Chapter 838: Chapter 839 Harvest_1
Looking back at the collapsed cave behind him, Song Jian let out a sigh of relief. Although his physical strength meant he wouldn’t die even if buried, digging his way out wouldn’t be an easy feat. Even using “Soul Wander” to pass through the thick layers of rock would take too much time, and if he dared to attempt it, the most likely outcome would be getting stuck and dying in the rocks;
Opening his inventory, Song Jian looked at an item slot showing “Gold Seal’s Goods,” a quest item that Song Jian couldn’t open and could only return to Gold Seal.
“This was a task completed at the risk of my life; a mere reward like this isn’t enough. I must ask for a higher price!” Song Jian thought to himself;
From previous tasks, Song Jian had found that even with a set reward, he could still ask for more upon completion, as long as the request was within reason;
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This task was much more dangerous than the last, with Blood Feather being a Lord-level BOSS and those six slaughters also Elite-level BOSSes, which significantly increased the difficulty of the mission.
Aside from the quest item, the inventory also contained three items dropped by Blood Feather, one of which was the staff in its hand, called the “Thunderbolt Staff.” It was a level forty Dark Gold Quality weapon. Dark Gold Quality is the cream of the crop among gold-quality gear, which comes in pale gold, shiny gold, and dark gold. Dark Gold equipment actually has the potential to be promoted to Epic level, but such an upgrade is incredibly difficult, much like nurturing a Sword Spirit, as it requires the destruction of several, or even dozens of, weapons of the same quality as a price;
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The attributes boosted by the Thunderbolt Staff were formidable, with no waste stats for a remote magic class profession, and it even came with three skills: “Wrath of the Thunder God”, “Electric Light Barrier”, and “Instant”.
Wrath of the Thunder God unleashed a massive thunder orb with tracking ability and powerful force, no less potent than a rocket launcher. Most importantly, this skill didn’t require any consumption, and its cooldown was short, only three minutes, meaning every three minutes, a strike as powerful as a single soldier’s rocket could be released—just the thought was terrifying;
The Electric Light Barrier was the same protective Light Shield with electricity retaliation that Blood Feather had cast. Similar to a Mage’s Frost Shield, not only could it block attacks but it would also cause melee attackers to suffer electric shocks, resulting in paralysis and trembling;
As for the “Instant” skill, it was a teleportation-like ability, allowing users to instantly move tens of meters away. However, for some reason, this skill was greyed out and couldn’t be used. When Song Jian’s eyes fell on this skill, he received a system prompt;
System: Your profession does not match the weapon’s requirements, you cannot obtain the related quest!
“It looks like I need to complete a quest to activate this skill!” Song Jian thought to himself. This staff was better than he expected. If the third skill “Instant” could also be activated, Song Jian even felt it could rival an Epic level Magic Staff in value.
Such a weapon naturally couldn’t be sold. It would be better to give it to Wang Qi and award it to the player who contributed most to the guild;
Song Jian obtained the staff by using a designated loot token, which broke immediately after acquiring the staff, serving as a one-time-use item. Once successfully used, it could no longer be utilized.
Apart from the staff, Blood Feather also dropped a Battle Pet Egg and a feather emanating silver light;
The Battle Pet Egg goes without saying – it could hatch into a Witch-winged Harpy. These flying battle pets were worth much more than regular pets, and if well raised, they could even enable their owners to fly for short periods, making it half a flying mount;
As for the feather, it was an item similar to a token, akin to the black badge Song Jian previously received that allowed him to partake in a unique job assessment;
Using this feather, one could enter a hidden dungeon called “Harpy’s Nest.” It’s a level forty, grade five dungeon that would be a death sentence for less than ten elite players above level forty to enter; however, if one could successfully conquer it, the rewards would be substantially greater than those of a normal level forty dungeon;
“Maybe I don’t need Hawk eggs to form a flying cavalry brigade!” Song Jian toyed with the silver-glowing feather, thinking to himself;
If he could put together a team entirely comprised of Witch-winged Harpies, its power would likely not be far off from a team with flying mounts. Whether it could be achieved depended on how Wang Qi utilized this hidden dungeon pass;
After sorting himself out a bit, Song Jian headed towards the Goblin merchant. There was still a task reward waiting for him there;
Upon seeing Song Jian return unharmed, the Goblin merchant Gold Seal narrowed his eyes, his expression morphing from surprise to sheer joy;
Gold Seal stepped out from the shadows of the rocks eagerly, arms wide open, running towards Song Jian as if welcoming a hero;
“Haha, great favored one of the gods, I knew you could do it. Have you brought back poor old Gold Seal’s goods?” Gold Seal asked joyfully.
“Of course!” Song Jian said with a slight smile, taking out six Guardian Feathers and a small crimson crown from his inventory and laying them before Gold Seal;
Seeing the six Guardian Feathers and the crown of the Harpy leader, a look of relief spread across Gold Seal’s face. He continued to look at Song Jian with hopeful eyes.
“Before we finalize the task completion, shouldn’t we talk about the task details first?” Song Jian said with a hint of malice, fixing his gaze on Gold Seal. “You only mentioned that the Harpy leader was a BOSS, but you didn’t say that the six Harpy slayers were also BOSSes. Do you know, your omission nearly got me killed there!”
Gold Seal was momentarily taken aback, puzzled, “I didn’t say? I thought I did. Aren’t you forgetting that before we…”
Before he could finish, Song Jian let out a cold snort and snatched back the six Guardian Feathers and the Harpy leader’s crown, turning to leave;
“Wait, wait, I remember now, I did forget to tell you, alright, I’ll increase the task reward by 20%, that’s the best concession I can make. Is that acceptable?” Gold Seal hurriedly said.
Song Jian smiled faintly, took out all the items again, and handed them to Gold Seal, who handed over six Hawk eggs to Song Jian with a pained expression;