Chapter 6 : Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Multitasking?
Ye Hongyu turned to look at Lin Mo.
At that moment, Lin Mo stood there with both hands in his pockets, his whole body relaxed and loose, his face completely at ease.
Two-stage mental guidance was not considered an especially profound technique among mages. High-level mages could even achieve three-stage guidance, four-stage guidance, or even such precise control that they could make a fireball draw a flower in midair.
But the problem was...
This young master in front of her had only awakened yesterday!
A novice Blank-Slate Mage who had not even been a Class Holder for twenty-four hours, a Blank-Slate Mage without elemental affinity, forcibly altering a skill’s trajectory using nothing but mental power?
No wonder...
No wonder the young master had not taken these high-agility Shadow Wolves seriously at all.
No wonder he had not even bothered to move just now.
He had even picked his ear?
So this was the confidence of the strong?
“Sister Ye?”
Seeing Ye Hongyu staring at him in a daze, Lin Mo could not help calling out, “What is it? Why are you standing there? Next one.”
Ye Hongyu snapped back to her senses and took a deep breath.
She forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart. The way she looked at Lin Mo had completely changed, now carrying a trace of sincere admiration.
“It is nothing, Young Master.”
“I simply did not expect your control over Fireball to have already reached this level.”
“It seems I was overthinking things. With your level of control, Shadow Wolves truly are no threat.”
“Hahaha, is that really so impressive?”
Lin Mo scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.
After all, he had not done anything at all. He had only said, ‘Little Fire, go!’
【‘Fireball’ rolls its eyes: It was just a turn. Why does this woman look like she has never seen the world before? Is it really that serious?】
【‘Fireball’ picks its nose and sneers: If I showed her a ‘Thomas 720 Full Spin’ followed by a ‘Z-Shaped Phantom Step,’ then finished by drawing her a heart, would she fall to her knees on the spot and cry out to God?】
【Humans really do make a fuss over nothing!】
“...Just shut up.”
Lin Mo was speechless inside.
This little fireball really talked too much...
Ye Hongyu collected herself and said seriously,
“Young Master, since your control is this precise, then we should change our strategy.”
“Since accuracy is not a problem, these high-agility but fragile wild monsters are actually ideal. From here on, I will lure them over, beat them down to critical condition, and throw them to you. You can handle the finishing blows.”
“That will be the most efficient method.”
“Sure, Sister Ye, let us do that!”
Lin Mo immediately brightened at the idea.
He would not even need to move his legs. He could just wait here. That was perfect.
“Very well, Young Master. Please stay safe.”
Ye Hongyu wasted no more words. Her figure flashed, turning into a streak of black light as she rushed deep into the forest.
Watching her disappearing back, Lin Mo stretched lazily.
He looked around, found a crooked-necked tree that seemed pleasing enough to the eye, and sat down with a plop. Leaning against the trunk, he found the most comfortable position possible.
Then he skillfully pulled out his phone, turned it sideways, and started playing a game.
“Good thing this lousy forest still has reception...”
Lin Mo muttered as he casually queued into a ranked match.
【‘Fireball’ roars: Where are the monsters? Where are they?! I want to farm monsters! I want to evolve!】
“What is the rush?”
Lin Mo did not even lift his head, his fingers moving rapidly across the screen.
“Sister Ye went to lure them over for us. Rest for a bit first. You will have plenty to do in a moment.”
【‘Fireball’ snorts coldly: Rest? There is no such word in my dictionary! There is only slaughter! Only becoming stronger! I am destined to become a Forbidden Spell!】
A moment later,
A burst of hurried rustling came from the bushes not far away.
“Young Master, catch!”
Along with Ye Hongyu’s sharp shout—
Whoosh—
A black shadow traced an arc through the air. It was a Shadow Wolf with its hind legs broken.
“Here it comes!”
Lin Mo continued staring at his phone screen. It was a crucial moment in the team fight, and he did not even raise his eyelids.
【‘Fireball’ instantly grows excited: Die!】
BOOM!
A fireball struck the howling Shadow Wolf squarely in the head while it was still in midair.
Flames burst outward, and the monster died in one hit!
【Shadow Wolf slain. Experience +20!】
“What amazing accuracy!”
Ye Hongyu, who had just landed, exclaimed in admiration.
But when she looked toward the tree, her whole body stiffened once more.
Lin Mo was still in the same posture as before, holding his phone with both hands and muttering under his breath:
“Marksman, do you even know how to play? Stop feeding them, alright? Fall back to the tower! Fall back to the tower!”
Ye Hongyu: “...”
The young master was... playing a game?
For that attack just now, he had not even lifted his head?
