561 Another Legend
Following the distribution of blueprints and recipes, Michael moved to a more exciting task. He called a few workers to the largest warehouse where he retrieved the corpses of the Awakened, and Soldiers that had been killed in the last seven days.
Unfortunately, only slightly more than 700 Awakened had been killed by Michael and his people. The remaining 500 Awakened had been killed by the Trilance's forces, which made it more difficult to use Extraction efficiently on them.
But Michael had an advantage. He used a Soul Tear to amplify Extraction, increasing the drop rate for all beings considerably.
Michael spent no more than an hour completing the extraction of 1,225 Awakened and 51,100 Summons. The majority of the Summons had been at Tier-2, whereas the Awakened were stronger. They reached the Peak of Tier-2, or even Tier-3 before they met their demise. That was Michael's great fortune.
In total, Michael ended up with 766,500 Summoning Scroll Fragments, 20,150 Summoning Scrolls, and 23,950 blueprints with most of them being related to structures from the Savannah Region. He also realized a large number of unique blueprints such as unique forging blueprints and blueprints for high-ranked tools for Enchanters, Alchemists, and Blacksmiths.
But there was more.
Michael extracted a total of 1,534 Artifacts. Most of them were only 2-Star Tier-1 Artifacts, but the quantity made a huge difference. Selling the Artifacts would make up for the cost of various structures. That was more than he could ask for.
However, the cream of the crop in the week's haul were the Memory Orbs, the portions of every Awakened's War Rune storage, the Soultrait Symbols he'd managed to extract, and the massive number of SoulStar Fragments he'd procured. These gains were the real deal and more than enough reason to be satisfied.
Most Awakened dropped a Memory Orb, some even two. Since Michael didn't know what fresh horror awaited him in the memories, he decided to wait before consuming them one after another.
'Useless memories will be inserted into Memory Crystals and crushed. I don't need to know about their love lives and all that nonsense,' Michael pondered to himself, putting the Memory Orbs aside for a moment.
His attention moved to the small pile of Soultrait Symbols. There were a total of 71 Soultrait Symbols, most of them extracted from the Awakened he and his people had killed.
The drop in the other corpses' gains was quite large. Michael would have to kill the Awakened either himself or have his people kill them for Extraction to work properly.
But despite all of that, amplified Extraction was still powerful. Otherwise, he wouldn't have managed to extract a total of 44,800 SoulStar Fragments on top of the 71 Soultrait Symbols!
Underestimating it was a grave mistake.
"91,424 SoulStar Fragments, and 147 Soultrait Symbols. That's crazy."
Michael smiled like a little fool as he pocketed the Soultrait Symbols and the SoulStar Fragments. He momentarily forgot about his other gains and continued to grin.
"If we keep this going, I can manage to upgrade Extraction to 7-Star pretty soon. Once upgraded, I can extract even more. Good. Very good!"
Michael didn't start with the creation of Extraction's 7th star right away because it was only a matter of time before the first Awakened working for him would come to request a Soultrait Upgrade. Furthermore, Extraction's potency wouldn't increase until the 7th star was completed. Hence, it didn't make a big difference even if he waited a little bit.
Since he didn't intend to move out to the Savannah Region anytime soon, Michael didn't think about upgrading his other Soultraits either. Superior Constitution seemed like a good investment, but he was not going to join the next few battles in the Regional War. There was no need to spend his SoulStar Fragments right away.
Instead of staying too focused on his Soultraits, Michael put aside all thoughts related to his Soultraits and switched his attention to the Scrolls and Scroll Fragments.
He thought about what to do for a moment and decided to make a simple move. He used Extraction on all 20,150 Ordinary Summoning Scrolls to procure more than 250,000 Summoning Scroll Fragments. Michael combined the quarter of a million fragments with the 766,500 Summoning Scroll Fragments he had obtained from extracting the Summon corpses, totaling to a whopping more than one million fragments.
It was just enough to create a Legendary Summoning Scroll.
That was exactly what Michael did. He formed his second Legendary Summoning Scroll!
He initiated the fusion of the million Summoning Scroll Fragments and watched as they rose high into the air. The massive pool of Summoning Scroll Fragments swirled around rapidly. They revolved around each other and evolved into a small typhoon of fragments as they pulled closer to each other.
Michael's eyes were locked onto the center of the swirling typhoon where a golden scroll attracted his attention. A Legendary Scroll with its vibrant golden parchment and ruby seal formed slowly. The Scroll contained tremendous power, and a vigorous hue was engulfing it.
Michael licked his lip and stepped forward, ignoring the heavy presence that shrouded him the moment he strode forward.
