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But the man took the wooden beer mug and, to his astonishment, gulped it down.
“Teacher, you…”
He spoke in shock.
The man smiled and wiped the remaining wine from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve:
"People who drink either enjoy drinking, have something on their mind, or both."
"When you have something on your mind, you should drink, White. I happen to want to drink today too."
"Is something on your mind, teacher?"
He asked with his head down.
"Yes, White."
The man pointed to the wrinkles around his eyes and his graying temples, and said with a smile:
"I'm getting old. As people age, the worries in their hearts gradually decrease as their memories fade."
"But I'm worried about you, White."
"Teacher, I'm so stupid, I'm sorry..."
Tears welled up in his eyes, but he felt it was shameful for a man nearing forty to cry in public, so he tried his best to hold back.
"A little bit, indeed."
The man muttered something, then smiled at him as he looked up in surprise:
"But your teacher believes that you can succeed one day, your teacher has always believed that."
"Necromancers are a very powerful class, White."
"One day you will stand on the battlefield, and with a simple wave of your hand you will be able to guide the course of the battle. Behind you, there will be people cheering for you, people who don't understand you, people who applaud, and people who curse you."
But eventually someone will find happiness because of you.
"This is also one of the meanings of a necromancer."
“You always tell your teacher that you have no talent, no courage, not smart enough, and not decisive enough, as if you have nothing at all.”
"But no one can have nothing, White. I believe you will find what you have someday."
Sometimes, when people are vulnerable, they don't necessarily need encouragement and comfort. If someone truly believes in you, you can still find the courage to move forward.
Old White looked at the fourth-tier slime opposite him and took a deep breath.
Memories emerge and fade in the blink of an eye.
Preparations are complete.
He brandished his staff, and a whirlpool of grieving souls swirled around it, making his location the eye of the vortex.
Grayish-white magic circles appeared one after another on the staff.
The raging tide swirled around the staff, and mournful sobs echoed as the bone staff miraculously floated up from old White's hand.
The shimmering white gem on the bone staff shone brighter and brighter until finally, it exploded with a deafening roar!
The entire bone staff vanished into the raging tide.
"Woo woo woo— Roar roar roar—"
As the staff exploded, the frenzy completely boiled over.
Like boiling seawater, it filled half the sky and surged toward the terrified fourth-order slime on the opposite side at an astonishing speed.
Tier 4 Skill: [Sorrowful Tide of the Dead]
The cost is an undead item; the higher the tier, the stronger the effect.
There was no anger or sadness in old White's eyes.
He truly lacked talent, only reaching the fourth tier in his sixties, and even then, it was with Luo Xiu's help. He also truly lacked courage, deserting his post on that night when his teacher needed him.
But after all these years, he finally found what he had—
copper.
Tier 4 Equipment: Sorenson's Staff of Compassion
A total of 140 gold coins, equivalent to approximately 14000 silver coins and 1400000 copper coins.
Chapter 65 Victory!! (3000-word chapter) (Please continue reading)
Luo Xiuzheng was locked in a fierce battle with the fourth-tier slime when he saw the overwhelming surge of souls summoned by Old White, and his eyes blinked.
This old man is hiding something quite well.
The fourth-tier slime opposite was also shocked. Seeing its companion about to perish, it could only rage helplessly.
"Kiss!!"
Knowing it couldn't stop this surge of souls, it could only attack Luo Xiu even more frantically, hoping to defeat the human before it.
But actually, it was already a stretch.
After its long and intense battle with Luo Xiu, it was now covered in wounds, and Luo Xiu also bore many marks from the impact.
Both the human and the slime were panting heavily.
From its perspective, the human opposite it was already close to its limit, just like itself.
But it was confident that, as a being that had fought its way out of countless slimes, it believed that if it continued to fight, the humans on the other side would definitely not last until the end.
Then came several more intense exchanges of fire!
The fourth-tier slime desperately mustered the last bit of strength in its body to keep from collapsing, while Luo Xiu on the opposite side swayed precariously, seemingly on his last breath.
It could collapse at any moment.
Excitement flashed in the eyes of the fourth-tier slime; it knew that the human opposite it was just one final blow away.
"Boo!!!"
It roared as if it had burned out its last bit of strength, and pounced on Luo Xiu.
Then, in its astonished gaze,
Gentle white light shone on Luo Xiu's body, and his injuries visibly disappeared.
Luo Xiu stretched out his hands and directly embraced the fourth-tier slime.
Smiled:
"Then you won't be able to escape."
Then, use both arms to exert force!
"Boo!!!"
The slime, already at its last gasp, roared in agony.
It tried to break free, but it had no strength left.
She could only let Luo Xiu's arms hug her tighter and tighter.
"Pop...pop...pop..."
Amidst its wailing cries, it recalled its entire life, starting as a first-tier slime without any intelligence, step by step treading on the corpses of its kind and drinking their blood to reach where it is today.
Before this expedition, it was extremely confident. It mobilized more troops than originally planned, just to teach these humans who broke the agreement a lesson.
After the land invasion 25 years ago, their Klin Kingdom no longer needed to worry about attacks from the goblins next door, and has gradually developed to its current state.
Weak humans should be their servants!
But it never expected this outcome!
It was filled with regret and resentment!
It roared and tried to break free.
But to no avail.
In its intense agony, its scarlet eyes froze, turning into a pool of foul-smelling slime.
[Host has slain a Shadow Slime, Points +100]
Luo Xiu smiled slightly and directly added 100 points to his magic power.
The magic power stat has also taken a big step towards the fourth-tier bottleneck.
The towering, wall-like third-tier slimes witnessed the destruction of their superiors and screamed in panic.
Their mouths, like caverns, opened and closed, which Luo Xiu found quite adorable.
Luo Xiu's lips curled up, and with a light step, he charged straight at the third-tier slimes.
The third-tier slimes moved slowly. When they saw Luo Xiu charging towards them, they all tried to split into second-tier slimes and then into first-tier slimes to escape.
But this process took far too long.
Luo Xiu's body was like an incredibly hard drill bit, piercing directly into a third-tier slime at terrifying speed, then exiting from behind it, and quickly entering the next one.
Boom boom boom! ! !
One after another, the enormous bodies crashed down, and the entire plain shook and trembled as if an earthquake had struck.
But the shaking and trembling had no effect whatsoever on the knights behind him.
They were already caught up in an excited celebration.
They embraced, cheered, celebrated their victory, celebrated their lives.
Their tears were no longer shed out of anger and resentment, but were shed entirely for victory.
This also includes Ecklaus and the woman in black.
Tears streamed down the woman's face; she clearly felt that she wasn't particularly excited or thrilled.
But when victory in this racial war came unexpectedly, her tears flowed naturally.
The purple eyeshadow around her eyes was completely smudged, and her whole face looked like a mess.
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