Volume 4: The Swan Song (Remastered) Chapter 21: Gains and Losses

In just three days, Olafi tasted two defeats in a row!

The Flesh Tree with the essence of death as its power core became a terrifying monster, and countless indescribable tentacles reached out from the corner tower, turning the elven players who rushed into the camp in high spirits into their own prey. The thirst for flesh caused the Flesh Tree to drain the blood of these players and devour their bodies in a matter of seconds, and if it weren't for the fact that this monster didn't have a powerful soul, these players would have sunk even their souls.

The Flesh Demon Tree, nourished by fresh flesh and blood, sensed another piece of death essence buried in the ground for the first time, so he gave birth to more tentacles, stretched out towards the underground cavern, and after successfully devouring it, finally gave birth to his own soul!

As an ignorant newborn undead, he subconsciously longs for more flesh and life. Those elven players were like torches in the night in his perception, so dazzling.

And so, a real tragedy happened!

According to the post-mortem statistics of some intelligence agencies, more than half of the players who entered the secret realm were severely injured in this tragedy. The most serious ones were devoured and assimilated by the flesh and blood demon tree, causing complete death, and the slightly better ones became vegetative people, barely retaining a minimum of souls.

More players have permanently reduced their soul energy limit due to attacks from the Flesh Tree, and their characters have died permanently due to devouring, and these players will have to find a new ring and create a new character to start from scratch even if they want to re-enter the world of Entagre.

Only Olafi and the important members of the Children of the Forest left the secret realm as soon as possible without any losses. Players scattered throughout the Casamane Forest who want to find some adventures of their own will either be affected by the sudden surge of death power and become undead, or they will be torn apart by the undead who crawled out of the dirt. Compared with the latter, the situation of the former is more tragic. Unless someone can destroy their bodies as undead and purify their souls infested by the power of death, they will henceforth begin a new journey as undead.

Before it was devoured by the Flesh Tree, the altar set up in the waterhole had already extracted a large amount of death power from the essence of death, which continued to circulate with the river, completely turning this secret realm into a paradise of death. Lost in the suppression and purification of the river, the power of death that seeped into the soil awakened countless bones buried under the land, and gradually evolved into an army of the undead.

As for the flesh demon tree that absorbed the second Death Essence, it also turned into a behemoth more than thirty meters tall, and its strength directly broke through the hero level, becoming the most terrifying existence in the Casaman Forest.

Realizing that the situation was out of control, the natives sent out the druids and rangers as quickly as they could, but in the face of thousands of undead and the increasingly powerful flesh and demon trees, their abilities alone could no longer easily quell the situation. What's worse is that when Yu Bin broke the barrier of the secret realm before, those white mist had already spread towards the surrounding forest, causing the power of nature in the forest to be continuously consumed, and now, without the restriction of the barrier, the power of death is expanding at an astonishing speed, turning more and more forests into a dead forbidden area of life. Countless plants and animals have died as a result, and the death of these plants and animals will exacerbate this force of death.

Eventually, what happened in the Whispering Forest alarmed the Elven Queen of the Eternal Song Forest, and on the orders of the nominal ruler of the Elven Clan, a large elven army entered the Whispering Forest to assist the druids in their quest to purify the land infected by the power of death.

At the same time, Olafi, who returned to the Whispering Forest, was also taken away by the elven high-level, and after interrogation, the cause of this tragedy gradually emerged, and the name Ice Whisper Dry Bone began to spread among the elven natives.

"Undead Grim Reaper", "Destroyer of the Whispering Forest", "Knight Calling Death"! A similar title has greatly increased Yu Bin's popularity.

At this time, Yu Bin had already left the Whispering Forest on the Demon Bone Dragon Steed, heading towards the nearest goblin stronghold, where he would take a goblin airship, detour through the demon's territory, and return to the Angfei Fortress.

When he left Casaman's Forest, the piece of parchment that Andrew handed to Yu Bin had a new twist. The old text was erased, and a new one was revealed, a forging blueprint for inheritance-level equipment.

