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Claw of Power and Claw of Protection are amulets that hunters carry with them, crafted from the sharp claws of the Bazelgeuse.
It can grant the wearer greater strength and defense than ordinary amulets, and a single Claw of Power can fetch a price of over 68,000 gold coins.
The Guardian's Claw is less valuable, but it still costs around 50,000 gold coins.
Without the addition of sharp claws, a simple amulet can only sell for 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins.
Eileen was overjoyed to receive this. She took the wooden box containing the amulet from the treasure chest as well.
But the light from the guideworm quickly illuminated the other side of the treasure chest. The sight of the dead lying haphazardly against the wall startled Eileen considerably—
The battle was fought between some snake people and an adventure team of four.
A short, stocky dwarf warrior, a rat-headed ratman shaman, an elderly human priest, and a human hunter who, as the leader, is pierced by a snakeman's spear.
The hunter held a bow and arrow, a Tobi-Thunder Bow made from Tobi-Thunder Dragon materials.
"Were these people looking for a treasure chest? Were they ambushed by the snake people and killed together?"
Eileen did possess some magic, enough to resurrect the dead in the dungeon. After healing the bodies of the four fallen adventurers, she took two amulets and headed back home.
……
Qin He and his group walked through the underground palace, and Eileen soon returned with the small box she had obtained.
"Your Highness Qin He~ Look, I've found something amazing!"
Eileen happily showed Qin He the two amulets she had found. Seeing this, Qin He also praised Eileen's good luck.
Incidentally, Qin He was thinking... if Zhong Liuxiu could use demonic energy to convert natural energy and create more Exploding Scale Dragon Claws in the future, they could synthesize more high-level talismans.
Sigh, with Zhong Liuxiu's amazing abilities, making money is just too easy!
Just now, after Qin He picked her up and fucked her hard, Zhong Liuxiu was still limp and nestled in his arms, looking more like a spoiled little female cat than Fei Xue.
"Eileen, these amulets are your spoils of war. Purify them and then wear them."
In this underground city, the belongings of adventurers who die in the depths are likely to be taken away by snake people, orcs, or other long-standing clans.
They place treasures inside treasure chests as bait to lure adventurers, and then launch a sneak attack.
Freya examined it and found that the amulet was brand new and had never been worn before. After purifying it with light magic, the amulet quickly became as good as new.
"That's great, Freya, thank you."
Taking the two brand-new amulets, Eileen wore them around her neck, tying them together with the golden bell that belonged to the cowgirl.
Freya responded with a smile, while simultaneously raising her restless succubus tail and launching a new round of teasing at Qin He—
The group quickly left the underground palace and headed to the third level as fast as they could.
……
After Eileen used her magic to heal all their fatal wounds, the hunter team quickly woke up.
The captain with the bow was quickly awakened—
"Ah! My amulet...where is my amulet?"
At a high price, the archer hunter obtained a hidden treasure map. All he needed to do was navigate the second level of the dungeon, teeming with mimics and traps, to find the pair of amulets inside the treasure chest.
The Claw of Might and the Claw of Guardian are both very cost-effective, whether for auction or personal use.
The hunter, having gathered a group of friends, was about to reach the treasure chest on the map when he was attacked by the snake-people. He pierced the last snake-people soldier who lunged at him with an arrow, but the hunter also died from blood loss.
"Hmm... no need to look anymore, the amulet has probably been taken. Consider it payment for saving our lives, it's definitely a worthwhile deal."
"Since you've already missed your target, how about settling our bill for this trip, Captain?"
The ratman shaman mocked the hunter, only to have her throat gripped by her massive arm.
"You rat! You're asking for money before the job is even finished... There's no such thing as a free lunch! I'm getting those amulets today, no doubt about it!"
The struggling ratman couldn't even open its mouth to bite the hunter with its ugly, sharp teeth. Soon, the ratman shaman began to beg for mercy:
"Captain... I'm sorry, I... will go with you to find... the thing and bring it back."
Only after saying this did the hunter release the ratman shaman.
"What the hell is that thing that took our amulet?"
The hunter looked around, hoping to find some clue, while cursing under his breath.
