861 Being Powerful is a Sin Part 1 (1/2)

”Yes, the thing is caught. How are your wounds, Nailisi?”, Saleen remembered the time when the lightning dragon almost ended up killing Nailisi with just one attack. The blood spilt from that one attack probably amounted to several jin.

”Master, it hurts...,” Nailisi uttered some words before finding herself to be in her spirit form. A three yard tall three-faced bone demon really had no place playing the coquette.

The winged skeleton gave a few dry laughs looking at the scene, and Nailisi continued glumly, ”That thing has weird attacks. It looks like it will take me no less than half a month to return to normal.”

”Half a month!”, Saleen felt worried, yet happy at the same time. He was worried that she would have permanent, irreparable damage. If Nailisi was pierced by normal weapons, her wounds would have closed completely the next day. She then would have recovered in just three days with magical assistance.

”She will actually need half a month to recover from the stab wound caused by the silverline golden spearfish. So it seems that recovering her imp form's full combat capacity will require about three to four months then.”

Saleen was happy that he had caught the silverline golden spearfish. No matter how powerful one such beast was, it would not have been able to survive being out of the water for one whole day. The water element within the purgatory of darkness was sucked dry, and the beast did not seem to be one capable of creating water to enable itself to breathe.

Of course, the one who did the most crucial work in capturing the fish was no other than Nicholas. The old man was only able to successfully cast his prophecy magic for a split second without a glitch after burning souls and giving life energy, forcefully putting the fish in suspended animation and preventing it from attacking.

Without the momentary pause, Saleen's Eye of Lightning would not have been able to work at its fullest, and there would not have been any guarantee of it hitting the fish. The silverline golden spearfish might have been able to fend off lightning powers with its attack.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

The picture of the eight yard long spike coming right for him flashed through his mind and it sent shivers down his spine. He was no demon. If his body was targeted and pierced by the spike, he might have ended up being torn in two.

As such, Saleen made the decision to share some of the Goddess of Myers' power of life to Nicholas. The bones of his hand had completely deified, and the lost power of life was being gradually replenished instead of disappearing completely. His left hand was also the key to his use of the Crystal Finger. Grade-8 mages had yet to be able to use such powerful skills of Raphael's without concern. Once cast, his arm would disintegrated, and the rest of his body might follow suit as well.

Only after surpassing grade-9 would Saleen been able to use the skill without worries. His God's Left Hand was something capable of withstanding the Crystal Finger's recoil, and even repairing itself.

That was something he could do only after leaving the oceanic ice block. What Saleen needed to do at that moment was to keep himself at top fighting shape. His Crystal Finger and family badge became trump cards to that particular hunt.

The water puppet remained silent. Nailisi showed everyone around her what true courage was with her actions. ”If it was up to me, would I have simply abandoned Saleen and run away when facing such strong foes? Maybe not, but I might not have had the courage to stand right front of him to protect him.” The thoughts had the water puppet feeling very sad. It seemed to it that some part of who it was before died completely. It knew that in the past, it might have even followed through in a manner more thorough than Nailisi. ”No, if I keep being like this, it means that I have just died yet another time. Even if I do become a person, that is not me, but someone else altogether! What can I do, for me to become truly me!?”

The water puppet felt confused and frustrated. It felt the power of life given to it by Saleen and started trembling. Its vision started getting blurry. If it kept on going like that, its consciousness would probably suffer yet another hit. The water puppet knew things were not right with it, and so it simply reduced its form to a collection of water element, making its way to the gourd at Saleen's waist, and then slept.

Saleen felt baffled, but he did not mind. Ever since the water puppet developed its own ego and signed a contract with him, he had no longer been able to directly sense the puppet's thoughts.

”Nailisi, my injuries will probably take another day to heal at most. I will go kill the silverline golden spearfish tomorrow. Soldier, wait here for a day and then we will continue moving on!”, Saleen returned to his quarters after he finished giving orders, and began training patiently.

The drain of his mental powers was immense, so much so that he was not able to complete one meditation session.

The pan's turtle alchemical boat did not park on the ridge, and had instead floated and stuck itself to the bottom of the ice sheet. Snow-white shells collected on the ice's surface in layers. The shells were all low level creatures, but there were times where some special breeds would appear, carrying pearls with them.

Pearls of shell-type magic beasts all possessed unique attributes, which proved to be of great use to mages. The winged skeleton sent spirits to collect the shells. They were able to see which shell contained pearls clearly, under the scrutiny of their Spirit Gaze.

Saleen rested for a day and meditated for a few times. His mental powers had finally been recovered. He checked around for after effects, and called for Eleanor after confirming that there was none to be found. He then entered the purgatory of darkness with her.

Eleanor felt restless within the purgatory, feeling as if she was stripped of her senses. Her own powers allowed her to see no more than a yard in front of her.

”My liege, I was able to see nothing,” Eleanor felt the dark element fill the entire space.

”No need to fret,” Saleen said and cast a grade-7 spell: Sensory Sharing. His Elemental Eye allowed him to see more than one-hundred miles away, which enabled Eleanor to do the same after Sensory Sharing was cast.