544 A grade-5 expert Part 1 (1/2)
As that mountain peak came into closer view, Lex and the rest cast the Windspeed Skill. They still walked for a total of ten hours before reaching the foot of the mountain. At this point in time, the mountain peak no longer appeared to be hundreds of yards tall, it was thousands of yards in height. Half of the peak penetrated the clouds, it stretched for hundreds of miles. The temple atop could no longer be seen clearly.
”Good technique!” Saleen exclaimed. This was actually a genuine colossal world formed by making use of a narrow space. The journey seemed to only require about an hour, but it actually consumed ten times the duration. The real height of the peak could only be determined when one got close to it. One could surveil the temple from afar, but they could not do so at close range.
With such a method of space management, long range spells, trebuchets, magic cannons, or magic crystal cannons would also lose their efficacy. One could not even aim properly. All sense of distance had become illusory, even if magic props were used for measurement, there would be a great deviation too.
The elements in this space were extremely concentrated, it was quite easy to use the magic chords to deploy them. The elements were also arranged in an orderly fashion, it was not chaotic at all. Saleen exclaimed that the goddess' techniques were sophisticated though. This space was not created by some magic array, instead, the goddess had made a completely new rule here.
Even though the journey was undisturbed, Lex still ordered everyone to set up camp at the foot of the mountain, they would rest one night before ascending the mountain. There did not seem to be any danger inside or outside the temple. The temple on the peak seemed to be the place where the goddess had conserved the seeds of the divine trees. If there were any protective magic arrays, or runic arrays from the realm of gods, then a certain magnitude of power would be required to overcome them other than relying on Saleen to communicate via his divine power.
A mythical beast had a life of ten-thousand years. It had been so many years since the goddess had fallen, so all the mythical beasts should be dead by now. Lex did not understand how that mythical beast standing on Saleen's shoulder survived.
Saleen was not tired, he sat under the peak and looked up. The peak was green and lush, emanating a very intense scent of life, but there were no powerful magic beasts around. Saleen's Icy Sight could observe two or three miles into the distance. At this distance, there was no other danger other than some insects and weak animals.
Tourmaline laid on Saleen's shoulder, in disapproval at the humans' vigilance. Everything in the temple was gone. Other than itself, there were no other mighty forms of life in this space anymore. ”These humans are really cowardly, they should just go up and retrieve the seeds of the divine trees, there is no need to beat about the bush. Mother has asked me to protect the seeds of the divine trees, it's not that I never did my best, just let them take them. I shall follow this mage and see what they are going to do with the seeds.”
Jessica hatched the mythical beast forcefully, causing Tourmaline to think that she was its mother. Mythical beasts did not have the notion of a master. If it was not for the scent of the goddess on Saleen's body, it would have escaped at the first opportunity. It also loved Sika's scent, but it was exceptionally guarded against Nailisi.
In front of Saleen, a ball of water flame levitated in mid-air. The quiver crafted by Eleanor was engulfed in this water flame. This mage called Eleanor possessed archery skills which were more horrifying than her magic. It was just that her archery skills needed relevant equipment in order to unleash their full power. Before meeting Saleen, Eleanor possessed a plethora of abilities, but she could not release her strongest offensive power.
If she was in the elf plane, she would have many ideas to complement her skills by using similar materials. On the Myers mainland, the resources were different from those found on the elf plane.
Saleen observed the arrangement of elements in this space, slowly deducing the method the goddess used to fold spaces. It was impossible for him to replicate such an ability, but it would be extremely beneficial if he could just learn a ten-thousandth of it. If he had learned the skill, the quiver he was refining at the moment would be able to store three-hundred and sixty divinecherry arrows.
This would thus compensate for the inadequacy of the long range attacks of Saleen's team. When a divinecherry arrow was paired with an elvish shortbow, the range would exceed most level-6 spells already. Eleanor also was a grade-5 mage, so all attacks within five-hundred yards would not deplete her mental strength. If a divine crystal the size of a rice grain was mosaicked into the elvish shortbow, the problem of Eleanor's insufficient mental strength could be solved immediately. Within one-thousand yards, she would be able to shoot accurately.
A distance of fifty to five-hundred yards was the area Saleen could control. In this range, be it the magic chords or mental strength, Saleen would have an overwhelming advantage over mages of the same grade as him.
Within fifty yards, Saleen had three people he could deploy, Jola, Su, and Nailisi. At less than fifty yards, the four demons and the demonic spirit would be a good offensive forces; especially Cuisi. Even though Cuisi rarely took any action, Saleen knew that Cuisi's offensive power was definitely stronger than that of Nailisi, it was just that he did not have a space for development like what Nailisi had.
”Saleen, I want a divine crystal.” Sika approached Saleen from behind, coming beside him and then sitting down.
”Hmm?” Saleen was momentarily stunned. The divine crystal extracted from Ismail's brain had been given to Nailisi, while the one obtained from the goddess' statue was to be shared equally with Lex.
Sika laughed, then said, ”I have spoken to Lex. You can cut from the top, I can settle for a piece with standard surface area.”
”That's good.” Saleen was also afraid that Lex might become paranoid, so he did not dare to touch that large divine crystal. Lex had many mages serving her, while Saleen had to take care of the population of mages from Sregl Island. Even though this divine crystal was huge and totally sufficient to be shared by two persons, Saleen did not want to arouse anyone's suspicion.