In the world of Entagre, equipment is divided into several levels according to its quality, from lowest to highest: Damaged (Gray), Normal (White), Excellent (Green), Delicate (Blue), Rare (Red), Legendary (Purple), and Epic (Orange). Above these seven levels, there are silver demigods and golden artifacts.

Legacy equipment, on the other hand, is not included in any of the tiers. Each piece of Legacy equipment has a special ability that can be continuously enhanced as the user's strength increases. These Legacy equipment may not be as good as a Green Excellent equipment at first, but as the user's strength continues to increase and the level increases, the Legacy equipment will also grow in tandem, and depending on the materials used in the manufacturing process, the Legacy equipment has its own different growth limits. When the growth limit is reached, the user can also make it possible to continue to grow by replacing it with better materials. Even some artifacts are made based on inheritance-level equipment.

While normal equipment can also be enhanced by adding materials (Equipment Refining), or by changing the main material to add additional effects (Equipment Leveling), it can only produce minor changes due to the limitations of its construction and design philosophy. Inheritance-level equipment is a coveted equipment for every player due to its growth, and it can be bound to the soul and is not easy to drop.

However, the manufacturing requirements of inheritance-level equipment are very high, requiring not only a large number of high-grade and rare materials, but also very high forging skills. Therefore, in the previous life, most of those famous inheritance-level equipment were monopolized by those super unions, and only they had the manpower, material and financial resources to make inheritance-level equipment.

On the parchment is a forging blueprint for a pair of boots, which is not only a legacy piece of equipment, but also a part of a set.

【Death Marks - Frost Path】【Plate Armor Shoes】【Legacy Grade】

Main Materials: Mithril, Adamantite, Ogin, Saron Iron, Keel, Cryolite

Fixed Effect 1: Reduces the slowdown and restraint effects caused by the Ice Elemental

Fixed Effect 2: Ice can be used to create frozen areas on the surface of the water

Fixed Effect 3: Increases Constitution and Freeze Resistance

The so-called fixed special effect refers to the abilities that this inheritance level equipment must have after it is manufactured, and these abilities are determined by the main materials used in the manufacture of the equipment, and the craftsman who makes the equipment can also add other materials according to their own understanding during the forging process, so as to add other abilities to the equipment, or further strengthen the original ability.

As for the ability to reduce the slow effect or increase the constitution attribute mentioned in the fixed effect, the specific extent to which it can be achieved depends entirely on the skill of the craftsman and the strength of the user, the better the skill of the craftsman, the stronger the strength of the user, and the higher the upper limit of this ability. This is the biggest feature of inheritance-level equipment.

Due to its growth-ready nature, some powerful natives tend to give such equipment to gifted descendants of their families to use, so that they can adapt to the abilities of the equipment from an early age, and avoid the hassle of constantly changing equipment. This is one of the reasons why it is called a legacy equipment.

For Bin, the difficulty of making this piece of equipment lies more in those materials than the forging skill level. The main materials listed above alone have already given Yu Bin a headache. Mithril, Adamantite and Ogin are not ordinary minerals, Mithril has good magic conduction and ductility, and Adamantite Gold has high inertia to various energies on the basis of maintaining Mithril's good magic conductivity, and will not be easily corroded and destroyed, these two minerals are extremely rare natural minerals, whether they are mined or bought, they need to pay a great price.

As for Aojin, not to mention, it is a synthetic metal, a type of magic alloy, which cannot be mined at all, and can only be purchased from the aborigines at a high price.

Dragonbones and cryolites are similar to Augin, the former being the bones left behind after the dragon's death, and the latter being the elemental core left behind after the killing of a powerful ice elemental creature.

Even more difficult to obtain than these materials is the Saron Evil Iron. This is a mineral that only exists in hell, there is no one in the world of Entagre, and only a small amount of Saron Evil Iron circulates in the market every year, and most of them are brought back by some powerful beings when they go to hell for some purpose to explore, which can be said to be priceless.

