After putting the crystal into his pocket, Lin Li walked to the place where the Vampire died. The ground was full of broken ice. The horn of the Shapeshifter was invincible. Even a rock would be smashed into pieces by the impact, not to mention a Vampire that was frozen in ice. The crystal-clear ice was stained with blood, and had a trace of bright red color. Under the moonlight, it was full of a demonic aura.
Lin Li looked around, and saw two blood-red fangs. He quickly bent down and picked them up. They were really good stuff, especially when used in the forging of weapons. The power exerted by them was not inferior to the horn of the Shapeshifter.
The fangs of the Vampires were born with the ability to absorb the power of the enemy. When used in the forging of weapons, a small mageweath was needed, and the power could be easily channeled into the user's body in battle. Although the fangs of the Vampires were not as sharp as the horn of the Shapeshifter, they had a strong corrosive effect on things like magical shields and Combat Energy. Furthermore, the corrosive effect was rather insidious. It was not obvious at first, but after a long time, even the magical shield of an Archmage would inevitably reveal some flaws.
Lin Li had always liked sinister things. He had already planned that when he returned, he would specially forge two daggers for these two Vampire fangs, and then smear the poison of the Manticore's stinger on them …
The two Vampire fangs were put into his pocket, but Lin Li's eyes still did not move away from the broken ice on the ground. In the blood-stained ice, a dark red dot was emitting a dim light. When this dot of light fell into his eyes, Lin Li's eyes lit up. The magical crystal of a level-18 Undead creature …
Compared to the magical crystals of most magical beasts, the magical crystal of the Vampire was undoubtedly a very special existence. It was about the size of a thumb, and its whole body showed a thick dark red color like a drop of solidified blood. When he held it in his hand, he felt a burning heat coming from the palm of his hand. This was the only thing on the Vampire that had heat. When Lin Li tried to input a trace of mana into it, it would still move a few times weakly, as if it was not a magical crystal, but a heart.
In fact, the magical crystal was equivalent to the heart of the Vampires. Everyone knew that the power of the Vampires came from their blood, and the function of the magical crystal was to convert blood into power. To a certain extent, the magical crystal was equivalent to the heart of the Vampires.
If such a Vampire's magical crystal were to fall into the hands of others, they would at most embed it on a magic staff like other magical crystals, and extract the mana stored in it through the mageweath. When the mana was depleted, it would become a piece of trash. However, it was a completely different situation when it fell into Lin Li's hands.
Almost all of the five professions that Lin Li was proficient in had ways to deal with the Vampire's magical crystal. For example, in pharmaceutics, there was a Black Bloodlust Potion that could be enhanced by soaking the Vampire's magical crystal in it. If the potion bottle carved with the Crystal of Eternal Rest was added, it would only take half a year for this high-level potion to reach the effect of a Master Potion.
But in Lin Li's opinion, the most suitable thing for it was weapon forging.
The power of the Vampire's magical crystal came from blood, and weapons were things that often saw blood. Every time a life was killed and blood was absorbed, the power of the Vampire's magical crystal would increase a little. As long as the number of times it absorbed blood was enough, even the level of the magical crystal would increase.
The level of the magical crystal had always been fixed. Perhaps only unusual creatures like the Vampires could breed such a thing that was filled with evil aura.
To a certain extent, it was indeed a little evil. It was like some rituals from the Dark Age, where they obtained power through the sacrifice of life. It was said that in that ancient era, the High Elves often massacred slaves of various races, and used their lives in exchange for power.
Lin Li did not like evil things, but he liked strong power. Hence, after weighing the pros and cons, he still threw the magical crystal into his pocket.
According to Lin Li's usual practice, no matter how much effort he put in, he should get a share as long as he participated. But this time, he did not suggest to split the spoils. Instead, he threw the magical crystal into his pocket alone.
Of course …
It was not because he wanted to keep it all to himself, but because these two items could not be dealt with by ordinary people. If something like the Vampire's magical crystal was embedded on a staff and used as a magical crystal of a magical beast, it would be a shameful waste. Lin Li could not tolerate such a waste.
Moreover, there were six people present, but there were only two items. Even if they wanted to, they could not split them.
