"At this point, we should have escaped, but the fire is unlikely to be extinguished for a moment."

"Yes, I hope our goods will not be affected."

"Captain, Sharon, you don't have to worry about this. Haha, with such a big fire, those fire mastiffs will definitely be finished. Even if they lose their goods, we can dig up enough magic cores, and maybe we will make a profit."

"Haoshigao, do you still have the awareness of a mercenary? You know that if you fail the mission, our reputation will be greatly lost, and that is impossible to exchange for money."

"Uh... Commander, I know I'm wrong."

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After obtaining four magic cores, Lu Chen immediately turned to the dividing line without burning, continuing the exciting road to getting rich.

The adult beast is very big and can easily be identified even if it is burned beyond recognition. Lu Chen simply got three, but this efficiency cannot satisfy him.

The position of the moon in the sky has been tilted to one side. Although they can't tell the direction, according to what the teacher said, it will not take long to get to the morning; Lu Chen had noticed the faint fire on the other end of the woods, which must have been lit by other people in distress. Maybe they dare not take any action at night, but once dawn, they will definitely join the ranks of digging the magic core.

"No, you must hurry up, otherwise you will be cheaper."

After gritting his teeth, Lu Chen began to search for the water-based magic scroll in the space ring. The four-star vortex was a bit wasteful to use to extinguish fire. Using a line to extinguish a circle of fire was also very inefficient. However, it was not until this time that he was surprised to find that there was no one-star and two-star symbols in the scroll given to him by the old man, and the lowest level was also a third-level magic.

"...Is it because the teacher is so nice to me, or are those senior brothers too strong? Didn't these scrolls be the product of practice? Why are there no level one or two? Hope it won't be too wasteful." Lu Chen took out the water-based scroll helplessly, and Lu Chen could only release it.

After a while, the woods made a sizzling sound, the choking smoke was replaced by water vapor, the flames on the ground were extinguished, and only some thick trees were still burning upright.

Although the fire extinguishing speed is a little worse than the vortex, the area is much larger. After the water vapor has passed, Lu Chen cannot understand what the magic is this time. Apart from the large area of ​​carbon black, it proves that there has been a big fire here, and the a bit muddy land does not look like it has been after the fire.

I don’t have time to think about what’s going on. Anyway, the goal is to achieve it, so Lu Chen immediately reclaimed the magic core.

After the same repeated work, including the seventeen young beast magic cores, he got a total of 95. The first harvest made Lu Chen happy and couldn't even close his mouth. Although he didn't know the prices of this world, judging by the information of various professions he had obtained from his teacher before, nearly 100 fourth-level magic cores are definitely a considerable fortune.

The fire on the ground was completely extinguished, but there were still many large trees with flames still strong. Although they were isolated, they were unlikely to cause forest fires, but Lu Chen was not allowed to stay here until dawn. It was not very stable to stay alone in the forest, let alone no one could guarantee that the fire would burn all the monsters to death.

The faint firelight on the other end of the woods is the most suitable choice. Lu Chen is preparing to contact other people in this world. If possible, he wants them to take him to the academy the teacher said, and at least he has to figure out how to go.

I sorted out my clothes to make myself more natural and easy-going, then took off the space ring, tore a string of cloth, hung it around my neck and put it inside my clothes, and walked towards the fire not far away. "The wealth is not exposed" is a famous saying, and it seems extremely important in this other world where I don't know if there is the word "policy".

After the fire, the woods without roads became easier to walk. In just a while, Lu Chen walked out of the forest.

"It turns out that the teacher's escape magic sent me directly to the edge of the forest. I don't know how he is now... Forget it, I am not qualified to worry about these things now. Humph, this world's strong man dares to force my teacher to this level. One day I will want you to not even dare to see the light." Looking back at the depths of the dark forest, Lu Chen cursed hatefully in his heart.

After experiencing the threat of death, I learned that I had mysterious power and easily killed nearly a hundred fourth-level monsters and stripped off their magic cores with my own hands, as if they had been baptized by blood, which made Lu Chen's psychology change unconsciously.

"Hey, it's actually a convoy, one, two... fourteen trucks, two caravans, there are quite a few, but there are still many people, are they all in caravans?" The bright bonfire made Lu Chen see the temporary camp thoroughly, but he couldn't even find a figure, and even the strange left eye could not see anything.

Walking carefully towards the camp, Lu Chen saw more than ten adult monsters lying outside, most of which were filled with arrows, and a few were close to the seams of the vehicles with a large number of sword marks; the inner circle, the corpses of the two adult beasts were also dug up, and the blood that had not yet dried and messy footprints were everywhere, and finally they obviously gathered in one direction.

