Chapter 1101 - Bountiful Harvest
There was a hidden cave deep in the mountains.
It was dark and deep.
A fearsome, solemn, and sinister aura lingered in the air.
Suddenly, a dark light shone in the absolute darkness, temporarily illuminating all hundred square meters of this underground cave.
Most of the cave was empty, with the exception of a stone pond that had been dug up at the very center. Viscous and pungent black liquid rippled within the pond.
A strange sloshing could be heard as an ashen female face emerged from the black liquid, followed by her pale body and disheveled hair.
This woman abruptly opened her eyes upon rising above the water, revealing a pair of brown eyes filled with endless hatred and anger. Judging from her appearance, it was Dark Witch Shani.
“Good, very good. Greem, I’ve remembered your name. This grudge of ours is will never end. You shall never find peace for eternity!”
Greem was not at all surprised by the Chip’s reply.
The Dark Witches’ most significant unique trait was their immortal soul. However, this ‘immortality’ wasn’t true immortality, but a gimmick realized through the use of soul energy pools.
The Dark Witches left their soul brands in a soul energy pool in a safe area before they went on excursions. In doing so, they could use their special shadow magic and have their soul escape back to the soul energy pool when they faced a mortal threat.
It would only take a few weeks for their bodies to reform, and they would be reborn in a new body.
The only question now was whether Dark Witch Shani’s soul had escaped back to the World of Adepts, or was being reborn somewhere in Morrian Plane. If it were the latter, then Greem would have to remain on guard for sudden ambushes for the rest of the journey.
In all honesty, a hidden and determined Fourth Grade Dark Witch was still a formidable threat towards Greem, even without any equipment or tools.
Greem chuckled coldly to himself as he imagined Shani’s frustrated appearance. Meanwhile, he was also analyzing the three times in his hands with the Chip’s help.
Two pieces of Fourth Grade magical equipment and one enchanted tool.
As expected of a core member of the Dark Witches, the quality and quantity of equipment on Shani’s person was significantly superior to the lone-wolf adepts of Zhentarim. However, all of this wealth now benefitted Greem instead.
[Item Name: Shadow’s Breathing
Item Categorization: Magical Earring
Item Attribute: Dark
Item Grade: Fourth Grade
Basic Attributes: +3 Agility | +2 Spirit | +2 Physique
[Item Unique Effect: Holder is able to freely enter and travel through regions with shadow energy, unaffected by any magical barriers. While the holder is within shadows, their injures will continually be healed, and they will be shielded from divination probes.
[Item Abilities: Shadow Assault (Form a lightless dagger to attack the target of choice continuously. Duration: 75 seconds. Offensive Power: 300 points. Cooldown: 40 seconds.)]
Greem couldn’t help but lick his lips when he read the description for the magical earring. He silently cheered for the ability contained within it.
Shadow Assault was an excellent means to deal with an enemy. All you had to do was cast it at an enemy. A dagger formed from shadow energy would persistently attack the target, never stopping until it is destroyed or its duration is over. The 300 points of offensive power weren’t very high. It was barely harassment against a Fourth Grade enemy. However, it was more than enough to deal with Third Grade enemies that Greem himself couldn’t be bothered to deal with.
Moreover, the duration of Shadow Assault was seventy-five seconds, while the cooldown was forty seconds. That meant Greem could summon a free beginner Third Grade assassin every forty seconds. It was a decent effect.
Unfortunately, the attribute of the earring was not compatible with Greem. He would have to look for dark adepts to recharge the equipment whenever the shadow energy within was depleted. However, Greem now had the Orb of Shadows in his possession. Why would he be worried about a lack of shadow energy?
Greem put away the first item in satisfaction and carefully started appraising the second item.
[Item Name: Ring of Shadows
Item Categorization: Magical Ring
Item Attribute: Dark
Item Grade: Fourth Grade
Basic Attributes: +2 Agility | +1 Spirit | +1 Physique
[Item Unique Effect: Duration of all dark curses doubled. All shadow damage doubled.
[Item Abilities: Shadow Summon (Summon a beginner Fourth Grade spirit shadow assassin.)]
Yet another piece of Fourth Grade magical equipment of decent quality that was also tremendously compatible with Shani’s own attribute.
It wasn’t hard to imagine how much thought Shani had put into the crafting of these two pieces of origin magical-equipment. Unfortunately, they had both now become Greem’s spoils of war!