Chapter 95 | The Otherworld Journey That Starts From a Slime

The next day, the three of them arrived at the training field within the manor. Lina was already visibly impatient.

“Lina, from what I know, you have two innate magics, right?” Zhang Ye asked her.

Hearing this, Lina nodded.

Her second innate magic had been exposed, but only the Lionheart Royal Family and a few others knew about it. Since the Salomon family had a very close relationship with the royal family, she wasn't surprised that Zhang Ye knew; she simply assumed Leona had told him.

“Can you show me the second one?” Zhang Ye asked. “That way, I can have a clearer idea of what to do.”

“I can,” Lina nodded.

Then, Lina took a deep breath and immediately used 【Blink】 several times, flashing hundreds of meters away. Suddenly, a faint blue light erupted from her body, and her figure vanished. A breath later, Lina reappeared in her original spot, and even the mana she had just consumed was completely replenished.

Zhang Ye’s eyes widened.

Ah, this! Isn't this just Tracer’s Recall?!

He quickly analyzed it.

【Retrograde: Unranked Time-attribute innate magic. Reverses time for the user, returning them to their initial position and state.】

“Brother Ye, how was it? Is it okay?” Lina asked somewhat nervously.

“It’s good! It’s more than okay!” Zhang Ye said excitedly. “With this talent, even if you were heavily injured or on the verge of death, as long as your state was fine a breath ago, you can recover completely?”

Lina nodded. “I haven't tried it while on the verge of death, but if I use Retrograde after getting hurt, I return to whatever state I was in before. Injuries heal, and mana is restored.”

“However, I can only go back to one breath ago, and I can't use it again within that same breath.”

“A single breath is enough!” Zhang Ye said excitedly.

One inhale and one exhale make a breath, which is approximately two seconds!

One must realize that these two seconds aren't just a simple two seconds—it’s two seconds of invincibility!

When using Retrograde, Lina’s entire being vanished, leaving no trace even in one’s perception. This meant that at that moment, Lina entered another temporal dimension, existing in an “untargetable” state of invincibility!

If utilized correctly, Lina could evade countless fatal attacks!

At this moment, Zhang Ye felt the plan in his mind become much more complete.

Originally, Zhang Ye felt that Lina was very similar to Tracer, so his ideas were related to her. Now, he felt he could completely formulate a plan for Lina to become stronger based on Tracer’s character design!

One 【Blink】 provided Lina with incredible mobility.

Zhang Ye had tested it; Blink was the elementization of oneself, forming a ball of light that performed sub-light speed displacement. It did have a collision hitbox, but the hitbox was only about the size of a basketball.

Therefore, Blink could provide Lina with powerful mobility, flexibility, and evasion capabilities.

And 【Retrograde】 was even more impressive—a divine survival skill. If used well, she might even be able to dodge burst-type Saint-tier magic!

These two talents were extremely similar to the skills of the fictional character “Tracer” from Earth, but they were even more powerful!

So, how should she become stronger?

“Lina, condense Mana Balls and attack that target as fast as you can. Don't worry about power or accuracy; just attack at your maximum speed,” Zhang Ye said.

Lina nodded and extended both hands.

Instantly, countless Mana Balls the size of ping-pong balls shot out from her hands toward the target.

Zhang Ye nodded slightly.

The speed was very fast, roughly six or seven shots per second, like a machine gun.

However, it still wasn't fast enough. Furthermore, if she focused purely on fire rate, the power and accuracy would drop.

In the game, Tracer was positioned as a high-burst, high-mobility, short-to-mid-range character. Zhang Ye planned to build Lina into someone like that as well.

Was there a way to ensure or even increase the fire rate while also maintaining power and accuracy?

Previously, the first thing Zhang Ye thought of was using 【Magic Innovation】 to create a spell with this function, but he immediately ruled it out because Lina couldn't learn magic.

However, Zhang Ye soon thought of a solution—magic devices.

He remembered seeing the city defense magic devices when he visited the Lionheart Royal City. Those were machines like cannons. According to Leona, even ordinary people could operate them as long as they threw in items containing mana, like magic cores or magic crystals, or directly injected enough mana into them.

And their power was comparable to Tier Eight magic!

Zhang Ye wondered if there were similar magic devices that could help Lina increase her own attack power.

“Brother-in-law, do you know where magic devices are sold?”

“Magic devices? Most weapon shops sell them. Do you want me to go buy some for you?” Renomon asked.

“Thanks. Get three of every kind of magic device from Tier Three to Tier Ten!” Zhang Ye said, handing over a gold card.

Renomon was somewhat surprised. “What do you need so many magic devices for?”

“I want to try building a magic device suitable for Lina,” Zhang Ye said with a smile.

As long as he could understand their structure and concept, he could immediately replicate a new one. Based on his experience crafting a guitar, Zhang Ye was absolutely confident.

“Alright.” Renomon nodded, took Zhang Ye’s gold card, and ran off to buy the magic devices.

Lina, on the other hand, was quite moved.

Although magic devices were cheaper than Treasures—since their functions were more singular and their power was less than a Treasure of the same tier—buying that many would likely cost over ten million gold.

She was already deeply touched that Zhang Ye was willing to do so much for her.

“Brother Ye, I’ll pay you back!” Lina said.

Zhang Ye shook his head. “We’re friends. There’s no need for that between friends. As long as you can get stronger, spending any amount of money is fine.” At this, Zhang Ye chuckled. “Besides, money is the easiest thing to get.”

Listen to that—is that even human speech?

Hearing this, Lina was even more moved, her eyes welling up with tears.

Zhang Ye smiled and said, “My idea is for you to condense Mana Balls through a magic device to attack. So, I need to create a pair of magic devices with a 【Compression】 function.”

Just like Tracer’s Pulse Pistols, which compressed energy and fired it out, Zhang Ye wanted to create such magic devices so that Lina could attack just like Tracer.

With such powerful mobility paired with dual magic pistols, she would definitely be incredibly strong!

“Magic devices?” Lina was a bit confused.

After all, in her understanding, while magic devices could enhance an army’s combat power, they weren't as good as Treasures and had very limited power. However, Lina still chose to believe in Zhang Ye.

“Lina, how many times can you use 【Retrograde】?” Zhang Ye asked.

“If my mana is full, I can use it infinitely,” Lina said.

Releasing 【Retrograde】 required a large amount of mana upfront before rewinding to two seconds ago. Therefore, if Lina’s mana was full, it was theoretically possible to use it infinitely, which was extremely broken.

“However, I can't use it while rewinding or within two breaths after using it; otherwise, I’ll suffer a backlash. If I don't count the mana restored by Retrograde, I can use it about five times at full capacity,” Lina added.