Chapter 87: The Broken Dragon Ball Staff (78)

"Plants? How can there be plants on black soil?"

Brent paused, his sharp brows slightly furrowed.

"I don't know the details either. The scouts we sent out discovered it at the edge of the forest a hundred kilometers away."

"The forest?"

Brent was shocked.

Because it was very close to the depths of the black soil, where there were a large number of black beasts, even he did not dare to set foot there easily.

Crescent City also sent people in to investigate, but no one came back.

Over time, that place was known as the Forest of Death, and no one dared to approach it easily.

"Let's go over and have a look!"

Brent made a prompt decision and rushed out of the city wall.

It was already daytime, and all the mad black beasts had retreated. Outside the city were corpses, wreckage, and defensive equipment. Skinny figures were wandering everywhere, searching for useful supplies.

But more.

There were still wounded people lying on the ground near the barrier.

Recovering from injuries with the help of Siren Healer and Orc Shaman.

soon.

The two men came to the base, found the scout who had just returned from tracking the black beast, and learned about the plants.

"Master Sean, it's true. I really saw that plant. It grew on the black soil and it would attack the black beast!"

The scout who had just returned to the city had a look of shock on his face and was waving his hands and talking incoherently, as if he had seen something extremely unbelievable.

Brent frowned after hearing this and touched his stubble which he hadn't taken care of for several days.

"You mean, the plant that contains life?"

It’s not that he didn’t believe it, it’s just that the news was too shocking.

Because apart from the small patch of crops planted within the barrier, they had never seen any other living plants on the black soil, let alone attack the black beast.

"it is true!"

The scout emphasized again: "I saw with my own eyes that the lantern-like plant stretched out its tentacles to attack the passing black beasts. Even those black beasts did not dare to approach!"

hiss--

The sound of inhaling continued.

The other guards nearby were shocked by his words.

Not only will it attack the black beast, but it will also make the black beast afraid?
Is there really such a plant on black soil?
"Did you bring back any samples?" Brent asked in a deep voice.

"This...not really."

The scout was a little embarrassed and quickly explained, "I was afraid of encountering any danger and was in a hurry to come back to report, so I didn't dare to get close. I only knew that it was a strange plant that looked like a lantern."

"Well, you did a great job."

Brent finally smiled: "Don't act rashly when you encounter such a thing in the future. Bringing back the news is the most important thing. Go back and rest first."

"Yes!"

The scout's young face was filled with excitement.

It was the first time that he was praised by Lord Sean. You have to know that the other party was the person he admired the most and the spiritual leader of the entire human race in Crescent City.

After reporting the work.

He returned to the gathering place to rest.

As for Brent, he restrained his smile, looked out at the endless black soil, and fell into deep thought.

"Will the lantern plant attack the black beast..."

He had a feeling that the plant might become the key to their defense against the black beast's attack.

However, the closer they get to that place, the more corrosive the black soil becomes. Even he cannot resist it for long, so he must be fully prepared.

After thinking about it, he hurried away and returned to the gathering place.

It didn't take long.

A team of magicians who could disperse the black soil set out in the direction of the forest.

……

……

"call--"

"This damn black moon is finally over."

Above the Moon Goddess Altar.

Rhodes lay on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, feeling that his body had been hollowed out.

Outside the altar, there were corpses of black beasts that had not completely disappeared everywhere, and the black blood made the entire ground look like oil.

I guess any strong man would become impotent instantly if he stood on it.

fortunately.

He had foresight.

Spreading the lantern trees in front of the druid's nest in advance greatly reduced the intensity of the attack in that direction.

And this Black Moon is not without good news.

Not only did the giant egg hatch successfully, but also the powerful elemental crystal was discovered.

When Rhodes thought about the fact that elemental crystals could allow elemental elves to advance directly, he wanted to rush over to destroy the nests of those elemental lives and give the altar a major upgrade.

"Fortunately, I was lucky this time and got two more crystals."

Rhodes raised his hand, and a green crystal and a red crystal appeared in his hand. They were the wind crystal and fire crystal obtained that night.

And they are all first-order.

I can sense that it contains a huge amount of elemental energy. When I have time, I can study it to see if it has any other uses.

Put away the crystals.

Rhodes sat up.

He looked at Augla and the others who were still surrounding the black dragon baby and sizing them up.

"Okay, come over and have something to eat and recover. We just happened to have picked a lot of black fruits today."

Black fruit?

Augla and the others' ears instantly pricked up, and they all gathered in front of him.

"Me, me, me! I killed the most black beasts today!"

"Yeah ah!"

"Gah~"

When food was mentioned, the altar suddenly became lively again, with people crowding in front of Rhodes, all wanting to be the first to get the reward.

Rhode was powerless to complain: "Augula, you are almost 300 years old, how can you be like these kids?" "Hehe, 300 years old is not that old for a tree spirit, right? I tried my best to resist the black beast today, you can see my soul is hurt."

Augla showed off the scratches on his body as if to take credit. Although they were not serious, they covered his entire body and did look quite intimidating.

