novellaaa Chapter 18 Monster's Nest
Chapter 18 Monster's Nest
Under the effect of the Giant Strength Technique, Zhang Changsheng's strength has now reached 10 points, comparable to a second-tier cultivator.
Therefore, the power and size of the Wind Blade Technique are far greater than before.
"Get out of the way!"
"This guy is a wizard. Get close to him, or you won't be able to kill him."
As the troll leader shouted, he dodged to the side.
Because Zhang Changsheng was a considerable distance from the trolls, the trolls were able to barely dodge the wind blades' attacks.
boom!
The wind blade landed, carving out a huge chasm more than twenty meters long.
"Second tier!"
The troll leader's pupils contracted upon seeing this.
"It can talk and communicate, and it seems to be very intelligent, unlike the stupid characters in some games."
Zhang Changsheng observed the clamoring trolls, making his own judgment while acting swiftly.
Roar!
Led by their troll leader, the five trolls charged at Zhang Changsheng at great speed, likely using a charge attack.
"roar!"
The white dragon let out a roar like a dragon's howl, opened its mouth and spat out a beam of blue light, which was freezing cold air.
"Wind Blade Technique!"
At the same time, Zhang Changsheng unleashed another massive three-meter-long wind blade, accompanied by a terrifying whooshing sound, slashing towards the troll from another direction, forming a pincer attack with the white dragon's freezing cold air.
"roar!"
Seeing the incoming beam of light, the troll leader jumped to the left, dodging the beam. In the instant the beam disappeared, a massive wind blade arrived, cleaving the troll leader in two, along with the two trolls behind him, in half.
Even if a troll's constitution reaches 8 points, it cannot resist the attack power of a second-tier monster unless its constitution reaches 10 points, making it comparable to a second-tier monster.
As for the other two trolls, they reacted a little slower and were instantly frozen into ice sculptures when hit by the freezing air.
Although it would only take these two trolls a few seconds to break free from their frozen state, Zhang Changsheng would not give them that chance.
"Wind Blade Technique!"
Zhang Changsheng unleashed another wind blade, cleaving the two giant demons in two.
A normal wizard would not be able to use two spells in succession so quickly.
Unfortunately, Zhang Changsheng was not a normal wizard.
You killed the troll!
[The slaughter and plundering have begun!]
You have plundered the Tier 1 spell "Healing" from the blood of the trolls.
[Under the effect of this spell! Your Strength +0.125! Your Constitution +0.25! Your Agility +0.125!]
[Warning! Killing a troll again will not grant you spells!]
"A physical-type spell?"
After a slight movement of his eyes, Zhang Changsheng began to communicate with the spell model in his mind to check the effects and usage of the healing spell.
Zhang Changshan quickly understood the function and usage of the treatment technique.
Healing is a passive ability that greatly enhances his self-healing and recovery abilities.
He now possesses an even more exaggerated regenerative ability than a troll; even if his hand is severed, it can grow back.
As long as his head doesn't fall off, he'll basically survive, somewhat like Wolverine and Deadpool in the Marvel universe.
Moreover, the effectiveness of the healing technique increases as his physical condition improves; the higher his physical condition, the faster his recovery and healing speed.
"call!"
"I remember the monster encyclopedia said that the extraordinary materials of trolls are their spines and teeth."
"The spine, in particular, is the most valuable part because it contains powerful regenerative abilities."
After jumping off the white dragon's back, Zhang Changsheng began to dismember the troll's corpse, removing its spine and teeth.
"I'm increasingly wanting a spatial device. If I had one, I wouldn't need to go through all this trouble."
"It's a pity I'm not a proper mage, otherwise I could learn the Summoning Contract Space Spell that can store battle pets."
"Wait, don't I have a learning ability?"
"Could we find someone who knows this spell, fight them, and then copy their spell?"
"With this spell, I no longer need to worry about Xiao Guang being exposed."
"When we get back, we can try to find the person under the pretext of learning this spell, and then have a friendly sparring session."
After thinking for a while, Zhang Changsheng had an idea.
After picking up the extraordinary materials he had just acquired, Zhang Changsheng rode away on the white dragon.
……
Zhang Changsheng returned to the Adventurers' Guild.
After completing the task and settling accounts, and selling the extraordinary materials you have...
