Chapter 45 Milio's Awakening

Chapter 45 Milio's Awakening (Seeking First Subscription)

Tallinn is a kind and righteous man.

After confirming Rengar's observations along the way, Tarlin then inquired about Rengar's plans.

After all, Rengar is no longer alone as before, but is now with a group of flesh-toothed beasts.

"I don't have any plans." Rengar's face was expressionless; he simply lowered his head, glanced at his clenched fist, and said, "Before, I thought about returning to the tribe, gaining everyone's recognition, and proving myself. But now it seems that that outdated tribe isn't worth my time—"

I no longer need that useless tribe. Now, all I crave is the wild hunt and the passion for death coursing through my veins.

After a pause, Rengar glanced at the young flesh-toothed beastmen who were resting on the other side and said, "As for those flesh-toothed beastmen—they want more possibilities, they want to stand out, and they've had enough of the old men's rule in the tribe."

To be honest, I didn't know how to arrange it, but you should be able to use it here, so I called it all.

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"They are indeed useful." Upon hearing this, Tarin nodded and said, "We can never have too many warriors like these."

Many Vastaya are natural warriors, and the Flesh-toothed Beasts are among the best.

Derived from the characteristics of large felines combined with human structure, a 2.4-meter-tall fleshy beast fully armored would be an absolute nightmare for any normal human soldier.

In particular, the inherited memories of the flesh-toothed beasts contain the instincts of a hunter and the intuition of a wild beast within their genetic instincts.

They might find it difficult to adapt to suddenly participating in large-scale battlefield and large-scale army operations, but if it's forest warfare—

Just watch, a ten-man flesh-toothed beast squad can rely on their wild affinity to deal with thousands of human armored soldiers without suffering any damage.

Moreover, this is different from what happens in the game.

In the game, heroes clear out minions like butter, but in real life—

Let alone a support like Seraphine, even Caitlyn or Vi would be no match for a normal adult fleshy beast in their bare hands.

Hearing Rengar's words, Qiyana fell silent for a moment.

It was clear that Qiyana was thinking of herself when Rengar spoke.

Although her background and experiences differ, Qiyana also yearns for affirmation, recognition, and a sense of need from the others in Ixokon.

Rengar has now realized that he doesn't need these things, so what about himself? What he's pursuing, is it real or fake?

Qiyana doesn't know if what she's doing now is what she wants, nor does she know whether she'll be happy or regretful when it's all over.

But one thing Qiyana was certain of was that she would not be satisfied if she didn't go all the way to the end.

While Qiyana was still pondering this, Tarin said, "Rengar has returned; there's no point in staying in this small border village any longer—"

Let's rest for two days. By the time the flesh-toothed beasts have fully recovered, Qiyana and I should have almost finished our research.

Then we will set off for Ixokeng.

Upon hearing Tarin's words, Nidalee naturally had no objections, and Rengar also nodded and said frankly, "I'm fine with either."

Neeko didn't have any particular thoughts, but she looked at the newly joined silver-gray cat Rengar with a troubled expression.

This was her first time seeing a Fleshtooth Beast, and her curiosity made Neeko want to transform into its form to read Rengar's Sholma.

But Tarlin was right there, still remembering the pain from being spanked a few days ago, so Neeko could only think about it in her mind.

Coming to her senses, Qiyana nodded and said, "No problem, I'll listen to you."

"Um."

With everyone's goals aligned, they quickly began to work towards them.

Just two days before everyone was about to leave this nameless border village, something happened that surprised Tallinn.

Milio has awakened the axiom of fire.

The incident occurred the night before departure.

Tarlin, Nidalee, Qiyana, and Rengar set off on their respective herds to hunt from the morning onwards, aiming to gather enough prey to roast into jerky for their journey to Ixokern.

To broaden his horizons, Milio also set off with Rengar's hunting party.

While chasing a large prey, Milio and a flesh-toothed beast hunter were accidentally separated from the main group due to an attack by a ferocious beast. As they were about to embark on their journey home, they were ambushed by wild beasts that came to hunt after smelling blood.

Milio was unharmed, but the flesh-toothed beast that was traveling with him was seriously injured.

Away from the pack, the flesh-toothed beast accompanying them was unable to move. Milio could only try his best to use the fire elemental axioms he knew to sustain the hunter's injuries.

Perhaps it was the focus he gained in this desperate situation that allowed Milio to finally overcome the final hurdle, drawing out the fire within him and placing it on the flesh-toothed beast's wound to heal it.

Upon returning to the village and hearing the news, Tarin quickly led Qiyana to the village center, where they looked at Milio, who was standing in the center of the square, excitedly embracing clusters of warm, orange-red flames.

Standing in the center of the village, several orange-yellow fireballs were jumping merrily in Milio's arms.

Although it's described as flame, it doesn't feel hot at all. Or rather, it's more about warmth.

Especially when he got closer, Tallinn could clearly feel the life energy within his body activating with each breath.

This activation process is somewhat similar to the rapid recovery after taking a healing drug.

However, unlike healing medicine that replenishes life energy and thus begins a rapid recovery, Milio's magical recovery, while also based on the activity of life energy, is different.

However, it did not increase the life energy in the strengthened person's body, but rather activated the life energy in the strengthened person's body.

No need to drink it; simply being bathed in this warm light will allow you to quickly recover your strength and injuries through the activated life energy.

Although the recovery speed was not as fast as drinking healing medicine directly, Tarin could clearly feel that the activation of this life energy further enhanced Tarin's physical abilities.

Moreover, according to Tarin's perception, this enhancement of power is not simply a magical enhancement, but rather similar to awakening the hidden potential within the human body through the activation of life energy.

Similar to using magic to enhance the body's limits, thereby increasing muscle load and allowing muscles to exert more power and heat.

