A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 497 Shadow Man

Having said that, Lyon is still very satisfied with this skill of turning iron into copper.

After all, the difficulty of obtaining copper ore is not much different from that of iron ore, and the range of obtaining iron ore is much wider than that of copper ore.

Players may experience iron deficiency in the early stages and copper deficiency in the later stages.

The iron reserves in the later stages are particularly easy to be saturated, because the output probability of iron ore in deep mines and skeleton mines is much higher than that of copper.

The output of copper ore is relatively low, and it has to be found in shallow mines, quarries, and mines in caves.

Compared to iron ingots, copper ingots are much more useful and needed.

Copper ingots are indispensable materials for mayonnaise machines, cheese presses, kegs, sap collectors, coal kilns and other farm-based equipment for processing animal and plant products.

Although both are mining, the time efficiency of mining an iron ingot and a copper ingot is almost the same, but an iron ingot can be converted into two copper ingots. For the brewing style planned by Lyon, it is simply an epic enhancement.

The reason why I complain about the system is that I just want the system to improve the conversion ratio, so that the ratio of copper to iron and iron to copper can be the same, to achieve the goal of lossless conversion. In this way, you can convert whatever you lack in the future without worrying about material loss.

However, it is highly likely that the system will not respond to you or change the formula.

"It's boring."

After waiting for a long time for no response from the system, Leon complained and continued his mining life.

When luck is bad, the difficulty of finding the staircase mine increases a lot. Yesterday, after digging out a few or a dozen rocks and metal ores, I could see the staircase mine. Today, I have to dig out at least a dozen stones before I can find the possibility of finding the way to the next level.

But Lyon was not in a hurry. After all, there was gold ore on this floor, and the drop rate of iron ore was not low. Lyon just used it as a material.

Of course, the main reason is the problem of monsters after the 80th floor. For example, the lava crab we just encountered is very sneaky. If you are not careful, it is really easy to be attacked. For the sake of life safety, it is better to ensure safety as much as possible and then advance steadily to the lower level.

I just got 50WG. Although I haven't paid taxes yet, I still have a guaranteed income of 42.5WG. Lyon is not short of money. Let alone renting, he can even buy the Icethorn Skin Set and the Snow Monster Fur Set without blinking an eye. He has money and can do whatever he wants!
And the advantage of steady exploration is that Leon will explore the entire level of the mine instead of just digging a stairwell near the entrance and going directly to the next level.

Although this wasted some time, Lyon was able to discover mine by-products in some areas he had never been to that the mine could not notice with lower efficiency.

"Fire crystal (mineral): A fiery red crystal often found near lava."

This irregular crystal is very bright in color and feels warm in the hand, just like holding a hand warmer.

"It's quite pretty."

Putting it into his backpack, Leon continued mining. On the floor under a broken red rock, he saw a stairwell leading to the next level.

After climbing down the pit, the first thing Leon did upon landing was to take out his weapon and look around.

Because when he was climbing down the stairs, he heard a very strange syllable reaching his ears. It seemed to be some kind of chanting, or a ballad, but it did not sound beautiful. Instead, it was full of weirdness and oppression.

Leon pondered for a moment, thinking that the only creatures capable of such a sound in the underground mines were the Shadow People. Krobus had already told him that the Shadow People possessed a civilization and their own language, and that the area beyond the 80th floor was indeed where the Shadow People were found. Looking in the direction of the sound, Leon noticed three Shadow People, similar in appearance to Krobus, gathered near an exposed lava pool, chanting in unison in a strange melody.

Glancing at these shadow men, Leon discovered that they all wore flat masks carved from a piece of wood on their faces. This type of mask was quite similar to a shamanic mask, and there was a horn-shaped decoration painted red on the top of the mask.

Judging from these masks, Leon speculated that these shadow people should be the spellcasters among the shadow people, the shadow shamans.

Although he didn't know what they were doing, Leon felt that these guys would not communicate with him in a friendly manner like Krobus did, so he immediately rushed towards the three shadow shamans with a knife in hand.

Before Leon could get close, two shadow men without any decorations raised their hands and intercepted Leon.

While intercepting, they were also shouting words that Lyon could not understand, but under the shouting of the two shadow men, Lyon could hear that the three shadow shamans were chanting faster.

"Die to me!"

Facing the shadow maniac who was trying to hurt him with his bare hands and sharp claws, Leon directly extended the length of the Galaxy Watermelon Knife.

As the saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger. Before the Shadow Maniac's claws could get close to Leon, the two-meter-long blade pierced through the Shadow Maniac's chest, and with Leon's pull, the Shadow Maniac was cut into two pieces.

The blade's momentum continued as it slashed towards the shadow maniac beside it. It was a little surprised by its companion's sudden death, but it was not scared. Looking at the blade coming at it, it twisted its body and folded itself into an inverted triangle, narrowly avoiding the blade.

Then the shadow maniac crawled directly on the ground and pounced towards Leon using all four limbs like a beast. It knew that it had to shorten the distance with Leon and suppress his actions at close range, so that the long weapon in the human's hand would no longer be a threat.

What it couldn't have imagined was that it had just gotten within half a meter of Leon, and it only needed to raise its claws and move forward a dozen centimeters to dig out the heart of the human in front of it.

However, the weapon in the human's hand suddenly disappeared, and then reappeared in a very short time, and the length of the weapon changed from the previous long sword to a short blade the length of an arm, which directly cut off his arm.

Moreover, the human took the initiative to move forward, and the blade swept from bottom to top. The Shadow Maniac only felt that his body was being torn apart, and the next moment, he could no longer maintain his lost vitality.

It knew that it was going to die.

"I will reshape myself in the shadows, human. You are strong!"

At the moment before his body was on the verge of collapse, the shadow fanatic sincerely praised Leon.

It was a pity that Leon was not proficient in their language. He could only hear the shadow man with his hair parted in half roaring an incomprehensible word before he turned into black mist and dissipated.

"Is this a curse on me before death?"

Thinking about the death voice of the Shadow Maniac just now, Leon complained in his heart, but this one didn't have a mask, and he didn't feel that it had suffered any special effects, so Leon was not too worried.

　Krobus's name is wrong, I will change it. Thanks to the brother who raised this question. As for the changes, it will take time. If I change too much at a time, the book will be blocked. Please understand. I will try to finish the changes within two days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)