Liam did not have a death wish. He did not start hunting down beasts right away and first started heading deeper into the forests, away from the elven settlement.
From the information he had gathered so far, he knew the rough position of the areas around the elven settlement, and the place he was headed to at the moment was in the dark elf territory.
Unlike the elves, the dark elves did not have any restrictions for hunting, so he would be able to move more freely.
A couple of hours later, Liam finally arrived at a good spot. In front of him, there was a herd of winged horses quietly grazing the pasture.
"Ok. The first target is confirmed. Come out everyone." Liam sat down on the forest ground to take a break while a sizable group of soul minions of various figures and shapes appeared from within him.
"Hunt whatever you guys can find. Start with those horses." He ordered the condor alone to stay back while the rest stampeded towards the poor horses.
The herd of elegant winged creatures were slaughtered in an instant as the Level 40 horses didn't stand any chance against the soul minions.
Soon the drops from the bloody hunt were littered in front of Liam. It was a bountiful harvest with a lot of silver coins, horse feathers, horse teeth, and even leather materials.
These would fetch a pretty penny if placed in the auction house, but Liam frowned as the thing that he was expecting was nowhere to be found.
However, this was something he had expected, so he did not care. The item he was looking for had an extremely low drop rate, assuming it could even be obtained from this area.
Liam was not completely sure about it. He did not know any details about the elven territory. Even in his last life, there wasn't any information available about this zone.
The only thing he knew was from reading the item description of a very coveted crafting item that was sold by an NPC in the Northern Empire, one of the four main human empires in the Xion realm.
For all he knew, that might or might not be true, but right at this moment, this was the only shot he had.
Otherwise, he would really have to give up crafting that Epic ranked item, and the reputation grind would no longer be viable as it would take too long for him for it to be worth it.
"This better work." Liam sighed and let out a big breath of air. He just needed it to be here. As far as the abysmal drop rate was concerned, he wasn't all that worried about it.
He looked at the group of soul minions in front of him, busily hunting down another herd of elegant beasts, this time fire stags.
"Come on. Drop. Drop. Drop." Liam mumbled while lazily watching the show.
This scene repeated itself for a few more hours. The condor flew first and scouted the area, followed by the rest of the soul minions entering the said area and mauling everything in sight.
It was an added bonus that the beasts in the forest were automatically friendly unless they got tagged. So the soul minions were easily able to avoid the stronger Level 60 plus targets.
They did not even require Liam's assistance any longer. They were able to move freely and efficiently, with him barely doing anything.
The only issue was that… even after several hours, there was still nothing to show. Only experience points and silver coins were piling up, along with other miscellaneous loot.
Of course, there were also several herbs that Liam was able to harvest from roaming about the forest. Overall, it had been productive, but the item he was after was still eluding him.
A few more hours passed by just like this when suddenly a little rabbit popped out from his body and dashed towards the soul minions.
They had just killed a bunch of swans, ruining a small tranquil pond, and the rabbit dove directly into the bloodied water without any hesitation.
Liam now knew too much about the rabbit not to understand what this meant. He immediately stood up and rushed towards the pond as well. What could be there inside?
He didn't have to guess because the rabbit soon appeared. When the little creature popped out again, Liam could distinctly see the rabbit holding a small orb in her hands.
"YESSS!" He immediately jumped into the pond and grabbed the orb, inspecting it right away.
<Ding. Orb of Water: Contains a dense amount of water essence>
Thankfully, the system description was there, and he was able to confirm it. "Finally!" Liam laughed loudly in excitement as he stepped out of the pond water, appearing all bloody because of all the murdered swans.
Sure, the thing he was looking for was 'Orb of Earth,' but at least now he had the confirmation. He could indeed farm for these orbs in this area. This was more than enough for him to go on for the moment.
He bent down and examined one of the swans and asked Crawford, "Did these guys use any water element attacks?"
Crawford nodded. The swans had indeed used some water attacks.
This confirmed Liam's suspicions about something that was fairly obvious. For an earth orb, he needed to target earth type beasts.
Now that he knew he could indeed obtain these orbs as drops, he no longer had to cast a wide net. His hunt now would become far more efficient and effective.
"Listen up. Attack only the earth type beasts from now on, but if you come across something on your path, then feel free to kill it."
Liam then specifically showed the orb to Crawford. "I am looking for this. So don't lose it."
"Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Hunt faster!" With a loud shout, he also joined in the festivities as the group started tearing down and plundering the peaceful Forest of Echoes.
