For several days in a row, Han Shuo stayed in the Death Cemetery, studying the book Elementary Necromancy while tending to the Primordial Demon Cave.
Using the Green Sphere that presumably belonged to the Death Cemetery, Han Shuo gained substantial increases in Mental Power each time, amid excruciating pain in his head.
However, as he used the Green Sphere more often, Han Shuo clearly felt his Mental Power growing more and more slowly. It seemed this strange Green Sphere could not help him improve indefinitely. The more he used it, the less he gained.
That day, after meditating for a while and supplying the Primordial Demon Cave with blood and Demonic Essence, Han Shuo left the Death Cemetery.
After searching around the area where he had last encountered those dwarves, Han Shuo spotted a dwarf. He followed discreetly for some distance and finally saw the dwarf stop at the entrance to a concealed cave.
Thick bushes grew near the cave entrance, and the surroundings had clearly been deliberately arranged. Had the dwarf not moved aside some large leaves covering it after arriving, Han Shuo would never have discovered the cave.
After observing the area near the entrance, Han Shuo saw several more dwarves appear nearby, carrying shovels and hammers, and enter the cave one after another. A little later, Bennett, who had given Han Shuo a bag of fine wine, came out of the cave supported by two little dwarves. He seemed to have suffered an injury.
A faint sound came from the distance. With his keen hearing, Han Shuo immediately recognized what was probably the sound of magic beasts approaching. Crouching on a branch of a large tree, he waited a short while and saw two Wind Blade Demon Wolves slowly appear in the distance.
An idea struck Han