Chapter 228 - Heaven And Hell (1/2)

After leaving Madam Cal's place, Laz had a lot of thoughts on his mind pertaining to artifacts, especially the two that he had on him. The pouch, after discovering it's use, was something that he had always taken advantage of and never really put much thought into. It was extremely useful. Besides that, he also had an advantage in that it had never been seen before, so he could get away with doing lots of things with it. For example, if he wanted to steal something, he could make it disappear without leaving so much as a clue.

But it did have limitations. He couldn't put anything living into it. At least, not anything with a complicated internal system. A plant, yes. An animal, no. It wouldn't even go in.

On top of that, there seemed to be a limited amount of space inside of it. He could fit a motorcycle in it, but there was no way he could fit a large truck inside of it. The area inside was basically equal to about a small room. He only knew this from trial and error.

He had done a lot of trial and error on the pouch to see what worked.

In comparison, he hadn't done anything with the sword as far as learning more about it. After he had no choice but to use it that one time and he figured out it was special, he hadn't used it again. That was because after that time, he had always made sure to keep a fire arm on himself as that seemed much more useful. Also, with the restoration of his abilities, Laz no longer had to fear finding himself unarmed.

This was just a normal way of thinking. But after his conversation with Madam Cal, it seemed like he would have to re-adjust his world view. That cane was crazy scary and not something a gun could handle or compare too. Laz also held a bit of fear towards it. He knew that he needed a better understanding of his sword so he was going to head somewhere quiet and do some experimenting. This wasn't something he could do in a house full of people.

What Laz didn't know was that Madam Cal had lied to him about the cane. There was no way in hell that it was that easy to drag someone's soul out of their bodies and slingshot it into another realm. That kind of energy wasn't something Laz possessed, much less Madam Cal who Laz noticed was only at the late condensation realm. Laz had felt a stronger power than hers coming from the shop, but it still wasn't outside of his range to handle. The surprising part was that the power he felt was also at the foundation realm, the same as him. Laz had no idea that it was so easy to get to this realm, forgetting that there was a year lapse in his timeline.

Fortunately, he hadn't lost that time for nothing as his body received tempering that no one else's could come close to. At least not yet.

As far as the cane went, it just created an illusion, one that was crafted by Madam Cal to match her d.e.s.i.r.e. In her case, she made it reflect what she knew the Untamed Lands looked like. How she was able to show Laz's form the way she did had a lot to do with the spirits she communicated with.

Why the deception? She knew very little about Laz and felt a strong sense of fear while being near him. As such, this deception gave her a bit of a security blanket just in case Laz turned against her. It's always better to be safe than sorry.

Of course he had no idea about that.

Interestingly enough, Laz wasn't paying attention to where he was going since he wanted to get lost. As far as finding his way back to the apartment? He could use his spiritual sense to backtrack. But becoming lost had it's own downside.

The big party that would soon grip the city hadn't began yet but that didn't mean that people weren't out and about. Laz spent more time than he had planned at Madam Cal's and it was now early afternoon. He could see various people wondering the street, going about their business. Street vendors were trying to sell their wares while food venders were trying to get people to buy the leftover food from the lunch rush. All and all, it was a picturesque scene.

When Laz had finally come back to himself, he noticed an attractive girl standing in front of him, waiting as though she had asked him a question.

”I'm sorry, what?” Laz asked, having no idea what she said.

The girl simply giggled in response.

”I said, you look a little lost and lonely. Why is such a handsome young man looking so lonely?” Laz was a little puzzled since the girl looked younger than him, but spoke like she was older. At most, she was school aged whereas Laz, now 18, looked like he should be in college.

”All good men are lost. It's the adventure of trying to find their way which makes them men. As far as being lonely? Perhaps? But I have the voices in my head to keep me company.” Obviously Laz was making a joke. He had a feeling that this girl didn't just approach him out of nowhere. And since that was the case, he might as well see where this takes him.

Besides, he got a strange feeling from this girl. It felt like she was ... an infected? But she also wasn't.

Laz was curious.

The girl c.o.c.ked her head to the side before she started laughing. She seemed to understand that he was joking.

”You're pretty cute and clueless, aren't you?” She asked while still smiling.

”Cute? Me? I should warn you right now that I am currently broke. So if you're looking for a sugar daddy, the best I can do is maybe a Splenda daddy.”

Hearing this, the girl just lost it and starting laughing while shaking.

”OH MY GOD... THAT... SPLENDA DADDY???” It took her several minutes before she stopped laughing long enough to stand back up.

”I was just going to invite you to eat with me actually.”