We're Already In Close Combat And You Still Say You're A Mage?

"Crunch, crunch."

Not long after Xu Bai left, footsteps sounded in the forest.

Several strange beasts appeared from the forest and came to the open space where the totem pole and altar were located.

One of the alien beasts is larger than the other alien beasts, reaching 6 meters in length and 4 meters in height.

It also has more bone spurs on its body, and its whole body is covered with a layer of red cuticle that is different from other alien beasts.

This red beast has never appeared in the beast tide before.

The red alien beast is obviously different from other ordinary alien beasts, and is more like an elite unit among the alien beasts.

"Roar!"

At this time, it had seen the crystal core on the altar and the pupil of control on the totem pole disappear. It was stunned for a moment, and a very anthropomorphic expression appeared on its face. Then it let out an angry roar and rushed to the altar like crazy. They smashed the altar and totem pole into pieces.

The ordinary alien beast following it stood there shivering, not daring to move.

After a moment, the red alien beast stood up from the ruins of the altar, with red light in its eyes, and looked around at several ordinary alien beasts.

"Oh~"

It kept making low roars from its mouth.

As if venting its anger wasn't enough, the red alien beast slowly walked up to the nearest ordinary alien beast, raised its front paws and stepped on its back.

The ordinary beasts did not dare to resist, and were crushed to the ground by the front paws of the red beast, with howls of fear emanating from their throats.

When the other strange beasts nearby saw this, they didn't dare to move even more, for fear that the red strange beast would notice them.

I saw the red alien beast leaning down, opening its huge mouth, and biting the neck of the ordinary alien beast under its feet.

Ordinary alien beasts let out a mournful cry and then stopped breathing.

Because the red beast has torn out its entire spine and is holding it in its mouth!

I saw a ferocious look in the eyes of the red alien beast. He raised his head and threw the spine of the ordinary alien beast in his mouth, which was still full of flesh and blood, into the air. He caught it in the air with its bloody mouth, held it in his mouth and chewed it. There was a creepy crunching sound.

Blood and water mixed with bone powder kept dripping on the corpse below, bloody and cruel.

In the blink of an eye, it swallowed the entire spine and licked its lips, feeling a little unfinished.

The red alien beast lowered its head and tore off a large piece of meat from the corpse of the ordinary alien beast, chewing it in its mouth.

After a while, it devoured most of the corpse at its feet, then raised its front paws and threw the remaining half of the corpse to other ordinary beasts.

Several other ordinary beasts immediately swarmed up and gnawed on the corpses of their companions.

The body disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.

"Roar."

The red beast roared, turned around and plunged into the forest, heading deeper into the forest.

Other strange beasts followed and disappeared into the forest.

...

The afterglow of the sunset reflected on the high steel wall, and the sunset glow dyed the wall with a layer of orange, as if the entire city wall was set on fire.

Xu Bai has returned to the high steel wall.

Arriving at the munitions department, Xu Bai concealed the strange altar and totem pole found in the woods, handed the recorded environmental data to Yegulun, and settled the task.

"Yes, I haven't seen such a detailed report in a long time."

After carefully checking the data recorded by Xu Bai, Yegulun took out ten silver coins from the drawer under the table and handed them to Xu Bai.

"Seeing that you completed the first mission so well, these are my personal gifts to you. With them, you can go to the leisure area to relax."

As he spoke, he showed Xu Bai an understanding smile.

"Tip: You have completed the three-star exploration mission."

"Have obtained 300 Origin Coins + 300 Trial Merit Points + 90 Quartermaster Yegulun's Favorability Points."

Xu Bai glanced at the prompt before the origin, and then weighed the silver coins in his hand. Xu Bai walked out of the munitions office and decided to go to the canteen to eat something first, and then go back and have a good sleep.

After running around recording data for a long time, even though his physical strength was beyond ordinary people, he was still a little tired at this time.

He has not yet reached the state of not eating the fireworks of the world, so naturally he still needs to rest.

When we arrived at the entrance of the canteen, it was dinner time.

The canteen was brightly lit and noisy.

Xu Bai took a closer look and saw dozens of long tables forming a "凵" shape in the cafeteria, with their openings facing the door.

At this time, a banquet was being held in the canteen, and the open space in the middle of the rows became a temporary dance floor, where many soldiers twisted their bodies to the beat of the music.

A variety of delicacies were brought to the table for people to enjoy.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Xu Bai was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it, he understood the reason.

Having just experienced a brutal battle, the soldiers' nerves were still tense and they needed to relax and rest, and holding a banquet was the most convenient and effective method.

Entering the restaurant, Xu Bai bypassed the dancing crowd in the center, took a dinner plate, went to the dining table, picked up two chicken legs and some other side dishes, poured some rice, sat down and ate by himself. .

"Hey, where did you go this afternoon? Didn't I see you?"

Just as Xu Bai was grabbing a chicken leg and chewing on the aroma, someone suddenly stopped him.

A big hand put on Xu Bai's shoulder.

Xu Bai turned around and saw that the person coming was Heitan.