Yu Bin put away the parchment with a sigh of relief. This inheritance-level equipment is completely unattainable for him now, not to mention collecting these main materials, just the requirements for forging skills, Yu Bin can't reach it. According to the records on the drawings, in order to guarantee a minimum success rate of forging (meaning that there is at least a chance of successful forging, not complete impossibility, even if this success rate is only 1%), at least the manufacturer needs to have an expert level of forging skills.

Life skills such as forging and tailoring can be roughly divided into five levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert and master, as long as the player has enough talent and a lot of time, it is not difficult to reach the advanced level. If you want to become an expert, players must reach the advanced level of this skill, and at least two or three other life skills such as alchemy and enchantment have reached the intermediate level, because some high-level equipment often uses the skills of other related skills when manufacturing, and it is obviously impossible for a craftsman who does not understand enchantment or alchemy at all to make high-level equipment that meets the requirements.

And to reach the level of a master, it is very difficult. Not only does the player need to reach a certain level of proficiency in many fields, but they also need to produce at least three works that are unique to them. Every master craftsman is a rare talent, and it is the object that every country will treat carefully and protect closely.

For example, the orc blacksmith Carlos, whom Yu Bin often dealt with before, is an expert blacksmith, not only proficient in forging, but also proficient in leather making and alchemy, especially in mineral extraction and metal fusion, Carlos has a very good level, otherwise he would not have been able to make the purple legendary equipment of Cresh's protective barrier.

Although Yu Bin has also learned forging as his life skill, he does not have much talent in this area, and so far he has only barely reached the intermediate level, and he can still do it by maintaining the equipment or repairing some small problems on a daily basis, as for forging new equipment, Yu Bin has not been able to guarantee that every time the equipment forged can reach the green excellent level, and even the success rate of fifty percent is not even fifty percent.

As for the auxiliary materials that were not recorded in the main materials, but had to be added in order to equip them with better attributes, Yu Bin had no clue. He must first determine who will forge this equipment, and then the other party will put forward the corresponding requirements in terms of materials, so that Yu Bin can prepare and collect the right medicine.

"It's really a big loss this time!" Yu Bin didn't know how many times he lamented like this.

This time he went to the Whispering Forest, Yu Bin could really be said to have lost all his pants, except for two weapons, all the other equipment on his body was destroyed (the pair of daggers were temporarily given to Ailan by him to use), in addition, he also lost the last few soul beads, not to mention the large amount of precious potions wasted.

As for the harvest, there are still six of the eight Death Essences left, but there is no way to realize this thing except for putting it in the warehouse and eating ashes. Because the guy who has a need for the essence of death is either an old yin like Andrew Yasen, or a high-powered old monster like Albrecht, the emperor of the Dia Empire, Yu Bin, who has already been killed by Andrew once, doesn't dare to deal with these beings anymore, for fear of accidentally jumping into the pit himself. So these six Death Essences are simply decorations for Bin, and they can't even be used as batteries, because he doesn't know how to extract the death power inside! This is also the main reason why Yu Bin did not hesitate to use the two death essences in the secret realm, anyway, it is useless to keep them, it is better to use them to find some fun for those long ears, so that he can leave the whispering forest more easily.

There is also the same status of the Mind Gem, this thing is even more difficult than the Essence of Death, in terms of rarity, it can even be compared to the Book of your, but just as Yu Bin can't take the Book of your to Dalaran for a bounty, he can't take the Neuman Stargazer's Mind Gem to bargain with those elves, it's no different from looking for death.

Therefore, in fact, Yu Bin's harvest this time is only the blood-colored ball, in addition to the forging blueprint of the inheritance-level equipment, the former God knows when it can be forged, and the latter depends on whether anyone needs it. After all, this thing is neither a powerful magic prop nor a rare historical artifact, it is functionally a battery, and it is a disposable battery that has been used for tens of thousands of years.

After all, if Yu Bin can still be in a good mood, then there is really a problem with his brain.