Chapter 185 - A Bet
Ooo…!
This time, followed by a deep roar, the ground shook. At the same time, white billows of smoke also emerged from the pipes. For quite awhile, the entire room was filled with smoke and a choking smell. Anne narrowed her eyes. She covered her mouth while fanning away the smoke around her. Rhode also quickly backed down, but as he retreated, he threw the green card in his left hand forward. The Spirit Bird who hadn’t shown up for a long time appeared from thin air and soared in the air. It flapped its wings to raise a whirlwind from the ground to clear the smoke.
Shortly after, the smoke dispersed and the ground stopped shaking as the deep roar disappeared. Everything had returned to its peaceful state. However, Rhode didn’t think so. He looked at the passageway before him, and shortly after, an image appeared in his mind. It was a white, wide room. In the center, there was a tall, huge golem quietly standing there. Its eyes emanated a faint blue light while electric current constantly flowed throughout its body. The storm was setting and the dangerous aura had gotten thicker.
Rhode shifted his gaze away and pondered for a moment. Then, he shook his head and sat on the ground.
“Let’s get some rest, Anne.”
She nodded and sat down. She had began to feel tired after all the battles. It wasn’t physical, but rather spiritual. Although Anne was accustomed to concentrating in defense, it was a whole different matter compared to running a marathon. As a veteran who had experienced many adventures, of course, Anne wasn’t behave like a nervous rookie due to the sudden changes — Being overly cautious might kill her. If they didn’t take a break when they could, they would be too tensed for the upcoming battles and commit mistakes. No one would be able to take care of their corpses if they were dead…
Although this place was apparently strange, there were no dangers ahead. Since that was the case, it was meaningless for them to be overly cautious. Not to mention, Anne also trusted Rhode a lot. Since Rhode was confident that there was no lurking dangers, there were no reasons for her to doubt him.
Rhode drank up and felt his strength restoring. He thought that it was fine to treat this quest like a usual dungeon in the game — Where there would be some pressure on the time limit at most. This was why he only kept killing the monsters along the way and didn’t loot their corpses. He could leave the loots to after the battle since the corpses wouldn’t disappear. However, he had forgotten to consider that he would also be exerting physical power rather than mere brainpower. But, this was not a problem for him as long as the rhythm in battle was well controlled.
Rhode stood up to observe his surroundings. Then, he walked toward the pile of broken golems and started searching. His target was very clear: the Gargoyle’s Heart. This was the best reward that he could get from this ruin. As a level 10 dungeon, the equipment here was basically useless to him. Even though he could take them back for his mercenary group, it would only be a waste of space to him. However, the mercenaries wouldn’t want to waste them at all. On the contrary, these things were meaningless apart from being sold to make some money.
Yes.
Rhode answered. At this moment, the green card that represented the Spirit Bird was floating in his hand. Dark red light circled around it and the card rotated in the air, absorbing the red light. When all the light from the Gargoyle’s Heart had been absorbed, it suddenly burst out a dazzling light, then quietly floated back into Rhode’s hand.
[Sky Deck Fifth Place: Soaring Spirit Bird. Light & Wind Elemental Attributes. Can be fused — The child of wind who soars in the sky. Level: 15. Fury spirit of the skies. Ariel Properties.
A spirit fused with the wind.
Messenger of the storm. Lightning Properties]
Nailed it!
After seeing the last sentence, Rhode felt relieved and relaxed a lot. He was even felt happy that he had successfully gone through this. This painful joy could only be tasted by a Spirit Swordsman. As for other jobs, they would never be able to understand why Spirit Swordsmans thought of upgrading spirits as playing Russian roulette… For Spirit Swordsmans, the thrill was everywhere. They didn’t only feel the thrill from adventure and killing monsters, they even also felt the thrill when upgrading spirit levels. From this point, it could be seen that the Spirit Swordsman job wasn’t as boring as a Knight or Shield Warrior… However, it was another thing to say whether this special feature was welcomed by the people.
But…
Rhode noticed something strange. He scanned the description and puckered his brows.
Light & Wind attribute.
What’s going on?