#741 - Resurrection Stone (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)
The 【Exorcism Book】, synthesized from pages of revelation, radiated a faint blue magical light, quietly suspended in mid-air at a height of one meter. Its color didn't represent its quality as merely a blue piece of equipment; it seemed to be its original appearance.
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And after the 【Exorcism Book】 was fused, corresponding prompts echoed in everyone's ears.
【Prompt: The second phase of the stronghold defense has been completed】
Now entering settlement...
Elite demons annihilated: 3
Demon servants annihilated: 53
Combat participants: 5
Team deaths: 0
Overall evaluation: A (Excellent)
Settlement reward issued: Team Purple Legendary Treasure Chest ×1
Bang!
After the background prompt ended, a huge treasure chest fell from the void next to the 【Exorcism Book】, larger than any they had found elsewhere, its entire body emitting a clear purple light.
“So this phase only gives rewards after the mission is over! No wonder those elite enemies didn't drop loot after they died,” Ron said excitedly as he rushed towards the treasure chest, and the others quickly gathered around.
However, upon arriving, they didn't immediately check the treasure chest but prioritized taking down the 【Exorcism Book】.
The 【Exorcism Book】 at this time was not like the scattered pages before, where detailed attributes couldn't be seen. It also had its own data and abilities.
【Exorcism Book】
Quality: Mission Item, No Specific Rating
Health Points: 5000
Attached Skill: Exorcism
Skill Cost: None
Cooldown Time: None
Duration: Permanent
Skill Range: Within 15 meters
Skill Description: A magic specifically developed to exorcise the 【Despair Town】 demon body. It can be used to infinitely enchant the 【Badge of Authority】 with this spell. When facing the demon body directly, it can be guided and released towards the opponent. Each exorcism cast will inflict damage to the demon body at a rate of 1% every 10 seconds.
Note: While guiding the exorcism, the caster cannot perform other actions except moving.
“I see!” Hermione nodded after seeing the attributes of the Exorcism Book. “This is an equipment specifically targeting the demon body. It seems that when facing the demon body later, we don't need to attack directly, but guide the exorcism to damage the demon body.”
“Each exorcism guided reduces 1% of its health every 10 seconds. We have 4 people now, 4 Badges of Authority. If we guide at the same time, wouldn't that cause 4% damage every 10 seconds? At this rate, we can solve that demon body in just 250 seconds.
Ron laughed easily after seeing the attribute description, “Then it seems that the so-called demon body is nothing great. It only takes a little over 4 minutes to completely kill it.”
“No, it's not that simple,” Harry retorted. “Our next stage is fighting the demon entity. The opponent definitely won't sit still and let us attack. Not to mention how strong the so-called demon entity is, the enemies coming to stop us will probably be no less than the stronghold battle just now.”
“And you can't perform other operations while guiding the demon entity…” Neville added at this time, “That is to say, the person releasing the exorcism will actually be in a defenseless, awkward state. If they are attacked by other enemies at that time…”
“Then it's like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered,” Ron now understood. “That is to say, after the third stage starts, we can't all guide the exorcism spell together. That's a bit troublesome.”
“Too many people casting the spell will make us obviously dangerous, and too few will delay the time. If only one person casts the spell, it will take roughly 16 minutes. Two people will take 12 minutes, and three people will take 8 minutes. How to plan it specifically at that time is a bit troublesome.”
Neville calculated the time and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
“However, the fact that casting the exorcism doesn't require a cooldown time is very good. That is to say, we can cast the spell at any time and interrupt it at any time. Perhaps it will turn into a chaotic battle at that time, and whoever can free up their hands can cast the spell.”
Hermione simply simulated the battle in her mind and then stated her guess.
“Why does it sound so troublesome…” Ron hugged his head speechlessly, then turned his attention to the treasure chest. “Let's not worry about those things now. Let's see what the stage reward is.”
Ron's words quickly pulled the others' minds back. After all, they were still a bunch of kids, and their interest in rewards was the greatest.
