To prevent the corpses from turning into executioners, Dan Feng burned them all.
If a person dies at night and the body isn't promptly burned, over time the corpse will turn into a zombie—that is, the B-rank monster known as an executioner.
"Dan Feng, all of this was brought on by these people themselves. Don't let it weigh on your mind, okay?" Roxy said in a gentle tone.
"I won't have any psychological burden. People who deserve to die should be killed." Dan Feng shook his head, then picked up the bag containing the snow demons' heads and headed back with Roxy.
During the following break, Dan Feng and Roxy frantically took on quests. Not long after, the two of them were promoted to S-rank adventurers.
Becoming an S-rank adventurer meant you were only one step away from legendary status. As long as you accomplished some major feat, you would be recognized as SS-rank. When they received their S-rank adventurer cards, the staff member asked Dan Feng and Roxy to choose a title for themselves—something like North God or Sword God.
After thinking for a moment, Dan Feng reported the title "Imbibitor Lunae." Roxy couldn't think of one, so she simply gave up and used Roxy Migurdia.
Afterward, the staff member hung the names and titles of the S-rank adventurers on a board. All the adventurers listed there were S-rank, and the title "Imbibitor Lunae" quickly spread among the many adventurers.
Black hair, cold expression, long spear—these all became synonymous with Imbibitor Lunae. As long as people saw those features, they tried their best not to provoke him. However, no one had yet discovered Dan Feng using water magic.
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"Roxy, watch your footing." Dan Feng reminded her from a distance. At this moment, he was displaying the form of the Vidyadhara.
The Heavy Abyss Pearl in Dan Feng's hand kept flashing with golden light, as if it was in a state of being ready to strike.
After hearing Dan Feng's voice, Roxy focused intently. She rolled to the side, and the staff in her hand began glowing with red light.
"Hellfire Barrage!" Roxy shouted delicately. Countless large fireballs instantly appeared around her.
The next moment, from directly beneath where Roxy had just been standing, a pure white worm burrowed up from underground—this was a snowfield ice worm.
The blazing fireballs streaked toward the enormous snowfield ice worm like meteors.
In the blink of an eye, the fireballs collided violently with the ice worm's body, instantly bursting into dazzling sparks and thick mist—this was the result of the high heat melting the snow.
In an instant, the flames tightly enveloped the snowfield ice worm. The creature struggled in agony within the fire, letting out roars.
However, it was all in vain.
The flames mercilessly devoured its body, charring its flesh black.
In the end, the snowfield ice worm was completely incinerated in the roaring blaze, leaving only ashes on the ground.
Dan Feng watched the scene, frowning slightly as he said to Roxy, "Roxy, your roll just now wasn't decisive enough. You need to learn to sense the vibrations underground. Snowfield ice worms only attack the exact spot where you were just standing."
Roxy listened to Dan Feng's words and nodded thoughtfully.
She knew Dan Feng was right—her close-combat skills did still have some shortcomings.
In fact, this was intentional on Roxy's part: she wanted Dan Feng to help train her in close combat.
Over the past few months, both Dan Feng and Roxy had successfully advanced to S-rank adventurers, and they had faced countless powerful monsters.
In battles against these strong foes, Roxy gradually realized her deficiencies in close-range combat.
Although she had chantless magic and could instantly release defensive spells, if she encountered a highly skilled swordsman, she would likely have no choice but to die.
To prevent such a situation, Roxy decided to ask Dan Feng for guidance and have him help improve her close-combat abilities—so that when facing strong enemies, she wouldn't be completely helpless.
"Alright, that's enough for today. School starts again tomorrow." Dan Feng said to Roxy. Tomorrow they would officially become second-year students.
Of course, they didn't need to attend the opening ceremony speech. Except for the first time, special students like them could skip it. After all, the speeches were always the same few sets of platitudes—there was really no need to keep listening to them.
"So where are we going next?" Roxy put her staff back into the scroll, then looked at Dan Feng with expectant eyes.
Dan Feng noticed Roxy's eager gaze and didn't want to dampen her mood, so he proactively suggested going shopping.
"Shopping! Yes! It's been so long since Dan Feng and I properly went out together. Today we can stroll around and buy all the magic circle tools we'll need for next semester." After saying this, Roxy took the initiative to hold Dan Feng's hand and headed toward Sharia.
Not long after, both Dan Feng and Roxy were holding desserts in their hands, leisurely strolling through the streets. In the blink of an eye, the dessert in Roxy's hand had disappeared.
Now that she had money, whenever Roxy saw a stall that interested her, she would go over to take a look.
Afterward, Roxy's steps came to an abrupt halt in front of a stall selling hair ties.
Her water-blue eyes were fixed on the hair ties on the stall. The stall was filled with a dazzling array of them—every color and style imaginable.
However, Roxy's gaze remained locked on two particular hair ties: one was a black bow hair tie, and the other was a water-blue hair tie.
Both of them matched Roxy's aura perfectly.
Her face showed hesitation, as if she couldn't decide which one to choose.
After hesitating for a moment, Roxy finally made up her mind. She carefully picked up the two hair ties she liked most, then turned to Dan Feng and asked softly, "Dan Feng, help me see which of these two looks better?"
Roxy held the two hair ties in the palm of her hand.
Dan Feng looked at the hair ties in her hand and remained silent for a while.
After thinking, he quietly took a silver coin from his pocket and handed it to the stall owner, saying calmly, "I'll take both."
"Eh?" Roxy looked at Dan Feng in surprise. She hadn't expected him to do this at all.
She had only wanted to ask for his opinion to see which hair tie looked better, but Dan Feng had gone ahead and bought both.
Dan Feng seemed to notice Roxy's confusion and explained, "Both look good. They're both very suitable for you." Though his voice had no particular inflection, Roxy could hear the gentleness in it.
Hearing this for the first time, Roxy's face instantly turned red. She had just been unintentionally teased by Dan Feng's words and felt shy.
"So Dan Feng likes these two?" Roxy asked bashfully, her voice now a little quieter than before.
"It's not exactly that I like them, but I like seeing you wear them. After all, both suit you very well." Dan Feng continued, completely unaware that there was anything wrong with what he was saying.
With Dan Feng's words, Roxy's face grew redder and redder. The ahoge on her head seemed to start swaying, and the usually indifferent face she showed to outsiders was now displaying only shyness toward Dan Feng.
The stall owner watched the interaction between the two and couldn't help but smile, then sighed that young love was truly wonderful.