Chapter 585 “Ten Thousand Characters for Votes” Inverted World
It was merely the gaze between the two.
This caused the gray shadow, which had been previously frenzied and greedy, to transform into fear and panic.
In the eyes of the gray shadow, Darke had transformed from a delicious meal to a blood-stained butcher’s knife.
It was screaming desperately, and after venting its fear, it suddenly turned around, attempting to flee.
But suddenly, a playful laughter echoed in the void.
Little Mana Spirit appeared silently behind it, extending its small antenna to grab its scalp—the spirit was naturally as intangible as mist.
“Turns out it’s a Sucking Spirit.”
Darke was slightly surprised, but curiosity dominated his eyes.
Sucking Spirits were actually common monsters in the Dungeon, but this was the first time Darke had encountered one.
He still vividly remembered the two Sucking Spirits that Professor Nina had caught for demonstration; one exploded from anger, and the other accidentally licked his belongings and exploded.
Since then, he knew he didn’t need to fear Sucking Spirits.
He hadn’t expected a Sucking Spirit to be so brazen, actively provoking him.
“I wonder what materials drop when a Sucking Spirit dies normally?”
Darke’s eyes lit up, his interest deepening.
“Yomimi!”
The little Mana Spirit cheerfully called out, kneading the Sucking Spirit like dough into a ball, then pulling on both sides, distorting its three facial holes into a grotesque, comical shape.
Darke couldn’t help but condemn its behavior: “Look how uncomfortable it is, let it go.”
Monsters in the Dungeon theoretically only have instincts and no true intellect, thus they do not belong to the category of true life.
Therefore, even the kindest student wouldn’t feel psychological pressure while hunting monsters.
Although Little Mana Spirit was reluctant, it gave the freshly acquired “toy” a quick release.
As the Sucking Spirit died, its fog-like body dispersed with the wind, leaving no trace behind.
But when Darke showed signs of disappointment, Little Mana Spirit reached out, grabbing something transparent: “(?^__^?) Ha ha!”
Darke leaned closer to examine it, realizing the transparent object was only as big as an eel and couldn’t identify what it was.
“Come to think of it, Professor Nina never mentioned what materials drop when a Sucking Spirit dies. Is it because ordinary people can’t gather them?”
Darke thought, reaching out to touch it.
His fingertip undoubtedly passed through it—clearly, the transparent object was also a spirit entity.
This made him ponder.
If it was a spirit entity, he had no specialized storage tools like the small bottle Professor Kazel used for soul powder.
Without such special equipment, the spirit entity would surely disperse with the wind.
In fact, catching it relied entirely on Little Mana Spirit being a spirit-type Golem.
“Can’t keep holding onto it? Even if I kept holding it…”
“Yomimi!”
“Can you preserve it?”
“Yomimi!”
Little Mana Spirit nodded vigorously, then, in a show-and-tell manner, tucked the transparent object into a red bead necklace around its neck, jumping up and down excitedly.
Darke immediately understood—it had stored the spirit entity in the “Fear Gem”!
“Fear Gems” could absorb fear and convert it into mana reserves. Even if Little Mana Spirit was stored in a Magic Card, its stored mana wouldn’t dissipate like with external objects, making it a very special type.
Now storing a spirit entity in a “Fear Gem” seemed feasible?
Darke decided quickly and began to try.
Half a minute later, he got his result—feasible!
He didn’t use the “Eye of Truth” to check, just letting Little Mana Spirit keep it, he would deal with it later.
“Enter the Secret Room!”
Just now, he had found the mechanism. Pressing it again, a crack appeared on the wall one meter away.
Lion Beast, with great experience, pushed the wall and found it was indeed a revolving door.
It said a few words to Darke and entered first.
After confirming safety, it returned to bring Darke in.
Lion Beast had experienced similar situations multiple times. Occasionally, monsters hid in the Secret Rooms, but it always dealt with them promptly.
This Secret Room was relatively safe, and Lion Beast moved swiftly.
However, once inside, Darke discovered that this Secret Room was different from all the others he had seen.
Firstly, it was not square but a rare circular room.
The entire room was visible, with a round platform protruding in the center, where a candle stand was placed.
When someone entered, the candles on the stand spontaneously ignited, illuminating the room brightly.
At the base of the platform, delicate patterns resembling flower petals spread outwards, forming a striking composition.
