Final Lord

Chapter 21 Harpy
Wang Bufu leaned back in his chair, scenes from his previous life flashing through his mind.

The player coalition clinked glasses with the earth dragons using the elves' holy wine, angels' wings scattered light dust as they brushed past the siege cannons, and the Titans shattered the clouds with thunderous laughter.

At that time, their pupils, flowing with divine golden light, reflected the extinguished stars in the sky, and everyone was imagining the beautiful moment when they would become gods together after breaking through the door to the divine realm.

But who could have imagined that twelve hours later, when the coalition forces were on the verge of success in their attack on the Divine Realm Gate, some of the NPC allies who had been on good terms with the players suddenly turned against them and stabbed them in the back.

The earth breath of the Earth Dragon Clan elder tore through the front lines, the earth shattered, and the player coalition's connection was cut off, forcing them to fight on their own.

The angels' blades of light pierced the paladins' silver armor from behind, and their pure white wings were plated with gilded patterns.

A golden dragon soared overhead, and a rain of fire dyed the clouds red. The Titans' mountain swords, entwined with chains of order, blasted again and again behind the player coalition—it turned out the so-called covenant was nothing more than the players' wishful thinking.

Wang Bufu sighed painfully, and familiar faces flashed through his mind.

"Your Majesty, the Behemoths have also rebelled."

"Your Majesty, please retreat. We will clear the way for you."

"I was wrong to disobey the king. I wish I hadn't believed them."

"Your Majesty, hurry up!"

"Your Majesty, please enter the portal! I will cover your rear."

"Asshole, I'm the Chosen One. I can be resurrected even after death. How dare you, guys with only one life, play hero in front of me? Fulin, take them back to the territory first and tell our people to be prepared to be enemies all over the world. When I return, I'll take revenge!"

"Perfect command?! No! Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!"

Wang Bufu opened his eyes and rubbed his forehead. "Who could have imagined that that farewell would become a farewell forever? Tsk, it's not a farewell forever, I can still see them here. But, can they still be considered them here?"

"Those traitors." Wang Bufu knocked his forehead with a sharp look.

"I remember the mechanical puppet tribe's self-destruct core blossoming into an iron lotus amidst divine punishment, and the dwarf king's thunder hammer embedded itself into the golden dragon's reverse scale before being swallowed by the dragon's breath.

The emerald arrows of the elf ranger pierced the angels but failed to hurt them at all. The elementals tore open their own magic circuits, allowing the forbidden spell storm to bloom in the enemy camp, but it was wiped out by the gatekeeper of the gate of the divine realm with a wave of his hand.

We are like moths flying towards a flame, all our courage becomes a joke.

The NPC troops that turned against us were all legendary races.

I can probably guess the reason. It's probably because the appearance of us players has shaken their dominance, making it impossible for them to act as recklessly as before in the Shen Gu Continent.

Although the legendary species in the game are mistakes made in the future and have nothing to do with the current legendary species, I don’t care.

I will definitely settle this account with them.

Since those legendary species covet the throne, let me smash their thrones and sink them into the earth. The first to rebel were the Earth Dragons, so let's start with them."

Wang Bufu looked at the dark cave entrance behind him, as if he could see the cave dwellers working hard. He faced the entrance and asked softly:
"The seed of hope has been planted, and one day it will take root and sprout. It will grow into the World Tree that shatters the throne of the earth, allowing the unyielding warriors to descend from the tree and pierce the dragon-slaying spear.

The ghosts of the Earth Dragon Clan who perished over a thousand years ago are coming back to seek revenge on you. Are you ready?"

……

"Master! The mushroom smoked pancakes are ready!"

Butler Ming put his hands on his hips and laughed excitedly:

"Look, young master, I asked the cavemen to build a smoker. I made rye flour into wheat cakes and hung them on the stove. Then I roasted the stone mushrooms with fire, letting the fragrance of the stone mushrooms penetrate into the wheat cakes. This way, the strange smell of rye can be completely removed, and the stone mushrooms will not be consumed, so they can be reused!

Even though this bread is black, no one would know it’s rye bread unless we tell them. We could just tell the cavemen that this is a mushroom-smoked bread for the nobles, and they’d thank us.”

Wang Bufu took the stone mushroom from Butler Ming's hand and took a look at it, and was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

[Degenerated Stone Mushroom (Normal Level 1)]

"Butler Ming, after being roasted, the stone mushroom has degenerated and lost its defensive power. It can barely be roasted once more, but if it's roasted a third time, there's probably no way to remove the rye flavor."

