Chapter 171 - Ore Devouring Beast
The unlucky warrior did not want to confess, and Lin Li did not force him, either. He just bent down and picked up the armor that was said to have issues amongst the mess of equipment on the floor.
It was a common half body armor made from refined iron. It was even plated with Eternal Adamantine in a few crucial spots. The craftsmanship was pretty decent. It was of an above-average standard even from Lin Li’s point of view.
The problem stated by the unlucky warrior was the chest area of the armor. When Lin Li picked it up, he immediately saw a long crack. This crack started from the shoulder, and stretched all the way till the abdominal area. Just by looking, it seemed to be split by a sharp edge.
“I’ll ask one last time, who was it that asked you to come?” Lin Li could guess what was the issue just by looking at the armor in his hands.
“…” The warrior broke out in a cold sweat from fear, but his mouth was tightly shut. It was not because he did not want to say, but because he really did not dare to. The person that made him do this had very powerful backing. Now, he only wished that this young mage was making wild guesses.
Maybe if he were to persevere for a while more, he would let him off…
The warrior could only console himself in this way.
He spent about half an hour on the mageweath for the two sets of armor. By the time he came out of the room, Boss Buck had just cleaned up the mess on the floor.
Just as he was about to start a conversation with Buck, he saw Sean’s silhouette appear at the corner of the street.
This kid is finally back…
“Sean, here!” Lin Li stood at the entrance, and shouted from afar, “How was it, everything settled?”
“Everything has been settled, Mr Felic.”
“That’s good. This set of armor is for you, keep it safe. Get ready, and then we will leave.” Lin Lin Li nodded, and placed a set of armor in his hands. Then, he turned around and bid farewell to Boss Buck, whom he had inconvenienced this morning. “Boss Buck, I really inconvenienced you today.”
“It’s nothing. You’re welcome to come again, Mage Felic.”
After they left the store, Lin Li went to rent a car from the car rental. On the way there, he also went to Azalez’s house, and delivered ten pieces of Eternal Adamantine that he had promised him yesterday.
After everything had been done, Lin Li drove the carriage and left Alanna heading towards the Fire Plume Ridge…
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The distance between the Fire Plume Ridge and Alanna was about half a day’s journey. Setting off from Alanna, they’d pass by Blackhills Town and follow the outskirts of the Forest of Whispers heading southwards. If the carriage was fast enough, it would only take a maximum of two hours before they started to feel the temperatures of the Fire Plume Ridge.
The location of Blackhills Town was very advantageous. It was right next to the low-level adventurer’s haven, the Forest of Whispers, and in close proximity of the Fire Plume Ridge, which was full of materials. The travelling adventurers and traders had given the inns overwhelming patronage.
Within a radius of 100 miles, the Fire Plume Ridge should be the area that had the rarest materials in the highest abundance.
It was only extreme environments such as the Fire Plume Ridge’s one that could produce rare materials in high quantities. All sorts of rare herbs and ores, as well as magical beast hides, that were sold for high price could be found here. Most of the adventurers that could explore here had some backing from their families.
The Fire Plume Ridge did not only produce black lotus. In it, there were some rare materials that could even make Lin Li excited. For example, the Infernal Magic Iron, the best material for creating fire-attribute magical weapons, could be found deep in magma. This was not something common. Just any piece of Infernal Magic Iron could be forged into a magical equipment that was incomparable in power. The magical strength contained within was at least at the level of a Magic Shooter. The magical gemstones were also of top quality. Just any one of them would be stronger than Andoine’s Crystal of Eternity.
If they were lucky, they could even find the Flame’s Heart. That was the purest essence of fire. Whether it was for forging or for magical enchantments, it was the best of the best. With just a bit of the Flame’s Heart, one could bestow equipment with powerful fire abilities.
With the rarity of the Infernal Magic Iron, Lin Li could not help but be excited.
When he was in the Endless World, he could be said to be the richest person. He had several private mineral veins, but he drooled over the Infernal Magic Iron. The requirements for mining such a rare magical metal were too difficult. An average person would not even have the chance to discover it, so how could they have the ability to mine it?
However…
The things that could not be done in the Endless World had a chance of succeeding in Anril…
Before leaving for the Fire Plume Ridge, Lin Li specially went to the Omniscient Tower to find information related to it.
Who knew that with this search, he found traces of a clue.
It was the diary of an archmage. According to the memories of this archmage from three hundred years ago, he followed a team of adventurers to the peak of the Fire Plume Ridge when he was younger, and challenged a level-16 Ore Devouring Beast.
