Chapter 137: Holy Relic - Sword of Courage
Gu Xi didn't care about anything else and carefully held the newly acquired holy relic.
It was a two-handed long sword carved from stone, with moss growing on the tip of the blade.
[Holy Relic - Sword of Courage (Level 1): Can be placed in a city. Every boss, hero, or leader in the city, or any player occupying this city, will receive a permanent +3 attack bonus.]
[Note 1: Once the holy relic is placed, it cannot be moved. If the city is captured, the holy relic will be destroyed.]
[Note 2: The holy relic can be placed in an auxiliary building slot. After placing the holy relic, the city's experience will increase by +3.]
[Note 3: The holy relic can be upgraded through special methods or by hand.]
Looking at the attributes of the holy relic, Gu Xi hesitated for a moment, unable to determine if this relic was good or bad.
The only holy relic he knew about was something he learned from a textbook during his school days. It was said that this relic could turn enemies attacking the city into flowers with a 3% chance.
This effect was completely different from the Sword of Courage in Gu Xi's hand.
For a moment, Gu Xi hesitated.
At this moment, footsteps came from the dock. Gu Xi stretched out his hand, and the Cold Wind Staff transported him to the deck.
"Sir, I've brought Cain over."
Luna said as she floated to Gu Xi's side.
Seeing Luna approach, Gu Xi smiled, "Luna, you came at the right time. Take a look at this."
Gu Xi raised the Sword of Courage, and Luna's eyes lit up.
"A holy relic?"
"Wow, you can tell?"
Gu Xi was surprised. He didn't expect Luna to have such knowledge.
"Yes, I can tell. There was one in Victoria City before, and it was even replicated in Aridowei City, right in the upper city area."
Hearing this, Gu Xi's eyes lit up.
Was today a double celebration?
He hadn't expected that right after acquiring one holy relic, he would immediately hear news of another.
However, Gu Xi quickly asked seriously, "Luna, I see in the notes on the relic that it says if the city is captured, the relic will be destroyed. If we capture the upper city area, won't this relic be destroyed?"
"It shouldn't be. Although we are in a hostile relationship with the upper city area, both our city and the upper city are called Aridowei, so we actually count as one city.
As long as we can occupy the upper city area, the relic will be ours. At most, the relic's placement spot cannot be moved."
"That's good. Take this relic back with you, and take this as well."
Gu Xi said as he took out a building stone.
"Use it when building the Dragonbone Laboratory."
Luna took the building stone and, after a glance, knew its use.
This was actually a construction accelerator, compressing a building process that originally took one or two days into an instant.
Although such items were not common, they were not rare either. Luna took a look and put the building stone away.
"Sir, I'll handle the relic matters first."
Seeing Gu Xi had nothing more to give, Luna immediately said.
"Alright, I'll wait here. Be quick."
Luna nodded in understanding and floated away.
At this time, on the dock, Cain was leading his zombie subordinates in cleaning up the corpses of the eerie coral people.
Seeing Gu Xi come off the ship, Cain quickly said, "Sir, how do you want to handle these corpses?"
"Is there something unusual about these corpses?"
Gu Xi looked at the corpses, which had turned into various colored corals, somewhat curious.
"These corpses are actually good herbs. Different colors have different properties. If you don't need them, I'll store them as herbs."
Hearing this, Gu Xi lost interest.
"Herbs, huh? Store them for now. I remember I have a blueprint for a Tomb Herb Garden. Let's see if these corals can be used as herbs."
Cain had no objections to Gu Xi's order.
"Don't worry, sir. I'll store all the herbs properly. This is my main job."
While talking to Cain, one of his subordinates suddenly dragged something over.
Seeing Gu Xi standing next to Cain, the subordinate hesitated, unsure whether to hand the item to Cain or Gu Xi.
"I can't appraise it. Let Cain take a look."
Gu Xi immediately noticed the zombie's hesitation and stepped aside.
However, he was still curious and glanced over to see what the zombie had found.
Cain took the item and saw it was a rusty dagger.
Cain frowned. He thought the zombie had picked up a weapon, but this kind of weapon, although better than what the zombies currently used, wasn't necessary for dock warehouse guards who did laborious work without needing to fight.
What use was a rusty dagger?
But as Cain looked closer, he sensed something was off about the dagger.
"What's this?" Cain wiped the dagger, then looked at Gu Xi, "Sir, take a look."
Gu Xi didn't expect to be involved. He took the dagger and found it was a quest item.
[Ding! You have discovered a quest item. You can activate a temporary quest!]
[Temporary Quest: Map Carved on the Blade]
[Quest Description: Open the hidden chamber and defeat the guardian inside!]
[Quest Requirements: Open the hidden chamber (0/1), defeat the guardian (0/1)]
[Quest Reward: Chamber Treasure Chest (level based on chamber level).]
[Note 1: The blade has a map on it. If you think a place looks like a hidden chamber, stab the blade there.]
[Note 2: Hidden chambers are always in enemy territory. Sometimes a hidden chamber brings unexpected things.]
"This is interesting."
Today at the eerie dock, Gu Xi had gained a lot.
Such an ordinary temporary quest couldn't attract much of Gu Xi's attention.
However, he wouldn't dismiss Cain's efforts. He patted Cain's shoulder and said,
"Alright, I'll take this dagger. If there are more temporary quests like this, just put them in the warehouse and see if anyone wants to take them."
"Don't worry, sir. I know how to handle it."
At that moment, Gu Xi heard another sound.
[Holy Relic - Sword of Courage has been placed in Aridowei City. All bosses, heroes, and leaders in the city have permanently increased attack power by +3.]
[You are affected by the Sword of Courage. Your attack power has permanently increased by +3.]
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