After opening the treasure chest, they discovered why this treasure chest was called a team treasure chest. There were so many things inside that one person couldn't take them all.
The group counted a total of 7 items from it.
Among them were 4 identical purple quality amulets that could provide the wearer with 300 points of shield value.
With these new amulets, everyone's survivability was improved by a level, and they immediately put them on after obtaining them.
As for the other 3 items, there were no weapons among them, but rather 2 Revelation Vials and a ring.
【Revelation Vial】
Quality: Blue
Number: 3
Special Item: Pouring the liquid in the vial onto the 【Badge of Authority】 will grant the wearer a special ability.
This Revelation Vial Skill: Grace
【Grace】
Cost: 8 Marks of Magic Power
Cooldown Time: 20 minutes
Duration: 1 minute
Skill Description: For the duration, the caster enters an 'Invincible' state, ignoring any damage and negative effects.
【Revelation Vial】
Quality: Blue
Number: 9
Special Item: Pouring the liquid in the vial onto the 【Badge of Authority】 will grant the wearer a special ability.
This Revelation Vial Skill: Charm
【Charm】
Cost: 4 Marks of Magic Power
Cooldown Time: 2 minutes
Duration: 90 seconds minutes
Skill Range: Within 50 meters of sight.
Skill Description: Can be actively cast on a low-level demon. The target will be controlled by the user, while increasing health and attack power, until the duration ends or the unit dies. Only one low-level demon can be controlled at the same time.
【Ring of Darkness】
Quality: Purple
Category: Accessory
Attribute Bonus:
Strength +1
Agility +1
Attached Skill: Innocuous
【Innocuous】
Cooldown Time: None
Duration: Permanent
Skill Description: In a dark environment, the wearer will not be regarded as an attack target by low-level demons, and will also reduce a certain amount of aggro from mid- and high-level demons.
The quartet was so excited after seeing the item attributes that they couldn't control themselves. These three items were too strong!
Among the two Revelation Vials, one could provide an invincible effect, which could greatly increase the user's survival rate and also enrich their tactical choices.
Although the Charm skill of the other one didn't seem very strong, its ridiculously short cooldown time allowed this skill to be cast continuously, making it a very practical ability.
And the attributes of the 【Ring of Darkness】 surprised them. The group was still worried about how to deal with the third stage mission later, but now a targeted item appeared.
With this ring, one of the quartet could stand alone and focus on casting exorcism on the demon entity without worrying about safety issues.
After the group discussed it, they decided to give the 【Grace】 skill to Neville, after all, his combat power was the strongest.
With this skill, not only was his survival rate enhanced, but his offensive ability was also strengthened. At that time, Neville could completely rush into the enemy formation alone without worrying about being surrounded by many enemies.
The 【Charm】 skill was still given to Hermione to use. Her self-defense ability was relatively weak at the moment, and it was also a good thing to be able to charm an enemy at any time to protect her. Moreover, this skill could actually be used as a single-target magic spell that could instantly kill demon servants.
As for the last 【Ring of Darkness】, everyone decided to give it to Harry. First of all, his average attribute was the lowest among them.
The attributes increased by the ring itself were already a lot, which could allow Harry to have stronger combat power, and he could also replace it with better equipment in time if there was any.
Secondly, Harry's solo combat ability was also the worst among them.
They had already planned it out. In the upcoming third stage, Harry would be responsible for guiding the exorcism, and the others would take the opportunity to cast spells. In case of unexpected situations, they would break away from the guidance to face the enemy.
After a brief discussion and distribution, everyone temporarily put away all their weapons and equipment, and then gathered around the previous bonfire.
After the previous battle, everyone's fear value was very high and had to be eliminated quickly, and Jason's mask skill also needed to cool down, so everyone decided to rest here for a while.
At this time, Snape, who had finished dealing with 【Pennywise】, finally slowly strolled back to the group, and then unceremoniously scolded them.
“Do you know what you are doing now? This place is too dangerous. It is not a place for you to stay. You few should find a place to hide later, and I will take you out after I deal with Quirrell.”
