While the forest was in chaos, Salvador took this chance to aquire more tokens, using his heighted senses to read the monsters movements and feel if they were about to die.
Killing the ones who was about to die, gaining tokens, while remaining sneaky
thanks to Blinking steps.
[You have acquired 12 Tokens.]
[You have acquired 4 Tokens.]
[You have....]
{Now I gotta head on back to the snake's den to deal with that snake.} Salvador thought, still wearing the armor.
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Whlie Salvador was heading on back, Cha Yeon Woo group were cornered in a different part of the burning forest, with trees that were burning down to the ground, as they fought and getting tired.
As they tried to escape the monsters by running away but they kept on following, so they had no choice but to fight them and eventually they got pushed back into a corner.
"WHAT IS HAPPENING!?" Kahn yelled, confused at why, a sudden quest appeared and why it was a monster rush.
Kahn was dodging everything the monsters threw at him and killing some of them but more monsters quickly replaced them, getting hit some because of his tiredness.
"Guh...Why are there so many." Doyle saids using his bugs to support both Kahn and Cha Yeon Woo, getting tired too and running low on bugs to use, also getting hit.
{It doesn't make sense...How can a sudden quest appear and how could Hargan lair be looted already Kahn, Doyle and I should have been the only ones to know about that place? But I'll think about this later.}
Cha Yeon Woo thought, cutting down monsters and dodging attacks aimed at him, while his body may have helped him got tired less easily, he still got tired and got hit some.
"WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE!" Cha Yeon Woo yelled towards Kahn and Doyle as the sounds of fighting, drowned out speaking normally.
Kahn and Doyle both heard him but they had no way to do that, as if they tried cutting though the monsters, the monsters would just replace themselves.
Cha Yeon Woo then gotta a idea, he took of his bags of explosive powder and threw them at the flames, causing a big explosion to sound out.
BBBBOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!
The explosion caused chucks and limbs of dead monsters to rain down onto the ground, staining the ground red with guts and insides all around, making them escape.
While they were escaping, the orc camp wasn't in the best of situations.
"CHHHKK! LIZARDMAN START THE
WAR!" A orc yelled.
"THEY CROSS NORTH WALL!" Another orc yelled.
"Why now?! What's their reason?" Farrak, the orc king said.
"Don't know! Thy say we kill lizardman king! King save us!" A orc said, bowing Infront of Farrak.
"CCHHHKK! HOW DARE THOSE CRAZY LIZARD'S DO THIS?! RIGHT WHEN WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR GOD'S RESURRECTION CEREMONY!" Farrak yelled.
{No, wait. We can get more sacrifices for our god.} Farrak thought, smiling.
"CCHHHK! Go tell the shaman to be careful and that we will bring more sacrifices for him soon!" Farrak said.
"Yes! CCHK!" The orc said, running off to go tell the shaman.
Farrak got up and walked outside over to the wall to observe what's happening.
"HOLD WALL! CCHK!" A orc yelled, holding up the wall.
"CCHHHK! BRING WAGON! BLOCK ENEMIES! CCHK" A another orc yelled, holding up the wall.
The wall, which was being hold up by the orcs, were being hit repeatedly, a troll even found a rock and smashed it into the wall, cracking the wall and making it fall, letting every monster in.
Farrak was standing at the very back, holding a sword, to see who exactly was leading the war, only to see Cranum walking up to him.
"It's been while, Farrak." Cranum said.
"CRANUM!" Farrak yelled, running towards Cranum, welding his sword.
"FARRAK!" Cranum yelled, as farrak did, running towards him, welding his halberd.
Both running towards each other and clashing in the middle, making another loud boom
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!
But whlie that was happening Salvador was already going towards the snake den, using blinking steps to get there, increasing it's proficiency.
[The 'Blinking Steps' skill proficiency has increased. 12.4%.]
When Salvador got to the cave entrance, he entered and felt a rumble.
[You have entered "Akasha's Snake Lair".]
{I don't think I could fight both of them at the same time just yet, one on one, oh for sure, two v twos, hell nah.} Salvador thought, walked deeper in, untill he found the room.
"CH-CHNK! M-MY GOD! HAVE MERCY...GGAHH!" The orc yelled, getting eaten by the snake.
