323 The Weeping Fores (1/2)
The tooth was sharpened and enchanted with runic engravings.
After a careful inspection, Leon nodded, ”A Tier 3 Bone Dagger, this is good stuff. Nice find, Lumi!”
”Hehe!” Lumi giggled and said excitedly, ”I'll go look for more!”
With that, Lumi darted back into the pile of bones and rummaged for more treasures. All this while, Leon continued to split the swamp water ahead of them with Divine Will for easier findings.
He had been looting all the treasures he could find along the way, causing Lumi to become interested in joining him after her curiosity was piqued by his actions.
After three hours of travel, they had looted more than 500 items in total. As for the number of bones collected, it was an even more significant amount!
Some of these bones were incredibly ancient and sturdy, making them relatively good materials for crafting weapons. Since Leon had such large storage space, it was waste not to collect everything he deemed useful.
”We've seen at least millions of bones if not tens of millions since we got here. These bones even range between thousands of years old to as short as a few hundred. Do you have any idea what might have happened here, Lumi?” Leon casually asked.
”Um, um, maybe some sort of big battle?” Lumi answered unconfidently with her head tilted to the side while rubbing it with a long piece of white bone in her hand.
”Hahaha, right.” Leon smiled wryly.
Lumi's was a bit simpleminded.
”But it's not just one big battle, but also many battles. Perhaps a great war had broken out long ago, but this Black Swamp isn't just a graveyard, it's still an active warzone.”
”Despite that, we have yet to run into anyone or anything since we arrived. Why is that the case? What about you, Maya? What do you think?” Leon asked his artifact spirit instead.
Since the [Divine Book of Life] was bound to his soul core, it was not strange for him to have the ability to share his senses with Maya.
After continuous usage of [Spirit Eyes], his pupils' color has become noticeably more grey.
At this moment, the blackish-grey pupils lit up with a soft golden glow. Through his eyes, Maya was able to see the outside world.
”Maybe you are just lucky to have arrived after the last battle ended.” After a quick glance, Maya answered lazily before asking, ”Where are the books you promised me?”
”Ahem, soon… soon… You'll get them soon.” Leon coughed with a slightly embarrassed expression. He had been so busy he had forgotten about Maya's one tiny request.
After that, he agreed with Maya's view.
”That's enough, Lumi. We are leaving now!” Leon hollered.
”E-Eh? How come? I think there's still a lot of useful stuff lying around.” Lumi asked with a slight complaint while holding onto three items in her arms. She was just having fun treasure hunting.
”If we do not leave quickly, it might become troublesome later. Besides, there are so many bones of demons, beasts, and humans, but so little treasures lying about.”
”Evidently, there are also people who come to reclaim these things. If we take them all, those people will realize something and come looking for us.” Leon explained patiently.
He did not doubt that if they spent the time to scourge through the entire Black Swamp, the number of treasures would likely exceed ten thousand. However, the chances of landing themselves in an unfavorable situation were also highly probable.
It is fine to be greedy but being too greedy was a disaster.
”Hmm... fine.”
Lumi reluctantly acquiesce.
After passing two items over for Leon to store away in his Worldspace, Lumi held onto the last artifact and refused to let go.
It was a bone whistle enchanted by Tier 3 runic engravings and appeared to be quite useful in amplifying sound attacks.
The way Leon saw it, the stronger Lumi was, the better off they were in this unknown land ruled by demons. There was already conclusive evidence that demons ran rampant in these lands.
As such, Leon did not quibble with Lumi over this small matter.
The bones of true demons were vastly different from the bones of other races. Anyone with a little bit of knowledge about demons would be able to recognize them easily.
This is because the bones of true demons are not white like other races, but rather jet black in color. Even demonic beasts do not possess black bones.
After spending another 2 hours traveling north, Leon and Lumi finally left the Black Swamp region full of miasma and arrived before a patch of dry land covered with towering trees.
”Wow, what kind of trees are these? I have never seen trees like these before! Look, Leon, look! It's so pretty!” Lumi exclaimed while pointing. Her wide eyes were practically glued on the forest ahead of them.
”I can see that.”
Leon smiled lightly.
”Surprisingly, there are plants that could survive in an environment like this,” Leon commented.