Seeing this, the elderly pastor nearby spoke up to stop the hunter's string of profanities:
"Without that person, we'd still be corpses lying on the ground. Have some decency..."
The dwarf warrior remained silent, knowing that her weapons, backpack, and other belongings were intact.
The adventurers who came to rescue the four only took the amulet from the treasure chest, which shows they were truly good people.
Even the professional search staff at the town's resurrection house outside some dungeons can be tempted by the sight of dead adventurers.
"Use your brains! Are you all naive children whose heads are filled with courage and kindness, living off gratitude alone? To put it bluntly—"
"Who wants that person to save us? The second floor! This is just the second floor of the dungeon! It's not some wilderness overrun by monsters that could wipe us out at any moment!"
The hunter was skilled with a bow and arrow and possessed considerable strength. Enraged, she snapped the neck of the dead snake-man before her and continued her furious roar at the other three:
"Even if she doesn't save us, the Resurrection House's rescue team will come. At most, they'll just charge us a few thousand gold for the resurrection fee, but let me ask you—"
"Damn it... 118,000 gold coins! Right before your eyes! Taken away by some savior... Are you really just going to let those gold coins get away like this?"
It's actually easier to deal with the amulet if it's taken by the rescue workers than by an unknown adventurer.
All you need to do is tell the adventurers what happened at the tavern, and they'll band together to reclaim the treasure from the Resurrection House. Afterwards, all you have to do is buy everyone a drink.
But we don't know who that adventurer is, how strong they are, or where they're going. What if that adventurer turns back and leaves the town now...?
Where can one find such a vast and desolate place?
Drawing his Flying Thunder Dragon Bow, his eyes blazed with murderous rage. The hunter was determined to find the one who had taken the amulet and saved his life.
"Captain...we can negotiate with that adventurer and her party, such as paying for resurrection or exchanging the amulet for something?"
The dwarf warrior had barely whispered his suggestion when the burly female hunter, the team leader, roared:
"Do you think that's possible? What kind of naive and stupid person would listen to a few nice words and accept a few gold coins that are insignificant compared to the treasure, and then return it to you?"
"Ratman, use your sense of smell! Find out who that person is, and... where she went, hurry!"
Shouting loudly, the burly hunter's anger made her eyes bloodshot.
Drawing their hunting knives from their waists, the hunters took advantage of the ratmen sniffing the air to skin and dismember the snakemen who had ambushed their squad.
"It's... a cowgirl. She must have gone deeper into the ruins. The smells in the ruins are very chaotic! There are dragons, snow elves, drow elves, and night elves...! There are even rare succubi."
"Shouldn't we follow them? That smells like drow elves! People like us who are strong but not good-looking will be taken as laborers!"
The ratman shaman sensed many auras, but the enraged hunter paid them no heed:
"Rat! Do you know what it would be like if a snow elf, a dragon, and a drow got together? They could never get along; they would definitely fight!"
The hunter licked her lips, realizing... a chance to make a fortune might be on the horizon:
“Let’s follow them and see what happens. At the very least, we should try to get those two amulets back! If the drow elves and the dragons start fighting… maybe we’ll have a chance to snatch them up.”
"Don't you want to kill the drow? Don't you want to hunt dragons?"
Driven by anger and greed, the hunter immediately drew his bow and arrow and chased into the depths.
Chapter 299 The Three-Meter-Tall Fallen Elf Sister
Qin He and his group arrived at the third level, which was a forest with swamps.
There were many more monsters on the third floor than on the second. On the third floor, some lush, strange ancient trees began to appear. The guideflies hanging from Eileen's waist also gradually became more active on the third floor.
There are many medicinal herbs and minerals here, and due to the nature of the dungeon's magic, the mined surface ore will regenerate.
The first five levels of the underground city include a mixed area with grasslands, beaches, forests, and deserts. Merchants selling goods will be located in the desert and in the tunnel leading to the first level.
The second-level forest is filled with various common wild animals, such as snow rabbits, long-eared snow rabbits, and startled deer, making it the simplest resupply area.
If you can't accept the high prices of food and supplies on each floor, you can also hunt for meat on the second floor.
The third level is a gathering area for mining and herb gathering, where monsters occasionally appear in the swamp. Adventurers typically use this level to obtain ores and potions, and to hunt down any monsters that appear.