This was completely different from the plain, ordinary other Secret Rooms.
The walls of this room were also engraved with exquisite patterns, matching the black and white colors of the floor.
Entering this room felt like stepping into an art gallery, where one could easily become dizzy.
Naturally, there was no treasure chest in this Secret Room.
…
Darke stood at the entrance of the Secret Room for a long time, still unsure how to proceed.
Apart from the candle stand on the central platform, there seemed to be nothing else to take.
Standing there for so long, his gaze gradually focused on the candle stand, the flickering flames reflecting in his eyes—suddenly, inspiration struck.
Darke suddenly recalled Emma’s description of her Secret Room experience—it seemed similar?
That room contained only frescoes and an oil lamp.
Emma took the oil lamp, triggering the Hidden Space.
Then Darke and Diana, Rose mistakenly entered it, obtaining the first “Holy Sword.”
Speaking of it, Darke could enter the Hidden Space thanks to Emma’s guidance.
Although every detail of this room differed from Emma’s description, it strangely felt familiar.
He suddenly fell into deep thought.
While he was thinking, the Magic Golems remained quiet, not disturbing him.
…
Outside the Secret Room, monsters were drawn by the Sucking Spirit’s screams.
Little Mana Spirit, which had been waiting outside, immediately perked up, not bothering to report, and floated towards the group of night-traveling monsters.
When it entered ghost state, the monsters’ claws became ineffective against it.
Moreover, the monsters in the upper ten layers rarely had spell-burst types, rendering them helpless against it.
It approached the monsters, emitting a silver bell-like laugh, playing among them, causing the monsters’ eyes to turn red and emit low growls.
Finally, it took on the role of a sentry.
Responsibility lay with the Imp Beast.
And Deoxys, learning the situation from its mouth, put down the bag and stepped out of the secret room.
He stretched his right hand horizontally, and “Solo Sword Sheath” flew over on its own, fusing with the cat sword!
…
The fighting outside the secret room, the contemplation inside.
A complete dynamic and static composition was formed.
Deoxys charged into the beast crowd; the cat’s eyes shone brightly in the darkness. The snow-white sword light burst from the sword and danced instantly, engaging in combat with the night-traveling monsters.
Inside the secret room, Dark finally figured out one part of the puzzle.
He stepped carefully on the black-and-white patterns on the ground, safely reaching the edge of the circular platform, then reached out to grab the candlestick placed on the platform.
When his fingers closed together, he had already taken the candlestick in his hand.
Then, lifting it slightly, he raised it up.
The candle flame flickered.
…
The “Hidden Space” did not immediately open before him.
But according to Emma’s words, they were completely unaware of the opening of the “Hidden Space.”
It might have been already included in the “Hidden Space” outside…
Just as Dark was pondering this, a fire suddenly lit up in the middle of the secret room.
That fire could not gather on the candlestick but instead spread downward along the grooves of the platform columns and then climbed outward along the white striped patterns on the ground.
Dark hurriedly jumped out of the range of the flames, and soon saw that the entire floor of the secret room had ignited into a flame array.
The array burned for a moment before spreading upward from the edges near the walls, instantly igniting the patterns on the walls.
The entire secret room was engulfed by raging flames.
The wildly jumping flames entered his eyes, causing fear.
Lion Beast moved abruptly, blocking in front of Dark.
Yet Dark remained focused, observing.
This fire seemed fierce but produced no smoke.
And without smoke, there was no need to fear.
He stood where the fire could not reach, taking in all the movements of the flames—a very rare opportunity.
He quietly observed the continuous burning, wanting to see what it would eventually produce.
“It can’t possibly continue indefinitely; it doesn’t make sense.”
As soon as this thought arose, the degree of the flames suddenly surged, rising from the ground and even licking through the ceiling.
Then, a corresponding flame array appeared on the ceiling, connecting top to bottom.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, an explosion sounded from above. The flame array on the ceiling burned through it, shooting red light from above.
A central line appeared, splitting the entire ceiling in half.
When Dark regained his senses, the ceiling of the secret room had opened wide.
Dark suddenly looked up, and an inverted world appeared in his vision.
Countless inverted candlesticks entered his view, their flickering flames swaying uniformly.
“Hidden Space!”
Although it wasn’t the type of hidden space leading directly to the deep dungeon, it was undoubtedly beyond the confines of the secret room.
“Lion Beast… No, wait, where’s the Imp Beast?”
