Cocoon

As the heir of the White Bear mercenary group and a spellcaster, Uppur had never suffered any losses since he was a child and grew up smoothly. Therefore, he had a good outlook on life. Ever since he was a child, he rarely got angry with anyone, let alone fought.

As the leader of the mercenary group, his father fought all year round, so he was very hostile. Although Uppur's philosophy was very different from his father's, he had never questioned his father's decisions in front of outsiders. After all, his father had painstakingly raised him up and earned money to send him to the Magic Tower to study. Such kindness could not be repaid even if he was filial for a lifetime.

If his father wanted to kill someone, he would at most advise but not really oppose. His father ran the mercenary group into a cruel organization where the strong preyed on the weak, so he tried his best to dissolve the hostility in the group, using a sunny smile and friendly actions to make the mercenary group as warm as possible.

But all of this was meaningless now … His father was dead. In order to save him, it was all gone!

Uppur's hands clutched tightly at the clothes in front of his chest. His heart felt like it had been twisted, and the mental pain caused his entire body to tremble. He wailed crazily in the air, one after another. His desolate and hoarse voice spread throughout the ruins.

Liang Lidong and the others, who had retreated to the periphery of the ruins, looked back. Their expressions couldn't help but change. They could hear that the person who made this sound was now almost to the point of death.

Liang Lidong had Cloud Dragon Vision. He could see a young man slowly floating down from the pyramid altar in the distance, and he could see his face even more clearly.

After staring at him for a while, Liang Lidong turned to leave … He knew that this young man might be very pitiful, but he had seen even more tragic things in the game. There was nothing new under the sun. All he could do was take care of himself and protect the people around him. As for the others … he didn't have the ability to intervene yet.

In this world where strength was respected, even a king couldn't say that he had complete control over his own fate. They were all chess pieces on the chessboard. If they wanted to get rid of their fate of being played by fate, they had to at least reach the Legendary level. Even the Gods couldn't control Legends at will, because after the Gods crossed over from the Heavenly Realm or the Demon Realm to the Human World, their strength would be suppressed to the Legendary level. This was the protection of the Main Plane's will. This was a power that surpassed the Laws, and even the Gods could not defy it.

Legendary! This was practically a fantasy for ordinary people, but it wasn't too difficult for players to accomplish.

In the game, Liang Lidong had already reached the Legendary level. Although there were many differences between the real world and the game, the basic knowledge and philosophy were still the same. He was confident that he could return to the Legendary level. His goal was to reach the Demigod level, which was the top level of 20.

It was very difficult to reach this level. Because the experience required was almost an astronomical figure, but Liang Lidong was not afraid. As the level of professionals increased, their lifespan would increase, and he also had the 200 years of lifespan given by the Persian cat and Little White, which was enough time for him to grow all the way.

In other words, he could be considered a long-lived species now.

Now that the quest was completed and the Well of Light was in his hands, Tina would soon become a Paladin with great potential. As long as he made Tifa's bracelet, he would be immune to most mental attacks. At the very least, there were very few people who could surpass him in terms of mental power. Then he would train up the Tough Physique specialty. This way, whether it was mental or physical. In terms of survivability, there would be enough guarantees.

Liang Lidong took one last look at the young man who was still floating in the air, silently said a blessing to him in his heart, and then left with Katerina and the others.

The Worm King chewed on the corpse of the White Bear Mercenary Captain for a while, then it spat out everything it had eaten. It looked disgusted and nauseous.

But soon it was attracted by something else. It was the corpse of a female mercenary, which was badly mutilated and almost turned into meat sauce.

It sniffed around the female corpse, and after a while, it opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and swallowed the entire corpse.

For it, the corpse tasted quite good, and it was in a good mood, wagging its tail gently from side to side. But not long after, it suddenly became irritated and kept squirming on the top, and the situation became more and more serious. It even kept rolling left and right, roaring, and at the same time smashing its head hard against the ground, as if it was in great pain.

It made a crazy fuss like this for nearly ten minutes, and finally, it seemed to remember something. It quickly squirmed to the sacrificial altar in the middle, put its head into the container, and tried to drink the Well of Light. After it finished drinking the Well of Light, its whole body lit up, as if it was a small sun.

At the same time, its body kept shrinking, and when it was about two meters long, the Worm King began to spit silk. The silk was transparent and dazzling, and soon it formed a large cocoon nearly three meters long, wrapping itself in it.

