Chapter 120 A Lucky Find

Nie Yan tried to bypass the Bloodthirsty Thief's line of sight, approaching the box. It might be possible, but to retrieve the contents of the box without the Bloodthirsty Thief noticing would be difficult.

It seemed like an impossible task.

Should he give up?

That wasn't Nie Yan's style!

Nie Yan pondered for a long time. He still had to bypass the Bloodthirsty Thief to enter the dungeon behind the throne. Should he deal with the box after returning from the dungeon?

The box was woven from bamboo strips; the items here were truly crude.

Furnishings, like real-world objects, could be altered. Something clicked in Nie Yan's mind.

The box was about twenty yards away from the Bloodthirsty Thief. If the lid of the box was disturbed, the Bloodthirsty Thief would definitely notice. But what if he didn't disturb the lid? Was there another way to get the items inside?

Nie Yan's mind raced. Just then, the Bloodthirsty Thief seemed to sense something and looked in Nie Yan's direction. Nie Yan quickly hid behind a pillar.

The Bloodthirsty Thief stared in Nie Yan's direction for a long time, then withdrew his gaze and continued patrolling.

Nie Yan was secretly alarmed. The Bloodthirsty Thief's perception was truly amazing. He was about thirty yards away, such a great distance, yet the Bloodthirsty Thief still noticed him. The box was about twenty yards away from the Bloodthirsty Thief. If he touched the box, the Bloodthirsty Thief would probably pounce on him immediately.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Nie Yan's mind, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

He switched to the Gnome Ring and used the Transformation Gnome skill on it. His body quickly shrank, and everything around him became super-sized. The Bloodthirsty Thief in the distance looked like a giant.

Nie Yan was like a tiny speck, and in stealth. He started walking towards the box in the distance.

The bamboo strip woven box was a behemoth to Nie Yan. His height was just about the same as the height of the box.

After transforming into a gnome, Nie Yan's stealth ability was far greater than usual, making it difficult to detect him. As a result, when he passed through the open space about twenty yards away from the Bloodthirsty Thief, the Bloodthirsty Thief was completely unaware.

Nie Yan gradually approached the box, walking to its side. The box was placed in the corner, but it wasn't flush against the wall. There was a gap of about a yard or so.

Nie Yan hid behind the box. After his body shrank, the box completely shielded him.

Being small also had its advantages!

Regarding the Gnome Ring, there were actually some interesting stories. The goblin mages of the Underground Demonkin tribe revered the Gnome Ring. They were already small, only about one-third the size of ordinary players. The Gnome Ring could make a person shrink by one-third. This would make their size only about three or four inches. They scurried around on the ground and bombarded the enemy's melee units with magic. Because they were so small, melee units often couldn't catch them. This was the goblins' most shameless and invincible tactic.

The Gnome Ring must have other wonderful uses waiting to be discovered.

Many items in Faith were very magical. One had to have a rich imagination to fully realize the potential of these items.

The Bloodthirsty Thief routinely glanced at the box in the corner, then turned his gaze away.

Through observation, Nie Yan noticed a pattern: the Bloodthirsty Thief would cast his gaze over every three minutes. During this time, he absolutely couldn't make any movements, or he might be discovered.

Nie Yan pushed the box a little. The box was very heavy; it must contain a lot of items.

Nie Yan sat down in the corner, hiding behind the box. No one could see him.

He took out the Zennarde's Sword and slashed at the corner of the box.

Furnishings could be altered, they could be destroyed!

The sharp Zennarde's Sword easily cut through the bamboo rattan. Inside was a layer of wood, but the wood was useless. The Zennarde's Sword, like a hot knife through butter, cut a gap in the corner of the box. Inside was a dark, metallic substance.

Another layer. This box was actually so thick!

Nie Yan opened his mouth slightly; he had been deceived by the box's exterior!

He wondered if the metal could be cut. Nie Yan thought about it; after all, the Zennarde's Sword in his hand was a divine-grade weapon, the most top-tier equipment!

Nie Yan used the Zennarde's Sword to slash at the box. It only left a shallow mark, about half a centimeter deep.

Even though it was only a little bit, it strengthened Nie Yan's confidence. He could open the box!

Nie Yan truly felt like a thief for once, stealing items in a thief-like manner.

Three minutes. Nie Yan calculated the time, stopped, and didn't make any movements, holding his breath.

The Bloodthirsty Thief looked in Nie Yan's direction. From his side, the box was intact. He couldn't see the damaged part of the box, and he couldn't see Nie Yan hiding behind the box.

His gaze lingered on the box for a moment, then shifted to other places.

