Chapter 529 - 496: The Correct Way to Handle Divine Artifact Fragments
Under normal circumstances, a BOSS in the wild monsters is born to fight and die in battle. Even if players have diplomatic skills under God-level Leadership Skill, they may not be able to subdue the BOSS. So now, this situation where the Forest Demon BOSS voluntarily leads the team to surrender must have triggered a special plot.
Da Fei approached the leader of the Forest Demons, called "Forest Serenity," to first check their attributes.
—Forest Serenity: Forest Demon, small-sized Leader-level Spiritual Creature, Attack 31, Defense 19, Damage 19–33, Health 1100, Mana 300, Attack Speed 13, Command Value 50, Magic Resistance 75%, Stamina 150, Special Skill: Flying Creature, Ranged Attack, Tree Parasitism, Deep Hypnosis, Forest Mist, Collect Forest Spring.
—Forest Wood Demon: Small-sized Spiritual Elite Unit, Attack 22, Defense 16, Damage 12–23, Health 120, Mana 100, Attack Speed 13, Command Value 6, Magic Resistance 75%, Stamina 100, Special Skill (same as above)
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Looking at their attributes, Da Fei was instantly stunned! This doesn’t seem right! The attributes of this Forest Demon Leader and Elite? These aren’t on the same level as the other monsters in different scenes, right? There shouldn’t be such a large gap between monsters on the same map. Could this be the reason for their surrender?
Da Fei asked, "Why are you so much weaker?"
The Forest Serenity lowered its head, "Because we chose to surrender to the master, our power will be reclaimed by the divine."
This is obviously the system’s balancing move to stop players from getting easy benefits! Okay, let’s just consider it divine balancing. Now, I really don’t want to encounter Mao God again! This just completely ruins the fun for the players!
Da Fei quickly asked, "Who is the divine?"
The Forest Demon lowered its head, "We don’t know either. We can only feel the presence of a divine power in the void."
Da Fei continued to ask, "Since there’s a divine presence, why do you dare to surrender to me? Aren’t you afraid of divine punishment?"
The Forest Demon lowered its head, "After we offended the master, the master did not punish us immediately, but instead defeated the Ice Mountain King, King of Wilderness, Volcano King, and Desert King, showing us their immense power. The master’s prowess is not below that of the divine. Also, the master gave us a day. This is the master’s display of patience and compassion. I also felt the master’s love for the Flower Demon clan, which finally made me realize why the master has been so kind to us. We couldn’t continue to hesitate, so we decided to join the master!"
Da Fei suddenly understood! So that’s the reason for their surrender!
Whoa, all the achievements of killing BOSSes are known to them! My prowess is indeed not below that of the divine? Well, whatever she says, that’s what it is. As for my love for the Flower Demon clan, no doubt about it! This is absolutely true and heaven and earth can testify to it, you’re right! Haha, wow, haha! Who would have thought that such conditions would lead to a surrender? What should I say!
At this moment, Elen chuckled coldly, "It’s clearly because I awakened them, otherwise how could you be so straightforward! Tell me, how do you plan to release the master’s slaves?"
The Forest Demon quickly lowered its head, "Please forgive us, master. We will awaken them immediately!"
Da Fei rejoiced, "Hurry, hurry up!"
Indeed, sweetheart Elen played a big role in this. In the end, forced surrender requires strength, and persuading them through virtue can only serve as a reference. Speaking of which, my reputation with the Flower Demon clan is so high, and Deirdre learned the Divine Skill ’Negotiation Expert’ which increases the success rate of diplomatic skills. Then, with the intimidating big cannon, sweetheart Elen, could I specialize in finding maps with Forest Demons and Vine Demons to recruit all the way? Well, this question is worth considering.
Now, the group of Forest Demons flew to their respective trees, each bringing out a handful of sparkling clear spring water and dripping it over the mouths and noses of the sleeping dwarves.
Da Fei’s eyebrow twitched, What is this? He quickly checked the Forest Demon’s special skill description:
—Collect Forest Spring: Every morning and evening, the Forest Demon collects dew from the forest. This dew has the divine effects of refreshing and calming the mind, and is also an excellent ingredient for making potions and brewing alcohol.
Top-grade ingredient? Damn it! This Forest Demon is a treasure! Damn, is there a Forest Demon unit building? I want the unit building! Wait a minute, suddenly Da Fei remembered, after recruiting these Forest Demons there was no equipment given to me, just like when I recruited the fishmen last time. It’s the same, no equipment gained. It seems like you can’t have both fish and equipment, and the system won’t make it this easy for players!
Tch! Never mind, it’s just the system reclaiming it and placing it on other monsters. With Comrade Little Lei working over there, I’m not worried about having enough equipment.
Meanwhile, in the Forest Demons’ busyness, there were sounds of yawning and stretching in the forest, and the dwarves finally woke up!
Ah, damn it, I almost sold you all out.
