1180 Everything is up for the Taking Part 2 (1/2)
None of the elemental creatures had any concerns for their own safety. Creatures without souls acted solely on their instincts. The reason Saleen was able to capture them so easily was because there were no special magic patterns found within the creatures' internal structures.
They were still under the ancient humans' control, protecting a place that was devoid of any humans.
The elemental creatures took Saleen for an enemy when Saleen put the badge that Grandmaster gave him and did not bother using the astrologer's key. The creatures would not run even if they knew they were no match with the intruder.
Nailisi opened the purgatory of the fallen and had Saleen stand in the area controlled by the Shackles of the Fallen. The Angel of Brightness broke through the puppets' hold and came before Saleen, but any attacks were shot down by 24 chains of the Shackles of the Fallen.
A level ten Angel of Brightness was capable of a powerful skill: Cleansing Light.
The 'cleansing' part of the spell's name differed entirely from divine spells. Cleansing Light consisted of high temperatures created using light element, which was incapable of being blocked by any skill.
However, the version of Cleansing Light used now was blocked by the Shackles of the Fallen. That Angel of Brightness saw no other choice but to close in on Saleen and attack him using an elemental sword.
Nailisi was elated. The area of effect of the Shackles of the Fallen was extremely limited. If the Angel of Brightness continued attacking from a distance, there was nothing she could do. The 12 Notes of First Purgatory was incapable of moving when opened.
The elemental sword tore through the darkness and was about to hit Saleen, when 24 chains coiled around the Angel of Brightness, trapping it.
Nailisi was incapable of laughing out loud in water. She was only capable of expressing her excitement by whipping the Angel of Brightness after trapping it. She was too a level ten creature, and the feeling of being able to capture a level ten elemental creature using her existing equipment was exhilarating.
”Alright, cut it out, Nailisi.” Saleen began to seal the Angel of Brightness trapped by the Shackles of the Fallen using a scroll. He put up a Water Shield just to allow Nailisi to laugh for a bit, preventing her excitement from being pent up.
The Water Shield encased Nailisi and she only laughed when there was air around.
”Master, any elemental creature we catch around here will work far better than any magic nucleus. A low level elemental creature could work far better than magic nucleus over level ten when thrown into a magic power furnace!”
”What the hell do you know?” Saleen berated Nailisi. ”Teacher would definitely have better ways of absorbing and converting the energy of the elemental creatures. Throwing them into magic power furnaces would destroy them. The most precious part of the elemental creatures lie with the regenerative abilities. Only idiots would use them like magic nuclei.”
”Master, what I meant was that if we threw an elemental creature into the magic power furnace, the burst of power would activate every single attribute of the furnace. They would come in handy in desperate times.”
”You have a point, but any elemental creatures above level nine will begin to develop intelligence, so don't ever do that. It would be fine if you captured some below level eight.”
Mages often dissected magic beasts to extract their magic nuclei. They even dissected one of their own. However, it was done at the lowest requirement. No mage would resort to such brutal measures to deal with intelligent life unless they were enemies.
Being thrown into a magic power furnace would be far more excruciating than being thrown into purgatory through divine punishment to an intelligent lifeform.
Beings devoid of souls would fare better, as they would die more quickly. However, powerful beings with souls would have to suffer for a very long time when thrown into a magic power furnace.
”Yes, master.” Nailisi was happy. She had a piece of equipment that originally had not been able to be completed. Only a devil on the demon plane could craft it.
However, she gained a miniature magic power furnace's schematics and it would allow her wish of getting a devil's equipment to come true.
The problem was that devil's equipment had a costly consumption. Even with a magic power furnace, Nailisi could not simply borrow Saleen's name to take huge amounts of magic nuclei from the warehouses. She had to solve the energy source problem on her own, so the huge amounts of elemental creatures within the city became Nailisi's target.
Saleen's mental powers were exhausted after capturing six level ten Angels of Brightness. All of his targets were level ten creatures and he had been using level 11 scrolls, both of which took a toll on his mental powers.
”Nailisi, go out and catch your elemental creatures. I'm going to craft equipment here with Teacher using them. You have one week. If you're not back after a week, you're on your own.”
”Got it, Master. I go by myself this time.” Nailisi was afraid that Saleen would tell her to take someone else with her, as she did not want to babysit anyone.
While Sul might have been a golden grand swordmaster, in the environment at the bottom at the ocean, she would not concern herself with Sul even if she was still at level nine.
”Get out here already.” Saleen shooed Nailisi away. She put her collection of purgatories away and ventured out to the west side of the city alone. Saleen had headed east the first two times he was there, before heading north.