After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

The two walked down the hallway leading to the treasury, idly chatting:

"Lady, you're bringing me in here, but won't the Bloody Baron get angry if he finds out?"

"It's alright. Actually, this is just the outer treasury, which stores equipment and magic items below level 30. Only the master holds the key to the core treasury..."

Lin Da nodded, "I can understand that. Equipment above level 30 is too precious."

When he had his own core treasury in the future, he would also keep the key to himself. He didn't quite trust people like Kafni and Monica, let alone the sickly Third Lady Bellini.

"Can I take anything I want from the outer treasury?"

"Yes, anything at all, but only one item, that's the most I can do."

Lady Bellini said gloomily, "Among the three wives of the master, I am the least favored. It's been ten years, and the master has only been intimate with me once..."

Lin Da stumbled, his face turning somewhat embarrassed.

Does this lady lack common sense, or is she just a big dork...

Why does she always talk to him—a young man in the prime of life—about her affairs with the Bloody Baron!

Lin Da changed the topic: "Since the Baron has only touched you once in ten years, why is Lia eighteen years old?"

"Well... Lia is the master's illegitimate daughter. She was brought home when she was eight years old," Bellini responded.

Lady Bellini's countenance darkened as she remembered the days of poverty, "The master provided us, mother and daughter, with comfortable conditions, but Lia doesn't show him any respect. She believes it was because he left us outside all the time that I ended up hurt by a witch, resulting in my weak constitution..."

"No wonder Lia sometimes seems rather unsophisticated," Lin Da muttered internally.

Compared to the genuine young lady Aiko, Lia, besides her temper, was a total mess in every other aspect; she knew nothing of noble etiquette.

Arriving at the treasury hall, Lin Da focused his mind and began to seriously select.

Since he could choose only one item, he had to be cautious.

At first glance, the rack directly in front was full of weapons.

From the Mage's long and short wands, to the Swordsman's greatswords and one-handed swords, the Warrior's shields, axes, armor,

as well as the Rogue's daggers and some odd weapons for other occupations, it was a vast and splendid array.

Each item radiated a pale blue glow, with some even shining a purple light.

Lin Da couldn't help but gasp.

The total value of everything in the treasury was probably close to a hundred million Gold Coins!

Magical equipment lined an entire wall, with magic items on both the left and right sides, including some rare Skill Stones.

Lin Da walked and looked around, using the system to assess the value of each item.

[Equipment: Shining Staff]

[Level: 15]

[Quality: Purple Rare]

...

[Equipment: Lightweight Chainmail of Rage]

[Level: 19]

[Quality: Purple Rare]

...

[Equipment: Gloomy Serrated Dagger]

[Level: 27]

[Quality: Purple Rare]

...

Lin Da looked at many items and was plagued by indecision.

There were just too many excellent Purple Equipment items, and it was hard to say which one was definitively better than the others.

"Take your time, no rush," Lady Bellini said as she saw his furrowed brow and smiled gently.

And just then, something on the right rack flashed.

Lin Da glanced subconsciously.

In one compartment, there was a silver, transparent test tube shaped potion.

"Eh, what is this...?"

His expression changed slightly as he hurried over.

Upon getting closer, he focused his spiritual power on the silver potion.

A system message popped up:

[Item: Metal Destroyer]

[Effect: Greatly increases hit rate against Metal Series magical creatures for a duration of 10 minutes]

Increasing hit rate...

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While hit rate is important, most Metal Series magical creatures are cumbersome and cannot dodge the attacks of adventurers.

But Lin Da knew of a Metal magical creature with smooth skin that could nearly dodge all attacks.

Unless you were dozens of levels above it, crushing it, adventurers of the same level could only watch helplessly as the creatures ran away!

The reason they 'let them run away' instead of fleeing themselves was because these creatures had no attack power, were naturally timid, and their only purpose was to be killed by adventurers, dropping massive rewards.

This was a creature that did not exist in reality, only encountered within the World Tree Secret Realm.

It was a gift from the World Tree Goddess to those lucky adventurers.

Its name was: Metal Slime!

A special mutation, suspected to be a rare Slime plucked straight from a certain Dragon Battle game.

Lin Da had grinded for Metal Slimes many times in the game, but most of the time, the Metal Slimes escaped.

Only with incredibly good luck could he possibly kill one.

Back then, Lin Da's adventure team had reached an average level of 50, while the Metal Slimes they encountered were only level 20.

At level 50 battling a level 20, it was still not certain they could kill a Metal Slime; after several missed attacks in a row, the creature would simply run away.

That's why Lin Da didn't unlock the secret level and search for Metal Slimes when he led Snow Goose through the first layer.

However, using this potion named [Metal Destroyer], the hit rate could be greatly increased.

Metal Slimes didn't have much health, but the tricky part was their annoyingly high evasion rate.

Once successfully killed, the adventurers' party members would gain a massive amount of experience points, and rare magical equipment!

The Metal Destroyer potion was extremely rare but, due to its niche use, few merchants went out of their way to collect it. Even if adventurers produced a bottle, they would use it carelessly, never realizing the value of the Metal Destroyer.

Finding this potion in the treasury of the Scarlet Adventure Group was an unexpected delight for Lin Da.

He concealed the excitement in his heart and said, "My lady, the item I want is this one."

"Huh, are you sure? This thing seems pretty ordinary, doesn't it?" Lady Bellini looked surprised.

Even she knew that a potion with such a limited use, only targeting Metal Series magical creatures, was not very valuable. Nearly any piece of Purple Equipment would be stronger than it.

Lin Da politely refused, "I'm quite interested in this item, that's the one for me. Please help me get it out, my lady."

Looking over the treasures in the vault, the most precious thing was without question the Metal Destroyer potion.

It signified a chance for a first kill on a hidden boss, and its value was far beyond that of Purple Equipment.

"Are you sure, you want just this one?" Bellini asked again and again. It was apparent she truly had his interests at heart, fearing he wouldn't take full advantage of her husband's generosity.

"My lady, I'm sure, it's this one!" Lin Da nodded seriously.

"Alright..." Lady Bellini sighed softly, unlocked the glass seal of the compartment with a key, took out the test tube shaped Metal Destroyer potion, and handed it to him.

Lin Da's gaze swept over:

[Item Name: Metal Destroyer]

[Category: Magic items]

[Effect: Greatly increases hit rate against Metal Series magical creatures, duration ten minutes]