Chapter 628 - 592: Inventorying Spoils of War
Looking at the praise flooding in the Guild Channel, at the amazement in the World Channel, and at his friends endlessly messaging him, Da Fei was satisfied and laughed heartily. This was exactly the effect he wanted! They all wanted to know what Divine Artifact he had obtained, right? Hell, even he wanted to know too!
But before that, he needed to retrieve the Divine Artifact that had fallen into the water!
Just as Da Fei was about to jump into the water, Elena pulled him back, "My lord, not now, there’s Blood Poison in the water!"
Da Fei was suddenly startled and indeed saw the entire river still bubbling and boiling, so he said in awe, "That’s the power of a God-level creature. Even in death, it leaves a toxic curse?"
Elena seriously replied, "Yes, God-level creatures do not disappear the way normal creatures do once they die. Their bodies remain for a long time, so we need to deal with their corpse now and can’t let it rot!"
Da Fei suddenly realized, Elena’s words translated to "God-level creatures’ bodies don’t get wiped by the system when they die"! Now Da Fei finally understood why the Nasir Ancient Tree’s body was still there after so long. This meant Nasir was once a God-level ancient tree! Oh, right, and the giant dragon bone he helped the dwarves retrieve on Fire Dragon Island, that must have been a God-level creature too! Damn, God-level creatures are loaded with treasures!
At this moment, Tachiusu chimed in, "Exactly, in mythological tales, farmland polluted by the Hydra’s toxic gas becomes a poisonous swamp and, if allowed to decay, it will devastate our downstream Vine Forest Space!"
So that’s it, but dealing with the corpse isn’t simple!
Da Fei called out to the Ancient Tree Fortress, "Nasir, can you consume such a large corpse?"
Nasir replied sullenly, "I don’t want to turn into one of those withered little shrubs in the poison swamp. Plus, my belief is to devour demons, not other creatures."
Da Fei was baffled, "What’s the difference between demon meat and other meat?"
Nasir said passionately, "Devouring demons shows my righteousness. This is my vengeance belief, and it is this will for revenge that keeps me alive."
Da Fei was at a loss! Damn, even being picky with food is this noble and lofty?
At this time, Tamilia quietly flew to Da Fei’s ear and whispered, "My lord, this Nasir Ancient Tree actually is a Resentful Spirit! It has been dead for ages!"
A Resentful Spirit! An Undying Creature? Da Fei almost spat blood!
Da Fei exclaimed, "Are you sure? Why didn’t you say so earlier?"
Tamilia whispered, "I wasn’t sure at first, because the speed of its resurrection puzzled me. But since its Ancient Tree Heart didn’t truly merge with this fortress, I never sensed any sign of life. But from its words earlier, I understood it’s a Resentful Spirit. Its persistent obsession is to avenge against demons. Its Undead instinct is to devour flesh. Hence its instinct and conviction have merged into devouring demons!"
My goodness! No wonder when it revived, I felt an ominous presence, I always thought that Nasir’s character had dramatically changed due to a demon curse!
Da Fei quickly whispered nervously, "So what’s the difference? What impact does it have?"
Tamilia replied solemnly, "There’s no major impact as long as it can restrain its Undead instinct. It doesn’t look much different from a living being. However, the Flower Demon’s Ancient Tree Coexistence skill and the Druid’s spells cannot restore its durability lost in battle. It must keep devouring demon flesh and blood to recover."
Damn, now I have a Ghost Ship, and also a Resentful Spirit Tree? No wonder it so smoothly imparted an Undead skill to me right away!
Da Fei complained, "It’s already lost tens of thousands of durability. Do I have to find demon meat to repair it? Seeing as it’s Undead, can’t we just use some random meat as a makeshift?"
Tamilia firmly said, "No! Resentful Spirits are different from ordinary Undead; Resentful Spirits are kept in existence by their obsession. Once broken, they will instantly disappear and ascend! Moreover, I suspect it doesn’t even know it’s a Resentful Spirit, it always believes it just lost its memory! So, for the sake of precaution, we must not let it know it’s a Resentful Spirit!"
Da Fei was enlightened! Originally, the Resentful Spirit Ranger who taught me ranger skills also vanished and ascended after fulfilling his obsession for revenge. As for hiding the fact from a dead guy that he is, in fact, a dead guy; it feels like a creepy horror movie!
At this moment, Anlicia impatiently asked, "Lord City Lord, have you decided how to handle this corpse?"
Da Fei snapped back to reality and remembered the pressing matter, hastily replied, "We can only let the Holy Vine Space aboard the Flying carry it away. I wonder if anyone would buy this corpse if sold?"
Anlicia suddenly brightened, "Right, selling that Demon Eye Governor’s Skin last time brought us a good profit. Who knows what price the Kingdom or Mage Academy would offer for a Hydra this time!"
Damn, indeed I am too clever! I was just thinking the A-level Charging Crystal wasn’t sufficient, and I need at least dozens of S-level Charging Crystals.
Nasir sighed gloomily, "You living beings are truly ignorant, forsaking the opportunity to increase your own strength with such fine fertilizer, and opting to exchange it for external possessions."
Da Fei was astounded, "You mean to use it as fertilizer for the Holy Vine on the ship?"