Chapter 574

Chapter 574

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Leeha decided to retreat for now.

I should save the location before I come back again. Arcane Sphere-

As he was digging through his bag, something caught his hand. An item that felt so strange due to its long absence, however, the potency of this item was firmly imprinted in Leehas memory.

Turning his back to the incoming lava lizards, Leeha stared at the giant lizard.

Please, at least tell me your name! Before I die, Id like to hear the esteemed name of our guardian deity.

What would you do knowing my name-

Arghh!

In the moment as the giant lizard was about to open its mouth, Leeha threw something he had in his hand.

Something catchable with a fist slipped into the lizards maw.

It was obvious that the eyes of the lava lizards popped out.

Skink! Skink! This brat attacked our guardian deity!

Kill him! Kill! Skink!

The lava from the lava lizards shone brighter. The rapidly rising temperature could be felt even by Leeha.

Would he have to accept their embrace of death as it is?

Please, please, pleeeease!

Leeha mumbled inwardly, stumbling backwards.

Suddenly, the heat from the giant lizard looming behind him was more oppressive than the impending lava lizards.

Wa-wait! Give me some time-

Dare to make such a remark after attacking our guardian deity, Skink!

Swoosh-!

Just as a lava lizard leaped towards Leeha, the alert he had anxiously been waiting for finally flashed.

Your Rare Seed of the Corrupted World Tree has been activated.

Target: Monstrous Skink

The targets level is high. The duration of the effect has been reduced.

Duration: 25 seconds

Skink- Sir Skink! Please ask them to stop!

All stop.

Skink!

The monstrous Skink from the lava lizards heard Leehas words.

At a single word of command to halt, the leaping lava lizard also forcibly twisted its body to land in an unstable posture. The command of Skink, the guardian deity of their tribe, was that absolute.

Leeha swiftly spun around with wide eyes.

At the last moment, what he had thrown into Skinks mouth was the Corrupted World Trees Seed!

The very same seed he had once obtained with Jin Gonggong in the old mainland.

Rare Seed of the Corrupted World Tree Effect: Able to control a monster for 6 hours after consumption.

Description: The spores released by the Corrupted World Tree onto all continents consume nutrients and put down deep roots. The plant that grows from the spore uses hypnotic powder to control surrounding creatures and move at its own will. It is said that the hypnotic powder is obtained from ground seeds.

An item with a 6-hour effect only lasts for 25 seconds?! He was rather fortunate that it lasted for even 25 seconds. It was preposterous to even conceive the idea of controlling a monster with a rare item from the start.

Leeha harbored a momentary resentment, but he had to quickly shake off such thoughts. Within merely 25 seconds, he had to understand everything and reverse the situation.

Sir Skink! Do you have Fire Flowers here?

Yes We do.

How many, how many?

I need to check the cultivation field. Cultivation field?!

Then, it was not likely to be just one or two. Leeha immediately spoke up.

Could you spare me just a few of those?

When the lava cools Fire Flowers disappear.

What?

Therell be no fuel

So you will promise me then! Once the lava is heated again, you will grant me the fire flowers!

The gaze of Skink was changing every moment.The effects of the seed made themselves vividly clear. There was a dumb and stupefied expression when it had yet to take root, yet when a sudden sharpness would cut through the eyes, It was enough to make Leehas heart sink.

Please! Hurry and respond, there is no time, no time!

Yet Leeha was confident in her own way.

The reward of Fire Flowers was as many as two, plus there was an unknown buff.

More than anything, I just have to raise the temperature to the target. They were burning bat excrement as logs? Then what about me?

This was just the type of quest Leeha wanted. All he needed was money!

He could rush to the city of Gaza, buy all the items at the auction house that could be used as logs, throw everything inside and solve it quickly.

Phew.

How foolish.

Hm, no, thats not correct.

After walking through what seemed to be the jointly owned cavern of the Lava Lizards for a while, something special began to appear before Leehas eyes.

From a hole far larger than the dwelling place of the skink, a soft red glow was being emitted.

This place is

Its the Magma Origin. Its our duty to throw fuel in here to heat up the magma.

There was a hidden message in his words, implying that this task had been hindered due to Leeha. This was evident with Lava Lizards number 107 to 110 glaring at Leeha with hostile faces.

So vast. Of course, all the key origins or sources of things have to be structured like this.

Leeha sneaked up to the edge of the circular hole and peered inside. You could see lava flowing far down at the bottom.

The architecture, size, and shape felt strangely familiar to Leeha. It was similar to the settling tanks near the dragon palace.

So, you just need to dump the fuel here carelessly?

Do you know how much energy a single piece of poop from the Fuel Bat possesses?

I dont know that but I can easily acquire as much coal as needed.

Coal is an item that mid-to-low-level users in Middle Earth often collect through hard labor for money. If you are determined, you can collect thousands of pieces in no time at the auction house.

However, the Lava Lizard just snorted and didnt give any further reply.

Coal? The energy released when the Fuel Bats poop reacts with the magma is equivalent to more than ten tons of coal.

What?

If you collect around seventy pieces of poop from the fifty Fuel Bats that you killed, you would need to gather over 700 tons of coal. Do you think you can manage that?

700 tons?! Youre saying we need 700 tons of coal?

Is that why the Lava Lizards were so desperate for the Fuel Bat? Does a single lump of poop produced inside the bats body possess the energy equivalence to ten tons of coal?

This is not the time to think of how rich Id be if we had such a thing in real life!

Leehas eyes widened as he stared at the Lava Lizards.

There was no room for jokes or leisure amongst these creatures who had to warm up the magma within the next three days.

Can you do it?

Well, I have to try. For the safety and balance of the continent.

The Lava Lizards nodded at Leehas words. Leeha saved the location and immediately moved to Gaza City.

Paytor!

Yes, my lord.

How much do we have left in our vault? Leeha rushed to find the butler NPC as soon as he opened the inner city gate. Even though hunting for the vault first seemed presumptuous, the NPC butler couldnt resent Leeha. Thanks to Users unique buff, the [Dignity].

Upon hearing Leehas question, Paytor quickly opened the vault door.

Before figuring out how to move over 700 tons of coal, Leeha first wanted to verify whether he had the funds to acquire it. Yet his initial plan seemed to fall apart right from the start.

We have none.

What? Where did all the money go?

For the next six weeks, the income for Gaza City will be zero.

Paytor remained unflustered despite Leehas astounded expression, which only further befuddled Leeha.

Why? Isnt there some left-over from the basic income and expenditures- Oh, dont tell me?!

Thats correct. You need to settle your debt with the lord of Castle Dale and master of the Hwahong guild

My surgical fee!

There was no way there could be any money left. At least in terms of money, there was really nothing left that Hwahong could give Leeha.

Including the future revenue from Castle Dale, he still had to pay Hwahong the income of Gaza City for the next six weeks.

Were screwed.

Staring into the empty vault wasnt going to spawn any money. With a vacant look on his face, Leeha stared at the vault.

Leeha: Blaugrunn-ssi!

There was only one person he could rely on now.