Chapter 16

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

At dawn the next morning, Li Huan woke up in the middle of a dream.

That’s right. He immediately released Skeleton King. Both to act as his bodyguard, and to help him collect the Demon Hearts.

Then he set up camp on the spot and slept.

When he saw the overflowing number of Demon Hearts that Skeleton King had collected for him, Li Huan rubbed his eyes.

“Why, why are there so many?”

Then he opened Skeleton King’s Undead Space. Because he had previously leveled up Skeleton Summoning, the Skeletons inside had also leveled up in tandem with his skill.

[Undead Space]

Skeleton King (1/1)

Ordinary Skeletons (6/10)

Goblin Skeletons (5/5)

Monster Skeletons (5/5)

Skeleton Horse (1/3)

Oh wow! Without realizing it, he could already summon an army of about 20 units!

That kind of combat power was already considered pretty good!

After returning to the Mage Tower, he handed over all the Demon Hearts he had collected at one shot.

The person-in-charge looked at Li Huan as if he had seen a monster.

They had only asked him to kill monsters, not to become one!

A week later.

Li Huan poured a whole batch of Demon Hearts into the Mage Tower again.

After the people-in-charge counted the number of Demon Hearts with ashen faces, they waved their hands to signal the end of the mission.

Li Huan alone had collected the share of goodness knows how many more people.

If that continued, he might just empty out the entire Mage Tower.

After working day and night for the past week, Li Huan had already leveled up from Level 13 to Level 15.

He had simultaneously completed the missions assigned by both the Mage Tower and the system, earning himself a huge pile of gold coins and skill points.

Just five more levels, and he would be eligible to upgrade his summoner skills by another level.

Then, Li Huan would level up all his skills by one level.

After all, he had already tasted the sweetness of upgrading Skeleton Summoning!

With the Undead Space now full, if he did not level up and expand it further, he would not be able to hold them in anymore!

His level of authority in the library had also been upgraded, all the way to the highest level!

Now, all the books in the Mage Tower were open to him!

After roughly scanning through all the books, Li Huan put down the book in his hand, somewhat disappointed.

He had thought that among the higher level books, he would be able to find a lot more powerful spell books.

But that place only contained second circle spells at best.

For example, spells like Dragon Breath, Mirror Image, Arcane Fall and the like were naturally slightly stronger than first circle spells. But just like before, if he wanted to learn those spells, he would have to expend a lot more time and energy.

All things considered, it was actually not worth it. To him, it was a waste of time.

The third circle spells that he wanted were not there at all.

Only Mages at Level 20 or higher were qualified to learn third circle spells. Although such Mages were also eligible to apply to the Magic Council for the registration of their own Mage Towers.

But Li Huan had no intention of leaving that place immediately!

Because during those seven days of work, he had already thought of something even more beneficial to him!

The owner of the Mage Tower there was a Level 29 Mage! The recent request for everyone to collect Demon Hearts had been his order! Demon Hearts could help him to break through!

However, Demon Hearts could only assist him. What could really help him break through, was the Demonic Lion Horn!

The Demonic Lion Horn was the most important item in the making of his breakthrough scroll!

That was one of the server missions for early-stage players. By helping the Mage break through, he would be able to obtain an early-stage Summoner’s divine equipment!

Back then, he had also waited at the place for a long time. But still, he could not find the demonic lion. In the end, someone else beat him to it!

The current Li Huan had a perspective like that of God! The mission to help the owner break through had not been announced yet. He could take advantage of the fact that no one knew about it yet to get there first!

Actually, the hardest part about the Demonic Lion Horn mission wasn’t to kill the demonic lion. It was to find a way to coax it into coming out of hiding.

Although, Li Huan did not get the sole divine equipment that everyone was fighting over at that time.

Li Huan put down the book he was holding, and walked out of the Mage Tower. He had more or less remembered that summoning spell.

Next, he had to buy all the types of items required!

Li Huan immediately made a list.

If he wanted to lure the demonic lion out of its hiding place, it would take some effort.

Because strange creatures like that were attracted to certain scents.

The process of buying the items was not difficult. After all, the Witte Chamber of Commerce was very willing to help him.

It was just that the items on the list were a little strange.

Things like wolf meat, exotic fruits, herbs and lemongrass powder…

Could it be that powerful Mages liked to eat strange things?

Although they found it a bit strange, the Witte Chamber of Commerce completed the task without fail. After all, Li Huan had been too big of a help to them. Very soon, all sorts of items were delivered to Li Huan.

The sky had not turned dark yet! He decided to take advantage of the still-bright sky to settle the matter quickly!

Li Huan’s impression of the demonic lion was that it was not just any wild creature.

It seemed to be at Level 11 or 12.

But who cared what its level was! Even if the creature was at the same level as Li Huan, once it came across him, nothing would matter anymore!

Guided by his memory, Li Huan finally found the cave.

The cave had countless secret tunnels in all directions. Even if someone had the place exploded into pieces, he still would not get the demonic lion.

The only way was to set up a pot at the entrance of the cave, and use fragrance to lure the lion out.

Not long after placing a few types of items in the pot, it started to boil.

“F*ck! What on earth are those things! Even dogs would shake their heads in disapproval!”

Once he could smell a strange scent coming from the pot, Li Huan hid in the grass by the side.

After about ten minutes, Li Huan heard footsteps coming from the cave!

His heart inevitably beat faster. As expected! He had not remembered wrongly!

He summoned his Skeleton soldiers. Just in case, he also summoned Skeleton King to stay by the side and await orders.

…

An hour later, Li Huan returned to the Mage Tower once again.

“You, you, you, what are you doing here again? We don’t need those Demon Hearts anymore! If you want to sell them, take them to the market!”

Li Huan smiled and shook his head.

“No, I want to see the owner of the Mage Tower.”

“Your authority may already be at the highest level, but the owner of the Mage Tower is not someone you can see at will!”

“Tell him, I have what he needs in order to advance.”

When the junior Mage heard that, he knew that the matter about the owner breaking through had never been revealed to the outside world before!

It looked like Li Huan really had something!

He ran back into the Mage Tower, flustered. Not long later, a Mage with “LV29” on his head came down from the Mage Tower.

With a single glance, he noticed the Demonic Lion Horn in Li Huan’s hand!

“You! How is it that you have this!”

“I just knew that you needed it, so I came to give it to you.”

The Mage received the Demonic Lion Horn, ecstatically threw Li Huan a cloak, and hurried back to the upper levels of the Mage Tower.