I train my body alone in the magical world.

Chapter 16 [The Golden Left Hand]

"Are you alright, Trish?" Bruce rushed out from behind Fu Xiao and Rias.

"Bruce! I knew you'd... come to save us!"

Hearing Trish's words, Bruce looked at Fuxiao and Rias behind him with some shame: "It's mainly thanks to Fuxiao and Rias!"

"Let's not talk about that now! Everyone, let's walk outside together?"

Fu Xiao remained vigilant, unsure if any goblins that weren't quite dead might emerge from somewhere.

Trish immediately pulled the people around her up and calmed the emotionally distraught crowd.

With Fu Xiao already familiar with the terrain, the residents of Niujiao Town were safely brought to the ground.

The dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, and a ray of sunlight shone on Grace's face outside the nest. She was holding her leather suitcase containing her staff in one hand, stroking her chin in thought.

"Hmm...that's a bit strange? Why would there be a leader-level goblin in such a remote place?"

"Lady Grace!!!"

Grace looked at the three little ones who had brought people out of the nest, smiled with satisfaction, and waved, saying, "The sun is out!"

She slightly raised one hand, and the path the fox had just walked on instantly lit up with a blue light that illuminated the darkness.

"Just follow the blue lights! Once you reach the southern market safely, Duke Andrew will meet you there!"

The blue path instantly illuminated the jungle.

"Thank you, Venerable Master!"

The residents of Bullhorn Town crowded around Grace, and feeling their somewhat intense gazes, Grace couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

Perhaps... that's why she chose the path of becoming a mage in the first place?

[Goblin Encyclopedia Unlocked]

[First kill of Goblin (Boss-level) achieved!]

[Achievement Completed: Destroy the Goblin Nest]

[One more trait to be extracted!]

The voice that echoed in her mind made Fu Xiao breathe a sigh of relief.

Grace was the one who finally got the kill, but the leader goblin still credited himself with the first kill.

The next moment, nothingness once again surrounded him.

Three special ability cards appeared before me, ready to be drawn.

[Undefinable (Silver): Your gender cannot be defined and can be changed at any time!]

[Goblin's Superb Inheritance Ability (Silver): You are destined to be a person with many children and abundant blessings, and will possess powerful fertility! As a price, you will gradually experience some unspeakable "minor costs."]

[Gecko Tail Severance (Bronze): Feign death to negate a potentially fatal attack! Cooldown: 5 years]

hiss...

Fu Xiao immediately removed the second trait; he didn't want to see anything about goblins anymore.

[Superior Sense of Smell (Bronze): You possess the super sense of smell of a Lingxi Shepherd Dog, capable of keenly tracking any scent! (The Lingxi Shepherd Dog is the most common and outstanding breed of police dog in the Lingxi Empire, possessing a super sense of smell that often plays a crucial role in critical moments!)]

"My story of striving to become a sheepdog after transmigrating!"

Dog talk + superb sense of smell!

Comfortable!

Now all that's missing is a marker.

When will we add another marker?

I'm going to Beijing right now for an interview to become an Imperial Police Dog! At least I'll have a "respectable" job in a big city.

While the Gecko's tail-detaching ability has a long cooldown period, it's still a viable survival tactic. Fu Xiao temporarily retained this ability, choosing instead to first eliminate his first ability...

"Please! Give me some traits that can improve my character!"

A dazzling array of prismatic colors covered the first card, and Fu Xiao's eyes flickered slightly...

It's showing its edge!

【Golden Left Hand (Prismatic): Each time you swing your left fist, it will shimmer with color. When it turns golden: gather all your power into a single point, dismantle all defenses, and the next attack will deal double damage and is guaranteed to hit! (Can be stacked with other traits and weapon effects)】

Double the chance to win! And you can stack other features as well!

The words "guaranteed to win" in particular made Fu Xiao gasp.

When your power reaches a certain level, relying on the pure true damage of this punch from the Golden Left Hand, even a Grand Magister would tremble!

"Hmm... Shake the color? I wonder what the probability of getting a gold color is?"

Before that, Fu Xiao tried to get rid of the third trait to see if there was a chance of getting two gold items, but...

