Chapter 1458 - Mining Deities (2) (1/2)

A steady stream of information was sent to the sprite. Suddenly, it understood that Dyon hadn't entered its home knowing it was there, but rather had done so for the resources it had acc.u.mulated. It also understood that Dyon had been planning on leaving but was stopped by it. And finally, it understood that Dyon's punishment was because he was dissatisfied with its actions.

The small seed of a conscience was birthed within the mineral sprite, causing it to feel very sorry.

'I – i-i-it i-is v-v-ver-very s-so-sorry.'

When Dyon heard these words project into his mind, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter. Since he had been referring to the sprite as an 'It' this whole time, it believed that its name was exactly that.

Dyon shook his head. 'Let's call you Rainbow instead, how is it, Little Rain?'

'R-r-rainb-bow?' The sprite's demeanor brightened, maybe because it was happy to have a name now.

Suddenly, its form began to change. What once was a blob of light grew to be slightly more than a meter tall. Its features became more pronounced, changing from a sphere to an oval, and then to an oval with protruding limbs, but finally the semblance of a head formed.

'What's happening?' Dyon asked the hamster twins.

'It seems to have decided on a form for itself… This usually doesn't happen until the sprite has m.a.t.u.r.ed for several million years, but this sprite is clearly too young for that. So… This probably means that instead of choosing a form based on its sense of self, it's modeling itself after someone else and imprinting itself as your kin.' Little Yin explained.

'This is actually very rare because sprites are very good at hiding. They're known for being easily influenced at a young age, but they're also just as dangerous. So, even in the rare cases where their hiding spots are found before they m.a.t.u.r.e, even top tier experts usually die before even reaching the step of being able to influence them.'

Dyon nodded. He had to admit that it was unlikely that any other person would have been able to reach the point of influencing this sprite. In fact, he would have died outright if Little Rain hadn't decided that his body was a good vessel.

For one, others wouldn't have even been capable of penetrating into the outer layer of the silver mountain to even realize that there was something interesting on the inside. Secondly, because of this, they would have tried to chip away from the outside, something that would have enraged the sprite into retaliating in full force.

Imagine being attacked by a mountain several miles high. Who could possibly escape such a thing?

As the sprite's chosen features came into full view, Dyon didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The little guy hadn't just chosen to model itself after him, it had become him! Little Rain looked exactly like Dyon had when he was just four or five years old. In fact, this was exactly how Dyon's soul looked right now.