Frankly, from Lin Li’s view, there was nothing much about the fight. The archmage only had the strength of level-12 at that time. When facing the level-16 magical beast, he’d only showed his face before rocks rolling down from the summit broke his leg. The whole battle had nothing to do with him, and he relied on his powerful teammates to survive.
However, within these few phrases, Lin Li found two interesting points.
According to the memories of the archmage, the Ore Devouring Beast’s body would be covered in magma when it appeared. Just a slight shake would cause fill the sky with a rain of fire.
This was an important point. A creature like the Ore Devouring Beast did not require severe living conditions. It could walk in the searing heat, or rest in a cool cave. The only important condition was that their living environment required rare mineral veins. The stronger the elemental strength contained within these mineral veins, the stronger the Ore Devouring Beast.
The body full of magma also meant that the Ore Devouring Beast lived within the magma.
Furthermore…
The memories of that Archmage also hinted that the Ore Devouring Beast had also summoned a Meteor Shower.
This was an equally important point. The strength of Ore Devouring Beast came from the rare ores that it devoured. If it consumed Ice Crystal Metal, it would have magical elements of the ice attribute in its body. The spells that it used would also be something like Crystal Nova.
Since it unleashed Meteor Shower, the rare mineral veins that it devoured would naturally contain magical elements of the fire attribute.
An Ore Devouring Beast that lived in the magma and devoured a rare fire-attributed mineral vein. All of the signs hinted that the Fire Plume Ridge had a high possibility of containing an Infernal Magic Iron mineral vein.
When the carriage entered Blackhills Town, it was close to dusk. Lin Li looked at the sky, and decided to stay at the town for a night first.
The Fire Plume Ridge was unlike the Forest of Whispers. There was no knowing what trouble might arise if they headed over at night..
“Two rooms.” Lin Li stopped the carriage, and brought Sean into an inn that was rather clean. When he asked for the rooms, he even emphasized it once more. “It must be two rooms!”
The experience at Blackhills Town previously had terrified him.
In Lin Li’s mind, Sean’s snoring had already surpassed the realm of noise. It was a torture that could not be tolerated by humans. Lin Li could even bet that if a dragon were to share a room with Sean, it would also not be able tolerate the torturous sound.
Luckily, this inn’s business was not as good as the previous one’s. Lin Li managed to get two rooms without a problem.
“Oh, yes. Please bring us some food later,” Lin Li instructed a maid before entering the room.
“Yes, Mr Mage.”
Lin Li remembered something when the maid addressed him as “Mr.Mage”.
It seemed that the leather armor that was painstakingly made had not been worn yet…
After returning to the room, Lin Li opened up the Ring of Endless Storm, and retrieved the leather armor that he had crafted in the day.
Speaking of which, this was the first time that Lin Li had worn something else other than robes ever since he had came to Anril.
When he transmigrated, he was already wearing the Robe of Wrath, and had already been wearing it for almost half a year. From the Sunset Mountains to Jarrosus, and from Jarrosus to Alanna, all the way till some time ago, when he changed into the Robe of the Void.
Lin Li, who’d got used to wearing robes, felt somewhat uncomfortable after wearing the leather armor…
“You’re… You’re Mr Felic?” Sean had a shock when he was having dinner.
“Duh…” Lin Li wanted to smash a plate on this fella’s head. He merely changed clothes, was there a need to exaggerate it?
This time, he might have misunderstood Sean.
Lin Li was clad in a suit of tight-fitting red leather armor, with sharp daggers on his leather boots, a crossbow on his back, and a quiver at his waist. There were two Vampiric Fang Bolts amongst them. By walking around with this image, who would have imagined that this guy was a mage that wore a robe and carried a magic staff if he did not say it himself?
After being tossed around for half a day in the carriage, Lin Li felt exhausted. He dismissed Sean to the room after having dinner. He closed his door, and prepared to have a good sleep to rejuvenate himself so that he could take a good look at the Fire Plume Ridge to see if there were really that many rare materials for him to gather…
Just when he had laid his head on the pillow, there was clear “PAK” coming from downstairs…
“F*ck…” When Lin Li head this sound, he immediately felt like smashing his head against the wall. The last time when he was at Blackhills Town, it was also a slap that made him not have a good sleep. He really felt like blasting a fireball through the floor and asking those fellas: “Are you f*cking gonna let me sleep?”