After a simple bandage, the three of them walked into the bear den.
The bear nest was not big. It should be a natural cave occupied by these bears. The ground was scattered with some dry grass and branches. After being eroded by the moisture in the cave, they were slightly rotten. The smell was mixed with the smell of feces and rotten meat, which was unbearable.
Tearing off a few pieces of cloth and dipping them in water, the three of them covered their noses and moved the rotten grass and branches out of the cave, starting a fire in the cave.
The three of them carefully searched the cave, but they did not find anything that looked like minerals. Michael didn't give up. He even used a machete to dig the entire bear cave, but he still couldn't find anything.
"Damn it, how can there be nothing? Could it be that those few bears were favored by the gods and directly advanced to the Bear King realm?”
The disappointed Michael sat on the ground angrily.
Daley and Emerson looked at each other and saw the disappointment in each other's eyes.
Discovering a Mithril mine or even finding a few pieces of Mithril was an incredible harvest. This was especially true for Michael. If he could find Mithril, he could pay a master to forge a Mithril axe for him. If he did not have Mithril, the amount of money he would need would be huge. He would probably have to take on missions for several years, and in these few years, he would only have a lot of skills, but he did not have a weapon to use. He would not be able to unleash his abilities at all.
For a moment, the entire cave was filled with a suffocating and dull smell.
"Forget it. Since there's nothing here, we'll go somewhere else and continue searching slowly.”
Emerson coughed and said.
"Anyway, there must be something in the territory of these bears. Let's move the bears in first.”
Unable to think of a solution, the three of them had no choice but to go out and drag the bodies of the bears into the cave.
First of all, they had to chop off the bear's head and marinate it to prove that they had indeed killed these bears before they could receive the reward. After that, the bear skin, bear paw, bear gall, and bear bones could all be sold for a high price, especially the things on the two bear kings. After special processing, they could be made into leather armor and weapons. The bear skin armor could withstand soul power, and when wearing it, the warrior could form a soul power protection in the area protected by the leather armor. Non-warrior-level attacks could not hurt it at all. Bear claws and bear bones could be processed into all kinds of weapons.
"Go!"
Michael, who was dragging the bear into the cave, saw a bone in front of him and kicked it angrily. The bone that received the kick lit up with a faint golden light and stabbed into the stone wall.
"Eh?"
The three people who saw this scene were stunned.
Emmerson dropped the bear he was dragging and pulled out the bone embedded in the rock. He injected his Soul Power into it and stabbed it into the wall.
The bone sank into the stone wall.
Pulling out the bone again, Emerson took out the mithril knife and injected his soul power into it. He used the blade to scrape the bone, intending to get some powder to test the mithril content. An ear-piercing sound rang out, but there was not even a scratch on the bone.
The three of them were stunned. The three of them knew very well what it meant for a samurai to be unable to move something with a knife infused with soul power.
Emerson was so overjoyed that his hands trembled and his bones fell to the ground. Emerson quickly picked up the bone and looked at it carefully. After confirming that there was no problem, he carefully put the bone away. Daley and Michael looked at each other with ecstasy in their eyes.
The three of them immediately dropped the bear in their hands and rushed into the bear cave, frantically searching for the bones inside.
After testing with Emerson and Michael, the three of them finally collected dozens of those bones. After putting them together, they roughly looked like a leopard cat.
"I finally figured it out."
Emerson leaned against the wall and took a puff of tobacco.
"This is a cat emperor. I don't know why it was injured. Maybe it was injured by other beast emperors and was forced to escape to the territory of these bears. However, due to its severe injuries, it finally died. After that, because it had been dead for too long, it began to rot, and other animals could finally eat it. At this time, it was coincidentally picked up by the bears who had just woken up from hibernation and brought back to the cave. With the amount of Mithril in the flesh of an Emperor-tier monster, it was not surprising that a few King-tier wild beasts were produced. We've made a huge profit this time."
"I think so."
Daley said.
"But it seems like one or two bones are missing. I'm afraid that other animals have eaten it before the bear got it.”
"Then it has nothing to do with us."
Emerson said indifferently.
"Look at the flesh and blood in the bones. There's not much. At most, we can raise one or two king-tier beasts. That's not within the scope of our mission. We'll just go back and report to the Adventurer's Association, unless you really want to find those bones.”
"Forget it."
Daley and Michael thought for a while and decided to give up.
He was overjoyed with his harvest. Who knew where the bones were in the forest? Maybe Cat Emperor was bitten off by the monster that killed him.
"We'll take turns keeping watch tonight."
said Emerson.
"Keep an eye on those bones. It would be a huge loss if they were dragged away by some wild beast or rat.”
Daley and Michael nodded cautiously.
The bones of Emperor-tier monsters, which even warriors could not fully utilize, were very precious in the kingdom. If it weren't for the fact that the Leopard Cat was not big enough, the three of them wouldn't mind using these bones to make their own weapons. However, it was clear that they could only sell these bones to some martial soul level assassin expert through the association to forge daggers or bone nails. They could use the money from selling these bones to buy their own Secret-Silver equipment.
Therefore, he could not afford to make any mistakes in the next few days when he returned to the village.
As for the bears, they were no longer important.
The three of them chatted excitedly, and the wounds on their bodies seemed to no longer hurt.
As night fell, the three of them, who had slowly cooled down from the excitement of the harvest, finally felt the fatigue after the battle, and sleepiness gradually surfaced.
"I'll go keep watch first."
Daley said to Michael and Emerson.
"Go to Michael in four hours, and then guard Emerson in the early hours of the morning.”
"Alright."
The other two did not object.
He walked out of the cave with his sword. Dai used the branches he had collected during the day to light a fire. He quietly listened to the chirping of the insects in the forest and stared blankly at the dancing flames.
If Michael could break through to become a Warrior, why couldn't he pass this stage? In terms of combat intelligence, he was stronger than Michael, and his techniques were not necessarily inferior to Michael's. His body had already been tempered to a very sturdy state, so he really couldn't think of a reason why he couldn't overcome this hurdle. Compared to Michael, he definitely couldn't compare in terms of strength, but strength determined advancement? That was pure nonsense. His strength was not as great as it was now when he advanced last time.
Where exactly was he lacking?
"Hey, what are you thinking about?"
A hand patted Daley's shoulder.
"If something attacks you now, you won't be able to escape. That's not a good habit.”
"Ah, sorry, I was distracted.”
Daley said to Michael, who was standing beside him, in embarrassment.
"Is it time to change shifts?"
"We're here."
Michael nodded.
"Daley, I know what you're thinking, but you can't force it. When the time comes, you'll naturally be able to break through. I don't know how to talk, so I don't know how to enlighten you. However, I feel that if someone like me can break through, you can definitely do it.”
"Thank you."
Daley smiled gratefully at Michael, shook his head, and walked into the cave.
That's right. Even if he racked his brain, he would not be able to break through. It seemed that he had to find another opportunity.
Daley, who walked into the cave, lay down, closed his eyes, and slowly adjusted his breathing.
Just as Daley was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard Michael's angry roar from outside the cave.
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