End of the World? I'm the Boss novel Chapter 301

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End Times. Surviving with My Beastly Army

Chapter 301 Not Weak, Just Untrained

“You’re not weak

Robin said calmly. “You just don’t know how to use it yet.

“Show me.”

Finished

The girl pressed her lips together, then slowly raised her hand. A faint green glow gathered in her palm, and a small sprout pushed its way out, growing bit by bit.

That fresh green stood out in the decay around them, a quiet spark of life.

The girl stopped and looked up, but Robin’s voice came again. “Keep going.”

“K–keep going?”

She had no choice but to push her ability further. The sprout grew taller, leaves unfurling, then soft pink flowers bloomed, but her face turned pale, sweat beading on her forehead.

Her mental strength could only take her this far.

Robin didn’t tell her to stop, and she didn’t dare stop on her own, so she clenched her teeth and forced the plant to keep growing.

Until a sharp pain suddenly stabbed through her mind, like a long needle driven straight into her brain and twisted, and her vision went black as she collapsed/

Robin looked at the small plant, just beginning to bear fruit, and sighed inwardly.

Her mental strength… isn’t great.

She was about to have someone help the girl up when her gaze dropped and froze.

The plant in the girl’s hand was withering at a visible speed, and the energy inside it… was flowing back into her body.

Robin’s pupils shrank.

What the…

Using an ability consumed mental strength, and once it was used, it was gone for good.

Like when she formed an ice spike, once it dissipated, the energy used was spent, like water poured out and never coming back.

Recovery took time. It shouldn’t be possible for the energy to return like this after the plant faded.

“Wait.”

Robin raised a hand, stopping anyone from moving, and watched closely.

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Chapter 304 Not Weak, Just Untrained

Finished

The girl’s mental strength was completely drained. Without help, she should’ve needed at least a full day to wake up.

But…

Barely ten minutes passed before her lashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Just as I thought,

The girl looked confused. Before she passed out, her head had hurt so badly that she thought it would split open, and then everything went dark.

Now she woke up in the exact same position, still lying on the ground, no one even helping her up.

Robin asked, “What’s your name?”

“Abigail Swanson.”

“Alright, Abigail. Haven’t you noticed your ability is different from everyone else’s?”

Abigail stared at her, then asked carefully, “Different… as in weaker?”

Robin fell silent for a second.

How little confidence does this girl have?

She kept her tone patient. “Haven’t you noticed that when you use your ability, some of it comes back to you?”

Abigail looked even more surprised. “Doesn’t that happen for everyone?”

Before Robin could answer, the other ability users jumped in.

“Of course not!”

The boy with a water ability said, almost shouting, “Once it’s used, it’s gone. There’s no getting it back!”

The wind ability girl nodded quickly. “Exactly! That’s why we burn through our energy so fast. I thought you were just stronger than us. You’re saying yours actually comes back?”

Abigail’s answer nearly made them choke. “But… if I didn’t use all of it, then what’s left should come back, right?”

Paul muttered, “That sounds like saying, I bought a cake and ate a few bites, but since I didn’t finish it, you should refund me for the rest…”

Abigail’s ability actually had that kind of special trait. If Robin hadn’t noticed it this time, she might’ve never realized it herself.

For elemental ability users, every use drained mental strength, and mental energy was incredibly precious; once it ran out, they were done.

And here she was, pulling it back.

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Chapter 304 Not Weak, Just Intrained

Finished

The other elemental users were instantly jealous. Isn’t this basically a perpetual engine?

Abigail finally smiled, ale dazed. “So… I’m actually that strong? I always thought my ability was just for farming…”

Robin took a deep breath. “Even without that special trait, wood abilities aren’t just for farming.”

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