Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

Li Ming took the [Flashing Dagger] and breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, for some reason, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Fortunately, the feeling disappeared after I took out the [Blinking Dagger].

"Aunt Isadora, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now. I'll give those ten pairs of [Hands of Midas] to Lina and have her bring them to you later."

"Wait a moment." Isadora put down her teacup. "Child, let's talk about how to maximize the benefits of [Hand of Midas]."

"What do you mean?" Li Ming stopped and sat down again.

Isadora gathered her thoughts and said, "[Hand of Midas] requires a Tier 1 Bronze Transcendent to use on a Tier 1 magical beast to maximize its benefits, right?"

"That's how it seems at the moment," Li Ming nodded.

"So, what if I told you I have a special magical beast breeding ground that can mass-produce first-tier magical beasts? What do you think?"

"Furthermore, among my servants are a group of first-tier treants who can wield [Hand of Midas]."

Isadora truly lives up to her demigod status; she easily solved two problems that were insurmountable for Li Ming.

"Aunt Isadora, you've solved the problem of using [Midas's Hand], so why don't you do it yourself?"

"I will sell this [Hand of Midas] directly on the market later, and you can buy it then."

"With your financial resources, I'm confident you can buy up most of the [Midas Hand] on the market."

Li Ming asked in confusion, "Isadora could have eaten alone, so why did she drag him into it?"

Is it because he came to the Elf Forest with Lina?

Don't joke around. He didn't believe that a demigod who had lived for countless years would show him mercy because of such a trivial matter.

The sudden feeling of fear I experienced earlier was not an illusion.

"No, that's not what I want!" Isadora said firmly. "I don't want anyone else to know about this."

Li Ming understood Isadora's thoughts.

She wanted to monopolize the Elf Forest, or perhaps she didn't want her rivals to know about this thing that could enhance their strength.

"But..." Li Ming hesitated for a moment and ultimately did not speak.

Isadora saw his concerns. "Don't worry, the Elf King knows about the effects of your experience orb, and he's used it himself."

Whether the Elders, the other ruler of the Elf Forest, know about it or not is irrelevant.

With the Elf King's endorsement, there's no need to worry about Isadora doing anything bad and getting implicated.

Li Ming said no more. He sat in his chair and fell into deep thought. Unconsciously, he picked up the teacup on the table and drank it one sip after another, not even noticing that the teacup was empty.

"If I were to sell [Hand of Midas] myself, the first issue would be sales volume. A magical item that only works on Tier 1 magical beasts probably wouldn't sell very well."

"If it sells well, then it means that the usefulness of [Hand of Midas] has been widely discovered."

"At this point, it probably won't be so easy for me to retrieve the experience orbs."

"And Isadora probably just wanted to capture me and use me as a human vending machine. What if others have similar ideas?"

"What if I don't sell these things?"

"If I want to live a wealthy life, I should be able to live very well in the royal court with my current financial resources."

"As for Isadora wanting the Midas Touch, I can decline."

"But are we just going to spend our whole lives in the Elf Forest?"

Li Ming felt he probably couldn't do it. The elves around him all had lifespans of thousands of years, and compared to them, his current lifespan of just over a hundred years was like that of an ant.

However, in this world, as long as you increase your strength, you can increase your lifespan. Once you reach the demigod level, everyone's lifespan is almost the same.

With the system at his disposal, improving his strength is incredibly easy.

How could I possibly resist the urge to improve my strength and lifespan?

"Now, if I want to improve my strength, I don't need to buy items from the system shop. I just need to fight monsters in the secret realm step by step."

"No, we've only unlocked two hero templates so far, and the maximum level cap is 60. We probably can't even get to Tier 3 yet."

"I also need to figure out how to unlock more hero templates. This will require me to have intelligence, strength, and possibly teammates."

"So where do these things come from?"

Li Ming looked at Isadora, who was sitting comfortably in her chair, and made a decision in his heart.

"Aunt Isadora, what would I gain if we cooperated?"

"Experience orbs and gold coins, 20/80 split, I get 80%, you get 20%!"

Li Ming asked his second question, "What is the expected output?"

The ultimate benefit of this project is not just a matter of profit sharing, but also related to daily output.

Otherwise, even if he gets 100% of the profits, he can only refine one magical beast per day, which is not as easy as him going to the secret realm to hunt wild monsters every day.

"We can test it out in a secret realm first, which can guarantee that 100 pairs of [Midas's Hands] will be used at full capacity all day long."

Li Ming's eyes widened into the size of light bulbs.

[Hand of Midas] restores one energy point every 90 seconds, and each energy point can be used for alchemy once.

He can perform 960 alchemy operations every day.

With 100 pairs of [Midas's Hands] used at full capacity all day, 96000 Tier 1 magical beasts can be refined daily, producing 192000 experience points.

This gives him far more experience than he painstakingly grinded monsters in the secret realm.

Because the total number of magical beasts in a first or second-tier secret realm could not possibly be 96000, which first or second-tier transcendent would dare to enter a secret realm of this magnitude?

Even with a 20% share, he can still get 38400 experience points.

"Okay, Aunt Isadora, how do I do it?"

After a quick calculation, Li Ming readily agreed.

Isadora smiled with satisfaction, pleased that Li Ming was so sensible. After all, he was her daughter's friend, and she didn't want to make things too ugly. It was best that the two of them could cooperate.

"You take 100 pairs of [Midas Hands] first, then I'll send them to the secret realm for a few days of trial operation to see how effective they are."

"If it works well, we can see if we can scale up production."

"We can't keep all these experience orbs for ourselves; we can sell some. So we might need more [Hand of Midas] later. Can you guarantee the supply?"

Li Ming patted his chest and assured him, "No problem, leave it to me! I'll give you 100 pairs of [Midas Hands] first, right? Where should I put them?"

"Send it to my warehouse. I'll have Lina pick it up tomorrow."

"No need, I can give it to you right now."

Isadora smiled, showing no surprise. Instead, she clapped her hands, signaling the tree spirit steward to enter. "Qingtan, take him to [Flower Rain Grassland]!"