Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Are you okay?” Everyone had finally noticed Sean’s abnormal behavior. Cecilia was the first one to rush up to Sean and hold him steady.
“I’m fine.” Sean’s voice sounded a little weak as if he could not fully control his lungs. The breath he had breathed out was very hot and smelled a little bit nasty. Cecilia cringed slightly but did not pull away, continuing to hold him up as he regained his strength.
“With your current condition, you are lucky that you did not die on the spot after using this kind of sudden stop from a sprinting technique.” Drouin glanced at Sean, but there were no changes in the expression on his face. However, his emotions were like a wave, since they seemed to fluctuate up and down. “Although I don’t know much about your current situation, if possible, it is better not to use that kind of high leveled skill so casually.”
Sean nodded but did not say anything, focusing his energy on pretending that he did not hurt as badly. It would not do for the rest of the group to know of the weakness nor what had happened.
In reality, he was happy to have this kind of misunderstanding. At the very least, there was no need to explain his physical condition. Of course, Sean also knew that Drouin was a little bit jealous. Apart from the fact that Sean’s body was able to withstand the negative effect brought by using the “Abrupt Stop” skill, the sprint skill alone was enough to make many people envious.
None of the people present knew how to use the technique, even Old Pete and Drouin. Drouin’s situation was slightly better than the others, and he also knew the “mount and charge” skill, which also required mount cooperation. Also, as long as an individual was a knight related class, the “mount and charge” skill could be learned, so it was not considered too rare. On the contrary, the “sprint” skill was rare. Skills like the “charge” from a knight and “ram” from a soldier all required learning the “sprint” skill first. Back when Sean was in the game, Sean had spent a lot of time and money to learn the “sprint” skill.
After everyone confirmed that Sean was fine, their attention focused on the three Wind Striped Black Wolves in front of them.
If Old Pete had not been so risky, then it would have been a battle without any damages. Even though part of it was because several people had a rank-three strength, in reality, it was Sean who had played a decisive role. Not to mention that he was familiar with the situation inside the Starfall Forest and the habits of magical beasts, his ability to command was enough to convince Drouin.
It was at that moment that Drouin had realized if he was the one who had been in command earlier, he would have sacrificed at least one to two people. Also, Drouin realized the point of the two Secondary Level Fireball Techniques, as well as the exquisite timing of the change in position. Among the people present, it was likely that Sean was the only one who had that ability. Everyone else, including Drouin and Old Pete, would not have been able to do something like that.
However, Sean, who had displayed such skills, had no obvious mood swings. In reality, he had expected such a result a long time ago. Back when he was inside the game, he was very familiar with the defensive counterattack skills for dealing with the Wind Striped Black Wolf. Not to mention that there were seven rank-three people present, even if everyone had the strength of rank-two, Sean was confident that he would have been able to pass without getting hurt. The only thing that Sean felt a little bit sad about was that the Core Crystal inside the three Wind Striped Black Wolves had been destroyed. It made the bodies of the Wind Striped Black Wolves worthless.
The Core Crystal, which was also known as the Magic Core and the Crystal Core, was the source and lifeline of the power of magical beasts. It not only condensed the life-long elemental power of the magical beasts, but it even replaced the role of their hearts. As long as the Core Crystal was destroyed, then any magical beast would be killed. However, even if the Core Crystal had been obtained, it could not have been used immediately. A Core Crystal had to go through a series of procedures to extract any unstable magical powers before it could be safely used. Also, the higher the rank-of a magical beast, the purer the elemental power that would be condensed by the Core Crystal. Of course, the difficulty of extracting the unstable magic inside would also increase.
However, no matter if the Core Crystal was high-level or low-level, the demand never changed. Even if they were to enter the era of magic in the future, Core Crystals would still occupy an extremely important market share and demand. After all, things such as the Core Crystal were not only needed by magicians. They were one of the indispensable main materials for making magical devices. Therefore, no matter what era, Core Crystals would always be the mainstream of hard currency.
Originally, the three Wind Striped Black Wolves would have had at least three level-one wind-based Core Crystals. However, they were destroyed by Sean, therefore it was naturally impossible to retrieve the Core Crystals from the three Wind Striped Black Wolves. To be able to receive Core Crystals from a Wind Striped Black Wolf, it had to be killed by breaking the protective airflow around it. Also, any methods of attack towards the throat of the Wind Striped Black Wolf would make it impossible to retrieve the Core Crystal from its body.
That was a special setting inside the game “Miracle.” Through different killing techniques, the tools received would be completely different.
However, one thing that was better in the real world than inside the game was that Sean was able to kill a Wind Striped Black Wolf with just one move. That was impossible to achieve inside the game because there was a health point setting.