"It seems that this group of people took advantage of the monsters attacking me and left their items and retreated temporarily." After concluding, Lu Chen walked towards the two caravans by the bonfire.

In fact, he really wanted to open the truck to see what was being transported, but considering that the other party would definitely come back to check, and he still had the desire to do so, he gave up the tempting impulse. After all, ordinary goods are of no use to him. As for whether they are valuable items such as gold, they don’t have to consider them at all. It is absolutely unrealistic, not to mention that valuable items are generally small items that can be easily carried on him.

There was no unexpected gain when I climbed into the caravan, and there were messy supplies and clothes piled up on it. Obviously, those people took away a small part before leaving, which also means that they would definitely come.

"Well, I want them to help anyway, it's best not to have good things, so I'll have to worry about it. Haha, I'm so tired, I'm not asleep for 48 hours. Oh, it's almost dawn again, I can't sleep much time at all. Forget it, just meditate. It seems that meditation can help relieve fatigue." After a little exercise of AQ, Lu Chen sat down and entered a meditation state. The continuous difficulties led to AQ growing rapidly, while also increasing his adaptability and meditation proficiency. (AQ: AdversityQuotient reverse quotient)

As for the corpses of monsters outside, Lu Chen didn't plan to move. He was sure that it would make them more uncomfortable than moving their goods. Moreover, he had already gained ninety-five magic cores, so he easily suppressed his greed.

"Hmm? What's going on? Why is this so fast? Damn it?" Lu Chen, who was meditating, suddenly realized that the energy absorption speed was much faster. He thought of the pain of bursting in the magic tower and stopped immediately.

After feeling it, although it was not as large as the huge capacity in the Magic Tower restaurant, the special energy that could be absorbed around was much higher than the level I felt when I first started meditating.

"Does there be a lot of energy in the outside world? Then it's very dangerous for me to practice. I don't abuse people like this... Sun's, wealth and honor are in danger. If you fight, you can't be reincarnated again. It's better than being a coward. Maybe a person's character explodes and even if he goes beyond his level." After a while of entanglement and repeated struggles, Lu Chen resolutely entered meditation again.

"It's strange, what happened again? Isn't this energy from nature? Why is it getting less and less?" About an hour, Lu Chen came out of meditation again.

"The absorption speed is fast, but there is no feeling of bursting, and it is also very stable. Is this considered an advancement...ah~ Why can't others feel my energy? How can I judge my strength?" Lu Chen grabbed his hair irritably, and the possibility of going to the first level did not make him feel any sense of accomplishment.

"Wait, when there was a lot of energy in the magic tower, I was fighting the assassin. Now I just killed ninety-five monsters... At that time, the teacher released a lot of magic, especially the lightning I taught him, which seemed to be rated as eighth level by the teacher, and I also released a bunch of scrolls just now; that is to say, after any magic is released, the energy I can absorb will increase? Yes, that's it. Why did I think, it's so stupid, don't be the sequelae of time travel, this is not fun."

"But what happened to the feeling of bursting back then? Why is it gone now? Am I rising too high? Or is it related to the magic level? Forget this problem, give up for the time being, hurry up and absorb more. Ah~ How long has it been, why has it been so much less..."

Thinking of some of the answers, Lu Chen always had a little clarity in his heart. He no longer was careful and immediately devoted himself to the meditation state. In his head, the world above personal strength is still very simple. You don’t need to think about anything, just be more focused on becoming stronger.

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Morning came soon, and the last fire in the forest had already gone out. The mercenary group that evacuated to the distant open space at night was ready to take action.

"Haothgou, Hill and I will take the two of you here to see first. If it's okay, you'll bring half of the uninjured people here." A man wearing gray leather armor and holding a long sword, looking over thirty years old gave the order.

"Yes, the leader." The burly young man in his early twenties, called Haosgao, answered.

"I'll go too." Another nice female voice sounded next to her.

"Sharon, don't force yourself. Anyway, the team leader will not take much time to confirm." The burly Haosgao dissuaded.

"...Okay, then you follow Hill." Looking at the woman named Sharon, the leader agreed to her request. No reason was needed, because she was the real client of this mission. Shadow Tsang's employer joined as a temporary mercenary and arrived at the designated location with the goods. This was one of the conditions.

"Uh~Okay, Hill, you have to take good care of Sharon." Haosgao said to the other person with a little discouraged look.

"I know, captain, you are really. I say I don't have much time and I'm still so long-winded." Hill agreed helplessly. As the captain, everything is fine, but he feels dizzy when he sees women, as if they are all small animals that need protection.
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