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Chapter 220 - 190: Initial Experience with Chocobo_1

Chapter 220: Chapter 190: Initial Experience with Chocobo_1

"[After a moment of dizziness, you resurrect in the ’Watchman’s Cabin’.]"

As soon as he resurrected, Mu You immediately checked the spirit niche.

As expected, at the bottom of the cremation urn, the twin eyes of the lowest skull were glowing with an eerie purple light.

"Purple huh..."

Mu You stroked his chin, it seemed the level of the remains absorbed would affect the color of the ghost fire in the skulls.

According to the color differentiation habits in the Star Spirit World, purple wasn’t the highest level of the trolls, there were likely higher levels, such as gold...

Shaking his head, Mu You took the teleportation array back to Little Ya’s treehouse and once again rode the donkey towards the cave.

Having just died once, plus one teleportation event, resulted in two years’ worth of life energy consumed. He had only just obtained one set of remains, if he wanted to obtain twenty sets, he had to spend at least 40 years’ worth of life energy.

This was why he had the Time Pocket Watch, which massively reduced life energy consumption during exploration. If it was an ordinary person undertaking this quest, who knew how much life energy they would have to spend to complete it...

By the time he returned to the cave, two hours had passed and it was Sunday early morning.

Mu You once again entered the cave, preparing to repeat his earlier actions, and continue hunting for the second tomb.

However, he quickly noticed something strange: the density of patrolling trolls had significantly increased!

Previously, he could find an unguarded path just by shooting two or three light missiles at random. But now, it took about seven or eight tries to find one pathway, with guardian forces having more than doubled and each troll’s patrolling range greatly expanded.

"It seems the trolls discovered that a chieftain’s grave has been exhumed and have increased the tomb guard force..."

Mu You could not help but frown. Under these circumstances, it was still just about possible to move around, but absorbing remains was out of the question. The action would last for two minutes and would undoubtedly be discovered.

Moreover, if he were to continue unearthing graves in this manner, with each additional grave, the guardian forces would likely increase considerably, rapidly making his movements impossible.

With only game character as a tool, this task probably couldn’t be completed because game characters were too stupid, they would not know when to stop. When they noticed the trolls, the trolls would also have approached them.

It seemed that he could only wait for his main body to handle this when he entered the game at night.

With this in mind, Mu You immediately abandoned the idea of continuing to absorb remains and instead fully focused on exploring the cave, making sure to find the locations of high-rank graves. That way, when his main body acted at night, it would be much easier.

For the following day, Mu You did his best to map out the tomb, with more than 50 years of energy consumption. Finally, before nightfall, he was able to locate twenty high-rank troll graves.

Additionally, during daytime, Lin Xue had successfully converted the ’Nether Fire’ spell into black magic.

She had been trying to create this card since the conference on Thursday. Now, on the fourth day, she had finally successfully created her first finished product.

Of course, her speed couldn’t be compared to Mu You’s, but compared to other beginner sorcerers, she was far superior. It had to be said that Lin Xue’s talent for learning and her calm, meticulous thinking abilities had a natural advantage in the study of secret techniques. Having become a sorcerer less than two weeks ago, her card-making ability already rivaled those of experienced individuals like Sagittarius.

The transformed black magic was named ’Nether Fire Bomb Crash’. The original Nether Fire was a small ghost fire which could only hit a single target. But the transformed Nether Fire would explode and inflict 300 points of damage to all creatures within a three-meter radius.

The 300 points of damage was actually only equivalent to an intermediate level magic, much worse than the small fireball, an entry-level black magic, in terms of both damage and range.

But this secret technique also included two special effects: one, the explosion would disperse all magic effects within the range, and second, it would deal five-fold damage against spirit creatures.

This instantly increased the practicality of this magic several times over. Even ignoring its damage, it was still very useful as a range dispersing tool. If it was used against spirit creatures, the results were astonishing, dealing 1500 points of damage with each use, comparable to the explosive force of two or three high-level magics combined!

Mu You quickly produced several copies of this card since it was almost time to enter the game. The spell would be useful in this round.

Furthermore, Mu You also took time to concoct a new potion, the ’Fish Gill Potion’. Its effect was that after ingestion, it allowed the user to grow fish gills for a period, enabling underwater breathing.

The main ingredients for this potion were fishwort and mermaid scales. Mu You had already acquired a bunch of fishwort as backup when he picked his spoils of war previously.

As for the scales...for merfolk, scales were similar to hair. Some would naturally be shed every day. The fallen scales would be collected by merfolk themselves and used for trading with other races.

So Mu You brought along several cans of bait, and easily obtained quite a number of scales from the merfolk with a ’one can, one scale’ deal.

