The second piece of loot drops dramatically in value.

De Milo's hand-drawn map

"It seems silly to record everything that can change, but the Heroic Spirits don't usually have much to do."

As the name suggests, this is a map. The material feels like parchment. When Ash unfolds it, he can see that it is covered with detailed annotations.

Bright spot: current location, Xingtang main city.

Terrain: swamps, mud, forests, caves, mountains...

Resource points: Timber mill, ore pit, crystal mine, mercury factory, gold mine...

Special areas: Dragon's Nest, Flowing Gold River, House of Fate Questions and Answers, Miracle Paradise, Tree of Wisdom...

"There is no Seven-Colored Tails." Ash and the other two quickly checked the map carefully and shook their heads in disappointment. They thought that the map of Hero's Soul would contain information about the Seven-Colored Tails. After all, Hero's Soul has theoretically joined the Void Realm organization and is considered part of the system, so it is natural that it could obtain information about the Seven-Colored Tails.

However, apart from the Seven-Colored Tail, this map has all the information you need. Not to mention the resource points, the "Fate Question and Answer House" and "Miracle Paradise" alone are worth a visit. The former can get the opportunity to ask questions in the virtual realm by answering, and the latter can directly get the magic spirit for free.

The "Wisdom Tree" is even more terrifying. According to Sword Princess, it can directly improve the realm of a designated faction by paying a certain price. It can be called a pass to the sanctuary, a magician's wishing machine, and a life-changing tree.

It sounds more reliable than the Seven-Colored Tail, but the problem is that the "certain price" is not very reliable - although there are examples where it only takes a small price to improve, there are more records of bizarre stories of magicians paying a heavy price and committing suicide in the end.

For example, the price the Tree of Wisdom demands is that the magician loses his ability to speak (including listening, reading and writing) within three days. It happens that the magician is involved in a murder case in reality. Because he cannot communicate at all, the magician mistakenly thinks that other criminal facts have been exposed, and he resists and kills people; because he cannot communicate, he mistakenly thinks that his wife and son want to betray him, so he kills his entire family.

When the magician returned to normal, the real murderer was caught. However, after learning the truth, the magician suffered a mental breakdown and his soul returned to the virtual world.

But even with such a bad reputation, the Wisdom Tree still attracts people, because too many magicians know that they do not have enough wisdom. But in comparison, magicians prefer to find the Seven-Colored Tail, at least if they fail to find the Seven-Colored Tail, they will lose their soul at most, while meeting the Wisdom Tree means they must sell their soul.

Logically speaking, this map filled with all kinds of important information should be the first among the spoils, but Ash and others are not interested, because - it really is a map.

It is not a magic spirit.

The experience orbs can be absorbed, and the magic spirits can be controlled, but they cannot take the map out of the virtual world, and naturally they cannot keep the map the next time they enter the virtual world. Even if they force themselves to remember the information on the map, they don't know where they will appear next time they enter the virtual world. Even if they want to find the reference coordinates, they will only get lost in the curtain maze of the countercurrent golden rain.

A map without reference coordinates is like falling in love with a paper man. No matter how much you invest, you will only get nothing in return.

As for using the map to find special areas for fun tonight, not to mention that their car is about to explode, the point is - these high-value special areas are not close.

There was a scale on the map, and they estimated that even the nearest Miracle Park was 10 kilometers away. It would be fine if the sports car was still usable, but without a car, they had to walk there, and the journey alone would exhaust their soul energy.

And it's not just the distance. They fought with the Fierce Wolf Dragon Clan and the Heroic Soul Legion here, and just now they rested for a while. Even though they were traveling by car before, they stayed in the same area for such a long time that Bai Niu had already run a long way.

If they don't want to be caught by the still time, they either have to move forward quickly or go offline and exit the virtual world, and they won't have time to look for Miracle Park.

However, compared to the resource points, the glowing important marks on the map attracted more attention from the magicians.

In addition to their current location, there are four other luminous points, which are very far away and should be within the Silent Domain. Although there is no more information, the name "Star Hall Main City" alone has allowed Ash and others to glimpse the tip of the iceberg of the Time Continent - these Heroic Soul Legions are not a special ecosystem formed naturally, but agents backed by the forces of the Void Realm!

So in this world, who can establish a secret force in the virtual world and enslave the magician's projections and knowledge creatures for their own use?

"Xingtang, is it a force created by the Lord God?" Sonia asked in a low voice, as if she was afraid of attracting the attention of the great being.

"It may be, or it may not be." Ash shook his head. "We have too little information now, so it is meaningless to guess. These main cities may also be relics of the old times. The projections of magicians who enter them will be transformed into heroic spirits and awaken their spiritual wisdom. Then they are going to form a virtual army to counterattack the real world-"

"Isn't this the fairy tale I just told you?" Diya was very keenly aware that Ash was using local materials.

"In short, if we want to uncover the secrets of the Heroic Soul Legion, we have to take a look at what is in the so-called main city." Ash said with a hint of regret: "It's a pity that we can't take this map with us..."

"Viewer, don't you have a virtual map?" Sonia raised her hands and clasped them together: "Can you activate a miracle like super fusion to merge them together?"