This large cocoon was very bright, almost illuminating the entire top of the pyramid as if it were daytime. At this time, Liang Lidong had already left the ruins, and he did not notice this scene. But at this time, Uppur, who had safely landed, saw this surprising phenomenon. He wiped away the tears on his face. His red eyes were filled with hatred that made one's heart palpitate.

After they left the ruins, Liang Lidong and his companions knocked out the enemies in the tower again. Then, he set up a small teleportation magic array and said, "You can go back now. Remember to help me collect the magic materials on the list and deliver them to the temple. Belin will give you the money."

"What's Beta's plan?" asked Katerina curiously.

Liang Lidong said with a smile, "There are some magic materials that I have to collect in person, because it's hard to explain magic to outsiders. You have to experience and understand it on your own."

"That's settled then." Katerina nodded. She left through the small magic array with her subordinates and teleported back to Winterwind.

Liang Lidong watched the magic array take effect and disappear. Tifa's Bracelet. Other than a lot of expensive materials, this magical equipment also required a lot of ordinary materials. However, Liang Lidong did not want the Assassin's Guild to know the complete formula for this equipment. In the game, just the material formula for this equipment would cost 3,000 gold coins. If the production method and steps were included, it would cost another 1,000 gold coins.

The formula was not collected by Liang Lidong, but by his cousin after he completed a certain epic quest. At that time, there was only one in the entire server, and because his cousin was not good at magic alchemy, he gave it to Liang Lidong. After memorizing the materials and steps on the formula, Liang Lidong burned the formula. Then, with the formula, Liang Lidong made ten bracelets. He kept one for himself, gave five to his cousin and his friends, and sold the remaining four for his first real fortune in the game.

In the game, this was a unique business. He believed that even in the real world 300 years later, Tifa's bracelet would still be a unique business. Thus, he did not want to kill a craftsman and reverse engineer the production method of this bracelet after learning the formula.

So, he had to find many materials himself.

Of course, he would not buy them from a magic material store, because all the regular stores, be it the Guild of Mercenaries or the stores of other forces, would keep a customer's purchase record, and it would be easy to find out. So, Liang Lidong planned to collect them himself.

According to Liang Lidong's plan, after he got the water from the Well of Light, his next stop was Rising Sun City, a mountain city.

Rising Sun City was not a big city, but because it was built in a cluster, there were many natural plant resources near it, and three of them could be used as magic materials for the bracelets.

Unfortunately, Liang Lidong did not remember the magic waymark of Rising Sun City, so he could only use conventional means of transportation, such as walking, riding a horse, or a carriage.

Riding a horse was naturally the fastest, but Liang Lidong could not find a horse seller in Pine Wind City. This was normal. Horses were very important tools of war, and generally, horses were only in the hands of nobles and the army. They were not short of money, so naturally, they would not sell horses casually. It was even more impossible to walk. Although Liang Lidong could walk quite fast under the effect of Mist Riding, Mist Riding was a magic skill. It was fine to use it for a day or two, but if he used it for a long time, Liang Lidong's spirit would be the first to collapse.

So now the best choice was a carriage … to be exact, a donkey cart.

This world was very dangerous. There were many wild beasts and magical beasts in the wilderness between cities, but this was not the most terrible. The most terrible were robbers and robbers. It was fine if they only robbed money and goods, but many times they would kill everyone. They were very vicious.

So to move between two cities, travelers or caravans would generally gather together and travel together, so that they could take care of each other.

Liang Lidong found a caravan that was preparing to set off for Rising Sun City. The size of the caravan was quite large. There were 13 donkey carts full of goods and about 50 guards. Among them, there were seven level-1 and level-3 professionals.

The caravan shouted at the gate of Pine Wind City, saying that they were going to Rising Sun City and were willing to take ordinary travelers with them, but each person had to pay a silver coin as a security fee.

When Liang Lidong came to the door, the owner of the caravan was shocked. Although there were seven professionals in his caravan, they were all civilians who had unintentionally awakened their abilities or learned some common combat specialties. They might be able to deal with ordinary bandits, but against spellcasters who were known for their intelligence and mysteriousness, it was no different from seeking their own deaths.

In fact, it's also the case. Liang Lidong observed those few professionals and found their combat proficiency was low. He didn't even need magic, he could finish them all off with just one sword.