21: Chapter 21: The Hairy, Fire-Weak Gnoll and the Unattainable Elemental Damage

It was nearing noon, but thin mist still drifted through the forest, and the squad's Main Tank, Lin Rui, was changing his equipment at this moment.

Every time this happened, Lin Rui wished his [Tactical Roll] could switch not just weapons, but equipment as well.

He changed into the set of leather armor he usually wore when farming Murlocs and boars.

The dark brown leather clung to his body; although his defense was reduced by more than half, he felt instantly twice as light.

He strapped on his round shield with his left hand, and with his right, drew the rusted one-handed hammer he had captured from a Kobold overseer, weighed it in his hand, and nodded with satisfaction.

"We'll use this today." He tapped the round shield lightly with the hammerhead, "[Honorary Counterattack] requires a parry or Block to trigger; a one-handed hammer paired with a round shield is perfect for parrying and blocking without interference. Plus, the hammerhead is a blunt weapon, which is more effective than a short sword against these thick-skinned beasts."

Hu Jinsi leaned on his long staff, watching his getup, and couldn't help but grumble to himself: If this were in the game from his past life, this would be standard newbie gear for a World of Warcraft Paladin. It was just a pity Lin Rui didn't have the Holy Light, otherwise, he could go and fool that pack of Gnolls.

But out loud, he only grunted, grabbing his iron-clad long staff: "Let's go, find a straggler and test its quality. Let's be clear, don't rush to kill it instantly this time; let's watch and see what kind of moves it has."

The three of them walked to the edge of the woods.

In the forest to the left of the road, Gnolls wandered about in twos and threes, like a pack of hyenas that had just crawled out of a trash heap.

They eventually selected one that was straggling on the perimeter—the beast was hunched over, its grey-brown mane matted into clumps, and it was holding a sharpened oak club, sniffing something on the ground with drool dripping down its fangs.

Lin Rui made a gesture to prepare for the pull, then lowered his center of gravity, pulled the hammerhead in his right hand back, and slightly raised the round shield in his left to protect his chest and abdomen.

[Charge] activated!

The soil exploded as his figure instantly dashed eight meters forward, the one-handed hammer whistling through the air as it smashed fiercely toward the Gnoll's crown!

"Thud!"

The hammerhead struck solidly, but the Gnoll only jerked its head to the side and let out an angry howl; it didn't fall to the ground, nor did it enter a stunned state.

Its thick lower limbs were nailed into the soil like stakes, its balance astonishingly stable. It backhanded its wooden club, sweeping it horizontally toward Lin Rui's side! The club carried a foul wind with it, and the force was so great that it cut a dull whistle through the air.

Lin Rui was prepared; he braced the round shield in front of his chest, slightly bent his knees, and lowered his center of gravity—

"Bang!"

The club smashed into the shield, numbing his arm and forcing him to take half a step back, but the Block was successful.

Almost simultaneously, [Honorary Counterattack] triggered!

Using the recoil force from the Block, Lin Rui whipped the one-handed hammer out from under the edge of the shield like lightning, striking the Gnoll hard in the ribs.

[-11]

The Gnoll felt the pain, and the bloodshot veins in its eyes thickened.

It let out a near-furious roar and kicked off the ground, charging at Lin Rui like a miniature battering ram with its club raised high. Its offensive was twice as fierce as before. The stance wasn't just the flailing of an ordinary beast, but a savage assault with a certain primitive, methodical approach.

"Good!" Lin Rui didn't retreat but instead advanced, bracing his round shield to take the hit head-on.

Just then, Hu Jinsi finally arrived.

He moved in from the side and rear holding his long staff, his footsteps very light, like a civet cat gliding close to the ground. Without a sound, he swung the staff in a full arc, smashing it into the back of the Gnoll's mane-covered head.

"Snap!"

[-7]

The damage number was pitifully low, but the Gnoll's momentum clearly faltered. Its attack rhythm was disrupted, and the wooden club in its hand deviated from its original angle, grazing the edge of Lin Rui's shield and kicking up a shower of sparks.

In the distance, Su Wan held her light crossbow, pulling the trigger unhurriedly.

The crossbow bolt pierced the Gnoll's back for [-4] damage—it was better than nothing, but it successfully distracted it for a split second.

The three of them were in no rush to finish it off; instead, they circled the Gnoll slowly, like a net that wasn't in any hurry to tighten.

