Chapter 19: The Sacred Sword's Upgrade

  As a considerate guardian for spellcasters, the golem can be said to be the favorite of all mages. However, since they are mages, most would choose to use them to their fullest extent. Although the golems are not bad as guardians, using them solely as bodyguards would be a huge waste. Therefore, for many mages, golems can also serve as... safes.

  These two stone statues were also the same.

  In their fragments, Rod found quite a few good things. As a 15th-level rare elite, the "drop" of the Stone Golems was indeed very worthy of their rare elite status. In addition to gems, crystals and some gold coins, Rod also discovered three magical items among them.

  Frostbite Amulet [Elite Item]: When attacked, automatically triggers Frost Shield, absorbing 50150 damage and immune to water attribute attacks.

  Oathkeeper [Excellent Item]: Holder can increase +5 spell effect, +5 spell resistance.

  Misty Ring [Excellent Item]: Can activate "Phantom Transformation" once every 10 natural days, lasting for half an hour.

  They are all very good equipment for spellcasters, and if sold at an auction house, they will definitely bring in a lot of profit.

  Unfortunately, they were all equipment for spellcasters.

  In the end, these equipment were divided by Rod to Lige, as a spirit master, although not an attacking spellcaster, but also beneficial to her, so Rod gave the Frost Emblem and Oathkeeper to her, and kept the Mist Ring for himself. In the game, the skills possessed by this ring are of great help to those who brush the copy alone, so Rod took it down without hesitation.

  It was Lijie who was extremely surprised and astonished that she had received two pieces of equipment without doing anything, to know that in general mercenary groups, although they also acquire a lot of magical equipment when they go out on adventures, these equipment are generally handed over to the leader to sell, and then get money to maintain the operation of the entire mercenary group, and it is hard to imagine that they would be directly distributed to others.

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  From this, we can also see the difference between NPCs and players. As a part of this world, mercenaries' ultimate goal is just to make a living, so even if they find rare equipment, most of them won't keep it. In fact, many small mercenary groups rarely take on high-difficulty tasks, and some even spend their whole lives doing third-rate tasks that players don't think much of, because these mercenaries' goal is just to make a living, and nothing more. As for those who are qualified to obtain magical equipment? Generally, they are people with high prestige, strong abilities, and great character in the mercenary group. What about those mercenaries who aren't very powerful? They can only drool at the sight of it.

  But players are different, their goal from the moment they enter this world is to get better and more, more equipment, more experience, higher prestige, stronger characters, that's what players pursue. So for them, magic equipment is not rare goods, and for players, they don't worry about it going bad in their hands - anyway, after finding a better one, they can sell it away.

  It's just like these three pieces of magical equipment in front of him, to Rode, this kind of thing is just a transitional equipment at level 1015, and then it has no significance. The attributes of the Frost Amulet are pretty good, but Rode doesn't need it. If he can have a high-level water elemental summoning spirit, he can also get the effect of being immune to water attribute attacks. So, distributing this "low-end" equipment is not a big deal for him. Unless it's an epic or legendary item like "Sky Sword" or "Heart of the Saint", he might consider it.

  But in Lijie's view, these equipment are simply considered "high-end", to know that even a medium-sized mercenary group leader, the magical equipment on his body is only about three or five pieces, the mage's magical equipment is more, but as an auxiliary profession, the spirit master is very difficult to get equipment. Moreover, from their standpoint and nature, they generally do not need it. And now, she, as a small mercenary group's spirit master, has actually gotten two pretty good pieces of magical equipment in the blink of an eye?

  This even made Lijie somewhat suspect that she was dreaming.

  However, compared to Lisha, Mais on the side saw more from it.

  As a merchant who traveled far and wide, Mais knew how precious magical equipment was, especially these pieces that, in his opinion, could be sold for 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins even in the bustling port of Calgar in the north. However, Rode handed them over calmly, as if they were just a piece of bread rather than valuable equipment. This calmness wasn't the kind that young men put on to look cool in front of pretty girls, but rather it came from within - in other words, Rode truly didn't think much of these magical pieces.

  This is absolutely not something that ordinary people can do, Mais and many others have dealt with mercenaries and nobles, but for them, these magical equipment are also quite valuable, rarely will anyone throw it away so casually, and they won't be like Rode, who seems to completely disregard these equipment.

  What does this represent?

  This represents that in the eyes of this young man, such magical equipment is not worth mentioning at all. And this performance can also be seen that this young man is likely to have an extraordinary origin.

  If Mais had previously only considered Rod as an ordinary member of the numerous nobles on the continent, then now he has begun to associate this young man with those ancient and powerful noble or royal families who would possess a multitude of magical equipment, and it is only that kind of family that would have such a casual attitude towards these things - just like someone who has countless wealth wouldn't care about the gain or loss of a small amount of money, although for ordinary people, that might be a huge sum of money that they couldn't obtain even if they spent their entire lives trying.

  This idea suddenly excited the fat merchant, as a small businessman, he usually had no chance to meet with those historical and noble aristocrats, after all, those big nobles had powerful assistants, like him, such a small business would not be noticed. Now that there is this opportunity, if he can grasp it well, maybe something will happen.

  But this thought flashed by, thinking of his own pig-like performance all the way, although the young man didn't complain much, but the fat businessman himself also understood - he hadn't shown anything worth the other party's attention so far, which made him lose heart again.

  Rode doesn't care about those three pieces of equipment at all. In fact, what he cares most about now is these two heart-shaped gems in his hand.

