36: Because I’m afraid your jaws will drop to the ground!

"Clan Chief Doranen, I have already opened the ocean heart. I will also gift you this pile of Seal Materials. Can you accompany me to crusade against the Mute Crocodile now?"

Qin Yun very generously gave the precious Materials to the Clan Chief NPC.

After all, these Materials could not be taken away and could only be used in this area. Who knew if he would ever have the chance to come back here? It was better to gift them to this group of NPCs who needed them as a welcoming gift to build good relations.

"Is this true?"

Doranen and the other NPCs were incredibly excited.

One had to know that this forbidden map contained more than just the threat of the Mute Crocodile; there were other threats as well.

If they had enough Seal Materials, they could completely construct a new Seal barrier to protect their village and prevent other monsters from invading.

If it hadn't been for the protection of the rule effects over these years, they would have long since been devoured completely by other monsters.

Now, the rule protection effect was about to expire, and they had no extra Materials. With the village's simple defensive facilities, they couldn't defend it at all. Yet, they could not violate the rules and leave this godforsaken place.

After all, back then, in order to preserve their lineage, their ancestors had been forced to sign a contract with the world rules and remain here for generations.

Therefore, the Materials Qin Yun had opened were equivalent to a lifeline for their Water Spirit Clan.

"Handsome, mighty, impressive, and wealthy Crocodile-slaying Warrior, why not help us to the end and upgrade our village's defensive facilities while you're at it?"

For the safety of his clan members, Clan Chief Doranen shamelessly asked. After all, his pride was nowhere near as important as the lives of his clan members.

If they could upgrade the defensive facilities to an Advanced Rank, they would have even more security!

Qin Yun originally wanted to refuse. He had plenty of gold coins, but he wasn't a sucker. It was one thing to give them the Materials he couldn't take away, but they wanted him to spend his own gold to upgrade their facilities?

However, seeing the incredibly expectant eyes of the Water Spirit Clan NPCs, as well as Sarata's hopeful gaze, Qin Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, the corners of his mouth curling up as he saw a glimmer of an opportunity to take Sarata with him.

If he satisfied their wish and then instantly killed the quest BOSS Mute Crocodile later, could he get Clan Chief Doranen to change his mind and agree to let his granddaughter go with him?

Anyway, it was just gold coins; he had plenty. Once he spent them, he could just farm a few waves and be filthy rich again.

Thinking of this, Qin Yun smiled slightly and said generously, "Naturally, that's no problem. I, Qin Yun, love helping others the most. Since it's rare that I have the fate to meet you all, what's the harm in helping you upgrade mere defensive facilities!"

Immediately, Clan Chief Doranen brought Qin Yun to a stone tower and introduced it, "Warrior, this is a defensive stone tower. It will autonomously attack targets."

[Name: Ordinary Stone Tower] [Rank: LV1] [Attack: 750] [Effect: Automatically attacks targets] [Hint: Upgrading to the next level requires 300 gold coins, increasing tenfold each level]

So expensive? Increasing tenfold each level, wouldn't upgrading to LV10 cost 30 billion?

He didn't know what kind of effect this stone tower facility would have when upgraded to an Advanced Rank. If the effect was good, he could ask the NPC for two of them later to use as defensive facilities for his guild territory!

Because this type of defensive facility could not be purchased from the Beastmaster Merchant; it could only be obtained through quests.

Upgrade first!

[Ding, you spent 300 gold coins and successfully upgraded the Ordinary Stone Tower to LV2, promoting it to Black Iron Stone Tower!]

[Ding, you spent 3000 gold coins and successfully upgraded the Black Iron Stone Tower to LV3, promoting it to Bronze Stone Tower!]

[Ding, you spent 30000 gold coins and successfully upgraded the Bronze Stone Tower to LV4, promoting it to Silver Stone Tower!]

[Ding, you spent 300000 gold coins and successfully upgraded the Silver Stone Tower to LV5, Gold Stone Tower!]

Looking at the stone tower information again: [Name: Gold Stone Tower] [Rank: LV5] [Attack: 9500] [Effect: When a hostile target enters the attack range, the stone tower will automatically emit golden light to attack, with a 20% armor penetration effect!]

Holy crap! 9500 Attack? And a 20% armor penetration effect?

Don't underestimate 9500 Attack; that's even higher than the attack of many Rank 5 Beast Tamers!