Lin Rui controlled it from the front by blocking; every time the Gnoll swung its club, he would meet it head-on with his round shield, then trigger [Honorary Counterattack] to return a blow with his hammer.

Hu Jinsi harassed and interrupted from the side, his long staff targeting the Gnoll's back of the head, lower back, and the back of its knees to test the Gnoll's reactions and defense.

Su Wan sniped from a distance; although the damage wasn't high, it forced the Gnoll to divide its attention to a third direction.

The Gnoll displayed all its tricks: its lower limb explosive power was extremely strong, and several attempts to Charge and break through were blocked by Lin Rui's shield. At one point, it even feigned a breakthrough to the right before suddenly veering to the left, almost bypassing Lin Rui, only to be stopped when Hu Jinsi swept its ankle with his staff.

Its balance was astonishing; after being tripped, it could actually roll and rise again, like a nimble ball of fur.

However, its upper limb club-attack pattern was monotonous—aside from sweeping and smashing, it would occasionally scratch with its claws, but it had no variations, clearly indicating limited intelligence.

Seeing the beast panting heavily, its movements becoming slower and slower, the fierce light in its eyes beginning to dissipate, and white foam hanging from the corners of its mouth, the three knew it had no new tricks.

"Let's finish it." Lin Rui smashed his shield into its face, Hu Jinsi followed up with two strikes to the back of its knees, and Su Wan planted the final arrow into its eye socket.

The Gnoll let out a mournful howl, its massive body collapsing to the ground with a thud before dissolving into points of light.

After the battle, the three sat on a roadside stump to catch their breath.

"It has strong vitality." Lin Rui spoke first, rubbing his numbed left arm. "That hammer blow from my Charge landed solidly, yet it only wobbled. And its lower body strength is ridiculous; when I blocked its Charge, it felt like being rammed by a small boar. I should be fine holding off two or three at once, but any more than that would be risky."

"Its balance is also hard to break." Hu Jinsi stabbed his long staff into the ground and frowned. "That strike to the back of the head would have put a normal person on the ground, but it only stumbled half a step. And..."

He paused and looked at Su Wan: "Did you notice?"

"I noticed." Su Wan nodded, shaking the light crossbow in her hand and pulling out the bolt she had stuck into the stump. "When the bolt went in, the damage was a chunk lower than when fighting Murlocs. The mane on its back is too thick; it's like it's wearing natural leather armor. The arrowhead only went in halfway before getting stuck."

"It's not just your crossbow bolts." Hu Jinsi balanced the long staff on his palm; there were still a few grey-brown wolf hairs stuck to it. "When I swung my long staff, the feel was clearly off; the force was dampened by that layer of fur. But lots of fur... means weak to fire."

He said the last three words casually, as if just mentioning it in passing.

Su Wan blinked: "What do you mean?"

"It means," Hu Jinsi stood up and brushed the dirt off his pants, "you should change your hand crossbow bolts to fire arrows. Light a campfire nearby, and before firing, soak the arrowheads in a molotov for a bit, then ignite them before shooting. As long as you set that fur on fire, its natural armor will be useless."

Su Wan's eyes lit up, but then she frowned: "Then why not do like we did at Crystal Lake and just build a big fire nearby, trapping them in a circle of fire to roast? Wouldn't that be more efficient?"

Hu Jinsi rolled his eyes, pointing to the dense, towering trees all around, and kicked the thick layer of fallen leaves at his feet: "You know Crystal Lake was a lakeside meadow; where are we now? A forest. If the fire catches the leaves, or some flaming Gnoll runs around and sets the woods ablaze—which of our three classes can control a forest fire? A Soldier, a Monk, and a Bard put together can't even cast a Water Sphere spell."

He lowered his voice, his tone becoming more serious: "Even if we don't have classes like Druids or Rangers that are closely connected to nature, who knows what the future holds? If we really burn down this forest and get shunned by nature when we get out, preventing us from advancing into related classes, or if we get penalized with experience deductions by the world consciousness, who would we complain to? After all, if it were a problem that could be solved by simply burning down the woods, trust me, the textbooks would definitely put that in a prominent place."

Su Wan opened her mouth but didn't press the issue further.

The three of them adjusted their equipment.

Lin Rui put away his one-handed hammer and switched to a short spear and round shield—the spear tip was longer, better suited for rapid thrusts after the Gnoll's fur was burned away.

