Mazzola stared intently at Luciano, shaking his head seriously. "Regardless of whether Alexander is truly [ God's Favored One ], the fact that he possesses two golden [ Battle Aura ] is undeniable. This means that as long as he's willing to join the Church, he'll be favored by the bigwigs of Ten Thousand Streams Peak at any time. I'm afraid even His Holiness Pope Sergiyeli will have to lower himself to vie for his favor. As for us low-ranking divine knights, we can accumulate magic stones and scrolls again over time, but the opportunity to befriend such a great figure will only come once in a lifetime."
Luciano, the bearded knight leader, thought about it and realized it was indeed true.
"What should we do then?" he asked.
"Remember one thing—obey Alexander's orders without question..." Mazzola's eyes gleamed with a fanatical adventurousness, like the ferocity of a gambler before a frenzied bet. "Although this is a gamble, we have many advantages. By betting first, if we win, we'll have a chance to leap forward in the future, and entering the Holy Mountain Ten Thousand Streams Peak won't be impossible... Hehe, on the contrary, if we lose, the only losses are some mages and scrolls, hehe, such losses are completely negligible."
"Should we send someone to report this to His Holiness Pope Sergiyeli?"
"Absolutely not!" Mazzola exclaimed in surprise, "Old friend, are you senile? Quickly abandon this plan! Remember, after you go down there, you must strictly control your entourage. This matter must not be leaked. A ' God's Favored One ' has emerged in Chambord City. The chain of interests involved is too sensitive. Once the news that the Lord is here leaks out, I'm afraid this small Chambord City Church will become extremely sought after, and countless important figures will be vying to come here... Compared to those important figures, you and I have no advantage in status, and we will certainly not be able to continue staying in the Chambord City Cathedral. In that case, it will be really difficult to maintain a relationship with Lord Alexander."
Luciano was taken aback by this and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
His partnership with Mazzola was a mix of strength and strategy, one intellectual and the other martial. Mazzola often made the decisions for him, and it turned out that Mazzola's vision was always insightful and his cunning was ruthless. With Mazzola's advice, the two rose through the ranks and gained countless benefits.
In the secret chamber of the church's back courtyard, the wolf and the jackal quickly reached an agreement, ultimately convincing themselves to fully believe in Sun Fei's identity as " God's Favored One." The two began to study Alexander's preferences after he returned to normal, preparing to cater to his tastes and continue to please Alexander to win his favor.
The King's Palace.
Sun Fei put away the two iron boxes, called the warden Oleg to his side, gave him some detailed instructions, dismissed Oleg, and then opened Teleport to enter the world of Diablo.
At [ Rogue Encampment ], Sun Fei found the beautiful mercenary Elena.
"Tell me, what discoveries were made in that Underground Grotto Labyrinth City?"
Inside a brand-new tent that had been set up for Sun Fei as a temporary residence for the supreme leader, Sun Fei looked around the tent with some curiosity and asked a question.
"Yes, my lord. It's truly unbelievable that such a vast labyrinthine cave exists nestled in the mountains behind Chambord City!" Elena's expression became excited as she spoke of the cave. "It's a magnificent structure... After entering the cave with Lord Oleg, I carefully examined every inch of the passageways and every chamber. It's clear that the carvings are quite simple, leaving very few clues... Since I only saw a small section in front of the steel gate, I didn't discover anything... However, for some reason, the entire cave gave me a strange, very familiar feeling."
"A strange feeling?"
"Yes, sir, it's a very strange feeling, familiar yet unfamiliar, as if I've seen this kind of grotto somewhere before, but upon closer inspection, I can't find a single clue." Elena lowered her head somewhat ashamed. "I'm sorry, sir, I couldn't help you this time!"
Sun Fei smiled and shook his head, saying, " Elena, don't blame yourself. The reason I asked you to make a special trip to see it is because I had the exact same feeling as you, a familiar yet strange sixth sense... Well, never mind, let's not talk about that for now. There's something else. Take a look, are there any differences between these two gems?"
As he spoke, two bright red gems surging with fire element appeared out of thin air in Sun Fei's hands.
"My God, could these... be two pieces of [ Chipped Elemental Ruby ]?"
Elena looked utterly astonished and exclaimed in surprise.
She carefully took the two gems as if they were priceless treasures, examining them closely. Her young and beautiful face was incredibly captivating under the light of the red gems, her excited expression tinged with a hint of doubt. Elemental gems were extremely precious on the Rogue Continent, because with them, skilled blacksmiths could forge powerful magical equipment... This was the first time Elena had ever seen such legendary gems.
