"Ding! Congratulations to the host. You have slain a Rank 3 Mutant Sunflower. You have gained 2,350 experience points."
Suhlen heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the system notification. The Sunflower was not much of a threat to Suhlen. What was more troublesome was that its weak point was underground. It would not be easy to kill it.
"My Lord, are you alright?" Kite asked when he saw that the battle was over.
Suhlen shook his head. "I'm fine. Take your men and dig out the roots of the Sunflower."
"Yes, my Lord!" Kite immediately obeyed and led dozens of soldiers to dig along the roots of the sunflower. Apart from some spearmen who were about to be promoted to the Spear Imperial Guard, the rest of the soldiers were elite spearmen. The expansion of the army required them to participate in several battles to be promoted as soon as possible.
While the soldiers were digging, Su Lun took a knife and began to deal with the sunflower's mouthpart. At this time, the ferocious mouthpart had lost its vitality and was lying softly on the ground. Although it looked ferocious and horrible, its pollen was a good magic material.
Hallucinogenic pollen could be used to make hallucinogenic potions. It was also added to many potions, such as the Azure Potion. It was a potion used to increase the Will of the user. After taking it, the user would see a lot of illusions. The user had to get rid of all the illusions in order to increase the Will of the user. It would increase the user's Will by about one or two points.
Originally, Su Lun didn't know much about these materials. It was Hathaway who forced him to write them down, so that he wouldn't miss them if he didn't know what they were.
Suhlen took a small knife and was about to cut the Sunflower's mouthpart. However, as soon as the knife came close, the Sunflower, which had no signs of life, bit at Suhlen. However, Su Lun was already prepared for this situation. He flipped his palm and a thunder ball instantly appeared in his hand. Then, the thunder ball collided with the sunwheel flower's mouth, and a powerful thunder power instantly erupted.
The Sunflower's mouthpart kept trembling and twitching. In the end, it stopped moving. The Sunflower's mouthpart was similar to that of a poisonous snake. Even if it was dead, its head would still attack people who came close.
After the lightning attack, the Sunflower's mouthpart was completely dead. Suhlen then started to collect the pollen. Although the Sunflower looked like a flower, it was not. Its pollen was in a pouch above its mouthpart. Suhlen searched for a while and cut open the Sunflower's mouthpart. He found a pouch the size of a fist on the wall. It contained the Sunflower's hallucinogenic pollen.
After finding the pollen, the rest of the mouthpart was cut open. The corpse of the North Town City soldier that had turned into chunks of flesh was taken out too. Even though it was beyond recognition, the North Town City would cremate the body into ashes and bury it in the Cemetery of Martyrs, as he had died in the battle.
Although it was time-consuming, it was very important for the soldiers. It also gave the North Town City soldiers a belief that other armies did not have. In this era, the dead soldiers would be buried on the spot. If they were lucky, they would leave a tombstone. If they were unlucky, there would be nothing left.
Moreover, the death pensions of the soldiers were often embezzled. Of course, most of the time, there was no pension at all. Only after winning a battle would the nobles be merciful and take out an extremely small portion of the spoils of war as pension.
It was different in the North Town City. All the soldiers who died in the battle would receive a pension. If they made contributions, the pension would be more. Normally, the North Town City's pension would be five times the annual salary of the soldier, and it would be paid in one lump sum.
The payment of the pension was very strict, and Su Lun kept a close eye on it. He didn't want the pension not to fall into the hands of the soldiers' relatives, but to be pocketed by others. Once such a scandal occurred, it would be a great blow to the reputation of Northern Town.
Apart from the pension, the North Town City also treated the families of the martyrs well. For example, the families of the martyrs would not have to pay taxes on their land for ten years. At the same time, the orphans of the martyrs would be accepted into the school under construction in the North Town City. At the same time, the City Hall would send officials to the families of the martyrs every year.
The North Town City army was the most loyal army in the world.
The soldiers moved quickly. The root of the sunwheel flower was slowly exposed under the digging. Although Suhlen already knew that the sunwheel flower had a large part underground, he was still shocked.
The mouth of the sunwheel flower above the ground was only 1/5 of the mouth of the sunwheel flower underground. As the soil was constantly cleaned, the roots of the sunwheel flower were soon exposed. In the center of the roots of the sunwheel flower was a huge sarcoma, which was the vital part of the sunwheel flower.