[Mark! Mark! Mark! (Bronze): Your bodily fluids can be used to mark locations; the scent of the mark lingers regardless of wind or rain!]

"pretty!!"

While cursing, Fu Xiao selected the Prismatic trait "Golden Left Hand".

In the blink of an eye, they were back in the jungle on the southern outskirts of Ox Horn Town.

"Sigh! Should I say I was lucky or unlucky?" Fu Xiao stroked his chin...

However, he also had a guess...

Since the three traits "marking", "dog language" and "smell" can be linked together, is it possible that the traits you possess will also have corresponding linked traits?

For example, the ability to increase the probability of obtaining the "Golden Left Hand" skill...

Every punch a golden critical strike is guaranteed to hit!

"Fu Xiao! I'm saying... were those two always that close?" Rias quietly approached Fu Xiao and asked curiously.

Fu Xiao followed Rias's gaze and looked at Bruce and Trish at the back of the crowd, where the two were chatting animatedly.

"Huh? You just realized? Where were you focusing your attention before?" Fu Xiao smiled.

At some point, the relationship between the two of them became somewhat delicate.

Trish's strong, outgoing, and tomboyish personality seems to complement Bruce's inherently shy nature.

However, given that Uncle Haru and Uncle Hank have had a love-hate relationship since the shop opened, they probably wouldn't want to make their relationship public.

Thinking about this, Fu Xiao stroked his chin with interest. What if Uncle Haru and Uncle Hank became in-laws...?

He couldn't even imagine how interesting Uncle Haru's expression would be.

However, since Bruce helped rescue Trish this time, Uncle Haru's opinion of Bruce will probably change a bit.

Rias blinked but didn't speak, her gaze fixed on the boy in front of her.

"But... is that child from the caravan in the next town? I've never seen her in Bullhorn Town before?" Fu Xiao looked at the little girl who was being led by Tracy and keeping her head down, not saying a word, with some doubt.

The townspeople followed the trail left by the fox towards Ox Horn Town.

Everything seemed to be over, but Grace still stood at the entrance of the nest.

"There are still a lot of people missing, aren't there?" Grace naturally noticed that the number of people who came out of the lair was quite different from the number Baron Andrew had initially counted.

Perhaps such a thing happening in a remote town is unusual for the vast Lingxi Empire.

It's nothing new now.

But when the harsh reality was laid bare before Grace, she was still somewhat unwilling to accept it.

Where did this leader-level goblin come from?

"Master Mage!!"

Trish's voice interrupted Grace's thoughts. Trish led the somewhat shy little girl toward Grace.

"Thank you, Venerable Master... Oh? You weren't here to eat with Fu Xiao...?"

As Tracy got closer, she recognized the familiar figure in front of her; Bruce had just told her the same thing.

They were only able to be rescued this time thanks to the intervention of the mage from the Empire.

But... unexpectedly, the mage of the empire was actually the woman who had eaten the "affordable set meal" with Fu Xiao in her own shop before?

"Hmm! Don't be so surprised, even mages need to eat!" Grace waved at Trish and laughed, "Thanks to Trish's super delicious vegetable soup, I had the strength to save everyone!"

"If you like, Master, you're welcome to come to our house for dinner every day! My father's cooking is absolutely the best in Bullhorn Town!"

"Then treat me to some delicious fish balls! It's all Fu Xiao's fault, I didn't get to eat a single fish ball!" Grace's tone carried a hint of complaint.

The little girl next to Trish, who had been keeping her head down, finally spoke up.

"Thank you...you...sister!"

"Little sister, you..." Grace leaned down slightly, hesitating to speak.

Such a young child would never come out alone; the only possibility is that he came to the market with his caravan parents, and was now alone...

Her parents are probably already dead.

"I have... a gift for... my sister!"

The little girl slowly approached Grace, and Grace leaned forward to gently stroke the little girl's silky hair...

Ok?

A peculiar floral scent made Grace's pupils dilate; she had once smelled this scent on someone she disliked...

"Who...who are you?" Grace's voice immediately turned cold.

"It's locked!"

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