894 Secrets of the Abyss Part 1 (2/2)
Humanity's lifespan might have been long, but they were nowhere near that of an elemental creature. Advancements of elemental creatures brought with them frightening increases in lifespan. They be free sooner and later. By then there would be no human capable of subduing them.
Nailisi walked up to Saleen and said, ”Master, I think this fellow is still dreaming. I thought you would die soon yourself and there was no harm just following you around, but from the looks of things, your lifespan will only get longer and longer.”
”Are you complaining, Nailisi?”
”Of course not. I was just happy that the dumb fellow fell for your trick.”
”What do you mean fell for my trick? I will at least try to keep them alive with me. What I was after was the one-hundred and forty-four Vermillion Knights serving them, after all.”
”I was just thinking that since that thing has no love for you, they might feel they had their freedom robbed.”
”Nailisi!”, the winged skeleton stood up from the ground, and almost tripped.
”Oh, bones, cute bones. You have healed!” Nailisi clapped smiling. No one would have been able to sense even a single bit of dissatisfaction from her expression.
”I have indeed healed, and so I needed to ask you: Why did you run separately from master? You stood in front of master and took the angel of fear's attack in his place!”
”Oh...” Nailisi's eyes were wide open. She intended to answer that it was because she thought the angel of fear would have gone after her as she was being slow, but doing so would not have done Saleen any good. She was almost frightened to death herself, yet the angel of fear chased after Saleen, who had ran after her.
”I was wrong. I shall never separate from master again,” Nailisi yielded to Soldier's words, which was a very rare sight. The winged skeleton's words almost brought her to tears. She had made the wrong call back there. She had caused their predicament to take a turn for the worse. If the angel of fear had simply crushed Saleen without paying any heed to her, she would not have been able to save her master. It would have even been possible for her to turn her master into a spirit.
”Alright, Soldier, Nailisi didn't do that on purpose. We will save this for later. Tell me, how are your powers doing now?”
”Power levels are average. My bones are not as sturdy as before. I need to get used to it.”
”Not as sturdy as before?”, Saleen was baffled. The angel of fear was a grade-12 creature. The strength of her bones should have definitely not been poorer than the ones the winged skeleton had before.
”I'll be vulnerable to blunt impacts, not to sharp ones,” the winged skeleton answered concisely. He had no fear taking on blades with his current bone structure, but being hit by blunt weapons might cause dislocation. His bones were, after all, forcefully connected with each other instead of being born as one whole set naturally.
”Your weapon?”
”It's under repairs for the time being, master. If I happen to find suitable materials, I wish to craft a weapon for myself personally.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
Nailisi wanted to say something, but the thought of the Blade of Fear, the long blade she kept for herself inside her bracelet, had her swallowed her words. The Blade of Fear was something on par with her spear. Her spear was one with exceptionally high offensive capabilities. With that in her hand, she would be able to have a sure kill on any opponent of her level.
Then again, it went without saying that the six eyes on the spear were exceptionally draining on mental powers. That was the very reason why Nailisi had crafted the blood soul towers. With an ample amount of souls collected, she would have no more issues wielding the spear at full power.
”Understood. If we are to enter the depths of the Imperial City of the Abyss again, you will have priority over any materials gathered,” Saleen said generously. He still felt that he owed the winged skeleton somewhat. Not just materials, he would have gladly given the winged skeleton his elemental badges if he had so asked. If Soldier had the gall to ask for freedom, he would even have helped with that too.
”Master, Flare is here,” Nailisi was unable to do nothing about the winged skeleton being her master's current favorite. She was only able to cut their conversation off somehow.
The Vermillion Knight walked up to him in the magic tower. They had all one-hundred and forty-four serving them. Saleen opened the teleportation portal and Flare held a vermillion badge in their hand. All one-hundred and forty-four elemental creatures flew right inside the badge. They then walked up to the portal and came before Saleen.
Flare handed the vermillion badge to Saleen and said, ”Master, this is the fire elemental badge. There is only one left around here. I have killed all the other elemental creature leaders around these parts.”
”You are not going in yourself?”
”Not quite yet. I just thought that you would have something to ask me about the imperial city. What I know would definitely be more than any of the elemental creatures you found here,” Flare answered calmly as they put their flame armor back into their body. They were then at the height of around two yards. The stead of them was nowhere to be found.
”This fellow is indeed more powerful than Gloria. Good thing I didn't just kill them off!”