876 Pest Part 1 (1/2)
Gloria returned to the elemental badge and Saleen took a look at Nailisi's shoes. She smiled and said, ”Master no. You should give these to Sister Sika.”
”Humph, no need. I'm thinking that if all ancient humans wore such clothing, then there is no need for us to search for any equipment for the time-being.”
”Master, do you think we can enter the core of the city?”
”A little difficult.” Saleen was frank in his assessment and said, ”The exterior is filled with ordinary soldiers that are grade-9 creatures and a grade-10 leader. There will be even more danger as we go deeper into the Imperial City of the Abyss.”
”Then let's forget about finding those items. Master, you are only a grade-8 sorcerer. You are still considered weak.” Nailisi was blunt with her words. Saleen patted her face, then sat down and began to meditate.
Saleen's rules of meditation were passed down from Jason and his magic chords were able to restore very quickly. After an hour, Saleen managed to use the elemental badge to train his mental strength before replenishing it with divine crystal.
Nailisi searched through all three levels of the tower but did not find anything. She was not disappointed, after all she did not expect many things to be left behind in such a dilapidated city. The box that contained shoes was thrown into the Twelve Notes of Purgatory by Nailisi so that it could be used to repair equipment.
Not only was the Twelve Notes of Purgatory taking in all sorts of materials, it was also producing large amounts of rubbish every day. Not all materials could be used to restore the Twelve Notes of Purgatory so those that were not needed would be thrown out again. After the box was thrown into the Twelve Notes of Purgatory, it was quickly dismantled and absorbed. Other than some decayed metal on its surface, nothing else was thrown out.
Outside of the crystal tower, the water puppet opened the door and dashed in while shouting, ”My Lord, something is coming!”
The huge door behind him closed automatically and not even a single droplet of seawater entered the tower. Only an extremely intelligent magic design would be able to prevent seawater from entering a space in a water-element dimension.
Saleen turned around and went up to the third level. This crystal tower was completely unscathed. Saleen stood at the window and looked into the distance. His location was two-hundred yards high and he was higher than all the surrounding buildings. When Saleen looked out the window, he saw tens of thousands of black shadows heading towards their direction on the streets of the city.
Saleen opened his elemental eyes and finally saw what the black shadows were. They were a group of things that seemed to have fused with dirt and dust and their appearance was like magic beasts that had curved skeletal thorns all over their bodies.
”What is this?” Saleen observed carefully and realized that the monsters came from several directions but were all gathering at the crystal tower. His memories contained plenty of information on strange and mysterious creatures, but he knew nothing about those monsters.
”Gloria…” Saleen weakly summoned the Blue Ice Maiden leader and used magic to create an image before asking, ”What is that?”
”Master, that is… a pest.”
”Pest?”
”Yes, countless battles have been fought in the Imperial City of the Abyss and too many lives have been lost here. It was impossible for the mages to clean up all the soul shards, so these items can fuse together and turn into magic beasts of all shapes and forms. I think I participated in pest-control activities long ago.”
”What was it like?”
”I was only an auxiliary soldier back then. My job was to use Sword of Water Element to break down the pests' soul shards even further.”
”Are they dangerous?”
”Not really. They only feed on flesh and blood and will not attack elemental creatures.” Gloria was obviously speaking from her own perspective.
”Will the pests pose any danger to me?”
”Only some of them. Master's soul-bonded creature can use its long lance to pierce them to death one by one. It may be troublesome, but it won't be difficult,” Gloria replied nonchalantly.
”What about your subordinates?” Saleen had no choice but to press on.
”The Blue Ice Maidens? Vermillion Knights will be most suitable since fire elements can kill these pests very quickly. The Angel of Brightness would be a good option too since light elements are also very effective in destroying souls. Of course, the best is still the Midnight Fang. Dark-element creatures can turn these pests into tonic.” Gloria kept going on, but Saleen finally understood that the water-element badge and the ground-element badge would not be as effective as Nailisi's long lance when it came to dealing with the pests.