  Heart of the Gargoyle

  Artificial soul condensation gathering body.

  This statement seems a bit complicated, but if we put it in the context of players, if we consider the Golem as a robot, then the Heart of the Golem is its chip.

  The value is self-evident.

  In the Dragon Soul Continent, alchemy is an extremely high-end skill. Creating life is a divine patent that even mages cannot defy, and artificial souls are their reluctant choice after exhausting all other options. This is why complete artificial soul cores are extremely rare, and not every mage can learn to create them. However, for mages, possessing an artificial alchemy life form is one of their highest pursuits - just like how a high-society rich person must have a sports car to prove their worth.

  This kind of thing is usually held very tightly by the law enforcers, and it's rare to see it circulating in the market. The production volume is also small, so the price is naturally very high. In a normal auction, it would be hard to get away with less than tens of millions of gold coins. If it were on the black market, the price would be even higher. Depending on the quality and grade, the best artificial soul core can sell for hundreds of millions, which is enough to buy a not-so-small piece of land.

  Moreover, all these masters are very rich.

  But Luo De didn't care about this money. Years of gaming experience had taught him a truth: money could be earned at any time, and no matter how much he earned, it was never enough to use.

  But there are some things that money can't buy.

  Another ability of Gashadokuro's heart.

  Forcefully evolve summoned spirits +1.

  The experience of the summoned creature is shared with the holder. Generally speaking, in combat, if Rod gets 1000 points of experience, he actually only gets 700, and the remaining 300 points are obtained by the spirits in battle. Although this one-third of the experience doesn't seem like much, it adds up over time, which is why summoners have a harder time reaching the top compared to other professions. In fact, according to the game's rules, if Rod were any other profession, he would have leveled up to at least level 12 by now after eating all the experience from the level 10 five-man dungeons, but because of being shared with Qing Niao and Xing Hen, Rod has only just reached level 10.

  As for his summoned creature...

  Eternal Holy Sword, 10th Position: Star Scar, No Attribute, Can be Fused - The Radiance of History Cannot be Buried by Dust. LV: 5, Victory's Glory Charge Forward, Sharp Blade Property.

  The highest level for summoning spirits is Level 10, and after reaching Level 10, you can get a chance to evolve once. After evolving, not only will they change, but the level cap will also increase by another 10 levels, until the third evolution. The ability of the Stone Golem's Heart is that it can forcibly raise the summoning spirit's level to Level 10 and then open up evolution. This way, you can save some experience points and reduce the time spent leveling up.

  What can't be bought with money?

  Time is money that can't be bought.

  Rode didn't know what the upper limit of Star Scar's level was, but based on his experience, the summoning card at the end of the set usually wouldn't be too high, and three evolutions would be the limit. If he were to put both pieces of the Stone of Ghost Heart into it, then at least when fighting monsters of the same level, the Holy Sword that had been forcibly leveled up wouldn't steal Rode's experience again.

  But...

  Roth fell into contemplation, this set of Holy Sword cards was very unique. When he first received the card from the president of B&M company, the other party clearly told him that it was the only one in the world. At that time, Roth didn't take it to heart, but now thinking about it, he felt a bit strange.

  Is this all?

  In the previous system prompt, it clearly told him that he only got 1/10 of the Eternal Set, so how did it become just this one card? What about the remaining nine cards? Moreover, this is the tenth one, which means the last one, and there should be nine cards in front of it.

  However, this set of cards does not exist in the game because it is only a real-life commemorative item. In the game's background, Rode has never heard any information about the Holy Sword set. Moreover, it is impossible for this set to be hidden in the game because its creation was based on his victory in the tournament, and since he formed a guild called Starlight, the company specially designed this card as a prize and commemoration. This hastily produced product cannot be added to the game system.

  But anyway, I'll give it a try.

  Thinking of this, Roder stretched out his right hand and grasped one of the gems in his palm. Soon, a line of system prompts floated before his eyes.

  [Found Stone Golem's Heart (magic item), use it?]

  Use.

  Roder made up his mind.

  Along with Rod's answer, the summoning magic circle that appeared on his right palm immediately flashed out a faint magical glow. The dark red gemstone shattered and disappeared into powder under this light. Soon, new information reappeared in front of Rod's eyes.

  Goal?

  Stellar Scar.

  Rod lowered his eyes and replied in his heart.

  Target - Stigma - Forced Evolution

  Level up complete

  Will it evolve?

  Yes.

  A pure white card appeared once again in Rode's hand, and the radiance it emitted caused Lichte and Meiss to look over curiously.

  At this moment, a series of system prompts also floated in front of Luo De's eyes.

  Evolution Complete

  Eternal Holy Sword, 10th Position: Star Stigma, No Attribute, Can be Fused - Even the Dust of History Cannot Conceal its Dazzling Radiance. LV: 10, Victory's Glory Charge Forward, Sharp Blade Property.

  Snow-white wings shelter all things, guarding their nature.

  Holy Radiance dispels darkness, Piercing Property

  Attached skills: Blade Technique, Winged Guardian, Star Guidance. Can be used three times per natural day.

  Not bad!

  Upon seeing this system prompt, Rode nodded his head in satisfaction. The Star Scar had three special skills, and these skills were all attached to the weapon, meaning that using these skills did not require Rode to consume any of his soul power. And with a usage limit of three times per natural day, it was considered top-notch, and one could imagine how much of an impact it would have in battle.

  But the next system prompt made Luo De slightly stunned.

  Magic Condensation Detected