Most Rank 5 Beast Tamers don't have many free growth stats, only about 5. Upgrading to Rank 5 max level only gives about 750 free stats. Adding the Breakthrough stats, most normal difficulty bonuses are 20%, which is 60 all-stats, at most 240 all-stats. Even if they put all points into Strength, that's only 990 Strength stats. Most equipment is Green quality, and five pieces of attack gear only provide 1200 stat bonuses, totaling 2190 stats, which is 10950 Attack!

And that's only if they put all points into [Strength] and have five pieces of Rank 5 Green gear. But one Gold Stone Tower's attack power is almost on par with an average Rank 5 Beast Tamer, and this is an infinitely attacking stone tower.

To be honest, Qin Yun was jealous. The Water Spirit Clan village had a total of four such stone tower facilities, located at the four cardinal directions of the village. They must have been a benefit bestowed upon them by the rules back then. He had to take two of them!

"Clan Chief Doranen, can you gift me two of these stone towers? If you can, I will upgrade all the other stone towers and earth walls to Level 5!"

"What? Upgrade them all to Level 5?" Clan Chief Doranen was stunned, his eyes practically bulging out.

This was a Rank 2 forbidden area, with at most Rank 3 monsters harassing them. If the defensive facilities were all upgraded to Level 5, then even without a Seal barrier, his clan would be safe and sound.

"As long as you upgrade all the earth walls to Level 5, never mind two stone towers, even taking all four stone towers wouldn't be a problem. But I cannot give them to you! This is a rule benefit, fixed here, and cannot be taken away."

"Can I substitute it with a Seal Barrier Scroll? This is my clan's secret treasure. As long as there are enough Materials, it can be deployed. The barrier strength is related to the Material Rank; the higher the Rank of the Materials, the higher the barrier strength. Moreover, the effect of the Seal barrier varies depending on the main Material used!"

"What? There's such an item? That's perfectly fine!"

Qin Yun didn't expect the other party to be so generous. The value of this Seal Barrier Scroll sounded much higher than the stone towers!

After accepting the Seal Barrier Scroll, Qin Yun continued to upgrade the other stone towers and earth walls. Upgrading one block of the earth wall to Level 5 only cost 11,110 gold coins, but there were many earth wall blocks; upgrading them all to Level 5 would cost at least tens of millions of gold coins. But for Qin Yun, this amount of gold was a small matter.

Very soon, the village took on a brand new look. The golden stone walls and Gold Stone Towers all displayed opulence and dominance.

Now, not to mention Rank 3 monsters, even if Rank 5 monsters came, upon seeing such powerful defensive facilities, they would have to turn around and leave.

"Oh my, oh my, heroic Crocodile-slaying Warrior! Your kindness to our clan is like a gift of rebirth; I am moved to tears!"

"Clan Chief, no need for formalities. It's getting late; let's hurry up and go kill the Mute Crocodile BOSS!"

"Right, right, right! Let's go, I will lead the way for you personally!"

The entire Water Spirit Clan of NPCs was conquered by Qin Yun's strength. They looked at Qin Yun with admiration, and even the Goddess Sarata was stealing glances at Qin Yun with a sparkle in her beautiful eyes, becoming increasingly interested in him.

Before long, led by the NPCs, Qin Yun arrived at the entrance of a cave behind the mountain. There was an ancient Seal here, with sixteen rule chains piercing through heaven and earth. However, the chains were covered in cracks, and the Seal was constantly emitting tremors, as if something was slamming against it.

"Handsome and extraordinary Crocodile-slaying Warrior, this is the place where the Mute Crocodile is sealed. The vortex at the cave entrance is the entrance to the sealed space."

"After we go in later, we will use the ocean heart at the first opportunity to cast the Great Seal Beast Skill to weaken the Mute Crocodile's Rank. However, it only has a duration of 30 minutes. If you cannot kill the Mute Crocodile within 30 minutes, you are dead. We have rule protection, so we can hold on for a while."

"That's right! Crocodile-slaying Warrior, you have shown us the kindness of rebirth, so we must ask: are you confident?"

Facing the doubts of the NPCs, Qin Yun smiled mysteriously and said, "Remember to use your hands to hold up your jaws later!"

The NPCs: "Why?"

Qin Yun chuckled, "Because I'm afraid your jaws will drop to the ground!"

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