I'm not a goblin Frankenstein's monster.

The ground bird carried everyone and their spoils on its steady journey home. Amidst the bumps and jolts, Xia Lin began the "lottery draw," the part she looked forward to most after each battle.

Three orbs of light floated silently in his consciousness, waiting to be activated.

Besides the two "big heads" of the Kobold Scale Warlock and the Dragon Shield Guardian, there was also a slightly smaller ball of light.

Xia Lin vaguely remembered that it was some unlucky guy that she had casually cleaned up near the farm in the kobold's den.

[Acquired entry: Mushroom Cultivation Technique (White)]

Effects: Master the basic and some advanced techniques for cultivating, caring for, and harvesting hallucinogenic mushrooms. This includes soil preparation, humidity control, and spore collection.

Synopsis: A lifetime of insights from the "Chief Gardener" of the Kobolds Farm, even though they grow mushrooms mainly for eating and having fun.

Comment: "This thing is much more interesting than planting wheat, but it's easy to get dizzy while planting it." —A somewhat delirious kobold gardener

Xia Lin's lips twitched. This entry...

If I hadn't sold my land and moved to the city, and had stayed in the countryside as a farmer, I might have been able to develop "specialty agriculture" there and become wealthy much faster than by taking such a risk.

Perhaps I can wait until my adventurer career ends before going back to farming?

Xia Lin shook his head and dismissed the idea; at least for now, he had no plans to retire.

One more option for retirement.

Now? I can only remember it for now.

Didn't Ezio say that the mages in the upper city have a thing for this?

When I have the chance to go to the upper district, maybe I can find a reliable way to make some money.

A second cluster of light emerged, radiating green light.

[Acquired entry: Ore Sensing (Green)]

Effect: It generates a faint sense of rare mineral materials within a certain range, and the closer the distance, the clearer the perception.

Introduction: Kobolds are naturally sensitive to sparkling crystals and rare minerals buried deep underground; this talent is now yours.

Comment: "Mine! All mine!" — A kobold who clung to iron ore until his death.

"It's alright, at least it's quite practical," Xia Lin nodded.

Although it cannot directly increase combat power, it will save a lot of trouble when finding rare materials or exploring mineral veins in the future.

The third ball of light, draw again! Green light flashes.

[Acquired stat: Throwing Specialization (Green)]

Effect: Slightly increases the stability, accuracy, and base damage of thrown weapons (such as spears, throwing axes, and catapults).

Brief introduction: The kobold dragon shield guard's side hobby is that it once accurately pierced the backside of a goblin scout thirty meters away with its spear.

Comment: "Take this!" — followed by a scream.

Xia Lin scratched his head. Throw?

I currently mainly use longswords, and rely on my elf teammates for ranged attacks.

This entry is indeed a bit unbalanced.

However, he remembered the broken spear he had given to the dwarven blacksmith Sindar. If it could be repaired, he could give it a try.

If it could be integrated with other entries, the effect would be even better.

He opened the dictionary and scanned the entries one by one.

[Healthy Guts] No response, [Bloodlust Tracking] No response, [Despicable Sword Strike] No response... Just as he was about to give up, the halo of [Dark Vision] suddenly rippled slightly, resonating faintly with the green light of [Throwing Specialization].

There is a play!

Xia Lin immediately focused his mind and dragged the two entries closer together.

The green light intertwined and swirled, eventually merging into one, its radiance growing slightly brighter.

[Dark Vision (Green)] + [Throwing Mastery (Green)] → [Precision Throwing (Green) ↑]

Effect: Preserves dark vision (can see objects as if it were daytime in dim environments, within a range of 10 meters).

Throwing weapons gain increased accuracy and damage, and receive additional trajectory and hit correction when thrown in dim/no-light conditions.

Synopsis: In eyes that can see clearly into the darkness, every throwing trajectory is clearly discernible.

Comment: "I could hit it with my eyes closed... Oh, I can see." —A night-battle spear thrower

"This is great!" Xia Lin's eyes lit up.

He's not used to using crossbows, and his accuracy is questionable.

Now that we have this, we can carry a few javelins on our waists and have a reliable way to ambush and finish off enemies at mid-range or to disrupt them.

The advantage is even greater, especially in nighttime battles or enclosed cave environments.

Satisfied, the ground bird put away the new entry and just then stepped into the town of Elwyn.

The group first went to return the rented ground birds.

The familiar hustle and bustle of the Adventurers' Guild hall immediately filled the air.

The four walked straight to the counter, where receptionist Liya was on duty again today.

"Turn in the quest: clear out the kobold lair in the southwest mine." Targen pushed the leather bag containing the kobold family's claws over.

Receptionist Lia skillfully opened the inventory, but suddenly paused.

She picked out two claws that were noticeably thicker and had unusual scale textures, looked up at Targen, and asked in her eyes.

"Oh, these two," Targen explained.

"One is a kobold scale warlock who can shoot acid arrows and fireballs. The other is a dragon shield guard with ridiculously high strength and an incredibly hard shield. They should be considered two kobold leaders."

A hint of surprise flashed across Lia's face, then she said with a slightly apologetic tone, "I'm very sorry, the mission intelligence did not mention the existence of such elite individuals. This is an oversight by the association."

As compensation, the bounty for each of the two leader-level kobolds will be calculated at three gold coins, as a token of apology.

An unexpected delight.

The four nodded without saying anything more.

Final settlement: 20 ordinary kobolds, each worth 3 silver coins, for a total of 6 gold coins.

Two leaders, six gold coins.

A total of twelve glittering gold coins fell into the team's money bag.

Next comes equipment processing.

The appraiser picked up the rough bone staff and examined it for a moment: "The craftsmanship is poor; what's valuable are these few fragments of crystal with their own elemental properties. Five gold coins."

He weighed the heavy spear in his hand again: "The material of this spear is quite good, and its center of gravity is stable. The craftsmanship is standard human adventurer style. It's probably a kobold's spoils of war. Seven gold coins."

Tagen nodded; it was pretty much as he had expected.

Monster-crafted equipment often doesn't sell for its crafting value; the price depends mainly on the materials used.

Finally, there were those few pieces of ore that I casually picked up from the mining area.

The buyer only picked out two or three pieces of exceptional quality, offering a symbolic package price for the rest of the ordinary iron ore: "Two gold coins. It's an abandoned mine; any good stuff there would have been dug up long ago."

Tugen shrugged: "There was never any hope to begin with."

Final accounting and allocation.

Because Xia Lin took the valuable kobold guard's scale shield as a source of scale materials for repairing the shield, he voluntarily took a smaller share, ultimately receiving five gold coins.

With the added bonus that Ezio promised to share after selling the mushrooms, the earnings from this trip were quite good.

After parting ways with his teammates, Xia Lin carried the heavy bag of scales and the scale shield on his back and headed towards the "Anvil and Fire" blacksmith shop.

"Thump!"

He tossed a bag of scales and a heavy scale shield directly onto the worktable, kicking up a small cloud of dust.

Sindar, the dwarf blacksmith who was resting nearby, was so startled that his thick beard stood on end.