Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 32: Chapter 35: The Real Great Harvest!_1 Chapter 32: Chapter 35: The Real Great Harvest!_1 [Fearless Apostle, you raise your staff and recite the spell…]

[The ‘Blood Poppy Demoness’ seems to be angered by your action, countless thick and gnarled roots are sweeping towards you…]

[The plant roots keep their distance, seemingly repelled by the power of the white moonlight emanating from your weapon.]

[A flash of red, the destructive power of ‘Profane Sunlight’ hits the heart of the giant flower disc.]

[The ‘Blood Poppy Demoness’ seems to have sustained serious injury, the red glow in her eyes becomes more intense. Distorted and deformed ‘seeds’ from within the flower disc are firing at you…]

[You recite the spell, flick the reins in your hand, controlling the ‘Turkmen Blood Horse’ to easily dodge the attack.]

[A flash of red, the destructive power of the ‘Profane Sunlight’ hits the heart of the giant flower disc.]

[The ‘Blood Poppy Demoness’ sustains a nearly fatal injury; it desperately lowers its head, slamming down the gigantic flower disc…]

[You continue to recite the spell, flick the reins in your hand, controlling the ‘Turkmen Blood Horse’ to narrowly dodge the attack.]

[A flash of red…]

[You have defeated the ‘Blood Poppy Demoness—Selena’, gaining a huge amount of experience.]

[The power within the ‘Shell’ begins to boil, the level of the ‘Fallen Yellow Bishop’ Shell increases. Current Shell level: 13 (+3↑)]

As expected, with the enchantment of white moonlight and the riding of the war horse, I could dodge the BOSS’s attack.

Lin Xun originally thought it would take several skills, but after leveling up the Shell, the Yellow Bishop took down the Saint Lance Rose with just three sunlight strikes.

“The Mage is fierce, riding a horse is like a mobile artillery.”

[You have obtained the Weak Spirit Essence of the ‘Nameless’ *1]

[You have obtained the Sunflower Seed Soaked In Profane Essence (Rare Item)]

[You have obtained the Key to Fox’s Castle Storage Room (Key)]

[You have obtained the Training Manuscript of Yellow Bishop—Augustus (Item)]

[You look at the ‘Shell’ of the ‘Blood Poppy Demoness—Selena’ in front of you…]

[The ‘Shell’ of the ‘Blood Poppy Demoness—Selena’, unknowing why Lady Selena merged with the sunflower, this blood poppy has absorbed countless human bodies as nourishment, becoming grotesquely gigantic. The heart of the blood poppy has turned into ashes, dying from some kind of scorching power. Compatibility 41 (+35%)]

Lin Xun is overjoyed, having burst out four items at once, it can be described as a great harvest.

The compatibility of the Blood Poppy Demoness is so low, it’s the shell with the lowest compatibility he has encountered since he started playing the game.

But on second thought, this BOSS is just a gigantic sunflower, with only half of a female body left in the flower disc. Saying that this blood poppy is a plant person is even an insult to plant people, so it is within reason that the compatibility is so low.

Not dwelling on the shell of the Blood Poppy Demoness, Lin Xun opens the item bar to check his spoils of war.

[Small chunk of ‘Nameless’ Spirit Essence (Item), the faint spirit essence remaining on an anonymous shell, applying it can gain 300 points of spirit essence.]

He’ll save this spirit essence item for now, the total spirit essence he has used is 505, the unused spirit essence items total to 510, so the total spirit essence he has reached 1015.

[Sunflower Seed Soaked in Profane Essence (Rare Item)]

He has obtained this item once before, and Lin Xun applies it to the Yellow Bishop’s shell again.

[This shell has used this item before. Reapplying it will significantly reduce the effect of boosting defense.]

After a brief thought, Lin Xun uses this item on the Law Knight’s body.

[You used ‘Sunflower Seed Soaked in Profane Essence (Rare Item)’, the defense of the Law Knight’s shell has significantly improved.]

After using this item, the Law Knight can be considered a qualified front line tank.

