Chapter 224: An Uninvited Companion (1/2)
Burapha carried various items on his back as he followed Sila and Bluebird The air beca sensation entered his thick coat like the last time he had traveled to the north before His sweat started freezing,hi fro in a pond that was just above freezing point
Bluebird and Sila came to a stop in front of an open area that only had an ancient stone archway Burapha had gone beyond this area the last ti to the north The ancient arched entrance was like a land travelers that they were about to enter the vast snow region in front of them
“Why did you two stop?” asked Burapha He took a heat stick out frolow, then tossed it inside his coat With it, he felt slightly warmer
Sila turned to Burapha and shook his head “I don't know Bluebird just told me to stop”
Both of the the time via his systemThen, Bluebird turned and started to speak
“When I run past the arched entrance, you till have to run after ot a proper look at the arched entrance He exclaimed, “Eh? This is?”
He took a detour around the entrance, looking at it froles Burapha was curious, so he did the sae about it
“Sila, did you notice?” asked Bluebird
Sila nodded “I'h the entrance is strange Like, there is a crystal cave behind it, though it is very blurry”
Burapha, on the other hand, could only say, “I can't see anything, Big Brother There is only snow”
“That's remarkable for you to see it that clearly I bet you have soh illusions,” Bluebird replied to Sila
“Oh, right I do have one like that It's a racial skill—Moon Reflecting Mirror” Sila nodded
He al Mirror had such a passive ability Fortunately, after his talk with Dark Self, he started paying more attention to what he had, especially to his slime-race skills which were enhanced by Monster Heir In fact, it h illusion, since it ieration to say that most illusions wouldn't work on Sila anymore if he knehere to look
“To have this kind of ability, the slime race is awesome Compared to me, my merpeople race is not well-versed in combat My racial skills are also mostly related to water”
“What about the ulti as a merperson,” asked Bluebird
“I don't even know the na told me I still lack the qualifications to use it”
Sila encouraged Burapha “Usually, to obtain good skills, we have to finish some quests to unlock their true potential Take my slime-race skills for exa However, after I passed the Way of Slime's ordeal, they are all excellent skills”
Burapha felt slightly morefor, Big Brother? What is the illusion about?”
Bluebird kept watching his systemas he answered Burapha's question “It's a shortcut to Belacia City Instead of having to spend five days traversing the vast snowfield, we can arrive at the Winter Forest in one day if we go through the cave”
“Eh? Isn't that super convenient?! I spent a week just to reach the snowfield last ti
“Did you askfor information from Swan Geez, you still have no idea that most secrets in Monster Soul were discovered by me, Sir Bluebird Swan is just an adeneral information Well, she is more well-known than me because of that”
For the record, Bluebird had discovered this secret route long ago when he was searching for inforion However, Yardpirun believed that a secret is only valuable when it is still a secret Belacia City was a difficult city to conquer If this infornificantly easier to raid Thus, she ordered Bluebird to keep this to himself
“When can we enter?” asked Sila
“We will have to wait until the exact ht it opened at random intervals However, when I researched it, I found that there is a pattern I will test my theory today”
“When will the door open, then?” asked Burapha, to which Bluebird checked the tiain
“Based on my calculations, it will open in five, four, three, two, one, zero!!” Bluebird pointed his finger at the entrance
Unfortunately for Bluebird, nothing happened
“Nothing happened,” said Burapha, breaking the aard silence
“That's weird” Bluebird was talking when the entrance started shi+ning faintly The scene behind the entrance transformed into the interior of a cave with crystals embedded in the walls, like Sila had described
“See?!! Hurry up! I don't kno long it will stay open for Sometimes it stayed for only a few seconds and sometimes it lasted for a few h the entrance, Sila and Burapha close behind
Once they were inside, Sila looked back and saw that the gate was still open Bluebird let out a sigh of relief and headed into the cave
The interior of the cave was extre caravan to coh Burapha ad crystals
“What a beautiful cave What are these crystals? The way they glow is pretty”
“Soul Crystals,” Bluebird said nonchalantly, to which Burapha opened his eyes wide
“Soul Crystals?!! You mean the super rare item that can elevate the rank of weapons h the cave Bluebird had to block his ears
“You don't have to shout Yes, they are those Soul Crystals”
Burapha rubbed one of the crystals “Why aren't you excited? Don't you kno rare they are?”
“No matter how rare they are, they are useless without Orichalcum In addition, you can't take them with you no matter how much you desire them You can only admire their appearance”
“Why is that? What if we break some off to take with us?” Burapha placed his backpack down and started searching He wondered if he had prepared a pickaxe with hi tool Sila, try taking one of the the beauty of the pale blue crystals, each with a soul residing inside Hearing Bluebird, he approached the side of the cave The souls in the nearby crystals shook and elow as the Mechanical Evil God's Protection, the armor rabbed onto one of the crystals, and reot one,” Burapha said delightfully
Bluebird shook his head “Just wait and see”
As soon as Bluebird finished speaking, the soul residing in the crystal Sila was holding left the crystal and flew into another one on the wall The crystal in Sila's hand became an ordinary stone