She suppressed her excitement and observed carefully.
However, since she couldn't find any difference between the two elemental gems, the clever Elena didn't rush to conclusions. She knew that since Sun Fei wanted to take out the gems to ask for her opinion, there must be some special reason behind it. Therefore, the beautiful mercenary observed them with a thousand times more care and caution.
But in the end, Elena still found nothing.
She shook her head and returned both gems to Sun Fei, her stunning face showing disappointment. She replied, "I'm very sorry, Sun Fei, but in my opinion, these two [ Chipped Ruby ] are exactly the same. Whether it's their size or the elemental power they contain, they are almost identical."
Sun Fei nodded upon hearing this.
He stored the gem in the Barbarian's ribbon space and said nothing more.
But deep down, Sun Fei couldn't help but feel a surge of wild joy.
Because one of the two rubies he just saw was one he had picked out from the iron chest of magic stones offered by Mazzola, and the other was a [ Chipped Ruby ] that dropped while fighting Diablo World. When Sun Fei first saw the magic stones, he thought they were the same as the gems in the Diablo World, but he wasn't sure at the time. Now, after Elena's appraisal, Sun Fei was completely certain that the magic stones of the Azeroth Continent and the elemental gems of the Diablo World were the same thing.
This discovery gave Sun Fei a new plan in mind.
The iron chest that Mazzola contributed contained at least three or four hundred gems, a truly invaluable treasure. Later, after completing a series of quests in [ Lut Gholein ] and obtaining the synthesis chest [ Horadric Cube ], these Chipped Gem could be used to synthesize a large number of powerful [Perfect Gems]. Socketing [Perfect Gems] into equipment would definitely greatly enhance the magical attributes of that equipment.
After asking two questions, Sun Fei's doubts were basically cleared up, and he then prepared to go to [ Lut Gholein ] to level up.
" Elena, go and prepare your armor and weapons. I'm taking you away from the Rogue Continent to the eastern city of Lut Gholein for a visit. Hehe, we'll also hunt some higher-level demons along the way; maybe we'll get some unexpected surprises," Sun Fei said with a smile.
"The Pearl of the Shamo [ Lut Gholein ]?"
Elena was overjoyed upon hearing this, her delighted expression undisguised. After all, she was just a young girl in her early twenties who had been confined to the barren land of the Rogue Continent since birth. She longed for the legendary magnificent city, the Shamo Pearl [ Lut Gholein ]. Upon hearing that Sun Fei was going to take her to [ Lut Gholein ], she jumped up with joy like a little girl and hurried off to make preparations.
Seeing this, Sun Fei was also moved by Elena's actions and his mood lightened.
While Elena was preparing to equip her weapons, Sun Fei to the [ Rogue Encampment ] and found the white-bearded, lecherous old man Cain, intending to inquire about the appraisal of the Silver-Masked Man's equipment and the four-star wood mage Evans' storage ring.
However, from afar, he could see that the lecherous old man seemed to have entered a frenzied state, engrossed in appraising equipment. He was drooling and muttering to himself while looking at the equipment and storage rings, appearing completely insane. When he saw Sun Fei arrive, he didn't even look up, only muttering to himself with fanatical eyes, "This is simply unbelievable! This is a new magic system, an unprecedented method of enchanting... and it actually works! Ahhh, what on earth is going on?"
Sun Fei immediately realized that the lewd old man had encountered a problem; the identification work had not yet yielded any results. To avoid being caught and questioned further, he turned around and left from a distance.
He then found the beautiful, busty female NPC blacksmith Charsi in the northeast corner of the Rogue Encampment. In fact, Sun Fei now found it difficult to regard the people of the Rogue Encampment as NPCs, because each of them had such a realistic personality and intelligence. After spending time with them, Sun Fei felt that they were like his friends.
After Sun Fei helped her retrieve her magical hammer, the busty blacksmith Charsi had become incredibly enthusiastic towards Sun Fei. To Charsi's astonishment, Sun Fei took out several [ Chipped Gem ] from his storage space and handed them to her, saying with the swagger of a spendthrift, "Hey, Charsi, I think these dozen or so gems will be helpful for crafting your magical equipment."
"It's... Heavens! It's the legendary elemental gem... But... But Lord Sun Fei, I haven't fully mastered the power of the Magical Iron Hammer yet, and... my forging skills are still very rudimentary. I might waste these precious elemental gems..."
"Haha, it's nothing, these gems are just for you to practice with."
"What?! Using the legendary elemental gems... to... practice? I... I..." Charsi was dumbfounded, thinking he had misheard.
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