1219 Kill Who? Part 1 (2/2)
”Theoretically, yes. You can try if you're not afraid of damaging the necklace. I'll help you craft it in due time.”
”But, water-type element spirits—”
”They're hard to find. I can do it with a water-type element spirit, as well.”
”How about gods…?” Saleen was speechless at his teacher's level of confidence, and had difficulty understanding it. It seemed that Jason dared to imagine and to try anything and everything, and, furthermore, that he succeeding again and again.
Well, never mind. It'll be quite a while before he advances to level 12, anyway. I'll still have plenty of time to catch a water-type element spirit; I'll probably be able to get one by then.
He had a suitable bait in his hand, after all—a divine persona of a water-element god—and he only needed to know where such beings were.
His magic amplifier could already magnify the power of his spells 24 times over, despite not having a weapon spirit in it. He wondered how powerful his teacher's amplifier would be.
Saleen had been feeling troubled. Theisio had the help of an oracle, and it made him feel powerless. But things had turned out for the better, as his teacher had grown more powerful all of a sudden, and both Theisio and the oracle would not be able to threaten Metatrin City.
However, other than his teacher, there were probably also some among the veteran level-10 professionals who had advanced to level 11, such as Joey and Fycro.
Saleen was particularly concerned about Fycro. He had never expected him to hand the Seal of Divine Power to Theisio. There must have been some kind of trade involved.
Saleen did not feel all that afraid at the moment. Once Sika advanced to level ten, their powers combined would prove more or less capable of taking on Theisio's set of three godly items.
If his family badge was available by then, one of the three godly items would definitely be broken. At the very least, he could take out one of their attributes.
According to the records, the godly items were at their most powerful when all three were used in conjunction. Losing just one had severely affected the Holy See's efforts to propagate itself during the past millennium. It served as a testament to how important it was for all three of them to be together.
After Saleen came to possess the magic amplifier, there was no need for him to break out his family badge all the time as his solution for everything. Thus, he could reserve its powers specifically for breaking the synchronization among the three godly items.
With such secure measures at his disposal, it was no surprise that Saleen no longer feared running into Theisio.
Jason's magic amplifier flew to his hand and transformed into a ring small enough to fit onto his finger. Saleen's magic amplifier did not contain a weapon spirit and, as such, was incapable of such a transformation, which meant that he had to use a slot on the Starline Bangle to house it.
Saleen only opened the Magical Element Tower when both of them had finished crafting their magic amplifiers. Daniel had been waiting for quite a while outside of it.
Daniel came up to Saleen as soon as he walked out of the tower and said, ”My liege, the situation is dire in Daliang City. I've asked Duke Aini to send death mages as reinforcements, but, for the past two months, we have suffered severe casualties, and the spirits and the death mages are unable to hold on any longer. Another batch has gone to take their place, and more than 500 thousand spirits have been lost.”
”What about Demon City?”
”Nailisi is also training in the tower, and, without her orders, we couldn't mobilize anyone from Demon City.”
”Nailisi is training!?” Saleen sensed that something was off. That imp had always been very lazy. Her bloodline was such that she simply needed to consume powerful beings to gain all manner of mystical powers. Training was hardly necessary in her case.
Daniel dared not speak to ill of Nailisi. The way that she went about things communicated that she placed her interests before those of everyone else. If she were a follower instead of a bonded creature, she would have come under attack from everyone else around her a long time ago.
However, the fact remained that Nailisi was a bonded creature. Even if she had armies that only she was able to command, it wasn't out-of-bounds.
Everything she owned belonged to Saleen, after all.
”Let her train. Relay my orders. Mobilize 200 thousand demons and an army to Daliang City. By the way, tell Sul and Jola to come see me.”
”My liege, Jola is training with Nailisi.”
”Umm… Tell them all to get over here,” Saleen added. He did not know what to think of Nailisi's lack of diligence. If she were not so steeped in her training, she would not have neglected to reinforce Daliang City. Lex had probably heard all this as well but was unwilling to have someone practically beg Nailisi to come out.
She was a sovereign, after all. Lex would never have asked her people go out and look for the imp, who also happened to be Saleen's bonded creature.
Nailisi was rather reluctant, but, after she was yanked outside, he threw her a ring, saying, ”Dragon Crystal Needles.”
A beaming smile appeared on her face immediately. She had yearned for such equipment for a long time. She did not have magic chords and was unable to shoot the needles in the way that mages cast magic spells. But this would no longer be a problem, as the needles, once shot out, could be recalled to her ring.
It would have been dificult for Saleen to craft such a piece of equipment for anyone else; but his and Nailisi's sould were connected, and he thus had an uncanny understanding of the frequencies of her Nailisi's mental power, in the same way that he understood his own.
As a result, that piece of equipment was far more intricate than Eleanor's quiver, and more practical as well.