240 Pirates Part 1 (1/2)
Saleen was engulfed by a cloud of fog before he was lifted into the air towards the winged skeleton. The winged skeleton had received a direct strike from the pikoosi, and only its skull was still in one piece.
”You will live.” Saleen took out a gem from the Ring of Gifts. This gem had been segmented and so it was crystal clear. The gem had a translucent green hue, and there seemed to be smoke swirling around its core. If one did not possess adequate mental power, they would be entranced the moment they made eye contact with the gem.
”I know that you are exhausted. Come in and rest.” Saleen raised the gem, and the green smoke within it began swirling furiously, causing the winged skeleton and its broken bone fragments to fly into the gem. Upon taking a second look, a skeleton with two pairs of wings could vaguely be seen within that green smoke. The green smoke was tirelessly treating the injuries on the skeleton.
”The green spirit!” Even though Lex knew that Saleen had many gems in his possession, she still felt a little astounded.
The green spirit was a gem used for sealing. To mages who were well versed in summoning creatures, its value exceeded that of the ice island rock. The ice island rock was merely low in production, but it could still be purchased from the market. On the other hand, the green spirit was not a natural gem, or one could simply say that the Myers Mainland did not directly produce gems like this.
The green spirit was a variant derived from the gems brought along by extremely powerful people when they had traversed the planes. The green spirit contained the ability to seal contract creatures. Those contract creatures sealed within the green spirit would undergo a healing process.
If that was solely the case, then the green spirit was not very precious, because obsidian could also be used to seal contract creatures. However, be it obsidian or any other kind of gems, the progress of the sealed contract creature would be halted. On the contrary, the green spirit still allowed the sealed contract creature to undergo amazing transformations.
As Saleen looked at the winged skeleton which was sealed within the green spirit, he could feel the emotions it was experiencing. Weariness, sadness, helplessness, and fatigue. Such complicated emotions were in abundance, and were more than what Nailisi was experiencing.
Daniel was simply engrossed with his new contract creature, and did not even notice Saleen’s actions. Saleen put away the green spirit and said to Lex, ”After some time when the winged skeleton’s injuries have recovered, I will have one more grade-6 helper. What do you think?”
”It’s a little… wasteful.” Lex shook her head. The winged skeleton might have been a grade-6 creature, but there were other stronger magic beasts in the interdimensional space which Saleen could choose from. Now that this green spirit had been utilized, it would not be possible for it to seal other creatures anymore.
”I like this fellow. I believe any other mage would like them as well.” In the depths of his soul, Saleen could feel that the winged skeleton had gone into a deep slumber, and there was no more response from it.
”Sooner or later, Daniel will regret his decision.” Lex looked into the distance. Daniel was desperately trying to communicate with the pikoosi since he wanted to subdue this death creature using a more peaceful method. The power of the death magic in the pikoosi’s six horns had been fully exhausted, so it could no longer break free from the seal using its physical strength alone.
The sealing magic array was not a gem. Such a seal would continuously weaken the pikoosi’s power. If the pikoosi could not escape, its powers would eventually decrease until it reached the grade it had been at when it was first summoned, then the seal might lose its effectiveness or the pikoosi might return to the death dimension.
”It’s useless even if he regrets it. It was his own choice.” Saleen was also observing the interaction between Daniel and the pikoosi in the distance. This death creature obviously had a bad temperament, or else it would not have been called ”trample”.
”Saleen… do you have any more green spirit?”
”Do you want it?”
”No, I will suggest that you create a water puppet and give it life, so that it can be sealed within the green spirit and make progress.” Lex was, of course, not eyeing Saleen’s green spirit. If she was able to study the world created by Raphael, then that would already be much more worthwhile than working with any sealing gems.
”I think I want to refine the current cutter. Any type of puppetry is actually scattering a mage’s power. It may look strong, but it actually affects the advancement of a mage. I have made a bet with Daniel. If his grade surpasses mine, then I will lose him as a follower.”
”Aye, it’s up to you.” Lex was helpless against Saleen’s persistence. There might have been just one shenhe left on the Myers Mainland, and yet Saleen was going use to it on a level-4 spell. One could say that Saleen was down to earth, or that he was simply prodigal. After all, if a water puppet was produced, it would be equivalent to doubling Saleen’s attack frequency.
As for the current cutter? Lex was not very optimistic about such solo attack spells which could rival Fire Magic in terms of offensive power. The current cutter’s speed was still slightly slower, and the attack range was not far enough.
Saleen did not care what others might have thought. In his heart, he had already decided that he would produce a piece of equipment that had never been seen before on the Myers Mainland.
”Lex, will Daniel be okay?” Saleen asked worriedly when he noticed that Daniel had not subdued the pikoosi.
”Don’t worry. I have snuffed the pikoosi’s magic power. It doesn’t have the ability to resist too much anymore.”
”That’s good. I’m going to refine the shenhe, and as for the matter of Daniel, I’m already going to have to trouble you.” As Saleen spoke, he looked up into the moonlit sky and felt a little lonely.
Back at the magic tower, Saleen led Sika and Nailisi straight to the sixth story. He instructed Nailisi to guard the stairway, and told Sika, ”I’m going to produce a piece of equipment. I don’t know how long it will take, but since its safe now, you…”