Chapter 1138: Water Elent (Part 2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The original goal of the goddess leaving so many temples behind was to enable the people who chose to resurrect her to be converted into believers and have them live in the temples.
As such, the temples were built using the best materials. However, she never anticipated that one of the people would take the halls apart.
‘Gods are not omnipotent’ was said by astrologers.
Saleen could not wait to go to the 23rd hall. The hall’s core was not an altar; it was a cage. A divine power cage!
The cage was carved entirely from crystals. It was over 30 ters tall and countless green holy prose was found in the crystal, which was still coursing about. Saleen approached the cage and peered inside.
A tall water elental creature was caged inside.
The creature looked like a fox. The water elent that made up its body ford into thin, white, dense coat of fur. It was unknown how long it had been caged there, but it was a surprise that the elental power had yet to dissipate.
Saleen ca to the side of the cage and the water elental creature opened its eyes to look at Saleen, shutting its eyes again.
A very high level creature indeed! Saleen was able to see intelligence in the eyes of the water fox. It was locked up, but it showed no signs of aggression. It was obvious that the goddess left it as a gift for later generations.
Saleen smirked. The others might have wanted to ta the fox, but he had no such intention and simply stored the entire cage in the Ring of Gifts. The cage was an independent piece and not connected to the earth. The coursing holy prose within the crystal was unable to resist the power of the ring.
The internal space of the Ring of Gifts had expanded tens of tis after acquiring power of faith from the divine baby. He was not worried at all about leaving; he had ample divine power to spare.
The water fox panicked, but it was stored in the ring before it could even think of ways to srize Saleen.
Taming the fox was supposed to be a test, as it required him to be able to control the divine power cage. The problem however, was that Saleen was not in the mood for any tests. The expanding of the Ring of Gifts seed to be done specifically for taking in the cage.
The hall began to shake as the cage disappeared into the Ring of Gifts, splitting and creating a portal leading straight to the last hall.
Saleen took to the air and headed straight for the last hall, which was standard dinsions. However, the area outside the temple was filled with tightly packed holy prose, circling around the temple.
He took a step forward and found that the ring was no longer able to grant him smooth passage.The holy prose shut out all power. He was unable to get through even after putting in divine power.
Green light shrouded the entire hall and a blue piece of crystal was seen hovering on the altar.
He peered into it with his Elental Eye and saw a huge world, which was housed within the blue crystal. However, the world was completely dead.
Desire began to well in Saleen’s mind. He had to get the crystal for himself!
It was coalesced from sothing that surpassed water elent. If he was not mistaken, it was a manifestation of a divine persona!
The divine persona had been sealed by the Goddess of Myers using divine power seals. Even if the god the divine persona belonged to had its divine fire reignited, the god would not be able to find it. Saleen wandered outside the temple in frustration, having no idea how to get past the seals and take the blue crystal.
Saleen’s mind cald after pacing for a few rounds. He realized that he had all kinds of precious materials. The level 19 Star Gathering Needle far surpassed the divine persona in value.
While the divine persona was left behind by a water type god and would do him a lot of good, but if he were to take up faith in Myers because of it, he would trade himself for sothing lesser, and that would be a true loss.
He analyzed the intention of that temple once again. He learned from Agares that many of the temples left behind by the goddess were tailored for specific targets. Agares was looking for the one with skills and equipnt left behind for assassins. The temple that Saleen was in was left behind for water mages, and it coincidentally held things that Saleen needed.
It was trendously tempting, but if he took the bait, he would have to make himself an adherent of a faith. The first hall was made to have the water mage that entered embrace the nature faith.
Once that was taken care of, the massive amounts of divine power gems stored in the following halls would allow the faith to grow and evolve, making the adherent powerful. The shenhe in the 22nd hall was capable of allowing a water mage to advance!
A water elental creature was in the 23rd hall, caged by the divine power cage. If the water mage who entered had beco a high level adherent and a high level sorcerer, it would enable them to open the cage and ta the water fox!
If the water fox were tad into a divine beast, the mage would be granted passage to the last hall, allowing them to take the divine persona.
Way to go indeed, Myers!
Saleen smirked coldly. It was fortunate for him to have grown so knowledgeable, having ventured to the Imperial City of the Abyss and being taught by Gaine. He might have actually taken the bait and beco a believer of the goddess otherwise.
As soon as he received the goddess’ blessing, it would make it very difficult for him to shake her off.
He took out the goddess’ statue and cast Water Fla, crafting it beneath the hall’s steps.
Saleen etched lightning magic patterns on the statue. It was a plan that he had kept in mind for a long ti. It was originally ant for crafting the shenhe, as he had already experinted on the shenhe that he had gotten before. Crafting this ti was a plan that he been hatching for a long ti.
