“Shu Yue, what are you thinking?”
Anna asked, seeing Shu Yue standing dazed in place.
Shu Yue withdrew her hand and looked up at Anna.
“Nothing, just some trivial matters.”
“Oh, then let’s hurry up and deal with the other two!”
Anna looked quite excited.
Encountering such a stroke of luck was no different from picking up hundreds of gold coins on the street.
Actually, that wasn’t right.
How could this be compared to just a few hundred gold coins?
Even thousands or tens of thousands of coins couldn’t compare to the present!
Shu Yue’s gaze fell on the remaining bodies.
There were two horse carcasses and three human corpses.
Aside from the young man, there was a maid and a carriage driver dressed as a guard.
She followed the same process, using the **[Star Tempering Art]** to refine the two corpses.
She extracted two portions of spell essence and gave them to Anna and Mundo.
Using the **[Star Tempering Art]** three times in a row had caused Shu Yue’s spirituality to hit rock bottom.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on her pale face, and a throbbing pain pulsed through her head.
This was a manifestation of mental fatigue caused by the excessive consumption of spirituality.
Shu Yue wiped away her sweat and thought to herself, ‘My spirituality is too weak, not much different from when I was an apprentice. Although it doesn’t affect daily combat, it limits the use of the **[Star Tempering Art]**.’
The **[Star Tempering Art]** consumed five times more spirituality than ordinary Alchemy.
Because it was so extraordinary, it would be far too overpowered if there were no restrictions.
Three uses was Shu Yue’s current limit.
Casting spells in this world consumed not only Mana but also a certain amount of one’s own Spirituality.
Spirituality was the term for mental energy.
However, low-tier spells consumed very little spirituality, so it wasn’t given much importance.
In contrast, the Alchemist profession had specific requirements for it.
Anna absorbed the spell essence Shu Yue had given her, even giving up some of her original spells for it.
It was all worth it because the maid’s technique was actually a Firefly-grade spell — Wind Whisper!
Wind Whisper was considered top-tier even among Firefly-grade spells.
The fact that such a high-level spell was given to a maid showed the sheer extravagance of the Nobles.
Even if that young master was only a bastard son, he had been provided with such a servant for close protection and service.
Mundo’s luck wasn’t as good.
He received a combat technique, but it happened to fit his fighting style perfectly.
Anna felt her new power.
She believed that her current combat strength was likely at the Level 1 peak.
As long as her total Mana increased and she continued to study this Firefly-grade spell, she might be able to break through to Level 2 combat power and become a powerful outland Adventurer.
But how could being an Adventurer be better than being a Noble’s maid?
Thinking this, she turned her gaze toward Shu Yue, who looked exhausted and was resting with her eyes closed to recover her spirit.
Anna didn’t go over to disturb her.
She let Shu Yue meditate in peace to restore her spirituality while directing Mundo to clean up the area.
They absolutely could not allow anyone to discover that this group had died here!
Afterward, Anna took the looted valuables to exchange for a new carriage and coins.
She even went to the nearest town to purchase some expensive clothing.
After dressing up, they truly looked the part.
—
The next day, inside a quiet cave deep in the forest.
A beautiful figure sat cross-legged on a large rock, the radiance of Mana constantly flowing around her.
After a night of recovery, her aura had stabilized.
She slowly opened her azure eyes and looked toward the cave entrance.
Eustia’s thoughts were not on her current surroundings, but rather on a plump, round, and long silver-scaled dragon tail.
It swayed back and forth, making one feel dizzy.
Eustia suddenly snapped out of her daze, her willow-leaf brows dipping slightly as her expression shifted from soft to cold.
She rose from the rock.
Because of her movement, a short, pointed ear peeked out from her golden hair.
It was an ear distinct from a human’s, pointed like an elf’s, yet not nearly as long.
It was strange…
Because Eustia was actually a half-elf.
She let out a faint sigh and walked out of the cave, heading toward the nearest Pioneer Camp.
As for her enemies, Eustia didn’t care.
She knew her opponent’s personality well.
If he didn’t catch her immediately, he would cut his losses to survive, fleeing the area to hide far away.
‘Who exactly is she?’
While on the road, she still couldn’t stop thinking about it.
In the memories of Eustia’s past life, there was no shadow of Shu Yue.
This was the first time she had met her in this life.
“Sigh, I didn’t even get her name…”
She sighed again.
Upon entering the Pioneer Camp, Eustia put on a long robe, using a hood and a veil to hide her face and avoid unnecessary trouble.
She navigated the area with practiced ease and found a local information broker.
She stacked 10 gold coins on the table.
“Help me find someone. A very beautiful young girl with silver hair and golden eyes. Her height is approximately…”
“No problem.”
The boss’s eyes flashed with surprise as he looked at those 10 gold coins.
He clearly hadn’t expected to earn so much just by looking for a woman.
His respect for the mysterious girl sitting across from him deepened.
But why was one woman looking for another?
A wife looking for a mistress?
Or were they in *that* kind of relationship…
He wouldn’t ask for specifics.
Prying into a client’s motives was a huge taboo for an information broker.
After finishing this, Eustia rose and left.
She didn’t plan to leave the Outlands for the time being.
Her immediate tasks were finished, and she had plenty of free time.
Staying here allowed her to consolidate her realm and see if she could find that Silver Dragon Princess.
A short while later, Eustia arrived in front of a house.
Beside her was a hunched old man with a fawning smile.
Though he looked frail, he emitted a capable aura that was not to be underestimated.
“Guest, this place just became available. The previous tenants moved out, so you can use whatever is inside.”
Driven by curiosity, Eustia asked, “Why did they move out?”
“It seems they went back to their hometown. Don’t worry, guest, they were all normal Adventurers. They never did any of that filthy business in this house. I would never rent my house to those kinds of people,” the old landlord guaranteed solemnly.
Whether it was true or not was another story.
“Mhm…”
Eustia didn’t pry further.
As long as the house was clean, it was fine.
She would be staying for a while and needed a place to live; otherwise, being a savage in the woods every day would be uncomfortable.
—
3 days later, a carriage traveled smoothly along the main road, driven by a thickset, honest-looking man.
Shu Yue lifted a corner of the curtain and looked at the city walls not far away.
That was Grey Pine City.
Only she and Anna were inside the carriage.
Both had changed their appearances through the **[Disguise Art]**.
Anna had transformed from a weathered female Adventurer into a fair-skinned, beautiful maid.
Her **[Disguise Art]** was quite impressive.
In the past, she had relied on this skill to move from place to place, creating many different aliases that no one had ever seen through.
Her current face was modeled after the dead maid’s, though Shu Yue could clearly see that Anna had intentionally added a few flaws to the look.