Volume 1: The Nobles Who Lost Their Territory Chapter 42: Jade Dagger
The mine was completely silent, with only bursts of sighs being heard.
Marvin has a strong will and can pass every fear test safely.
This is also the reason why he dared to enter the mine alone.
These huge strange faces are a kind of wild creatures - earth spirits.
Earth spirits are a relatively rare creature. People say that earth spirits are the souls of miners who died in mines.
These creatures are somewhere between spirits and real objects, and have all sorts of strange shapes, but most of them have weird faces.
Those sighs were actually the natural sounds made by the earth spirits when they moved. Each sigh carried a faint fear spell.
Anyone who is timid will be scared away immediately.
But Marvin was clearly not that kind of person.
Ordinary earth spirits will not attack humans, they are kind.
The earth spirit here seemed to be polluted by something, becoming irritable and angry, and even started attacking Marvin!
Marvin was very interested in the contaminated item. Contaminated items are often magical items made by wizards. Because of the leakage of magic power, creatures with low intelligence are affected by the chaotic magic power and show various abnormal behaviors.
In this era, items made by wizards are very valuable.
From another perspective, where there are large groups of earth spirits gathered, there must be treasures.
Marvin has always spared no effort in searching for treasures!
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What he took out from the conch of the void was nothing else but a bunch of fireworks!
Earth spirits are not afraid of fire, but are afraid of strong light!
Marvin quietly took out the flint and rubbed it, instantly lighting the fireworks!
Even though it was just the most crude kind of fireworks made by rural craftsmen, the brightness it burst out at that moment could barely achieve the effect of half a flash of light!
The polluted earth spirits were all irritable and angry. Under the strong light, they immediately opened their bloody mouths and rushed towards Marvin!
However, they couldn't make any sound, so they couldn't alert the other people in the camp outside the mine.
This was exactly what Marvin wanted.
He stuck the firework stick into the ground and drew his knife!
Under the interference of strong light, the actions of the earth spirits were obviously affected.
Their eyes shrank inwards and their movements became very clumsy.
And Marvin, just give it his all!
He could use the two white scimitars in a variety of ways.
He was like a nimble fish, shuttling back and forth among the strange faces, his scimitar rising and falling. Before long, almost twenty earth spirits were killed by Marvin.
The average level of earth spirits is 3. However, their actual combat capabilities are very average.
The reason why they have a higher level is because of their fear magic. It is difficult for ordinary people to give full play to their strengths under the interference of fear magic.
Sometimes you can't control your muscles and make the most accurate attack, and often the result is injury - or even death!
But Marvin was not affected by the fear spell at all.
This is a bit bullying.
The twenty-four earth spirits contributed 609 killing experience points to Marvin, which was very generous, comparable to the zombies summoned by the corpse stealer Heisen.
However, Marvin also knew that this method of gaining experience could not last long, as things like earth spirits were rare.
This is the only case where level 3 creatures spawn in groups, and there are very few other cases.
Marvin was already very satisfied.
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After killing the earth spirits, Marvin continued to move forward.
He continued along the tunnel of the mine.
Along the way, he found some dead bodies of gnolls.
It seems that these earth spirits have become very violent and have started killing werewolves.
Those gnolls must have suffered a lot. They are not smart enough and are easily affected by fear.
In the vast mine, they had no way to deal with the earth spirits and could only build the camp far away from the mine.
The mine is not deep, but there are many branches. Before the mine was abandoned, many miners came in and out.
At that time, the earth spirits were probably not yet fully infected, so they just harassed the miners and did not attack.
A few months later, things were different.
If he just searched blindly, given the complexity of the mine, Marvin wouldn't be able to find it even if he searched for months.
He is skillful.
The earth spirits often move along the stone walls, and the soil underground will also undergo some subtle changes as the earth spirits pass by.
The originally solid rocks will become somewhat soft.
Marvin bent down all the way and tried to walk towards the softest soil.
Along the way, he killed two more groups of earth spirits, gained 377 points of killing experience, and finally found the source of the pollution.
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Deep inside the mine, there is an underground cave.
There is a vine growing in the cave, and each vine has long barbs.
"Poisonous seeds?"
Marvin looked at the vine with a serious expression.
Where did this thing come from?
This poison developed from the [Highly Toxic Seed] is very toxic, but it will not affect the earth spirit.
"Did I find the wrong place?"
Marvin muttered to himself.
But now that he has encountered this, Marvin will not sit idly by. After all, this is his territory.
Poisonous seeds will not be planted out of thin air. If this vine is allowed to grow for a period of time, it may grow into a very terrifying plant monster.
You know, plant monsters are born with disabilities and cannot move.
But their vitality is incredibly high, especially after they advance, they are not so afraid of fire anymore.
"As far as I know, only a small number of wizards have poisonous seeds. They are also used as experimental subjects."
"Besides that, there are the tree herders..."
"Could it be that those evil creatures have also set their sights on the White River Valley?"
Although Ma Wen was confused, he lit a fire without hesitation.
Although the poisonous seeds are terrifying, that is only after they grow up .
The small vines now are not a big deal.
A big fire burned it all up.
In fact, the poison of this vine is very strong and can be used to poison a dagger or a scimitar.
But Marvin didn't have a good pharmacist around him, nor did he carry any powerful reading items. If he was poisoned by accident, he would be doomed.
After the fire was over, the mine was filled with smoke. Marvin covered his nose and leaned in.
He just scanned it with the intention of not missing any possible opportunity.
Unexpectedly, beneath the ashes of the poisonous vines, he actually found a treasure chest!
And this treasure chest is not locked!
“It turns out the real source of pollution is here!”
Marvin suddenly understood.
There are quite a few things in the treasure chest, and the culprit that caused the changes in the earth spirit is among them!
It was an overturned bottle, and a strange smell wafted from it.
Marvin sniffed it gently and was choked several times!
Such a strong acidity!
This is demonic acid!
[Demonized Acid], like [Poisonous Seeds], are things that tree shepherds often carry. They use these items to spread evil on the continent of Fenan.
Demonic acid is very volatile and spreads in the air, forming a gas that is powerful enough to infect less intelligent earth spirits.
But judging from the shape of the bottle's tilted position, it doesn't seem to have been knocked over here intentionally.
Ma Wen pondered for a moment, then searched again in the light of the fire. Sure enough, he found a little bit of human bones under a pile of ashes.
These bones were difficult to identify after being burned by the flames. They looked like a tall humanoid creature.
"Tree shepherd!"
"Is there really a tree shepherd coming to the White River Valley? How did he die here?"
Questions popped up in Marvin's mind one after another.
The poisonous seeds and demonic acid were probably accidentally created by the tree shepherd before his death.
This guy seemed to want to put these things into a treasure chest and bury it...but he died before he could complete these tasks.
The level of this tree shepherd should not be very high. He might have been seriously injured and died while being chased!
The question is, how did he appear in the mine?
Even though Marvin is experienced, he still can't answer this kind of question for a while.
He immediately threw the tree shepherd's body aside and covered the bottles in the treasure chest to prevent the demonic acid from continuing to corrode the creatures in the mine.
This way, the earth spirits should return to normal.
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There were two more things in the treasure chest: an emerald green dagger and a thick envelope.
Marvin was attracted by the dagger at first sight !
The original owner of this dagger did not seem to have intentionally used the skill [Conceal], so Marvin only needed a simple [Reconnaissance] to see the properties of the dagger.
[Emerald Dagger +1]
Quality: Glimmer
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