Heitan sat down next to Xu Bai, and regardless of whether Xu Bai wanted to or not, he picked up the other chicken leg on his plate and started to eat it together with him.

"Your performance on the city wall today really exceeded my expectations. It was even higher than many of the top mages in our guild."

"I have discussed with several other important guild members that we can establish a short-term cooperation in this world."

"what do you think?"

"OK."

Of course Xu Bai agreed.

In today's battle, he discovered that the Black Gate Guild's overall strength was extremely strong.

Moreover, as the president, Heitan not only did not retreat from the back, but actively rushed to the front line to share the pressure for other members.

And now he comes to me proactively, saying that he wants to give him material support. There is no such bloody plot of suppressing newcomers at all.

A very reliable teammate, Xu Bai thinks highly of Black Gate in his heart.

Seeing Xu Bai's agreement, Heitan took out two bottles of golden medicine from the storage space.

"What's this?"

Looking at the medicine bottle in Heitan's hand, Xu Bai was a little confused.

"Glow potion can increase intelligence attributes and mana. This is the deposit for cooperation."

Xu Bai took the potion and checked its properties.

Glow Potion

Type: Permanent buff potion

Quality: Bronze level

Effect: After drinking, the mana value will be permanently increased by 60 points and the intelligence attribute will be increased by 2 points.

It takes effect below 700 mana points and 40 intelligence attributes.

If any of the mana or intelligence attributes exceeds the limit, the effect will only take effect on attributes that do not exceed the limit.

You can drink up to 2 bottles, more than 2 bottles will be invalid.

Introduction: A potion suitable for most mages, prepared by pharmacist Hollen Baylor.

"Thank you very much."

Xu Bai put away the potion.

Seeing Xu Bai accept the potion, Heitan came over mysteriously and whispered to Xu Bai: "I took over a team task at the munitions office. There are about 20 people. We will set off tomorrow. Will you come?"

As he said this, he added another sentence for fear that Xu Bai would disagree.

"The reward is very generous."

"Don't let others know about this good thing."

"What mission?"

Xu Bai asked.

Heitan sent a mission message to Xu Bai's personal terminal and said to him:

"Go out and arrange an important transit coordinate 300 kilometers north, which should be used in subsequent operations."

"After all, it was mentioned in the introduction to the world that this steam civilization actually developed a damn nuclear bomb. I suspect that they created this kind of coordinates to annihilate the lair of alien beasts."

"Give me a guarantee, will you come?"

Xu Bai took one look at the mission reward and immediately agreed.

"Mission reward: 1200 origin coins + 1200 trial merit points + 200 quartermaster Yegrun favorability points + silver-level treasure chest × 1."

"Of course I went, but I have already completed an exploration mission."

Heitan was a little surprised and asked tentatively: "Afternoon?"

"Um."

"I told you why I couldn't find you this afternoon. It turns out you ran out to do a mission."

Heitan scratched his head.

Soon, the two exchanged contact information and agreed on a specific plan for tomorrow's action.

After finishing everything, Heitan said goodbye to Xu Bai and made an appointment to set off at seven o'clock tomorrow morning before leaving.

Before leaving, Xu Bai took out the 10 silver coins that Yegulun had given him earlier from his pocket and placed them in Heitan's hand.

"The guy from the munitions department gave it to me, but I don't seem to need it. You can go to the bar to exchange for some good wine."

Heitan took the silver coin and tossed it in his hand, thanked Xu Bai, and left first.

...

After a while, Xu Bai returned to the barracks, took a simple shower, sat cross-legged on the camp bed, and took out the two bottles of glow potion given to him by Heitan from the storage space.

After uncorking the medicine bottle, the faint fragrance enters the nasal cavity, refreshing the heart and mind.

Xu Bai drank both bottles of potion in one breath.

The Glow Potion tastes a bit like a modern mix of Fanta + Sprite.

"It tastes pretty good."

Xu Bai muttered in his heart.

After a while, he felt a heat surge upwards from his belly, all the way to his brain.

Under the nourishment of this heat flow, the headache caused by the high-intensity release of skills during the day immediately disappeared, and Xu Bai's thinking began to become clear.

The enhancement of the potion will end soon.

Added 120 points of mana and 4 points of intelligence attributes to Xu Bai.

The mana value has reached 423 points, and the intelligence attribute has reached 25 points.

Needless to say, the increase in mana value is Xu Bai's combat attribute that is directly linked to battery life.

The most intuitive feeling of improving intelligence attributes is that the mind becomes agile, the perception of the surrounding environment becomes more acute and clear, and the flow trajectory of elements in the surrounding space becomes more sensitive when releasing skills.

This is a hidden improvement that will not directly translate into strength, but will subtly enhance Xu Bai's perception until it evolves into a field exclusive to him at a certain key node.

At this time, Xu Bai only felt energetic and had no sleepiness at all.

Immediately, he took out the Po Xie from the storage space and went to an empty space behind the military camp to practice his gun skills.

Soon, about an hour passed, and Xu Bai, who was covered in sweat, returned to the barracks, took another shower, and then lay on the bed and fell asleep.