702 Seven days, seven nights Part 1 (1/2)
”Sir, I am not dumb.” Eleanor pouted and laughed, that was the first time Saleen had seen her laughing like a normal woman.
”So does it mean you agree to it?”
”I will try my best, but what about the equipment?”
”It will be fine without you. In the future, just practice in the temple. I will only look for you regarding the drawings, you don't have to worry about anything else. I hope that you can advance to a grade-7 sorcerer within one and a half years, can you do it?”
”Of course. If I didn't follow the marquis, I would have become a sorcerer long ago.” Eleanor sighed, her powers were drastically reduced because she had borne a child for the marquis. Currently, if she still could not attain grade-7 in such a conducive environment provided by Saleen, then she would have lived the past few hundred years in vain.
”I cannot help you in the aspect of magic. Regarding your archery skills, tell me, what are they?” Saleen set aside his worries, as he began planning to craft some equipment for Eleanor. All this while, he had not thought of the candidates for the mage's platoon. Now that Saleen had decided to let Eleanor do this, he felt a sense of assurance in his intuition.
”The archery of the elves is split into three categories. The first is similar to humans, whereby emphasis is placed on internal training. On the elvish plane, there is a similar skill to the Sword Aura, it is called Combat Aura. The Sword Aura is more potent and accurate, but harder to be cultivated. At the moment, in the aspect of fusing archery with Sword Aura, the best performer is Jola. His skills are very outstanding, even I am less powerful than him. The second type is an inborn skill, some elves do not require any training and they can already wield powerful archery skills. Being royalty, I actually don't have this ability. My special ability has to rely on equipment, or I have to attain grade-9 before being able to unleash my mightiest power.”
Saleen listened intently. If Eleanor was not around to explain, Saleen would not be able to gain any information about the elvish plane. ”From Eleanor's depiction, the power of that plane still isn't as strong as that of the Myers mainland. According to the ancient legends, the elves were very mighty beings. Seems like the elve's power declined as well as the humans.”
”Currently I can only use three kinds of archery skills; Space Arrow, Life Arrow, and Emperor Arrow.”
As Eleanor described her abilities, she acted proudly and finally revealed the demeanor of an expert. A person was only an expert once they were above grade-7, but Eleanor was similar to Saleen, she could long release skills which posed a threat to experts. The confidence and majesty, which were cultivated invisibly, came about intrinsically.
”These three archer skills are the secrets passed down within the elvish imperial family, once they are cultivated to their pinnacle state they can kill gods. The Space Arrow can traverse the planes, the Life Arrow can solidify time, and the Emperor Arrow can squelch a plane. At the end of the day, the skills can alter any rules.”
”At the end of the day, the skills can alter any rules!” Saleen felt as if a window had opened in his heart. He had found a small loophole in the universal rules recently, but Eleanor's words had made this loophole even larger.
”The elf bow which you gave me can unleash these three skills, but the feather arrows are a little…”
Saleen gave Eleanor a total of two bows, the first bow was crafted from divinecherry wood and it could fire the Space Arrow. The second bow was crafted from the branches of the Tree of Taboo. Using a divine tree as the building material, this bow could surely support the ultimate archery skills of the elves. Saleen had injected the Power of Life into it. When this bow released the Life Arrow, it would not have to deplete Eleanor's lifespan.
Indeed, Saleen did not give Eleanor any premium arrows, he was really too busy. He did not know the secrets of these three archery skills, so he could not produce any targeted equipment. Eleanor had been using the normal feather arrows to practice her archery.
”Okay, I will be here crafting new equipment for you. Eleanor, prepare your elvish magic to help me replenish my strength.” Speaking, Saleen cast his water flames.
The Water Flame Alchemy was one of Jason's secret skill. When other people crafted equipment, they had to rely on flames, while Saleen relied on the low temperature water flames. Be it in high temperatures or low temperatures, the basic structure of a substance would be altered.
This time around, Saleen did not hold back. The temperature of the sealed room was lowered instantly, frost even appeared on Eleanor's face. She quickly released a spell, causing a green radiance to be illuminated that slightly raised her surrounding temperature. Saleen's water flames flickered before her. The Snowkill Skill, which was stimulated at the same time as the water flames, was fully controlled by Saleen. It was not released.
The branches from the four divine trees, the Tree of Life, the Tree of Wisdom, the Tree of Element, and the Tree of Taboo were taken out by Saleen and then added into the water flames. These items were added at the same time with the elvish shortbow which was originally crafted for Eleanor.
Even though the four divine trees had withered, they were not carrying any other impurities. Saleen only made them undergo continuous compression and refinement, using his powerful mental strength to produce a bow whose shape was conceived in his mind.
This was the godly crafting skill circulating among the sorcerers, it was very stressful on one's mental strength.
Eleanor did not dare act slowly, she blessed Saleen with many elvish spells. She replenished the consumed mental strength, so Saleen's mental strength was almost always at full capacity.
Saleen had given it his all this time around. Clearly, Eleanor's archery skills would not be able to achieve a breakthrough in the foreseeable future, so Saleen could only improve her equipment. Her archery could paralyze the enemy. Even though the enemy could not be killed or injured that way, it would give Saleen a chance to use his badge. Saleen's badge was his strongest attack and even though half a year was needed to attain a full recharge, the offensive power was amazing enough to make people look forward to it.
A grade-9 Golden Grand Swordmaster was disintegrated instantly by the badge's attack. Without this badge, Saleen would have died long ago.
The branches of the divine trees were refined into thin strands as they were assembled into a longbow using the structure of three-dimensional magic patterns. The chord of this longbow was made from strands extracted from the bark. A normal bow chord had about the same thickness as a gold coin, but Saleen had made six-hundred and forty strands and wove them together.