After the Bloodthirsty Thief's gaze shifted away, Nie Yan started working again. He cut away all the bamboo weaving and wood on the outside of the box, piling the wood shavings and other debris to one side. The dark, metallic body of the box was exposed. He started using the Zennarde's Sword to cut the black iron.

The metal was relatively hard, so Nie Yan had a bit of trouble cutting it, but metal shavings were still being chipped off by the Zennarde's Sword.

Nie Yan would pause every three minutes. After six minutes, he finally broke open a hole in the box. A gold coin rolled out. The instant it fell to the ground and made a clanging sound, Nie Yan grabbed the gold coin in his hand.

But the sound still traveled far.

The Bloodthirsty Thief was patrolling other places when he suddenly heard some noise. He vigilantly looked over here, walking towards the box.

Nie Yan hid behind the box. His heart was extremely tense. If the Bloodthirsty Thief discovered him, he would likely lose the opportunity to open the box. The only way out was to escape with a random teleport scroll!

He absolutely refused to leave unless absolutely necessary!

He tried to shrink his body into a ball, pressed against the back of the box.

The Bloodthirsty Thief slowly approached, about five or six yards away from Nie Yan. He carefully checked the area near the box.

Nie Yan felt as if the Bloodthirsty Thief's sharp gaze was sweeping across the wall behind him. He forced himself to calm down, holding his breath.

The Bloodthirsty Thief stood there for a long time. The box completely blocked Nie Yan. In the Bloodthirsty Thief's limited intelligence, he might also believe that no one could hide behind the box.

The Bloodthirsty Thief didn't find anything and turned to leave, returning to his normal state.

Feeling the Bloodthirsty Thief's footsteps getting further and further away, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. His heart that had been in his throat finally fell back into place. He continued to cut the box with his sword, chipping off pieces of iron. As the hole continued to widen, he removed the gold coins one by one, putting them into his bag.

One gold coin, two gold coins...

Gold coins kept pouring out, more and more, constantly flowing into Nie Yan's bag.

Before long, he finally opened a two-inch square hole, big enough for a hand to reach in. He began to rummage through the box. At first, it was all gold coins, handful after handful, dazzling to the eye.

Nie Yan took out a full three thousand gold coins from this small hole. He reached in again, and his hand came out with a round object, with edges and corners, like a gem.

He grasped the item and pulled his hand out, opening it to take a look. A golden gem appeared in his hand.

It radiated a golden light and had a strange sense of transparency.

It was a Radiance Gem!

Nie Yan's hand trembled slightly. If it was an ordinary gem, it definitely wouldn't have surprised him so much! He had seen the world, so to speak, and had hundreds of thousands of gold coins pass through his hands, but obtaining a Radiance Gem still made him quite excited.

This thing was relatively common around level seventy or eighty, and you could buy one for a few thousand gold coins. But now, Radiance Gems hadn't appeared on the market yet. Even if someone gave Nie Yan twenty thousand gold, he wouldn't sell it!

He wondered if there were any more!

Nie Yan continued to rummage inside, completely emptying one corner of the box.

He then widened the hole in the box a lot, just enough for him to fit inside. He unceremoniously moved all the items into his bag, a total of seven thousand gold coins, five Radiance Gems, and a necklace.

Looking at the properties of the necklace, Nie Yan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. It was another special item.

Transformation Necklace (Dark Gold): Special Item.

Property Description: Set an animal form and transform into that animal, gaining extra bonuses to certain attributes. Duration: five minutes. The transformed form cannot attack enemies. The skill is interrupted upon being attacked. Skill cooldown: 1 natural day.

For example, a cheetah grants agility, a giant bear grants a significant strength bonus, a seagull grants low-altitude flight, etc.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and set the transformed animal as a lynx, gaining the ability to jump.

The reason he set the animal as a lynx was because the lynx was small, agile, good at jumping, and skilled at avoiding danger. Jumping ability was increased by 300%. Taking into account the difference in size, one jump was equivalent to a maximum jumping distance of nine yards and a maximum jumping height of five yards.

Items of this type were extremely useful, but few people could use them effectively.

Nie Yan remembered that Tang Yao also had a similar item, but Tang Yao's transformation state was set to a seagull. If the transformation was different, the function of the item would naturally be different.

After setting it, Nie Yan looked at the properties of the necklace again.

Transformation Necklace (Dark Gold): Special Item.

Property Description: Transforms into lynx form, Agility +300%, Jump +300%, Duration: five minutes. The transformed form cannot attack enemies. The skill is interrupted upon being attacked. Skill cooldown: 1 natural day.

Restriction: Used by Player Nie Yan.

This item is bound and cannot be traded.