You Just Play Support

"It hasn't been long..."

Zhang Yingluo's voice was a little off-key, and she looked utterly shocked.!

The usually gentle and adorable junior actually had such a savage, terrifying side?

Could it be that he had been pretending all along? Was he really a pervert, just as Qin Lele had said?

But even if he was a pervert, he was still really handsome.

Zhang Yingluo was torn inside.

Qin Lele recovered quickly. "Is this a wanted criminal?"

Xu Nan nodded. He ran to the stream, washed his face clean with the water, then said with a serious expression,

"Would you believe me if I said I was practicing my Healing Spell proficiency?"

Qin Lele thought for a moment. "My cousin said you're a bard. Can bards use Healing Spells too?"

Xu Nan nodded. "We're both support classes. You have to know how to heal."

Zhang Yingluo pondered it. "Even if you were practicing proficiency, you didn't have to be... this... weird, did you?"

Xu Nan had gradually grown used to lying with a straight face. "I was afraid he'd die, but I was also afraid that the Healing Spell would be too strong and revive him, so I could only keep healing him while stabbing him."

"I had to keep watch over him. What if he ran away or died otherwise?"

When Zhang Yingluo thought about it, it did make sense. She had checked Wu Ke's condition too. He was near death and could easily die for real.

But if Xu Nan really healed him back to health, with his build, he might not even be a match for Bald Head Boss.

The explanation barely held up; it was just that what she had witnessed earlier had been far too shocking.

Qin Lele walked right over, pulled out her own fruit knife, and compared it to the one in Bald Head Boss's abdomen.

"Xu Nan, our weapons are a matching couple's set?"

Zhang Yingluo glared at her, and Qin Lele pouted.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the three of them finally turned their attention back to the dying bald Wu Ke.

Xu Nan had long prepared an explanation for his disappearance. He had gone for a walk because he couldn't sleep, gotten lost, somehow wandered here, and happened to discover the bald man entirely by chance.

As for the phone, it was common for there to be no signal in a place like this. Though the explanation sounded full of holes, Zhang Yingluo clearly had no intention of interrogating him further, and Qin Lele had always been carefree.

They had mainly come for Bald Head Boss.

"Mr. Wu Ke, right?"

Zhang Yingluo calmly stepped forward and dragged the bald man out of the stream. Wu Ke, who had just been stabbed all over by Xu Nan, looked like he had lost all will to live. Faced with Zhang Yingluo's call, he merely gave her a listless glance.

Zhang Yingluo frowned. "He's seriously injured right now. Even if we raise his health, he still won't be able to move."

"You really don't need to worry so much."

With that, she raised her hand and cast a Minor Healing Spell!

Templars could use basic healing spells as well.

Xu Nan suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe!

There were only thirty seconds left on his quest card, but Zhang Yingluo had pulled Wu Ke's health back from the brink of death again!

Xu Nan couldn't accept this!

In a flash of inspiration, he pounced forward and pulled out his fruit knife with lightning speed!

As he pulled it out, he twisted it viciously, nearly carving a huge gash in the bald man's abdomen!

Wu Ke broke out in cold sweat from the pain and wept bitterly. "Big brother! Big brother, just give me a quick death!"

Xu Nan wiped the fruit knife with a tissue, then calmly put it away under Zhang Yingluo's astonished gaze.

"You can question him, Senior. I was afraid he might take this knife and use it as a weapon." Xu Nan remained perfectly composed.

Zhang Yingluo looked at the bloody hole in the bald man's abdomen and could not help saying, "You really wanted to kill him, didn't you?"

Xu Nan guiltily shook his head and backed away.

Fortunately, the agonizing moment finally passed just then, and these words flashed across his quest card—

Bloodline Awakening Optional Quest completed!

Received 5 Shame Points!

Received class specialty—Instant Spell!

Xu Nan happily went to check his character card while Zhang Yingluo could no longer bear watching. She called Qin Lele over to bandage the bald man.

Instant Spell was a specialty that nearly every spellcaster dreamed of.

Spells that met this specialty's conditions could ignore casting chants and gestures, greatly increasing a spellcaster's combat power.

After obtaining it, Xu Nan studied it carefully and discovered that his Instant Spell came with conditions.

Class Specialty—Instant Spell 1: Spells two levels below the character's level are cast perfectly instantly; spells one level below the character's level have their casting time halved; spells of the same level have their casting time reduced by 30%.

Xu Nan was slightly disappointed, but he quickly became satisfied.

In other words, his level 0 spells were now all instant, level 1 spells took half their previous chanting time, and level 2 spells took 70%.

Though it was not as terrifying as directly casting everything instantly, it was still extremely powerful. Moreover, it seemed this specialty was not only tied to his level, but also had room for improvement.

