Year 31 of the Human Calendar - Southwest district of the Holy Land of Xue - Linjian house
(Linjian POV)
...
...
...
"....p" ???
...?
"Wake up" ?????
...voi...ces...
"Wake up...Daddy!" ???
!!!
[FORCED DESTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENLY PHOENIX CITY, MIND EXPERIENCE OBTAINED]
[AWAKENED AFTER TWENTY YEARS, MIND EXPERIENCE OBTAINED]
"--e!" Linjian
I open my eyelids and try to speak, but the words don't come out.
[You finally wake up from your nap] Maria
(Maria, were those voices...?)
[Voices?]
(...You didn't hear them?)
[I only felt the warning of the Life Detection, what did you hear?]
Only the alert, huh.
(Maybe it was just a dream, what is more important now is...)
If the warning is activated, that means the Holy Land of Xue is in danger.
(Maria, status report)
[All your body except your face is burned]
I can feel the pain, but it is a weird one. I don't feel the need to move my body to calm it.
[Your left leg is gone for good]
...Is that so.
[Your body is atrophied after 20 years of unconsciousness]
Twenty years...
[And it seems that the kingdom is under the attack of a jade rank city lord]
!!!
(I need to go help!)
I try to get up but my body does not respond.
[All your muscles are gone, your body doesn't have enough strength to even move]
If my Brawn does not work then.
(Earth Manipulation!)
With the bed connecting me to the ground, I order the soil to climb to my level.
*Brrrr*
Both my bed and I, we became a brown cocoon...
[20 MP CONSUMED]
And from within, I rise again.
*Stomp*
I stand up for the first time in twenty years.
(Earth Knight)
[You are crazy]
I hear some happiness in her words.
(Ah)
I lost my balance and almost fell to the ground.
[...Linjian you are in no condition to fight, leave this to...]
Being away in the moment someone needs me?
Being away in the moment someone dies?
Being away in the moment a parent loses their child?
"NO!"
(I will not stand here doing nothing, this is not what I want, this is not what Xue wants!)
[Xue?]
(Animal Whisperer!)
(Body, stand up!)
It's not enough, my mind is still shaking!
[Are you trying to use Animal Whisperer on yourself?]
(More, I need more!)
Humans are biologically animals and I am a human being. Therefore... come on, Animal Whisperer!
(Pure Mana...)
"AnImAl WhiSpeRer"
I use my shaking voice to increase the effectiveness of the skill.
(Give me the strength to protect everyone!)
[300 MP CONSUMED]
A new surge of power comes to me.
*Chirrrhhh*
I can feel something I never felt before inside me.
[Electricity]
(What?)
[Some kind of Mana-electricity now circulates through the insides of your body]
(Inside of me?)
[It seems that you discovered a new use to the Animal Whisperer]
There is no time to lose, I went through the front door and started running towards the west wall.
[Ah, and before I forget]
(?)
[Good morning Linjian]
Inside my helmet, I smile.
(Good morning Maria)
...
...
"My NamE Is LinjIan Campbell and I am the The Anointed King... of the Holy Land of Xue!"
[Don't force your voice, let it recover]
"King?" Mushu Tung
[His pride is going to take a time to process that he doesn't know that word]
I put Hikari back in the ground and the gap in my helmet closes.
"Grandpa, I knew that..." Hikari
I talk to them using the Animal Whisperer.
(We will talk later, now go!)
They return to the inside of the walls as I approach the jade rank cultivator.
...
I am completely at a disadvantage.
The burns still hurt.
Without a working body, my speed is only at its 90%.
My body will fall immobile the moment my MP runs out.
My stamina will only support three minutes of the Hero of Light.
But, even so, Sleeping time is over.
Ziyun, your husband will defeat this half immortal. No matter what.
[Time for some morning exercises]
////////////////////////
-Linjian Campbell Lv. 58(Max)-
HP 60%
MP 5540/5900
Stamina 89/180(-90)
Brawn 63(-23)
Awareness 61(+25)
Endurance 33(+20)
Resistance 32(+25)
SKILLS
Book of Appraisal
Earth Manipulation Lv. Max
Animal Whisperer Lv. Max
Life Detection Lv. Max
Mana Handling Lv. Max
OTHER
Mana-electricity (28 minutes left, Awareness + 15, Resistance + 15)
Atrophied body (HP -40%, Brawn -50%, Stamina -50%)
Prosthetic Earth leg (Brawn -2)
Earth Knight (Awareness, Brawn and Endurance + 10)
Healthy mind in a healthy body (Endurance and Resistance + 10)
Reincarnation of Maria Campbell (MP 10000%)
Pain Assimilated
60 years old
////////////////////////