Chapter 304: A Little Thief, the Draconic Language (1/2)

“What’s going on?”

As Ayrin took the little yellow dragon out of his pocket, he abruptly froze in place.

The cute little dragon, with its saggy skin and plump belly, had found a completely transparent oval crystal and was currently trying its best to sink its teeth into it.

The crystal was extremely clear and contained no blemishes. It was covered by a layer of mysterious pink light and released strange, but faint, arcane energy fluctuations.

Oval shaped crystals were extremely rare because forcefully transforming a normal, multifaceted crystal into another shape would generally cause it to lose its effects.

“This fellow is already trying to eat another crystal?”

Stingham’s eyes abruptly widened as he saw the crystal, “Ayrin, when did you obtain a crystal like that? How come I’ve never seen it?”

“I never obtained a crystal like this though,” Ayrin replied in a perplexed manner.

“Could it be…” Stingham and Rinloran had the same realization as they simultaneously turned their heads and looked towards the area where Clayston and Jean Camus had fought.

“Could it have stolen the crystal from Clayston, or perhaps even Jean Camus?” Ayrin’s mouth hung open as he too connected the dots.

The three youths looked at each other in silence for a while.

Indeed, this was the only possibility. Where else could the little dragon have suddenly obtained a crystal from?

“I think it was stolen from Clayston’s corpse. And it should be something extremely valuable.” Rinloran observed the little dragon and the crystal which it clutched tightly as he thought back to the previous situation, “Just now, Jean Camus was very meticulous with his search of Clayston’s corpse. Furthermore, after not finding anything, he furrowed his brows as if somewhat disappointed.”

“Rinloran, do you mean that Jean Camus knew about this crystal and was looking for it, but that it was stolen away by this little guy before Jean Camus could find it?” A mischievous look emerged on Stingham’s face.

“If so, isn’t this little guy is a little bit too fast? Even Jean Camus and Clayston himself failed to notice him?” Ayrin felt speechless.

“Did you already forget about what just happened earlier? That little guy stole my Spirit Obstruction Gem without any of us being able to react. Wait! Where’s my Spirit Obstruction Gem?!” Stingham abruptly screamed.

Ayrin and Rinloran exchanged looks.

The Spirit Obstruction Gem which had been hanging around Stingham’s neck had indeed disappeared once again.

“Did you take it?” Ayrin asked as he, Rinloran, and Stingham, all looked at the miserly little yellow dragon.

As if it had a guilty conscience, the little yellow dragon slightly shrunk back.

Ayrin reached into his pocket and froze once more.

He speechlessly took Stingham’s Spirit Obstruction Gem out from within his pocket.

“It was actually you! Just what kind of dragon is this! It even steals from its own teammates!” Stingham was dumbfounded as he shouted, “And I didn’t even realize it!”

“You little fellow…” Ayrin and Rinloran speechlessly stared at the little yellow dragon. Slowly but surely, mischievous looks emerged atop their faces as well. “Anyway, back to Clayston’s crystal. It must be extremely precious if Jean Camus values it. And it was stolen without a trace by this little guy.”

“If you ever steal from me again, I will really beat you up!”

As Stingham dispiritedly took back the Spirit Obstruction Gem, he menacingly threatened the little dragon. Afterwards, he too turned his attention back towards the crystal in its clutches. “So just what kind of crystal is this?” he asked.

“It should be a legendary void gem, the Fractal Crystal,” Lotton’s voice abruptly rang out.

“Next time, can you appear before you speak? Suddenly chiming in just like that, it’s very easy to give someone a heart attack,” Stingham shouted in annoyance as he turned his head and looked at Lotton, who was still hidden under one of the rocks behind him.

“Void gem? Fractal Crystal?” Ayrin immediately became excited, “Lotton, you know the origin of this crystal?”

“Clayston obtained several artifacts from Kiloran, who as you known, was a famous Draconic Scholar during the Era of the War with Dragons. There are many legends regarding his arcane skills. Some believe that his ability to create six perfect crystal figures of himself which could not be differentiated or seen through came purely from a secret arcane skill, whereas others believe that it came from the crystal before you, the void gem called the Fractal Crystal.”

Lotton lowered his head as he paused for a moment and then slowly continued, “Legend has it that Kiloran obtained the Fractal Crystal from within a meteorite which fell from the skies. This crystal supposedly doesn’t belong to Doraster or the dimension in which we preside, and that is why it is called a void gem.”