Chapter 452 (2/2)
I smiled at the scout captain when I thought up to this point.
The scout captain s.h.i.+vered when he saw my smile. ”What are you planning, young warrior?”
Still gripping the Sealing Stone, I asked, ”Captain, surely you have a couple more of these babies, right? Why don't you gift some to me? I am also in need of them right now.”
”This is the one and only Sealing Stone I have, warrior!” the scout captain declared. ”The Sealing Stone is a crystal made from the essence of the world, and only a royal magus has the skill to inject it with sealing power. So how could I possibly have more than one? Really!”
”Is that so?”
I stared at him. ”To tell you the truth, I'm a close acquaintance of Commander Ziyan, and a friend of Princess Karinshan herself. What do you think Princess Karinshan will say if I head back to Floating Ice City and tell her that, not only did a scout captain of Frost Army fail to complete his quest, he even hired an adventurer to complete it for him, and he bribed the adventurer with a Sealing Stone to get a mount for himself, my lord?”
”You! You cannot do this!” The scout captain puked blood. ”Heavens, why have you sent a devil to me, an honorable and righteous knight of humanity…”
I showed him the very Sealing Stone he gave me. ”This is the proof! I'm sure Princess Karinshan and Lady Ziyan will be very interested to hear my story!”
Gray-faced, the scout captain finally acquiesced and pulled out another two Sealing Stones from his pockets. ”Fine. The Royal Magus Las is actually an old friend of mine, so he agreed to make me a few Sealing Stones when I called upon his help. This is all I have though. We may be old friends, but he still made me pay a couple bottles of Wild Lily Wine for them!”
Realizing something, I said, ”He only made you three Sealing Stones? I don't believe you. I'm going to tell Princess Karinshan that you and Royal Magus Las have made a lot of Sealing Stones. I'm going to say that they are proof that the both of you are conspiring together to buy troops and plot against the throne of Floating Ice City…”
My mouth was running at full steam at this point. It would be a shame not to toy with an NPC this funny!
The scout leader glared at me. ”Fine! You must be a devil incarnate. Heavens, why did the adventurer guild of Sky City accept a villain like you…”
The scout leader produced yet a pile of Sealing Stones and said reluctantly, ”I had to trade a couple-hundred-year wine for these…”
Feeling slightly apologetic, I pa.s.sed the scout captain a bag of 10000 gold before saying, ”Here, this is your compensation. Now give me all the Sealing Stones you have, or I guarantee you'll become Princess Karinshan's stable manager…”
The scout captain wailed in sorrow, but accepted the gold and surrendered me all the Sealing Stones he had. Holy s.h.i.+t, this guy. He actually had 31 Sealing Stones in total!
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I smiled as I stared at the pile of Sealing Stones in my arms. Very good, all that's left now is to pray that the Fireblade Warhorses won't turn out to be a disappointment!
Logically speaking, the number of bosses, Rare mobs, and shadow-rank mobs of an untouched map should always be higher than a cleared map. For example, a.s.suming that Fireblade Valley had a total of 5 Rare Fireblade Warhorses right now, the number of Rare Fireblade Warhorses that resp.a.w.ned should be lower than this after they resp.a.w.ned 72 hours later. Therefore, the early bird should always get to enjoy the tastiest worms!
I didn't torment the scout captain any more than that. Although he was a drunkard and a b.a.s.t.a.r.d, he was still a knight. If he hung himself in his makes.h.i.+ft camp because I went overboard with the humiliation, I would have no place to turn in my quest.
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I went deeper into the valley and felt an obvious rise in temperature around me. Even so, the plants still managed to thrive in such a hot environment. It would be a bad idea to touch them when fiery sparks were literally flying off the vegetation. Speaking of which, I saw a wild, brawny horse feeding off a low, dry shrubbery on an empty plain. It was none other than the mob I was looking for!
The warhorse looked very impressive. Flames were rising softly from its fur, and its muscles looked like they were filled to the brim with energy. Despite the burning blade at the center of its forehead, it shared more similarities to a fire beast than a unicorn. After I got close to it, its stats screen entered my vision—
Fireblade Warhorse (Shadow)
Level: 135
Attack: 1550~1740
Defense: 1450
HP: 90000
Skills: Stampede X, Haste X, Fireblade Thrust X
Introduction: As the rulers of Fireblade Valley, Fireblade Warhorses are extremely heat-resistant as their diet consists mainly of fire-attribute vegetation. Over time, the fire energy acc.u.mulating inside their body caused a mutation and grew a blade of fire on their foreheads. No wild beast had dared to challenge them since.
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It was a Level 135 shadow-rank mob as expected. I smiled and called out to my Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf, ”Get ready, wolfie!”
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