CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER 45: I DIDN’T MEAN IT THAT WAY

Mr. Zhou nodded upon hearing: "Next, I will guide everyone. Follow what I say and select the Fire Crystals for processing."

Upon hearing Mr. Zhou’s words, the players present crowded around him, indicating their readiness to receive instructions, afraid they might do too little work.

Thus, under Mr. Zhou’s supervision, one Fire Crystal after another was processed by the players, and then they began to build the Fire Crystal Furnaces.

The last batch of players finally reached Level 2.

At present, all 60 players have reached Level 2.

All of them participated in the Level 2 team quest.

Seeing his goal accomplished, Fang Ka felt very satisfied. He was becoming increasingly proficient at crafting Basic Enhancement Alchemy Potions.

Pretty much ready to enhance these 60 players to the stature of Low Tier Undead Skeletons.

This refers to the finished products; there are still plenty of materials collected by the players, enough for a batch of new players to use.

Once these players complete the team task, Fang Ka will allocate the rewards pool reasonably, basically ensuring they become Low Tier Undead Skeletons.

Fang Ka has been diligently meditating during this period, with significant improvements in Spiritual Power and Magic Power, not far from reaching the perfection small level of a Mage Apprentice.

He can now supplement the player quota to 68.

If he successfully reaches perfection as a Mage Apprentice, both Spiritual and Magic Power will undergo a minor qualitative change. According to his estimates, supplementing the player quota to over 100 should not be an issue.

This way, a large batch of players can be recruited again.

He’s reluctant to drag corpses from the warehouse batch by batch, and currently, it seems reaching perfection as a Mage Apprentice will just take a few more days.

Therefore, Fang Ka plans to meditate well first and then do a big update, dragging all the corpses out at once to bring in a wave of new players.

However, now he needs to find some players to help transport these prepared finished products from the castle to the Divine Hall.

With a glance outside, the players busy on the beach near the castle immediately caught his sight.

After contemplating briefly, he started walking toward them.

Fang Ka is highly regarded by these players. As soon as he approached, he received countless gazes of attention.

Fang Ka scanned the players present and then beckoned to those whose favorability he had boosted.

They soon accepted the task.

"Level 2 Hidden Task: Help Mage Fang Ka move the potions. Task reward: Unknown."

The players were taken aback, hastily approaching Fang Ka, eager to express their willingness to assist.

Meanwhile, the surrounding players, upon questioning them briefly, had their eyes full of envy; is this the importance of the Mage Fang Ka’s favorability?

Fang Ka led them to the front of the Ancient Castle, then indicated they should transport those jars inside to the Divine Hall.

Apart from the Underground Library, there’s nothing secretive here.

The reason for not letting them into the Ancient Castle was initially to maintain a sense of mystery toward these players, but now, with the favorability constraint on them, there’s really no need for it anymore.

Fang Ka was too lazy to keep transporting jars to the entrance for these players, changed the Soul Contract directive from (any player not allowed to enter the Ancient Castle) to (only players with his permission may enter the Ancient Castle.

Then allowed the players into the Ancient Castle to begin transporting.

Leading the group was Sea Flip. Upon entering the Ancient Castle, he eagerly surveyed the surroundings.

This was his first time entering the Ancient Castle; he’d always been curious about Mage Fang Ka’s ancient castle, wondering what it was like inside.

He felt just being able to enter the castle was already a winning task.

Under Fang Ka’s supervision, the players quickly got to work with very high efficiency, taking only a dozen trips to haul all the Basic Enhancement Alchemy Potions into the Divine Hall.

With this matter resolved, Fang Ka added 2 points of favorability to them and then returned to start meditating.

On the following morning, Fang Ka was seated cross-legged on the recliner in front of the Ancient Castle meditating, when Mr. Zhou brought over a large group of players.

"Mage Fang Ka, Mage Fang Ka, we’ve got it done."

Coming to Fang Ka, Mr. Zhou excitedly presented a Fire Crystal they had shaped into a square container, inside of which lay a square piece of pig iron.

Fang Ka raised his eyebrows involuntarily at the sight, and then began to settle the rewards for the players.

As they viewed the settled rewards being credited, the players present couldn’t help but become excited.

Mr. Zhou immediately checked the Magic Books updated in Fang Ka’s shop and also glanced at the Secret Library’s Enhanced Blood Pool, feeling slightly conflicted.

However, other single-class players had far fewer conflicts; they immediately expressed their wish to undergo Blood Pool Enhancement.

Fang Ka naturally had no objection to this. He instructed those players with enough Silver Coins and points capable of undergoing Blood Pool Enhancement to accompany him to the Divine Hall for enhancement.

Mr. Zhou glanced at the players heading toward the Divine Hall, then turned to Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching: "Mr. Qian, do you think we should also do Blood Pool Enhancement first?"

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching pondered for a while: "No, I disagree. I think that since we have an extra Mage Class compared to other players, we should naturally leverage our advantage, or else what sets us apart from them?"

"I decide first to swap out the Meditation Skill, explore the Mana, and then exchange for a Dark Magic skill and an Ice Magic skill. I will first practice these two affinities, which will make it easier for me to learn subsequent magic in these two elements."

"Once we have enough points and coins, we’ll consider Blood Pool Enhancement. Anyway, I am prioritizing the two elements of magic first."

Mr. Zhou looked up and down at Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching: "Mr. Qian, you’re as determined as an iron weight. Going all out on Ice Element?"

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching nodded: "Absolutely, I firmly believe there are Ice Magic skills like Frost Armor. When that happens, every bone of mine will be enveloped in translucent Ice Crystals. Just imagining it...makes my heart surge with excitement."

Mr. Zhou gave a thumbs-up: "Alright, I think it’s possible; with your determination, you’ll definitely go far. I’ve got some ideas too."

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching looked curiously at Mr. Zhou: "What idea do you have? Same as me, going for Ice Element and Dark Element?"

Mr. Zhou shook his head: "Why play the same thing? That wouldn’t make much sense, and if we cooperate in combat, wouldn’t the variety of combinations be too few?"

"I decide to swap for a Dark Element, Wood Element, and Water Element spell separately, first developing the affinities for these three elements and see how it goes later."

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching looked Mr. Zhou up and down: "You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? I’m working two elements, and you must work three to prove stronger?"

Mr. Zhou chuckled sheepishly: "No, I don’t mean that at all."