Dark immediately called for Lion Beast, but quickly realized Imp Beast was more suitable, only to find it wasn’t by his side.
“Outside dealing with the monsters.” Lion Beast said calmly.
“Is that so?” Dark turned around, finding Deoxys also missing, and simply pushed the door open to look outside.
Amidst the corpses of the monsters, Deoxys stood proudly, its snowy fur particularly noticeable in the dark environment.
“Imp Beast.” After noticing that the continuous flow of monsters wasn’t significant, Dark called Imp Beast inside.
As soon as Imp Beast entered the secret room, its scalp tingled.
Although the ceiling of the secret room was already open, the flames had not extinguished. They had no smoke, yet the temperature was still extremely high, making it too dangerous to approach.
But since Dark had called it inside, Imp Beast knew what it was about to face.
Though worried, it flapped its wings and flew forward.
“Let’s first check if this fire is real.” Dark reminded.
Imp Beast cautiously used the tip of its wing to touch the fire, then swiftly pulled back with a “Wow,” but there was no scorch mark on the wing tip.
It slowly opened its eyes, glanced at the wing tip, and quickly said, “Condition reflex, condition reflex.”
No scorch marks, no burning.
Apart from the temperature above its body, the fire was almost entirely an illusion.
Imp Beast became bolder and, without waiting for Dark’s command, flew straight into the flames, then rushed through the world above the ceiling.
In an instant, it felt itself hanging upside down, feeling like it was instantly inverted and starting to fall upwards.
Seeing below were burning candlesticks, it quickly reversed direction and flew downwards, finally breaking free from gravity’s hold.
Thanks to its ability to fly, it could adjust like a child just learning to swim.
“How is it?” Dark raised his voice and asked.
“Gravity, it’s inverted!” Imp Beast shouted loudly.
“Indeed?” Dark pondered, then said, “After adapting, go in and look for any treasures, like… treasure chests?”
Imp Beast’s eyes lit up, adjusting its posture to keep its head down and feet up, aligning with the inverted world.
Then it eagerly searched the hidden space filled with candlesticks.
This hidden space connected who knows which level of the underground city; its size was roughly equivalent to a basketball court, though no one knew if there were secret passages.
Imp Beast initially took a rough turn, then rushed back to report to Dark.
Apart from the floating candlesticks in the air, the interior was pure white, with only a tiny gap in one wall.
Imp Beast boldly guessed that the treasure chest was inside!
Then it volunteered, clamoring to take a look inside.
After much consideration, Dark reluctantly allowed it to volunteer three times.
Dark had no choice but to let it take the risk alone.
Thus, Imp Beast flapped its wings, “Biu,” and flew to the wall.
But as it used its claws to grab the door, a candlestick behind it, which should have been lifeless, suddenly moved.
The originally gently flickering flame suddenly surged, resembling flowing hair, slowly opening a pair of black eyes from within the flames, staring intently at Imp Beast’s back.
Imp Beast felt a chill all over, instinctively turning its head backward.
The flame of the candlestick continued to surge crazily. When it saw it, it was like a whip, fiercely lashing out. Imp Beast screamed, bursting into unprecedented speed and narrowly dodging the whip-like flames, then fleeing towards the ceiling connected to the secret room.
“Chirp chirp chirp—”
Deathly Thirteen Cheeps!
“Huuu!”
Suddenly, a gust of wind roared, and the silver-white baby dragon abruptly crossed the boundary between two spaces. After a single rotation, it adapted to the inverted gravity world and fiercely rushed past the imp beast, slamming violently into the candlestick that was chasing after it!
“Bang!”
A loud sound echoed as the candlestick was shattered by the blue-eyed baby dragon. The flames atop the candles wobbled precariously, almost extinguishing.
“Miaow—”
The blue-eyed baby dragon let out a long, triumphant howl.
The imp beast turned its head suddenly, showing surprise: “You are a dragon!”
But the blue-eyed baby dragon didn’t care about these things.
Saint Maryann Academy had a no-flying rule, and due to its large size, it couldn’t hide easily. It could only fly secretly at night.
Now, finally having this opportunity, why not enjoy flying?
It flew over the candlesticks, causing a hurricane that nearly extinguished the candles.
After one round, all the candles were stimulated, and the flames surged.
…
Watching the chaotic scene in the hidden space, Dark covered his forehead with pain.
