"Yes, a friend who got me into the game gave it to me for self-defense," Ellie replied. At this point, Ellie also noticed that after the uncle mentioned the fact of death, everyone's expressions weren't very good. However, upon seeing the resurrection short staff in Ellie's hand, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Of course… the uncle still looked grim.
"A resurrection short staff… a consolation prize from microtransactions… I just threw away a bunch of useless things like this after drawing them… if only I had known," the uncle said.
"No one would have expected to transmigrate!" Sir Xia Na added helplessly.
"S-since there's a resurrection short staff! Then there's no problem, right?!" The ninja young man's eyes widened when he saw the short staff in Ellie's hand.
"Who said there's no problem? Although we can use our original character's skills, will these skills work on us? And have the items been tested? What if they have no effect on us?" the uncle questioned again. It was clear this uncle was very cautious, but this point could be reassured; she had used this resurrection short staff several times herself.
"Then let's do a quick test. Miss, I saw you cast healing magic on yourself just now. Could you use healing magic on this big brother's finger to heal it?" the Handsome guy said to Ellie.
"Okay." Ellie nodded. Although it was strange why the Handsome guy would call her "Miss," calling a loli "Miss" seemed a bit off. Despite her doubts, Ellie first used the most basic healing magic on the uncle, and then saw the wound on the uncle's finger instantly heal, without even leaving a scar.
"It works, as expected. Miss, you're a Healer, right? Luckily you're here; that's reassuring," the Handsome guy said with a smile that could blind Ellie.
"As for testing items… uh… how about this, everyone, please wait." The Handsome guy looked around, then walked straight away. After all, they were currently in a desolate wilderness, so there was no need to worry too much.
After the Handsome guy left, the ninja young man kept staring intently at Ellie, with eyes that seemed to want to devour her. Ellie naturally noticed, or rather, couldn't help but notice. What was this? Had he never seen a beautiful girl before?
Soon, the Handsome guy jogged back, carrying a bloody rabbit. Ellie immediately understood what the Handsome guy intended to do.
Sure enough, the rabbit, split open by a sword, scared the lady in the robe half to death; she immediately hid behind the uncle. Was this lady so afraid of blood? Then why wasn't she afraid of the talking skeleton standing next to the uncle?
"I trouble you," the Handsome guy handed the rabbit to Ellie. Ellie nodded, indicating she understood.
"Wait a minute!" Just as Ellie was about to use the resurrection short staff to revive the rabbit, the ninja young man spoke up.
"Doesn't the resurrection short staff have a rather long cooldown? If it's used in a place like this!" the young man said.
"But if we don't test it…" The Handsome guy looked troubled. This was indeed quite difficult. Although Ellie was well aware of the situation, to maintain her persona, she naturally wouldn't reveal anything to them.
"I remember it saying a 72-hour cooldown?" The lady in the robe explained. Thank you very much for that.
"If something happens to us within these 72 hours, what then! Can you take responsibility!" The ninja young man immediately spoke with great agitation upon hearing this.
"No matter what… it's impossible…" Before the Handsome guy could finish his sentence, a massive dark shadow covered everyone in the sky. So everyone looked up… "Eek!!! A dragon!! A dragon!!!!" The lady in the robe let out a high-pitched scream, which immediately caused the dragon flying high in the sky to look down. After seeing Ellie and the others, it roared loudly and directly swooped down.
Hey hey! It was clear that the dragon was just passing by! It's all your fault for being so startled and attracting it! Ellie didn't even know how to complain.
"Is it real or fake…" Even the uncle stared blankly at the giant dragon in the sky, saying in disbelief. However, the ninja young man, who had just been clamoring to leave, was so scared he sat on the ground after seeing the dragon.
"Everyone! Prepare for battle!" The Handsome guy, however, was surprisingly calm. The uncle also raised his shield. The others didn't know how to react. It seemed that among this group, the only somewhat reliable ones were the Handsome guy and the uncle.
"Big brother! Please draw the dragon over there!!" The Handsome guy, facing the sudden attack, actually smiled and gave instructions to the uncle. Indeed, they had to draw the dragon away. Not to mention Sir Xia Na, the terrified lady in the robe and the ninja young man were already too scared to move, so there was no hope of them participating in the battle. They might even get in the way. It would be better to draw the dragon aside.
"Leave it to me! Hey!! Grandson!!!" The uncle whistled at the swooping dragon and then taunted it, immediately running towards an open area. Sure enough, the dragon charged straight at the uncle.
"Healer Miss, you stand at the very back and absolutely do not come forward. Stay at your maximum casting range to heal the uncle. Undead Miss, I'll leave the long-range attacks to you." The Handsome guy continued to give instructions. Sir Xia Na nodded, indicating she understood. It was a classic MMORPG Tank-DPS-Healer triangle aggro strategy.
After the Handsome guy gave his orders, he drew his sword and rushed over to support the uncle. Sure enough, in this team, only the Handsome guy and the uncle were reliable. Sir Xia Na could also be categorized as reliable. As for the other two, let's just pretend they don't exist. Although Ellie could understand their fear, she wouldn't blame them for anything.
The dragon swooped down and immediately spat a fireball at the uncle. The uncle directly activated his defensive skill, Holy Shield, to block the fireball.
Ellie also seized the opportunity and cast a basic healing magic. Anyway, her MP recovery rate was very fast, and if she only cast basic healing magic, she could use it almost without restriction, so she didn't care too much.
After taking the fireball head-on, the uncle was naturally unharmed. It seemed the fireball the dragon spat was not something like Original Magic, so this dragon should be an ordinary dragon, right? Not a high-level dragon… Good, good. It would be deadly if a Dragon Lord-level dragon appeared right from the start.
Thus, the first battle of humanity's "Six Great Gods" began. For an ordinary dragon, if Ellie wanted to, a single Pure Throwing Spear would probably end the battle.
The key was the others… they needed to adapt to real combat. After all, they still had to save humanity. It should be known that these individuals would face dragons and Dragon Lords with their full strength, unlike the Eight Greed Kings, who immediately used a World Item to nullify Original Magic, rendering the dragons powerless. So, the upcoming battles would likely be very difficult, and they absolutely needed to get familiar with this world.
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