Zhang Changsheng's net worth became
Points: 1060
Gold: 3840
We're one step closer to purchasing space equipment.
At the same time, Ella Diaz from Ironforge City arrived at a luxurious manor with several of her men.
"Go and inform your master that I have come to see him about something."
Ella Diaz looked at the warrior guarding the gate and spoke calmly.
"Please wait a moment, Lady Ella."
The warrior nodded respectfully and jogged away.
When the infamous leader of the Blood Eagle Gang came to his door, he dared not delay at all. After all, he was only a first-level professional and could not afford to offend this important figure.
Soon, an old man dressed in a white wizard's robe came over with several maids.
The old man had a badge on his chest with three staffs on it.
Clearly, this old man is a third-tier wizard.
"Lady Ella, please come in, please come in."
The old man smiled and gestured for them to enter, his face full of politeness and respect.
Although he is much older than Ella Diaz, what can he do when he is less skilled?
"Enough with the small talk, I'd like to ask you to help me find someone."
"Use your divination spell to predict that person's location."
"It doesn't need to be too precise, just roughly where he is in which region and city."
"If you're willing, this water crocodile gem is yours."
Ella Diaz spoke, revealing her purpose, and took out a light blue gem from her spatial equipment.
A look of greed rose in the old man's eyes as he gazed at the blue gem in Ella Diaz's hand.
However, the old man did not lose his mind. Instead, he said very solemnly, "Lady Ella, you know that with my strength, I can only predict the future of ordinary people and first-tier professionals at most."
"If the person you want me to predict the future is too powerful, I cannot predict their future."
"Don't worry, the person I let you foresee is a first-tier wizard, there won't be any backlash."
Ella Diaz spoke calmly, her tone casual.
"I'll accept this commission. Do you have this person's name or the item they provided?"
The old man nodded and asked with a smile.
"This is a list of tasks he once took on."
Ella Diaz took out a piece of parchment from her spatial ring; it was the task list that Zhang Changsheng had once touched.
"Alright, alright, Lady Ella, please come with me."
The old man smiled and nodded, then led Ella Diaz to his divination room.
The divination room was very spacious, with only a stone platform in the middle and a huge crystal ball on it.
After placing the parchment under the crystal ball, the old man raised his left hand and placed it on the crystal ball, then began chanting a spell, using the third-tier spell "Minor Prophecy".
As the incantation was chanted, specks of light lit up on the crystal ball, just like a television screen.
As the crystal ball lit up, a colossal creature appeared on it, with antlers like a deer, head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, neck like a snake, belly like a clam, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger, and ears like a cow.
"What kind of creature is this?"
The old man looked at the golden dragon on the crystal ball and felt a sense of foreboding. Before he could react, a terrifying dragon roar rang out.
"roar!"
boom!boom!
The old man's head and the crystal ball exploded almost simultaneously, turning into dust.
"!!"
Ella Diaz's pupils contracted, and she stared in astonishment at the scene before her.
"This is a backlash? How is that possible? He's just a mere first-tier wizard?"
Ella Diaz stared in disbelief at the scene before her. When using prophetic spells to foretell powerful individuals or beings burdened with terrifying fates, it can backfire.
"This is troublesome, this is troublesome, this is troublesome."
Ella Diaz narrowed her eyes slightly. People who bear such a terrifying fate usually have extraordinary origins.
If he really captures Zhang Changsheng, even if he gains his freedom, it will likely cause him a lot of trouble.
"Forget it, whatever. Even if there's trouble, it'll be a problem later."
"Since the magic isn't working, let's track it manually. It's only been a few days. There must still be some traces left."
With that thought in mind, Ella Diaz gritted her teeth and strode away.
Only a group of somewhat flustered maids and wizard apprentices remained.
"Someone, bring everyone back, and tell them not to do anything."
"Go find the person who killed our gang members, the one riding the Icescale Horse. Once you find him, I will reward you handsomely."
Ella Diaz gave the order, promising a hefty reward.
……
"Are there any more missions? I want to accept a new one!"
Zhang Changsheng looked at the dragon girl and said...
"Don't you need to rest? You still have to do missions?"
The dragon girl looked at Zhang Changsheng with some surprise, not expecting him to have to do a mission.
"It's nothing, it's nothing, just some small monsters, they can't hurt me at all, I don't need to rest."