Golems gaining sentience had their own ideas and always managed to cause trouble when he least expected it.
Now, all the candlesticks in this space had awakened. According to the nature of such creatures… they probably had combination skills.
His judgment was very accurate.
The natural dragon aura emitted by the blue-eyed baby dragon made these hundred-odd candlesticks feel a great threat. As soon as they awakened, they gathered around the first awakened candlestick, densely forming a square.
Candle flames quickly fused, turning into an extremely massive flame in an instant.
The blue-eyed baby dragon instantly sensed something was wrong, stopping abruptly beside the imp beast, blinking its big eyes at the giant flame, looking innocent.
“This is bad,” the imp beast said, pulling down its eyelids.
Blue-Eyes Young White Dragon: “Miaow—”
Imp Beast: “Don’t pretend to be a cat!”
“Blue-Eyes Young White Dragon, Light Hall!”
Dark’s commanding voice came just in time.
The blue-eyed baby dragon spun in the air and released the “Light Hall.”
Sacred white light burst from its wings and rapidly converged above its head, forming a blazing sphere like the sun.
Snow-white feathers rained down from the sky.
The sudden explosion of the light ball rapidly changed the surrounding environment.
The blue-eyed baby dragon bathed in the glow, closing its eyes in comfort.
But what greeted it was a long flame whip formed by the giant flame!
That flame whip took on the form of a giant python, opening its huge mouth to swallow it.
The blue-eyed baby dragon’s eyes flashed with determination.
As a dragon, it wasn’t afraid of fire.
Even facing the flames directly, it charged forward.
The imp beast was thrown back instantly, watching helplessly as the blue-eyed baby dragon engaged in fierce combat with the flame giant python.
The baby dragon’s wings were as sharp as blades, slicing through the flames.
But the candle flames flickered slightly and filled in again.
It only took one glance for it to realize that with its current abilities, it couldn’t extinguish the fire python… so it would attack the body!
“Boom!”
The flame giant python couldn’t stop the blue-eyed baby dragon’s assault. The outer candlesticks were cut in half by its wings, the upper parts burning and falling to the ground, melting into milky white wax.
More and more candlesticks were severed, and the wax on the ground piled up.
When enough wax accumulated, it wriggled into a massive white beast, roaring angrily upward.
…
Hanging in a secret room, Dark Demon watched the entire battle from an inverted perspective. Finally, he remembered what kind of creature this was.
A single candlestick was called a “Candle Spirit,” and the giant beast generated from wax was called a “Candle Beast.” They were common regular monsters below the 20th floor of the dungeon.
They merely served as small monsters like Slimes but could bring fatal threats.
“But since these are monsters below the 20th floor, this hidden space should also be below the 20th floor.”
“If we can conquer this and obtain the treasure chest hidden within… slurp—”
Dark hurriedly pressed his lips together.
If he could get something of higher value than a “Trash Slime” from the treasure chest, it would truly be a great profit!
“The strength of a single Candle Spirit is around three stars. When a hundred gather, they have five-star strength. The resulting Candle Beast’s strength depends on the amount of wax, ranging from four to six stars.”
“With the strength of the Blue-Eyes Young White Dragon, it’s sufficient.”
“Just as Lydia-senpai said, let the golems move around more, don’t just eat and sleep in the clubroom all day.”
Dark folded his arms, patiently observing.
The blue-eyed baby dragon’s biggest weakness was the lack of sufficient offensive means. It hardly had any ultimate skills during combat, and its only “Dragon’s Inverted Scale” could lead to confusion.
To continuously win in battles of the same level, it needed proficient fighting techniques and a brain capable of adapting on the fly.
For example, crossing the flame giant python and directly attacking the Candle Spirit’s body would be a good choice.
But unlike the Candle Spirits, the Candle Beasts had high resistance to physical attacks, making them harder to deal with.
“What will it do?”
Dark looked forward to it.
However, after severing a cluster of Candle Spirits, the blue-eyed baby dragon was caught off guard by the Candle Beast mid-dive.
The Candle Beast’s body suddenly swelled, as if a pile of mud stuck to the baby dragon’s wings. Then, its entire massive body leaped up, pressing the blue-eyed baby dragon to the ground.
In an instant, the situation drastically changed.
The blue-eyed baby dragon was stuck to the ground by the Candle Beast’s wax, like a fly stuck to a glue board, struggling in vain.
