With the death of the blue-robed mage, the battle between Rhodes and the business group completely ended.
At this time, the message from the spiritual imprint made Rhodes understand that the vampire's health was running low.
In the original battle, the vampire was seriously injured after enduring the blue-robed mage's spell. In addition, he suffered several dagger attacks in succession. The vampire's condition at this time was even worse than when he was subdued by Rhodes.
The vampire pulled the dagger out of his body, signaled to Rhodes, and began to devour the flesh and blood of the blue-robed mage on the ground.
Since the blue-robed mage was beheaded, even if Rhodes wanted to turn him into an undead creature, it would be difficult to do so, so he did not stop the vampire.
Rhodes came to the blue-robed mage's body, picked up the dagger, took off the package from the blue-robed mage's back, and took out the remaining scrolls from the blue-robed mage's pocket. In the process, Rhodes also found a pendant worn by the blue-robed mage.
Under the moonlight, Rhodes searched around the body of the blue-robed mage again, and finally found a space ring next to the severed finger that the blue-robed mage had cut off when he took out the dagger for the first time.
Rhodes knew that this space ring contained the real items transported by the business group on this trip, a large number of dead soul crystals.
The space ring, coupled with these dead soul crystals, is the biggest gain of this trip. Compared with it, other gains seem not so important.
Rhodes put this space ring on his left hand. Since he didn't have much mana at the moment, Rhodes was not in a hurry to open it, but planned to count other items.
Without immediately opening the package on the blue-robed mage to check, Rhodes was obviously interested in another item.
Rhodes held the dagger previously used by the blue-robed mage in his hand and began to check the system log.
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[Magic Dagger]
Quality: treasure
Type: Magic weapon
Equipment requirements: none
Basic attributes: damage +5, durability
Special properties: After absorbing blood, the magic dagger will become extremely sharp.
Comment: This dagger has a long history, but with the knowledge you currently possess, it is difficult to discover its hidden secrets.
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Rhodes looked at the system log and frowned.
As long as the treasure-like magic items have a certain history and the player's special skills and occult levels are not high enough, the true function of the treasure cannot be identified.
For example, [Elott's Thoughts] that Rhodes obtained previously, since this treasure was created with the help of the hero Eliot's will, and has no special history, Rhodes can directly identify its function through the system log.
Since Rhodes's level of mysticism is not high, the system log only provides a partial description of the dagger, briefly explaining some of the conditions of the dagger.
The information provided by the system is also ordinary people's understanding of this dagger.
Looking at the dagger, Rhodes knew that the blue-robed mage regarded the dagger as the appearance provided by the system. Only at the last moment did the dagger show its true effect and escape the control of the blue-robed mage.
Rhodes realized that the blue-robed mage didn't plan to fight him entirely with the dagger at first. He just wanted to use the dagger to parry the vampire's attack. The main means of fighting was to rely on his own magic.
But for some reason, the will contained in the dagger almost completely drove the blue-robed mage into madness.
Rhodes understood that most people could not judge the true function of this dagger. If anyone could easily see the strangeness contained in the dagger, the dagger would not have come into the hands of the blue-robed mage.
Thinking of this, Rhodes planned to give it a try.
Rhodes came to the body of the blue-robed mage. He ignored the vampire who was biting the corpse and dipped his dagger into the blood of the blue-robed mage on the ground.
Just as Rhodes thought, the dagger didn't react at all. The blue-robed mage's blood flowed down the dagger, not even leaving any trace on it.
Rhodes continued to try, cutting the tip of his left index finger with a dagger, and smearing blood on the dagger with his left hand. Suddenly, a burst of red light appeared on the dagger.
Rhodes waved the dagger, but felt nothing. His combat experience had not improved at all. It was as if the dagger had just become sharper after absorbing his own blood, just as the system log said.
Rhodes knew that in the previous battle, the blue-robed mage turned his body many times to block sneak attacks from the side without even looking. This is not something that can be achieved by relying on the blue-robed mage's original fighting consciousness. What's more, the dagger takes the initiative to fight with the blue-robed mage's body.
The dagger also has limitations in its control over the blue-robed mage. In the previous battles, the blue-robed mage mostly wielded the dagger instead of taking advantage of the extremely sharp edge of the dagger to make a close attack. If so, Rhodes wouldn't be able to dodge easily.
As time passed, because Rhodes provided too little blood, the red light on the dagger dimmed soon after.
Rhodes observed the dagger again. At this time, its appearance was no different from the daggers commonly used by thieves. It only showed abnormalities after absorbing blood.
Recalling the scene of the previous battle with the blue-robed mage, Rhodes knew that this dagger was not that simple, but for a while Rhodes was unable to judge its true function.
Due to the wide variety of treasures in the game, treasures with various functions exist. Just like the dagger described on the surface, a weapon that absorbs blood and becomes sharper, Rhodes has also seen it before.
Therefore, Rhodes could not judge the true efficacy of the dagger by relying on his own experience alone. You can only know its true function by improving your level of mysticism or going to the magic guild to find someone to appraise it.
After checking the function of the dagger, Rhodes turned his attention to the pendant worn by the blue-robed mage.
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[Elementary Magic Amulet]
Quality: treasure
Type: pendant
Equipment requirements: Maximum mana value is greater than 30
Basic attributes: Recover an additional 0.5 mana per hour
Evaluation: The most advanced magic amulet, suitable for mage apprentices to wear.
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Since it has no quality, Rhodes knows that the [Elementary Magic Talisman] is only an ordinary item of pendant type and is not considered a treasure.
Putting on the [Elementary Magic Amulet], Rhodes continued to check the next item.
Rhodes opened the package on the blue-robed mage. Inside the package were three books and some pure gems. However, Rhodes did not see the gold coins.
Due to the haste when escaping, the blue-robed mage did not take all his belongings with him, but quickly selected some high-value items and the books he needed.
Rhodes knew that what these books recorded should be skills that the blue-robed mage had not mastered, and the blue-robed mage's magic book was also among these three books.
(End of chapter)