Chapter 15

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

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Evil Spirit’s Hail of Arrows!

A rain of arrows accurately landed in the center of where the grizzly bears were.

The ground instantly turned purple from contamination, trapping the two grizzly bears within the arrow formation.

The Evil Spirit Archer’s ability, withering effect was triggered, slowing down and decreasing 40% of healing effects.

“Roar…”

The sudden attack made the two grizzly bears roar at the sky.

Wang Jue followed closely behind and relied on his agile footsteps to engage in guerrilla warfare from the side.

Wang Jue’s goal was to hold back the grizzly bears, so he didn’t approach them.

As soon as a grizzly bear pounced, Wang Jue would dodge and then turn around to slash.

Its defense was indeed powerful. Wang Jue’s sword didn’t leave any wounds, it only made the bears even more violent.

Quina continued to hold her bow and set her arrow in the tree.

Arrows whizzed out.

Two arrows shot out, carrying red blood.

Quina chanted silently as she released the arrows.

This was her unique skill, Magic Arrow Spirit.

The phantom image of an arrow condensed, and Wang Jue saw that 40 points from his own Health Points were instantly taken away too.

Each time Quina attacked, she would have to pay a corresponding amount of Health Points. A normal attack costs 1 point, and the more powerful the attack, the more Health Points it would consume.

Therefore, Wang Jue could not bear to let Quina make a move unless it was a critical moment. Fortunately, he had brought enough spiritual spring water with him this time.

He gulped down a few mouthfuls to replenish his lost Health Points, and they were instantly restored.

An arrow spirit flew out and accurately struck the two grizzly bears.

One after the other, killing two birds with one stone.

One bear died on the spot.

The remaining one was quickly eliminated under Wang Jue’s guerrilla attacks and Quina’s main attacks.

[System notification: Earth Grizzly Bear Corpse x2 (Tap here to break down)]

[System notification: Soul x2 (Souls can be obtained when creatures above LV 4 are killed)]

“Soul? The souls of the grizzly bears?”

A special substance that emitted a faint glow floated in Wang Jue’s hand.

It didn’t have a physical form. It was a bit like a gas cloud.

[Killed Earth Grizzly Bear x2, 400 EXP obtained]

[Soul: Obtained after killing a high-level creature. It has many uses.]

Wang Jue put it away and looked at his other spoils of war.

[Earth Grizzly Bear Meat: The meat is fresh, delicious, and nutritious.]

He tapped to break them down.

[System notification: Earth Grizzly Bear Meat x20]

[System notification: Earth Grizzly Bear Skin x2]

[System notification: Earth Grizzly Bear Blood x6]

After breaking down the grizzly bears, he got food that would last them a few days.

As for their skin, Wang Jue had experienced its defense before. This was good stuff.

When the sewing shop was completed, this bear skin would make a good armor.

After taking stocks of his items, Wang Jue locked his gaze on a corner.

There was a deep pit in the corner with a silver treasure chest inside.

That was the purpose of their trip.

Wang Jue went forward to take a look. The golden hints indicated that there was no danger.

He opened the treasure chest.

[System notification: Silver Treasure Chest x1]

[System notification: Mithril x2]

[System notification: Sword of Winter (Rare)]

[System notification: Rice sapling x10]

[System notification: Level 2 Hostel Blueprint]

[System notification: Low-level Territory Upgrade Scroll]

After breaking down the treasure chest, Wang Jue couldn’t wait to check the items.

He focused on the scroll and the rice saplings.

It was a sheepskin scroll.

Its surface was covered in complicated patterns.

[Low-Level Territory Upgrade Scroll: It can upgrade a Low-Level Territory to High-Level Territory. Requires 500 gold coins, 3 Souls, 3 Mithril, 50 Iron Blocks, 50 Copper Blocks, 80 Rocks, 100 Wood.]

[Rice sapling: When it matures, it will be a short rice tree. It can be planted on a mass scale and will produce sparkling and plump rice. There are many of them.]

[Sword of Winter: An extremely sharp sword that can cut iron like mud. When used, you can rely on the power of frost. It is a rare close combat weapon.]

[Level 2 Hostel Blueprint: A higher level hostel, can be upgraded on the foundation of Elementary Straw Sheds.]

Wang Jue checked the details of the upgrade scroll and his mouth twitched.

F*ck! It requires so many materials!

Materials like iron blocks and the like were fine, he had enough of them.

Mithril and three souls were also available.

Copper block was more challenging to obtain.

It was a relatively rare mineral. Currently, Wang Jue only had 18 pieces of them.

He needed 32 more.

“Presently, the upgrade of the base is imminent. Just the current territory is not enough. It seems like I have to continue gathering more materials today.”

Wang Jue carefully put away the upgrade scroll.

The next location, let’s continue.

Now that he had enough living resources, he could at most buy everything at a high price. He didn’t believe that no one would come sending them to his door.

“Rice saplings… It seems that there is a need to cultivate the rice fields too.”

The Sword of Winter.

Wang Jue looked down at the iron sword hanging at his waist that was full of chips.

He decisively swapped it out for this sword that could cut iron like mud.

“It feels like I’ve swapped out a useless gun for a big cannon.”

The next moment, Quina, who was keeping guard on the tree suddenly spoke.

“Overlord, there’s a foreign object 50 meters ahead. It’s moving quickly.”

“Hmm? What is it?”

Wang Jue looked in the direction where Quina was pointing.

[There’s no harm in going forward and taking a look. There’s no danger.]

Wang Jue became a little interested and said to Quina,

“Quick, follow it!”

Quina nodded and took off, her lithe body nimbly traversing through the forest.

Wang Jue was a little envious. He thought, When I level up, I’m going to run like this too.

Wang Jue followed the hint and quickly went forward.

On the south-west side of the mountain, the terrain was uneven.

They left the forest and walked for quite a while.

Finally, he was notified that the target had stopped.

Wang Jue slowly approached to check.

It was a small mountain.

The mountain rocks glowed with a metallic luster as a black monster walked leisurely among them.

From time to time, it would pick up a piece of ore.

Put it into its mouth, crunch.

This mine was probably the only source of iron ore in the vicinity. Carl actually did not discover it when he explored the terrain previously.

The black monster was not as big as the grizzly bears from earlier.

Wang Jue didn’t attack rashly.

He focused his gaze on the black monster.

The indolent black monster did not notice them.

After a while…

A message popped up in front of him.

[Metal Eater LV 5 (Young)]

[Strength: 48]

[Agility: 61]

[Endowment: Metal-eating Evolution]

[Skill: Metalization]

Its attributes were not inferior to the two grizzly bears that he had killed previously.

Its speed was even slightly higher.

“This little thing is quite strong.”

[Metal Eaters are docile. They usually don’t take the initiative to attack humans. They have a very keen sense of smell for metals and other minerals.]

No wonder there was no danger. It turned out that such a powerful little fellow would not take the initiative to attack.

Of course, Wang Jue wouldn’t deliberately provoke it. Just because it doesn’t take the initiative to attack didn’t mean that it wouldn’t do so.

After learning the details of the Metal Eater, Wang Jue wasn’t worried anymore.

The golden hints appeared again.

[There are a lot of iron blocks 30 meters ahead.]

[60 meters to the left, there are large amounts of copper.]

[80 meters north, there are large amounts of rare metals.]

…

The numerous hints littered around the small mountain stunned Wang Jue.

“D*mn, this is a treasure vault!”