In the end, ten bottles of Fish Gill Potion were successfully made, with seven of them being excellent grade and three of them being rare grade. The excellent grade potion would last five hours whereas the rare grade lasted an entire day!

The main reason for creating this potion was to counter Gemini’s preparations. Merfolk Mask was an external object, it could malfunction, so the effect of the potion was more reliable.

After making these preparations, it was already approaching ten o’clock in the evening.

Mu You entered the backpack space and arrived at the lake, where he placed a can of bait on the lake’s edge, and then blew a whistle towards the water below.

Upon hearing the noise, the mermaid quickly swam up and surfaced to take a look.

After spending the past few days together, the mermaid was not as alert towards Mu You. Seeing the can placed on the shore, she conscientiously swam over, left a scale, and then took the can away.

"I’m going to the Star Spirit World, do you want to come with me?" Mu You asked opportunistically.

At his words, the mermaid’s ears quivered, and hesitation was clearly visible on her face. However, she made her decision in less than two seconds.

The mermaid did not speak. She just flicked her tail and dived to the bottom of the lake with the can, disappearing without a trace.

The meaning was clear: she didn’t want to go back.

Mu You wasn’t surprised by this. The conditions in this space were far better than her original living conditions. There was enough food, nobody to dispute territory with her, and she could bask in Little Ya’s Evolution Light from time to time. It was normal for her not to want to leave, considering she was also occasionally fed with canned bait.

Mu You didn’t bother her and walked over to the grass to lead a Chocobo out.

[Chocobo (Mature): A flightless bird species with degenerated wings. An excellent mount with a talent for long-distance running. It can carry up to two people. It has the ability ’Underwater Breathing’: Can move freely in underwater environments.]

This was the Chocobo that Mu You had meticulously nurtured. It had fully matured now, standing at a height of two and a half meters. The bird had golden feathers all over its body, a wide beak, and two strong and slender legs, clearly showing that it was a creature born to run.

Mu You had already formed a contract with this Chocobo, and had installed a specially made saddle on its back.

It seemed to have sensed that it was about to leave its birthplace with its master to run on more expansive land, and it excitedly circled around Mu You. Its long tail continuously wagged, and it made incessant ’cheep cheep’ sounds from its beak.

Mu You stroked the golden feather on its neck to calm it down, then grabbed the reins and led it out of the space.

Inside the basement, Lin Xue and Little Ya were waiting by the door. Taking the previous experience into account, they dressed much warmer this time.

Then there was the Little Spider, which was also coming through the door this time.

Mu You looked at the time on his watch. When the minute hand moved to ten o’clock sharp, he promptly stepped forward and opened the door.

Outside was the same scene of wind and snow. The chilly wind howled, causing the Little Spider to immediately jump on the Chocobo’s back and bury itself in the fluffy feathers for warmth.

Mu You let the Battle Eagle out first and circled in the sky to confirm there was nothing unusual nearby. After that, he led the Chocobo out the door and put it into the prepared backpack.

"You two train while I go finish a quest in the Elf Forest."

As usual, Mu You left the Battle Eagle behind. After saying goodbye to Lin Xue and Little Ya, he was teleported to the Elf Forest, planning to complete the Troll quest while his combat power was at its peak at night.

After recovering from the dizziness caused by teleportation, Mu You appeared inside a delicate wooden house.

This was Little Ya’s treehouse in the game. However, the inside was simply furnished with some basic living items and nothing special.

Leaving the treehouse, Mu You released the Chocobo and mounted it. He patted its neck, indicating for it to move westward.

The Chocobo was already eager to explore the new land and was taking small steps in place. The moment Mu You gave the command, it took off like an arrow leaving a bowstring.

It was only when it started running that Mu You truly felt how fast the Chocobo was. Like a golden lightning streaking through the forest, he could only feel the scenery on both sides rapidly receding. The strong wind hitting his face was blocked by the Chocobo’s unique beak structure, diverting it to both sides and greatly reducing the wind resistance faced by the rider.

At the same time, the Chocobo’s two strong legs acted as shock absorbers. Even when traveling through the Elf Forest, he barely felt any bumps.

A journey that would have taken two hours was merely a ten-minute run for the Chocobo. Mu You arrived at the designated location in no time.

Upon dismounting, the Chocobo made a couple of unsatisfied noises, seeming to complain, ’Why have we run only this far?’

"Alright, go back. There will be plenty of opportunities to run in the future."

Mu You patted its feathers with a smile.

Of course, he had no intentions of taking this Chocobo back. He planned to leave it here for the game characters to use – essentially replacing the little donkey and working non-stop all year round.