“What? An Abomination?”Darla had just taken the last Attribute Stone from a zombie’s corpse when she turned her gaze toward the distance.Staring at the gigantic monster, the woman’s eyes widened with excitement.“Unbelievable! There are a thousand Attribute Stones inside its body!”Ordinary zombies contained anywhere from ten to a hundred Attribute Stones. Abominations, however, were not only enormous in size but also contained a correspondingly large number of Stones.That morning, while exchanging her shelter for Energy Stones, she had suddenly heard the system’s voice in her head.“Host has activated a Legendary Talent. You can now see how many Stones are stored inside a monster’s body.”With this ability, whenever she looked at a monster, its body seemed to emit a faint glow that only she could see. This allowed her to determine their locations, even in complete darkness.“Great! I can’t afford to waste this opportunity!”Amid the darkness of the vast, barren plain, Darla moved

“Now that you’ve seen what I really look like, you must find me disgusting too, don’t you?”Despite the firmness in her voice, Darla sat on the ground with her head lowered.She hadn’t expected Adrian to pull her up to help her stand, leaving her with no choice but to face him.Now, all she could do was endure the embarrassment.“Darla, you…”Adrian trailed off, unsure whether he should say anything at that moment.At the same time, he tried to suppress the shock on his face.He finally understood why the woman had never taken off the helmet covering her face.The area from Darla’s upper lip down to her chin was indeed beautiful, as though her face had been sculpted by the heavens themselves. But everything from her nose upward was completely different.From her forehead to the tip of her nose, Darla’s skin was wrinkled and blackened, resembling skin that had only recently recovered from severe burns.Even her eyes could barely open properly.If she hadn’t possessed a Legendary Talent

“Damn it! They’re here!”Adrian immediately picked up his bow from the floor when he saw that the fence beside the greenhouse had been smashed open, leaving a hole large enough for an adult to pass through.“I underestimated them! Now they’re going to destroy everything in front of them!”Abominations were monsters that had reached the peak of Silver tier. Using palm trees of the same tier to hold them back was never going to work for long, just as Adrian had expected.He simply hadn’t anticipated that these gigantic monsters would break free sooner than he had predicted.Now that the palm trees’ hallucinatory effects were wearing off, the monsters would undoubtedly become even more ferocious and savage than before as they vented their frustration.I only have 550 Energy Stones left in my savings! What am I supposed to do now?!Lost in thought, Adrian knew he had very little time before the monsters destroyed his shelter.“Adrian, I don’t know if this will be of any use to you.”Seein

“Are you sure you want to come with me?”Adrian had just stepped out of the greenhouse when he saw Darla standing there, fully equipped with her combat gear and sword.It wasn’t that he doubted the woman’s abilities. But since she had only just recovered from her injuries, letting her rest for an entire day was the sensible thing to do.“Do you think I’m some weak woman who can only sleep all day?”The woman responded with a broad, teasing smile.“Have you forgotten? The potion you gave me has miraculous effects. Not only do I feel no pain in my body, but I don’t feel tired in the slightest, either.”“But…”Adrian noticed something different about her. It wasn’t her physique or appearance, which had become far more attractive and charming than before.“Don’t you need your helmet anymore?”Previously, the woman would never remove the steel helmet covering her face. But this time, she had left her face completely uncovered.Adrian wasn’t trying to tease her. But when a woman had just re

Whoosh!Bang!A black blur shot in from a certain direction before crashing into the bear, sending it flying several meters backward.“Please forgive me, my lord. I had no choice but to disobey your orders after hearing a distress call.”Although Yemima was bound by an oath to obey all of Adrian’s commands, that naturally did not apply when the knight saw her lord in danger. In such a situation, her lord’s safety was her highest priority.A few moments earlier.“Yemima, come here! Adrian is in danger! You must help him! Hurry and follow my voice!”While stretching both arms forward to infiltrate the bear’s mind, Darla simultaneously used her mental power to communicate with Yemima, who was still at the shelter.“My lady!”Upon hearing a familiar voice echoing through the air, Yemima immediately set off in the direction from which it came.With her speed, covering a considerable distance in a short time was no difficult task.She had arrived just in time. When she spotted the bear rais