"Ah? This... then Uncle Ming, I'll think of a solution."

Seeing Butler Ming's slightly disappointed look, Wang Bufu immediately said, "It's really not easy for you to come up with this method.

The Stone Mushroom, which was originally only usable once, can now be used twice. Uncle Ming, I managed to get some more Stone Mushrooms, ranging from level 0 to level 3.

You don't have to be so frugal. I've had the cavemen cultivate mushroom farms, and the territory's food problem will be solved soon.

The biggest problem in the territory now is no longer food, but population."

"population?"

"Yes. Searching, searching, expeditions, territory upgrades. Everything requires fire energy. And fire energy can only be provided by the people. We have too few people, and the fire energy regenerates too slowly.

There are still battles to be fought. Without a population, there's no way to recruit more troops. In the near future, we'll be fighting in the Sunset Mountains and heading into the Dead Lands, and without a strong army, we won't be able to do that."

Steward Ming scratched his head in embarrassment. "You've got me stumped, Master. Territory Gru does manage to recruit some refugees every year. But here in the wilderness, even caravans don't come, so where can we find refugees?"

"I'm talking about population, not people." The king asked unconvincedly, "Butler Ming, you've been with my father for so long, you must be very familiar with the territory. Are there any settlements of other races within the territory of Gru?"

Butler Ming suddenly realized something. He hammered his hand and said excitedly, "Don't tell me, don't tell me! There really are several, and one of them is not far from us, about ten kilometers west of the Black Forest."

Wang Bufu's eyes lit up and he immediately asked, "What is it?"

"A harpy! A monster with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a bird.

They are all female and cannot reproduce on their own, so they can only find other male creatures to reproduce with. We humans are one of their favorite targets.

When the old man's lordship was first upgraded, all the villages built nearby suffered.

If they captured a strong villager, it would take a week for him to be released, and by the time he returned, he would be skin and bones, and it would take two or three months for him to recover before he could do light work. If he was already weak, he would not be able to return at all.

Those harpies flew so fast and their nests were so well hidden that the master had no way to deal with them. He could only relocate all the nearby villages, thinking that this would protect the villagers.

But some farmers who couldn't get married were so decadent that they would risk their lives to seek happiness with them. The master tried to stop them several times, but it didn't work, so he just ignored it.

Those harpies all look like old women, ugly and rough-skinned, and they are really ruthless."

"Ugly... that looks like a low-level harpy." Wang Bufu nodded and said, "All harpy career paths have one thing in common: the stronger they are, the more beautiful they are. Legendary harpies can even be described as stunningly beautiful, no less beautiful than mermaids."

"Legendary Harpy? Master, please stop teasing me.

That race is barbaric and brutal, living like wild beasts, eating meat raw and unable to even start a fire. How could they possibly have a legendary path? I've never even heard of a transcendental harpy."

There really wasn't one before, but now that I'm here, there is one. Wang Bufu nodded vigorously and said, "It's decided. We'll set out once all the Toxic Cavemen reach Level 2. We'll capture the Harpy."

Butler Ming was shocked. "Ah? Master, are you really going to bring the harpies back? What if they eat me in the middle of the night?"

"Hmm? Which one do you want to eat?" Wang Bufu asked jokingly.

"I can't eat anything like that. I'm too old to handle it."

Wang Bufu patted Butler Ming's shoulder and laughed, "Hahaha. Don't be afraid, Uncle Ming. There are so many cavemen and spears in the territory. Even if those harpies are addicted, we can help them quit. You won't be needed."

"Hey, Master, please bring Weiyi with you when you go. I won't feel at ease without Weiyi by your side."

"Okay! Uncle Ming, you go and have a rest." Seeing Wang Bufu's back without turning back, Butler Ming sighed softly.

"I'm not afraid of being eaten by me, but I'm afraid of being eaten by you, Master. If the harpy really comes, I'll sleep with you. Any harpy who wants to eat you will have to get past me first!"

As Butler Ming spoke, he lowered his head and said with a face full of vicissitudes of life: "Old brother. I never thought that after so many years, we would still have to fight together. I don't know if our bones can withstand it. Well! We have to bear it even if we can't. We are the young master's last shield!"

Butler Ming is getting excited!
……

The next day, Weiyi found Wang Bufu with a few water bags in hand. "Brother Bufu, this is the water I brought back from Bixi Valley."

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Wang Bufu poured the stream water into a basin and took a look at it with his identification technique.

Toxic water

He lit a fire at the bottom of the basin and used it to boil the stream water until it was completely evaporated.

