NABC Chapter 151 Ether Crystals
Chapter 151 Ether Crystals
Chapter 153 Ether Crystals
The cave where the Drow Elf city is located has truly excellent geographical conditions.
It is not only spacious, with rare underground rivers flowing through it, but also has a lava lake on one side that can continuously provide light and heat.
In addition, with the extensive and already established trade routes, this cave could not be easily abandoned. With just a little modification, it could become a distribution center.
Thor summoned all the kobolds and grey dwarves from the surface underground, where they began digging and searching for treasure in the ruins of the former city.
Thanks to their keen sense of ore, items were soon unearthed and piled up in front of Thor.
However, this speed is hardly fast, after all, their numbers are limited, and it is unknown how much time it will take to completely clear the ruins of the entire city.
While the kobolds and grey dwarves were busy, Thor was not idle either. He began to build a simple altar in response to the help that old man Tiamat had given him.
After all, one cannot owe a favor to a dragon. If it is not repaid as soon as possible, who knows when it will demand an unbearable price at a critical moment.
As a temporary altar, it does not require much complicated craftsmanship; it only needs to meet three conditions: a flat base, colorful symbols, and a divine emblem carved with a five-headed dragon.
Whether or not a response is received depends on the value of the offerings.
Thor randomly selected a large enough boulder, melted and polished its surface, and placed colorful pebbles in the five corners, while placing the divine emblem that he had the gray dwarves carve in advance in the center.
Then came the main event—a huge piece of gold, weighing a ton, was placed reluctantly by Thor in front of the emblem of God, while he chanted loudly.
"Thank you, Great Dragon Mother, for your grace! You have saved me from the Spider Queen's fangs! In gratitude, I offer you my most precious treasures!"
A loud voice echoed through the cave, and the golden emblem emitted a faint glow, but there was no other sound.
Thor looked up and glanced around. The faint glow on the divine emblem indicated that the other party was paying attention, but there was no response.
After a moment's thought, his face darkened. He couldn't help but curse the greedy old man in his heart, but he had no choice but to call over a kobold and whisper a few instructions.
The little creature, covered in red scales, obeyed the order and left. Not long after, it returned with more companions.
More gold and silver, along with various precious items that Thor had prepared beforehand, were piled up on the altar. Only when the total value exceeded 10 gold coins did a five-colored rainbow shoot into the sky.
An immense aura permeated the air, and all the kobolds involuntarily knelt on the ground at that moment.
Five ferocious dragon heads snaked out from the void, surrounding Thor from all directions, making him afraid to move.
Those golden pupils seemed to possess powerful penetrating force, scanning his body inch by inch. As if they had seen something that pleased them, they couldn't help but reveal a pleased expression.
A grand voice then resounded through the air, several voices overlapping each other, both solemn and domineering.
"This little bit of wealth is not enough to repay my kindness."
But since mothers are always kind to their children, consider this interest.
The real price you'll pay in the future, so grow up quickly! I look forward to that day.
When Tiamat's voice disappeared, the colorful rainbow light faded as well, along with all the valuable items on the altar.
Thor struggled to his feet, his limbs feeling weak, and felt a slight itch in his teeth.
Not only did the problem remain unresolved, but a large sum of money was lost for no reason, which infuriated Long.
But since the situation was more favorable than Long Qiang's, he could only use the money as a test to gather intelligence on that old man. Otherwise, he couldn't feel at ease.
Judging from the current results, there shouldn't be any problems in the short term. As for future troubles, we'll deal with that later.
As long as one's strength grows fast enough, it won't be so easy for the other party to control them.
Thinking of this, Thor couldn't help but glance at the essence balance on the wheel in his mind, which clearly showed 11372.
That's right, it's 11,372. As a large city with tens of thousands of drow elves, plus more than twice that number of slaves, the total number of intelligent beings is probably close to 50,000.
When the devastating dragon breath struck, the fear they unleashed was as turbulent as the Yangtze River, but this was merely a bonus. What truly provided Thor with a great deal of essence was their souls after death.
The drow elves could escape through pre-dug secret passages, but they certainly wouldn't take the slaves with them at this time.
This resulted in the death of the vast majority of goblins, gnomes, cave dwellers, and the like, who became nourishment for Thor's growth.
If the underground cave they had just seized wasn't still in a unstable state, Thor would have been eager to draw his first high-level monster template long ago.
However, he had already begun preparations, spending a certain amount of time each day in the lava pool in a corner of the cave to absorb fire and earth magic, store energy, and consume large amounts of various energy crystals.
In order to unlock more exchangeable items, he also spent several hundred essence points to draw miscellaneous items.
Most of what you get are useless things: all sorts of strange plants, materials dropped by small monsters, insect eggs, dried sea fish, and even things like water and silt.
Even the ores that were specifically selected were mostly useless, and some Thor had never even heard of them.
After all, the types of minerals in a real world can never be as limited as there are in a game, with only a few dozen types.
The only two things he found useful were a fist-sized azure crystal—an ether crystal, and a mushroom with a reddish-brown cap—a nitrifying mushroom.
When Thor recalls his memories of his past life, he is surprised to find that one of the items does not come from the world of Monster Hunter.
As the fist-sized crystal landed in his palm, Thor immediately felt a vast and surging energy within it. Seven-colored rainbow light surged in the center of the crystal, causing a halo of light, like ripples, to appear around the entire crystal.
This was not due to fluctuations in the air caused by the energy emitted by the ether crystals, but rather a slight distortion in the surrounding space.
As a manifestation of the primordial energy of the universe in the Final Fantasy world, this tiny crystal not only possesses the ability to be compatible with the power of all elements, but also contains unique spatial energy.
Or rather, it is the solidification of spatial energy, the original composition of all matter, life, and magic in another world.
Such a precious item is naturally of extraordinary value.
When Saul focused his attention on the small, still faintly glowing square on the mental wheel, a piece of information naturally surfaced.
One point of spiritual essence can only be exchanged for one gram, not one kilogram or one ounce.