Chapter 180 - XVII Evolution of the Fairies (1/2)

”What?” Everyone in the crowd was looking at the young man like he was an idiot. How could anyone exchange such expensive artifacts with a mere spaceship? From the looks of it he also seemed like he knew what he was doing.

”Okay then. Anyone wants to bid other than this man here? No? Then I suppose this spaceship is yours now.” Revealing a mass of shiny black metal, the ship shrunk until it reaches the size of a grain of rice before it floated to Elijah who faked a calm expression to disguise his excitement. He when took hold of it, his figure vanished once again and the auction continued.

”Arg!” Ichor fell from his mouth, nose and ears as he struggled to keep his balance. Looking at himself, he sighed. ”I've wasted too much power, I should never force activation of a origin skill again. At least I know how to manifestate my spirit in this sort of way and heal most injures in my soul. I guess it must be similar to what Claire did to speak with me.” With no one paying attention to the youth who took the spaceship and vanished, other items appeared on the platform.

”Immortal Armament: Arcane Nexus. Initial Price: 30 Orange-grade Prime Crystals.”

”30!”Said Moess, the sage. An old celestial wearing grey clothes while holding a wood stick in one hand.

”35! Moess, this is not the place for you. I have set my eyes on this first.” A female who appears to be around her thirties raised her hand. Different from other female celestial beings, she was shorter than average and certainly larger than any ordinary beauty, but this unusual way of hers was certainly the most impressive. Her name was Finas, a Great Immortal Lady of Magic.

Seeing Finas, flames lit in the eyes of a figure in black robes covering his face and chains tied on his body. He was Thanatos, God of Death. Seeing he was also raising his hand, everyone knew what was going to happen.

Many hours later, all the items had be taken and only one item was left. Qedai walked to the front of the platform with a small box in hand and he was about to open it, a loud bang ressounded in Elijah's ears as his mind returned to reality.

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Opening his eyes, Elijah saw himself before the huge golden gate. His body was mostly recovered by now while his soul was deeply wasted by what he did. In his hand, he was still holding the small miniature ship.

”Wait, where is the fairies?” After a moment, Elijah realized the four fairies who were in deep sleep vanished and he rushed to the passage that leaded to the forest to see if they were there. Suddenly he heard sounds of wingbeats reached his ears from above and as he raised his eyes, four normal-sized humanoid winged-figures flew around the lake. Recognizing them, Elijah quickly noticed the changes they had. Other than having normal-sized bodies, they all evolved in different ways. With feathered-wings of four different colors, Elijah could see who was who.