<h4>Chapter 467: Students These Days...</h4>
<b>Trantor:</b> EndlessFantasy Trantion <b>Editor:</b> EndlessFantasy Trantion
At the top of Galbis’ Lair, Netherw used his extensive Perception to observe every movement of Qin Ruo’s six-man party. His moderate fear of the Winter Demon Qin Ruo, the three winged yers, and Gravity Field had just been extrapted into distress against the entire Fallen Angels.
At first, when the chaotic battle started, most of his attention was focused on the Terramancer ck Rock, who had single-handedly kept all iing attacks at bay.
He was more attracted to the Terramancer after he experienced Gravity Field, which made him focus less on the other yers.
However, after they all had entered Galbis’s formerir, Netherw sight was gradually drawn away from ck Rock and more onto Qin Ruo’s Lycan Barrage and Apocalypse’s Cyclone, as thetter two fought impably to seal off the Cyclops monsters’ attacks from both sides.
The three highly manipted wolf heads attacked at high speed and frequency. Equipped with powerful Magic Attack, a single wolf head alone was sufficient to stop the monsters from marching further through the left nk.
Apocalypse, being a Tier 5 Aeromancer, showed nothing as shy but he neatly cast a Cyclone horizontally across the tunnel near the right nk. Although it provided no damage to the unfriendly monsters since Cyclone is only a basic Aeromancer’s spell, the spell was fitting for the asion since it functioned perfectly as a barrier topletely block off the Cyclops monsters.
Any Cyclops that attempted to breach the wind barrier was immediately dazed by the high spinning pressure. Most of them fell off to the lower levels after losing their sense of direction from forcing through the harmless Cyclone.
ck Rock only needed to deal with the remaining creatures that were lucky enough not to misstep and fall to their miserable deaths. He even started to ck off after a while. Instead of killing the creatures directly with offensive spells, he simply reutilized the Earthrampart he extended out from the mountain wall to directly push those dizzy Cyclops creatures down the cliff—A simpler and more MP-efficient way.
Other than the winged yers, the presence of another Bandit also concerned Netherw.
Permanent Lock.
He naturally recognized the Lizard Bandit who he had once thought of recruiting. He was surprised to see that the new talent had grown this close to Qin Ruo. Not only that, the insignia carrying the Chinese character “Forbidden” was clearly noticeable on the Bandit’s chest.
Two famous Bandits of the Angel Faction had joined Fallen Angels now.
At this moment, Netherw felt that he and Snowmelt had just narrowly escaped a tragedy.
He was lucky not to have made any sly moves.
Four winged-yers backed by two Tier 5 Bandits that were the natural hunters of Elementalists was not a formation he wished to disrupt publicly. Netherspirit’s w, despite having the potential to grow into a ten-thousand-yers-n in one day, was not necessarily able to topple Fallen Angels at its current best.
‘This is such a fruitful trip...’ Netherw muttered to himself. His expression had just gone frostier.
***
Inside the Galbis’ former grotto, someone was digging the mountain wall rhythmically. Several piles of rocks and mud were seen around him, along with some of the cheap mining ores set aside by Subjugator.
As an Advanced Miner that had reached max Mastery Points, Subjugator could easily tell the quality of the unearthed ore from its appearance alone. Seven good-grade metal ores were already lying inside his backpack at the moment.
They were really lucky. This Galbis’ Lair was indeed a rich mine full of valuable stones.
Within minutes, Subjugator had not only gathered some Grade 4 Ancient Darksteel, Mithril, and Darkshine Stone, but he had also obtained a Grade 3 Firebreath Saltpeter.
ording to Subjugator, a single Grade 3 Firebreath Saltpeter can be forged into Legendary equipment after fusing with Ancient Darksteel. Better still, the product, if sessful, would certainly be a Fire Elemental Legendary!
In the next ten minutes, Subjugator plowed through the entire Galbis’s grotto with all his heart. Most ces that had rare ores detected had been dug deep into a giant concave pit. The oue was pretty rewarding. His backpack now had two extra Firebreath Saltpeter and nine extra Grade 4 ores. The total value could not be precisely estimated but for sure those ores worth more than two Legendary quality items.
They waited until Subjugator walked out reluctantly with his pickaxe and returned to the peak of Galbis’ Lair, past the horde.
“Eh, when did you two get down?” When they finally arrived at the top, Qin Ruo was “shocked” to see Netherw and Snowmelt were still hanging around. He gave them a look of disbelief.
Netherw and Snowmelt could only curse silently. ‘This bastard is so good at acting.’
Despite tasting the irony in Qin Ruo’s words, Netherw chose to ignore it and smiled. “Fallen Angels is undoubtedly the No.1 n of Angel Faction now. As the n Leader of Netherspirit’s w, I naturally would like to study how strong Fallen Angels core yers are.” He was not going to admit that they had actually wanted to leave long ago but were unable to since Gravity Field was still in effect.
“Oh, I see.” Qin acted as if he had just understood their reason for hanging around. He slightly restrained his exaggerated expression and asked “sincerely” for Netherw’s opinion, “So, what do you two misters think about our core power? I bet there is nothing much to see, right?”
The few people behind him seethed. If not because they were busy defending, they might start to curse Qin Ruo. ‘What kind of person shows off like that by asking others how strong they are?’
