394 Returning Home Early Part 2 (1/2)
Saleen was contemplating if he should return to check on the city. If the city base was okay, he would be a joke as he believed in divination even though he was a mage.
The most fundamental problem was, concern brought about chaos. It was impossible for Saleen to ignore the danger of his lair. Even if there was only one percent of the possibility, he would pay a hundred percent attention to it.
The Oceanic Ice Block was far away from the city base and the ship was moving. Due to the factor of location coordinates, the sound transmission magic array could not be put to use. The expense of the sound transmission magic array was not minor, but it was more economical compared to magic array that transferred material.
Then, Saleen said, ”We don't need a long time to go back. After the Pan's Turtle alchemical boat leaves here, it can travel at high speed. At about two thousand miles everyday we only need two weeks max to rush back. It's almost February, I reckon we would reach home at the end of March.”
”Mm, I'll obey you.” Sika was worried too as there were a few thousand Caucasus people living in the city and the Caucasus people followed her to Saleen's city to look for a new homeland. Holy See created a foul atmosphere in the Caucasus Region and the limited priests were seeking a way out for the village.
”Banchajanna!” Saleen shouted as he walked out of his cabin.
”Mage Saleen?” Banchajanna was still mending his body and he quivered in his heart when he heard Saleen's unfriendly tone. ”Is there something wrong with the mask? Master seemed to be fine when he wore the mask back then, nothing seemed to happen. Master's capability seemed to be stronger then Saleen, the mage. Even if master was fighting against Gods, he had the capability to fight, but Saleen…”
Banchajanna then realized what went wrong. Due to soul bond, he revered Saleen as his master, but such awe made him overlook Saleen's that power was still too weak.
The mask was stolen by Banchajanna from Shanglan. After he got the mask, only then did he realized that it was useless to spirits of the dead. He of course dared not return it to Shanglan and kept it in secret. Shanglan did not use the mask much and only Banchajanna knew about this while the other two Kings had no idea. Judikaka and Diyabannersa would have broken Banchajanna into pieces otherwise.
”You stole master's item, are you crazy?”
The three Kings were afraid of Shanglan. What Banchajanna did was seen in Shanglan's eyes, but the mask was something that he would be well with or without it. The three Kings were nurtured by him personally, so there were feelings for them. Banchajanna always turned everything topsy-turvy and Shanglan was well aware of it, so he would not punish him for that.
Banchajanna did not know, so he had been keeping the mask as he dared not take it out. That was until when he needed the bones in Saleen's hands, he was driven and pushed by evil to take out the mask to trade. From what he had seen, the master's item was of course extremely precious. To exchange it with Saleen's high level magic beast bones, was definitely not deceiving Saleen.
”Do you know that the mask nearly killed me?” Saleen said, but he did not take out the mask from his demonic ring.
”How is it possible?” Banchajanna replied with grievance, ”That item, I wasn't willing to show it the other two bastards. Mister Saleen, you are controlling my freedom. Although I am angry, I am not stupid. If I were to kill you, there would not be a good ending for me.”
Banchajanna looked like a normal spirit of the dead then. He analyzed clearly and logically.
”How would I know if you intend to harm me? I think, it would be safer if I turned you into a puppet completely.” Saleen did not act enraged, but Banchajanna knew that when a mage was angry, it was not necessary for them to show it. In actual fact, when a mage was getting ready to strike, he was at the calmest state. Only at that state, the magic would be able to organized accurately and bring about the biggest damage.
Banchajanna knew that Saleen might take action then. He changed the way he addressed Saleen. He used to call him 'Mage Saleen' and then he called him 'Mister Saleen'.
”Master, the mask belonged to my previous owner.” Banchajanna accidentally exposed the secret so he continued the story. ”I forgot that the difference between you and my master is vast. I wore the mask before, but there was no effect and I didn't know what effect it held against humans. I just thought my master's item must be very precious.”
”Master?” Saleen looked calm but his heart was stirred up with emotion. ”The three bastards had a master?”
Although the lives of the three Kings were controlled by Aini and himself, the three bastards were not willing to call them master. Even when Aini and himself showed them their intention to have the three of them refer to them as master, the three Kings insisted to maintain their dignity. Looking at Banchajanna talking about his master, he looked as though he worshiped his master.
Saleen knew how to read the facial expressions of the spirits of the dead then, including the frequency of the soul flame when they were talking. ”Banchajanna was not faking it, where does his master come from?”
”Bullshit, if you had master, why couldn't I feel it when I signed a soul bond with you?” Saleen questioned him.
”Mister Saleen, my master was missing for almost ten thousand years. He might have died or became a god.”
”Became a god?”
”Of course, with master's ability, it isn't weird if he were to become a god.”
Saleen calculated quickly in his mind, his extremely strong calculation ability allowed him to find an inkling. He smiled coldly and said, ”The three of you came to the Myers Mainland to look for clues about your master.”