That statue of the goddess was completely lost. Saleen’s Water Fla was easily able to etch lightning magic patterns on it. However, the level of the statue’s material was too high, and he felt an incredible strain. The Water Fla attempted to enter the inner parts of the statue and failed.
He had an idea: casting other spells when he used Water Fla Alchemy on it during the first ti. He began to chant.
Thundering Sound reverberated and shook the statue’s material. Suddenly, his Water Fla seeped into the inner parts of the material, and he sensed a space within the statue. It was the location of its heart, which housed a ball-shaped divine rune charm array.
Saleen was elated and replaced the holy prose with lightning magic patterns. The crafting of the lightning magic patterns was quickly completed with the help of the Thundering Sound. He took a short break.
Ti within the temple’s space had a different rate compared to the outside world, but the difference was too small for him to be able to stay around for long.
The goddess’ statue was completely ruined. Its key part was converted into a lightning space before he attempted to put in so divine power into it. The statue blinked and looked at Saleen, dazed.
He found the statue devoid of intelligence, so much so that it made commanding it difficult. He took out the divine power cage and began to craft it slowly as well.
The water elental creature within the cage was no longer able to sit well. It paced about as its eyes burst with emotion, seeing how Saleen was replacing the cage’s holy prose with lightning magic patterns.
Anger, hatred, exhaustion, and resentnt were seen in its eyes. It had been trapped within the cage for too long. It had anticipated the end, and it would rather die than help any who acquired the cage.
But what is this guy doing here? Is he trying to destroy the cage? He’s not even a believer!
Saleen patiently crafted the divine power cage. It was carved from a piece of crystal and the amount of holy prose within was enormous. Saleen had to put in a lot of ntal power to replace them with lightning magic patterns. If he had not acquired the ring from Arbola, there was no way he could have done what he was doing.
“Hey, mage. What are you doing here?” The water fox could not help but ask. Its level enabled it to communicate using human language. However, it was speaking in ancient Myers language. If had been speaking to a knight, they would not understand.
“Nothing, just trying to get you to help out with sothing.” Saleen did not let his hands rest. Complex magic patterns were crafted into the crystal bit by bit. He added lightning runes.
“I won’t help you.”
“I know, but I’m going to make you.” Saleen answered with a smile.
“I’d rather die!”
“I take it that you’ve spent over ten thousand years in this cage. How are you not dead?”
The water fox was speechless. If it was capable of dying, it would have killed itself a long ti ago. However, true death was not allowed within the cage. It would simply co back to life. It was a water elental creature, which made it difficult for it to commit suicide.
“Just stay inside and do nothing. I’d tell you what to do when I need your services. Resist and you’ll spend your life in misery. I’m busy so please don’t bother , or I’ll make sure you suffer a fate worse than being trapped.”
The water fox was irked by Saleen’s words. It smirked coldly. “I wonder what you would be able to do to .”
Saleen glanced at it. “You’ll find out soon enough. I’d negotiate with you if I weren’t in such a hurry. What I lack most now is ti. Work with , and I’ll let you live comfortably.”
“In your dreams! Not even the Goddess of Myers was able to ta !”
“What a pity. If she didn’t ta you, why do you call her a goddess?” Saleen finished and no longer bothered with the creature’s rants. He sped up the crafting process.
All the ntal power stores in Saleen’s ring were exhausted. It regenerated twice before he finished converting the divine power cage into a lightning cage. The material of the crystal was not bad. There were hardly any cracks despite having been crafted on twice.
Saleen placed the statue of the goddess before the cage and looked at the water fox in the cage. “Well then, you feel like working with now?”
The water fox stopped bothering with Saleen and slumped in the cage, pretending it did not see Saleen at all.
“In that case, I’m sorry that I have to do this.” Saleen activated the magic patterns on the cage. Hundreds of lightning bolts flashed and hit the water fox. It jumped, every single hair on it standing.
Ow..
360 flashes of electrical arcs fixed the water fox at the center of the cage, suspending it midair. Saleen lifted his Thunder Dragon Blaster and shot an icicle into the water fox’s head, carving a hole on it. He took out a piece of broken jade and threw it inside the water fox’s head.
The water fox’s soul was imdiately sucked into the broken jade, and the lightning magic patterns on the jade fragnt were put to work. The wound on the water fox’s head healed imdiately, but its body writhed in pain.
The crystal lightning cage opened with a crack. Saleen lowered his head. “Get in there, help do sothing, and I’ll grant you your freedom in the future.”
Saleen’s hand pointed at the statue of the goddess.
Reviews
All reviews (0)