Seeing this, the gathered Candle Spirits immediately cried out, their burning flames wildly dancing. The flame giant python turned its head sharply, diving down towards the trapped blue-eyed baby dragon on the ground.
“Boom!”
The flame giant python bit down on the blue-eyed baby dragon’s head, melting the wax around it into a thicker, hotter liquid.
That hot liquid seeped through the gaps in the baby dragon’s scales, though not causing much damage, it made it feel numb and itchy all over.
It immediately put on a tearful look, struggling to lift its head toward the owner across the space,
trying to melt his cold heart, hoping to evolve into a “Blue-Eyes Young White Dragon” and have some fun!
But Dark wasn’t fooled.
Holding the “Blue-Eyes Young White Dragon” magic card, he knew very well that the baby dragon’s state was still intact.
Finally, when the blue-eyed baby dragon’s head was about to be covered by the Candle Beast’s wax,
Its eyes flickered with a deep crimson radiance.
Ultimate Skill — “Dragon’s Inverted Scale”!
The baby blue-eye dragon that had autonomously triggered “Dragon’s Inverted Scale” instantly saw its power surge, breaking free from the wax sealing it. It spread its wings and took off from the ground.
“Roar!”
The dragon’s roar echoed through the space.
In its rage-filled state, its attack power significantly increased, tearing apart the candle beast that tried to wrap around it before launching itself at the chandelier above. With a more frenzied and violent posture, it shattered the chandelier into pieces.
After three minutes of intense battle, the baby blue-eye dragon exited the “Dragon’s Inverted Scale” state, its eyes quickly regaining clarity.
Before it, no candle spirits remained.
Instead, the candle beast was still stubbornly alive.
The baby blue-eye dragon landed, stomping twice on the candle beast, finally killing it.
Then it lifted its head and continued looking at Dark, finally seeing the approval in his eyes.
The baby blue-eye dragon scratched its head with its claw and walked toward the wall with a crack.
Seeing the battle end, the imp beast immediately flew over.
The baby blue-eye dragon pushed the wall with force, opening a door.
Due to the single-door design, it struggled to squeeze in.
When the imp beast tried to follow, the baby blue-eye dragon suddenly stuck its large head out, pushing the imp beast back and letting out an excited cry.
The imp beast glared at it in frustration but squeezed through the gap.
Upon entering, he saw three treasure chests hidden inside.
“(?@ο@?) Wow—”
It immediately flew onto the baby blue-eye dragon’s head, sticking its head out to cheer.
…
As the candle spirits and candle beasts were all eliminated, the flames in the secret room finally extinguished.
Dark took out the “Flight Spell,” curiously flying up to the ceiling and then entering from the junction of two spaces.
A transparent membrane covered his body before completely passing through.
Gravity reversed, and under the push of the “Flight Spell” and the acceleration of gravity, he fell downward.
He hurriedly directed the “Flight Spell” to change direction, switching his head and feet positions, regaining balance before hitting the ground.
On the surface outside the door, there were numerous waxes and wicks, each wick emitting a faint glow, clearly usable materials.
But with hundreds of wicks, it was too many to choose from, so he directly used the “Flight Spell” to cross over and fly into the inner room.
As the imp beast said, there were indeed three treasure chests inside!
This was the first time he found multiple treasure chests in one place after taking the copper and silver boxes from the bronze statue of the Sphinx, and this time, there were three!
Important things bear repeating—there were three treasure chests!
“Break the lock.” Dark exclaimed excitedly.
The baby blue-eye dragon happily walked to the treasure chest and sequentially broke the locks.
“Start with the one on the far left.”
Dark rubbed his hands, grabbed the lid, and forcefully lifted it, completely flipping it open.
Dust scattered, and the treasure chest was filled with candles.
Dark was startled, almost thinking they were all candle spirits.
But upon closer inspection, he realized these were magical candles with special effects.
He had seen many similar candles.
Old nobles who enjoyed ambiance liked to light candles with concentration effects in their study rooms, reading ancient books under the yellowish glow.
To be honest, it was indeed quite atmospheric.
However, the candles in this chest were not those with concentration effects but rather “Purple Core Candles” with illusion effects.
When “Purple Core Candles” were lit, people could see illusions in the flame, which was very mysterious.
Dark counted them and found twelve thick and long “Purple Core Candles,” making them somewhat troublesome to take away.