There was a huge hole in the sarcoma-like thing, and the blood inside had already dried up. However, Suhlen did not care about that. Instead, he began to look for something on the sarcoma-like thing.
Soon, Suhlen found an egg-sized red gemstone. It was the most valuable part of the sunwheel flower. Wizards called it the blood essence stone.
The stone itself was poisonous. It could cause paralysis and hallucinations. As long as the poison was neutralized, it could be used to make a potion that could permanently increase one's lifespan.
A single sunwheel flower could increase a person's lifespan by ten to fifteen years. This was why it was so valuable in the black market. As soon as it appeared, it would be snatched up immediately. Although this world was a fantasy world, for those below the legendary level, their lifespan was still an insurmountable problem.
As long as they reached the legendary level, even a warrior could live up to two to three hundred years old. Wizards could even live up to a thousand years. However, most of the legendary warriors did not live to three hundred years old. As warriors who fought on the frontlines, every one of them had fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Injuries were nothing out of the ordinary. However, if they were injured too much when they were young, their lifespan would be affected.
The blood essence stone had no effect on legendary wizards. They had better treasures like the fountain of youth, water of life, and other miraculous items that could greatly increase one's lifespan.
However, for nobles, this kind of life-extending potion was very tempting. After all, not many nobles would think that their lifespan was too long.
This kind of potion was not very useful to Suhlen. Although he was also a warrior, he was also a wizard. When he reached the legendary level, he had awakened his domain power. Even if he lived according to his normal lifespan, he would still live longer than legendary wizards.
Suhlen did not plan to use it himself. Instead, he planned to let Hathaway make the potion and sell it. If this thing appeared in the auction house, he was sure that the nobles would give him a satisfactory price.
After putting away the Blood Essence Stone, Su Lun ordered the soldiers to burn the roots of the Sunwheel Flower and then ordered the army to withdraw from the forest. If there were more mutant plants similar to the Sunwheel Flower in the forest, these soldiers would not be able to do much. Therefore, he planned to explore alone.
After ordering Kate to defend the camp, Suhlen entered the forest alone. This forest was very strange. There were not even many insects. Although the plants looked lush, there was a sense of eeriness.
At this time, it was already a little dark, and the light in the forest was even worse. Su Lun blessed himself with an invisibility spell, and then went around from the side. As he passed through the thorny forest, there were many strange trees and flowers around him. Their bodies were obviously larger than ordinary plants, a bit like an ancient primitive forest.
Su Lun deliberately touched these plants a few times with something, and the whole plant moved a little, but these plants did not attack. Maybe these plants did not need to eat yet. Su Lun even found a plant similar to a willow tree.
The plant had many vines that swayed with the wind. It looked normal, but Su Lun, who had read the monster guide, recognized it at a glance. It was a Caromans Tree.
When this plant did not attack, it was no different from a normal plant. However, when it attacked, its numerous vines would immediately wrap around the target like snakes. It would also secrete a large amount of hallucinogenic and paralyzing liquid to paralyze the target. At the same time, it would also inject digestive fluid into the target. The organs and even the bones of the target would melt into liquid and be absorbed by the Krawmans tree.
Although this plant was ferocious, it was a very good material for wizards. Wizards would often deliberately plant this kind of thing. The Krawmans tree trunk was very magical, and it was a good material for making magic staffs. The hallucinogenic fluid it secreted was also a supplementary material for some magic potions.
Suhlen looked at the Krawmans tree in front of him and frowned. He muttered, "A Krawmans tree? Is it wild or planted here on purpose? "
After hesitating for a while, Suhlen did not attack the tree. Instead, he carefully went around it. After going around the Krawmans tree, Suhlen continued to go deeper into the forest. Soon, a large field of lavender flowers appeared in front of him.
After quietly approaching, Suhlen realized that this field of flowers did not seem to grow naturally. Instead, it seemed to be artificially cultivated. Although the flowers were not trimmed, he could still see some traces left behind.
After getting closer, Suhlen also recognized the flowers planted in this field of flowers. These purple flowers were all Datura flowers. Suhlen felt that these flowers were alive.
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