the range I can interfere with is about five meters."

"This kind of thing is just a way to greet someone of the same level, but for those of lower levels, it is a real suppression of life level."

As Mary said this, she narrowed her eyes and jokingly teased Lynn, saying:

"That's why I said, buddy, you're a bit unlucky, you just happened to run into me at this time of promotion."

Elite-level adventurers awaken Stigmata attributes? Hero-level adventurers can even manipulate attributes to suppress enemies?

Lynn was secretly startled when she first heard about this.

He thought that by using his bloodline skills to boost his attributes to Hero level, he could fight against Hero level adventurers. He didn't even think that Hero level adventurers were that strong when he dealt with Lilia.

But now it seems that it wasn't that Lilia wasn't strong, but rather that she simply didn't perform at the level expected of a hero-level character.

If that's the case, it seems that if Lynn wants to truly fight back, he'll first have to withstand the opponent's Saint Mark suppression.

Upon realizing this, Lynn immediately abandoned any intention of holding back.

Judging from the brief encounter just now, he was indeed suppressed by the Stigmata when facing Mary.

However, the speed temporarily increased by the Flowing Light state can briefly break through the suppression through the surge in attributes, allowing him to regain control of his body.

Therefore, the level suppression of the Stigmata is equivalent to Mary having an extra skill that can control Lynn for one or two seconds.

This situation, while very difficult for Lynn, is not yet at the point where he is completely unable to fight back.

When Mary announced her promotion to Hero rank, Odelle at the bar clapped and congratulated her, saying:

Has Miss Mary broken through to a higher level?

"So, the two-month trip you mentioned last time was to break through to Hero-level?"

"It seems the association will have to set a time to prepare a victory celebration banquet!"

"We'll talk about the celebration banquet later."

Mary grinned, and pale red flames instantly coiled around her arms, forming an invisible armor.

"Before that, I need to finish the main course first~"

Audrey still smiled sweetly upon hearing this:

"You really have a good appetite."

The next second after Odelle finished speaking,

Mary appeared before Lynn, and with a flash of holy marks between her brows, she briefly controlled Lynn's movements.

Then, Mary laughed and slammed her arm, which was wreathed in flames, into Lynn's face.

With a loud bang!

Lynn was caught off guard and was pushed down onto the bar, pinned firmly to the stone countertop by Mary.

"Checkmate!"

"I won this round!!"

At this moment, Marco, who was watching from the dome above the chandelier, raised an eyebrow:

"The basic attributes have reached the level of a hero, but the level of the stigmata is terrible?"

"No wonder Knightworth sent me here..."

Just when Mary and Marco thought the situation was settled.

Hiss! Hiss! came from Mary's hand pressing against Lynn's face.

"Huh?" Mary was startled by the sound. "What strange noise is that?"

"Wait, you're not licking my palm, are you?"

Mary stared in disbelief at her hand wreathed in flames.

Is this thing something you can lick?

Before Mary could react, *swoosh!*

The fiery arm armor that clung to her arm transformed into a light red vortex, which was directly sucked into Lynn's mouth.

"?!!!"

Mary's eyes widened:

"My sacred flame... has been eaten?"

"Thank you for your hospitality!"

Lynn, whose face was being held down, only revealed the corner of her mouth that was turned up.

The next moment, a fist, also wreathed in pale red flames and resembling an arm guard, slammed into Mary's face!

Chapter 105 Odelle's Amazing Milk Supply

Lynn, wielding a gauntlet infused with flames, delivered a relentless punch to Mary's face, showing absolutely no mercy. In fact, during the clash, his fist sank deep into Mary's face.

The next moment, Mary spiraled into the air and spun as she crashed into the opposite wall.

Above the ceiling, Marco, who was reinforcing the entire building with his skills to ensure that no movement would be detected, immediately felt the enormous recoil force transmitted back.

Judging from the force reflected off the wall, Marco knew that if Mary had been punched like that, she would probably need plastic surgery if no one helped her.

Upon realizing the force Lynn had used, Marco's lips twitched.

"Holy crap, this kid... he's really ruthless!"

With a punch, Lynn abruptly stopped moving.

He glanced at his blood-stained fingers, then at Mary across from him, who had slid down the wall and fallen to the ground with a thud, and suddenly fell silent.

A few seconds later, Lynn turned his head, looked at Odelle with a stiff expression, and said:

Was she caught off guard just now?

"Perhaps...it's because I was too surprised?"

Audrey hesitated slightly, even looking at Lynn with a hint of confusion in her eyes:

"Did you just eat Miss Mary's Sacred Flame?"

Lynn nodded in agreement: "That's right, we're doomed if we don't do it this way!"

If Lynn hadn't taken advantage of Mary's carelessness and gotten close to her, using 'Dragon Slayer Magic' to catch her off guard, he really wouldn't have known how to break out of that situation except by running away.

That Heroic Domain is really a bit unfair.

Ultimately, anyone who's played games knows how awful control skills can be.

If we don't strike while the opponent is on cooldown, this match might be unplayable!

That's what they say...

Seeing Lynn's matter-of-fact expression, Audrey hesitated for a moment, then whispered:

"But are you sure your body is okay after consuming other people's Stigmata abilities?"

“Oh...oh...Dale.…”

At that moment, Mary's intermittent voice came through:

"Help... I need some healing...!"

Lynn suddenly turned his head to look at Mary, who was lying on the ground, her hands trembling as she raised them, and then turned to look at Odelle.

"Oh, coming, coming, coming right away."

Odelle rushed out from behind the bar and stood in front of Mary, crouching down as a pale golden light emanated from her hands.

Under Odelle's spell, Mary's features, which were tinged with the smell of burning and deformed by Lynn's heavy punch, quickly twisted and deformed before returning to normal.

Apart from the bloodstains still on his face, he looked almost exactly the same as before.

No, sister... so you're a miracle doctor?!

For a moment, Lynn was stunned as he stared at Odelle, who was casting an unknown healing spell.

At that moment, Lynn suddenly understood why Odelle had so calmly said that she had set the rules.

At the same time, Lynn understood why Odelle's rule-breaking punishment was that the bar would not serve customers for a period of time.

In a place like the Giant Protection Association, where brawls happen every day, you dare to offend a miracle doctor? Isn't that just asking for trouble?