Hu Jinsi took the standard-issue spear from Lin Rui's spare weapons and stowed his iron-clad long staff.

Su Wan crouched by the roadside, pulled a molotov from her backpack, unscrewed the cotton plug, and soaked a bundle of crossbow bolts in the fire-gel, letting them soak for a full minute until the arrowheads were coated in the viscous, pungent-smelling gel.

"Let's try it."

They soon found another wandering Gnoll.

The first half of the battle played out exactly like before: Lin Rui opened with a Charge, the Gnoll counterattacked, and it was blocked by the shield.

But this time, Su Wan didn't rush to shoot; she waited until Lin Rui and Hu Jinsi had the Gnoll pinned in place before raising her light crossbow, aiming at that grey-brown mane—

"Whoosh!"

The fire arrow left the string and struck the Gnoll's shoulder with precision.

The flames spread along the arrowheads soaked in fire-gel, like a spark landing in a haystack.

The Gnoll's thick mane was instantly ignited, emitting a crackling sound as the fire spread crazily along the grain of the fur, the smell of scorching mixed with a foul stench rising into the air.

The beast let out a wail so shrill it sounded distorted, jumping up and down in an attempt to extinguish the fire on its body, only to make the flames burn even fiercer.

[-1] [-1] [-1]...

Continuous burn damage numbers began to pop up frantically over the Gnoll's head.

More importantly, as the fur was scorched and curled, its originally thick "natural armor" was completely gone, revealing the pink, scald-covered skin beneath; its defense had visibly dropped to the same level as the Murlocs roasted dry by the campfire at Crystal Lake.

Hu Jinsi thrust his spear forward, the tip piercing the Gnoll's chest without resistance for [-16] damage, blood gushing out.

Lin Rui followed up with a Shield Bash and a short spear thrust, [-13] [-14].

In just three or five moves, the Gnoll, which had been thick-skinned and tough just a moment ago, collapsed with a miserable howl and dissolved into points of light, leaving behind only a few wisps of charred hair rising with blue smoke.

"It works well!" Su Wan waved her light crossbow excitedly.

The tactical verification was a success; the three felt relieved, and their playstyle immediately became more bold.

Lin Rui began consciously drawing two to three Gnolls at once, relying on the agility of his leather armor and round shield to weave through the forest and gather them into a pile.

Su Wan stood on high ground, firing fire arrows in quick succession, igniting them one by one.

The moment the Gnolls burst into flames and their defense collapsed, Hu Jinsi would Charge into the enemy group with his long spear—

[Spinning Crane Kick, activate!]

With one foot as a pivot, he unleashed a flurry of spinning kicks.

The ignited Gnolls had charred fur and greatly reduced defense, so every kick dealt significant damage.

Lin Rui, on the other side, used his short spear to execute finishing blows, specifically targeting those that were wailing from the burns and trying to flee.

Occasionally, if a straggler wasn't ignited, Hu Jinsi would finish it off with a spear thrust, or Lin Rui would chase it down with a Charge to intercept and kill it.

It wasn't until Hu Jinsi's Qi pool hit bottom, all six points of Qi exhausted, that they stopped pulling monsters and ended this round of combat.

...

They chose an abandoned watchtower on the edge of the forest for their lunch break.

This wood-and-stone watchtower only had two floors, and half the stairs were rotten, but the top floor was still sturdy and had a wide view, overlooking the Gnolls' activity area below.

The three sat on the floor and pulled out the bento boxes they had purchased from classmates with life-skills professions—thanks to the increasing harvests of various combat squads recently, the chefs and tailors in the class had more materials on hand, and even the bento boxes were getting fancy, with some even containing patties made of boar meat, glistening with oil.

Lin Rui took a bite of smoked jerky and opened the conversation first: "The tactic we used this morning had a very low overall investment; we didn't use grenades or molotovs, relying entirely on Su Wan's fire arrows and Jinsi's Spinning Crane Kick. But it didn't run smoothly enough, and there are two problems."

He held up one finger: "First, Su Wan's ignition efficiency is too slow. Shooting one by one, when we encounter three or five grouped together, there's always one or two that slip through and don't get ignited. By the time they Charge into our faces, Jinsi has to waste Qi to deal with them, which isn't cost-effective."

