bookandnovel Chapter 20 Shut up
Chapter 20 Shut up
"Ugh..."
Suddenly, a painful groan from beside her feet interrupted Elena's reverie.
She looked down and then remembered that Kevin, who had been severely injured by the monster, was still lying in a pool of blood, convulsing.
The blood vessels at the wound on Kevin's shoulder were spreading towards his neck, turning a dark purple color.
It's the poison from Warcraft.
"Kevin, hang in there! I'll heal you right away!"
Elena snapped out of her daze, quickly pulled out a heavy magic book inlaid with silver gems from her bosom, used it as a substitute for her staff, held it with both hands, and began to chant the [Holy Healing] spell.
As she murmured, the gems on the codex began to emit a soft silver light, her golden hair swayed slightly in the night breeze, and in the firelight, she resembled a compassionate saint in a mural.
As Kevin lay in a pool of blood, looking at Elena's appearance, he felt no gratitude, but rather an overwhelming sense of humiliation.
Because he had just clearly noticed the way Elena looked at that country bumpkin…
That was clearly an expression of awe!
Kevin's anger even overshadowed the excruciating pain from his wounds.
Tonight was the greatest humiliation of his life.
He originally intended to lead the city guard he had trained to defend the walls of Silver Town in battle, so that all the townspeople could see that he was not just the "young master of the town" as people called him, but the real elite mage Kevin.
Unexpectedly, not only did he fail in his spellcasting and suffer serious injuries, but he was also completely overshadowed by a country bumpkin from the border.
Even the guards that his family had spent a fortune training were fawning over Luo Mu just now, completely forgetting about him, the young master.
What's most infuriating is that even Elena was so engrossed in watching that country bumpkin that she forgot to heal herself immediately!
"Damn it! This woman, she must have forgotten how much resources our family has provided to the Mage's Pavilion every year?!"
Thinking of this, Kevin was instantly enraged. Enduring the excruciating pain, he gritted his teeth and urged:
"Elena! Where's Healing Salvation? Hurry! I'm in so much pain!"
"..."
Elena was startled by the shout and her spellcasting was interrupted.
The light from the magic book immediately dimmed again.
This is not Elena's fault, because the incantation for Healing Holy is indeed complicated and lengthy.
Compared to combat spells, these blessing spells require extremely high levels of mental focus.
Now, however, it was completely interrupted by Kevin's impatient urging.
"Shh——!!"
A very soft hiss suddenly came close to her ear.
Elena was startled and turned her head sharply.
But she discovered that a handsome, fair-skinned young man's face had somehow gotten very close to her.
The other person carried a faint, pleasant fragrance, a blend of pine oil and herbs.
Rom watched her so closely, his expression focused, his ear slightly tilted, as if he were listening intently to her chanting the incantation.
"Rom... a mage?"
Elena's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly felt her cheeks burning as if they were on fire.
From childhood to adulthood, because of her noble status as a mage and her title as a disciple of Master Cassius, no man had ever dared to get so close to her.
Kevin, lying on the ground, was furious when he saw Rom standing next to Elena, leaning so close to her.
"What are you doing! You bastard..."
"Shhh!!"
Romberg, without any hesitation, put his index finger to his lips again, his face cold, and interrupted Kevin's roar with a shushing sound.
He frowned, glaring at Kevin like he was a little kid: "Can't you just be quiet? Didn't you see she was establishing the foundation for magic channeling? You interrupted Elena's spellcasting, aren't you going to take responsibility?"
Luo Mu was currently staring intently at the system panel.
[Entering light-based dictionary... Current progress: 32%]
He was listening intently and analyzing the code when this guy's sudden urging interrupted Elena, causing the system to display a bunch of random noise and gibberish.
Rom is even more furious than Kevin now.
"Hey, do you even want your wound treated? A patient should act like a patient, shut up and lie down!"
Luo Mu unleashed a torrent of abuse, "If you're so energetic and can still swear, then you're probably fine, so why bother with treatment?!"
Kevin was speechless for a moment after being confronted so directly.
He was so angry that his fists trembled, but remembering the spell Luo Mu had cast earlier, he didn't dare to really retaliate.
He could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger, closing his eyes in frustration and remaining silent.
"Alright, let's continue, my beautiful Lady of Light."
Rom turned his head, instantly putting on a warm and gentle smile. "Please allow me to continue listening to your beautiful recitation."
Rom is confident of winning the source code for [Holy Light] today.
As long as this girl obediently finishes reciting these hundreds of lines of incantation code, the system's light-based language pack will be unlocked.
However, Rom's teasing remarks completely stumped Elena, who had grown up in a sheltered environment.
"A beautiful...saint?"
Elena's blush instantly spread to the base of her neck, and her heart pounded.
She frantically closed her eyes, trying to continue the spell, but her breathing became rapid due to nervousness.
Luo Mu was so close that his warm breath seemed to be hitting her cheek.
"The great, the source of light... the source of light..."
Elena stammered, and under Rom's aura, her brain seemed to short-circuit for a moment, and she mispronounced several syllables.
Romé keenly noticed her grammatical error.
He stared at the [Error: Invalid Parameter] and [Warning: Syntax Nesting Error] popping up frantically on the system panel, and could only mentally repeat the process of deleting and modifying the garbled characters he had entered.
"No, if we let her keep making these mistakes, the dictionary we input will be full of bugged code. I'll have to waste a lot of computing power when I use light magic in the future."
He realized that he had to adjust Elena's spellcasting rhythm.
"It's all your fault, Kevin!"
Rom suddenly turned his head and continued to curse with heartbreaking indignation:
"It's all because of your roar just now that Elena almost forgot the spell's connection! Look at your blood, it's flowing more and more, the abyssal toxins are almost entering your heart! You'll kill yourself, young man!"
"???"
Kevin was lying there quietly with his eyes closed, but he was inexplicably scolded.
Young Master can't take it anymore!
He suddenly opened his eyes, opened his mouth, and was about to start cursing.
But when he saw the increasingly thick, pure black poisonous blood flowing from his shoulder, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and had no choice but to suppress his humiliation and pretend to be dead again.
"Elena, don't rush, take your time..."
Rom turned around, his voice softening once more.
He reached out and gently patted Elena's slightly trembling shoulder, comforting her like an elder:
"Remember, the spell of magic lies not only in memorization, but also in the 'rhythm of execution' within your heart."
Do not let the noise of the world disturb your inner peace. Feel it, and the divine light will guide you.
...
Rhythm? Inner guidance?
Is he teaching me?
When Elena heard these novel words, she suddenly felt enlightened.
She realized that these might be the magical insights that enabled Rom to become so powerful in such a short time.
Elena took a deep breath and refocused her magic.
This time, her voice no longer trembled, and she recited the remaining incantation fluently and firmly.
[Sampling complete.]
[Decompiling program code: Beginner - Holy Light.]
Hearing the pleasant notification from the system, Luo Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief and took a half-step back with satisfaction.