1008 Volume of Silence Part 2 (1/2)

Fycro was immensely frustrated, but there was simply nothing he could do about it. The sorcerer proved a tad more powerful than he was, and he owed his survival to the Volume of Silence itself. With the scroll no longer in his hands, he dared not go after Joey to retrieve it.

Joey's injuries healed quickly within Lex's tower. He was already at the pinnacle of grade-10, and as such, was able to create elemental medicines. They were far more potent in terms of healing capacity than magic liquids. Elemental medicines were something that could only been used by professionals of grade-10 and above though. To humans below grade-10, such medicines were more than 100 times more toxic than most poisons.

In actual fact, such elemental medicines could actually be used as poisons themselves, for killing any creature below grade-9.

Joey's injuries had mostly recovered after ingesting the elemental medicine. He then began to look into the Volume of Silence that he got his hands on.

The Volume of Silence looked like a one yard long book on the outside with a pale green cover, which looked almost transparent. There was only one page after opening the book, which was blank. Joey touched the blank page with his finger, feeling the power housed within.

The violent burst of power he had unleashed using the Seal of Divine Powers was stopped by that very Volume of Silence before him at the moment. Joey felt time like stopped back then, as if all elemental vibrations were halted. The energy stored within the Seal of Divine Powers was not something that even Joey would be able to control, and yet it was blocked, then diverted, by the Volume of Silence.

The godly item was not something that the Lord of Glory crafted himself, and it did not have any divine powers of light in it. ”Can Fycro be considered as being blasphemous to his god by holding onto a godly item like this?”

Joey's fingers were long and graceful, yet the power residing within was something that was capable of directly piercing through magic shields. A grade-10 sorcerer's body had to be strong enough to withstand the recoil brought about by powerful spells, and Joey's current level of power was above even that of grand swordmasters.

Joey felt it extremely taxing to even move his finger about as he touched the blank page. The book had not undergone complete crafting, and Fycro's way of using the book was similar to how Joey had used his Seal of Divine Powers.

Joey attempted to wipe any residual divine power left on the Volume of Silence yet found it difficult to infuse his powers onto the item itself. He put ten points of power into it, yet what remained on the book was merely one point. As such, it made it very difficult for him to unleash the true power of the item.

”Master,” Lex called outside as he was still deep in thought of how to deal with the obstacle before him.

”Come in.”

Lex walked into the room that had originally belonged to her, looking at Joey who fixated on the book and said, ”Master...maybe Saleen could be of help.”

”Saleen?”

”Don't you intend to cross the Stormy Sea? There is something with him that could help you pass freely.”

”And what would that be?” Joey asked plainly, without showing any further interest.

Lex held a piece of crystal and played the images stored within. Within the magical image, a chain was seen floating in the air, with a sharp and pointy spearhead at one end.

”And this is?” Joey's green pupils dilated a bit. He was able to tell that the chain was something of high-level, a weapon infused with the power of rules.

”Something Saleen had taken for himself, called the Lance of Order. It's a godly item.”

Joey thought about it and grinned. ”I'll make an exchange with him. He will have the Volume of Silence, while I'll take the Lance of Order.”

Joey was very clear of the possibility that the Lance of Order was inferior to the Volume of Silence in terms of levels. There was no residue of the gods left within the weapon to deal with, and he would be able to easily make it a true equipment for mages.

That meant that while he had no idea how long it would take him to research the Volume of Silence before he was able to use it, the Lance of Order was something that would work as a grade-13 equipment as soon as he got his hands on it.

In a long term perspective, he would have ended up getting a bad deal. In a short term perspective however, the Lance of Order would prove a better fit for him.

”Lex, what are Saleen's coordinates?” Joey asked simply.

Lex gave him the coordinates to his Magical Element Tower at that moment. Joey went on to draw a teleportation portal on the floor, stuff the book in a stone box, and sent the equipment over.

It was definitely Lex who informed Saleen that he had gotten the Volume of Silence. Joey was not angry however, as it was seen as a fair exchange after all.

The Lance of Order was delivered to him shortly after. Joey took the weapon that Van Gogh had lost and inspected it. The weapon proved to have no troublesome residues to deal with indeed, and it could be made a magic weapon right away.