Sonia's words woke Ash up from his dream. He opened the virtual map and as expected, a prompt popped up: "Map information has been updated."

I saw a red exclamation mark on the "Zoom" button on the right side of the virtual map. Ash had used "Zoom" at the beginning, but after the map became larger, other areas were still unknown, so Ash never used this skill again and kept the map at the smallest state.

Now click "Zoom" and the map will become the largest state. Ash will see a pizza that seems to be cut into eighths - most of the map is still an unknown area, but about one eighth of the area has been explored with various terrains, resource points, special areas, and even the four main cities of the Star Hall are marked on it.

Looking at this large map, I have an urge to explore all the dark and unknown areas.

In addition, Ash also saw a small section of known area that was very abrupt in the unknown area. He carefully identified it and confirmed from the two landmarks of "Stone Mine Cave" and "Golden River" that this was the place they explored last night.

It turns out that the virtual map has the ability to automatically record and create maps!

And he never knew it!

Although Ash didn't know how helpful this map recording function would be, after all, he would appear in a different place every time he entered the virtual realm, and they had explored smoothly in the past without recording the map, but he still felt like he had lost a lot - just like confessing his love to his childhood sweetheart only to find out that the other person had liked him three years ago, and he would regret why he hesitated for three years.

Although he would find the truth as long as he opened the map, Ash was still grateful to Sonia for reminding him: "Sword Princess, I'm so touched that I want to kiss you now."

"no problem."

Sonia stretched out her hand and asked Ash to kiss it. Ash glanced at her and said, "You keep swinging the sword with this hand. You won't sweat it, will you?"

Sonia clenched her fist and said, "Stand still. I can kiss your mouth with my fist or tongue kiss, as long as your mouth can hold my fist."

"Why did you only kiss Jian Ji? What about me?" Diya was shocked: "Viewer, are you implying that I didn't do well enough?"

"Come to think of it, if we really distribute it according to merit, you should be the ones to kiss me." Ash said, folding his hands, "But if we have to use a kiss to praise the person who made the greatest contribution after every battle, it would feel weird... Even if I don't mind, you will definitely mind."

"Let's take this opportunity to establish some daily etiquette standards. The most intimate actions between the three of us are limited to hugging and holding hands. Kissing and touching are prohibited, otherwise it will make the other person very uncomfortable."

Ash paused, "But it's okay if we do it in private."

Sonia: “What are you thinking about?”

Diya: "I think I know what the viewer is thinking... No way! The White Queen won't, the Red Death won't, the Black Butler won't, and neither will I!"

"The information on this map has been recorded in my virtual map." Ash seemed not to hear their words and went straight to the point: "If we descend to the area on the map next time, we can explore the nearby resource points and special areas."

If the Commander's Manual gave Ash and his team a taste of success, then this resource map could be said to have satisfied Ash and his team. However, the resource map had too many limitations. If Ash didn't have a virtual map that could import external records, he wouldn't have been able to enjoy this feast.

It is impossible for the virtual world to reveal a map specifically for Ash, so there is only one possibility - a magician who is proficient in a certain faction has a way to "absorb" this map.

A term appeared in Ash's mind almost subconsciously: the prophecy faction.

It just so happens that the Gospel Kingdom is a place where the prophecy faction is rampant and dominates the world. Is it possible... Ash quickly suppressed the idea of ​​striving. Instead of practicing the prophecy faction himself, it is better to hope to extract a prophecy operator, which will be more efficient and more comfortable for him.

Ash, oh Ash, when you encounter something, don't think about what you are going to do first, but think about how to hand the job over to the right person. How can you forget the skill of passing the buck that you learned in the workplace after coming to another world?

Ash secretly reflected on his mistakes, then picked up the third piece of trophy with peace of mind.

The third piece of loot was very strange. Although Ash realized it was a sorcerer when he touched it, its appearance was nothing like a sorcerer—it had no wings.

It looks like a triangular bipyramidal hexahedron, and looks like an ornament that could be worn as earrings. It is transparent throughout, but one side glows blue.

However, the information fed back from its body opened the eyes of the magicians:

"spiritualism"

"Zero Wing Spirit"

"Restrictions: Can only appear in the virtual world, can only be used in the virtual world."

"Effect ①·Soul Summoning: You can absorb the remaining soul power of the soldiers."

"Effect ②·Command: You can assign arms to yourself and your followers. Assigning arms consumes soul power. The magician can assign the same arms to multiple units, but only armor can be stacked."

"The following are the currently available troops."

"Hoshido Star Swordsman: Swords deal +15% soul damage. 3 layers of armor, humanoid creature, with built-in longsword. Consumes 1 soul point per unit."

"Hoshido Star Shooter: +20% soul damage to shooting, lock-on aiming when shooting, and shooting damage does not decrease with distance. 2 layers of armor, humanoid creature, with built-in bow and arrow. Each unit consumes 2 soul points."

"This magic spirit cannot evolve."

"This magic spirit can unlock different types of soldiers by absorbing magic spirits of the same name."

"You can only have one of the same magic spirit."

"'Congratulations on becoming a player in this never-ending game, even though you are not even qualified to be a pawn.'"