The fourth level is a snowfield, inhabited by many more dangerous monsters. The fifth level is the ruins of a city inhabited by many intelligent species and adventurers.
Further down the town, the resurrection houses offer significantly less supplies and assistance. The costs of search and rescue also increase progressively—
"Qin He~ Look, it's a crocodile man!"
As she stepped down from Qin He's embrace, Zhong Liuxiu's snowy mounds, stretched and rounded by the outline of his penis, quickly closed up. She tightly absorbed the overflowing, thick, white semen, preventing even a single drop from spilling.
After getting dressed, Zhong Liuxiu nestled affectionately against Qin He's arm. Before them stood a group of crocodile-men, mining exposed crystal ore along the riverbank.
In this world, demi-humans with various animalistic features are easy to identify. Ordinary crocodile-people typically have the head, skin, and tail of a crocodile.
Some extremely rare and beautiful crocodile-people possess normal human skin and elf-like pointed ears, as well as crocodile tails.
Any individual with few animalistic features and a human-like face is exceptionally good-looking.
The same goes for Eileen's cowgirl tribe. Apart from Eileen, a beauty who is rare to see in a thousand years, most of them are "minotaurs" with cow heads.
Two burly crocodile men wielded iron pickaxes, chiseling away at the ore pile.
The crocodile people are the main ethnic group here, along with the snake people and lizard people, who are the original inhabitants of the third level of the underground city.
Adventurers generally don't provoke these tribes, so the two crocodile-men didn't react much. That is, until they saw Trisna, Trist, and Zoffy…
Two pureblood and one mixed-blood drow elves!
They immediately threw their pickaxes on the ground and tried to shout for help.
At this point, Trisna and Trist will have to see how Qin He handles things... In the future, the drow elves may really have a chance to stand on the ground and live again, just as he said.
Now is the time to prove his abilities.
"Drow, Drow Elf!"
The crocodile man was terrified when he saw the three drow elves.
The instinctive reaction in my mind was that the drow elves had arrived, and yet another tribe was about to be destroyed.
Regardless of whether they are crocodile people or lizard people, whenever the drow elves need labor, their raiding forces will capture any humanoids they see and take them underground.
"Calm down, crocodile people. No one here will hurt you. This is Zoffy, a drow raised by the night elves."
First, Qin He introduced Zoffy, who wasn't evil to begin with, and then proceeded to introduce the two sisters:
"They are kind drow who worship the dark maiden Elestry and want to return to the surface. They support my and my companions' cause of justice and are my partners."
Only now did the two crocodile men notice the silver dragon's features on Qin He. And apart from the dragon horns on his head and the tail behind him, Zhong Liuxiu was identical to a silver dragon in every other detail.
"I-I see..."
Seeing the silver dragon there, the crocodile-man felt relieved. He then turned his attention to the scales on Qin He's body…
Silver dragons usually hide their dragon-like features completely when going on adventures, but after the God War, there are quite a few like Qin He who flaunt their dragon horns in public.
Having never seen a real dragon before, the two lizardmen couldn't wait to see it a little longer.
"Do you two know where the nearest entrance to the next level of the underground palace is? We have urgent business to discuss."
Offering some copper coins as a reward for asking for directions, Qin He quickly located the nearest swamp.
Trisna seemed satisfied with Qin He's handling of the situation, but Trist did not share that view.
"...Your Highness Qin He! I have never said that I worship Elise. What if your answer angers the great Spider Queen?"
Qin He replied:
"Lady Lolth, the Spider Queen, is a rebellious queen; she might not care. If we want to change the world's negative impression of the drow elves, we can't just follow behind the silver dragons and pretend to be kind."
Trisna nodded in agreement:
“Triss, I trust Prince Qin He.”
Trisna understood that Qin He, as the chosen one and the future Dragon Emperor, had not yet truly stepped onto the world stage as a ruler.
Therefore, it will take a long time before drow elves can live openly and legitimately on land.
"Let's go, let's go to the next floor."
Without stopping, Qin He prepared to continue his journey. But in the sunlight filtering through the forest, an unseen figure quietly followed.
The skin is smooth and soft, and also has a dark, jade-like luster that belongs to the Drow Spirit.