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Chapter 24 Flame Breath Technique

Its thick body began to shrink, and the giant slime began to gather its strength once again. It suddenly leaped up and slammed straight down at Marcus in mid-air!
Marcus lunged forward, barely dodging the giant slime's attack.

The continuous sprints in a short period of time took a toll on Marcus's stamina. His movements were no longer as agile as before, and the aftershocks of the crushing force made him dizzy.

He staggered back several steps before regaining his balance, and at that moment, the giant slime began to brew acid again!
"Get down!"

Marcus heard Zellier's roar and did as he was told without thinking.

Zellier stepped forward, and the tip of the ash wood suddenly blazed with a blinding light!

Flame Breath Technique, fully charged!

"boom!!!"

A thick fireball streaked past Marcus's head and slammed head-on into the giant slime!
hit!

The giant slime's gel-like body begins to boil violently the moment it comes into contact with the flames, then drips down like a melting candle, with an excellent killing effect.

But that's not enough. The core is still under protection, and its outer body must be completely burned!
Zellir frowned, continuing to channel magic to maintain the release of the Flame Breath spell.

The red light illuminated the entire cave, even overpowering the light from the illumination spells.

Zellir could feel the amount of magic power in his body rapidly decreasing.

You must hold on!

"Ouch! Ouch!!!!"

The giant slime emitted a screech, almost hissing sound, and the grayish-green gel began to twist, deform, and convulse wildly.

The scorching heat from the Flame Breath spell continued unabated.

The giant slime tried to escape the flames by charging up a jump, but its body melted much faster than it had imagined. The raging flames were mixed with magical shocks, and the combined destructive power of the two was extremely strong!
After struggling several times, the thought of escaping was finally shattered. Accompanied by the scorching heat of the Flame Breath spell, more than half of the giant slime's body melted away, and its greatest weakness—the magic core—was exposed.

The exposed magic core was completely unable to withstand such fierce scorching, and finally, with a "bang," it destroyed all the life of the giant slime.

The pure, round magic core fell to the ground, and the remaining body of the giant slime began to shrink rapidly, eventually turning into a dry, gel-like substance.

The team worked together to defeat the giant slime and gained a large amount of experience points.

Level 3 to Level 4, upgrade!
Only after seeing the kill notification on the panel did Zelier dare to withdraw his magic output, and the massive fireball gradually died down.

He was breathing heavily, trying to calm himself down.

"Ha ha……"

This seven-second Flame Breath spell nearly drained his mana bar.

In the panel, killing the giant slime yielded a total of 90 experience points. Zellir has now leveled up to lv.4 (27/175), gaining four more attribute points to allocate.

After a moment's thought, he added it to his intellect.

The Intelligence attribute increased from 70 to 74, and the Charisma attribute also increased again to 47 due to the strong correlation mechanism.

Zeril's current attribute panel is as follows:

Power: 65
Agility: 61
Constitution: 68
Spirit: 71
Intelligence: 70-74
Perception: 30
Charm: 46-47
Luck: 41
Talent skills:
Techniques and evolution.

Prioritizing Intelligence is self-explanatory; it improves magic manipulation, increases the speed of spell evolution analysis, and also boosts Charisma.

Furthermore, to unlock the next talent skill, one must reach the level of a lower-level mage.

The biggest difference between Zelier and a lower-level mage is casting speed.

Even Zeril, wielding a white ash wood base, cannot achieve a casting speed of less than three seconds.

Improving intelligence, increasing magical manipulation skills, and then gradually optimizing the redundant parts of the spell structure—this is Zelier's primary goal.

The spirit attribute is sufficient for now, and there's not a significant shortage of damage output.

As for strength-sensitive bodies... those are even further outside my consideration.

And then there's Perception. There's no need to improve this attribute for now, and each increase costs two points, which is a bit of a waste.

However, it is worth mentioning that Zellier could clearly see that Vales's perception was much higher than that of ordinary people, and he was almost always the first to figure out the situation in battle.

Finally, there's luck...

This attribute is too abstract and its effects are impossible to quantify.

Zelil thought back and realized that he had indeed encountered quite a few lucky things.

For example, if the Mist Demon encountered is in its juvenile form, but in its adult form, the entire team will be wiped out without any chance of recovery.

Secondly, thanks to his perception attribute of 30, he was able to sense the magical connection of the Mist Fairy in the thick fog and sketch out the Fireball spell in advance.

Otherwise, even if the other members can buy them time to cast their spells, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses, which may result in Gray's death and Marcus being seriously injured.

There was also the encounter with the kind-hearted Bev, Marvin's leniency, and the magic in the training grounds that suited him quite well.

These can all be considered manifestations of good fortune.

But how much of this happened because of the 41 points of luck attribute, and how much was simply because things were going to go this way anyway?
Zellier didn't know.

Furthermore, the cost of adding luck is simply too high, costing four times the base attribute.

Let's think about it later...

Marcus only dared to get up from the ground after the Flame Breath spell was canceled, his expression one of utter disbelief.

"That's really perverted..."

Is this the destructive power of a mage?

After witnessing a giant slime being roasted to death by Zeril, Marcus felt even more awe for the profession.

Vales also clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"too exaggerated……"

Such destructive power would only be possible after he advances to the intermediate-level ranger level and combines his fighting spirit with archery skills.

Zellir is just a newbie who has only been on two missions, yet he has already surpassed me?

Suppressing their thoughts, the two began collecting their spoils.

The giant slime magic core contains significantly less energy than the mist demon magic core, and its market price is correspondingly much lower.

However, it is still a considerable amount of income.

There's also the gel that's left after the burning.

Zellier picked it up and weighed it in his hand; it was lighter than he had expected. He tried to punch it.

"Snapped."

Only a blurry fist mark remained, and it quickly healed itself.

It is indeed a good material for making armor cushioning linings.

“This time, shall we also split it in a 4:3:3 ratio?” Marcus asked Zellier for his opinion.

“Okay,” Zellier readily agreed.

After collecting both items, the team continued to explore deeper into the area.

There was nothing unusual inside, and no more contaminated water was seen on the ground.

The slime colony in this abandoned cave has been completely cleared, and the mission has been successfully completed.

(End of this chapter)