At the current moment, only the wolves’ skin was worth some money to Sean. It was a pity that Old Pete’s long spear had directly pieced the Wind Striped Black Wolf. It had caused the price of the wolf skin to be reduced a lot. The value of Black Striped Black Wolf killed by the archer was slightly affected as well. The arrow that the archer shot had damaged the wolf skin around the Back Striped Black Wolf’s neck. The only perfect wolf skin was from the Black Striped Black Wolf that Sean had killed himself.
In addition to the wolf skin of the Wind Striped Black Wolves, the wolf meat also had a little bit of edible value.
“Boy, you are pretty amazing.” Old Pete picked up the Wind Striped Black Wolf and walked over.
The Wind Striped Black Wolf was not a very large magical beast. Its entire body was only slightly larger than an average wolf-type creature. As long as one’s strength value was more than 10 points, then the wolf could be lifted. Old Pete’s strength value had far surpassed that and had reached 28 points.
Sean’s face was still a little pale, but the grin he displayed was very contagious. “I have to make sure I live up to the reward I will be given,” he joked.
Old Pete was stunned at first but then smiled. “It seems that this reward must be very high.”
“10,000 continental gold coins,” Sean said out loud. The figure was enough to stun the average person.
On the Miracle Continent, there were many types of kingdoms and empires. Each of the countries paid close attention to the power of making coins, so naturally there would be many currencies that belonged to the various countries. At the very beginning, countries did not recognize the existence of currencies from other countries. It was not until the 10 most powerful merchant houses joined forces to create the Continental Business Guild that the currencies of each country finally had a clear exchange ratio. It was now possible to circulate the money.
However, with the development of the historical era, disputes between different countries had gradually escalated. Hostile countries did not recognize the currencies from other countries at all. Also, the gold coins from some countries were only 70% gold or even less. Therefore, to tackle such situations, the United Continental Business Guild had launched continental gold coins that were made from pure gold. This had formulated a more detailed currency exchange ratio and financial system. Over time, the continental gold coins had become the most commonly used currency of the entire Miracle Continent.
Although the gold coins from the Serian Kingdom were made of 70% gold, due to the thickness of the gold coins being relatively thin, they could only be regarded as 50% gold. Drouin and Halle had offered Sean a reward of 10,000 continental gold coins, which was equivalent to 20,000 Serian gold coins. However, the Serian gold coins could only be used inside the Serian Kingdom. If Sean were to go to the Portoroa Kingdom, then the price would be further reduced because of the exchange rate.
Sean was not stupid. He wanted continental gold coins instead of Serian gold coins.
If it had just a commissioned task from Sean, then the price could be regarded sky-high. However, after the battle, everyone had become fully aware of the dangers of the Starfall Forest as well as Sean’s importance. Therefore, although the reward of 10,000 continental gold coins was heartbreaking, it wasn’t unacceptable.
Of course, Halle knew that it was actually because Drouin’s attitude was so bad that he was badly hurt like that by Sean.
Sean looked at the stunned expression on Old Pete’s face and felt a sudden moment of physical and mental satisfaction. He did not wait here for his body to completely recover. Instead, as soon as he was able to walk around, he said, “Let us leave as soon as possible. Everyone, remember to take care of the smell of blood on you. The magic fluctuations inside the Starfall Forest are very chaotic. As long as you don’t have the smell of blood around you, magical beasts will not be attracted to you.”
Hearing what Sean said, the people present immediately became aware of themselves and their surroundings. Several guards immediately began to drain the blood from the three Wind Striped Black Wolves. Old Pete also took advantage of the time to clean up and bandage the injury on his left hand.
From this process, it could be seen that the team had attached great importance on efficiency and speed. Also, their experience of surviving in the wild was very rich. A few arteries on the three Wind Striped Black Wolves were cut open. That greatly increased the speed of draining the blood. Moreover, the draining of the blood was not done casually. The guards dug a small hole in the ground and drained all the blood inside the hole. The body of the wolf would not be stained with any blood at all. Once they had finished draining the blood, the wound was immediately wrapped in mud and small pieces of cloth to prevent the smell of blood from escaping.
In less than a minute, everyone had completely organized everything, and they set out on the road once again.
Sean did not dare to delay at all this time. He immediately arranged for two guards to protect him. Then, he led the way in front of the group. The archer was assigned to the center of the circle. He was not required to be responsible for detection. After all, normal detection methods were not useful inside the Starfall Forest. Therefore, it was better to have Sean arrange everyone into formations that would be useful while traversing through the forest. Old Pete and Drouin were jointly responsible for protection in the back of the group.
Just a few minutes after they were on the road again, a series of wolf howls sounded from inside the forest. The cries contained obvious anger and sadness. It made a lot of the group scared. However, very quickly, a few more howls sounded.
Sean paused and tilted his head to listen. Then, he started to walk again. “Let’s go. The smell of blood has attracted a large number of magical beasts. I think the pack of wolves is fighting against other magical beasts, so we are safe for now.”