He held up a second finger: "Second, our output is entirely dependent on Jinsi's total Qi. He has six points of Qi, and each point lasts three seconds, so at best, he can handle three waves. Once the Qi runs out, we have to stop, and the rhythm is broken."

Hu Jinsi took a swig of water and nodded, "The second problem currently has no solution. The only way to optimize is to lure more monsters, making my Qi usage more efficient. But if I lure too many, the defensive pressure becomes too great. Su Wan doesn't have any fire-type spells right now, so she can't ignite them over a large area. If she could just let out one roar and set everything on fire, that would be true efficiency."

"But these two problems can actually be solved together." He put down his water bottle and swept his gaze over the two of them, "The 'rich kid' solution is for us to purchase weapons with fire damage or ignition effects. The 'pauper' version is for me to change weapons, switching to using a torch with a magic shortsword for output. We'll use melee attacks to ignite the Gnolls. Besides, once Gnolls lose their fur, their defense is basically reduced to zero. Even if they're wearing leather armor, once the hair is lit, the leather armor will be pretty much burned up too."

"The only problem is," he frowned, "ignited Gnolls always like to run away. We could chase down and finish off two or three this morning, but if there are more, we won't be able to catch them all. I'm not afraid of them luring other Gnolls here; I'm just afraid they'll run around and set the forest on fire. That would be too unjust for us."

Su Wan asked, "Is that kind of weapon expensive?"

"Fire damage weapons common to melee classes like Warrior and Soldier won't be cheap." Lin Rui said in a deep voice, "Weapons with elemental damage, especially popular attributes like fire, are expensive to begin with, and maintenance is even more expensive. There are cheaper ones on the tech side, but they're either one-time consumables or have limited uses, so it's not cost-effective in the long run. However, our squad really does need one—the spiderwebs in the Jade Mine are still blocking our way. Without fire-based methods, that area will always be a blind spot."

Hu Jinsi sighed, "As for unarmed equipment for Monks, theoretically it's cheaper than for other melee classes, since some gear is specified to only increase unarmed damage. But the problem is, our country has too many unarmed classes—Monks, Fighters, Sanda practitioners, Wrestlers, and even Martial Artists have unarmed branches. Demand exceeds supply, which means high-end elemental damage is not something we can afford. A pair of gauntlets with added fire damage could cost five figures."

"But if you're only looking for an 'ignition' effect, there are cheaper options." He changed the subject and held up two fingers, "Two types. One is called Tinder Hand-Wraps; simply put, it's a large-sized flint and steel. You embed the flint and steel into the hand-wraps, and when you strike, sparks ignite the tinder on the surface of the wraps. But this thing is as luck-dependent as flint and steel; it's useless if it gets damp, and the ignition success rate is less than 20%. You'll be dumbfounded if it stops lighting up in the middle of a fight."

Su Wan asked, "What about the other one?"

"Phosphorus Powder Brass Knuckles." Hu Jinsi gestured, "There's a space inside the knuckles to store phosphorus powder. When you strike, it releases the powder, which ignites from the heat of friction. It sounds great, but you have to refill it every few uses, so you basically can't count on it for sustained combat. Plus, the phosphorus powder itself is highly toxic; you have to wear gloves when refilling it, which is very troublesome."

After hearing this, Su Wan's face fell, "Tch, after all that talk, not one of them is usable. What a waste of time. I might as well just keep soaking arrows."

"Hu Jinsi is just brainstorming." Lin Rui advised, "If this stuff were really useful, it would have been popularized long ago. Would it even be our turn to discuss it? The market would have already taught everyone what's useful and what isn't."

Hu Jinsi waved his hand, "Forget it, this afternoon I'll just use a torch with [rixats elegy], no need for a spear. Lin Rui, don't lure too many monsters, stop at two or three. Our predetermined mission for this time is already complete, everyone is level 6, and our item haul is pretty good, so there's no need to get hung up on this. We have less than 24 hours until we leave. Let's go back and ask our teachers, or ask our elders at home; they might have better solutions. Maybe Uncle Lin knows where to find cheap enchanted weapons."

Su Wan stopped arguing and accepted the suggestion, "Alright, let's play at a slower pace this afternoon. It's all because the previous few times were too fast, making me a bit unaccustomed to a slow pace now. It's perfect, I can sing a few more songs and grind for some experience."

...

