Half-elf Notebook

The Monster Mountain Range, the forest outside the Earldom of Kernroy.

Four kilometers from the edge of the forest, a team of hunters gradually stopped moving.

"This is one of the main areas for collecting Lingxue grass this year. It was marked as a safe area by the Adventurer's Guild a month ago." Xilia said breathlessly.

It took her twenty minutes to cross four kilometers of rugged mountain road. Even though she often went up the mountain to collect herbs, she was already exhausted.

Resisting the urge to retch, Xilia squatted down, hoping to alleviate the stabbing pain in her head caused by lack of oxygen.

If the situation allowed, she would have wanted to collapse on the mud immediately.

Mitaokel ​​on the other side was not in a much better situation either.

The young man, carrying 27 or 28 pounds of rabbit meat, a musket weighing more than 10 pounds, a pile of hunting equipment, and a machete on his waist, was leaning against a birch tree, gasping for breath.

"Let's take a break." Ina nodded and gave instructions without asking Mitaokal's opinion.

Even if he asked, Mitaokel ​​might not be able to answer it for a while.

She took down the "well"-shaped cross, covered her slightly stinging and sore eyes, and leaned against the tree trunk.

Continuous use of the "Magic Eye" made Ina feel noticeably uncomfortable.

Normally, for a wizard who has just entered the advanced stage of magic, maintaining the effect on the body for fifteen minutes is already the limit.

She lasted nearly an hour.

Although he benefited from the natural affinity for magic of his elven bloodline and his physical fitness similar to that of a bronze-level professional.

But it is impossible to have no side effects.

Fortunately.

Until she eliminated the magic, Ina did not discover any extraordinary magical creatures following the three people.

Animals have a sense of territory, whether they are wild beasts or magical beasts, whether they live in groups or alone.

The higher the predator status of the animal, the more aware it is of this.

When they have set their sights on their prey, they naturally don't care whose territory is which.

They simply stalk their prey until they are relaxed and then bite their necks.

But predators are just as clever.

Unless there is a need to expand one's own "territory".

Otherwise, they generally would not wander around other people's territories for a long time just for the scent of prey.

Just like most of them would not fall into a hunter's crossbow trap just for a piece of fresh meat.

These designated safe areas not only have low density and strength of monsters.

He is also a hunter and adventurer who deals with wild beasts, corpses of monsters, and blood.

A mark etched into the brains of these nature's top predators.

This means that they are basically safe.

At least this year, predators will have to think about the consequences of hanging around in the territory of heavily armed upright apes for too long.

Ina could not rule out the possibility that she was not very intelligent and would stare at the corpse of the second-level blood-red demon wolf at all costs.

But again, she wasn't worried about it.

Now that the three of them are far away from the border of the restricted area, the probability of creatures above level three appearing is very small.

I don’t mind getting more… Ina said to herself.

"What's the situation, Ina?" At this time, Mitaokol, who had caught his breath, stood up straight and asked in shock.

He also seemed to no longer reject the idea of ​​using the name he used to address his classmates.

"It's okay, not yet."

When the stinging sensation subsided, the white-haired girl looked up and smiled at the two men, indicating that they didn't need to be nervous.

At this moment, Xi Liya screamed.

"Ms. Ina, your eyes!"

Noticing something was wrong with the girl, she ignored her tiredness and came up to Ina.

“What…what happened?!”

Xilia was so close that Ina could even feel her breathing which had not yet calmed down.

The warm air blew on her face, making her feel a little itchy, which made Ina uncomfortable.

"Why?!"

Mitaokel ​​next to him was even more shocked.

But he is a grown man after all, so he doesn't say much about women's affairs.

And in Xilia's eyes.

The pair of emerald green pupils in the reflected delicate face had been tinged with a light, faint pink at some point.

This is an obvious symptom.

Work as a pharmacist trainee in a pharmacy and part-time medical assistant.

Xilia quickly came to a conclusion.

Unfortunately, due to her limited experience, she did not understand the cause of the disease and could not provide a definite solution.

"Ms. Ina, do you feel any discomfort in your eyes?"

Xilia stepped back slightly and asked carefully.

"?"

Ina looked puzzled.

She was first surprised by the question asked by Xilia.

Then she frowned slightly, wondering why Xilia knew about her situation.

She had certainly made some moves, there was no doubt about that.

But it's not easy to attract attention.

It can be seen as wiping sweat, holding the forehead with tiredness, or a habitual action of a person.

It is the behavior that people subconsciously ignore observation.

Besides, Xilia was just resting...she shouldn't have the energy to observe me...and one action doesn't mean anything...

Ina suddenly understood something and went straight into meditation.

Different from the formal magician stage.

The magic affinity of high-level magicians is enough to allow them to absorb magic power on their own at all times through their mental power, and to train and increase the total amount of magic power.

The complicated form of meditation naturally becomes much simpler.

After hearing Xilia's question, she saw Ina closing her eyes inexplicably without answering.

Mitaokel, worried that something might have happened to the two, walked forward.

Just as he was about to ask a few questions, he was stopped by Xilia who made a gesture to keep quiet.

In the boundless darkness, the girl's consciousness constructed a human body in a flash.

After the promotion, the "she" reflected by the spiritual power is no longer composed of countless lines, which is creepy.

The human body now is more like a one-to-one shadow engraved by the magician himself.

Like a glowing ghost in the dark.

Ina quickly focused her attention on observing her eyes.

Since even Miss Xilia could accurately notice this abnormality, it means it is very easy to be discovered...

Even if it's more serious than I thought, clearing the condition is basically a matter of a healing spell.

Unfortunately, Ina observed for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on.

I can’t see the specific appearance of the phantom... Maybe I should wear a mirror or something when I go out... Ina muttered to herself and had to exit meditation first.

"Ms. Ina, how are you? Are you okay?"

Seeing Ina come out of meditation and open her eyes, Xilia asked hurriedly.

Mitaokel ​​was also worried, after all, he was the one who invited the other party.

"It's not a big problem, it's just an overuse of magic power."

Ina spoke to comfort them, signaling them not to be nervous.

Thirty minutes later, a team of three had a good rest and successfully left the forest with their spoils without encountering any accidents.

Mitaukol even managed to capture two snow rabbits in the hunting traps he retrieved.