1167 Mystical Third Eye Part 1 (2/2)

However, Qin had no intention of giving up, as Saleen had been crafting a set of magic equipment specifically for archers, and to be used specifically in tandem with the skill.

Saleen was not simply blabbering away. He came across a lot of information about ancient times in Gaine's astrology tower. Most of it had long been lost in Myers Mainland.

There had been several books mentioning that humanoid creatures were the fewest in many planes, but they were also the most powerful. There had been a race of humans who were born with three eyes and possessed powerful combat capacity.

Humans had researched the three-eyed race's abilities, and it was said that there had been humans who succeeded in opening the mystical third eye, gaining special powers in the process.

Many training methods were recorded, but Saleen dared not let Qin try them out immediately. Saleen had refined and modified them before passing them on to Qin, refraining from telling the archer that he would be able to obtain a third eye, but guaranteeing enhancement of his ability to target enemies.

The skill incorporated attributes of the six eyes of the silverline golden spearfish's spike. Some methods of manipulating the required energies had been calculated by Saleen using Figaro's Formula, which was incorporated in the new skill.

Having the Elemental Eye meant Saleen was able to keep a close eye on Qin's progress and if he found something out of place, he could halt it.

Saleen even modified the arrow aura's manipulation methods while he was teaching Qin, and the archer was willing to experiment on the imparted skill as a guinea pig.

Saleen determined the final form of the weapon he was to craft for Qin when he no longer found anything dangerous happening to Qin's body.

The weapon was a longbow, the limb sourced from two broken bows from the ancient battlefield. Saleen used the horn of the single-horned white whale to fuse the two, and an Eye of Rules from the silverline golden spearfish infused on the bow.

The evil-looking eye brought a terrifying lock-on ability when it was still on the body of the fish itself. Saleen was unable to get a hold of a set of six eyes, but he deemed one eye sufficient, as the main ability of the bow was to lock onto a target instantly.

Qin's skill allowed him to lock onto enemies and a piece of equipment bolstering such abilities would be more than enough. The weapon would serve him well until he reached level 13.

If Qin mastered the power of the third eye, he would be able to use powers above his level with the help of the bow.

The third eye not only enabled its user to lock onto their targets, but was also capable of extraordinary feats such as predicting the target's movement, possible course of actions, and so on.

The skill was similar to prophecy spells or astrology. If an archer possessed the abilities, there was no target that they would not be able to hit.

Saleen had a lot to gain from crafting equipment for his followers. He developed unnerving understanding of all types of professions and a keen sense of attacks any professional could pull off. The familiarity served to enhance Saleen's survivability considerably on a battlefield. Saleen no longer feared any archer's attacks, as no archer was capable of feats as extraordinary as Eleanor's.

Saleen feared assassins the most. He had no high level assassins in his ranks and had not been able to develop any specific way of dealing with them, which meant his only means to deal with them was the hard way: eliminating any he encountered by direct, violent means.

If he understood most attacks assassins employed, he would not be so frustrated. He wanted to head back to Metatrin City just to check on Bain, who was recuperating. Saleen wanted to learn the secrets of assassins from the veteran.

While the longbow was built on very good ideas, Saleen was not satisfied with the materials, treating it as a transitional weapon as he presented it to Qin.

With Qin and Eleanor by his side, Saleen believed that there would be few to no blind spots that his enemies could exploit within several miles when both of them had advanced to level ten.

A level ten archer was able to shoot through any kind of armor from any angle, even magic metal armors on the front of magic chariots would not be able to withstand the force of a common arrow shot by a level ten archer.

There was no way Saleen would allow his followers to use common arrows. While the ones that he made for Qin were inferior to the lightning arrows crafted for Eleanor, they would still be stronger than anything alchemists on the mainland crafted for archers.

Due to material being difficult to come by, the arrowheads that Saleen used were from rusted metals found on the ancient battlefield. The arrowheads were hollow and filled with dirt stained by the blood of the ancient people. The dirt had fossilized and shined with an azure sheen.

The azure pieces of stone were magically melded with the hollow magic arrows. Saleen incorporated gravity magic patterns from the earth magic that he stole through Water Flame Alchemy.

The gravity magic patterns enabled Qin to control the arrows using his mental powers when he opened his third eye. In theory, the arrows could fly indefinitely.

With the right materials and the right amount of power, the azure arrows would be able to keep flying, using the power of the earth, until the arrows disintegrated.

If the arrows were shot into the air, they would be able to fly through the clouds and reach the stars. The arrows could still continue flying when used in conjunction with the power of the stars.

Qin was impressed by Saleen's ideas. He trained hard in hopes that he would be able to perform such skills soon.

If the azure arrows were completed, it would enable him to shoot his arrows at any distance he required. If he shot for the stars, then the arrows would keep flying until they reached the stars.