novelraw Chapter 143-1: Relic Bookmark, Type-I Relic Fragment (1)
Chapter 143-1: Relic Bookmark, Type-I Relic Fragment (1)
[You have obtained Indomitable Fading Chunk of Spirit Essence *1]
[You have obtained Star-Embellished Carapace (Material)]
[You have obtained Verdant Biological Fluid (Item)]
[The black-robed old man stared blankly at the fallen starborn being monster, frozen in dazed silence…]
[He murmured to himself, saying that this shouldn’t have happened. Could it be that the starborn being had been imprisoned for too long and died of excitement upon release?]
[He shook his head, denying that thought. Another possibility was that the god this starborn being served had fallen, causing its Spirit Essence to dissipate in turn…]
[He shook his head again. That couldn’t be it either, there hadn’t been a divine war in this world for a long time now…]
Lin Xun more or less figured out what had happened, this Starhorn Rhinogold was likely one of the starborn beings under the Child of the Stars.
With the Child of the Stars dead and gone, this monster had simply dropped dead as well.
Now that the monster died before even fighting, how was this special mission supposed to be judged?Technically, the Child of the Stars was taken out by him, which meant this starborn being should be counted as his kill too. Yes, that was perfectly reasonable.
[The Librarian stood in silence for a while before letting his semi-transparent figure solidify. He slowly paced over to your side…]
[He bluntly stated that there had been a small hiccup in the special task flow. This task was now canceled. However, considering your courage in accepting the challenge, although he couldn’t give you the proper task reward, he could at least offer a small compensation.]
[Saying that, the Librarian took out a Beginner’s Bookmark and handed it to you…]
[Will you accept the compensation and acknowledge mission failure, or refuse and argue your case?]
Lin Xun frowned.
Just a Beginner’s Bookmark and they expected him to let it go?
He had definitely taken down the Child of the Stars, and this starborn being’s death absolutely counted toward his credit. No way was this a failed mission!
Without hesitation, he chose the second option.
[You slap away the bookmark offered by the Librarian and loudly question him. The task required killing the starborn being monster. Now that it’s dead, the task should be considered complete, so why was the reward so meager?]
[The Librarian retracts the bookmark, his eyes full of mockery. He says the monster wasn’t killed by you, so of course the task doesn’t count as complete. If you could prove it died because of you…]
Lin Xun couldn’t be bothered to argue anymore. He opened his inventory and clicked on the item.
[You take out the Dried Spirit Essence of the Child of the Stars. The Librarian’s babbling instantly ceases, like a hen being choked mid-cluck…]
[He stared in disbelief at the divine Spirit Essence in your hand, falling silent once more…]
[After a long pause, the Librarian helplessly removed the monocle from his nose and pulled out another bookmark from his robes to hand to you…]
[You have obtained Librarian’s Monocle (Rare-Grade Item)]
[You have obtained Relic Bookmark *1]
Lin Xun recognized the Librarian’s Monocle. Using it at the Library would allow him to upgrade his invasion permissions via the administrator’s true body.
But what was the Relic Bookmark?
He opened his inventory to check.
[Relic Bookmark: Can only be used by Apostles who possess a relic. Using it allows you to invade chapters of other relic-holding Apostles. If you defeat that Apostle, you will randomly inherit one of their relics. Conversely, if you die during the invasion, you will randomly lose one of your relics.]
His eyes widened.
Relics were, by default, non-tradable, non-giftable, non-discardable, and non-droppable.
He hadn’t expected there to be a bookmark specifically designed to snipe other people’s relics.
And all invasions followed the unspoken matchmaking rule of pairing Apostles with a similar number of cleared chapters.
Lin Xun had only cleared one chapter so far, so using the Relic Bookmark would only match him with Apostles who had cleared one or two chapters at most!
Which meant… he’d basically be smacking around noobs and looting relics for free!
[The Librarian handed you both items and began chanting again, as if preparing to vanish…]
Lin Xun’s eyes narrowed. He issued a kill command to the Valkyrie!
[The Battle Angel – Valkyrie instantly drew her bow like a full moon. With a sharp twang, a high-speed arrow struck the Librarian square in the head.]
[The Librarian looked at you in disbelief before collapsing to the ground…]
[Your Watcher has defeated the Librarian. Your experience has slightly increased.]
[You have obtained Soul-Annihilation Bookmark *1]
Lin Xun stroked his chin thoughtfully.
This Librarian avatar was pretty weak. Clearly, whoever had sent him to the Celestial Prison of Captive Stars was someone else entirely.
Having ruled out a false lead, Lin Xun turned to the newly dropped Soul-Annihilation Bookmark.
So this was how you obtained one, by defeating an administrator. He wondered if there were other ways to acquire it.
He felt no guilt about killing the Librarian.
This guy was just a clone of the administrator’s true body, more like a shadow than a real NPC.
And you only encountered the Librarian once per chapter. The next time he ran into one, it would be a different avatar entirely, unrelated to the one he just killed.
He opened his inventory.
The starborn being monster that had suddenly dropped dead had dropped 10,000 Spirit Essence and a piece of carapace material.
The remaining item, named Verdant Biological Fluid, stood out as something special.
[Verdant Biological Fluid (Item): A sticky green liquid speckled with glowing particles, this is internal bodily fluid from a starborn being creature. Using it will temporarily transform your current Shell into the form of a starborn being.]
A transformation-type item?
Lin Xun had never obtained this kind of item before.
It might come in handy in the future, so he tucked it away for now.
The Astrologer Tower had now been completely looted. With the Valkyrie in tow, he exited the place.
Out in the vast fog beyond the tower, he switched to the Smelting Plant Owner’s Shell and chose to suicide for a free return to town.
[An ordinary wandering soul is reborn at the Transplant Clinic…]
Back in Bennett’s clinic, Lin Xun glanced at the time.
“Damn! It’s almost morning…”
Outside the rental, the deep night was utterly quiet, disturbed only by a few cicadas chirping in the summer darkness.
Unknowingly, he had once again gamed his way into the early morning cultivating like an immortal. He hurriedly washed up and collapsed into bed.