“Come on, Professor Snape, if it weren't for Hermione just now, you would have been smashed into meat paste by that 【Frankenstein】, and in the dungeon, we are not as weak as you think,” Ron retorted with a foul mouth.
Although they no longer doubted Snape at this time, this did not mean that they were a group. This old bat had targeted the quartet a lot in peacetime, so everyone's favorability towards him was almost zero.
“You dare to talk to the professor like that. You are really getting more and more presumptuous.” Snape snorted coldly after being choked by Ron.
“Okay, Professor Snape, we are now trapped in Despair Town and are on the same rope.” Hermione sighed helplessly when she saw that Snape was still fierce at this time.
“Despair Town? Did Anduin give this ghost place its name? Uninteresting.” Snape curled his lips unhappily.
In fact, after encountering Harry and others, he felt that he seemed to have been tricked by Anduin, because he was very clear about the relationship between the little guys in front of him and Anduin, not to mention that Harry was specially entrusted to the other party by Dumbledore for guidance.
So logically speaking, Anduin could not allow these children to rashly delve into this dungeon.
Anduin has always been extremely cautious. Snape didn't believe that the other party would make such a big mistake.
Therefore, the appearance of these four little ghosts here was either intentional by Anduin or the result of deliberate indulgence.
So after discovering Harry and others, he was very angry.
However, after figuring this out, Snape was not so worried about the safety of the little wizards, because since these children were here, Anduin's sight must also be focused here.
It's just that he still can't figure out what medicine the other party is selling in his gourd, why should he throw these little ghosts and that dangerous guy Quirrell in one place?
Isn't Anduin afraid of things getting out of control?
Snape muttered in his heart, then couldn't help but raise his head and look around. He guessed that the bastard Anduin might be watching them somewhere.
“Professor Snape, what are you looking at?” Neville couldn't help but be curious after discovering Snape's actions. “Before entering the next stage, this place should be safe. You don't need to worry so much.”
“I'm not worried about those ugly monsters here. I'm searching for other guys with ulterior motives.” Snape didn't know Anduin's arrangement, but he didn't intend to expose it.
“Are you talking about Quirrell?” Harry obviously misunderstood. “By the way, you kept saying that Professor Quirrell was plotting the Philosopher's Stone before, but what is the basis for this? He doesn't seem like that kind of person.”
“Hmph, do all bad people have to write their sins on their faces? You don't understand him because you don't understand him before. Since taking over as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year, that guy has become unpredictable, and I originally followed him to chase to this place. Is there still any evidence needed for this?”
Snape did not elaborate on the fact that he often used Legilimency to peep into other people's superficial consciousness. When Quirrell was still a Muggle Studies professor, he occasionally liked to peep at the other party, and he could more or less perceive Quirrell's joys, anger, sorrow, and joy at that time.
But from this school year onwards, the other party's brain seemed to have become a bottomless abyss, making it impossible for people to see through it. Snape gradually became suspicious of Quirrell from then on.
“If that's the case, why didn't you tell Professor Wilson or Headmaster Dumbledore earlier? You're always sneaky, making us think you're doing something wrong.” Hermione looked at the other party with resentment, remembering their previous behavior of constantly following Snape.
Heh, do you think those two old Yin Bis didn't pay attention to that guy? If they hadn't suddenly left Hogwarts, would I have bothered to monitor him?
Snape cursed inwardly. He was really barking up the wrong tree—meddling in other people's business. If he had known that Anduin had other plans, he would definitely have ignored Quirrell.
However, it was not convenient to reveal these things to the little wizards, so Snape could only snort coldly and let it go. He was not in the mood to explain to these little ghosts one by one.
After seeing Snape's performance, Harry and others could only smile bitterly at each other. They now knew that they seemed to have accidentally caused a catastrophe.
“By the way, Professor Snape.” After an awkward silence, Hermione tried to break the deadlock. “Since you followed Quirrell into Despair Town, haven't you found any trace of him?”