Hence, he had already thought it through. When he returned to Alanna, he would think of a way to get a batch of equipment and distribute them to everyone present. It would be considered as a share of the profits from this adventure.
Before they left, they did not forget to set a fire to burn the battlefield that was covered in blood. After all, this was the Shadowglen where the Undead creatures ran rampant. To the Undead creatures, blood all over the ground was the greatest stimulation. A Vampire had already caused trouble for most of the night. If another powerful Undead creature were to be drawn out, it would definitely give them a heart attack.
It was already very late when they were done with all of this.
The group of six returned to the cave. Since they had escaped from the Undead War and were lucky enough to escape from the high-ranking Vampire, their original plan to hide in the depths of the Shadowglen was naturally no longer needed. This cave was indeed good. It was safe and clean. Even if they searched the entire Shadowglen, they would not be able to find many places that were better than this.
Campfire, sleeping bags, blankets …
However, apart from Lin Li and Orrin, the other young mages were more excited than the other after escaping from the high-ranking Vampire and witnessing a battle between level-18 creatures. They gathered around the campfire and chatted for half the night. Finally, they could not withstand the waves of exhaustion, and finally fell into a deep sleep …
For some reason, the next few days were strangely calm and tranquil.
Everyone hid in the cave just like that. Apart from Mason who once encountered a Hell Ghoul, they actually did not encounter a single decent Undead creature in these three days. Even Lin Li, who was afraid of trouble, could not help but complain about boredom for the first time …
This situation continued until the sixth day of the trial mission.
This day had just started to brighten, and Lin Li could not fall asleep. It had been like this for the past few days. Everyone stayed in the cave all day, and apart from eating and sleeping, the only entertainment was to chat with others. After a few days of this, even a pig would have had enough sleep. How could it be possible to fall asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow like before?
After crawling out of the sleeping bag, as usual, he replenished the mana for the two mageweaths at the entrance of the cave, and then stood at the entrance of the cave in a daze …
Just as he was wondering if he should find something to do, he suddenly heard a series of light footsteps coming from afar. Then, he saw a few young mages in robes walking slowly towards the cave along the path that was littered with dried bones.
"Eh …" Lin Li was a little stunned, and hurriedly hid in the cave. With that quick glance, he had already seen clearly that there were a total of four young mages walking over, and among these four young mages, he actually knew three of them.
He still remembered that on the day when the trial mission had just started, Mason had introduced a few familiar faces to everyone. Among the group of people walking over in front, three of them happened to be the ones that Mason had introduced that day. Lin Li vaguely remembered that one of them seemed to be called Kayla.
Honestly speaking, Lin Li did not like this Kayla — he was too enthusiastic.
If everyone had a deep friendship, it would naturally not be a problem to be a little enthusiastic. But it was only the first time they met, and yet they were already so enthusiastic to the point of calling each other brothers. It was not normal for them to want to become sworn brothers on the spot. Lin Li had always believed in this saying — "Those who are unaccountably solicitous are hiding evil intentions."
Back then, Liu Bei was this enthusiastic, but what happened to Guan Zhang?
Of course, since these people were Mason's acquaintances, Lin Li naturally could not say much. He could only secretly pay attention to them, and try not to interact with them as much as possible.
Unfortunately, that was how things worked in this world. The more you didn't want to get in touch with someone, the more they would want to get close to you. Just like now, Lin Li had already hidden in the cave, but the four young mages still walked near the cave as expected.
And at this time, Mason had just woken up, and was crawling out of his sleeping bag, planning to go outside the cave to relieve himself …
"Mason …"
Before Lin Li could finish his sentence, Mason had already walked out of the cave in a daze, and then heard him shout in surprise. "Kayla!"
"Hahaha, Mason, I did not expect to see you again so soon!" Kayla's face was full of surprise, and he rushed over with a few of his companions. However, he was more or less surprised. He did not expect Mason to be so lucky — the trial mission had already lasted for six days, and yet he had not been teleported back to the camp. It seemed that this cave was indeed a good place …
Lin Li glanced at Mason, and shook his head helplessly. He sat down beside the campfire, and Orrin, who had been curled up in the blanket, also frowned slightly.
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