Although the physical enhancement is still negligible at present, as Milio's age and magic power continue to increase, the future boost will be considerable.

In terms of visual appeal—it's somewhat similar to Milio's W skill, "Reluctant to Part," in the game?

Its skill effect is to create a hearth that can automatically follow friendly heroes. Allied heroes within the hearth's range continuously regenerate health, gain additional attack range, and regenerate health upon attacking.

The passive ability can also inflict additional burning damage.

Tallinn sensed it with some curiosity, then shook his head.

Reality is ultimately different from the game—although the recovery speed has increased and the strength has also been amplified.

However, it lacks other special effects such as attack-based health regeneration and increased attack range found in the game.

Even so, Tarin still felt the immense value contained in Milio's magic.

Because Milio's magic takes effect as long as it is exposed to firelight—it's a group aura-type magic!

If it were a world where individual combat power is generally off the charts, that would be one thing, but Runeterra is not a world where superhumans fight each other.

With the exception of a very few special cases, large-scale battles are still the mainstream mode of warfare between city-states and regions in Runeterra today.

In such situations, even increasing each soldier's base strength by just five percent can sometimes play a decisive role!

Players who have played real-time strategy games should know this.

Aura-type skills are always the ultimate core that determines the upper limit of team battles and tactics.

Taking Warcraft III as an example, the benefits of auras increase exponentially with the size of the army.

In team battles, a powerful aura can fundamentally change the overall quality of an army of dozens of people.

Furthermore, many tactics rely entirely on the aura for support.

For example, the Archmage's Brilliant Aura, a hero unit of the Human race, accelerates mana regeneration and is the core of the mage strategy, ensuring that there is no shortage of spellcasting resources.

For example, the Undead's Spider Rush and Ghoul Rush rely entirely on the Death Knight's Unholy Aura ability, which provides movement speed and health regeneration.

The more people involved in similar aura-type spells, the greater their effect.

Especially in conflicts between nations, the enemy inexplicably gains more physical strength and power.

This means the opponent will have more tactical options, such as launching long-range raids without worrying about their plans failing due to fatigue, and so on.

As he pondered, a voice echoed in Tarlin's mind.

[Task completed, [Enlighten Milio], reward [Mid-Tier Attribute Lottery Ticket] has been issued, please check your account promptly ————]

As always, Tallinn prioritizes finishing the tasks at hand before dealing with anything else.

While Tarin marveled at the tactical significance of Milio's magic, akin to a nuclear bomb, Qiyana's eyes were filled with disbelief and wonder.

As Ixtal's unparalleled genius, Qiyana's talent needs no further explanation.

Although Qiyana describes her elder sister as incompetent and arrogant, a complete waste, utterly unqualified to be the first heir and first princess of Ixtal.

But what is the reality?

Before Qiyana, her elder sister was the sole high priest of the most important festivals of Ixtal. Her status, position, abilities, and talents were all recognized by the Yuental.

As the first in line to the throne of Ixtal, with nine sisters eyeing her position, the First Princess's abilities are among the best in the entire Runeterra.

In addition to his already exceptional talent, he was also mentored by the most outstanding elders of Yuntar in the entire city-state.

In this situation, it would be foolish to treat the First Princess as a good-for-nothing.

To put it another way, if the first princess were truly incompetent, then the Yuntars and King Yuntar would have already shifted their attention to other princesses, such as the second and third princesses.

Instead of focusing solely on the first princess.

In this situation, Qiyana's talent and ability to break both of his legs single-handedly are evident.

Even under these circumstances, Qiyana's eyes still held a deep sense of disbelief as she gazed at the flames in Milio's hand.

Today, Ixtal has twenty fundamental primordial axioms.

Qiyana's abilities in battle, such as creating undercurrents, amplifying vibrations, unleashing energy bursts, and increasing gravity, are all based on the application of one or more axioms.

The same applies to the Vidarian Trials in Pusheng Yuntar; besides assessing mental strength, the rest of the tests examine the degree of mastery of these fundamental axioms.

Generally speaking, as long as one can skillfully create different axiomatic trajectories, master one or more types of energy, or innovate on the existing basis, one is qualified to become a Yuntar.

The discovery of truly new primordial axioms—something even Qiyana had never imagined—was something she had never considered.

If Tarin's life energy had already surprised and amazed Qiyana, then now, the flames displayed by Milio were completely contrary to common sense in Qiyana's eyes.

Because within the framework of the primordial axioms, fire represents burning and destruction.

Now, even just watching from the sidelines, Qiyana could clearly feel that the flames in Milio's arms were not destroyed in the slightest, but were filled with pure warmth and love.

"This—this does not conform to the primordial axioms—"

Qiyana muttered to herself in disbelief.

In contrast, Tarin patted Qiyana on the shoulder, exchanged a glance with her, and then calmly walked towards Milio, saying, "Milio, you've awakened your flame? Congratulations."

Upon hearing Tarin's words, Milio turned around and excitedly exclaimed, "Yes! Mr. Tarin! Come and see Fireball!"

Although Lupe initially asked Milio to regard Tarin as his teacher, Tarin ultimately refused.

A teacher is one who imparts knowledge, instructs in skills, and resolves doubts.

Tarin's help to Milio was limited to encouragement and demonstrating the connection between life energy and flame. Tarin himself couldn't really accept being called a teacher.

So, at Tallinn's request, the title changed from "teacher" to "Mr. Tallinn".

Although the way he was addressed had changed, Milio was clearly not alienated from Tallinn; instead, he remained as cheerful and optimistic as ever.

Tarin nodded as he watched Milio approach carrying the "Fire Treasure".

As he received the fire treasure and felt the warmth that continuously radiated light and heat, stimulating the potential of the human body, a deep sense of amazement appeared in Tarlin's eyes.

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