Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Gray took the arrowhead off the vine and held it in his hand to observe it carefully.
He recalled the metallic sound made by the machete when he used it to explore the cave. It seemed that the machete had touched this thing at that time.
The arrowhead was obviously man-made.
It was a little heavy to hold, and it was forged from some kind of metal that Gray had never seen before. Through the scarlet rust spots, it could be seen that the base color was golden yellow.
The arrowhead’s blade was not sharp. There were complicated patterns and some hollowing on several of the faces.
This kind of thing seemed to have a symbolic meaning that was far greater than actual combat. The complicated patterns carved on the arrowhead might have very well affected the final deviation of the arrow during combat.
But who would carry such an arrowhead in such a dangerous forest?
Gray looked around. The tall trees gave off the damp smell of trees and dew. Rotten leaves piled up on the ground, turning the soil into black mud.
The arrowhead seemed to be out of place with everything.
Obviously, it couldn’t be the possession of the Guardians. Even without mentioning the rust spots on the arrowhead, it was only the second day after the Guardians came to this world. Even if some Guardian had lost this, it was also impossible for the strange fruit plant to bind the arrowhead so tightly.
Then there was only one possibility.
It was something that existed before they came to this jungle. It was something that was created by a civilization before they came.
The civilization that could create arrowheads had probably come to the feudal era. It was a civilization that possessed knowledge inheritance. It had long lived past the life of a tribe that ate raw meat and drank blood
But now, why did the Guardians in the jungle not find any traces of civilization, or even traces of life of other intelligent creatures?
What happened to that civilization? Where were they now? Did they know about the existence of the Guardians?
Were they… still living in this jungle?
For a moment, Gray felt that he still did not know much about the jungle in front of him. The pride and joy that he had accumulated from the continuous hunting disappeared in an instant.
There were still countless secrets hidden in this forest. The Guardians probably had to deal with more than just beasts.
In fact, why did the Will of the World choose this world to be the front line of the Guardians’ fight against the Void Undead?
After a long while, Gray shook his head. It was still too far to talk about this. He forcefully pulled back his thoughts that were wandering further and further away. Although the news he received at this moment was shocking enough, it was not something he should be concerned about right now.
Right now, he was only a tier 2 Guardian with a dragon egg by his side. He was far from being able to care about the conspiracy of the civilization.
His first task was to continuously increase his strength so that he could work hard to survive in this dangerous jungle.
Gray first used appraisal on the arrowhead. In the end, the system actually displayed the word “Unable to appraise.”
This was really rare. This was the first time the system was unable to appraise something.
However, this also explained the uniqueness of the arrowhead.
Gray tried to put it into the system’s backpack, and this time it went very smoothly.
Next, he took the strange fruit plant and found a hidden place to hide and count the harvest.
After temporarily hiding, Gray put down the dragon egg with ease and opened the attribute panel. Under the aggrieved and anxious urging of the dragon egg, he took out the mana crystal and handed it over.
After ‘eating’ the mana crystal, the dragon egg was satisfied. Only then did Gray begin to study the strange fruit plant.
The first thing he did was, of course, to appraise it.
[Vitality Vine]
[Strength level: Tier 2]
[Classification: Mutant Plant]
[Ability: None]
[Species description: Grows in areas rich in mana. It can accumulate the mana in the air to produce a fruit with healing effects. When a wild beast devours its fruit, it will bring its seeds far away. The larger the golden area of the fruit, the more ripe it is. When the fruit is fully ripe, it will be golden in color, and its effect will be the strongest.]
[Please note: The healing effect is less effective on higher-level lifeforms.]
After reading the description of the vitality vine, Gray recalled the vitality fruit he had eaten back then. Back then, only a portion of the vitality fruit had turned golden, and it already had the magical effect of eliminating fatigue.
In the end, he didn’t receive the effects of a ripe fruit. A fully ripened vitality fruit could actually produce a healing effect.
A healing effect!
This was good news. The Guardians’ greatest fear when exploring the forest was actually getting injured. Compared to dying directly, getting injured was undoubtedly more tormenting to a Guardian’s body and mind.
In this forest with limited medical access, if there weren’t any troops with healing abilities, then getting injured would definitely be a nightmare.
Not to mention slowing down the progress of the exploration and becoming stronger, as the strength of the body gradually weakened and the wounds worsened, the Guardians could only watch themselves die miserably in the end.
So what if you had a strong troop? If you didn’t have your life to use, it would all be for naught.
Gray was sure that if he dared to put the vitality fruit into the trading hall to trade, the scene would definitely be explosive. It would definitely be better than the first day’s beast meat market.
After all, although beast meat was a necessary material for survival, hunger could still be endured through willpower. In fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that hunger would reduce the loyalty of the troop, Gray believed that the amount of meat sold in the end wouldn’t be that exaggerated.
However, vitality fruits were different. They were life-saving items. The Guardians could disassemble the furniture of the safe house to trade for meat for the loyalty of the troops. In that case, how crazy would they be for their own lives?
This had a healing effect personally guaranteed by the system. He believed that even if they were to spend their entire worth, some Guardians would feel that it was worth it!
Naturally, Gray wasn’t stupid enough to trade these vitality fruits. These were all treasures, and even if they weren’t used to heal injuries during hunting, the chances of survival during the Beast Tide in six days with these vitality fruits were practically skyrocketing.
Gray began to count the fruits on his vitality vine with excitement.
The entire vitality vine was very long, but the fruits were very sparse. There were only seven fruits on the vitality vine, and there were only two ripe fruits. Although one of the other fruits was very close to maturity, there was still a small piece of red left.
Naturally, the more vitality fruits one could obtain, the better. However, Gray was already very satisfied with such a harvest.
Unripe vitality fruits could be used to eliminate fatigue. A total of four fruits could greatly increase Gray’s exploration progress in the jungle.
As for the two ripe vitality fruits and the one that was about to ripen, Gray carefully stored them away. These would be Gray’s final trump card in surviving in the jungle.
After packing up everything, Gray looked at the cooldown time of the dragon egg. The one-hour cooldown time was almost up. Soon, they would be able to proceed with the next hunt..