He looked at the basin carefully and found many shiny metal particles at the bottom of the basin.

"That's it. My father's book said that the stream in Bixi Valley was extremely poisonous and killed his horse. But it's impossible for animals and plants to survive around highly poisonous water. But Bixi Valley not only has trees, but also many flowers and plants and some rabbits. This is obviously wrong.

It seems these are the things that poisoned the horses.”

"What is this?" Wei Yi asked curiously.

【Unknown particles (to be identified)】

"I don't know either, but I can check it." Wang Bufu put on gloves and took out the gems, sulfur, crystals and a bottle of mercury.

He placed gemstones, sulfur, and crystals around the metal particles one by one, but nothing happened. But when he moved the mercury closer, the metal particles seemed to come alive and rolled towards the mercury.

"Huh?" Weiyi's eyes widened. "Why is that?"

"Because of the blessing of the God of Commerce, all resources less than one unit will be aggregated towards the standard unit." Wang Bufu explained: "The things I have in my hand are all resources that are almost one unit. They meet the law of aggregation.

These metal particles are attracted to mercury, indicating that they are mercury-based resources."

Wang Bufei took out a small balance and used standard units of mercury as weights to weigh these tiny particles. He repeated this many times.

After several experiments, he came to a conclusion.

"The standard unit weight of these small particles is exactly 1.8 times that of mercury. There is only one mercury-based resource that meets this weight requirement: the rare A-grade resource, ethereal silver."

【Identification successful】

【Ether Silver Particles】

"Ether silver is an epic resource, usually only used by epic classes, and is quite expensive. Ether silver is easily absorbed and metabolized through sweat.

Drinking a small amount of water containing etheric silver will not cause any problems, but if you take a large amount and do not sweat out in time, the etheric silver will accumulate and become toxic.

My father's horse must have been tired from running and drank water too quickly, so it drank itself to death."

Weiyi's eyes lit up. "Why is there ether silver in the Bixi River? Is there an ether silver mine there? Wouldn't it be rich if we sold the ether silver?"

"Ether silver is too high-grade for us to use. With Lincoln here, selling it to a caravan will only hasten his murder. It's also impossible to find a passing caravan willing to trade with us.

Forget about the ether silver, the most important thing is to find a way to solve the territory's drinking water problem."

Wang Bufu took out a bottle of mercury and placed it in the corner of the table. Then he took out the water from the water bag and put it in a basin, and slowly moved the mercury closer to the water bag.

When the mercury bottle was close enough to the stream, the surface of the stream immediately began to fluctuate, and some sparkling liquid crawled along the surface of the basin, trying to flow into the mercury bottle.

Wang was dissatisfied with Lao Liu and immediately took out another bottle to collect the overflowing ether silver. At the same time, the stream water in the basin was also filtered.

Wang was dissatisfied and re-examined it.

Water with impurities

There are still impurities, but it is no longer poisonous. If it is non-toxic, it can be drunk.

To be on the safe side, Wang Bufu asked Weiyi to go to the mountains and catch a lucky wild boar. After drinking a mouthful of stream water, the wild boar still survived.

Wang Bufu nodded in satisfaction and said to Weiyi, "I observed the direction of the stream in the Bixi Valley. The source of the stream is in the mountain of our Jitui Mountain. There should be large water element crystals in this mountain that can produce clear water.

I've already sent the cavemen down to explore. Once we dig up the water element crystals, the territory's water problem will be solved.

During this time, I'll have to trouble you to bring water back every day."

"No problem." Wei Yi said with a smile, "Brother Bu Fu, you can ask the cavemen to dig an underground water cellar first. I will make a few more trips to fill the water cellar. This way I don't have to go back and forth every day."

"Okay. There's something else I want to discuss with you." Wang Bufu told Wei Yi about the harpy.

"I plan to wait until the cavemen reach level 2 and then capture those harpies. You will come with us then."

"A swarm of harpies that even the master finds difficult... can we defeat them with just a few of us? They can fly."

"Of course I can. I know a little bit about harpies, so taking them down won't be a problem."

"Okay, then I'll wait for the order from my brother."

"Yeah. There's also the matter of leveling. I'm planning to take the cavemen to a mountain peak for leveling next week. Weiyi, if you have time, please help us scout out targets and see which of the five mountains or two valleys is more suitable."

"I checked it today!" Wei Yi said proudly, "I knew you were going to fight monsters, so I did some scouting when I went to get water from the stream today.

I have a great discovery, can you guess what it is?"

(End of this chapter)