Chapter 809: Chapter 809
The inspection was simple, and afterwards, no one suspected a thing. To the mainland nobility who naturally disdained border nobles, Du You was not believed to possess such capabilities. After all, there were only three of them when they arrived.
Without any guards or concealing any formidable characters, nobody considered them significant.
Poor Count Kule was taken into custody, and his entire family was invited to stay in Kasil City with no possibility of leaving anytime soon. Moreover, the whole city was under martial law for three days, with people meticulously inspecting everything during that period.
But if nothing was found in three days, there was nothing to be done. After all, these were nobles, and Kasil City was not just any ordinary city. If they continued to restrict access, it would definitely cause problems.
Thus, after three days, the city reopened, and Du You was finally ready to leave.
For the entire three days, because the atmosphere was off, no one brought out any new items to show, and Du You hadn’t found any items suitable for himself and the two sisters to enhance their skills, so he could only regretfully continue northward.
"This time the destination is Mo Dan Plain, where a type of monster insect called Mo Dan resides, all mature ones are tier four creatures. Aside from their strong attack power and being relatively secretive, nothing else is troublesome."
"Then why don’t the local nobles clear them out?"
Du You shook his head and said, "Apparently, these creatures live underground, which makes them hard for ordinary people to detect. If there are too many people, Mo Dan will not show up, if too few, the losses are too great. Otherwise, how could there be such a monster-controlled forbidden zone in the middle of the Divine Flame Empire?" Because the losses from a cleansing are too great, no one comes here to clean it up.
"Before we arrive, let’s change our equipment." Since their upgrades, Du You hadn’t yet changed the equipment for everyone, and now was a good time to do so.
Sniper Bow: Maximum draw weight 36, increased penetration power. Automatically coalesces arrows, comes with the skill ’Lock-on +30.’ (Yellow quality)
Dragon Hunting Bow: Maximum draw weight 35, automatically coalesces arrows, comes with Shadow Arrow, adding a secondary damage to each arrow attack. Increases damage against dragon-type creatures by 20%. (Yellow quality)
"Here, suit up. Both of these bows have the ability to automatically coalesce arrows, so we no longer need to keep the Jadeite Bow. Also, the Centipede Sting Quiver can be left behind too, as its arrows are nowhere near as good as those formed by the yellow longbows."
The two replaced their dragon bone longbows, Lin Yucha with the Sniper Bow, and Lin Yushi with the Dragon Hunting Bow, perfectly suitable for her. "We should keep these items for now," said Lin Yucha.
"Why, they’re clearly useless now." Previously, any equipment that was replaced was always disposed of.
"We aren’t lacking those few Crystal Coins, nor do we need to sell these treasures. Besides, isn’t the master planning to establish his own city? Just relying on us alone won’t suffice, we need to recruit Professionals and train our own. These items, kept by major forces, are prepared for the growth of their Professionals," she said.
Du You thought it over and found it made sense: "You’re right. It seems from now on, we should keep the items we replace."
Just as Lin Yucha had said, they weren’t short of a few Crystal Coins, and keeping them seemed more beneficial. As for building a city, that was inevitable. As the territory developed, establishing a city was essential.
To boost the development of the territory, more people were needed to help gather various necessities. And to feel safer on Earth and obtain more of what he needed, he also needed to build a city.
Moreover, staying in someone else’s city was always somewhat inconvenient.
If Du You didn’t feel that his power was insufficient, he would likely have already started building it.
Well, why think so much? Just change his own equipment first. Du You took out the Yinying Ring prepared earlier by his sister, replacing his Ring of Magic Spirit.
Yinying Ring: Increases Spell power by 33, adds 37 to dark Spell power, increases casting speed by 20%, adds 10% to dark Spell casting speed. (Dark yellow)
"After breaking through to tier four, green quality equipment has greatly reduced effects on us, though they still have a slight effect. Before, red quality equipment was completely ineffective for us."
The two sisters felt the same; the equipment that had once been decent was now due for disposal.
Du You took off the Eye of the Griffin bracelet he was wearing, noticing no significant change. Lin Yucha also removed the Vajra Bracelet and Flying Snake Ring she was wearing. These had once been very helpful equipment for them.
Now, they could only be left for the people of their territory in the future. Du You felt no sentimentality for these items, otherwise, he wouldn’t consider selling them once replaced. However, the sisters seemed to feel differently, reluctant to let go.
"Alright, alright, I’ll find you better ones in the future. The effects of this green equipment are also very poor. Tier four truly is a transformational tier. Right, my badge can also be upgraded now," he said.
Du You brought out the Slaughter Badge, his slaughter points long having been sufficient. But after the upgrade, Du You’s eyes narrowed.
"What is it, master? Does the upgrade require additional conditions?" Updates are released by 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝕟𝕖𝕥
"No, take a look for yourself, it can’t be upgraded anymore," said Du You as he made the attributes public.
Slaughter Badge: A token of slaughter, wearing the Slaughter Badge allows recovery of some health and Magic Power after killing an enemy. The stronger the enemy killed, the greater the recovery. (Dark yellow)
The Slaughter Badge had turned dark yellow in quality, but the words "can be upgraded" had disappeared. It could no longer be upgraded through slaughter. But thinking about it, it made sense; the Slaughter Badge was obtained in the Demon Calamity World, which is only a tier three world after all, so it was quite remarkable that items from there could be upgraded to dark yellow quality.
Done thinking about the badge, he decisively completed all his upgrades at once. Du You began upgrading his personal space. The Crystal Coins required for upgrading his personal space were still affordable to him. A hundred yellow Crystal Coins quickly consumed.
Personal Space: 80 cubic meters (Space Folding*2)
The total capacity had now reached 160 cubic meters, comparable to a small warehouse. With that, the equipment upgrade was complete, and the three once again saw a significant increase in their strength.
"Next up, let’s check out what these Mo Dan are really like, that they can make the people around here so apprehensive." Flying was quick; in less than half a day, the group of three had already reached their destination.
This was a vast grassland, rich with water and grass, a glance was enough to tell it was prime grazing land. Were it not for the Mo Dan here, it would likely have become a much-contested treasure among nobles long ago.