Upon hearing Xue Ruiās return, the Snow Rabbit People came out to greet her warmly.
Xue Rui proactively introduced to the tribe: "This is the honorable Baron Luo De, the Black Pine Ridge lord who provides us food and allows us to live here!"
Xue Ruiās voice trembled a bit but was sufficiently loud.
Upon hearing this, the Earth Ear Snow Rabbit People bent over to salute Luo De, expressing their reverence in broken Empire language.
Listening to the Empire language, Luo De suddenly thought of Ola.
These Snow Rabbit People speaking Empire language must be his doing.
If Xue Rui knew Ola had turned into a White Wolf, her reaction would undoubtedly be interesting.
However, Ola didnāt want to bring up past matters anymore; his current identity required confidentiality, so Luo De decided not to mention it for now.
Luo De nodded lightly in reply, getting straight to the point: "Where is the injured child Fernie?"
An elder Snow Rabbit person stepped forward: "Theyāre in the back tunnel."
"Letās go have a look," Luo De commanded.
"Yes, lord gentleman."
The elder Snow Rabbit person led the way, muttering softly as he walked: "Fernie is a good child, always gentle, never causing trouble.
This time, something unknown happened, causing her to be frightened, sigh..."
While speaking, the group entered the tunnel.
The tunnel entrance was previously dug by Rein as an escape route, now expanded by the Earth Ear tribe.
Now it canāt be called a tunnel; it should be called a cavern.
Just the entrance had three forks, and inside, the forks continued to branch.
Luo De had heard Jessās report that these Snow Rabbit People even dug a tunnel directly to the mineral vein.
So even if miners worked late at night, they could use the tunnel to return home and rest.
However, the only drawback was that only the main tunnel reached a height of two meters, with other branching cavities only 1.8 meters high.
Luo De stood upright, hitting his head, making the experience unpleasant.
The Snow Rabbit peopleās cavern wasnāt all cave; there were cellar-like rooms.
However, the area was small, about twenty square meters.
Torches on the sides of the tunnel illuminated the dim passage, and in front of a relatively spacious cave, Luo De saw a petite Snow Rabbit person with a lowered head, shoulders trembling visibly, clearly sobbing.
As they approached, the small figure lifted its head, saw Xue Rui, and burst into tears,
"Sister Xue Rui! Iām sorry! It wasnāt on purpose!"
The small figure rushed into Xue Ruiās arms, crying loudly, "It really wasnāt on purpose! I just got a bit anxious... Iām sorry..."
Clearly, this small figure was Fernie.
"Whereās the injured child?"
Luo De turned to the elder Snow Rabbit person, pointing to Luna for introduction: "This is my physician, let her check on the injured first."
"Thank you for your kindness,"
The elder Snow Rabbit person saluted before guiding the way actively,
"Please follow me."
"Lord gentleman, I shall go now."
Luna said, following the elder Snow Rabbit person deeper into the cavern.
Luo De turned to the still crying Fernie, softly asking: "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Xue Rui crouched down, gently stroking Fernieās head, helping wipe away her tears: "Itās okay, Fernie, the lord gentleman is very kind, just tell him the story, alright?"
Fernie sniffled, forcefully stopping her tears, wiping away the corner of her eyes.
Fernie composed herself and started,
"Riva and I picked up a stone ball to play, he wouldnāt give it to me when it was my turn, so I tried to snatch it back, then he wanted to snatch it again."
Fernie sniffled lightly, voice trembling, explaining with a low and shaking tone,
"He pressed me down on the ground, making me unable to breathe, feeling very uncomfortable,"
"I tried my hardest to push him away but couldnāt, I got anxious and suddenly a dirt thorn emerged beside me, piercing through his shoulder..."
"I really donāt know why this happened..."
Saying this, Fernie began to cry again.
You could see the little rabbit was both scared and aggrieved and guilty.
"Do you feel any abnormalities in your body?"
Luo De interrupted Fernieās crying, asking: "Do you feel any energy surging within your body?"
Fernie shook her head slightly, pouting thoughtfully.
Then spoke: "Does feeling these lands very familiar count..."
"Feeling familiar?"
Luo De basically confirmed.
This Snow Rabbit person basically had a bloodline awakening, becoming a warlock.
Luo De took out a Pearl Crystal Ball, "Fernie, put your hand on it."
Fernie didnāt know what was happening, but obediently placed her hand on it.
Nearly twelve light points, spiritual strength around 11.9.
Luo De had seen the strongest yet.
No wonder she could suddenly summon a dirt thorn in a tense situation.
Luo De looked at Fernie, his mouth curling upward.
This time he discovered a treasure.
Donāt mind Fernieās young age, itās nothing strange.
Warlocks, or bloodline wizards, rely on strong talent.
Their research and learning ability arenāt strong, they rely entirely on awakening, Meditation Technique is mostly for recovering state.
Warlocks are called fools among spellcasters, relying on bloodlines, once they know a spell, they know it indiscriminately.
There have been warlocks who diligently studied knowledge.
But later found purifying their bloodlines was faster.
Of course, purifying bloodlines isnāt simple.
It requires potent bloodlines from the same ancestral magical beasts.
Even without the same ancestry, it requires mighty similar attribute bloodlines.
This process is arduous and painful.
But Fernie could straightforwardly summon a dirt thorn, without enhancement, is already a combat force.
"Ah!"