Rhode also knew that he had worked hard and made great contributions, so he smiled and said, "Okay, okay, you have made the greatest contribution this time, so I will give you five."

After saying that, he handed the black fruit to him.

"Five!"

Augla's eyes widened.

He had never seen so many black fruits before. Even in his dreams, he could only eat two at a time. His mouth immediately stretched to the back of his head. "Thank you, Lord Rhodes! I will behave better in the future!"

"Go ahead and recover from your injuries first."

"okay!"

After saying this, Augula turned and left, showing the black fruit in his hand to the little ones with a proud look on his face.

However, the little guys simply ignored him and quickly surrounded Rhodes, cheering one after another.

finally.

Each little one was given one or two black fruits and happily ran to the corner to enjoy them.

Even the elemental elves who had contributed were surrounding the black fruits, working hard to absorb the life energy from them.

Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Lights came on one after another.

Because they absorbed too much life energy, several elemental elves successfully evolved into lower-level elves, making the magical elements on the altar more intense.

But what surprised Rhodes the most.

Big Bear and the two soul ravens, who had followed him for a long time, also took this opportunity to be promoted to the first level.

all of a sudden.

The number of first-level combat forces in the entire altar increased.

He, Little Thing, Big Bear, 2 Soul Ravens, and Fire Spirit, a total of six.

But unfortunately.

Because it is not a physical entity, he and the little thing are the only ones who can go outside for a long time.

If we have to count, the black dragon baby that is not afraid of black soil can also be counted as one, but it’s just born and its strength has not yet reached the first level.

"It seems that we need to raise it quickly. Maybe it can be used as a mount."

Thinking of what Augla had said before, Rhodes suddenly felt that it was very feasible.

After all, when the dragon grows to a very large size, it can carry him and the little thing and travel on the black soil, greatly saving the consumption of magic power during the journey.

Moreover, he is a top-notch fighter and can help him deal with the black beast at critical moments.

Think of this.

Rhodes looked into the distance.

"Kaba, come here for a moment."

Kaba, who was playing in a puddle with the water elf, suddenly popped his head out of the water.

Seeing Rhodes calling it, it immediately climbed up the shore, shook off the water on its body, then ran over happily and circled around Rhodes, making whimpering sounds that were totally unlike those of a dragon.

Uh……

Can this guy really be used as a mount in the future?

Looking at Kaba who was still walking unsteadily, Rhodes was a little skeptical. He was afraid that he would have to carry the little guy on his back.

"Forget it, let's just keep it first."

Raising one person is just raising, raising a group of people is also raising.

Anyway, he doesn’t need the food for this one…right?

Before Rhodes could react, Kaba rushed out of the altar and ran to the corpse of a giant black dragon beast outside, absorbing the remaining breath on it.

"You're not full yet?"

Rhodes was frightened by the little guy's amazing appetite. He stood up and walked to the edge of the altar, just in time to see a white bead lying under the corpse, which was not contaminated by the black soil.

Could it be the legendary kidney stones... No, Dragon Ball?

Without thinking too much, Rhodes stepped into the black soil and came to Kaba, picked up the fist-sized bead, and brought it back to the altar.

[Obtain Dragon Ball (Level 1) x]

[Dragon Ball: Made from the soul power of the dragon clan, it contains the purest elemental energy and can be used to store magic power.]

nice one!
He wondered why these dragons didn't leave any items behind, it turned out they were waiting here.

Able to store magic power.

Isn't it equivalent to increasing the magic power limit?

With this thought in mind, Rhodes immediately ran to the open space, picked up a piece of wood, tied the dragon ball to it with vines, and made it into a staff.

as predicted.

The information of the item in front of me suddenly changed.

[Broken Dragon Ball Staff lv20]

[Feature: Maximum magic power +50]

"..."

This attribute is too good!

It’s a second-level staff after all!
"Is it because the stick I used wasn't good enough?"

Discovering that he had a talent for making equipment by hand, Rhodes became very interested. He turned around and ran into the plantation to cut off a branch of the mutant tree.

Then replace the vines of Dragon Blood Vine and use the most professional binding method to tie the dragon ball to the top of the branch.

In the blink of an eye.

A green staff with leaves on it was freshly baked.

【Life Dragon Staff lv15 (25)】

[Feature 1: Maximum magic power +100]

[Feature 2: Usage Level -10]

[Magic: Dragon Power (consumes all stored magic power to increase the strength of the designated target by 100%, only effective for targets of level and below.)]

It really works!
Rhodes was overjoyed to see the attributes become countless times more powerful.

As a magician, he had long wanted a cool staff to highlight his status, and this Dragon Ball Staff came at the perfect time.

Hold it in your hand.

I instantly felt that my magic power increased by 50%.

Although the usage level of lv15 is two levels higher than his, and is a bit difficult to use, it does not affect his ability to mobilise the magic power stored in it to cast magic.

This is equivalent to having an extra emergency mana recovery potion when you go out, which greatly increases your endurance!

(End of this chapter)