542 Mythical Beast? Part 1 (1/2)

Ever since Saleen left Ceylon City, nothing had been smooth for him other than discovering the temple. From past experiences, he would surely encounter even more troublesome obstacles, so he kept to himself in the barracks while creating weapon equipment.

Saleen had actually already created a large volume of equipment, but they were mostly semi-finished. Divinecherry wood was an example, he had already refined six divinecherry arrows for Eleanor and also created an entire case of shafts. All that was left would be the final touches.

Aiwa's shield was destroyed, so a new one would need to be made. The use of a magic shield was more important than the armor that a mage wore. Su's weapon would need to be upgraded with even more magic equipment, or his fighting ability would drop drastically.

Unexpectedly, the four demons only needed some minor repairs done to their armor and to change a few accessories. The demonic spirit that had been driven out by the four demons was basically not included in Saleen's fighting forces.

The mages took turns using the Alchemy Binoculars to observe the rivers and mountains that were a long distance away. Throughout these observations, the magic array on the binoculars did not sound off any alarms. This world created by the Goddess was almost too safe and everyone felt paranoid about it.

The purgatory desert had exhausted too much energy from the warriors and mages. Everyone rested for a full day and a half before continuing with their journey again. After slightly more than an hour, Saleen and Lex finally arrived at the river.

The river was approximately half a mile wide and there seemed to be no end to it. Where they were right now seemed to be the narrowest part of the river. A warrior threw a block of wood into the river and it sank.

Boats would not be able to cross the river, so Lex took out a flying puppet. This miniature flying puppet was only one-yard long. Lex threw it out and it began to flap its wings and flew towards the opposite bank. Within less than ten yards, the magic array on the flying puppet began to produce green smoke and disintegrated.

Lex could not help but frown seeing a flying puppet that was worth more than one-thousand gold coins just drop into the river.

Taking out their heavy Alchemy Crossbows once again, the swordmasters began to arm themselves. Heavy Alchemy Crossbows could shoot a distance of one mile with a rope. Across the river was a big tree. By shooting a huge arrow over, a suspension bridge could be created and the swordmasters would be able to move across the two banks freely.

The heavy Alchemy Crossbow was set up and aimed at a big tree on the opposite bank.

Equipment that was six yards wide let out a splitting sound of explosion on the three gigantic golden stands. After some magic modification, the three-yard long arrow created a powerful sonic boom.

The speed of this heavy Alchemy Crossbow exceeded even some magic. The naked eye would not be able to track its path, except to see a pathway. It was half a yard wide, it pierced through the air and could form a hole about one-hundred yards long.

A fish beast suddenly leapt out from the river and bit off the heavy crossbow arrow. The front half of the arrow even dragged the fish beast in the air for a distance before diverging from the original target and eventually dropping into the water.

The mages looked at each other. No one had sensed the presence of such a creature in the river.

Saleen and Lex gave each other a knowing look. They had both figured out the problem. It was not a fish beast, but a phantom. The problem was that this phantom's attacks were real. Fish beasts were extremely powerful creatures, but not to the extent where they could bite off a flying Alchemy Crossbow arrow in mid-air. The distance between the arrow and the surface of the river was about one-yard high. In normal circumstances, the fish beast would have to start leaping even before the arrow had been shot in order to be able to bite onto the target.

Lex held up her Alchemy Binoculars, mounted a piece of high-quality magic nucleus, and opened up the magic array completely. She observed the upstream and downstream for one full minute each and shook her head, saying, ”No bridge.”

A row of people stood in front of the river, feeling helpless that they were blocked by this five-hundred yard wide river.

”Give me a combat puppet.” Saleen pondered for a moment and thought of a solution. This was the Goddess' world and only those that obeyed her rules would be able to enter. Needless to say, the land that they had been traveling on was not part of the Goddess' world. This river was the real boundary.

Lex took out a miniature combat puppet. This puppet was only two-yards tall. Saleen released the water shield in his left hand to envelope the combat puppet entirely before pushing it down into the river.

The gigantic bubble contained the combat puppet and floated towards the opposite bank. Everyone stared at the bubble intently. Five-hundred yards was the limit of Saleen's magic. The bubble depended on inertia to send the combat puppet all the way to the opposite end. The puppet made it to the opposite bank and the puppet burrowed out from the bubble to climb onto land.

With a swoosh, the water temperature system returned without any obstructions.

Saleen's water shield was completely sealed. After infusing the power of life from the Goddess, the combat puppet did not come under any attack while being protected by the bubble. It was now on the opposite bank, patiently waiting for orders.

Lex finally felt relieved. If crossing a river alone required the use of the power of the God's ring, then there was basically little to no hope of everyone leaving this world. Although this place looked peaceful, it was actually much more dangerous than the Hell of god's punishment that Saleen and she entered. The phantom that appeared out of the river was basically equivalent to a grade-7 mage.