1281 The Goddess Gratitude Part 2 (1/2)

After Myers Mainland connected to its neighboring planes, they would probably be all kinds of wars. Saleen already had thoughts about conquering the East Sea nations.

However, with the Stormy Sea standing in the way, there was no way for his fleet to carry huge amounts of space equipment to resupply, and it would require a huge number of mages to be assigned to the ships.

Saleen had been searching for purple-gold sea urchin, but he still was unable to acquire 100,000 of them. It was impossible for all armies to carry such equipment. The location of the temple was thus very, very strategic and convenient.

So how do I allow a place 20,000 meters underwater to deliver supplies to the surface constantly?

”Master!” Nailisi reminded Saleen that they reached their destination.

They passed through a courtyard full of weeds, and a four-story palace was right before them. Saleen was unable to fathom the materials the palace was made from even when he got up close. He only knew that building a palace with such materials was a huge waste.

The materials were far better than thundercloud wood. A piece of floorboard alone would serve as a magic shield and would be a waste when given to a level nine warrior.

Saleen saw a piece of cover screen when he walked up the stairs, which was a magic equipment. Saleen was barely able to keep himself from taking the cover screen for himself.

What a huge waste indeed. There was a drawing on the cover screen and a magic array was hidden in the drawing, which would allow the cover screen to form a barrier than was more powerful than level ten earth magic.

Twenty-four women were illustrated on the cover screen. All of them dressed plainly. The only common thing about them all was that they each wore a Ring of Gifts.

The oracles of the goddess then?

There was something like a living room behind the huge cover screen, and it looked very different from the palace's layout. The inside of the palace looked like common residence.

Saleen had Nailisi shift into her human form instead of taking the cover screen. She held the Sword of Rules just in case. They entered from the side doors, passing through the living room.

There was a courtyard and a four-floored building. Saleen thought for a bit and headed straight for the building.

It was not a palace. Saleen found the study room and a garden behind it. The garden faced a huge window. There was a plant below it, keeping the room smelling fresh.

The fragrance from the plant repelled bugs from the room, and the books on the shelves looked clean, without even a speck of dust on them.

The ordinary, unassuming layout seemed designed by a little girl, without any hint of the regality of level 18 professionals.

Saleen walked behind the study table and sat. There was a letter on the table, sealed by a magic lock. The paper used to make the envelope was incredibly common. It was not that difficult for Saleen to put a magic lock on a table like that. What was difficult was maintaining the lock for over 10,000 years.

Saleen's finger swiped at the magic lock and infused his mental powers. His magic amplifier was unleashed as well, and his Ring of Cosmos was mobilized.

Saleen's mental powers raged as they were sucked dry by the magic lock, so much so that a piece of divine crystal that Saleen prepared in advance was reduced to dust.

Saleen slumped onto the table. Nailisi was frightened and went up to him. He stopped her, looking dead tired. ”Hold on. I'm just drained.”

The advantage of training his mental powers all year long with his family badge became apparent. If any other mage had their mental powers completely drained, it would harm their bodies.

However, not only was Saleen's body able to recover quickly, there was few aftereffects. All of that enabled his combat capacity to be kept at tip-top condition, while not affecting his training.

After seeing Nailisi look so worried, Saleen said, ”just a small test. The more mental powers I send inside, the greater the benefits I'll get. The contents of the letter differ according to the level of the one opening it. It was a method employed by mages, and it seemed that Myers did not forget her roots after all.”

Nailisi scoffed but said nothing. She did not want to offend the goddess on what was technically the goddess' turf. The more temples Nailisi visited, the more apparent the fact that Myers was not someone to be trifled with.

There was no point in poking fun at the goddess. It would be far more satisfying to resurrect her and then kill her with one thrust from her spear.

Saleen regained some mental powers and took out a divine crystal to restore half of his mental powers. Then, he opened the envelope.

There was a magic paper within, and he was very careful with it, refraining from remembering the magic patterns on the paper, using the crudest way—his eyes—to try to read and memorize everything instead.

That magic pattern had been able to preserve the paper for such a long time and maintain its attributes, making the magic pattern extremely precious. The higher a mage's level was, the higher their requirements of such magic equipment became.

However, high level materials did not come easily. Such methods of modifying common materials were commonly used by powerful professionals.

If the paper were used to make scrolls, they would remain intact for tens of thousands of years.

The words were written in Ancient Myers Language, making it easy for Saleen to read. The very first line was ”Revered Sir Mage…”

The magic lock was very intricate. The way the envelope was opened determined the contents written on the paper. Saleen's mental powers had been reinforced and, when forcefully unleashed, had reached extremely high levels.

The magic lock was incapable of telling that Saleen was just a level ten sorcerer and thought he was beyond level 13.