Forest of Truth outskirts.
Mike stood over the corpses of several demon creatures, each sliced into precisely 108 pieces. The deceased remained calm and even gave Shadow Seven a thumbs up.
Earlier, while Mike and Shadow Seven were chatting, these demon creatures had suddenly attacked. Shadow Seven, who had confidently claimed that no demon creatures would appear, felt humiliated and enraged. So, she had sliced them up a bit more than necessary.
Looking at the corpses, Mike said softly, “These are from the Ebon Abyss Plane.”
“Impossible!” Shadow Seven instinctively retorted, stepping forward to examine them closely. “They are indeed from the Ebon Abyss… strange…”
“Seven Bro, what’s strange about it?”
As someone eager to show off her knowledge, Shadow Seven wouldn’t miss any opportunity to educate Deathsinger.
“You’re young, it’s normal not to know,” Shadow Seven cleared her throat and said in her raspy voice, “The Ebon Abyss Plane holds significant strategic value because it produces C- grade minerals, even though it’s a small plane…”
Mike: C-grade minerals are considered a specialty?
From Shadow Seven’s tone, the Ebon Abyss Plane had considerable strategic value, typically heavily garrisoned. Even with the great battle starting, humanity wouldn’t easily abandon it. After all, mineral production was crucial for humanity.
“It looks like the Ebon Abyss Plane has been abandoned…” Shadow Seven muttered. She didn’t understand why this change had occurred. But Mike knew exactly why.
With Mike’s high-quality mineral supply, humanity’s mineral needs had shifted. The once- critical Ebon Abyss Plane had become almost worthless, its strategic value plummeting. Withdrawing the garrisoned corps made sense.
“Look closely,” Shadow Seven pointed to the demon creature’s sliced bones, explaining, “Their bones have traces of silver. These can be refined into C-grade minerals.” fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Mike glanced at it, not very interested, “Oh.”
“Why are you just standing there? Start scraping the bones!” Shadow Seven was puzzled, “Don’t you collect spoils after killing enemies?”
“Uh, isn’t that inappropriate?”
“You’re too young,” Shadow Seven said, pretending to be wise, educating Mike, “The higher your level, the greater your daily expenses. You’ll need money for many things, but ways to earn it are limited.”
Ways to earn money are limited? Mike didn’t understand. Isn’t earning money as simple as waking up to find thousands of Battle Lord merits in your account?
Well, not everyone has two mines like Mike.
Shadow Seven even used herself as an example, “Recently, in the Inferno Abyss Plane, I hunted King Cerberus and Chaos Claw Tiger, earning only a few hundred Battle Lord merits. Deathsinger, with your lower strength, you need to save and earn merits even more.”
Mike: ???
He seemed to have heard something incredible. He suddenly remembered that the King Cerberus skeleton he received had a barbecue aroma. So, she had roasted and eaten King Cerberus!
“That’s amazing, a few hundred Battle Lord merits, that’s a lot of money!” Mike exclaimed. “Heh, Deathsinger, your vision is narrow,” Shadow Seven laughed, “Hiring me to hunt Battle Lord-tier demon creatures and extract SSS-grade materials is the real expense!”
Mike nodded in agreement, “Indeed, it must take a lot of money to do that. Hard to imagine.” “After all I’ve said, don’t you get it? I’m a ninth-tier Battle Lord, and I still work hard for a few hundred Battle Lord merits. You should collect spoils more diligently.”
Under Shadow Seven’s supervision, Mike reluctantly started scraping bone powder. He had barely started when Shadow Seven interrupted again.
“You’re too rough!” Shadow Seven, dissatisfied with Mike’s efficiency, decided to do it herself, quickly scraping all the bone powder from several demon creatures. “These bone powders can be refined into about 2kg of C-grade minerals. Kid, they’re yours.”
Mike accepted them with some embarrassment and asked curiously, “Seven Bro, is this really okay?”
“Why not!” Shadow Seven snorted, “I have to hand over 30% of my spoils. Instead of giving them to Thor, I’d rather give more to you. I like you better than that guy…”
Shadow Seven muttered, seemingly wanting to badmouth Thor but not daring to say it outright. After muttering, she suddenly remembered something and asked, “Deathsinger, have you ever used a [Wind’s Reach] skill book?”
Mike sincerely replied, “No.” He had never used a skill book.
However, he had made over 50,000 of them. He swore that everything he had said to Shadow Seven so far was true, without a single lie!
“That’s good! I mean…” Shadow Seven organized her thoughts, “It’s a great skill. If you get the chance after the war, you should learn it.”
Deathsinger also practiced wind element skills. [Wind’s Reach] was considered a divine skill for wind element classes.
Mike nodded, “Okay.”
“More demon creatures are coming!” Shadow Seven’s eyebrows raised, surprised at the frequency of demon creature attacks. Her expression changed instantly. “A Battle Lord-level demon creature has appeared!”
Clearly, the situation was developing faster than she had expected. It was strange; the direction she was guarding seemed to have an unusually high number of demon creatures.
“Deathsinger, you guard here. Don’t let any demon creatures through,” Shadow Seven quickly instructed, “Behind you is the summer camp’s defensive line. If a Battle Chief-level demon creature appears and you can’t handle it, send a distress signal. Other Guardian Shadows will come to support you!”
With that, Shadow Seven dashed forward, leaving afterimages in her wake. Mike called out, “Seven Bro, what about you?”
“I’m going to kill a Battle Lord. I’ll be back soon!”
Mike: …
Damn, she got to show off!
For these Battle Lord-level demon creatures trying to break through, it’s best to strike first, entering the Abyssal Plane to kill them.
With Shadow Seven gone, the responsibility of guarding fell to Mike. Mike counted on his
fingers,
“To hide my identity, I can’t use Thunderclap Strike or Wind’s Reach. I can’t summon Cerberus or Chaos Claw Tiger…”
As he pondered how to conceal his identity, a group of demon creatures charged at Mike, full
of aggression. The leading demon creature had a blood-red gem embedded in its forehead, a symbol of a one-tier Battle Chief.
The Battle Chief demon creature roared, “Kill them all, and you’ll be richly rewarded!”
“Kill!”
The battle cries were deafening, irritating Mike. He glanced at them, casually waving the
Force of Nature,
“Lightning Storm!”
With 30 layers of Charge Up, combined with [Lightning Storm] for crowd control, Mike unleashed massive damage instantly! Under the wild lightning, everything turned to ashes. The Battle Chief-level demon creature was also instantly killed!
…
Boom-
The sound of thunder echoed from the front, and Kaelum’s face tightened.
“Everyone, prepare for battle!”
“That noise, it must be a forbidden spell. Could there be a Battle Chief guarding the front?”
Elena nodded in agreement, “If it’s not a Battle Chief, it’s hard to make such a commotion.”
“According to the defense map, Guardian Shadow is responsible for the area ahead.”
Kaelum’s face showed eager anticipation, “Let’s go say hello and see which Master it is. I have
a few classmates in Guardian Shadow, and they’re all ranked now.”
“Alright, you go say hello.”
Anderson nodded, speaking in a deep voice.
“Are you crazy? Try and die.”
