I have an Apocalypse City Chapter 1072

Chapter 1072: Chapter 1074: Mithril Essence_1 Chapter 1072: Chapter 1074: Mithril Essence_1 The items dropped by the Flame Demon mostly related to fire attributes, with gear imbued with ignition and weapons carrying fire damage. Even the consumables were designed to cause a blast of explosive damage to targets within an area, along with a burning effect.

However, these items were of a high level, all being above level seventy-five. Song Jian would either store them in his warehouse or auction them off in major cities like the City of Sin or Fengming City. Many NPC adventurers would be interested in them, yet their purchasing power was not high. Only with some luck and finding a noble interested in these items could he possibly get a good price.

Song Jian sorted through the loot while his robot companion, Nafiboja, stood motionless, lacking the agility she had previously shown while dodging attacks.

After a while, Song Jian had picked up all the spoils of battle and then returned to Nafiboja's side.

“Do you have a taunting aura? From such a distance, you still managed to attract so many monsters to surround us,” Song Jian said to the robot, Nafiboja.

“During the escort process, all monsters we encounter will initiate attacks against me, which is caused by the Power of Rules, and not by me!” Nafiboja seriously explained, “Once I am escorted out of the Scorching Gorge, this power will vanish, and those monsters will no longer attack me on their own initiative!”

“Well, once the escort is over, my mission is done too. Whether they attack you or not… I couldn't care less,” Song Jian muttered under his breath as he turned and continued to walk forward. He dared not sprint at full speed this time, lest he attract a large number of monsters.

Although defeating monsters thirty levels higher could grant Song Jian a large amount of combat experience, and these creatures posed no threat to him, he suspected that Nafiboja, the robot, would not be able to withstand the onslaught of so many monsters. Despite her previous agility, she would be overwhelmed if the number of monsters increased.

The two proceeded slowly, gradually making their way deeper into the jungle.

It was then that Nafiboja suddenly spoke, “Detecting rare minerals in the vicinity, please collect them!”

“Rare minerals?” Song Jian was stunned, then shook his head, “We should complete the escort mission as quickly as possible. Mining takes time and effort, which is too time-consuming…”

The reward for the escort mission was something Song Jian had set his sights on and could not afford to miss. Everything else had to wait; he did not wish to delay the mission progress for some minerals.

Nafiboja went ahead of Song Jian, bent down, and picked up a fist-sized clump of dirt. With a gentle squeeze, the thick layer of dirt covering the mineral cracked and fell away, revealing a silver metallic luster underneath.

“Mithril Essence, with an effect a hundred times that of ordinary mithril, is the best material for mages to make personal armor. It not only provides defense beyond metal, but it also has excellent magical conductivity and will not cause spell backlash. A piece of Mithril Essence like this could have bought an estate over five hundred acres in size a thousand years ago…” Nafiboja turned her head to look at Song Jian and said, “According to estimates, this piece of Mithril Essence weighing twenty-three point seventy-five grams is likely to be worth even more now than it was a thousand years ago…”

“Is it that valuable?” Song Jian's eyes revealed a look of surprise. As he leveled up, he had noticed that the buying power of Doomsday Coins was steadily declining. Often, sellers of high-level equipment and skills preferred bartering, and Mithril Essence belonged to the category of items that most people were willing to exchange for, particularly mages.

It was well known that almost all mage professions were known for being strong in attack but weak in defense. They couldn't have a single piece of metal on their person as it could interfere with spellcasting and significantly increase the failure rate, leading to spell backlash. Accordingly, except for some specialist mage professions, most mages preferred to wear cloth armor for defense, which had the lowest defensive capability among all equipment types. This also made most mages particularly fearful of assassins who could burst out high damage.

Mithril Essence perfectly addressed this problem with its excellent magical conductivity and defense compared to plate armor. A set of gear made from Mithril Essence could undoubtedly provide a mage with the defensive capabilities of a heavy-armored melee warrior.

Mithril Essence was extremely rare; not to mention a complete set of equipment, even forging a single piece was difficult. As you know, if you want to use Mithril Essence, the entire piece of equipment must use it as the forging material. Once other materials were mixed in, the magical properties would drop significantly, making it not worth the cost.

“Are there many pieces of Mithril Essence nearby?” Song Jian wiped the dirt off the surface of the Mithril Essence in his hand with excitement, revealing a fist-sized piece of silver metal.

“Within a hundred meters nearby, there are a total of six pieces of Mithril Essence like this one, with an estimated total weight of seven hundred ninety-five grams…” the robot Nafiboja said.

“Over seven hundred grams? I'm rich! With this much, it's enough to make a Mithril Essence breastplate, haha…” Song Jian laughed and put the Mithril Essence in his hand into his bag, and followed Nafiboja's guidance to collect the other pieces of Mithril Essence.

This is why, despite the dangers, Scorching Gorge attracted a large number of adventurers every year. While dangerous, treasures like Mithril Essence were abundant. If lucky, finding one or two could immediately change one's destiny.

After picking up four pieces of Mithril Essence, Song Jian continued towards the next one. The other two pieces of Mithril Essence were at the base of a large tree, half exposed and half buried in the soil at the tree's roots.

What surprised Song Jian was that, next to these two pieces of Mithril Essence, there was a treasure chest the size of a human head. This chest was covered with a thick layer of dust, looking quite inconspicuous with no quality glow emanating from it.

After glancing at the chest, Song Jian turned his gaze toward the large tree beside it. The tree stood twenty to thirty meters tall, its canopy spreading like a huge umbrella. Its thick trunk would require five or six people to wrap their arms around, and its dense roots looked like strong serpents twisting around the base of the tree.

Scattered near these roots were numerous animal skeletons, and both pieces of Mithril Essence and that chest were surrounded by them.

After looking around for a while, Song Jian did not spot any monsters. Soon, his focus was back on the tree. In this forest, there were many man-eating plant monsters, and nobody knew if this tree was the boss guarding the chest.

“Nafiboja, can you open that chest and take out what's inside?” Song Jian asked, pointing to the small chest under the tree.

The robot Nafiboja didn't move, as if it had lost all power.

“I knew it would be like this…” Song Jian curled his lip, summoned the Sky-breaking Sword, and slashed at the tree. A dazzling light golden Sword Qi directly struck the trunk of the tree.

With a “bang,” sparks flew. The sword strike seemed as if it had hit steel; Song Jian's blow could have bisected even steel, but now it had only left a shallow white mark on the tree.

“I knew there was something off…” Song Jian's mouth curled up slightly as he began to control the Moon Essence Wheel and the Sky-breaking Sword, bombarding the tree with continuous strikes. Before long, thunderous explosions echoed throughout the jungle.

PS: Many thanks to “True Fire's Joy” for the tip of 100 QiDian Coins~

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