Zhang Changsheng waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Alright, here are some more tasks. You can choose one."
After shaking his head helplessly, Long Rensheng took out the task list again and handed it to Zhang Changsheng.
Zhang Changsheng took the task list and looked at it. He found that he had killed most of the monsters in these tasks, so hunting them again would not yield any new spells.
"Any other tasks?"
Zhang Changsheng looked at the dragon girl and asked somewhat embarrassedly.
"Aren't these tasks good? I think they're alright, both in terms of rewards and difficulty?"
The dragon girl looked at Zhang Changsheng with some confusion.
"It's alright, but it's not really suitable for me."
Zhang Changsheng shook his head and said.
"I don't have any good quests left, only some that no one wants to take or that are too difficult. Would you like to take a look?"
The dragon girl frowned and said,
"Let me take a look; perhaps there's a suitable task for me."
Zhang Changsheng said,
"OK,"
After nodding, the dragon girl took out a stack of task lists that wasn't very thick and handed them to Zhang Changsheng; there were only about ten of them.
After receiving the task list, Zhang Changsheng looked at it and found that these tasks were indeed somewhat trivial compared to the previous ones.
The rewards are significantly less, and it's much more troublesome.
Soon, Zhang Changsheng finalized a task that almost no one would take.
"I'll take this mission!"
Zhang Changsheng handed the task list to the dragon girl and began to speak.
"Okay, let me see."
The dragon girl took the list and began to look at it.
"Is this the mission?"
"You actually took this mission!"
The dragon girl looked at Zhang Changsheng with some surprise.
"You seem surprised. Has no one accepted this task?"
Zhang Changsheng asked,
"The undead in the Undead Cave are too poor; they don't have any extraordinary materials, so basically no professionals would be willing to go there."
"By the way, I should remind you that there are many undead in the Undead Cave, although most of them are ordinary undead and very few are Tier 1."
"But many professionals are worn down, especially wizards like you with limited magic power. You need to be careful and it would be best to form a team."
The dragon girl kindly reminded her,
"Don't worry, I have a team. As long as I'm careful, my mana won't be consumed too much."
Zhang Changsheng nodded.
"That's good, I've registered the task for you."
After nodding slightly, the dragon girl began registering Zhang Changsheng's mission.
The task registration was completed quickly, and the magic map was handed over.
Thank you.
Zhang Changsheng took the magic map and strode away.
Tier 1 Quest: Clear the Undead Cave
Quest Description: The Undead Cave is infested with a large number of 0-1 level undead, numbering over 100.
Quest Reward: Killing a regular undead grants 1 gold coin and 1 point.
Killing a Tier 1 undead grants 100 gold coins and 100 points.
Limited Time Offer: None
Quest hint: The Undead Cave is a monster lair, and there is a possibility that an exceptionally powerful boss monster may appear there.
If you encounter a boss monster, please leave quickly and report it to the authorities.
"Monster lair, and even a lord monster."
Looking at the unfamiliar terms on the task list, Zhang Changsheng thought for a moment and then went to the Myriad Books Society in Black Dragon City.
Just as the Wealth Shop was opened by the Goddess of Wealth, this Book Club was also opened by a deity, the renowned God of Knowledge.
Upon arriving at Wanshu Club, Zhang Changsheng expressed his desire to learn about the subject, and the clerk recommended a book titled "The Complete Book of Monster Nests."
After flipping through the book for a while, Zhang Changsheng found the answer.
Monster lairs are manifestations of the rules left behind by the gods after their death.
For example, the Cave of the Dead is one of the monster lairs left behind after the death of the former god of the dead.
Monster lairs are similar to game dungeons; even if you kill all the monsters, they will respawn after a while.
When refreshing, there is a small chance that a lord-level monster will appear.
The so-called lord-level monsters are extremely powerful monsters, just like bosses in games, with higher damage and more health.
Similarly, there are benefits to killing the lord monster.
When a boss monster dies, it will usually drop 1 to 6 pieces of equipment of perfect quality.
That's why many people really enjoy causing trouble for boss monsters.
Because it is very difficult to craft truly exceptional equipment of perfect quality. A normal wizard or blacksmith can only craft one out of 1000 pieces of equipment that is of perfect quality.
In fact, some extraordinary equipment can never reach perfect quality.