Chapter 118: Unexpected Spoils of War
"Hey, the battle isn't over yet. Is it really okay to waste your mana like this?"
Watching Gu Xi's actions, Du Wushuang was speechless. Gu Xi had just downed a bottle of mana potion, and now he was wasting mana again. If something else happened later, would he be able to pull out another bottle of mana potion?
Gu Xi didn't respond to her. He just took out a bottle of mana potion and shook it in Du Wushuang's direction.
Then Gu Xi's attention was focused on the skeletons that had just risen.
Gu Xi's level in Summon Spirit had nearly reached level 5, but the summoned undead were still the same as before. No matter how strong the corpses and souls used were, the summoned beings were always level 0 skeletons.
For now, Gu Xi couldn't do anything about this, unless he acquired some corresponding equipment or special skills.
However, this time Gu Xi wasn't aiming to immediately replenish his lost troops but to practice his Summon Spirit skill and gather a batch of skeletons to clean the battlefield. Level 0 skeletons were just right for this task.
As these skeletons rose from the ground, the first thing they did was pick up the spears originally belonging to the Raven Soldiers. As for the Raven Soldiers' hats and armor, they had already deteriorated when the corpses turned into skeletons.
Gu Xi didn't care about such garbage and naturally didn't instruct them to collect it.
But the corpse of the white-haired warrior, torn in half by the Death Incarnation, the old lady's corpse killed by concentrated fire from the Skeleton Archers, and all those cauldrons, large and small, were all brought before Gu Xi.
The red-skinned monster's corpse and the flesh from the Headless Horseman were also brought over.
Even the Headless Horseman's warhorse was still alive, chained by the heavy-armored zombie and brought before Gu Xi by the skeletons.
As item after item was brought over, Gu Xi turned to Du Wushuang.
"Is there anything you want? You can come and pick one."
Du Wushuang waved her hands repeatedly. "No, almost all the effort in this battle was yours. I hardly contributed anything. These are your spoils. I don't want them."
"What's the big deal? We are all guarding the same place. This is fate. I see you only use a greatsword, so take this."
As Gu Xi spoke, he took the backup katana from the white-haired warrior and handed it to Du Wushuang.
[Iron Cutting (Blue, Main Hand Weapon)]
[Attack: 6-9]
[Equipped: Agility +3]
[Requirement: Agility 3]
[Special 1: Iron Cutting, dual-wielded, calm breath, a single slash can cut through all metallic items.]
[Special 2: Multi-Slash, attacks may trigger additional slashes, linked to agility, each slash being 85% of the previous one's power.]
[Description: Both fast and slow slashes have their advantages, but balance is not an option. You must decide whether to speed up or slow down.]
When Du Wushuang received the katana, she saw its attributes and was taken aback.
"This won't do. This is already blue quality, very precious. I can't take it."
"Just take it. What's the problem?"
Gu Xi pushed the Iron Cutting into Du Wushuang's hands and began inspecting other items.
Besides the katana, the white-haired warrior only had a piece of white baboon skin intact. The rest of his armor and equipment had been melted by the Disintegration Beam.
His body had been torn in half, making it impossible to turn into a skeleton.
However, Gu Xi still found something valuable on the white-haired warrior — his head of white hair.
[Lion King's Hair (Green): The long hair of the white lion's mane, can be used as tailoring material for making clothes or banners.]
Gu Xi didn't expect that the head of white hair was good material. He drew a long sword and quickly shaved all the hair off the white-haired warrior, turning him into a bald warrior.
Then Gu Xi had the bald warrior's body dragged away and turned his attention to the old lady who had become a pincushion.
This old lady also had a piece of white baboon skin. Gu Xi already had four pieces of it, wondering if collecting seven would summon a dragon.
Unlike the white-haired warrior, the old lady had a lot more stuff.
She seemed to be an alchemist, carrying many different potions with her.
[Mana Potion (Large): Instantly restores 1500 mana points when consumed.]
[Health Potion (Large): Instantly restores 800 health points when consumed.]
[Lion King's Potion (Green): Increases Strength and Agility by 4 for 30 minutes.]
[...]
[Unidentified Potion (Gray): An unidentified potion. No one knows its effects when consumed.]
[...]
[Failed Potion (Gray): A failed potion. Has an 80% chance of poisoning the drinker.]
[...]
Watching Gu Xi pull out bottle after bottle of various colored potions from the old lady, Du Wushuang, holding the Iron Cutting, was speechless.
How many bottles were there? Who exactly was this old lady to have so many potions?
Then Gu Xi pulled out a small thumb-sized bottle containing a gem-like sparkling potion.
"The last one, this is really good stuff."
[Revitalizing Potion (Blue): A special potion that, when dripped on any item, can give it life, growing arms or legs, and gaining a certain amount of intelligence.]
Looking at the potion in his hand, Gu Xi thought of all the cauldrons with legs before. It seemed they were all caused by this potion.
So Gu Xi waved to a nearby cauldron, and two skeletons brought it forward.
[Dead Revitalized Cauldron (Gray): A cauldron brought to life for some reason. It can automatically brew various potions, but it has clearly died.
Manual brewing is possible, but automatic brewing is out of the question.]
After reading its attributes, Gu Xi glanced at the pile of cauldrons not far away. "How many are there?"
"117, all dead."
At this moment, Luna floated to Gu Xi's side and answered his question.
"Take them all back. These are good things. When we get back, I'll try to find a blueprint for an alchemy lab and build one. Maybe these things will be useful."
"Alright."
Luna happily agreed and instructed the skeletons to move the dead cauldrons into the gates of Aridowei City.
Meanwhile, Gu Xi's attention shifted to the other spoils of war.
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