Qin Ruo was indeed good at ying dumb, but Netherw was no less an actor himself. He faked augh and gave him a big thumbs up. This disgusted Qin Ruo to the point that he himself was grossed out by the whole drama.
He asked ck Rock to cancel Gravity Field, waved Netherw goodbye, and activated his wings to leave the scene with hisrades.
Netherw could not help but sigh. He made a final scan on the ransacked grotto, then only dashed upward into the sky together with Snowmelt.
“Search for clues from all possible sources as soon as we get back to HQ. We have fallen too far back.”
Snowmelt nodded without saying another word.
***
When they were back at Moonrise City, the gang did not immediately move to the appraisal shop. Instead, they went to a rtively well-known smithy in town.
ording to Subjugator, there was a Grandmaster-tier cksmith in the shop.
Since a few days ago, a lot of yers with Advanced Metal had visited the same ce to forge Gold or Dark Gold equipment or weapons. This was because the sess rate of forging at this smithy was above average. But perhaps the main reason was that the shop had a lovely cksmith around that a lot of yers were fond of.
Hearing this from Subjugator, Qin Ruo naturally thought of an acquaintance...
Moonwaltz Rimbo.
‘Could it be her?’
Qin Ruo immediately recalled the Viin Set Equipment still abandoned in his Ring of Honor. After he formed the n, he had passed it to Little Rice that excelled in trading. (So that in the future when the n has expanded, the high-grade equipment can be sold to n’s members at a price lower than market value.)
‘Has she found a suitable catalyst for those pieces?’
With this question in his mind, Qin Ruo agreed to Subjugator’s suggestion. They walked into Moonwaltz’s Smithy nearby the town’s warp portal.
‘It’s really her...’
Qin Ruo smiled silently to himself. ‘This pair of grandson-daughter are really alike.’
The granddad opened a convenience store in a small town, while the seemingly underaged granddaughter was running a Smithy in the city.
***
That being said, the newly opened Moonwaltz’s Smithy appeared to be really popr. They immediately felt the running heat and boiling noise inside the shop as soon as they walked in. More than ten furnaces lined the two side of the big hall and lighted the entire shop crimson in color. The strong and crisp iron-shaping sound rose and fell, forcing the yers to chat in loud voices. How could it not be loud and rowdy inside?
Well, of course, this was also due to the great number of yers hanging around inside the smithy in the first ce.
Near the sixteen furnaces alone were tens of cksmiths and apprentices working hard with their heads down. Several other yers surrounded them out of curiosity.
Among them, the most crowded furnace was situated at the innermost corner. Most of the noise wasing from that side, where twenty people gathered in a circle.
Subjugator also directly set his sights in that corner. He saw the crowd and immediately facepalmed. He grumbled, “Why are so many people fond of her nowadays?”
“...” The seven people beside him (including Judge and Snowleaf who had reunited with them) shot him inquiring looks at the same time.
Lead by Subjugator, eight of them walked toward the busy furnace in unison.
As they passed by, few yers nced at them, drawn to their dazzling equipment. They soon found themselves staring at the insignia on their chest carved with a stifling character—Forbidden.
“They are from Fallen Angels.”
“Damn! They don’t have many members, do they? Is the Winter Demon also here?!”
“Tsk tsk. Moonwaltz Rimbo is going to make a big fortune. Even Fallen Angels is here. But I wonder are they also those flies that came after Moonwaltz’s beauty?”
Few yers exchanged words almost inaudibly behind Qin Ruo andpany.
***
Beside the innermost furnace in the Moonwaltz’s Smithy stood a slim little girl wearing a body of Violet equipment. She held a giant golden hammer that was obviously too huge for her size and mmed it down hard on an unknown piece of red hot metal. The sweat all over her added a different sense of charm to her already beautiful and innocent face.
nk! nk! nk! nk!
The sound after each hammering was solid and tense.
Moonwaltz Rimbo was working with full concentration. Her movement was standardized and the rhythm was consistent. Qin Ruo found it hard to link the solemn female before him to the little brat he had met at the appraisal center.
‘She is apletely different person in front of the furnace.’
Qin Ruo was a little annoyed by some of the bystanders. A few teenagers at about the little cksmith age were either standing opposite or next to her. They were obviously not observing the little girl mesmerizing forging actions but rather her figure. Their leering eyes obviously contained improper thoughts. Qin Ruo could easily tell them apart from those apprentices who were learning earnestly.
“Hear me out Moonwaltz, please say yes. We are ssmates, right? After joining Netherspirit’s w, I will ask them to bring as many businesses as possible to you, alright?”
“That’s right. Why so stubborn? Don’t you feel exhausting working on all these scrap metals? It’s useless anyway.”
“Moonwaltz, I think you should just agree. Richie Hong is anyone’s dream guy. Can’t you see he is such a handsome gentleman? A typical nice and loyal guy. People will envy your fortune in the school after this. Plus, nobody will dare to bully you in H&G in the future if you are with us. So why not?”
The few of them flirted with the little girl without holding back. Moonwaltz, deaf to their interruptions, continued to swing her hammer. She kept the nking going as if this was part of her normal routine.
It was Qin Ruo, as an outsider, who was more annoyed by their vulgar behavior.
‘Students these days...’