Chapter 112 Summary

After that, seeing that it was getting late, Dorothy took Vanya, who was still standing there blankly, not knowing what she was thinking, and said goodbye to Aldridge, and set out on the journey back to Egwynte.

At the time of farewell, Aldrich promised that he would help Dorothy go to Tivian in two days, and Dorothy only needed to wait for his news. After looting the two defeated bone makers, Dorothy and Vanya returned to Igwynt in a carriage.

After saying goodbye to Vanya at a certain intersection, Dorothy parked the carriage and walked back to Nanyanghua Road. After walking up to the apartment building and entering the house, she found it was pitch black inside. Apparently Greg was still working overtime and had not returned yet.

“Ahh…it’s really hard…”

With a simple sigh, Dorothy walked into her room, turned on the light, locked the door, sat in her seat and began to sort out her losses and gains.

First of all, there was the loss. In terms of corpse dolls, Dorothy destroyed a total of nine corpse dolls, leaving twelve. In terms of talismans, Dorothy used up the only Silence Talisman she got from Bill, and then there were no other talismans to consume. Half of the explosives she got from the flooded dock were used up, leaving half.

In terms of spiritual loss, the consumption of "Start" did not exceed the upper limit of 5 points of the blue bar, while the overloaded corpse ring consumed 2 points of "Cup". The consumption of "Shadow" was a bit large. The black candle was extinguished twice, which consumed 2 points of "Shadow". The corpse used two "Shadow" spiritual reserves to approach the enemy secretly. After this, Dorothy's "Shadow" reserve was exhausted.

The next step was the harvest. To be honest, the two bonemakers were really poor. Dorothy only found a few talismans and some money on them. There was nothing else. The bone tools they had were not usable by bonemakers. As they were black-level, they were far behind those who could work hard to create a communion-style Luer.

But think about it, a "cup" like Luer can easily corrupt people, and is most likely to gather ordinary believers. Relying on the corruption of wealthy people like Field and Buck, he can easily gather large amounts of funds to engage in extraordinary careers, so it is normal for him to be rich. Moreover, Luer seems to have stayed in the black level for a long time, and he is already at the peak of the black level and can be promoted. It is normal for him to be stronger and richer than the average black level.

Furthermore, I heard from Aldridge that extraordinary people on the path of "Stone" often need to spend a lot of resources to create and manufacture their own structures. Raw materials, tools, technical support, etc. all cost money, so extraordinary people on the path of "Stone" spend a lot of money on their extraordinary path. If they don't want to be profiteers and don't have any efficient and fast ways to make money, it is understandable that they are a little poor.

"I understand, but these two guys are really poor."

Complaining, Dorothy placed several talismans she had found on the two of them on the table. There were four talismans in total, and she had asked Aldridge to identify them for free.

Two of them are the Lighting Talisman, which consumes at least 1 point of "Light" and can create a floating light ball that can be used for illumination. The light ball can move with the user. One is the Earth Listening Talisman, which consumes at least 2 points of "Stone" and can sense vibrations through the ground. The last one is the Soul Sealing Talisman, which consumes at least 2 points of "Silence" and can seal a spirit in an object, preferably a bone product.

Then, there was the money. Neither of them had much cash on them. They probably didn't plan to stay in Igwynte for long, so they only brought enough money for travel expenses, about 100 pounds in total.

"Huh... Even though I'm poor, at least I've gained something."

After sighing, Dorothy put all the things into her magic box, and then began to organize the secret knowledge she had obtained in this action. Although this secret knowledge was not obtained by reading secret scriptures, she could still extract spirituality from this knowledge.

These secret knowledge include witnessing the remains of the divine creature Abyssal Ancient Dark Deer, from which Dorothy extracted 1 point of "Silence" and 1 point of "Inspiration". Knowing some details of the Golden Time of the Beyonders on the Path of "Stone", Dorothy extracted 2 points of "Stone" and 1 point of "Inspiration" from it. Knowing the existence of the Star Number Book Repair Society and the location of one of the ruins, Dorothy extracted pure "Inspiration" from it, a total of 3 points of "Inspiration".

Taking into account all the previous consumption, Dorothy's current spiritual condition is as follows.

13 cups, 10 stones, 1 shadow, 4 lights, 3 silence, 14 enlightenment.

This time, when Dorothy calculated the "start", she directly subtracted the 5 points of inherent spirituality used as the blue bar, and only calculated the experience value spirituality. Now Dorothy's experience value spirituality is 14 points, and she only needs to accumulate 6 more points to reach the apprentice level upper limit of 20 points.

As for her storage, Dorothy now has 4 lamps and 2 stones. This is the current status of Dorothy's spirituality. As for money, the original amount, plus the proceeds from the fraud at the dock and this time, is 940 pounds.

'I didn't expect that... 'Shadow' has been used up to only 1 point left. I need to find time to buy some from Aldridge to replenish it, at least to meet the basic needs of the Ring of Concealment.

'There are also 'Cups'. Although there seem to be a lot of 'Cups' now, I have no stable way to replenish the 'Cups' after the Holy Communion is completely destroyed. My main combat power now lies in the Corpse Puppet Army, and the Corpse Puppet Army's main driving force is the 'Cups'. Although these 13 'Cups' can be used for a while, I must find a suitable source to obtain them before they are used up, otherwise the Corpse Puppet Army will be greatly weakened.

'Finally, it's 'Enlightenment'. My experience value 'Enlightenment' is only 6 points away from being full. Once it is full, it seems that the spiritual requirements for promotion will be met. I wonder if I can find a way to promote in the ruins of the Star Number Book Repair Society in Tivian.'

With uncertain thoughts, Dorothy took out a golden coin from her hand, put it in her hand and silently recited the divination.

"Among the remains of the Tivian Star Number Book Society, is there a method to advance to the Black Rank through the path of 'Enlightenment'?"

After reciting silently, Dorothy tossed the coin and covered it on the back of her hand. After silently removing the hand that covered it, the dull coin showed that it was the front side, which represented confirmation, confirming that Dorothy's prediction was correct.

"It seems that Tivian has to go." Dorothy murmured as she looked at the divination result on the back of her hand.

After everything was tidied, Dorothy tidied up the table, took off her clothes and took a shower, then put on her pajamas, turned off the lights and lay on the bed to prepare for sleep. However, when she lay on the bed and covered herself with the quilt, she suddenly realized something else.

"Oh, right, one of the two bone makers is still alive. He is now locked in a secret room in the school. I don't know if he has woken up. What should I do with this guy..."

Dorothy was about to go to bed when she suddenly realized that she seemed to have a prisoner that she had not dealt with yet. She lay on the bed and began to think about how to deal with it.

"What can a captured Black-rank bonemaker do? Become a corpse puppet? That's such a waste. My corpse puppet cannot inherit extraordinary abilities. If I kill him and turn him into a corpse puppet, he will just be an ordinary corpse puppet."

'Sell it to Aldridge and let him torture the captive? To get information about Deer Skull? This is also an option, but Aldridge already knows that I captured a bonemaker and he didn't ask me for it, which proves that he may think that this small fry can't get any information, and Deer Skull will not leak useful information to subordinates of this level. Aldridge is not the kind of Beyonder who can rip bones and extract souls, and he has no demand for human materials. I guess I can't get a high price if I sell it to him.

"Psychological manipulation? Make him my puppet? I would do that if I had that ability."

"Give him a cup of medicine to corrupt him? Will this really work on a 'stone' Beyonder?"

Lying on the bed, Dorothy was thinking about how to use the black-level bonesmith prisoner. When she glanced at the empty room, she had an idea.

"It seems... we can try this..."