“Let’s check the one on the far right next.”
He calmed down and opened the right treasure chest.
Inside were also twelve magical candles, but they were not “Purple Core Candles”; instead, they were “Pink Core Candles” that brought joy.
Their effects were self-explanatory.
Dark stood up and looked at the last treasure chest.
“Surely, it can’t be candles too?” he couldn’t help but say.
Although “Purple Core Candles” and “Pink Core Candles” had their uses, they were essentially luxury items, and their raw materials were not rare. Only two types of wicks could be extracted and utilized.
Thinking of this, Dark suddenly had an idea: “Maybe I should extract the wicks?”
“No, it’s too troublesome.” He shook his head and opened the middle treasure chest.
This third treasure chest was finally not filled with candles.
Dark tightly stared at the treasure inside, unable to hide his surprise.
Inside the treasure chest was a magic book!
A magic book was a book used to record spells.
Due to the vastness of magic knowledge, famous spells required entire books for documentation.
Some advanced magic books could even assist in learning, helping mages master the spells recorded within.
Dark had once found a magic book titled “Blood Sacrifice” in the old bookstore of the goblins, which had greatly helped him.
“I hope it’s a spell I can master.”
Dark stretched out his hand to grab the magic book.
But just before his fingers touched it, he suddenly became alert, calling out to the imp beast: “You come.”
The imp beast lowered its head to look at the book, then suddenly touched it with its wing tip and immediately withdrew.
Red light flashed on the book, and smoke rose from the imp beast’s wing tip.
“So there is a seal…”
Dark’s gaze flickered, giving full credit to his own vigilance.
But what should he do next?
He pondered for a moment, subconsciously reaching for the guild card…
Perhaps the “Ice Wizard Beast” evolved from Agumon knew how to remove the magic seal.
But he quickly realized he could not summon Agumon.
“Then only this way.”
Dark thought for a bit and summoned the mana spirit from outside.
The mana spirit floated around wildly upon entering. Reluctantly, Dark grabbed its neck, pointing at the magic book and asked, “Can you use your psychic powers to move it?”
The mana spirit’s eyes lit up, immediately using its psychic powers on the magic book.
The magic book gently shook, then suddenly burst into flames.
The mana spirit was startled by the fire.
But Dark remained calm. “Don’t be afraid, keep using your psychic powers to suppress the flames.”
“Meow!” The mana spirit immediately complied and soon found enjoyment in it.
Its ultimate skill…
The technique “Telekinesis” could move objects using supernatural power, but essentially, it exerted force on the items.
Once the book was subjected to this force, the seal would naturally trigger.
Generally speaking, there were two reasons why a magic book might be inscribed with a seal: one was danger, and the other was extreme danger.
The first type of seal was to prevent ordinary people from touching it or to stop it from being easily stolen and used.
The second type was to completely seal the magic book, ensuring it could never see the light of day.
The strength of the seal on the magic book before him seemed to lean towards the first type.
It wasn’t very powerful; it could be easily worn down by the dream spirit’s “Telekinesis.”
Indeed, that was how it played out.
After about ten minutes, the magic book stopped emitting flames, and the dream spirit easily lifted it.
Dark then extended his hand and took it.
The cover of the magic book was slightly warm, still retaining the residual heat of the flames.
Engraved on the cover was a very ordinary six-pointed star spell array, with no inscription of the spell name.
This remained true when he flipped through the cover.
It wasn’t until he turned another page that he found the spell name and a line of text:
“Flames of Mana”
[The mana’s flames burn fiercely, no one knows where they will end.]
…
“Mana’s flames?”
Dark pondered carefully, instinctively flipping to the next page, only to find that the subsequent pages seemed to be glued together, unable to be opened.
After a brief hesitation, he injected a thread of mana into his fingertip.
“Bang!”
A very soft explosion sounded suddenly, and flames erupted at the point where his finger touched the page.
He instinctively released his grip, and the flame on his fingertip disappeared after a few seconds.
From then on, the look in Dark’s eyes when he looked at the magic book changed completely.
There was no doubt; this was a high-level magic book capable of guiding mages in learning spells!
“Snap!”
He closed the book, suppressing his surprise.
Since entering the dungeon, his “Greed” index had been rising continuously, and he was truly struggling to control himself.
Prior to this, he had never imagined that the reason preventing him from entering the dungeon would be something like this!
The value of the magic book “Flames of Mana” must be unimaginably high.