At this moment, Hangeval shook his dizzy head, staggered to his feet, and looked around. He noticed the human form of Da Fei and immediately understood, smiling bitterly, "Friend, you must be laughing at us. If there were pursuers, our heads would have rolled a long time ago."
Da Fei also smiled bitterly, "The pursuers already came. I dealt with them for a day, until you woke up."
Hangeval’s expression became solemn, "They dared to come? Has the Prince gone mad!"
Elen laughed coldly, "If he were mad, it should have happened long ago. Why wait until now?"
Hangeval wondered, "What do you mean?"
Elen replied in a deep voice, "The mad Prince surely wants to rely on the master’s power to pacify this Divine Domain!"
Da Fei was suddenly startled, "Rely on my power? He thinks that highly of me?"
Elen nodded, "Exactly! To be precise, he wants to use the power of the Divine Artifact Fragment from Douglas! The Prince secretly created a god in the depths of the prison, and one of his goals might also be to conquer this Divine Domain. Otherwise, why would the two locations be so close? To create a god, he still needs the most crucial item: a Divine Level! The Divine Level is the core of a god’s life and power. It can be substituted by high-quality Divine Artifacts, but the time required is too long. He couldn’t wait, so he found this Douglas Fragment, a fragment of the Divine Level from an ancient, deceased god, at any cost!"
Hangeval sighed, "I found this fragment in a hidden Necromancer Tower under the Ancient God Battlefield in the New World. However, when I found it, the owner of the fragment had already fused the fragment with a Suture Monster in his laboratory, so I had no choice but to capture the Suture Monster along with it."
Da Fei exclaimed, "So that’s how the Suture Monster came about!"
Elen continued, "Because the Suture Monster doesn’t cooperate with the Prince at all, he is helpless even with the fragment. When the master succeeded in obtaining the fragment and then escaped from this space, he saw a glimmer of hope—by the way, master, can I take a look at this Divine Level?"
Da Fei exclaimed, "No problem!" and took out the Divine Level Fragment from the equipment bar of Little Fei for her to examine.
At this moment, the Divine Level Fragment shone brightly with distinct edges, completely different from the initial dull piece of glass obtained from Douglas!
For a moment, the dwarves gasped in astonishment.
Hangeval said in a deep voice, "I can feel that this Divine Artifact Fragment is filled with abundant energy!"
Elen spoke earnestly, "It has already absorbed four divine elemental attributes: Divine Fire, Divine Earth, Divine Water, and Divine Darkness. It still lacks the elements of Divine Light and Divine Wind. Once all six elements are complete, or if one adds a Spiritual Element, this fragment will no longer be a fragment but truly a complete Divine Level, although still weak, but a Divine Level nonetheless!"
Da Fei was surprised, "Does that mean I can create a god too?"
Hangeval exclaimed, "Friend! Are you out of your mind!"
Elen frowned, "Master! When a true Divine Level appears, anything could happen, but whatever the scenario, it’s likely not something mortals can handle. So my personal suggestion is, we should stop here and find a way to leave now that everyone is awake!"
Hangeval agreed, "Yes! Since the Prince wants to use you to pacify this area, let’s not let him have his way. Let’s leave immediately!"
"Leave here?" After witnessing the desert and snow mountain monsters’ setbacks earlier, Da Fei hesitated, "It’s not that easy to retreat unscathed. I was hoping to use the pursuers’ strength to clear the way for us."
Of course, the most crucial point is that the Elemental Set still lacks two, maybe three components, and this incomplete set feeling is just extremely bothersome!
Elen earnestly stated, "Master, we actually have another option. Once the master successfully completes the Divine Level, we can smash it immediately, breaking it down into fragments of six single attributes. Although the power will be greatly reduced, they can be used by us mortals!"
Da Fei’s eyebrow twitched, "We can break it down?"
Alina nodded, "I can do it! The newly formed Divine Level is very fragile!"
Da Fei was suddenly delighted! That makes sense! At this current stage, daring to get involved with a god is just seeking death! Although I am ahead of the game, I’m not insane; sometimes, as a person, you have to take advice to heart!
Da Fei then said joyfully, "What’s the use of these six single-attribute fragments then?"
Elen smiled, "At the very least, you can create six Suture Monsters!"
So that’s it!
Da Fei was determined, "Alright! As soon as the Divine Level is completely repaired, and I’ve collected the entire set, I’ll divide the Divine Level into six parts. That’ll be like getting one egg and earning five more! And if the Dwarf Prince does pacify this space and builds a military fortress here, wouldn’t they be globally dominant in no time?"
And building a city, according to the game’s typical way, would of course be left to the player, which means leaving it to Skyshattering Thunder, whose operation skills are already so impressive and with so much money. If he develops here, how can I rate as anything else?
Alright! I won’t be greedy, just defeat two more BOSSes, pacify half of the area, and see if you can build your city or not! I’ll leave you conflicted and miserable!
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