The afternoon's battles were indeed uneventful.

Lin Rui only lured two, at most three, at a time. Hu Jinsi would rush up holding a torch, first singeing the Gnolls' manes, and then switch to his shortsword for damage once they were on fire. Su Wan even had time to gently pluck her strings during breaks in the battle, softly chanting the Spell-Breaking Melody, which was completely useless in combat, just to avoid wasting time while grinding for experience. Occasionally, if a Gnoll tried to bypass Lin Rui to pounce on Su Wan, it would be intercepted by Hu Jinsi with his spear, or controlled in place by Su Wan's [Tashas Hideous Laughter].

It was amidst this slow-paced reaping that the three of them noticed an anomaly in the forest.

It was an exceptionally tall and strong Gnoll, a full head taller than its peers, with broad shoulders and a sturdy build. Its upper body was bare, its knotted muscles covered in scars, and its lower body was wrapped only in a tattered, unrecognizable pair of leather pants. It was one of the few Gnolls that didn't hold a weapon, but its ten claws were long and curved, like ten tempered daggers, glinting coldly in the shade of the trees.

What was even trickier was that it was always followed by two lackeys, and it specifically wandered through areas with dense concentrations of Gnolls, like a moving magnet, attracting all the stragglers in the vicinity to its side. The three of them observed it from afar twice, and every time they wanted to make a move, there were at least four or five ordinary Gnolls around it.

Seeing it from afar, Hu Jinsi's heart skipped a beat.

That iconic bare upper body, those tattered leather pants, that patrol route... A name from his past life that was a nightmare for countless novices almost slipped out. But he bit down hard on his tongue, swallowing that name back into his stomach.

He couldn't say it. If he did, he wouldn't be able to explain it.

"That big one..." Su Wan crouched behind a tree, lowering her voice, "It's not to be trifled with, right? It looks just like the leader of this group of Gnolls."

"Definitely not to be trifled with." Lin Rui narrowed his eyes, observing with binoculars, "It has two guards with it; just looking at its vibe, you know it's at least an Elite, possibly even a Boss monster. Regardless of which it is, we don't have any room to make a move. Plus, its patrol route is too tricky; it always wanders in the places where there are the most Gnolls."

The three of them could only take advantage of the gaps when this tall Gnoll patrolled far away to seize the time to clear out its peripheral lackeys. Every time it turned its head, the three of them would immediately shrink into the bushes, like three startled quails, not even daring to breathe.

...

That night, they didn't return to the watchtower from noon—it was too close to the Gnoll-infested area, and if they were snuck up on at night, it would be over. The three of them crossed the forest and arrived at the Westspring Fortress opposite the Gnolls.

It was called a fortress, but in reality, it was just a two-story stone building with peeling walls and rusted arrow slits. It was empty inside, without even a complete bed board. Some moldy straw was piled in the corner, and the wind on the second floor was strong enough to blow down one's neck. But at least the stone walls were thick, and once the door was blocked, it was more reassuring than the wooden tower. Lin Rui propped the door shut with his tower shield, Hu Jinsi set up a bell rope, and Su Wan placed a headlamp at the second-floor window as a warning light.

The three of them tallied their loot. Besides the familiar Linen Cloth, there was a new material—[Light Leather]. Other than that, it was just a pile of miserable-looking junk: broken shortbows, chipped battle-axes, and the same style of tattered leather pants from the Gnolls, which could only be salvaged by classmates who studied blacksmithing or tailoring.

"Not bad, not good." Hu Jinsi gathered the Light Leather into a pile, "At least fighting Gnolls doesn't have extra consumption, and arrows can be recovered. No wonder Nature Squad and Pear Garden Squad think this place is pretty good. It's just that big one... it's a bit of a pity."

"Next time." Lin Rui leaned his short spear against the wall, "When we have fire-type equipment or other methods, we'll come back to face it."

...

The next day, the final few hours of the dungeon.

That tall Gnoll never gave them a chance; either it was surrounded by a crowd of lackeys, or it wandered into the depths where the three of them didn't dare to pursue. In the end, the Jack-of-All-Trades Squad failed to clear the entire forest of Gnolls, and had no opportunity to take action against that biggest guy.

With a hint of regret, the three of them stood in the pale green teleportation light film, watching that looming, massive figure deep in the forest, as everything in their vision was swallowed by the light.

...

