The Witch's Wandering Alchemist's Diary

The adventurer group's strategy was to throw stones from a distance to lure the crystallized monsters out from around the dungeon.

Then they would surround and kill them together.

This method is great! The crystallized monsters are indeed being lured out one by one.

But the only thing the adventurers hadn't anticipated was how powerful these crystallized monsters were; their claws and teeth could practically tear through iron armor.

"Heavy shields! Up!"

With a shout, two burly men carrying enormous shields immediately stood in front of a crystallized monster that looked like a lion.

"roar!!!"

The crystallized monster roared as it circled around Glico's adventure team.

The shield was always facing the crystallized monster, not giving it a chance to launch a sneak attack.

"Throw the hammer, and use the spear!"

Glico shouted to the support staff behind him, and he took the lead by swinging his hammer and smashing it down on the crystallized monster.

The crystallized monster roared and leaped away from the hammer.

The number of wartime support personnel in an adventurer's party is determined by the party's equipment.

During battles, the support personnel in the Thornvine Adventure Team typically carry four long spears, six small shields, and other miscellaneous items.

Because there is so much equipment, there will be two wartime support personnel.

Of course, for knights, they could be called squires.

The main combat personnel, including Greg, number six. These two heavy shield-bearers typically don't carry shields during adventures.

At most, I can only bring one.

However, because of the need to defeat these crystallized monsters, Grigio had people bring both heavy shields.

As for the remaining three people and Glico, they quickly took the spears from the wartime support personnel and stood in tense confrontation with the crystallized monster.

"Come on, you beast!"

Glico cursed at the crystallized monster, provoking it.

Meanwhile, the wartime support personnel kept throwing stones and mud at the monster, trying to urge it to attack.

Moreover, the mud they smashed was urinous mud, containing urine from various wild animals and humans, and had a strong odor.

The moment it struck the monster, the lion-like crystallized creature roared angrily.

His entire body shrank, and then he unleashed an unusual power, slamming his palm heavily onto the thick shield.

The two heavy shield bearers' hands went numb, barely managing to hold on.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Grigio and several other spearmen gritted their teeth and thrust their spears forward with all their might.

A clear sound of tearing brocade reached everyone's ears, and a stream of scalding hot blood drenched them.

The crystallized monster was in excruciating pain and tried to escape, but the spear had already pierced its body, and the heavy shield bearer lunged forward.

The entire heavy shield, along with its body, pressed down on the crystal monster, and cracking sounds came from the monster.

Grigory pulled out his spear and plunged it into the monster's eye, turning its brain into a paste.

That was a real relief.

"Phew, this beast isn't all that great."

Glico said smugly.

Two heavy shield bearers stood up: "Boss, several members of adventurer groups had their ribs broken or their bodies bitten by these crystallized monsters. It's only because there's an alchemist here that they haven't died."

"We don't want to end up like that."

Glico said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, you all know who I am. Now, carrying the monster's corpse, let's go find the mage to claim our reward!"

"Okay!"

Everyone was shouting and moved the heavy shield aside to take a look. The monster's bones were crushed to pieces, there were four or five holes pierced in its chest, and blood was constantly flowing from its mouth.

Several people used fresh vines to tie up the monster's body, then used a wooden stick to pierce through it before lifting it up.

Back at camp, they bragged about it everywhere.

After taking the thirty gold coins from the sorcerer, he handed the item over to the leatherworker.

Lou Le yawned as he sold the healing potions.

She had already found out that after these furs were tanned at home by leatherworkers, they could be processed by sorcerers and then turned into spellbooks.

This can prevent the embarrassing situation of forgetting your spells and being unable to cast them.

However, Lou Le doesn't have much need for it, because her spell models are all engraved on the Witch's Spring, which is equivalent to having a built-in spellbook.

However, spellbooks can significantly increase the number of apprentice spellcasters.

"However, this kind of strategy is really slow."

Lou Le complained.

In order to conserve their mana, the mages were unwilling to deal with the crystallized monsters themselves.

They only wanted to expend their magic power on the treants that adventurers couldn't handle.

The same applies to the apprentice monks.

Only novice mage apprentices are willing to eliminate the crystallized monsters.

Because they were unable to participate in the siege of the Treants, they could only expend their mana on the crystallized monsters.

Moreover, Dwight promised them that if they could acquire enough fur, he would teach them how to make spellbooks.

The apprentice monks were overjoyed, as this could be considered a skill.

However, Lou Le felt that Dwight was training skilled workers.

After all, it is foreseeable that the furs here will be continuously processed into spellbooks in the future.

If Dwight were to rely solely on himself, he would probably be working himself to death and still not be able to finish.

Therefore, training skilled workers is Dwight's best option.

"Poor thing."

Lou Le clicked her tongue in surprise, but these things were none of her business.

"It seems that the surrounding area can be cleared in a week."

"Just use this time to make good money."

She looked at her half-full chest, which already contained nearly a hundred gold coins!

We're already more than one-tenth of the 1,000 gold coins needed for the upgrade!

"Unfortunately, the ingredients for mana potions are hard to find."

Lou Le sighed: "Otherwise, I'll have to make money even faster."

"Master mage, please buy a bottle of healing potion."

Another adventurer has come to buy potions.

Lou Le pushed out a potion: "One gold coin, please."

The adventurer then placed a gold coin on the table, took the healing potion, and quickly ran off into the distance.

There were many wounded in the camp.

However, after drinking Lou Le's treatment, he only needs to rest for one day to recover to his original state.

Lou Le picked up the gold coin and noticed that the edge had been worn.

"Tsk, another damaged gold coin. In this day and age, mages should be able to invent some stamping machines by now. Why didn't they think of reforming the currency?"

"Adding some serrations or similar markings can also prevent problems like damaged gold coins."