He immediately opened his “Eye of Truth” to examine it.
Sure enough, according to the “Eye of Truth,” the value of “Flames of Mana” indeed surpassed that of the Mana Dropper and was even higher than that of the Greed Slime!
This was the first treasure Dark had obtained that exceeded the value of his golem!
Then, he casually checked the other two boxes of candles.
“The Purple Core Candle” and “Pink Core Candle” were slightly less valuable than the worm tree, so it was indeed better to extract the candle cores directly.
Dark thought for a moment, then called the imp beast to fly out and fetch Meow Meow.
Such meticulous work was best left to the strong, adorable, and obedient Meow Meow.
“Meow!” Meow Meow immediately emitted an unwilling sound.
“Cough.” Dark whispered something into its ear, and it immediately brightened up, focusing on its task.
While Meow Meow was extracting the candle cores, Dark went outside and looked at the ground covered in white wax and scattered candle holders, sighing deeply.
“It’s time to collect the trash.”
…
The materials available for harvesting from the candle spirits were also candle cores, but their cores were ordinary yellow, containing abundant mana and affinity with fire elements, with no other notable features.
Using the “Eye of Truth” to inspect them, he only picked out a dozen slightly more valuable ones, but they were still inferior to the worm tree.
To complete the set, he simply chose twelve “Yellow Core” candles along with twelve “Purple Core” and twelve “Pink Core” candles.
When he returned to the secret room, the joy on his face was impossible to contain.
“It’s quite a harvest, isn’t it?”
He hugged the “Trash Slime” and kissed it passionately.
Accidentally creating the “Trash Slime” back then was super lucky!
…
Having rested enough already, Dark picked some more monster materials outside and then embarked on the next stage of his journey.
As he evolved the “Trash Slime” into the “Greed Slime II” using “Gluttony III,” Dark even thought that tonight’s gains were sufficient, and it didn’t matter if he couldn’t find any treasure chests afterward.
However, the “Greed Slime II” remained diligent.
“Poyo!”
It squeezed out two round tentacles and made a hugging gesture toward the “Solo Sword Sheath.”
The “Solo Sword Sheath” then instinctively entered its embrace and was squeezed inside.
After a few seconds, the “Greed Slime II” completed the recording of the aura and released the “Solo Sword Sheath.”
Then, it shook its jelly-like body, slowly cultivating “greed” in its mind. When the greed appeared in its eyes, the “Greed Trigger” activated.
Almost immediately,
The “Greed Slime II” suddenly widened its eyes.
(°?°)ヾ;
It let out excited “Poyo Poyo” sounds.
Dark was momentarily taken aback, but Deoxys and the lion beast immediately perked up their ears, their expressions changing.
With the golem having “Hero Qualities,” evolving from one to two and then to three, the demand for “Holy Swords” was undoubtedly high.
Even though the “Solo Sword Sheath” could evolve into a “Dual Sword Sheath,” it could only last for fifteen minutes and couldn’t be divided into three parts.
During this dungeon exploration, the two golems could only alternately use the “Holy Sword,” which was extremely inconvenient.
Therefore, they needed another “Holy Sword,” or even two, to meet the demand!
“Found a Holy Sword?”
The imp beast flew onto the “Greed Slime II’s” back, becoming very sensitive to the discovery.
Of course, it didn’t like the “Holy Sword.”
Only then did Dark react, and his previously uncloseable mouth revealed a look of wild joy.
【Greed +1】
In the next moment, he pursed his lips and used the “Technique of the Shadow God” to clear his mind, forcefully suppressing the desire for “Greed.”
Then he took a deep breath and said, “Lion Beast, carry the slime.”
The lion beast immediately placed the “Greed Slime II” on its head, carrying it like a cloak, and then followed the guidance of the “Greed Slime II” to start moving.
This time, Dark’s group had a clearer goal and was more determined.
The spirit bug flew above, illuminating the darkness.
The “Solo Sword Sheath” floated in the air.
The imp beast occasionally flew out to scout ahead.
Deoxys and Meow Meow walked on either side of Dark.
The dream spirit floated around, lively and active…
They moved at great speed, efficiently clearing the path of golems, and quickly approached the area sensed by the “Greed Slime II”!
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[This is equivalent to five chapters in other books, please note.]
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“Guaranteed monthly ticket”?
“Guaranteed blade”?
