Chapter 575 Letter to a Stranger

"Quick! Give it a sword!"

Gao Fei, who was watching the battle from the side, couldn't help but urge him.

Jiang Feng held a sword in his right hand, and his left hand glowed slightly - it was full of positive energy.

She was mentally prepared to be bitten by the ghost dog and planned to heal herself.

Since he wasn't bitten, it stands to reason that he should use his rapier to fight back. Killing the ghost dog by 3 HP will complete the mission.

The rapier is her "god-given weapon". It has an advantage in attack, and the damage can be modified by perception. As long as it stabs the ghost dog, the damage will definitely exceed the minimum limit required to complete the task.

I don’t know if he was using his brain too much and was overloaded. The moment Comrade Xiao Jiang was about to draw his sword, his brain suddenly became hot and another "good idea" came to his mind.

She decided to attack with her off-hand instead.

Punches, kicks and kicks are all attacks with natural weapons, and they can also be used as off-hand weapons in "two-weapon fighting".

In fact, she brought the monk's fighting routine into this new profession.

However, the problem is that "Temple" is not a monk profession, and the damage die for unarmed attacks is only a pitiful 1d3.

Jiang Feng thought it didn't matter.

The positive energy filled in his palms can both heal living creatures and inflict 1d6 points of radiant damage on undead creatures.

Unarmed strikes are 1d3, and positive energy touches are 1d6. Unless luck is extremely bad, the sum of the two items will never be less than 3 points.

Her calculation was quite good, but unfortunately she forgot that she was not a monk now and was no longer skilled in unarmed fighting.

If you are not good at hand-to-hand combat and you forcefully punch someone, what will happen?

Of course it's a wave of "attacks of opportunity"!

When he saw his girlfriend punching the ghost dog, Gao Fei was stunned!

"No...my dear classmate Jiang, is there nothing wrong with your little head? What kind of cooking operation is this!"

Before he finished speaking, the ghost dog on the opposite side took the first bite.

HP-8!

System prompt: You have been cursed by the necrotic curse, failed the Fortitude save DC14, and your upper limit of health has been reduced by 8 points!

Jiang Feng's face froze, and then he realized that he had almost screwed up.

He reluctantly pretended to be nonchalant, endured the pain caused by the negative energy corroding his flesh and blood, gritted his teeth, and punched the ghost dog in the head with all his strength.

Fortunately, the punch hit successfully.

HP-2!

HP-3!

Two damage numbers appeared one after another from the ghost dog's head.

System prompt: You successfully passed the challenge, tamed the irritable ghost dog Bernie, and gained 200 experience points!

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"Huhu! It's so dangerous..."

Jiang Feng wiped his sweat and quickly applied "Spontaneous Medical Treatment" on himself to restore his health and remove the necrosis curse.

"It's such a dangerous situation, you're not asking for it!"

Gao Fei couldn't help but complain.

"You can handle something that can be done with just one sword, but you insist on touching it with your stupid hands. You almost capsized the boat!"

"Oh! I just started playing a new profession! I unconsciously thought of myself as a monk..."

Jiang Feng defended awkwardly.

Gao Fei sighed and continued: "When I first saw you getting into the cabin, releasing the 'Dancing Light Technique', and pouring holy water on the door, I thought your mind was enlightened and you suddenly became smarter, but it didn't happen in the blink of an eye. My IQ is off the line… Alas, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.”

"Hey! With my brain, if I occasionally have a flash of inspiration and perform at a super level, I must make up for it through a wave of cooking operations and return to the mean. What on earth are you expecting?!"

Jiang Feng asked angrily.

"Indeed, it would be nice to have some surprises or scares once in a while to change things up a bit."

Goofy shrugged and switched the perspective back to the game.

After Louise defeats the ghost dog, a cutscene follows.

"Bernie, your soul refuses to ascend to heaven and remains in this garden. Do you still have any unfulfilled wishes?"

Louise asked the ghost dog softly.

Bernie nodded very humanely, floated to the corner of the wooden house, raised his front paws, and pointed at a slightly warped wooden board on the wall.

Louise removed the movable plank and soon discovered the box hidden in the wall cavity.

When I took it out, I saw a dusty and yellow envelope on the lid, which seemed to be quite old.

With curiosity in her eyes, the girl first used her professional ability to check the box and made sure that there was no mechanism installed. Then she opened the lid and found several toys inside.

"Strange, who put these toys here?"

Louise muttered to herself, opened the envelope, and a line of childish text came into view.

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Hello!

Dear stranger, this is my letter to you.

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After reading this letter, Louise realized that the toy was left by the young master of the Wayne family, the previous owner of this mansion, and couldn't help but be deeply moved by the sadness expressed by the young man in the letter.

Through Roger Wayne's confession in this letter, Louise learned that when the boy moved, Bernie, the hound who had grown up with him, was killed by the new owner of the mansion, Louise's grandmother. — Bought them together.

Before leaving, the boy asked Bernie to take care of the toys collected in the hole in the wall.

For seven years, Bernie has been looking forward to his little master's return.

Although he could not see Roger again until his death, the loyal hound always obeyed the instructions of his little master. Even if he became a ghost after death, he would continue to guard this humble treasure.

Louise put down the yellowed letter, her eyes slightly moist.

She turned to look at the ghost dog, stroked its unreal mane, and said emotionally: "Bernie, you are a loyal and great guard!"

"Rest in peace, my dear Bernie, I will take over your position and protect this treasure."

"Bernie, I will also write back to your former master, Mr. Roger Wayne, and tell him that you have lived up to his trust until your death."

The ghost dog seemed to understand the girl's promise, nodded with relief, and the black mist-like figure slowly dissipated from her eyes.

At the same time, Jiang Feng received a system prompt and learned that he had completed the main task "Suppress the Ghost Dog Bernie" and received 100 experience points.

Adding the 200 experience points she got from defeating the ghost dog before, it was just enough for her to level up.

The plot of this chapter is not over yet.

Next, Louise has to write a letter back to Bernie's former master Roger Wayne.

From the address on the old envelope, Roger moved seven years ago, when he was only ten years old.

Roger revealed in the letter that he was going to attend a boarding school in Binhai City.

Louise had heard about that school. It seemed to be a public welfare institution affiliated with the Holy Light Church. Only poor children and orphans who could not afford the tuition would attend that kind of school.

A rich girl like Louise should not have the opportunity to contact the bottom of society and understand the way of life of the poor.

Luckily, she had an uncle who was a priest in Binhai City and was enthusiastic about charity. He often told her about the slums and boarding schools.