Compared to the powerful specialty of Instant Spell, the 5 Shame Points could only be considered a bonus.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yingluo quickly began interrogating Wu Ke.

Clearly, Senior knew something. She had her own reason for seeking out the bald man.

"Tell me where it is!"

She stared calmly into the bald man's eyes.

Wu Ke barely managed to turn over, his face pale to the extreme. "You can look for that door, but you have to agree to one condition."

"I can give you a quick death."

Zhang Yingluo remained calm. "You know you can't leave here alive."

"Send me to that world!"

Wu Ke's voice grew excited. "I bought a ticket. Let me go through, and once I become a true powerhouse, I'll repay you handsomely."

Zhang Yingluo sneered. "Do you think I'd go against the authorities? I might as well send you to Riverbend right now."

"Tell me the location you know, and I can reluctantly give you a quick death. Otherwise..."

Her eyes shifted as she pointed at Xu Nan. "Otherwise, I'll hand you over to him!"

Xu Nan was a little surprised. What kind of threat was that? He looked so refined; how could he possibly be intimidating?

Who would have thought that the bald man would suddenly panic?

"I'll talk! I'll tell you everything! Just give me a quick death, okay?"

Zhang Yingluo smiled pleasantly. "Fine."

"Follow this stream. When you come to a fork, turn right at a Camphor Tree and left at a Willow Tree. At most three forks, and you'll reach the place."

Wu Ke spoke quickly. "That's the coded message they left on the dark web."

Xu Nan was completely confused.

Zhang Yingluo pondered. "How do I know you're not lying to me?"

Wu Ke sighed. "I'm a dying man. Believe me or don't, it's up to you."

"Just don't let that brother stab me with a knife again. He's not experienced, has no finesse, and it hurts like hell."

Xu Nan flushed with embarrassment.

"All right, I'll trust you this once."

Zhang Yingluo stood up and motioned for Qin Lele to tie the bald man to a tree.

The bald man angrily said, "Didn't you say you'd give me a quick death?"

Zhang Yingluo clapped her hands, unconcerned. "Why would we give you a quick death? You're not dead yet. We're all ordinary students; we don't kill living things."

"I already called the police on my way here. Someone will be here soon to take you to prison."

"If you're tough enough, you might even live to see the ambulance."

With that, she called for the other two to leave.

Just then, a calm and resolute voice rang out. "If you follow what he said, I'm afraid it'll be very dangerous."

The leaves rustled in the forest. The three of them warily looked in that direction and shone their flashlights over.

"It's me."

A familiar face emerged—it was Senior A-Kun.

Bald Wu Ke's expression darkened.

Zhang Yingluo was somewhat surprised. "You're a class holder too?"

A-Kun gave a bitter smile. "Not yet, but I learned from the dark web what they were doing, and I became interested."

"I overheard your conversation just now. He completely reversed the code."

"That magician opening the door might not necessarily be very powerful, but if you follow his directions, something will definitely go wrong."

Zhang Yingluo's expression turned a little ugly. Qin Lele huffily kicked the bald man in the abdomen, leaving him barely alive.

Xu Nan was the only one who remained confused. He finally could not help jumping out and firing off three questions in a row.

"Could someone please explain? Where am I? Where are we going? What are we doing?"

Zhang Yingluo seemed to be thinking about something and said nothing. The one who explained instead was A-Kun.

It turned out—

There was a class holder on the dark web who called himself a magician. Near Riverbend, he had opened an unstable portal capable of transporting people to the soon-to-arrive Pro World.

That magician, who called himself Zhao, had set a steep price on the dark web and required buyers to be class holders before they could purchase tickets to enter.

According to A-Kun, aside from Wu Ke, three other people in H City had bought tickets and should currently be rushing toward that unstable portal.

"That Zhao can't be a very powerful magician. Pro World's arrival still isn't obvious, so at most he's a Magician Apprentice."

A-Kun analyzed, "The thing helping him open the portal is probably some powerful item. What's certain is that those three buyers should also be class holders."

"Vice President, are you really going?"

Zhang Yingluo's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. "I want to fight a real class holder!"

A-Kun looked strangely at Qin Lele and Xu Nan. "Aren't those two class holders?"

Zhang Yingluo calmly replied, "Lele is too weak. A thief who can't even use the Pickpocketing Technique is no match for me at all. As for Junior Xu Nan... he's support. I can't bully him."

Xu Nan: "??"

A-Kun patted Xu Nan on the shoulder. "A bard? Or a priest?"

Xu Nan forced out a smile. "What's the difference?"

A-Kun thought about it. "Bards are more useless."

"If the Vice President is really going, count me in. I may not be a class holder, but I'm strong enough that I might be able to help."

"As for Junior Xu Nan."

"Hide behind me and just play support."