Anime Crossover: I, the Shadow King, slaughter my way through DanMachi!

[Skills]: Shadow Step, Crippling Strike, Charged Strike, Eagle Eye, Blade Storm

[Free attribute points]: 0

"What are these Shadow Core and Negative Cloak?"

Yingping picked up the two dropped items.

【Battle Shadow Core: A crystallization of dark power. Its use will erode the body and increase combat power, but it will also reduce one's sanity and cause them to go berserk.】

[Berserk Mode: Temporarily and significantly increases strength and agility, followed by a period of weakness; the specific effects vary from person to person]

[Negative Cloak: Slightly reduces magic damage taken]

"The side effects are a bit too much. This War Shadow Core isn't of much use to me for the time being. I should just sell it for a high price."

"The Negative Polarity Cloak is not bad."

Yingping decisively put away the Shadow Core, put on the Negative Cloak, and then walked back towards Kokkoro.

Chapter 16 Huge Income, with Eina's Help! [Seeking Flowers]

As they stepped out of the dark entrance to the underground city, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on Ying Ping and the others.

The male adventurer carried his companion's cold corpse on his back and stepped heavily onto the stone path.

The female adventurer clutched her companion's clothes tightly, her eyes red-rimmed.

"Finally... out..."

Seeing the sunset outside, the female adventurer, who had survived the ordeal, choked up and collapsed to her knees with her legs giving way.

Yingping reached out to support her and comforted her, "It's alright now. Let's find a place to calm down."

"Th-thank you all..."

The male adventurer, his voice hoarse, gently placed his companion's body on a roadside bench. "If you hadn't arrived in time, Martha and I would have..."

In the setting sun, the deceased's pale face appeared particularly striking.

Kokkoro lowered her head, her elven ears drooping listlessly: "I'm sorry... if only we had found them and arrived sooner..."

“Please don’t say that!”

The female adventurer suddenly grabbed Kokkoro's hand, "This has nothing to do with you, we are very grateful to you for saving us!"

Her tears finally broke free, "Shalan...he did it to protect us..."

The male adventurer silently took out two bulging bags and handed them to Yingping with both hands: "This is all the magic stones we have and the magic stones we have collected along the way... It's not much... but please accept them."

Ying Ping shook his head and declined, saying, "No need, we didn't save you for the reward."

Please accept this.

The male adventurer stubbornly insisted, "Martha and I have decided...we're leaving Orario today."

He glanced back at his companion's body on the bench. "We still need to bring Sharan back to the village... because the three of us grew up together, we came from the same village..."

The female adventurer, wiping away her tears, added, "We...we simply don't have the talent to be adventurers...we've been stuck at LV1 for five years..."

She smiled bitterly, "If I hadn't been so greedy and wanted to try my luck on the sixth floor today, Shalan wouldn't have died..."

"Of course, if you are strong enough, you will definitely go further than us. Good luck."

Ying Ping remained silent for a moment before finally accepting the money bag, only able to say, "Thank you, and I wish you all the best in the future."

Watching the two figures carrying their companion's corpse as they walked further and further away, Kokkoro couldn't help but sob softly.

Yingping gently put his arm around her shoulder and comforted her, "This is the cruelty of the dungeon... and what happens every moment."

"We adventurers don't do it for fun. Many of us find leveling up extremely difficult and risk our lives in battle."

"Owner..."

Kokkoro's voice trembled, "Do you think, what if one day we also..."

"Will not."

Yingping said firmly, lifting her chin to make her look directly into his eyes, "Listen, we are different from them."

"I am currently the fastest leveling adventurer, at LV5, which is considered strong even in Orario. Moreover, you have great potential."

Yingping's voice was full of determination: "We will become stronger and stronger, strong enough to protect everyone we want to protect."

"Even this underground city behind us will one day be completely breached by us!"

Kokoro stared blankly at Ying Ping's resolute face, the tears in her eyes gradually stopping.

She took a deep breath and nodded emphatically: "Yes!"

"I apologize; I said some discouraging things just now. Please forgive me, Master..."

"It's okay, I won't blame Kokoro for this."

Yingping ruffled Kokoro's hair, his tone becoming more relaxed, "Alright, Hestia is still waiting for us to have dinner at the Abundant Mistress's, let's go together."

Kokoro finally stopped crying and smiled, taking Yingping's hand: "Okay! Let's go back quickly, don't keep the goddess waiting."

The two figures walked further and further away in the sunset, their shadows clinging tightly to each other behind them.

......

When Yingping and Kokoro pushed open the guild door, the hall was still bustling with noise.

The adventurers gathered in twos and threes.

Some were settling their wages, some were discussing today's gains, and a few drunken dwarves were already boasting about their heroic deeds while holding wine bottles.

Eina was sitting behind the counter organizing documents when she looked up and saw the two of them; her eyes lit up.

She immediately waved and greeted, "Yingping-kun! Kokoro-chan! How was your harvest today?"

Yingping smiled slightly, walked directly to the counter, and placed the heavy backpack on it.

"Wow-"

The magic stones and materials were poured out, instantly piling up into a small mountain.

Eina's glasses nearly slipped down to the tip of her nose: "W-so many?!"