[Fox’s Castle Storage Room Key (Key), this key can unlock the golden inscribed lock of Fox’s Castle storage room.]

Lin Xun’s eyes light up, previously he could not enter the storage room because he did not have the key.

Now he should be able to enter the storage room unobstructed.

Checking the last piece of spoil…

[Yellow Bishop—Augustus’ Training Manuscript (Item), the manuscript records various methods used by the Yellow Bishop Augustus to train the count’s wife, enlightening to read. After use, it will unlock the real name of the Yellow Bishop.]

!!!

“I’ve struck it rich!” Lin Xun almost jumped three feet high.

Another item that could unlock the true name, after using it, he could materialize the Yellow Bishop’s shell!

For tonight’s task, Lin Xun who has acquired this item can now go all out!

He uses the item without any hesitation.

[You have used the Yellow Bishop —— Training Manuscript of Augustus (Item)]

[You have unlocked the true name of the Yellow Bishop.]

[You can materialize this shell in reality.]

After a while, Lin Xun calmed down and continued the game.

After defeating the Blood Poppy Demoness, there was no further path shown on the top level of the castle. This was probably the end of the castle area.

Lin Xun went back to the second floor of the castle and went straight to the storage room next to the library.

[You continue down the second floor corridor and reach Fox’s storage room.]

[You carry the key, opening the golden inscribed lock on the door ahead.]

[You enter the storage room, finding countless treasures piled inside, these are the valuables that Lord Fox has plundered from the people of Saint Lance.]

[You notice a huge golden chest placed in the middle of the storage room.]

[Do you want to open the chest?]

Lin Xun was going to unconsciously click to open the chest, but he suddenly shivered as he remembered the painful lesson when his head was bitten off by a chest monster.

Without hastily opening it, he attacked the chest first. Seeing nothing unusual, he then opened the chest.

“Have I developed a chest-opening PTSD?”

[You opened the huge golden chest.]

[You have obtained ‘Intermediate Forging Stone’*1]

[You have obtained ‘Broken Dragon Hunting Spear’ (Excellent+ Level Weapon.)]

[Broken Dragon Hunting Spear (Excellent+ Level Weapon): The legendary weapon used by the brave to slay dragons. Even though it’s a replica, it still carries the power of thunder. However, for some unknown reason, this Dragon Hunting Spear is broken in half, only half of the shaft with the golden spearhead remains. If you find its other half, perhaps it will possess its real dragon slaying power.]

He obtained another Intermediate Forging Stone.

Most importantly, he got the other half of the Dragon Hunting Spear.

He can combine the two halves to form a complete Dragon Hunting Spear!

Excited, Lin Xun donned the shell of the blacksmith. As expected, new content appeared in the game text.

[You have obtained two ‘Broken Dragon Hunting Spears’].

[Do you want to use ‘Master Level Forging Skills’ to reforge these two weapons?]

Lin Xun guessed that if he followed the normal game process to increase the blacksmith’s favorability, the blacksmith would charge him a high fee to help him reforge weapon.

But now he is the blacksmith, producing and selling by himself, from raw materials, to production process, including after-sales service, handling everything solely.

Free stuff brings joy!

He decisively chose “Yes”.

[You swing the ‘Family Inherited Fine Steel Forging Hammer’ in your hand, and start reforging the weapon.]

[Reforging…]

The text loaded up to this point, but it didn’t progress any further.

After waiting for about half an hour, the game text finally changed again.

[Fortunate Apostle, the gaze of an unknown existence has enabled you to create a miracle. The low probability mutation effect of ‘Family Inherited Fine Steel Forging Hammer’ has been triggered!]

[The mutation effect causes fusion. You can infuse a weapon into the current reforging process. The higher the quality of the infused weapon, the higher the quality of the new weapon after fusion.]

[The new weapon will combine the forms of the two weapons. Please carefully choose the weapon to infuse.]

[You can also abandon this mutation opportunity. ‘Broken Dragon Hunting Spear’ will be normally reforged.]

Lin Xun was quietly waiting for the reforging to be completed in the rest area when this unexpected text option popped up.