Ye Hongyu could hardly believe it. Gritting her teeth, she sprang into motion again and dashed back into the forest.
...
Not long after, Ye Hongyu returned again.
“Young Master, here it comes!”
This time, instead of throwing it straight in front of Lin Mo, she tossed a critically wounded Shadow Wolf high into the air.
Lin Mo still stared at the screen, his fingers tapping furiously.
“Support, are you blind?! Protect me! Do not charge in! Get back here and protect me!”
At the same time, a fireball shot upward, streaking straight into the sky.
Whoosh—!
【‘Fireball’ looks at the target in the sky and smiles disdainfully: So what if you fly a little higher? Die!】
BOOM!
The fireball collided perfectly with the falling Shadow Wolf in midair, instantly blasting the already dying beast into pieces.
“That can hit too?!”
Refusing to believe it, Ye Hongyu rushed back into the forest once more.
This time, she caught a Venomous Spider and threw it from Lin Mo’s blind spot.
“Young Master, behind you!”
“A backdoor attack?! Damn it, someone is backdooring!”
Lin Mo cursed at his phone.
To Ye Hongyu, it sounded as though he were scolding his opponent in the game, yet at the same time responding to reality.
Just as the spider was about to land—
Whoosh!
A fireball flew out from Lin Mo’s side, then made an utterly unscientific sharp-angle turn in midair, instantly circling behind the tree.
Bang!
A muffled explosion sounded from behind the tree, and the Venomous Spider was blown apart, its fluids splattering everywhere.
As for Lin Mo, he still sat there steady as a mountain, never once turning his head.
Ye Hongyu stood frozen in place, looking at the boy absorbed in his game, and felt her scalp go numb.
For the next half hour, a red figure darted through the forest, continuously tossing one half-dead wild monster after another toward the tree.
There were Shadow Wolves, Venomous Spiders, and even a few unlucky Ironhide Boars.
And the boy under the tree seemed as though he had activated a full-map cheat.
No matter what tricky angle Ye Hongyu threw the monsters from—behind him, above him, behind the tree...
That fireball would always arrive first, erupting in a violent explosion the instant it made contact with the target, never allowing a single monster to touch the ground.
Most terrifying of all, from beginning to end, Lin Mo’s eyes never left his phone screen!
“So this is... what a true genius looks like?”
After tossing out another Shadow Wolf, Ye Hongyu breathed lightly and stared at the lazy figure in the distance, her heart in turmoil.
Multitasking!
No, this was no longer simple multitasking.
This was already the realm of the “mind’s eye,” where one’s mental perception had been trained to the extreme!
Without even using his eyes, relying only on the fluctuations of the surrounding airflow and his mental perception, he could lock onto every target and calculate the perfect ballistic path.
“Commander Lin always says the young master is lazy...”
Ye Hongyu wiped the sweat from her forehead, her eyes filled with shock. “So this is the world of a genius? For him, killing these monsters is not even as difficult as a phone game?”
“As expected of the son of a tiger... No, he has already surpassed the blue!”
...
As time passed, the sun gradually began to set.
Under the tree.
A warm golden light glowed from Lin Mo’s body.
【Congratulations, your level has risen to Lv.5!】
【After an entire afternoon of slaughter, your skill ‘Fireball’ still feels unsatisfied. Its proficiency has greatly increased. Current level: Lv.5!】
Lin Mo stretched comfortably and put away his phone.
“Nice! Five straight wins, and I even leveled up while I was at it. Life is getting better and better.”
Just then,
Ye Hongyu also emerged from the forest.
After a full day of luring monsters, even as a high-level Class Holder, she was thoroughly exhausted.
“Young Master, congratulations.”
Ye Hongyu spoke sincerely. “Reaching Lv.5 on your second day is already considered very fast leveling.”
Lin Mo stood up after putting away his phone and patted the dust off himself. “Mostly because you were so good at luring monsters, Sister Ye.”
Ye Hongyu then changed the subject.
“Young Master, the commander just sent word. He has prepared a ‘Random Wilderness Dungeon Scroll’ for you. Dungeons give more experience than the wilderness. Let us head back first to get the scroll and have a meal while we are at it.”
Lin Mo nodded.
“Alright, then let us head back first.”
【‘Fireball’ excitedly scurries all over the panel while drooling: Hurry, hurry, hurry! Stir-fried Scarlet Flame Dragon! Time to eat, time to eat!】
“Yes, Young Master.”
Looking at Lin Mo’s calm and effortless manner, the respect in Ye Hongyu’s heart deepened even further.
As the off-road vehicle’s engine began to rumble, the two of them left Gloomwood and headed straight for the Lin family manor villa.