78 A Mutual Agreemen (1/2)
The earth elemental turned towards him and said ”What are you talking about? It was my own choice.. Human's life is too short to take upon themselves other people's mistakes.”
”What are you going to do now? You know you can't stay here anymore, right?.. Each of the powers will find a reason to hunt you down.” Said Daniel to the earth elemental.
The earth elemental turned his head around, almost as if taking a last look at his childhood home. He then said ”I will find a way to leave with my children.. It won't be easy.. We are not capable of hiding in plain sight like you do..”
Daniel was shocked for a moment. ”How did you find out?” Asked Daniel while smiling subtly.
”Human.. you can fool those cultivators with such a cheap level of comprehension of earth essence.. But not me.” Responded the earth elemental with a matter-of-fact tone.
It was at this moment that Ligart approached the two from behind, and asked ”Who says you can't hide in plain sight?” He then looked at Daniel and said. ”You've seen Daniel's ability in spatial essence.. It is thanks to him that we can carry our base wherever we go.”
”I am not familiar with human's uses of spatial essence..” Said the earth elemental.
Daniel looked at Ligart, and once again felt grateful about the guy's gifts of spontaneity and straightforwardness. He then turned back towards the earth elemental and asked ”Would you mind if I showed you?”
The earth elemental waved his hand slowly and said, ”By all me-” but before he could finish, he found himself within Daniel's pocket dimension. The space had been morphed according to Daniel's comprehension of space, so now, the area of the pocket dimension was thousands of meters wide.
The only essence that the elemental was capable of feeling, was wind essence.
The meter long stone snake uncoiled from around the human-like elemental's leg, and after landing on the floor, it tried to slither above the smooth surface made out of spatial essence. Unfortunately, its snake-like shape prevented him from moving above smooth surfaces.
The human-like elemental looked at him and said ”Stop playing around boy..”
After hearing his father's reprimand, the snake-like elemental morphed into a kid the size of a four years old boy, which after walking around for a bit, turned towards his father and said ”I don't like this place.. I can't feel the earth..”
”Of course you can't.. We are not home anymore.” Said the earth elemental in a comforting tone. ”I trust you, human.. And I agree that there is enough space for me and my sons to make a temporary dwelling here.. But the complete lack of earth essence is.. We are not fit to live in this place.”
After a minute of consideration, Daniel took an earth treasure out of his spatial ring and said ”You are made out of earth essence.. Your very existence is comprehension of earth essence.” He then paused for a moment, and showed the low level level earth treasure to the two earth elementals, which after feeling the faint earth essence within, started to feel a little more comfortable. He then continued ”Help me comprehend earth essence, and I'll be able to make a home for you here.”
The adult-like earth cultivator laughed as if he had just heard the funniest thing in the world. He then said ”That's ridiculous. Comprehending earth essence would take you decades! We can't wait that long.”
”You are underestimating my talent..” Said Daniel while making the lightning sphere appear in his hand, and the wind sphere fly from high up in the sky, all the way over his head. ”I can make a habitat identical to the one you've lived in.. right now.”
On the adult-like earth elemental's rocky face, what one would describe as a grin appeared. He then said ”Very well.. I'll give you three days. But there is someplace else we need to go first.. Mind taking us out?”
Daniel indicated the one way spatial gate right in front of the castle's entrance, and said ”You can leave whenever you want from there.” He then walked into the spatial gate, and appeared at the edge of the ravine.
The next moment, the father and son duo appeared as well.
”Follow me.” Said the earth elemental while turning back into a giant golem form, and walking north.
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Legion's headquarters. Chairman's office.
A middle aged woman in blood red clothes was sitting behind a desk. Her pitch black hair were neatly kept in a single ponytail that reached all the way down her lower back. Her feature were attractive, but her face was decorated with what looked like three small battle scars. She also wore an elegant blood red eyepatch, that she used to cover the eye she had lost years back in combat.
Her expression was cold, and gave others the impression that there was no ruthless actions she wouldn't be capable of.
She was currently looking at two files put side by side above her desk. These two files, were the evaluations of Daniel and Jerigh.
”Which city were they tested in?” Asked the middle aged woman.
”Drester.. Both examiners are trusted and experienced.” Responded a man in red leather armor which sat on a chair right in front of the desk. ”They showed up together at the recruitment building. They then ignored the groups listed as recommended, and entered a newly formed group called 'The Aimless Adventurer'..”
”Tell me about the mission that was assigned to them.” Said the middle aged woman with a demanding tone.
”Their objective is to reach the forest of the towering rocks, investigate the disappearances and homicides, and if possible, to eliminate the culprit. The mission isn't a legion exclusive, but a shared one. The empire requested that each power put a limit of groups to assign the mission to. The limit has been agreed to be set at a maximum of twenty parties per power by the 'Syndicate of the Equal Opportunities'.” The man in red armor finished describing the mission without missing any detail.
”What kingdom is this?.. Karalis? I've never heard of it before.” Asked the woman with a confused tone.