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Chapter 119: The Mischievous Little Elf

After feeding the restorative holy water to Peggy, Reiner walked straight toward Neve.

Junice and Elyanna knelt on the ground with worried faces, working together to heal her.

Neve’s eyebrows had been scorched off by dragonfire, part of her hair was gone as well, and she kept coughing up blood.

Meanwhile, Nora offered her lap as a pillow and comforted her in a gentle voice.

“How is she?”

As he asked, Reiner noticed a mangled hole in Neve’s abdomen through which he could vaguely see her organs twitching.

Reiner reached into his pouch and took out two bottles of holy water.

Junice shook her head and said in Barnite, “We have already treated the burns, but the wound in her belly is far too large, and she keeps coughing blood, so there may be internal injuries; she probably will not make it.”

Just then Peggy hurried over, and when she saw Neve in such a pitiful state, tears welled up.

Peggy had remained silent even after being gravely wounded herself, yet at the sight of her last relative lying before her, she could not hold back her tears.

She turned to Reiner, clutched his trouser leg as though grabbing a life-saving straw, and whispered, “Master…”

Reiner nodded, uncorked a bottle of holy water, and poured it into Neve’s mouth.

Her breathing became much steadier.

Seeing the wound on her abdomen slowly closing, Reiner added a dose of Light Therapy to aid the process.

Before long the hole in her belly healed completely.

To make sure no hidden injuries remained, Reiner used Appraisal on her.

[Appraisal complete. Current slave grade: Rare.]

[Name: Neve Deville

Age: 18

Sex: Female

Race: demi-human, fox-kin

Current Status: Weak

Talent Details… …

Strength: B

Endurance: C

Agility: A

Perception: D

Spirit: C

Intelligence: E]

There should be no more problems; she was merely weak, so some rest would suffice.

Besides, her Intelligence looked odd.

She and Peggy were blood sisters, yet their gap in Intelligence was rather large.

“She is fine now; pack up and get ready to head back.”

“Thank you!” Peggy gently hugged Neve and wiped away her tears.

Reiner looked at Junice on instinct, and their eyes met.

She seemed puzzled, probably thinking about the restorative holy water.

Beside them, Elyanna asked outright, “Reiner, what did you feed her? It was so miraculous it brought a dying person back.”

“A mature woman never asks even if she desperately wants to know something; Elyanna, are you a mature woman?”

Elyanna pouted and jabbed Reiner twice with her staff, “There you go again; tell me now or I’ll smack you.”

Reiner shook his head and chose secrecy once more. “That is a secret.”

At that moment a pair of strong arms hugged Reiner tightly from behind; it was Martina.

She let out a cute whimper.

“What is it?”

“Reiner, I hurt all over… everywhere aches.”

No sooner had she spoken than her inner voice reached Reiner: (I was just sent flying and you didn’t even worry about me; now I have to act weak myself, so annoying…)

Reiner was momentarily speechless.

What could he do with his own wife? Spoil her, of course.

“After you were flung away you ncounty crushed Peggy; I think you are not in pain but itchy, so I will give you a nice electric therapy when we get back.”

He still had no idea what she had been thinking then.

Their sizes differed by more than tenfold, yet she still dared to grab the red dragon’s tail.

With that in mind, Reiner looked back at the red dragon’s corpse and suddenly noticed the Breath of the Red Dragon standing beside it while the huge fire magic stone was drawing white mist from the body.

Reiner had seen adventurers’ souls extracted before, so he knew the white substance was a soul.

After absorbing the soul, the Breath of the Red Dragon shook the fire magic stone hard, then hopped back to Reiner.

“What were you doing just now?”

The Breath of the Red Dragon stood motionless.

By rights it ought to be able to transform now.

Reiner bent down, set it on the ground, and muttered a few random incantations, “Transform for me! Mature beauty, big sister, loli!”

Yet the staff showed no reaction as if it were dead.

Never mind, he would let nature take its course.

Perhaps it would come out on its own one day.

Just then Elyanna came over, poked the red dragon’s corpse with her staff, and curved her lips slightly. “Well, Reiner, choosing to bring me along was the right call, wasn’t it?”

Gazing at the neat hole in the red dragon’s head, Reiner sighed, “That was impressive power. What spell was that? You should have used it countier.”

If Elyanna had acted sooner, he might not have wasted two bottles of restorative holy water.

“Solar Lance is the strongest penetrating spell routinely used by the elf race, but it comes at a price; it demands a huge amount of mana and a long charge time. Do you think I didn’t want to use it? I was anxious when I saw you in danger, but I kept charging, waiting for the chance to land a killing blow.”

“Teach me.”

Elyanna narrowed her eyes and said, clcounty holding a grudge, “A mature man never asks about a spell even if he is very curious; Reiner, are you a mature man?”

Reiner shook his head without hesitation, “Men remain boys until death, so I’m not.”

“Then I won’t teach you either, because it is a secret.”

“You promised me before: if I took you adventuring, you would teach me the spell.”

“Hmph! I will teach you when I’m in a good mood.”

Elyanna puffed out her cheeks, gave Reiner a glare, then poked the red dragon’s corpse. “Make good use of this body; every part of a dragon is treasure. The scales can be forged into armor, the claws and horns can be fashioned into weapons, and the bones and flesh can serve as medicinal ingredients…”

Reiner pushed hard at the red dragon’s corpse, which was like a small hill.

He had no idea exactly how heavy it was; in any case it was extremely hefty, at least several dozen tons.

Martina came over to try.

She used Lightning Armor Forging Spell and exerted all her strength, yet could only shift it a little.

They definitely could not haul away such a massive carcass.

Elyanna put her hands on her hips and said with a smile, “Sell it to us elves, and we’ll split the money fifty-fifty!”

“Sell it to you?”

Elyanna nodded vigorously. “Yes. I’ll have the little spirits tell my mom and dad; they know how to transport the red dragon’s corpse, and then we can split the money equally!”

Strictly speaking, Elyanna was the one who killed this dragon while they only assisted.

It felt great to be carried by a powerhouse.

“Deal, but leave me one dragon claw; I have to report back.”

“No problem.” Elyanna closed her eyes and began communicating with the little elves.

After Reiner gave Martina a few instructions, she boldly began to remove the claw.

Her heavy greatsword fell again and again on the red dragon’s claw.

Martina complained in a low voice, “This damned dragon’s claw is too hard! I can’t cut through at all!”

The greatsword’s edge was full of nicks, several deep gouges marred the blade, and the guard had vanished at some point.

Clcounty this sword’s life had reached its end.

Reiner asked decisively, “How are the weapons forged by you elves?”

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