Chapter 10

Ten minutes later, Jin Mine strode out of the carriage compartment, chest high. The final result of the negotiations with the group of Vikings was out: the Whisper of the Giant Bear, the Vikings' treasured keepsake, and the Undying Deer Bone Staff were the necessary payments. As for the Ice Giant Sword, it was Harold's personal weapon, and even if others could use it, it wouldn't be suitable for them in a short time, so it could be omitted.

The "Bear Rage Day" of the Asgard tribe was approaching, and the entire Asgard tribe would decide on the future tribal chief on that day. Only those who possessed the Vikings' treasured keepsake would prove that they had enough qualifications to participate in the competition. The Whisper of the Giant Bear, a powerful helmet, could greatly enhance the Viking warrior's attack power, adding a powerful insurance to defeat other opponents.

What Fang Senyan and the others did not expect was that among these three items, the most precious was the Undying Deer Bone Staff.

This was determined by the special local environment. The final test for determining the tribal chief was to climb an ice cliff in a temperature of minus twenty degrees, cross dozens of miles of icy sea, and then, in a dense forest almost completely covered and locked by heavy snow, fight a huge legendary creature called a snow beast.

In such a situation, having an evil staff that could ignite a fire under any circumstances would not only determine the outcome of the competition, but could even determine life and death! With fire, it meant cooked food, ample physical strength, warm snow huts, and even the possibility of successfully ascending to the throne of tribal chief without hunting snow beasts.

This was not a joke, but it actually happened to Harold's father. When crossing the icy sea, he was attacked by a powerful polar bear, and was seriously injured. Therefore, he could only use the bone staff to light a bonfire in the frozen forest and slowly recuperate. At this time, he had completely given up the idea of becoming a tribal chief.

However, the other candidates had their tinder wetted and extinguished when crossing the icy sea. Therefore, they had to challenge the snow beasts while they still had enough physical strength, and then swim back across the icy sea. Otherwise, without tinder in the frozen forest, the food they carried would be frozen as hard as iron and impossible to eat. The longer the time dragged on, the more their physical strength would decline, creating a vicious cycle!

The final outcome was tragic for the other candidates, who all died cleanly under the snow beasts' fangs and claws. The only surviving loser was left without competitors, and finally stood out and successfully took the throne.

Of course, since Fang Senyan knew about this, it would definitely not be easy to get these three things from his hands. Moreover, it had to go through Jin Mine, the middleman, to get these three things, which meant that a series of treaties humiliating the nation and exorbitant prices were destined to be signed.

The Vikings' simple minds were easily turned into a mess by Jin Mine's endless stream of words. More importantly, Jin Mine relied on his unique business acumen to notice a key thing, or rather, a sentence from Rolo: "...our life has been very bad recently..."

So, Jin Mine's eyes rolled, and he actually took the initiative to offer, based on their friendship, to give away ten barrels of wine (of course, ordinary rum), eight hundred pounds of black bread, and a series of living supplies for free, regardless of whether the transaction was successful or not. Of course, these things would only cost a few dozen gold pounds if Jin Mine were to buy them. However, it was these goods worth dozens of pounds that successfully became a symbol of friendship and the last straw that broke the psychological defense line of the great Viking pirate, Mr. Rolo.

From then on, under Mr. Jin Mine's pitiful gaze, the Vikings simply gave up on themselves, completely fell, and piled all the chips they could take out for exchange in front of Mr. Jin Mine. After a careful selection, the group of anxious Vikings finally paid the following price: Godstone: Odin's Surge, Ornament: Holy Ox Horn Cup, Kritaskof Birch Bark x3

Godstone: Odin's Surge (Remaining Divine Power: 70 points)