"CCHHHKK! THE GOD ANGRY!" A orc yelled.
"HE ANGRY!" Another orc yelled.
The snake spit green flames out of it's mouth, burning the nearest orc.
"GOD IS PUNISH US, CCHHK!" A orc yelled.
"R-RUN, CCHHK!" Another orc yelled.
The snake kept on eating the orcs in the cave, when it was done, it dove over to where Salvador was but he got out of it's way and it dug down into the earth.
As he was using blinking steps to hide himslef, going south-west, where the war was happening.
Salvador then jumped down into the empty cavern, as he always have 6th sense on, he found a small hidden passageway.
So he used blinking steps to go into the passageway, heading deeper and deeper into the snake's den, until a chilly wind blowed from the inside.
Salvador increased his speed and he soon found the room, that was covered in a icey crystal material and in the middle of the room, was a kid that looked to be 5 years old.
[Humanoid Snow Ginseng]
Classification: Elixir or Mystical Creature
Rating: A+
Description: A ginseng that only grows on icy plains while being exposed to the energy of the moon for hundreds of years. Because of its child-like shape, many people mistake it for a human.
It will increase mana upon consumption. However, the increased amount depends on the ability of the consumer. Its ingestion method is also very tricky.
{Good thing, it's not a real child, I would have felt bad.} Salvador thought, running towards the ginseng.
But the moment, he started moving, the ginseng sensed it and jumped away, Salvador used Blinking steps to appear behind it and tried to grab it's stem.
But it failed and the ginseng got on the ground and screamed, which didn't affect Salvador, as he's a skeleton with no eardrums.
This confused the ginseng, so Salvador threw his sword, he had gotten from Hargan lair, which didn't hit the ginseng but it was enough for Salvador to touch it's stem, causing it to turn back into a plant and eating it.
[You have obtained the hidden piece 'Humanoid Snow Ginseng'..]
[The spirit energy is exploding in your body. It will be converted into Magic Power.]
Salvador withdrew his senses from spreading around outside, to inside his body, allowing him to see to the atomic level
Mana was circulating at high speeds.
[Your status 'Immature Dragon Berserker' is influencing the absorption process.]
[98% of the spirit energy held in the Humanoid Snow Ginseng has been converted to Magic Power. Your body will begin to absorb the Magic Power.]
[Your Magic Power has increased by 5 points.]
[Your Magic Power has increased by 7 points.]
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[Body improvement has been confirmed. The vessel is strong enough. The halted succession process will resume. 22%... 24%... 27%....]
[Current progress: 48.9%]
[Your current status will be changed from 'Immature Dragon Berserker' to 'Half Ancient Dragon Berserker Body']
[You have achieved the half point of the succession process. You have gained an ability to control mana.]
[Mana has begun to circulate in your body.]
[You can now cast magical skills while consuming less mana.]
[The skill 'Magic Circuit' has been created.]
Salvador knew what mana felt like and how to control it a very little amount, he could even see mana but now he could control it, even better than before.
He felt as if he was moving a very heavy object before getting magic circuit, after he got it.
He felt as if he could move that object a little bit faster than before, as he still couldn't control mana, how he wanted to.
In addition, unlike the time when mana disappeared right after it finished its job, it was now continuously flowing through his body.
[Magic Circuit]
Rating: C
Proficiency: 0.0%
Description: Dragons are known as a race blessed by Mana since time immemorial. And those who are blessed by such dragons are given the ability to control mana.
The control range and the amount of controllable mana increases with proficiency. Sometimes, it is possible to handle Mana Streams.
{UNLIMITED POWER HAHAH, cough.} Salvador thought, walking over to where the pendent is and taking it
[A necklace full of memories]
Classification: Pendant
Rating: F-
Description: A necklace full of someone's precious memories. It would be nice to return it to the owner.
{Galliard about to be so emotional, also where am I storing all these items, I don't even have a bag} Salvador thought, taking the crown out and wearing it, increasing his aura.
Salvador ran out the cave, ready to get some more juicy loot.
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Finished this chapter on 5%, let's go
I put the thingamjig into the whatamacallit
And the dooda didn't work :(