I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 4: Learning New Spells

The next morning, Rod stood in front of a huge rock.

He was sweating profusely, revealing his well-proportioned and explosive muscles.

"Whoo~"

"Strength and speed have at least doubled."

Rhodes stuck the steel sword in his hand into the ground and stroked the fresh sword marks on the rock surface.

Adventurers on the continent are divided into levels one to nine in terms of strength.

After the transformation of the second heart, Rhodes has now steadily reached the peak of the third level from the second level.

"Plus the bonus of the spirit seed."

Rhodes raised his left hand and pointed it at the rock.

A white light appeared in the palm of his hand.

"Repel."

A powerful magical power erupted from the palm of his hand like a bomb.

Bang!
The rocks shook violently.

Gravel shot out from both sides of Rhodes.

Looking again, I saw that a shallow pit the size of a washbasin had been blasted out of the rock.

Rhodes was very satisfied.

He learned the repulse spell surprisingly quickly, taking only about an hour.

yah-

The door of the ranger's cabin was opened.

Terry came over with sleepy eyes and hugged Rod in her arms.

"Where are the clothes? Also, no real bodies allowed."

"I'm not awake yet, wait a minute~"

Rhodes pushed her away rudely.

Terry came over again.

"By the way, where are the tree spirits and the deer-men?"

"They left early in the morning and they weren't used to it."

"That's great! Let's continue what we did last night."

Terry was overjoyed and was about to take off Rod's clothes.

Rod held her down.

"Don't make trouble, we are entering the town today."

Perhaps it’s because Wind Wall Forest is too devoid of social atmosphere.

The sight of pedestrians coming and going and vendors hawking their wares along the street made Rhodes feel as if he were in another world.

Terry turned into a woman in her thirties, wearing an ordinary loose skirt, and was very curious about everything in front of her.

The two walked and stopped all the way to the City Hall.

Rhodes showed his ranger ID and successfully received 200 copper arons from the financial window.

This is the weekly salary.

Adding to that the falsely reported monthly expenses for horse feed, health care, tree care liquids, etc., Rhodes' monthly salary could reach two silver Aarons.

That's a pretty good salary.

For comparison, the weekly wage of a dock worker is 80 copper arons.
"Hey, Rod."

A bearded man in light armor came over.

This sheriff's captain, David.

He laughed and elbowed Rhodes in the abdomen.

"Where is your succubus bride? Why can't I see her?"

It seems that the rumor has indeed spread throughout the town.

Rod pointed at Terry frankly, not bothering to explain.

David glanced at it.

It turned out to be an ordinary young peasant woman.

"It's just okay."

He didn't really believe that Rhodes really raised a succubus.

Succubi are creatures that noble lords need three men to feed every day.

Rhodes? If he really raised one, he would have died long ago.

He was more inclined to believe that Rhodes had married.

Rhodes ignored the other party's wild thoughts and immediately told him the news about the uninvited guest in the forest.

David grew serious.

After carefully looking at the pattern in Rhodes' notebook.

"It looks like the emblem of the Igo Cult."

"Igo religion? The religion of the Igo people?"

That big bug?

"It's not the Yigo tribe, it's a religion that worships the Yigo tribe."

“Isn’t this pure evil?”

Rhodes frowned.

"That's what's wrong." David said helplessly.

He went on to say, "Congress approved the Yigo religion and personally endorsed it, saying it's a free religion."

Rod directly sees an elderly man looking at his phone on the subway.jpg
The Ego tribe committed many evil deeds in the Kingdom of Eselon three hundred years ago, and three hundred years later the kingdom directly established a religion for them?

What is this ghost?

"Anyway, be careful. There are missionaries from the Yigo religion who have been in town for a few days. Don't fall into their trap."

The two didn't talk much.

They each went their separate ways. Rhodes felt that there was something wrong with the Ego Cult.

There is a serious lack of sense of security.

So, he rushed to the nearest spiritual arts guild and spent a lot of money to buy suitable spiritual arts.

[“Chang’en Seal, a third-tier spell.”

"It can cover the body with a layer of spiritual membrane for defense."

"Lightning Blade, fourth-level swordsmanship."

"Enchant the sword with spiritual lightning."

"Small physical enhancement, third-level spell."

"Temporary physical enhancement."

"Flash of Aesiron, fifth-level swordsmanship"

"The kingdom's signature sword technique, swinging the sword at an extremely fast speed."]

These spiritual arts used up all of Rhodes' savings.

He originally wanted to learn some exclusive spiritual arts of other races, but the guild was created by humans, so naturally there were only spiritual arts that humans could use.

For others, practicing these spiritual arts may take a long time.

Rhodes underwent spiritual enhancement through the spirit seed and physical enhancement through the second heart.

As long as he works hard, I believe he will be able to finish learning everything soon.

After returning to the ranger's cabin.

Rhodes asked the tree spirit Vivian to help observe the problems of the trees, and he immediately went into seclusion mode.

It's just a pity for Terry.

After entering the retreat mode, Rhodes strictly controlled his meals a day.

Terry doesn't care what you want to study, and she tries to seduce Rod in different ways every day.

Sometimes I can’t help it and have to do it right away.

What's interesting is that whenever Rhodes fails to endure, Terry's obedience will always increase by one or two points.

half a month later.

"Daphne is missing?"

Rhodes was surprised.

David nodded, his face filled with anxiety.

"It was yesterday evening. The Lord suspected that someone had deliberately kidnapped Miss Daphne, but the criminals have not yet asked for a ransom. We have already gathered people to search."

"I know there's a tree spirit in the forest. I wonder if you can contact her, Rhode. We want to try to see if we can use the tree's senses to find Miss Daphne, or at least narrow down the area."

Rhodes nodded.

He asked Terry to contact Vivian.

After saving the half-deer man, they developed a friendship and thus had a means of communication.

After a while.

The tree spirit Vivian came to the ranger's cabin and after a brief sensing, she did not find any trace of Daphne.

David was a little disappointed, but he cheered up immediately.

"Rod, it's not safe recently. I feel like more strange things are going to happen soon. Please be careful."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Rhodes frowned.

He hasn't seen Daphne since then.

But he had a favorable impression of the young lady and could not help but feel deeply uneasy for her.

"How dare you kidnap the lord's daughter? How brave of you!"

Unfortunately, Vivian failed to find her.

I have no means to find her.

Terry hugged her.

"Do you like the kind that Missy has?"

She transformed into Daphne, with a rosy face and charming eyes.

"Don't make trouble, Vivian is here."

"What are you afraid of? They are just tree spirits lacking desires, so they won't care."

indeed
Vivian stared wide-eyed at this moment, her eyes emitting pure white light, without showing the slightest sign of embarrassment.

But to be honest, Vivian's eyes really have a pure beauty.

Unlike the color layering of other races, her entire eye sockets are filled with pure light.

She also has a good figure, well-proportioned and natural.

Terry is really good at reading people's expressions.

Seeing Rhodes's eyes darting around.

She curled the corners of her mouth and turned back into Vivian.

Her lips pressed against Rhodes' chin, her pure white eyes narrowed slightly, staring straight at Rhodes.

Ah this
It seems really good
Vivian raised her hand.

Rod quickly pushed Terry away, feeling sorry for her.

Even if the other person lacks desire, you cannot do it in front of him.

"Feel sorry."

"Humanity."

"what?"

"Four humans, one halfling, come in, woods, fire!"

By the time she got to the last word, Vivian was getting very anxious.

Rhodes' expression faded.

Slowly getting colder.

(End of this chapter)