Item Rarity: Dark Gold
Origin World: Any world where Odin may appear
Material: Stone unique to the Olympus Mountains
Carrying Position: Backpack
Type: Usable Item
Weight: 0.8kg
Equipment Use Condition: Naked attribute Strength, Agility, Constitution not less than 20 points (meeting any one of the conditions is sufficient), each use will consume 10 points of divine power.
Use: Has a chance to grant the user the ability: Muscle Explosion!
Description: This is a godstone that was worshiped by the Vikings in front of the statue of Odin. After seventy years of worship, it contained the current divine power. Odin grants power to those who worship him so that they can survive better in this dangerous world.
Evolvable Ability: Muscle Explosion
Description: This is an ability suitable for most physical attackers. The power of Odin is everywhere. The effect of this ability after it is materialized will vary depending on the individual physique of the person receiving the divine power.
Description: After initially mastering this ability, the Space's evaluation is B. After raising this ability to LV4, the evaluation will be raised to A. After raising this ability to LV7, the evaluation will be raised to S.
Description: To improve this ability, in addition to investing Universal Points and Potential Points, you must also perform equipment sacrifices to show your piety to Odin! In the initial stage (LV1-LV4), at least sacrifice deep blue level equipment. After upgrading to LV4, you must sacrifice black level or higher equipment.
Sacrificing qualified equipment that meets the minimum requirements may not necessarily improve the skill. Only after gaining Odin's favor can the ability be improved.
The better the sacrificed equipment, the greater the possibility of ability promotion.

Ornament: Holy Ox Horn Cup
Equipment Rarity: Black
Cannot be injected with weapon soul (no weapon soul can adapt to this too ancient equipment)
Equipment Condition: Strength 40 points or more (the equipment produced by the Berserker tribe lives up to its reputation)
Equipment: Increases any healing effect you receive by 25%
Equipment: Each time you receive a healing, a shield that can absorb damage will form on your body surface. The shield's health is 50% of the healing effect you just received. The shield is defaulted to 0 defense.
Equipment: Your hit rate is reduced by 3%
Equipment: Your attack speed is reduced
Weight: 187 grams
Description: It is said that hundreds of years ago, a Viking tribal leader encountered a long-haired bull that could run on the snow-capped mountains. He killed the bull after many hardships. However, he also died of serious injuries.
The descendants of this tribal leader offered the killed long-haired bull to the great god Odin. Odin was very satisfied with this sacrifice. The descendants carved the only remaining horn of the bull into a wine cup, but soon discovered that it had magical power on it, so they wore the wine cup on their bodies.
Evaluation: This ornament has caused its owner to turn defeat into victory in at least seven battles.
Therefore, it is also known as the Dawn of Dawn.

Kritaskof Birch Bark x3
Item Rarity: Deep Blue
Origin World: Any Earth world
Material: Bark
Carrying Position: Backpack
Type: Usable Item
Weight: 0.1kg
Equipment Use Condition: Consume 5 points of spirit
Use: Increases the critical hit rate of friendly troops within a range of 100 meters by 5%, the life recovery speed by 50%, and the movement speed and attack speed by 33% for a duration of 12 seconds.
Description: On the great Kritaskof Mountains, there will always be violent winds blowing, which are powerful storms called the Breath of the Gods. Only the sacred birch trees can grow on this mountain. Even its dried bark is powerful because it is stained with magical power.

Sure enough, Jin Mine's appearance was worth three people, but this guy's ability to do business to the point where the other party would "offer the collection with both hands and let you choose" was already admirable.

Jin Mine triumphantly flaunted his abilities, but Rogge and the others were also delighted to count the various goods and supplies. Leaving aside the exchanged holy objects and equipment, Mr. Jin Mine's purchasing power was beyond doubt. These dozens of pounds of goods, for Rogge and the others, could at least ensure that dozens more people in the tribe could survive this winter. It seemed that both sides were in a win-win situation...

Of course, this was based on the Vikings' simple minds.

There was no doubt that Fang Senyan and the others made a lot of money in this exchange. As the saying goes, the matter should not be delayed. The three immediately gathered together and began to divide the spoils. Obviously, only Fang Senyan could equip the Holy Ox Horn Cup, so he replaced the Constitution watch. It was also a coincidence that Fang Senyan's pair of ornaments were produced by the Vikings.

The Godstone: Odin's Surge had a total of seventy points of divine power. Using it once consumed ten points of divine power, so it could be used a total of seven times. The three divided it equally, and each had two chances to use it. Given that Fang Senyan's current talent "Bastion" had the highest abnormal state resistance after awakening, he was nominated by everyone to be used as a test subject.

The appearance of the Godstone: Odin's Surge looked quite ordinary, no different from a fist-sized pebble randomly picked up from the river beach. It was just that there was an extra layer of lacquer-like luster on the surface. Fang Senyan held it in his hand, and only felt that the stone was unusually warm, as if it had just been taken out of the fire and left to dry for a while. From the depths of the godstone, there seemed to be endless surging power, like a heartbeat!