Chapter 120
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Chapter 120: The Progress Bar Moved
The basement of the castle.
Besides two rows of prison cells, there are also two large storage rooms here.
One storage room is used for keeping relatively fresh monster corpses, where Little Tear and some lower-level ant creatures usually level up by consuming raw meat.
The other storage room is piled with over three hundred pieces of armor and weapons, along with a large amount of advanced monster materials.
Lin Yu quickly browsed through and finally selected a narrow-bladed iron longsword.
At this moment, a crowd of ants had gathered outside the storage room, staring intently at the white-haired, red-eyed girl inside.
Upon hearing that Lin Yu had finally emerged from her bedroom, they had followed her all the way.
Perhaps because Lin Yu was now dressed, they no longer fell into the strange state they had by the river, but their gaze was still irresistibly drawn to her.
Originally, there were more ants following, but after Red Pupil sternly said a few words, most of them dispersed.
The remaining ants, whose duties were to guard the castle and protect the Queen Ant, were not reprimanded by Red Pupil.
"Let’s go, try it out."
Lin Yu picked up the longsword and mounted Little Tear alongside Red Pupil.
She instructed the remaining ants not to follow.
Although the daughters were somewhat reluctant, they obediently dispersed.
Under normal circumstances, all the ants would fully obey her commands, except for a few.
They then arrived at the central courtyard on the first floor of the castle.
After three years of transformation, this area had become a considerable garden, or rather, an Herb Garden.
Aside from a small square and some paths left in the middle, the rest of the space was covered with Magical Soil, planted with fruit trees, medicinal herbs, and some decorative flowers.
Upon reaching a fruit tree by the square, Red Pupil was the first to jump down from Little Tear. After Little Tear crouched down, she extended her small hand.
"Mommy, be careful."
"…Mm."
So I’m not pregnant! There’s no need to be so careful!
Lin Yu took the little girl’s hand and dismounted from Little Tear.
She then began to experiment with the sword.
After drawing the longsword from its sheath and holding it, despite never having used a sword before, she inexplicably felt as though she had mastered swordsmanship for years.
At that moment, a gentle breeze passed, and a leaf from the fruit tree fluttered down.
A flash of sword light passed by.
The leaf was symmetrically split in half along its main vein.
The sword light flashed again.
The white-haired girl’s longsword moved like a blur, thrusting, slashing, and lifting…
In the blink of an eye, the leaf was reduced to fragments scattered by the wind.
"Mom is amazing."
"Sister, the leaf is gone. What just happened?"
Lin Yu stared at the longsword in her hand, still a bit dazed.
Just thinking about cutting the leaf in half made her body move instinctively, and then, she really did cut it in half!
After that, she could even slice the leaf into tiny pieces that were hard to see in the air.
"Sword Talent" "Swordsmanship Master"
Although she didn’t know which skill was working, or if both were needed to achieve this level…
In any case, these two skills were very strong!
She felt like she had really become a female warrior.
Plus, it felt so good and fun to cut the leaves into pieces! If it were just cutting leaves, she could play here all day!
"Little Pupil, assess me, pay attention to my Experience Value progress."
Using Identification among the ant clan, they can see each other’s Experience Value progress bars.
It has been confirmed that the skill "Ability to Fight" can earn extra Experience Value in battle.
Then, the skill "Sword Talent" should logically earn Experience Value by using a sword, right?
"Hmm, don’t worry, Mom, I will be careful."
So Lin Yu began her training.
She had Red Pupil climb the fruit tree and then throw down the leaves.
Then she started attacking those leaves.
"Sister, I want to eat the fruit!"
Little Tear initially watched with great interest but later shifted her attention to the fruit on the tree.
This is an apple tree, and the fruit is almost ripe. In two days, it will be the best time to pick them.
"Hmm."
Red Pupil replied.
The young girl threw leaves towards Lin Yu and tossed fruit into Little Tear’s mouth, all while keeping an eye on the progress bar of Experience Value with Identification.
About ten minutes passed.
"The progress bar has moved, Mom."
Red Pupil’s voice made Lin Yu stop swinging her sword.
"How much has it moved?"
Lin Yu looked at her Attribute Panel, but it seemed that the Experience Value progress bar had… not changed much.
"It’s just a small detail."
"Hmm."
Well, if you could gain a lot of Experience Points in just ten minutes of training, that would be unreasonable.
However, little by little, if you spend the whole day swinging a sword, you could gain a considerable amount of Experience Value.
Very well, then let’s continue—just kidding.
I’m already a bit tired, and I’m getting bored with chopping leaves; my back is starting to sweat.
Today’s training ends here!
No willpower? Come on, I’m… I’m a pregnant woman.
Pregnant women just need to exercise moderately!
"Does Mom want to eat some fruit?"
Ah, get one for me too!
"Okay."
So the little girl chose a plump apple, jumped down easily from the fruit tree, and handed it to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu, who was a bit worried about seeing the same "quirky" meat-feeding scene again, sighed in relief.
She took the apple and took a bite; the juice flowed in her mouth, and it smelled wonderful.
So sweet.
The fruit trees planted in Magical Soil can bear fruit all year round.
By the way…
She looked at the corner of the courtyard and shook the apple in her hand.
"Do you want some?"
Suddenly, the shadow in the corner changed shape, and then four gray ants scurried out from the shadow.
The skill "Hidden Shadow" only uses 20 Magic Value at the start; maintaining the shadow state does not cost extra Magic Value.
"Is it the apple from Mom’s hand?"
Stealth One watched as the girl took a bite of the apple in her hand.
"…from the tree."
This one was carefully chosen by Red Pupil, so I won’t give it to you.
…
As Lin Yu, Red Pupil, Little Tear, and the Stealth Ants enjoyed the flowers and ate the sweet and juicy apples in the courtyard,
Army Lady and her Exploration Team Ants had just finished a battle.
During the night, they defeated more than twenty Class B high-level monsters, and all the Military Ants leveled up, with Army Lady rising from LV.39 to LV.40.
"Sister Army Lady, let’s take a break."
"Hmm."
Army Lady glanced at Military One.
She had clearly warned her many times not to call her Sister Army Lady and had even taught her a lesson several times, but this girl still could not learn.
Although she wanted to teach her another lesson,…
She looked around at the other ants.
After hunting all night, everyone was tired.
So, Army Lady took the Exploration Team Ants to the nearby Seventh Ant Nest, planning for the Military Ants to sleep there.
Coincidentally, she met Lvzi at the Seventh Ant Nest.
"Army Lady?"
This nickname again…
It sounded even more annoying coming from this guy.
Army Lady, already in a bad mood, felt her anger rising.