His hand reached out to the Legendary Summoning Scroll levitating in front of him and grasped it tightly. He turned around on his heels instantaneously and rushed out of the warehouse.
"Clean up everything and organize the mess," He ordered right before disappearing, leaving the workers wondering what exactly to do with the remains of 50,000ish corpses.
Were those corpses worth anything? Did their Lord need them, or should they be disposed of into the Untamed Jungle?
The workers had no idea, and all they could do was stare blankly in the direction of the Summoning Gate where their Lord was busy being excited.
Michael smiled from ear to ear as he broke the ruby seal on the Legendary Summoning Scroll. He wasted no time telling anyone about the summoning, but some people were always near the Summoning Gate. They saw the golden scroll as it rose into the air, unfolding its tremendous power and comprehended something wondrous was about to happen.
The Legendary Summoning Scroll shot toward the Summoning Gate and disappeared into the energy pool. Not even three seconds later, the stars engraved into the metallic frame of the Summoning Gate began to glow up.
At first, there was only one star. The second lit up soon after, and the third didn't take long either.
However, the fourth star took a while before it shone brightly. As for the fifth star. The fifth…never lit up.
"A 4-Star Summon…from a Legendary Scroll?" Michael frowned a bit. His excitement died down considerably and he tilted his head.
The probability of summoning a 4-Star Summon from a Legendary Scroll was low, but not zero. That was unfortunate.
"Looks like I used up my fortune when I invoked the Immortal Knight," He mumbled as he watched a young elven girl emerge from the energy pool. She had short silver hair and bright eyes. Michael almost pondered that she was a man if not for her voice resounding through the vicinity.
"I'm back, bitches!!"
Michael and the other spectators raised an eyebrow as the elven girl's high-pitched voice greeted them.
'An excited little squirrel, a tomboyish one,' Michael joked, shaking his head.
It was a bit sad that the Legendary Summon turned out to be 4-Star, but it was not that bad. Since his people participated in the Savannah's Regional War, it was only a matter of time before he would procure more Legendary Scrolls. Even if he stayed consistently unfortunate, the worst he could get was an army of 4-Star Legends.
At the end of the day, all 4-Star Summons from Legendary Scrolls possessed great potential. As long as he treated them right and paid attention to their potential, it shouldn't be impossible to help them be promoted to 5-Star Summons. All they had to do was unlock their hidden potential, make some great achievements, and grow stronger than they had been in the past.
How hard could that be?
…
"Welcome to my territory, Miss…" Michael smiled at the young woman, who eyed the center of his territory with great interest.
Her eyes traveled toward him and locked onto his vibrant golden eyes and the mark surrounding them. A flash of curiosity passed through her eyes.
"My name is Tatjana from the Moiaralin Clan," She introduced herself absentmindedly, her eyes never breaking contact with Michael's.
"Tatjana Moiaralin. I see," Michael mumbled right before he sensed that the Link of Loyalty with Tatjana was forming.
Information about the young Legendary Summon entered his mind and he learned a lot about her.
"The Moiaralin are a clan of beast tamers? You are a Grandmaster Beast Tamer at the age of 21. That's pretty young. You di-...." Michael stopped himself from saying 'you died young'. That was for the better because Tatjana smiled sadly.
"I'm a Grandmaster Beast Tamer, but that's not enough. I'm a mistake. Trash… I couldn't even unlock the Eyes of Evolution, a special perk of the Moiaralin Clan."
Michael raised an eyebrow. Tatjana seemed incredibly sad, but he had no idea what was going on.
"Being a Grandmaster Beast Tamer at the age of 21 is amazing. The Eyes of Evolution trait sounds great as well, but I don't think that you're a mistake or trash. You're amazing!" Michael said, trying his best to console the sad Legendary Summon.
"But without the Eyes of Evolution, I cannot do what we're best at." She responded heavily.
"And what's that?"
"My Clan can see the unlocked Paths of Evolution within monsters. That power is our greatest strength and the reason we've been so powerful for thousands of years. My family considered me a failure before I…died…"
Michael pressed his lips together. Tatjana had been abandoned.
He cleared his throat and looked sternly at the young Legendary Summon.
"I'm glad that you're here. It doesn't matter to me whether you have the Eye of Evolution or not. It's perfectly fine," He uttered with a smile," Please help our Tamers. They need you. We need you!"
It was a bit sad that the Legendary Summoning Scroll turned out like that, but Michael could accept it without letting gloom dampen his mood further.
Who knows? Maybe, Tatjana Moiarana would unlock the Eyes of Evolution in the future.