The dungeon exit plaza was as bustling as ever.

Reporting, gossiping, trading—the familiar routine. But this time, three familiar figures appeared in the crowd—Chen Yu, Zhou Hao, and Li Hao from the Gunpowder Squad. The three were beaming with joy, Li Hao's glasses were reflecting light, and Chen Yu was gesturing wildly to the people around him, clearly extremely satisfied with their harvest from this dungeon. After all, when it came to the ability to pay-to-win while fighting monsters, the Jack-of-All-Trades Squad was just a little brother.

The three of them went straight to find Sun Yao of the Nature Squad.

"Take a look at this." Su Wan took out [Skill Stone: Summon Lesser Demon (Ethereal Imp)] and waved it in front of Sun Yao, the black flames inside the gem flowing slowly.

Sun Yao's eyes instantly lit up, and she grabbed Su Wan's wrist, almost knocking over her lyre, "I want it! I want this! An Ethereal Imp! It comes with a Weakening Curse! My army of summoned creatures is just missing a support unit that can reduce attack power!"

"The price..."

"I don't have enough on hand right now; I have to go back and have my family estimate the value." Sun Yao didn't hesitate; she immediately took out her phone, her fingers operating rapidly on the screen, and transferred five thousand credits to Su Wan, "A deposit! I definitely want it, don't you dare sell it to anyone else! If you dare to sell it to anyone else, I'll... I'll have a Dire Rat chew on your bicycle tires!"

Facing this young lady's style, the three of them gladly accepted. Su Wan looked at the transaction notification on her phone and smiled very satisfactorily.

Next, they found Yi Chun. Hu Jinsi held the [Mud-Stained Greaves] up to him, detailed the Mud Protection attribute, and even exaggerated its friendliness towards wild boars. Yi Chun pinched his nose and took three steps back, his expression like he was looking at a lump of organic fertilizer that had been fermenting for three months, the grass clippings on his robe trembling, "Take it away, take it away! Even if I, Yi Chun, have to give up the Animal Companion ability, I will not choose a wild boar as a companion! Keep this thing to disgust someone else! No, it would disgust others too; you'd better just list it on the exchange!"

The sales pitch failed, so they could only take the greaves back to ask their teacher or family channels to see if any defensive class professional who didn't mind it would be willing to take it off their hands.

Finally, the most serious part—intelligence sharing.

The Jack-of-All-Trades Squad gathered the classmates with combat classes into a circle. Hu Jinsi squatted on the edge of a flower bed, Lin Rui stood to the side with his arms crossed, and Su Wan leaned against the trunk of a plane tree, holding her lyre. The three of them took turns, clearly breaking down the elite trio in the cabin on the east side of Blackwell Farm.

"A combination of Warrior, Rogue, and Warlock." Hu Jinsi emphasized, "The Warrior is known to use Charge, with a Charge distance of at least eight meters. Its weapon is a two-handed heavy sword and a backup dagger; other skills are unknown. The Rogue can use Stealth and has two poisoned daggers; its Strength attribute is lower than the Warrior monster, and its other skills are unknown. The Warlock and the Imp—one uses Shadow Bolt, and the other uses Fireball."

"You must divide the battlefield first." Lin Rui added, "We used grenades, an Obscuring Mist scroll, pit traps, and tripwires, and we were all level 6, just to barely take them down. In a situation where it couldn't resist, that Warrior was subjected to over 10 seconds of unsparing damage from us before it finally died. A normal grinding strategy might take several minutes."

"And that Warlock has high intelligence and won't be easily lured out by traps. If all three of them are defending in the cabin at the same time, you'll just have to give up. We used the mist to make them lose sight of each other, and then used traps to scatter them."

"The difficulty is very high." Su Wan held her lyre, her tone unusually serious, "At the very least, squads without forced teleportation talismans should not attempt it. For those with teleportation talismans, it's also recommended that everyone be level 6 and have suitable skills before trying. Do not be careless; we reviewed the battle afterward, and if it were a direct 3v3, Lin Rui wouldn't have lasted 5 seconds if he were focused-fired. And that's with him wearing heavy armor and holding a tower shield."

The three of them emphasized it repeatedly and advised them again and again, and only when the surrounding classmates nodded one after another, engraving the phrase "At the very least, do not attempt it without a forced teleportation talisman" into their minds, did they end the sharing session.