Kokoro proudly laughed, "Master really showed off his skills today!"

Eina quickly got to work, expertly counting the magic stones and materials: "Hmm... Shadow Blade? This is a rare drop from the sixth floor!"

She looked at Yingping in surprise, her expression serious, and asked, "You went to the sixth floor?"

Yingping nodded: "Yes, the process was quite thrilling, but we were lucky and the two of us defeated quite a few War Shadows."

As Eina did the calculations, she exclaimed in admiration, "You guys are really amazing. You've only been adventurers for a few days and you've already reached the sixth floor."

"These dropped materials alone, along with these two large magic stones, are enough to exchange for around 30 Fali in our guild!"

Kokkoro's eyes lit up: "So many!?"

Yingping slowly took out a jet-black crystal from his person and placed it on the counter: "Miss Eina, how much is this worth?"

Eina looked down and her pupils suddenly contracted: "This is...?"

She carefully picked up the crystal, examined it closely, and frowned: "Strange, I don't think I've ever seen this kind of material before..."

She hesitated for a moment, then stood up: "Wait a moment, I'll go and get an appraiser to take a look."

A short while later, Eina invited over an elderly appraiser with a gray beard.

He approached slowly, wearing a monocle, his initially nonchalant gaze freezing the moment he saw the black crystals.

"This, this is..."

He grabbed the crystal, his fingers trembling slightly. The core of the War Shadow Lord?!

"Strange? How did you get this?"

"Logically speaking, adventurers like you should have been dead long ago if you encountered that monster."

Ying Ping raised an eyebrow, feigning ignorance, and asked, "A lot has happened, but we still managed to survive. So what exactly is the use of this thing?"

The veteran appraiser took a deep breath, his tone somewhat grave: "Hmm, it's an extremely rare item. Usually, only elite battle shadows born under special circumstances might drop it!"

"I haven't seen this thing in almost 20 years..."

He examined it thoroughly. "The energy contained within is immense. If used properly, it can significantly enhance an adventurer's combat power in a short period of time..."

He paused, then lowered his voice: "But the side effects are also terrible. They can erode the user's sanity and cause a long period of weakness after use."

Yingping simply asked calmly, "Then, how much is it worth in fares?"

The old appraiser pondered for a moment, then held up two fingers: "One million Fali, our guild can accept it."

"100 million?!"

Kokoro exclaimed in surprise, covering her mouth with her little hand, "So many!"

Although she wasn't from this world, she had already fully grasped Farley's purchasing power in the past two days.

Even a top-notch meal at a high-end restaurant costs only a few thousand yuan per person.

One million falies is already a very large sum of money for ordinary people and low-level adventurers.

But it's nothing to advanced adventurers.

"Hmm... I need to think about it."

Yingping guessed that the old appraiser must have lowered the price, but this price was already enough to tempt him.

However, Eina suddenly pushed up her glasses, the lenses reflecting a sharp light: "Mr. Suk, you're saying this prop is only worth 100 million? That's a bit too low a price."

The old appraiser frowned: "What? Eina, what do you mean by this?"

Eina crossed her arms, refusing to back down: "Rare life-saving items like this can even work on a level one adventurer, so they can easily fetch over 1000 million falies at any auction house!"

She narrowed her eyes. "You're not planning to scam them, are you?"

The veteran appraiser broke out in a cold sweat: "Eina! You're a member of the guild, how could you..."

Eina sneered: "That's precisely why I can't let the adventurers under my care get scammed."

She tapped on the counter. "If this were sold to a level one adventurer, how much do you think they would be willing to pay for a life?"

“You know I’m very familiar with the Loki Familia, so I naturally know the value of this thing.”

The veteran appraiser was speechless, and finally, in desperation, said, "Then it's a maximum of 900 million! The price can't go any higher! Otherwise, you'll have to go find another company!"

He is both an appraiser and the person in charge of acquiring these props, so he knows exactly where the profit margin is.

If Yingping tries to raise the price further, he will refuse to accept it in a fit of anger.

Anyway, for someone of his status, this one order is nothing to him.

"Deal. For high-value transactions like this, I only trust the guild."

Seeing that he had gained an advantage, Ying Ping looked at Eina with a smile in his eyes: "Ms. Eina, thank you very much."

"If it weren't for you, I probably would have agreed to the 100 million just now."

Eina waved her hand, a gentle smile appearing on her face: "Not at all, I would never do something like this, knowingly concealing something."

She reached out and ruffled Kokkoro's hair. "What can I do? I'm friends with the goddess Hestia, and I really like Kokkoro-chan."

Kokoro blushed slightly and happily rubbed her hand against hers: "Eina is the best!"

Yingping suddenly leaned closer, a teasing smile on his lips: "And what about me? What does Miss Eina think of me?"

Eina paused for a moment, then pushed up her glasses and smiled meaningfully, "Well, if it's Yingping-kun, he still needs to work a little harder!"

She deliberately dragged out her words, "Let's set a small goal first: strive to become a Level 3 Adventurer (LV2)!"

Yingping: "..."

Girl, you'll be shocked when I tell you, I'm actually a level 5 adventurer.

Kokoro chuckled to herself.